Business Management Classes

What does it mean in practice to be a values-based leader? When faced with real situations, how can you be your best self and create best teams - while also being a best partner with customers and vendors, a best investment for your stakeholders, and a best citizen making a difference in the world? It's a tall order, but these are the expectations for world-class organizations today.

Dana Wright-Wasson, president of Take Action Inc. and renowned speaker, shares the components necessary for leaders to design an exceptional employee experience. Using design thinking, studies, and stories from more than 20 years of facilitating employee engagement within teams and organizations, Dana will show you how to develop your leadership strengths, recognize good ideas, and give voice to your teams. She also uses examples from admired global corporations that are creating real impact, including Zappos, Google, Netflix, and Mars, Incorporated.

The extraordinary breakthrough management program - heralded by GE, Motorola, and AlliedSignal - that is sweeping corporate America with its unprecedented ability to achieve superior financial results. Six Sigma is the most powerful breakthrough management tool ever devised, promising increased market share, cost reductions, and dramatic improvements in bottom-line profitability for companies of any size. The darling of Wall Street, it has become the mantra of Fortune 500 boardrooms around the world because it works.

Ce cours, inspiré par l'étude des capacités de leadership extraordinaires de Steve Jobs, s'appuie sur vingt-cinq ans de collaboration au sein et avec Apple. Il repose aussi sur l'approche intégrale, peu connue en France, mais qui inspire très largement les dirigeants de la Silicon Valley. Cette approche utilise des perspectives multiples, potentiellement contradictoires pour rendre compte de la réalité. Elle fournit un cadre très efficace pour penser le leadership individuel et collectif au sein d'une entreprise en définissant les cinq niveaux de leadership.

"Il n'y a rien de plus pratique qu'une bonne théorie", disait Kurt Lewin. Surtout quand cette théorie est le fait d'un praticien. Pendant plus de trente ans, Jacques Chaize s'est attaché avec succès à construire une entreprise agile, capable d'initier le changement plutôt que de le subir. Il s'est aussi attaché, à travers des livres et conférences, à formaliser, synthétiser, théoriser sans jargon ce qu'il fait et ce qui marche. Dans un langage clair, il nous livre ici la quintessence de ce qui dans l'action permet à une entreprise de prendre en main son développement.

The underlying classroom management themes of accountability, maturity, independence, personal responsibility, and intrinsic motivation are all there and weave their way throughout the entirety of the book. Together, they form a simple, unique, and sometimes contrarian approach to classroom management that anyone can do. Whether you're an elementary, middle, or high school teacher, this book will give you the strategies, skills, and know-how to turn any group of students into the motivated, well-behaved class you love teaching.

L'entretien d'évaluation devient souvent pour les deux protagonistes le sommet annuel de l'angoisse. C'est qu'il est malvenu de juger, or évaluer n'est-ce pas juger ? Bernard Jaubert montre qu'il est possible de dépasser sans drame le tabou du jugement si l'on conduit l'entretien avec esprit de finesse plutôt qu'esprit de géométrie. Car cet entretien à risque comporte des pièges à déjouer. Un guide simple, clair, pratique, applicable.

Will Greenwood is best-known for being an integral part of the 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning team. Ben Fennell has spent over 16 years helping the world's biggest businesses and brands grow. Together, they have established that world-class performance - in both business and sport - requires a fresh approach, and a new set of behaviours. Having spoken to inspirational leaders across all areas of business and sport, the authors have identified the key characteristics of world-class performance.

Harry Kraemer showed how self-reflection, balance, true self-confidence, and genuine humility are the traits of today's most effective leaders. In Becoming the Best, his highly anticipated follow-up, Kraemer reveals how, in practical terms, anyone can apply these principles to become a values-based leader and to help create values-based organizations. Drawing on his own experiences as the former CEO and chairman of Baxter International, as well as those of other notable leaders and organizations, Kraemer lays out a pathway for understanding the principles and putting them into practice.

Comme on n'a jamais une seconde chance de faire une bonne première impression, la persuasion peut se jouer sur des points qui paraissent secondaires. Pourtant pour vendre, il faut convaincre à défaut de vaincre. Michaël Aguilar nous révèle ici - de façon persuasive d'ailleurs - les meilleures façons d'organiser son propos, de toucher l'esprit d'autrui, de présenter ses arguments. Bref de se donner les meilleures chances de convaincre. Indispensable et convaincant.

"Si tu veux courir, cours un kilomètre. Si tu veux changer ta vie, cours un marathon", disait le champion tchèque Emil Zatopek. C'est dire que l'international pour une entreprise n'est ni une mode ni une martingale stratégique mais un parcours exigeant qui s'inscrit dans la durée et la cohérence entre les moyens et les fins. Certes le temps ne respecte que ce que l'on fait avec lui, il respecte surtout ce que l’on fait de façon cohérente. Jacques Lesieur, expert de l’international présente chaque condition qui mène à la ligne d'arrivée.

In Prescription for Excellence, Michelli provides an inside look at an organization that has become the envy of its industry - and explains how you can dominate your own industry by using the same approach.

For decades people have been told the secret to success is a good education. But is it true? Many of the biggest names in the business world today never received a college degree. After much research and thought, Steve Lover concludes that confidence is the most important characteristic to determine success. However, even more important than developing your own confidence is the ability to ignite your employees’ confidence. The leader who knows how to do that creates a different kind of organization.

Oracle's world-famous consultants are leaders in delivering best-in-class services, solutions, and client satisfaction. Now for the first time, this practical insider's guide reveals the secrets behind Oracle's astonishing success - a virtual crash course in the best practices and proven methods that can take your career to the next level.

Long considered the world's greatest thinker and writer on management, Peter Drucker's teachings continue to inspire leaders everywhere. From 1975 to 1979, author William Cohen studied under the Great Man and became the first graduate of his doctoral program. What Drucker taught him literally changed his life. In a matter of a few years, he was re-commissioned in the Air Force and rose to the rank of major general.

The author understands the struggles of teachers who are doing what they can to instill order and maintain control with their students, especially when they are in a state of total disorganization, with some obvious increasing level of chaos. This book introduces a few effective steps to understand how to tackle such situations and succeed in classroom management.

In this business guide for our times, Michelli distills best leadership practices that can be used in any company, in any industry. Organized into four main themes - Set the Foundation, Build Connections, Move with Purpose, and Harness Change - Stronger Through Adversity provides a deep dive into the methods, tactics, and approaches leaders have used to keep their company afloat and to position it for success long after the pandemic.

Equal but Different is based on my doctoral thesis, which investigated the intersection of race, gender, and social class in women leaders' career progression. The women leaders came up with strategies for gender transformation at leadership level. The audiobook presents life stories of women leaders in South Africa and abroad and men who believe in gender equality and have contributed toward this goal.

You see, most people think that social media is little more than a time-vampire sucking away attention from more important aspects of your business...but it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, social media marketing needn’t take much more than an hour of your day. And whats more, your social accounts can be automated - allowing you to grow your brand, audience, and customer base on auto-pilot!

Dr. Bill Thierfelder knows what it takes to win. As a student at the University of Maryland he dominated the high jump, winning fame as an All-American and Irish national champion. Later he earned his doctorate in sports psychology. He became a private coach and mentor to the world's top athletes...and revealed to them his hard-won secrets for success.