Management Consulting

In times of chaos and uncertainty, some freeze up or falter, but others rise up and prosper. When you’re struggling with doubt and fear, when your self-esteem and confidence are waning, this audiobook provides a proven path for not only managing the chaos, but thriving. In Act Now, best-selling author and CEO of Consulting Success® Michael Zipursky shares how consultants can navigate through these challenging times to succeed and prosper in their consulting businesses.

Who was it that said "It takes a village…"? They may not have been talking about being a product manager, but they might as well have been. Life has become so complex that product managers can no longer make their product a success just by their own efforts. Today it takes the help of one or more partners to get your product to where it needs to be. Are you going to be ready to work with those partners?

CIOs need to be able to communicate their thoughts with the rest of their department and the company in order to maintain credibility as a thought-leader. Effective communication is a set of skills that every CIO needs to develop. Learn how in this comprehensive guide.

All negotiations have to come to a close. When your next negotiation reaches this stage, you want to make sure that you are going to be able to walk away with the best deal possible. In order to make this happen, it's going to be what you've done during the negotiations that will determine what your outcome is.

Modern multigenerational nursing cohorts come with their own unique challenges, but they can also be leveraged to retain staff and increase organizational effectiveness. The key, according to organizational psychology practitioner Dr. April L. Jones, PhD, is to identify and work with each generation's unique values and work ethic.

This amazing practical book will help you uncover the magic of powerful teams. Creating a strong bond between team members can be elusive, whether in small or large endeavors, at work or in your personal life. But in Effective teams: Six Secrets of Powerful Teams, team management expert Michael Nir will strip away the mystery and teach you concrete methods that make team management easier for you and more rewarding for everyone concerned.

During a negotiation a lot of promises and agreements are made by both sides of the table. This is all well and good, but the ultimate goal of any negotiation is for both sides to agree on a deal that they can live with. As a negotiator, it's going to be your job to take a look at where things stand in the negotiation and then package up the agreements so that they can be included in the final deal.

When you became a product manager, did anyone take the time to mention to you that you were signing up to become a member of your company's sales department? You might have thought that you were joining the marketing department, but if your product doesn't sell, then you won't be holding on to your product management job for long!

As product managers, we all want to become better at what we do. However, sometimes we can find ourselves in a rut: we've solved the immediate problems, our product is doing well, and we've just lost that drive that we need in order to reach the next level. This is when the power of competition comes in. We all like a good challenge. When we are faced with a situation in which we might not be the best, or we might not know exactly what we should do, that's when we can become our best.

How do you measure the success of a product manager? Ultimately it comes down to how successful their product is. The more units that get sold to customers who have decided that your product is what they really need, the better job you have done in creating a solution to your customer's problems.

Product failures are never something that a product manager wants to talk about. We all live with the secret dread that someday the product that we are responsible for might turn out to be a failure. It turns out that we're all missing an important learning opportunity. Products do fail, and they end up failing for a wide range of reasons. Every product failure is loaded with fantastic learning opportunities for product managers. We just need to take the time and open our eyes to see what we can learn from each failure.

In the 21st Century, management is more about getting to know your people than being a taskmaster. It’s all about relationships, developing your people, and making them feel cared about with authenticity and genuine compassion. This 21st-century leadership fable will help you to clearly communicate what matters most; develop deep, meaningful connections with those around you; and much more. We all want to be effective, respected leaders and develop great people around us. The Greatest Motivational Tool presents a proven method that will do just that.

The job of a product manager is made even more difficult by the simple fact that it really does not come with any clear instructions on how to do it correctly. As product managers we are constantly searching for ways to become better. One of the things that every product manager quickly realizes is that their career success is very closely tied to the financial success of their product.

Be A Thermostat Anger Management Workbook uses a number of Cognitive Behavioral exercises to help individuals regulate their emotions.

Over the past 25 years, more than 100 companies that were failing, not making enough money, or simply struggling to achieve their true potential, turned to David Lord to learn how to make their businesses work better, make more money, and generate additional cash. David showed them how to transform their businesses’ systems of work into visual ones, resulting in improved employee involvement, quality, productivity, and profitability. Now, David’s audiobook shows exactly what he does to change struggling businesses into thriving ones, by employing the "Visual System of Work".

When Lance Marshall's life comes crashing down, his wife arranges for him to meet with his high school mentor and coach, Moore. Coach Moore sends Lance back to the locker room to talk with five sports legends who are now successful leaders. Each player will show Lance a principle for excellence in both leadership and the home. But the advice comes with a caveat: Lance must apply the principle he learns within 24 hours or the meetings end.

Leadership's Top 12 is a book that counts down 12 proven qualities developed over a course of over 23 years. They are all great qualities and much needed, but some are more important in building the foundation of leadership that results in successful leading, and are found in you. If you are ready to lead life and put away that testimony of old, then this is a must read.

Simply put, leadership is about influence. In five practical steps, this book leverages proven leadership theory and personal accounts to unveil how you can become an everyday leader. Effective leadership begins with understanding that every leader is different, and every day is unique. Being a leader day in, day out requires embracing your personal leadership style and understanding the theory behind the practice.

Nichts ist schmerzlicher als zu beobachten, wie sich Führungs- und Leitungsverantwortliche abmühen und dennoch keine oder nur marginale Gefolgschaft bei den von ihnen Geführten gewinnen. Im Gegenteil, die Geführten verweigern ihre Gefolgschaft. Strategien, Visionen, Ziele und Strukturen werden im Kreise der Führenden aufwendig erarbeitet. Alles ist durchdacht, jetzt müsste es doch funktionieren?! Doch das Ergebnis stellt sich nicht ein. Die Geführten trauen ihren Führern nicht!

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