Berrett Koehler Publishers imprint: 672 books
Living in More Than One World
How Peter Drucker's Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Millions revere Drucker as “the father of modern management”—this is the first book to share his reflections on self-management • Based on Bruce Rosenstein’s 20 years-plus study of Drucker’s life and thought • Helps you construct a complete life plan through exercises, questions, and...
The New SuperLeadership
Leading Others to Lead Themselves
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2001
The truly effective leader today must be one who leads others to lead themselves. The rapid pace of change demands fast and flexible responses throughout the organization-there's no time to wait for directives from the top. And the highly-skilled workers so vital to organizational success also demand...
by Parivs F. Rad PhD, PMP
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Improve the accuracy of project estimates and make better in-progress modifications by following the discipline-independent approach mapped out in this book. Learn the best ways to apply new tools, including a breakdown structure for both work and resources and proven estimating models. In addition,...
The Business Analyst as Strategist
Translating Business Strategies into Valuable Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
An organization's ability to achieve strategic goals through programs and supporting projects depends on its ability to establish a future vision, set strategic goals, select the most valuable projects, and then execute flawlessly. Organizational strategic alignment
is achieved by converting strategic...
Human Resource Management in the Knowledge Economy
New Challenges, New Roles, New Capabilities
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2002
Offers a fundamentally new conceptual model for the human resource function to meet the challenges of the knowledge economy Provides concrete suggestions for implementing this model, including numerous examples of effective practices from leading-edge firms Synthesizes current thinking on knowledge...
Real Time Strategic Change
How to Involve an Entire Organization in Fast and Far-Reaching Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 1997
Real time strategic change is a way of redesigning how organizations change-a mindset and accompanying methodology-that ensures that • Change occurs at a fast pace and in real time throughout an organization. • Change occurs simultaneously within the whole organization. • Buy-in, commitment...
Managing Complex Projects
A New Model
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
For organizations to thrive, indeed to survive, in today's global economy, we must find ways to dramatically improve the performance of large-scale projects. Applying the concepts of complexity theory can complement conventional project management approaches and enable us to adapt to the unrelenting...
I Moved Your Cheese
For Those Who Refuse to Live as Mice in Someone Else’s Maze
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
If you were a mouse trapped in a maze and someone kept moving the cheese, what would you do? Over a decade ago the bestselling business fable Who Moved My Cheese? offered its answer to this question: accept that change is inevitable and beyond your control, don’t waste your time wondering why things...
A Complaint Is a Gift
Recovering Customer Loyalty When Things Go Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2008
The first edition of A Complaint Is a Gift introduced the revolutionary notion that customer complaints are not annoyances to be dodged, denied, or buried but are instead valuable pieces of feedback – in fact, they’re your best bargain in market research. Customer complaints can give businesses...
A Great Place to Work For All
Better for Business, Better for People, Better for the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
**Greatness Redefined for the 21st Century
Today's business climate is defined by speed, social technologies, and people's expectations of “values” besides value. As a result, leaders have to create an outstanding culture for all, no matter who they are or what they do for the organization....
How to Make Collaboration Work
Powerful Ways to Build Consensus, Solve Problems, and Make Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2002
Every day we work with others to solve problems and make decisions, but the experience is often stressful, frustrating, and inefficient. In How to Make Collaboration Work, David Straus, a pioneer in the field of group problem solving, introduces five principles of collaboration that have been proven...
The Stakeholder Strategy
Profiting from Collaborative Business Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 1998
In today's highly networked and competitive global economy, mounting social and environmental problems are forcing corporations to focus on more than just their stockholders' interest in meeting bottom line profitability. More and more companies are recognizing the value of identifying and building...
Responsible Restructuring
Creative and Profitable Alternatives to Layoffs
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2002
Firms that restructure through downsizing are not more profitable than those that don't, and often end up hurting themselves in the long run. Responsible Restructuring draws on the results of an eighteen-year study of S&P 500 firms to prove that it makes good business sense to restructure responsibly-to...
Be a Sales Superstar
21 Great Ways to Sell More, Faster, Easier in Tough Markets
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2003
Brian Tracy shares the most important principles for sales success he has discovered in 30 years of training more than a half million sales professionals in 23 countries. Based on Tracy’s detailed discussions with top salespeople and his keen observation of their methods, as well as his own experiences...