High Management

Universities train talented students to develop the most advanced technologies in the world. Graduates sign employment offer letters that promise salaries, bonuses, stock options, and restricted stock units (RSUs) that will make them earn far more than most Americans. Despite this, personal finance remains a taboo among many people, rarely talked about openly and rarely discussed in polite company. I wrote Personal Finance for People in Tech to share what I've learned about managing my finances after nearly 20 years of working in the software industry.

The Substance of Leadership is a concise and practical guide that teaches you how to lead a high-performing team. Based on more than three decades of experience with high-performing teams operating in high-pressure environments from aircraft carriers to combat to TOPGUN to the business world, David Robinson takes you on an experiential journey distilling the complexities of leadership into a simple, enduring framework that will maximize your leadership effectiveness.

How can you develop leaders who will sustain the fast growth of your business? Fast-growing, high-tech companies face unique challenges. Often the business has grown quickly because of its brilliant technologies, products and solutions. But, if you don't have enough leaders with the capabilities and experience to take things further, your growth could stall. Grow Your Geeks helps CEOs, senior leaders and HR professionals to: Build a meaningful business case so you get the buy in and commitment of key stakeholders.

By the end of this eye-opening leadership audiobook, you will be able to develop the Seven Powerful Mindsets that will not only help you overcome obstacles, but also develop the habits of success. Instead of wasting the most productive years of your life chasing other people’s dreams, you can finally start your own business adventure. And the only way to do it is to aim high.

Thousands of books have been written about leadership and workplace culture, but many rely too much on abstract philosophy and head-scratching jargon. In Jumpstart Your Workplace Culture, Eric Stone breaks through the noise to give listeners a practical road map for fostering a culture that yields results year in and year out. Influenced by his quarter-century of experience with one of America's most beloved brands, the book is loaded with interviews from senior corporate executives as well as real-life examples and anecdotes.

We all have a lot to learn from the diary of a teacher named Esmé Raji Codell, an educator who has struggled to maintain individuality in the face of bureaucracy and whose defiant stand against mediocrity will reverberate in companies as well as classrooms everywhere.

Heute werden bereits rund achtzig Prozent der Unternehmensleistung in Teams erbracht. Und doch sind Teams bei weitem nicht so effektiv, wie sie sein könnten. Die Zahlen zu Engagement, Produktivität und Zufriedenheit sind hier seit Jahren eindeutig. Doch was hält Teams davon ab, mit voller Energie und Enthusiasmus zusammenzuarbeiten? Wie wird Rollenklarheit vor allem in kritischen Situationen der Zusammenarbeit geschaffen? Was macht High Performance am Arbeitsplatz wirklich aus und wie kann sie letztlich erreicht werden?

As a leader, do you feel you face a straight choice between high performance versus wellbeing? Strategic resilience allows you to achieve both, without compromise. At The Resilience Engine, we believe that everyone deserves to perform well without compromising their wellbeing. We know our approach works because it’s backed up by 10 years of research and experience with thousands of clients in more than 75 organisations.

Many organisations are diverse – but that doesn’t make them inclusive. Many teams are made up of high-performing individuals – but that doesn’t turn them into high-performing teams. Many leaders work hard and take care of their people – but that doesn’t mean they’re great leaders. Let Go Leadership will show you how to share power, harness the diversity of your teams and become a better, more inclusive leader, so that you can realise the untapped potential within your organisation.

Are revenue and EBIT growth important to you? McKinsey notes that the biggest future impact on revenue and EBIT growth is through digitizing supply chain. This audiobook is about how supply chain digital transformations can help you deliver results with a high ROI. In this business storybook, directors and executives of mid-sized and large businesses in critical functional areas, such as supply chain -including sourcing and procurement - IT, marketing, and finance will find practical and technical tools for managing projects and different approaches to improve soft skills.

These days, leaders are likely to face adversity and career-testing situations. Crisis defines leaders and their organizations. But it does not have to take them down. Talk Is Chief provides sound advice, examples, and even a list of the 10 Commandments of Crisis Management so that leaders can either avoid crises or avert worst-case scenarios when confronted with an existential threat.

Middle management is hard. If you’re a middle manager, you already know that, and you may be searching for all the help you can get to become more effective and successful in that role. In other words, to become an exceptional middle manager.

Of course we want to hold public officials accountable for paying their fair share. But just as importantly, we want to see how they legally save hundreds of thousands of dollars. You don’t have to be a politician to pull a page from their playbook and save your hard-earned money, too. After all, it’s not how much you make, but what you keep after taxes. All the Presidents’ Taxes details the intriguing tax stories and strategies of the most popular presidents and presidential candidates.

Often, the motivation behind day trading is money. People want to be rich, and they are looking to take advantage of any opportunities that present themselves. Day trading can be an exciting endeavor to get started with. Many people like the idea that they can use this to earn money each day, and if they are good at doing their research, keeping the emotions out of the game, and they can be realistic with their goals, they are going to see some amazing results with profits and a full-time passive income.

Based on decades of expertise in envisioning and articulating policy options, Paul Laudicina lays out four vastly different visions for America's future. In Roadmap to a Brighter Future, he outlines why the best version of America will only come about if the correct actions are taken now - and outlines the 10 steps needed to decisively tackle our most pervasive problems and address critical priorities.

Diabetes is a stressful disease and only adds stress to our busy lives. Prolonged stress can cause serious and extensive harm to our hearts, kidneys, eyes, nerves, and mental well-being. Learning to manage stress well will help you manage not only your blood glucose levels but also your life. Stress-Free Diabetes offers a creative, imaginative, and practical approach to stress management.

"America's Money Answers Man" explores the relationship between money and emotions, identifies seven "money types", and offers the keys to life-changing financial success.

The Soul of Capitalism examines how the greatest wealth-creation engine in the history of the world is failing most of us, why it must be changed, and how intrepid pioneers are beginning to transform it. Best-selling author William Greider analyzes how our relentless pursuit of unprecedented affluence has eroded family life, eaten away at our sense of personal and professional security, corroded our communities, impoverished our spiritual lives, and devastated our natural environment.

It’s clear that in today’s era of fiscal constraints and political gridlock, we can no longer turn to government alone to tackle towering social problems. What’s required is a new, more collaborative and productive economic system. The Solution Revolution brings hope - revealing just such a burgeoning new economy where players from across the spectrum of business, government, philanthropy, and social enterprise converge to solve big problems and create public value.

Informed by interviews with corporate strategists at leading companies around the world, eminent consultants at firms such as Bain, the Boston Consulting Group, and McKinsey & Co., and the internal archives of strategic innovators such as General Electric and Shell, this book provides vivid insights into the trials and tribulations of practice innovation in strategy, and stresses the hard work of the little recognized and sometimes eccentric innovators within the profession.