Business Performance

Want to enter the elite world of hedge fund investing? Everyone deserves access to the investment vehicles of the wealthy. Start learning how with this guide that will put you on the road to selecting a good hedge fund investment plan with topics such as choices, strategies, and risk modeling. This guide will prepare you by equipping you with all the information you will need so you can invest in hedge funds.

The compensation beast can rear its ugly head in many ways. But generally, compensation problems for freight brokers come from the four employee "lacks": Lack of urgency, lack of motivation, lack of good decision-making, lack of alignment with company objectives. Taming the Compensation Monster helps transportation and logistics providers create a sense of urgency, inspire motivation, promote better decision-making, and provide rewards that align with company objectives.

Why do only a small percentage of people rise to the very top of their fields while the majority barely cope with their stress? Why do some entrepreneurs remain optimistic and filled with boundless energy, while most become exhausted, overwhelmed, and burned out? Why do some health care professionals thrive under pressure, while most are crushed by it? In this important book, mindset management expert Dr. Steve Taubman, DCC, explores the dilemma of how most suffer while certain peak performers thrive under the very same conditions.

In today's over-wired world, we are expected to be always on and always connected, but this approach has consequences. Workplace engagement is at an all-time low, and complaints about work-life balance are at an all-time high. In the quest to optimize while restoring balance, more people than ever before are now embracing flow. Create More Flow introduces the concept of flow, offers compelling evidence for its impact, and provides actionable strategies.

Simon Lightfield uses his years of experience as a sales coach and life coach to help you unearth your true potential for sales success. This book builds upon the true driving forces in sales that makes sales success an inevitability. With a focus on the way modern principles and techniques differ from past trends, Sales Greatness provides you with invaluable insights into the best ways you can maximize your sales.

Few are prepared for managing across cultures, and the costs of cultural blind spots can spin out of control - from lawsuits to lost opportunities. Forged in the fire of clashing cultures and living on four continents, Dr. Zweifel developed a fool-proof methodology for managing successfully across borders.

The Stretch Zone is about being confident when and where it really matters. Anyone can be confident in their comfort zone, but it seldom matters. Confidence is an issue for everyone who has the courage to step outside their comfort zone and face difficult situations in the stretch zone. This inspirational guide will introduce you to a whole new way of thinking, turning outdated misconceptions about self-confidence completely on their head.

In an age when corporate executives are focused on smoothing out differences and achieving consensus, Saj-nicole Joni and Damon Beyer contend that happy workers aren't always productive; they often become prone to boredom and complacency. While organizational harmony and strategic alignment are important, the health and well-being of organizations also depend on carefully constructed and constructive conflict.

The performance review is an important part of your job as a manager or coach. But it is only a part. In order to develop team members effectively, you have to be proactive on a daily basis. This means having conversations - and not just about the weather or the game last night. Create ongoing conversations throughout the year. Conversations for Creating Star Performers is a vital tool for keeping team members motivated, engaged, and moving ahead every day - not just the days before an annual review.

Do you ever procrastinate? Do you somehow convince yourself that your tasks can always wait...when they can't? Do all the tasks you put off for a long time overwhelm you? And when the deadline arrives - panic time! You don't know where to start. The time to start changing is right now. Learn to focus on your most important tasks and get them done before the deadline. Daily Routine Makeover examines the causes and solutions of procrastination like no other book.

Why are the New Zealand All Blacks the best rugby team in the world? How does the Kirov Ballet produce generation after generation of exceptional ballerinas? How did Southwest Airlines evolve from being an idiosyncratic Texan airline to become one of the most successful businesses internationally? How does the Finnish School Education System deliver great results by breaking conventions? Powerhouse uncovers the performance secrets of some of the most impressive organizations around the world and reveals the key principles they have in common....

Energized Enterprise shows you how to put both the human element and the total enterprise at the forefront of your leadership strategy and daily actions, offering fundamental principles of effective leadership, seven key leadership rules, as well as research, stories, and practical examples. Utilizing Dr. Wilson’s expertise, you’ll implement the very best leadership practices to lift, nourish, and energize your workforce to advance your enterprise to the leading edge.

You’ve discovered how chaotic your life is; things seem bleak. To progress with your newly inspired objectives, you must put things into order and change perspectives. Know that you can improve your everyday living and better yourself even if life and other people always seem to get in the way of your success.

Do you want to be more productive? Are you stressed out, feeling like you’re pushing a boulder up a hill? Do you keep getting new books on productivity in the search for success? If so, the Productivity Directives book is for you. Imagine how good it would feel to finally get through that to-do list and get control of your workload. Peak Productivity provides a step-by-step training program for maximizing your productive output. Learn how to master your motivation and discover how to design high performance habits.

This audiobook will bring you positive messaging embedded in four tracks by top New Age musicians. The specially created music will assist you in focusing your attention as subliminal messages are projected in the same chord and frequency as the music. No concentration is required — your subconscious mind will perceive the messages without resistance from your conscious mind. You may find it helpful to use the program as background music while you work.

Are you able, ready, and willing to permanently change your behavior? Permanently replacing deeply ingrained behaviors with new ones is one of the hardest challenges to overcome. But in Coach Yourself to Win, master executive coach Howard Guttman combines his own expert insight and deep extensive coaching experience to create a step-by-step process that you can follow to change the behaviors that have been holding you back from what you truly want.

Company leaders feel the urgency to transform their organizations in the face of digital disruption. New rivals are digitizing whatever can be digitized to attack incumbents' value chains, gaining market share, eroding margins, and wreaking havoc to the competitive landscape in virtually every industry.

As successful CEOs devote their time and energy to growing their companies in a fast-paced world of global trade, high technology, and fierce competition, the how of business—also known as organizational culture—can be neglected. The repercussions include losing your most talented people, damaging your reputation, and wreaking havoc on company growth. Through the use of real-life examples and client conversations, organizational psychologist and master coach Dr. Shahrzad Nooravi shares three models for driving a strong culture.

Are you a leader who is questioning whether all the stress and exhaustion is worth it? You work hard. You are motivated and driven. You have a clear vision and use your energy and enthusiasm to spur others on. Yet on the inside, you are exhausted and drained. All the missed lunch breaks, lack of sleep, and long hours of work are taking their toll and it’s time to do something about this before it’s too late. You are your most important asset. When you put yourself first and prioritize your own mental health, you are more productive, perform better, and will be happier.

Leadership Lessons is a book that is all about how to improve organizational performance. The central focus of all these essays is improving the ability to understand the dynamics at play that are impacting their organizations. The purpose is to help organizations and the people within them to be able to realize their individual and collective potential. Many of the essays are titled in the form of a question because if you don’t learn to ask better questions, you will never get the answers you really need.