Management and management techniques

WINNER: Independent Press Award 2022 - CareerAre you avoiding an uncomfortable conversation at work?

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You've got a rare empty slot in your diary today, squeezed between meetings, phone calls and dealing with the incessant incoming emails.

Despite technologies, many basic library activities still lend themselves to analysis and improvement.

Grow your brand and reach new consumers by creating more impactful and effective marketing that meaningfully reflects and appeals to a diverse customer profile and marketplace.

How can I create in-person learning that engages people?

WINNER: Book Excellence Awards 2024 - LeadershipWINNER: Independent Press Award 2022 - Business MotivationalFINALIST: Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2023 - CareerWINNER: International Book Awards 2023 - Business: MotivationalWhat do astronauts, Olympic champions, and Nobel laureates do differently that allows them to achieve at such a high level?

WINNER: PA Voice Awards 2015 - Best Book for a PA (1st edition) With the world of work profoundly disrupted by artificial intelligence, machine learning and COVID-19, the role of the executive assistant is changed forever.

Is your organization strategically prepared for the digital and distributed workplace?

How do I balance delivery of the HR strategy with the needs of the business?

How many of our business leaders truly embody the change needed in the world of work and beyond?

Disruption is back with a vengeance.

The updated third edition of Employment Law is a clear and practical guide to understanding the complex, important system that regulates the relationship between employers and employees in the UK.

The way we work has changed and a strong, supportive company culture is key for success.

Global consumption of raw materials currently goes beyond the earth's regenerative capacity, but the circular economy offers a more sustainable model which also provides new business opportunities.

Organizations, managers and workers still have an Industrial Era mindset towards work.

How can individuals and organizations understand and measure mental toughness to deal with stress and challenge, and so improve performance?

WINNER: CMI Management Book of the Year 2022SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2022 - Diversity, Inclusion & Equality categoryGood intentions are not enough - real diversity is about change.

Despite technologies, many basic library activities still lend themselves to analysis and improvement.

There are a myriad of books that have been published on knowledge management.

Research has shown that adult learners prefer a problem solving approach to learning rather than subject centered.

Museum planners Gail Lord and Ngaire Blankenberg demonstrate how museums and cities are using their soft power to address some of the most important issues of our time.

Whether you're an experienced leader, a mid-career professional hoping for a promotion, or a recent grad applying for your first internship, A Life in Museums: Managing Your Museum Career is the guide you need-full of sound advice, practical tips, and illuminating personal stories that span the array of museum disciplines.

A life-changing gift of a book: What if you tried to stop doing everything, so you could finally get round to what counts?

Despite widespread recognition that we are living in an era of mass globalization, there has been a startling resurgence of nationalism in many regions of the world.

It's been more than forty years since the second edition of this landmark guide to the preservation and restoration of gardens and landscapes at historic sites was published.

Membership marketing and management is an ever more demanding role within the institutions served-meeting fiscal demands, keeping pace with online marketing opportunities, and making data-driven decisions.

Sailing Upwind is more than just another memoir of a distinguished former naval officer';s highly diverse career.

Food is such a friendly topic that it's often thought of as a "e;hook"e; for engaging visitors - a familiar way into other topics, or a sensory element to round out a living history interpretation.

What can public art do for a community?

Wondering what a museum director actually does?

Museums and historic sites faced with small budgets and staff can find it intimidating to redesign or create a website from scratch.

How can marketers navigate the growing array of marketing specialties, multiplying media options and data sources, and increasing content saturation to improve effectiveness and return on investment?

Written by three experienced LIS professionals, Latinos in Libraries, Museums, and Archives demonstrates the meaning of cultural competence in the everyday work in libraries, archives, museums, and special collections with Latino populations.

Museum learning is a vital component of the lifelong-learning process.

In the past twenty years, the countries that used to make up the former Soviet Union have seen plenty of change.

For all managers making a leadership transition, it is critical to engage with the new role rapidly to permit a seamless changeover and to ensure that staff remain engaged and focused.

Management system standards have been adopted by millions of organizations around the world.

Whether you are a new member on the board of a nonprofit or a veteran member looking for a quick reference to the fundamentals, this book models best board practices in a straightforward way.

Learn how managers have transformed their teams and companies into envied high-performance organizations in this guide to nurturing successful managers at your organization, informed by the author's 10-year study of applications of his High Performing Organization (HPO) Framework.

This book will examine the history of robotics and explicate what massive automation means for the present and future of labor in all its forms, from mills and factories to the white-collars offices of suburbia and more.

Librarians will learn communication skills that help them develop as leaders, build community, and advocate for their libraries.

These inspiring stories of prominent reformers fighting for the Common Good help concerned readers and voters recognize which actions and proposals will substantially elevate the happiness and well-being of citizens.

This indispensable resource explains principles of financial planning and financial psychology to help teens and young adults make good financial decisions now and achieve their financial goals.

A powerful "e;how-to-do-it-better"e; book, this is the first guidebook on competitive intelligence that uses case studies to provide behind-the-scenes insights into how professionals improve competitive intelligence processes.

Covering everything from auditing and budgeting to contracts, revenue and expenditures, forecasting, and ethics in financial management, this book addresses the full spectrum of topics and skills needed by today's library managers.

Offering an array of fresh innovations to remedy the most daunting leadership challenges of today's complex and rapidly evolving world, this practical how-to guide is for anyone who has ever had qualms about his or her lack of leadership experience or imagined limitations.

Offering both a male and female perspective on the dilemmas women face in business, this book provides the benefits of high-level executive coaching to all women who want to take control of their careers and achieve their aspirations for corporate leadership.

Discover the leadership strengths of world-class mountain guides and see how developing and applying these principles can help you reach for the highest summits in work-and in life.