Business Performance

You will never come across a business person who wishes for his or her business to end when he or she leaves. If an organization chooses not to embrace change, it will have no customers because people only buy things that meet their needs. For this reason, an organization needs to ensure that it stays ready for what is to come. The way to do this is to continually sharpen own tools by creating a learning environment so that own employees learn all business and change-related tricks to help them maneuver the business world.

Agile PM is a methodology to implement to get maximum business efficiency eliminating waste and reducing production costs. This is the most basic definition of agile. Scrum, in particular, is one of the most used agile frameworks. Initially, Scrum was born for software development projects, but it can now be applied also in innovative and more complex projects. Applying it, the work is completed and delivered in short cycles (called sprints) to keep the focus on development and continuous improvement of a product or service.

For people-oriented team leaders, Leader Board: The DNA of High Performance Teams is a transformative management audiobook. It will help you unleash the potential of your team’s DNA faster and more effectively than ever before through its inspirational story and readily applicable suite of team performance acceleration principles, which you gain for free.

In this must-listen book, you'll learn about Dr. Pelè’s groundbreaking strategies, systems, and software for harnessing the science-backed tools of Profitable Happiness™ to create a culture of collaboration, innovation, and engagement that delivers high performance in your organization.

All humans have an innate drive to make great things. In The Innovation Mindset, Jennifer Kenny shows you exactly how to implement practices that will drive greater innovation, differentiate your products and solutions through better innovation, and maximize the innovation capacity of your team.

Prêt à embarquer dans la tribu des Happy Télétravailleurs ? Savoir bien travailler à distance n'est plus optionnel. Pour s'y épanouir, il est essentiel d'acquérir de bons réflexes, de bien se connaître et de cultiver des relations fondées sur la confiance.

What is the recipe for becoming a high performing b2b salesperson? Conversational Selling provides a detailed look into the preparation and execution of seven key sales conversations that drive success. The sales capabilities required in today’s business environment are outlined in an easy to apply format. By providing a framework and set of strategies this book will help any b2b salesperson, regardless of experience, to increase their productivity.

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 hardest part of a manager’s job isn’t staying organized, meeting deliverable dates, or staying on budget. It’s dealing with people who are too comfortable doing things the way they’ve always been done and too afraid to do things differently. Treasurer, a courage-building pioneer, proposes a bold antidote: courage. With more courage, workers gain the confidence to take on harder projects, embrace company changes with more enthusiasm, and extend themselves in ways that will benefit their careers and their company.

Flip Your Focus peels back the layers of how organizations can build world-class teams through a unique process called upside-down leadership. In this powerful audiobook, listeners discover: the three simple actions (and ONE fundamental shift in focus) that makes leadership happen, even when most everything else you have tried has failed, the mythical process to working yourself out of a job, enabling you to work ON the business instead of IN the business (so you can have your time and life back finally), and much more.

Are you building a typical team...or a high-performance tribe? The motivational power of the desire to belong is the key element for ensuring employee satisfaction and retention, as well as your company’s long-term success.

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.

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.

To even the best business owners, marketing often feels like a big bet - the kind where you don’t know the odds or even what happens when you play. And a bad bet is dangerous for everyone. Marketing missteps for big companies go viral, but small businesses that waste money on a bad campaign or halfhearted ads might burn through their resources and sacrifice years of growth.

Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) is making a comeback and has made it to the top of the list of most adopted management tools among executives in leading global organizations. As we enter an unprecedented era of economic unpredictability, disruptive technologies, globalization, and fierce competition, companies are increasingly finding themselves in search of money to invest in new initiatives which have caused a resurgence in ZBB as a tool of choice among executives.

Some people are born with a natural 'go-get-'em' approach. For most of us, however, selling does not come naturally. This book demystifies the art of getting people to buy - whether it is as simple as convincing your friends to agree to your restaurant recommendation, or as complex as getting people to buy your million- dollar proposal at work. The book is a toolkit for self-exploration, analysis, learning and action plan development framed in a 5-week programme for building your unique sales self.

A television producer and a pig farmer meet on a cruise, not knowing they will become business partners. Lisa marries the farmer with his million-dollar debt. The farm business collapses, and they explore other ventures, including becoming traveling carnies. Lisa and Keith's faith in God is the thread that binds them together despite failures. Facing setbacks with hope and determination, they rebuild their lives and eventually find success starting a window cleaning company.

Mindfulness is overhyped, overused, and over-egged in trendy business circles. But what is mindfulness - really? Why should you invest your time, money, and energy to develop mindfulness? And what impact might it make to your performance in the workplace? Just Notice takes you on a trip down the mindfulness lane and demonstrates what's possible when you engage your eyes, ears, and body to expand your awareness and powerfully handle life's rich tapestry of adventure.

This book presents a holistic approach to performance management, encompassing both personal performance and the development of a learning organization. I hope it supports you on your performance journey.

D.R.I.V.E is the creation of Roy Andrew McDonald, inspired by his belief in the power of visualization and our ability to change direction and get what we want by taking appropriate action. The book talks you through the meaning of D.R.I.V.E, which is Destination - Reality - Inspiration - Vision - Effect. All of which is backed up with real-life examples and an insight to the author's background and a little bit of his own personal experience with his journey to his destination.