Jossey Bass imprint: 1362 books
Ready to Be a Thought Leader?
How to Increase Your Influence, Impact, and Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
The how-to guide to becoming a go-to expert
Within their fields, thought leaders are sources of inspiration and innovation. They have the gift of harnessing their expertise and their networks to make their innovative thoughts real and replicable, sparking sustainable change and even creating...
Why Teams Win
9 Keys to Success In Business, Sport and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2009
Winning isn't easy. The world is becoming more and more competitive, with a greater need than ever for people to work together effectively in teams to make organizations successful.
There is no better model for success in business than the world of sport, with its bottom-line performance culture...
Team Turnarounds
A Playbook for Transforming Underperforming Teams
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
How any manager can turn a struggling team into business champs
In today’s uncertain economic environment, teams are asked to do more with less. With resources stretched thin, turning around a struggling team has never been harder, and managers must work to identify and maximize whatever...
by Kathryn E. Newcomer, Harry P. Hatry, Joseph S. Wholey
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
The leading program evaluation reference, updated with the latest tools and techniques
The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation provides tools for managers and evaluators to address questions about the performance of public and nonprofit programs. Neatly integrating authoritative, high-level...
The Leadership Gap
Building Leadership Capacity for Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
Studies consistently show that quality leadership development programs pay off for companies -- in the form of shareholder returns, market share growth, and sales. However, many companies have inadequate leadership development programs. This book challenges traditional views of leadership development...
Leadership Solutions
The Pathway to Bridge the Leadership Gap
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
An organizational guide to assessing, measuring, and building leadership capacity
Leadership capacity has emerged as a key source of competitive advantage in today's economy. But many organizations struggle to develop the capacity they need to succeed. This book offers concrete and precise...
The Shift
The Transformation of Today's Marketers into Tomorrow's Growth Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
Praise for The Shift
"More than ever, the role of marketing has to be to drive profitable growth by unlocking customer insights. The Shift provides inspiring examples of how leading marketers are getting it done."
–Cammie Dunaway, executive vice president of sales and marketing,...
Raising Baby Green
The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
In this illustrated and easy-to-use guide, noted pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, a leading voice of the green baby movement, advises parents how to make healthy green choices for pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care—from feeding your baby the best food available to using medicines wisely. Consumer...
The EQ Edge
Emotional Intelligence and Your Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
REVISED AND UPDAT ED WITH NEW RESEARCH INTO EQ AND PERSONAL AND CAREER SUCCESS
What is the formula for success at your job? As a spouse? A parent? A Little League baseball coach or behind the bench of a minor hockey team?
What does it take to get ahead? To separate yourself from the...
The Student EQ Edge
Emotional Intelligence and Your Academic and Personal Success
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
"The Student EQ Edge is more relevant today than any other time in the history of our world. Our opportunity to succeed in the 21st century will depend a great deal on our emotional intelligence in our transformation to lifelong learning and our leadership ability. This book is the competitive...
Trust Me
Four Steps to Authenticity and Charisma
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2008
Nick Morgan shows how anyone can be an effective speaker by presenting an image of authenticity and respect for their audience, whether in a group presentation or a one-on-one conversation. He presents a four-step process, perfected in his teaching at Harvard, that enables the reader to use their...
What Great Brands Do
The Seven Brand-Building Principles that Separate the Best from the Rest
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Discover proven strategies for building powerful, world-class brands
It's tempting to believe that brands like Apple, Nike, and Zappos achieved their iconic statuses because of serendipity, an unattainable magic formula, or even the genius of a single visionary leader. However, these companies...
by Lee G. Bolman, Joan V. Gallos
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
"Colleges and universities constitute a special type of organization; and their complex mission, dynamics, personnel structures, and values require a distinct set of understandings and skills to lead and manage them well."
—From the Preface
In Reframing Academic Leadership, Lee...
The Unwritten Rules
The Six Skills You Need to Get Promoted to the Executive Level
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Maximize your chances to get promoted to the executive level
As predictable career paths have become extinct in most organizations, managers aspiring to the C-level job are left to their own devices to determine how to advance their careers. Even in companies committed to talent development,...