Amacom: 564 books
by Judy O'NEIL, Victoria J. MARSICK
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2007
As much as adult learners can absorb in a classroom, they learn and retain a lot more on the job. Action Learning, or AL, can be based on any of several different schools of thought, and there is much debate as to which is ideal.The authors advocate tailoring the best attributes of each approach to...
The Creative Training Idea Book
Inspired Tips and Techniques for Engaging and Effective Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2010
Trainers have to be creative if they want their participants to feel excited, challenged, and involved. The Creative Training Idea Book is packed with instructions for using activities, games, puzzles, toys, and props to increase energy and active participation in the classroom, and reveals how to...
Succeeding with Senior Management
Getting the Right Support at the Right Time for Your Project
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
Senior managers speak the language of strategy. Project managers use the language of tasks and activities. These significantly different communication styles can lead to breakdowns and setbacks at project sites that are difficult to overcome, especially for the project manager. The key to working...
The Market-Driven Supply Chain
A Revolutionary Model for Sales and Operations Planning in the New On-Demand Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
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. You’ll learn...
Selling Above and Below the Line
Convince the C-Suite. Win Over Management. Secure the Sale.
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Most salespeople work hard to become proficient in reaching the frontline managers in their markets. Cost, service, functionality--they know the value propositions that speak to their most visible customers. But while many of these managers hold the initial decision-making power that can lead to that...
Lean but Agile
Rethink Workforce Planning and Gain a True Competitive Edge
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
As organizations strive to meet stringent budgets, the mandate to produce greater results with fewer resources is no longer sufficient. Rather than accepting less, managers and executives must strive for better--evaluating every process and every role and doing away with assumptions about how work...
by Sean Grover
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Are your kids pummeling you with demands and bossing you around with impunity? Have your once-precious preschoolers become rebellious, entitled, and disrespectful to authority? How did we get here? What went wrong? While there are plenty of so-called experts who might try to validate your convictions...
Beyond Race and Gender
Unleashing the Power of Your Total Workforce by Managing Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 1992
The ability to manage this diversity successfully has become a basic strategy for corporate survival. Beyond Race and Gender supplies a sorely needed Action Plan, extensive case studies, and a series of tough questions and answers to get readers thinking deeply about what elements are blocking the...
No More Pointless Meetings
Breakthrough Sessions That Will Revolutionize the Way You Work
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Wasting time in pointless meetings....It's the bane of work life-and the one thing that never seems to change. But meetings can be highly effective, says Martin Murphy, who has helped a "Who's Who" of corporate clients transform timesapping meetings into "breakthrough sessions"...
I Hear You
Repair Communication Breakdowns, Negotiate Successfully, and Build Consensus . . . in Three Simple Steps
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
If you’ve ever tried negotiating through an unresolved conflict with a boss, colleague, employee, or client, then you know that it’s easier to sell ice to an Eskimo. Whether big or small, conflict eats into productivity and thickens further even the most stubborn of people. In short, conflict...
The Disaster Recovery Handbook
A Step-by-Step Plan to Ensure Business Continuity and Protect Vital Operations, Facilities, and Assets
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
A quick survey of the headlines for any given day in the twenty-first century will highlight global market-affecting disasters such as superstorms, data breaches, pandemics, system failures, and strikes. You cannot predict them, nor can you prevent many of them. But you can prepare for them.With the...
Translating Strategy into Shareholder Value
A Company-Wide Approach to Value Creation
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2003
Too often there are serious missed signals between a company’s stated goals and the methods employed to try to reach them. Translating Strategy into Shareholder Value is a unique look at how the planning process relates to the achievement of shareholder value, and ways to ensure that the two directly...
The Team-Building Tool Kit
Tips and Tactics for Effective Workplace Teams
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
Workplace teams learn to function as effective units when they have the tools and techniques to be greater than the sum of their parts. Now thoroughly updated and expanded, The Team-Building Tool Kit provides practical advice to guide team coaches, leaders, and members to high-performance results....
Preparing for Leadership
What It Takes to Take the Lead
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Based on the bestselling seminar by the American Management Association, this book gives readers practical advice on how to assess, train, and develop the characteristics associated with top leaders. Expert Donna Dennis provides a detailed overview of what leadership is and breaks down the most effective...