Capital Management

Financial advisor Emily G. Stroud knows that money can be one of the great causes of stress in life--but that it doesn't have to be that way. Faithful Finance offers ten life-changing secrets to help you find financial freedom. Many of us feel overwhelmed and ill-equipped to deal with our...

Let the experts at Inc.guide you through every critical step and potential pitfall as their on-the-ground reporting shows how to locate funding, manage your money, and smart hack your way to a comfortable retirement. Startup Money Made Easy gathers the best advice from the magazine’s pages...

Some companies waste millions of dollars on team building, benchmarking, and other quality initiatives, while others save millions with the same initiatives. What makes the difference? Total Quality Management. If you want to know how today's most successful companies are getting the most from their quality initiatives, Total Quality Management: Managing Employees lays out the best practices for you to put to work—today.

An investigative study of the far-right’s attack on education and an on-the-ground look at the parent activist battle, on either side of the debate, to control the future of public schools For well over a century, public schools have been a non-partisan gathering place and vital center of...

In this book, you will learn to manage your money like the wealthy do—through private markets. Together, we’ll embark on a journey over the entire private equity landscape to help you identify your ideal asset class.

Real wages have stagnated or declined for most workers, job insecurity has increased, and retirement income is uncertain. Why have jobs gotten so much worse? As Peter Cappelli argues, these issues and others stem from the logic of financial accounting and its fundamental flaws in dealing with human capital. Financial accounting views employee costs as fixed costs that cannot be reduced and fails to account for the costs of bad employees and poor management. The simple goal of today's executives is to drive down employment costs, even if it raises costs elsewhere.

“You don’t create societies by burning things down, You create societies by building things.” From the former faith adviser to President Obama comes a fresh manifesto for those who seek to promote positive change and build a more diverse and just democracy The goal of social change work is...

Drawing upon their experience founding more than 30 companies, authors Lars Tvede and Mads Faurholt share their entrepreneurial wisdom and reveal the real-world techniques that lead to success. A simple step-by-step process will help you translate your ideas into effective business plans, raise the capital needed to start and grow your business, build a winning team, and leave the competition behind.

What role do political consultants play in election campaigns? How are political parties using technological tools such as data analytics, surveys and alternative media to construct effective, micro-targeted campaigns? How does the use of money impact election results? What aids in the en masse...

What can you learn from the most successful companies in the world? The Capital One Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled an unlikely credit card startup to revolutionize the credit industry. After...

In Activate Human Capital, author Richard N. Morrison outlines the eight "People-Focused Principles of Management", and he explains them in terms of the values that motivate people to want to do the work given to them. And even more, he shows how these values will actually get employees to initiate their work because they will see how it contributes to the overall purpose of the business. Each principle is linked to a component of human fulfillment, and then through research, personal experience, and shared stories.

Are you constantly distracted, mentally exhausted despite minimal accomplishments, and tired of battling destructive patterns? Mental Economy: Managing the Capital of Your Mind offers a revolutionary approach to master attention and reclaim mental freedom.

For thousands of years, humanity was ruled by Kings and Queens through bloodlines and rituals. Later governments and social insurgents brought forth unity for democracy and revolutions. Today, humanity distrusts the political forces which govern, and royalty is a dying breed. Yet still, 99.99% of humans are looking for someone, anyone whom they can follow, learn from, be inspired by, and trust in.

Work sucks. It’s not the job, it’s the people. There’s the guy who hates everything. The woman that derails every meeting. The jackass that built an evil empire around the accounting system. If they’d just go away, life at work would be a lot better. So fire them as nature intended. The law of the jungle has striking parallels in the office jungles of work. I’ll guide you through the wilderness of the organizational predator to show you how to hunt vile coworkers, even bosses, all the way to the pink slip.

In Return on Integrity: The New Definition of ROI and Why Leaders Need to Know It, author John G. Blumberg asks CEOs and top leadership to dig deep, to find the core values they live by, and in turn to engage an impactful set of core values for the organization they lead. These values are not just a guide; they should be the basis of every decision and action in the organization. The new ROI is the value built at the intersection of personal and organizational core values - creating a stronger organization built on a stronger base - while establishing the meaningful return CEOs and their leadership ambassadors experience by living and leading with integrity.

Willst Du erfahren, was ein gutes Personalmanagement ausmacht? Weißt Du, wie es um das Humankapital in Deiner Firma bestellt ist? Überlegst Du Dir, Dein Personalmanagement auf Vordermann zu bringen? Humankapital verstehen und erfolgreich managen. Lerne in diesem hilfreichen Ratgeber.

When Brigadier General John "Dragon" Teichert took command of legendary Edwards Air Force Base, it was characterized by a choking complacency. It was operating on autopilot when it needed to be in afterburner.

Today, our Mother Earth is giving us a timeout to go to our corners and think about what we have done, and she is compelling us to wake up and to remember that we are all connected from the global markets and economies to the air we inhale and exhale. One day, we will realize that there is nothing more important in the world than knowing that each of us has a gift and that we are all here to support each other to fulfill that gift.

In this hysterical, astute book, HR industry expert Jim Dunn explores how humor can improve our professional environments and personal development by exploring questions like: How is humor a superpower for fostering collaborative environments? Are funny employees more effective? How can laughter turn crisis into connection and opportunity? How can instituting a culture of levity shape team dynamics and improve job satisfaction?

Overthinking manifests itself as an overwhelming fear that, although unrealistic, ends up taking control of your thoughts and completely blocking your actions. Excessive thinking generates excessive thinking. It is a process that feeds itself and leads inevitably to exhaustion, both emotional and physical because your mind never stops running and consuming energy. If you are genuinely motivated by the desire to reverse this vicious circle, but perhaps you never had the right approach to solving the problem, this audiobook may be what you are missing to accomplish the mission.