Game Management

The Great Game of Business started a business revolution by introducing the world to open-book management, a new way of running a business that created unprecedented profit and employee engagement. The revised and updated edition of The Great Game of Business lays out an entirely different way of running a company.

Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It’s the art of anticipating your opponent’s next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Though parts of game theory involve simple common sense, much is counterintuitive, and it can only be mastered by developing a new way of seeing the world. Using a diverse array of rich case studies - from pop culture, TV, movies, sports, politics, and history - the authors show how nearly every business and personal interaction has a game-theory component to it.

Candid, short, and accessible, Winning the Loser's Game walks you through the process of developing and implementing a powerful investing strategy that generates solid profits year after year. In this eagerly awaited new edition, Charles D. Ellis applies the expertise developed over his long, illustrious career. This updated edition includes: new chapters on bond investing, how investor behavior affects returns, and how technology and big data are challenging traditional investment decision; and more.

In an era of digital transformation, disruptive innovation, transient competitive advantage, and industry convergence, mergers and acquisitions have become more complex than ever. Winning at the Acquisition Game presents the best materials, insights, and tools which comprise the comprehensive, cross-disciplinary Mergers and Acquisitions course taught in the MBA and Executive MBA programs at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

The Game of Inches offers a revolutionary and sustainable plan for business success and innovation, one improvement at a time. Entrepreneur Nigel Collin has tapped the wisdom and insight of more than 80 of Australia's most successful entrepreneurs and leaders to distill the surprising truth of what it really takes to build a prosperous business. Featuring candid and thought-provoking accounts, the audiobook sets out an actionable blueprint for real growth in your business.

Life is full of uncertainty. You don't know what lies ahead. But you can learn to control the controllable by using logic and reason. With the help of this book, you'll discover new ways to think about - and solve - problems more efficiently than ever before. Discover how strategic games model real-life behavior.

Michael Watkins' best-selling book The First 90 Days has become the business bible for accelerating leadership transitions. Now, Watkins zeroes in on the most critical skill leaders must master to secure new roles and accelerate their transitions: negotiation. In Shaping the Game: The New Leader's Guide to Effective Negotiating, Watkins draws from extensive research and practical consulting work to reveal four fundamental objectives that should guide new leaders' actions in every negotiation.

Baseline Selling: How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know About the Game of Baseball will dramatically change the way we approach the sales process, replacing the gratuitous complexity advocated by today's sales "experts" with an elegant and very effective simplicity. Studies have shown that the selling techniques of the last two decades have had very little impact on most of the sales population. Why?

In The Money Game, Mark W. Hallink reveals the hidden rules of money that govern everything from how we earn and spend to how we achieve financial independence. This book is more than a guide—it’s a blueprint for transforming your relationship with money and mastering the skills needed to build a secure, fulfilling future. Through practical advice, real-world examples, and a touch of humor, Hallink explores: The value of time, energy, and money—and how to balance them; The power of ownership, decision-making, and personal responsibility.

In this book, Coach Lou Pelliccioni draws from his time as a basketball coach, author, speaker, and business entrepreneur to share 99 proven performance tips and scientific ideas to up your game. In Success Is More than Winning, Lou shares his experience and his stories, as well as those of other successful athletes and business leaders, to show you what it takes to reach your goals: growing every day one attitude, attribute, and skill at a time. You will master each skill, then move on to the next as you steadily grow in your accomplishments to triumph in all aspects of your life.

Power Play is the powerful and practical 21st century guide to mega-impact and influence, providing business leaders with explosive influence strategies to move people into action and results. Influence, like gravity, pulls success into your orbit and gives you the power to make real changes in your relationships, your organization, and the world. This audiobook explores the different types of power and you will learn when to coerce, when to collaborate and when to connect.

How to Win the Money Game is your step-by-step playbook for achieving financial freedom—written in a way that’s easy to understand, engaging, and empowering for all ages. Whether you're a teen just starting out, a college student facing debt, or an adult ready to take control of your finances, this book is your ultimate guide to mastering money.

In today's ever-evolving business landscape, success is contingent upon a well-structured and adaptive organizational framework. "RISE: Business Framework " introduces a powerful system designed to propel businesses to new heights.

Reflecting the evolution of information and communication tools and technologies via synergizing theoretical and practical skills in our audiobook, Cybersecurity as a Fishing Game, we aimed to convey, in a concise manner, the importance of cyber safety in regards to cybersecurity and the value of correct use.

Personal Finance for Teens: The Ultimate Guide to Transforming Your Financial Game at a Young Age offers practical tools and strategies to help teens take control of their money, avoid common financial pitfalls, and build a strong foundation for future wealth.

Gamer and commentator Jamie Madigan's fresh and pertinent new book shows how business leaders can promote a culture of productivity and innovation using gaming techniques and psychology. Just as games teach players to navigate a virtual "world", bosses teach employees to navigate the workplace by solving problems, cooperating with colleagues, and setting long-term goals. The application of video games has the potential to eliminate dreary offices in favor of more stimulating - and ultimately, more profitable - work environments. Look no further to level up your team!

Get a world-class approach to leading a business - any business - to exceptional and sustained success. Houston Texans President Jamey Rootes shares the principles and ideology that has made the Texans one of the most valuable professional sports franchises, both in the NFL and globally. Every new leadership opportunity you face is a chance to grow as a leader and as a human being.

Over the years, I have posted quite a few of The Restaurant Coach™ Tips across the internet. Some of my clients asked if there was a booklet available where they could see them all. I never thought about it, but it was a great idea. Here are 365 of my tips that you can use to trigger critical concepts and keep your edge.

Great leaders are constantly moving, making and learning from mistakes, and growing. Greatness involves constant and painful self-awareness, discovery, and improvement. Of course, each one is cut from a different cloth. But ALL of them share a few things in common. The growing body of literature that offers effective leadership strategies has given others the keys to adopt these themselves, one way or another. In “Modern Leadership Lessons From the World’s Greatest”, you will discover timeless qualities of 8 extraordinary leaders and how to develop these game-changing skills in yourself.

With the success of his first book, The 8-Minute Mastermind, Brad Hart follows up by sharing the core of his expertise as a hedge fund manager, financial coach, and mastermind facilitator in The 8-Minute Money Manager, sharing closely guarded and little known secrets from the world of banking. Inside he distills five proven approaches to money management for income and growth, including strategies across a spectrum of low to high risk (and reward).