Stanford Business Books imprint: 100 books
by Louis W. Fry, Melissa Sadler Nisiewicz
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Maximizing the Triple Bottom Line through Spiritual Leadership draws on the emerging fields of workplace spirituality and spiritual leadership to teach leaders and their constituencies how to develop business models that address issues of ethical leadership, employee well-being, sustainability, and...
Getting to "Yes And"
The Art of Business Improv
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Amidst the deluge of advice for businesspeople, there lies an overlooked tool, a key to thriving in today's fast-paced, unpredictable environment: improvisation. In Getting to "Yes And" veteran improv performer, university professor, CEO, and consultant Bob Kulhan unpacks a form of mental...
by Venkat Ramaswamy, Kerimcan Ozcan
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
A fundamental shift is underway that will change how we conceive of value. In an era of increasing interconnectedness, individuals, as opposed to institutions, stand at the center of value creation. To adapt to this tectonic shift, organizations can no longer unilaterally devise products and services....
Corporate Culture
The Ultimate Strategic Asset
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Organizational culture is a quiet, but driving, influence on our perception of a company, whether as a consumer or as an employee. For instance, we know Southwest Airlines as laid back and friendly. We think of Google as innovative. To almost every well-known company we can assign a character. It...
Leading with Sense
The Intuitive Power of Savoir-Relier
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Today's business environment demands a new approach to leadership, one that effectively connects individuals and organizations in the midst of change. Leading with Sense offers a new, practical approach to meeting this challenge. Drawing on her experience as a poetic translator and her expertise in...
3D Team Leadership
A New Approach for Complex Teams
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Many organizations believe that high-functioning teams hold the key to breakthrough thinking, superior customer service, and high-quality products. But, all too often, leaders and managers fail to support teams so that they can deliver on their promises. For instance, many leaders ask for teamwork,...
Narratives of Crisis
Telling Stories of Ruin and Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
How did you first hear about 9/11? What images come to mind when you think of Hurricane Katrina? How did your community react to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting? You likely have your own stories about these tragic events. Yet, as a society, we rarely stop to appreciate the narratives that...
Creating New Knowledge in Management
Appropriating the Field’s Lost Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Creating New Knowledge in Management rediscovers lost sources in the work of Mary Parker Follett and Chester Barnard, providing a foundation for management as a unique and coherent discipline. This book begins by explaining that research universities, and the management field in particular, have splintered...
Multinational Corporations and Global Justice
Human Rights Obligations of a Quasi-Governmental Institution
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
Multinational Corporations and Global Justice: Human Rights Obligations of a Quasi-Governmental Institution addresses the changing role and responsibilities of large multinational companies in the global political economy. This cross- and inter-disciplinary work makes innovative connections between...
More than Money
Five Forms of Capital to Create Wealth and Eliminate Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Is poverty inevitable? No, says author Paul Godfrey. More than Money shows how organizations can win the fight against poverty and create prosperity for people at the base of the pyramid in the developing and developed world.
This book presents a novel framework that shows how five types of...
Getting New Things Done
Networks, Brokerage, and the Assembly of Innovative Action
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Our networks—and how we work them—create vital ties that bind. Organizations recognize and reward this fact by leaning ever more heavily on collaboration, particularly when it comes to getting new things done. This book offers a framework that explains how innovators use network processes to broker...
by Alan Goldman
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2009
Unlike other books written on "toxic leaders," this book takes issue with the predominant view that "toxic leaders are bad" and destructive to their companies. Rather, the author argues that even highly productive leaders have some toxic qualities central to their success story....
Money Well Spent
A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Philanthropy is a booming business, with hundreds of billions of dollars committed to the social sector each year. Money Well Spent, an award-winning guide on how to structure philanthropy so that it really makes a difference, offers a comprehensive and crucial resource for individual donors, foundations,...
Leadership Dispatches
Chile's Extraordinary Comeback from Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
On February 27, 2010, Chile was rocked by a violent earthquake five hundred times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti just six weeks prior. The Chilean earthquake devastated schools, hospitals, roads, and homes, paralyzing the country for weeks and causing economic damage that was equal to 18...