Management and management techniques

This book explains how movement enhances learning and introduces a unique and highly effective way to energize a team and increase retention through simple body-focused techniques.

There's no such thing as a healthy plateau.

This insightful and invaluable guide reveals how anyone can get a positively outrageous price for their company.

Demographics not only define who we are, where we live, and how our numbers change, but they open up hidden business opportunities that lie ahead.

Surveys show that 73% of workers are less motivated than they used to be, and 84% could perform significantly better if they wanted to.

As a small business owner, having knowledge of crucial numbers is the most important tool you can equip yourself with to survive today's competitive marketplace.

Unlock the secrets to turning even ordinary employees into extraordinary performers!

Offering real-world insight and explanations, this book provides a roadmap for organizations looking to develop a profitable big data strategy and reveals why it's not something they can leave to the I.

The fresh approach taught in this indispensable guide will transform passive groups of disparate people into the effective teams of leaders you didn't know was possible to have.

This book has done all the homework for you and provides a succinct, accessible overview on the training and tools available for process improvement that fills that gap of being not too rigid nor too blase.

This book offers a far better way to educate employees, one that connects learning solutions with strategic business goals.

The User Experience Team of One prescribes a range of approaches that have big impact and take less time and fewer resources than the standard lineup of UX deliverables.

Certified Professional Organizer (CPO(R)) and productivity expert Tamara Myles has developed a simple model--the Productivity Pyramid--that provides an actionable framework for anyone to achieve better results.

Nonstop Sales Boom explains how to break this unhealthy cycle and achieve strong, steady results--every quarter, from every member of the team.

This invaluable resource examines the forces behind the explosive growth in data and reveals how the most innovative companies are responding to this challenge.

Today's global knowledge economy requires individuals and companies alike to quickly adapt to new tools and strategies.

The expectations and duties of the modern-day administrative assistant are higher and more stressful than ever before.

There is no shortage of books and successful businesspeople who have emphasized concepts such as decentralization, outsourcing, the rise of the knowledge worker, the role of employees as assets, and a focus on the customer.

It's a simple equation: the better you use your time, the more you will accomplish and the greater you will succeed.

A must-read for any project management professional or student.

This book presents a detailed methodology for growing sales and expanding their customer base via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and other social media platforms.

Even the most experienced project managers aren't immune to the more common and destructive reasons for project collapses.

Too much debt?

In the Social Age, companies unwilling to change will play the role of the dinosaurs: destined for extinction.

While there is no secret to being an elite sales professional, there is a set of consistently successful selling techniques that most companies don't reach their salespeople, and which most entrepreneurs think they don't have the time to learn.

As much as we may encourage our employees that they all have their own unique strengths that they need to embrace for the good of the business, the truth is a select few produce more, sell more, and flat-out deliver better results than anyone else.

When you can delegate and supervise well, you will not believe how efficient and easy managing your team can be.

Managing people is a tricky businessand managers and small business owners need a clear understanding of the essentials of human resources to survive.

How to Manage Work Relationships in a Constructive Way that Leads to Success.

Discover the tricks of the trade that helps ordinary people learn how to look at their world through the eyes of an inventor.

The obstacles facing all companies today were relatively nonexistent not too long ago--increasingly rapid and disruptive innovation, economic instability as we've never experienced before, environmental degradation, increasing stakeholder power, just to name a few--yet far too many companies are still mindlessly applying the old rules of business and expecting the same stellar results that last worked successfully for them literally a millennium ago!

As a leader in the booming industry of direct sales, Mary Christensen knows something about the opportunities of launching a direct selling business.

You may have your industry's most prolific product or service in the marketplace, but your customers' loyalty and checkbooks will only go as far as your customer service will allow.

The principles of mistake proofing, long used to eliminate errors and defects across a range of industries, are now being applied in healthcare organizations around the world to help ensure patient safety, improve services, and eliminate waste.

True sales pros know they must tailor their methods to the buyer if they want to make their numbers every year.

Success in business often hinges on good negotiation, and that takes advanced skills in listening, self-awareness, conflict resolution, assertiveness, and more.

Frank Partnoy, a former high-flying derivatives salesman, gives a vivid and shocking account of the vicious competition, raw machismo and dirty tricks at work in the riskiest sector of the stock market.

Packed with insights from extraordinary women who have climbed the corporate ladder--including former McDonald's president Jan Fields, JetBlue cofounder Ann Rhoades, and fashion pioneer Liz Lange--Who Says It's a Man's World reveals the measurable action steps needed to excel in each of the five reputation-enhancing business areas: personal development, social skills, effectiveness, team building, and leadership.

Issues with customers can send even the most seasoned service professionals into red alert.

This book introduces sales professionals to the collaborative conversation skills they need to?

The lifeblood of your business is a constant flow of new accounts.

Wasting time in pointless meetings.

The American Management Association, the preeminent provider of business education worldwide, trains the majority of the Fortune 500 companies in competitive business skills.

Using a sophisticated approach that unifies the three key areas of supply chain strategies, sales and operations planning (SOP), and lean manufacturing, The Market-Driven Supply Chain is the only book that takes a comprehensive approach to succeeding in today's on-demand environment.

Illustrated with examples from the story and compelling case studies, this engaging book provides the resources and tools to support teams on their sometimes-tumultuous journey to success.

Even skilled salespeople buckle in tough selling situationsgetting defensive with prospects who challenge them on price or too quickly caving to discount pressure.

Coaching, counseling, and mentoring can dramatically improve employee productivity and satisfaction.

This invaluable guide introduces you to the techniques developed by four legendary sales giants, and offers concrete examples of how they still work in the 21st century.

A well-designed and implemented incentive program is an essential tool for building a motivated, highly effective sales force that delivers the results you need.

From the author of The Little Black Book of Innovation, a new guide for using the power of habit to build a culture of innovationLeaders have experimented with open innovation programs, corporate accelerators, venture capital arms, skunkworks, and innovation contests.