Berrett Koehler Publishers imprint: 672 books
by Gregory T. Haugan PhD, PMP
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2001
This is the only book that makes all planning methods and tools available to project managers at all levels easy to understand ... and use. Instead of applying techniques piecemeal, you'll take a cohesive, step-by-step approach to improve strategic and operational planning and scheduling throughout...
Stand Up!
How to Get Involved, Speak Out, and Win in a World on Fire
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
**Stand Up!
How to Get Involved, Speak Out, and Win in a World on Fire
A society that actively combats racism, treats climate change as a serious threat, and ensures that all people have a living wage and a decent life for themselves and their families is not a progressive pipe dream. Victories...
The Great Turning
From Empire to Earth Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2007
David Korten’s classic bestseller When Corporations Rule the World was one of the first books to articulate the destructive and oppressive nature of the global corporate economy. In The Great Turning he argues that corporate consolidation of power is merely one manifestation of what he calls “Empire”:...
This Changes Everything
Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
We Are the 99% The Occupy Wall Street movement named the core issue of our time: the overwhelming power of Wall Street and large corporations— something the political establishment and most media have long ignored. But the movement goes far beyond this critique. This Changes Everything shows how...
What the U.S. Can Learn from China
An Open-Minded Guide to Treating Our Greatest Competitor as Our Greatest Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
While America is still reeling from the 2008 financial crisis, a high unemployment rate, and a surge in government debt, China’s economy is the second largest in the world, and many predict it will surpass the United States’ by 2020. President Obama called China’s rise “a Sputnik moment”—will...
The Small-Mart Revolution
How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2007
Defenders of massive multinational chains like Wal-Mart and Fortune 500 big business argue that, like it or not, there is no alternative. Their huge scale and international reach, they claim, make them more efficient and profitable, better able to deliver value, and an uncontested boon for the job...
by Richard J. Leider, David Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2002
People everywhere feel overwhelmed today-weighed down by countless responsibilities and buffeted by never-ending changes in their personal and professional lives. Repacking Your Bags shows readers how to climb out from under these burdens and find the fulfillment that is missing in their lives. With...
The Revolution Where You Live
Stories from a 12,000-Mile Journey Through a New America
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
**Discover the Real Revolution Unfolding across America
America faces huge challenges—climate change, social injustice, racist violence, economic insecurity. Journalist Sarah van Gelder suspected that there were solutions, and she went looking for them, not in the centers of power, where...
The Nonviolence Handbook
A Guide for Practical Action
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
“Nonviolence is not the recourse of the weak but actually calls for an uncommon kind of strength; it is not a refraining from something but the engaging of a positive force,” renowned peace activist Michael Nagler writes. Here he offers a step-by-step guide to creatively using nonviolence to confront...
Effective Apology
Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2009
There’s nothing easy about apology. The news is filled with examples of leaders apologizing, needing to apologize, or failing miserably at the attempt. And certainly we all have occasion to apologize ourselves—maybe more often than we realize. But we don’t need more apologies, says John Kador—we...
The Millennial Myth
Transforming Misunderstanding into Workplace Breakthroughs
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
**Ready for the Future or Stuck in the Past?
Millennials have been condemned as lazy, entitled, disloyal, and disrespectful and needing constant hand-holding. But Crystal Kadakia—a Millennial herself as well as an organizational development consultant and two-time TEDx speaker—shows that...
The Long-Distance Leader
Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Leadership first, location second
As more organizations adopt a remote workforce, the challenges of leading at a distance become more urgent than ever. The cofounders of the Remote Leadership Institute, Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel, show leaders how to guide their teams by recalling the...
Teamwork Is an Individual Skill
Getting Your Work Done When Sharing Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2001
Knowing how to work effectively in and through groups may be the single most important skill anyone can develop in today's collaborative, team-based workplace. Unfortunately, all of the resources available on teamwork put the emphasis on group process and ignore the role of-and benefits to-the individual....
True North Groups
A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The challenges we face these days are so great that we cannot rely entirely on ourselves, our communities, or our organizations to support us and help us stay on track. We need a small group of people with whom we can have in-depth discussions and share intimately about the most important things in...