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Applying Advanced Analytics to HR Management Decisions
Methods for Selection, Developing Incentives, and Improving Collaboration
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Dramatically improve human capital management decisions by applying advanced analytics and "Big Data" technologies and processes! Pioneering HR technology expert James Sesil identifies widespread flaws in today's HR decision-making processes, and reveals how advanced analytics can help organizations...
by Jerry Weissman
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2011
This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Presentations in Action (9780132489621) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats. Words, images, design, and beyond: integrating all parts of your presentation to deliver powerhouse results. One person...
Organization Development
A Process of Learning and Changing
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Master the modern discipline of Organizational Development (OD), and use it to plan and drive effective change. Organization Development, Third Edition is today's complete overview of the OD discipline for managers, executives, administrators, consultants, and students alike. Fully updated to reflect...
The Truth About Managing People
Proven Insights to Get the Best from Your Team
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Discover today's quick, practical, proven guide to overcoming "killer" management problems and succeeding brilliantly as a leader! Unlike other management books, The Truth About Managing People, Fourth Edition is 100% practical and completely based on tested evidence, not mere anecdote or...
The Power of People
How Successful Organizations Use Workforce Analytics To Improve Business Performance
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Learn from Today’s Most Successful Workforce Analytics Leaders
Transforming the immense potential of workforce analytics into reality isn’t easy. Pioneering practitioners have learned crucial lessons that can help you succeed. The Power of People shares their journeys—and their indispensable...
Coping with Toxic Managers, Subordinates ... and Other Difficult People: Using Emotional Intelligence to Survive and Prosper
Using Emotional Intelligence to Survive and Prosper
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2003
Many managers engage in destructive behavior that does considerable harm to their subordinates, their organization and eventually themselves. Whether they are narcissistic, unethical, rigid or aggressive, or simply depressed/anxious/burned out, working with them can be a nightmare. Moreover, they can...
Making Innovation Work
How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit from It, Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Profitable innovation doesn’t just happen. It must be managed, measured, and properly executed, and few companies know how to accomplish this effectively. Making Innovation Work presents a formal innovation process proven to work at HP, Microsoft and Toyota, to help ordinary managers drive top and...
Project Management Analytics
A Data-Driven Approach to Making Rational and Effective Project Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
To manage projects, you must not only control schedules and costs: you must also manage growing operational uncertainty. Today’s powerful analytics tools and methods can help you do all of this far more successfully. In Project Management Analytics, Harjit Singh shows how to bring greater evidence-based...
by James O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2008
This is the eBook version of the printed book.Praise for The Truth About Confident Presenting "O'Rourke goes beyond the typical list of speaking tips and packs a lot of wisdom into his 51 truths. He explains the critical link between the content of a speech and its ultimate effectiveness, illuminating...
The Art of Asking
Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Ask the Right Questions in the Right Ways...And Get the Answers You Need to Succeed! Discover the core questions that every manager needs to master...how to avoid the mistakes business questioners make most often...ten simple rules for asking every question more effectively. Learn how to ask tough...
Don¿t Make Them Think!
Creating the Best Flow for the Elements of any Great Presentation
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2009
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats. Guide your audiences inexorably towards action, by organizing your presentations so audiences can follow...
The Truth About Getting Your Point Across
...and Nothing But the Truth
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2006
Improving communication skills is the single most powerful step one can take to supercharge a career. What are the best, PROVEN ways to motivate action now, and gain lasting influence in any organization? The Truth About Getting Your Point Across reveals what really works: 59 principles and breakthrough...
by Barry Dym, Susan Egmont, Laura Watkins
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Managing Leadership Transition for Nonprofits: Passing the Torch to Sustain Organizational Excellence (9780137047659) by Barry Dym, Susan Egmont and Laura Watkins. Available in print and digital formats. Why mission and...
Losing It! Behaviors and Mindsets that Ruin Careers
Lessons on Protecting Yourself from Avoidable Mistakes
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Why do otherwise brilliant and successful leaders fail – and often do so dramatically? How can you prevent your own career “train wreck” by learning from their experiences? This book distills the core causes of executive failure, demonstrates how to identify them in your own behavior – and helps...