Leadership Problems

A renowned business innovation leader teams up with a social-personality psychologist to offer that something else—a collection of ten visionary principles to obliterate barriers to change and ignite a whole new level of creative problem-solving. Drawing upon decades of experience working with the world's best-known organizations and their teams, the authors provide practical advice that goes beyond "business as usual" for successfully tackling intractable challenges. The Breakthrough Manifesto explores why these principles are critical for the current times.

Written by the former Executive Creative Director of Creations at Cirque du Soleil, this audiobook shows you how to step up your game, flex your creativity, and make big things happen. Whether you work independently or as part of a team, whether you're self-employed or part of an organization, and even if you think creativity isn't a part of the work that you do - this book gives you the perspective, courage, and kick-start you need to think differently about the things you do every day.

Stellen Sie sich Folgendes vor: Sie sind Manager eines unglaublich talentierten Teams in einem Unternehmen, das Ihnen den Rücken stärkt. Aber trotzdem haben Sie Schwierigkeiten, Fristen einzuhalten, Prioritäten zu setzen, strategisch zu denken und wichtige Entscheidungen als Gruppe zu treffen. Eine Studie, die in der Harvard Business Review veröffentlicht wurde, zeigt, dass die meisten Teams trotz aller zusätzlichen modernen Ressourcen immer noch unterdurchschnittlich abschneiden.

In The Power of Authentic Leadership: Activating the 13 Keys to Achieving Prosperity Through Authenticity, authentic leadership and prosperity expert Jeff Davis features life-changing insights from his discussions with more than 20 of the world's most iconic authentic leaders. He directly connected with these history makers, and he's acting as the humble conduit between you and their wisdom.

Leadership is not just about tasks and metrics—it’s about people. In The Everyday Diplomat: How to Lead with Influence and Achieve Real-World Success (Enhanced Edition), Michael D. Forras draws on over two decades of leadership experience as a Marine Corps Sergeant Major, diplomat, and mentor to offer an insightful, practical guide to leadership rooted in empathy, connection, and influence.

They're Your Rules, Break Them! offers 50 innovative ways of looking at your business as a long-term, dynamic, progressive entity. Here you will find 50 ways to ditch the atrophying forces and create an exponentially achieving, high-performance culture in your organization. Disruption is everywhere. Rather than suffering its blows, what if you could institutionalize it into your business? What if, rather than being rigid and rule-bound, you could make your business "ever changing" within?

If you have ever flown in an airplane, used electricity from a nuclear power plant, or taken an antibiotic, you have benefited from a brilliant mistake. Each of these life-changing innovations was the result of many missteps and an occasional brilliant insight that turned a mistake into a surprising portal of discovery. In Brilliant Mistakes, Paul Schoemaker, founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International, shares critical insights on the surprising benefits of making well-chosen mistakes.

Les changements dans les organisations échouent trois lois sur quatre ou deux lois sur trois. Pourquoi c'est si dur de changer ? Il s'agit sans doute de la question la plus souvent posée par les individus comme par les entreprises. Les trois parties de ce livre ont été élaborées par trois auteurs à partir de leurs nombreuses conférences sur le sujet. Trois auteurs, trois regards : Les idées reçues sur le changement ; La liberté face au changement ; Les pesanteurs de l'organisation et comment y faire face.

In Yes, You Can Do This! Claudia shares her own reasons for starting a business and makes a call to action for women to consider entrepreneurship so that they can create businesses with the rules they want and change the playing field for others, making a significant impact in the world. More than a how-to guide on building a business, Claudia provides clear examples and practical resources to help others create the life they want through entrepreneurship.

By common definition, a professional is anyone who possesses the skills and knowledge necessary for a career - whether as a surgeon, a software engineer, or a plumber. But according to Subroto Bagchi, our increasingly global marketplace demands more. In a world where the foolish, selfish, and unethical decisions of a few have affected the lives of millions, The Professional urges listeners to act responsibly and reexamine "business as usual".

In Rules to Break and Laws to Follow, marketing gurus Don Peppers and Martha Rogers challenge you to break the rules and propose a whole new way of thinking about how to create real shareholder value in today's competitive environment, operating with today's technologies.

With a mix of compelling stories, research from the social sciences and psychology, and real-world insights, Make Change Work for You shows how to reignite your career, rekindle creativity, and fearlessly innovate your way to success by providing the tools needed to master uncertainty and conquer every challenge in life or business.

In her book, Olive shares with us the highs and lows of her business journey; how she has triumphed in the face of adversity and continued to run a successful business through a global recession to be awarded an MBE in 2019. Olive’s personal journey sees her develop resilience and self-confidence and become the successful businesswoman she is today. She has shared a lifetime of wonderful wisdom in a book to inspire us to all to aim higher.

Independientemente de la industria o el puesto de trabajo, los gerentes citan los mismos problemas centrales, 27 desafíos recurrentes: la superestrella a la que el gerente tiene miedo de perder, el holgazán al que el gerente no puede encontrar la manera de motivar, el que tiene un problema de actitud, y los dos que no pueden llevarse bien, por nombrar sólo unos pocos.

These bite-sized devotions are like daily supplements for anyone trying to lead, manage or operate a business from a biblical perspective. Business consultant and Strengths trainer Jim Seybert combed through the Bible looking for passages that were relevant to the struggles facing his colleagues and clients. What he found was a treasure trove of examples that God cares a great deal about the way we run our businesses, ministries and organizations.

Hailed as "the female Jerry Maguire" by CNN, sports-agent-turned-entrepreneur Molly Fletcher reveals the winning secrets of fearless world-class achievers. Molly Fletcher knows a thing or two about making trades. As a sports agent, she's negotiated on behalf of champions such as Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz and seven-time PGA TOUR winner Matt Kuchar. As a top-tier speaker and consultant, she's helped energize companies worldwide.

All leaders face defining moments, crises that reveal their true character. Here, Sasha and his father, David, expand on Sasha's defining moment, recounted on The Moth podcast as "An Impossible Choice." Working in the violence-torn Congo, he was charged with evacuating a specific group of refugees. Then he and his colleague discovered a group of widows and orphans not on the rescue list. Leaving them behind would mean their deaths. Attempting to take them would jeopardize the entire mission.

Follow along as Dr. Liker explains the Lean Leadership Development Model (LLDM), and how it aligns with the accepted principles of operational excellence. The teaching objectives for this section are to explain the core skill of a Lean Leader; how to associate problem-solving with closing a gap between the current state and your target; how to make a distinction between the Toyota Way philosophy and the traditional western philosophy.

"Radikal führen – das bedeutet Konzentration auf das Wesentliche, Klarheit und Konsequenz. Hier geht es um das Kerngeschäft der Führung, um fünf fundamentale Aufgaben, die eherne Wegweiser im Dickicht der Moden und Aufgeregtheiten sind. Sie sind unabhängig von Unternehmenskulturen und Kompetenzen der Führungskraft. Und sie stehen im provokativen Kontrast zum herkömmlichen Führungsalltag." Reinhard K. Sprenger

We typically work most directly with a small group of no more than 10 people, and in that team, we have a high degree of influence. Charlie Gilkey, an internationally known thought leader on productivity, planning, strategy, and leadership for creative people, explains how changing our team's habits can change our company's culture since that culture is always just an aggregation of its various teams' work habits.