The phrase “skin in the game” is one we have often heard but rarely stopped to dissect truly. It is the backbone of risk management, and it’s also an astonishingly rich worldview that, as Taleb shows in this book, applies to all aspects of our lives. In his most provocative and
One factor, more than any other, causes the problems business leaders fear most. Lackluster performance, sinking profits, and unmet stockholder expectations all stem from one source: a massive decline in employee engagement. Rather than blaming employees themselves for the decline, however, the Workplace Accountability Study reveals how to fix it: the
Conventional wisdom suggests that dogfights are to be expected as marketplaces mature, giving rise to the notion that there are bad industries where it is unlikely that any company can succeed. However, there are notable exceptions in which enlightened executives have changed the rules to grasp the holy grail of business:
Managing people is never an easy task and it's especially more difficult when a new generation enters the workforce and brings with it new attitudes and behaviors. Leaders and managers are struggling to engage, motivate, and retain the best young workers—the Millennials who are flooding into the workplace today.
Drawing on original research, including interviews with senior executives, recruitment specialists and people considered to be “talented” within their organizations, Managing Talent outlines how companies are facing the challenge of recruiting and developing the talent they need. Full of useful insights and practical help for those who are responsible for the
It’s a familiar scene in organizations today: a new competitive threat or a big opportunity emerges. You quickly create a strategic initiative in response and appoint your best people to make change happen. And it does—but not fast enough. Or effectively enough. Real value gets lost and, ultimately, things drift back
In Measure What Matters, Doerr shares a broad range of first-person, behind-the-scenes case studies, with narrators including Bono and Bill Gates, to demonstrate the focus, agility, and explosive growth that OKRs have spurred at so many great organizations. This book will help a new generation of leaders capture the same magic.
Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly. When you challenge without caring it’s obnoxious aggression; when you care without challenging it’s ruinous empathy. When you do neither it’s manipulative insincerity. This simple framework can help
We actually send documents to more people because we can, because it is so easy to send a mass e-mail. Then, everyone who got the e-mail, at a minimum, wastes the time it takes to read it. It’s so easy to set up meetings and invite anyone to the meeting with
At the heart of every organization chart lies a myth. At the top there’s the boss. Directly beneath are the boss’s direct reports – anywhere from five to fifteen people who meet regularly as the senior team. Whether at the corporate, divisional, functional, or departmental level, this team almost invariably has
Any chief executive whose ship is sinking, with the lights dimming and music fading, is likely to ask, “How did this happen? How did I allow myself and my company to end up like this?” Directors of once great companies also find themselves asking similar questions. “Did I and my fellow
Productivity isn’t about working more or sweating harder. It’s not simply a product of spending longer hours at your desk or making bigger sacrifices. Rather, productivity is about making certain choices in certain ways. The way we choose to see ourselves and frame daily decisions; the stories we tell ourselves, and
Shifting sands do not make for a sustainable structure. If your organization is to be robust and strong enough to weather any storm, the strength must come from the very core; the ability for each member of your team to execute daily and effectively towards your organization's most compelling goals. This
A diverse and inclusive workforce is one of the most critical advantages and hidden secrets of today's truly effective leaders and organizations. Diversity and inclusion are concepts that have evolved from responsible business objectives and employee engagement goals, to become the essential ingredients for individual and organizational success today and in
Social capital consists of the stock of active connections among people: the trust, mutual understanding, and shared values and behaviors that bind the members of human networks and communities and make cooperative action possible. It makes an organization, or any cooperative group, more than a collection of individuals’ intent on achieving
Social capital consists of the stock of active connections among people: the trust, mutual understanding, and shared values and behaviors that bind the members of human networks and communities and make cooperative action possible. It makes an organization, or any cooperative group, more than a collection of individuals’ intent on achieving
The Effective Public Manager offers public administrators and students a classic resource and a highly-accessible guide to the fundamentals of leading and managing public organizations. The authors cover the key areas of the field and present in-depth analysis through the strategic use of fresh case studies and real-world examples. The book
When an organization's culture is bad, don't just blame the managers. Happiness in an organization is everyone's responsibility. Better management means engaging people, improving the whole system, and increasing value for clients. Thus, management is too important to leave to the managers. I firmly believe that management is everyone's job. At
Employees are the engine that keeps companies running. And healthy employees, who are emotionally, mentally, and physically prepared to take on whatever challenge is in front of them, are more likely to make the companies they work for grow and flourish. Seems pretty simple, right? So why are most workplaces so
Management by objectives is the process of defining specific objectives within an organization that management can convey to organization members, then decide on how to achieve each objective in sequence. According to George S. Odiorne, the system of management by objectives can be described as a process whereby the superior and
This landmark book not only influenced positively many major manufacturing companies across the globe, but it also set grounds for the first business degree offered by Harvard University back then around 1910. In the book, Taylor simply laid out the fundamentals of scientific management, followed by the principles. He confronted the
Since the first edition of this book in 1954, it was considered as the first book to give a big picture of management and a typical road map to view the modern business. It created the main principles, concepts, and facts about modern management practices. Although this book was written more than
This book is one of the main books describing the modern business through the quality management system approach. Through the pages of the book, Dr. Deming put the main theme of his theory in the 14 principles of management, which is still applicable even after this long period of more than
Written by Peter F. Drucker, “the” best management guru, writer, speaker, and consultant to ever live, it lays all the basics of what management is, how it should be carried out, and in which direction should it be heading. This reference book is an excellent source for any aspiring manager, whether
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