Performance Consulting

When the landmark best-seller Flawless Consulting was first published more than three decades ago, it was quickly adopted as the "consultant's bible." With his legendary warmth and passion, Peter Block explained how to deal effectively with clients, peers, and others. The book continues to speak to people in a support function inside organizations as well as to external consultants. This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Peter Block's groundbreaking book explores the latest thinking on consultation.

This authoritative volume on human resource management is highly recommended listening for the small business owners and HR professionals. Written by an acknowledged expert in all areas of business management, Managing Employee Performance is a well-organized guide to understanding this vitally important area of your business.

"A groundbreaking exploration of corporate leadership that challenges conventional wisdom." - Hubert Joly, former CEO of Best Buy Being appointed CEO is seen by many as the pinnacle of success in business, but it is actually the first step in a journey of evolving stages requiring ongoing...

Inspired Manufacturing Leadership answers the question of how to systematically incorporate Kaizen, metric management, problem solving, people development, culture change, and many more improvement efforts into one cohesive system of implementation. It reveals to leaders how to effectively and systematically challenge all processes having them to become predictable and repeatable. Once implemented, it facilitates the achievement of breakthrough results.

In 12 Disciplines of Leadership Excellence, bestselling author and motivational expert Brian Tracy teams up with global learning expert Dr. Peter Chee to reveal simple, straightforward principles any business leader can use to make lasting positive changes in his or her organization.

Whether you are an accomplished sales executive leading a large organization or a sales manager leading a team, your ability to remove obstacles and speed the sales process will determine your success. High-Performance Selling is geared for the sales leader who has to persuade others to work as a sales force of one.

In order to be successful as an IT manager, you need to be able to show the company that under your leadership your team is able to deliver high quality products on time and under budget. If you want to have any chance of being able to pull this off, then you are going to have to discover ways to build a high performance IT team.

Do you really know what separates champions from others? Learn from Olympic medalist, NCAA champion, and academic all-American Obadele Thompson, the “secrets” of how to: Avoid common student-athlete mistakes and pitfalls, improve your study habits and ace your classes, train better and win bigger and more often, get “paid” now by using your opportunities and resources, establish power habits to succeed in college and beyond, grow your brand, network, and relationships, and prepare for a professional sports career.

This book is for anyone who has an itch for more and is motivated to create new possibilities for their life and business. For Success Sake! is for the listener who wants to do the work to gain clarity, define what success means to them, and get motivated. This book takes the complexity of leading and simplifies it with tactical exercises and resources to teach you how to lead yourself first, to lead others and life with greater impact.

Inclusion is more than a moral obligation; it's a competitive advantage. Inclusive leadership expert Melissa Majors is an innovator and optimizer of inclusion, leadership, and education strategies. In The 7 Simple Habits of Inclusive Leaders, she reveals how great leaders enjoy superior team performance and drive much higher profitability by incorporating inclusive practices. Through storytelling, research, and personal experiences, she offers a common-sense yet compelling and actionable approach to inclusion.

In the same way that an engine in an automobile must be taken care of, a leader must receive the appropriate care and maintenance to function at the highest capacity. This book offers a dynamic and effective approach to boosting your octane for maximum leadership performance. It also offers additives that will keep you performing at your optimum level.

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.