Technology Leadership

In 2010 Tony Hsieh was introduced to many as a visionary modern business leader. Under Hsieh's leadership, Zappos became the world's largest online shoe company by championing satisfied customers and a valued workforce. After his company was purchased by Amazon, Hsieh turned his energies and considerable fortune toward a much larger goal: building a new and more socially conscious Silicon Valley in the heart of downtown Las Vegas, all within his five-year plan.

If you want to improve your ability to deliver a scrum project, then this audiobook is for you. The book does not give you magic-wand techniques but instead focuses your attention on where you should go to understand the fundamentals of scrum.

By utilising the latest thinking in health and behavioural economics, social psychology, neuroscience, management and social network analysis, Fully Connected will provide a blueprint for how to use social health to foster well-being and productivity. At every level, each person, department and organisation is struggling to find a way to navigate this challenging era; Fully Connected will be a blueprint for anyone looking to reclaim time, space and identity in our world.

The Civil War was the first "modern war." Because of the rapid changes in American society, Abraham Lincoln became president of a divided United States during a period of technological and social revolution. Among the many modern marvels that gave the North an advantage was the telegraph, which Lincoln used to stay connected to the forces in the field in almost real time. No leader in history had ever possessed such a powerful tool to gain control over a fractious situation. An eager student of technology, Lincoln had to learn to use the power of electronic messages.

We are living in a world in which cows send texts to farmers when they're in heat, where the most valuable real estate in New York City houses computers, not people, and some of humanity's greatest works are created by crowds, not individuals. We are in the midst of a networking revolution - set to transform the way we access the world's information and the way we connect with one another. Studying biological systems is perhaps the best way to understand such networks, and nature has a lesson for us if we care to listen: Bigger is rarely better in the long run.

In this groundbreaking book, the author draws on decades of military experience and cutting-edge technology to explore the world of leadership through the lens of both human and artificial intelligence. The book offers a thought-provoking comparison of the leadership styles, philosophies, and strategies of these two vastly different entities.

Twenty-one years after its incorporation and 16 years after its stock peak, Yahoo sold for 96% less than its value on January 3, 2000, when it had closed at an all-time high of $118.75 per share, resulting in a market capitalization of $120 billion. Wall Street valued Yahoo!, at that time in business less than six years, higher than it did Disney, News Corporation, and Comcast combined. Yahoo!'s story is one of missed strategies, failed opportunities, and poor execution.

Organisations that excel at service buzz. Their people are switched on, and they "make it happen" for customers. It is down to all the little things they get right. They focus on what counts, and in the world of commerce, as well as in public service, there is only one person that counts, and that is the customer.

The high-tech industry has given rise to a pioneering group of entrepreneurs and executives that is not only behind today's most innovative technological advances but also at the forefront of a dynamic new movement in business. Now, in Silicon Gold Rush, their inspirational stories are told and their strategies for success revealed.

Developing the Leader Within You is Dr. Maxwell's first and most enduring leadership book, having sold more than one million copies. In this classic, you will discover the biblical foundation for leadership that John Maxwell has used as a pastor and business leader for more than 40 years. These same principles and practices are available for everyday leaders in every walk of life.

Create Your Own Future is a powerful book on self-empowerment that offers a wealth of ideas readers can apply immediately to take complete control of their personal and work lives. Intended for anyone who wants to make more money and get more satisfaction from life, the book offers twelve principles for success and real-world action plans that help you reach your goals. Author Brian Tracy is one of the most renowned and successful self-help authors and speakers in the world; Create Your Own Future presents all his accumulated experience in making success happen for others. Now, it can make success happen for you.

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed best seller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.

While building the Virgin Group over the course of 40 years, Richard Branson has never shied away from tackling seemingly outlandish challenges that others (including his own colleagues on many occasions) considered sheer lunacy. He has taken on giants like British Airways and won, and monsters like Coca-Cola and lost. Now Branson gives an inside look at his strikingly different, swashbuckling style of leadership.

Esli vyi esche ne znaete, chto edyat na Marse, kak zakuporit leto v butyilkah i zachem nuzhno chitat knigi, to vyi ne imeete predstavleniya o Ree Bredberi. I eto neobhodimo ispravit. Samyiy nefantasticheskiy iz vseh pisateley-fantastov i samyiy tainstvennyiy iz realistov, Rey Bredberi otkryivaet novyie miryi na zadnem dvore i nahodit staryie vospominaniya na chuzhih planetah. V etoy knige - kratkiy obzor tvorchestva velikogo rasskazchika.

V knige dan obzor strategicheskih i takticheskih priemov vedenija biznesa, kotoryj po svoej suti javljaetsja mirnym analogom voennyh srazhenij. Biznes, kak sredstvo sushhestvovanija, biznes, kak razvlechenie ili igra – jeto uzkoe ponimanie takogo slozhnogo javlenija. Kommercija vo vse vremena presledovala svoej cel'ju naibol'shie pribyli, poputno zatragivaja pomimo jekonomicheskoj politicheskuju, social'nuju i dazhe religioznuju sfery obshhestvennoj zhizni.

Eto samaya zhiznennaya i v to zhe vremya smeshnaya audiokniga, kotoruyu vyi kogda-libo slushali! Znamenityiy zakon MYorfi, bolshe izvestnyiy kak zakon podlosti, byil sformulirovan v 1949 godu. I s teh por, pozhaluy, kazhdyiy iz nas ne raz ubezhdalsya v zhiznennosti i pravdivosti etogo pravila: "Esli kakaya-nibud nepriyatnost mozhet proizoyti, ona sluchitsya". No malo kto znaet, chto na samom dele spisok zakonov MYorfi etim pravilom ne ischerpyivaetsya!

Iz jetoj knigi izdatel'stva AB Publishing Vy uznaete, chto uspeh - jeto postojannaja velichina, kotoraja skryta v kazhdom iz nas. Uspeshnost' - kachestvo, kotoroe mozhno razvit' i vospitat'. My daem mnozhestvo poleznyh sovetov na kazhdyj den', kak organizovat' svoju zhizn' takim obrazom, chtoby uspeh prishel k vam sam i ostalsja s vami navsegda.

Bodo Schaefer - a world-renowned financial advisor, grown rich thanks to rules developed by them. Boris Grundl - vice European champion rugby in wheelchairs, a member of the Paralympic Games in Sydney. Together, these dedicated people who have achieved heights in every kind of activity, have developed a unique system that can help to achieve success in any field - "Simple leadership."

Kurs po razvitiyu biznesa #1! Znamenityiy rossiyskiy biznes-trener Nikolay Mrochkovskiy znaet otvet na etot vopros i s udovolstviem delyatsya svoim prakticheskim opyitom so slushatelyami. Bolee 200 metodik i noveyshih strategiy pozvolyat vam ostavit daleko pozadi konkurentov. Vnedryayte, testiruyte, analiziruyte raznyie variantyi. Tochno izvestno odno - posle proslushivaniya etoy knigi vyi stanete zarabatyivat namnogo bolshe! Iz etoy audioknigi vyi uznaete.

War and trade were accomplished by our ancestors in ancient times. Between these human activities there was no significant difference. The warrior engaged in trade, and the merchant was often a warrior. In war, there are unchecked and reckless practices. Ancient scholars have written entire treatises on the subject of war. They were taught how to achieve victory on the battlefield with minimal losses.