Berrett Koehler Publishers: 672 books
The New Management
Bringing Democracy & Markets Inside Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1998
A guide to the parallel revolutions in technology, organizations, and leadership This practical yet thought-provoking book presents a wealth of evidence to show that the two recurrent themes of democracy and enterprise are transforming our institutions. Organizations are becoming changing clusters...
How to Change Minds
The Art of Influence without Manipulation
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
Persuade, Don’t Push! Surely you know plenty of people who need to make a change, but despite your most well-intentioned efforts, they resist because people fundamentally fear change. As a salesman, father, friend, and consultant, Rob Jolles knows this scenario all too well. Drawing on his highly...
Make Talent Your Business
How Exceptional Managers Develop People While Getting Results
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2011
Despite considerable investment in resources and tools, many companies struggle to meet the demand for the talent they require. Make Talent Your Business\u201d gets to the heart of the matter: Managers themselves are in the best position to help people learn from experience (the uncontested major...
Working PeopleSmart
6 Strategies for Success
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
Bringing out the best in others is good business. When we bring both respect and interpersonal savvy to our work relationships, we do more than make people feel good. We enhance personal and organizational performance. And as the workplace grows more complex and competitive, managing our work relationships...
The New Rules of Green Marketing
Strategies, Tools, and Inspiration for Sustainable Branding
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Green products have been around since the 1970s, but it’s only in recent years that they’ve become ubiquitous. It’s not because consumers suddenly prize sustainability above all. It’s because savvy green marketers are no longer trying to “sell the earth”—instead they’re promoting the...
Lean and Green
Profit for Your Workplace and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2000
When it comes to believing that business can be profitable and environmentally sensitive, cynics abound on both sides. But in Lean and Green, Pamela Gordon proves that capitalism and environmentalism are not mutually exclusive-quite the contrary. She shows how "green" business practices...
Overfished Ocean Strategy
Powering Up Innovation for a Resource-Deprived World
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
We all know the proverb about teaching someone to fish, but if there are no fish left, knowing how to catch them won’t do you any good. And that’s the position businesses are in today. Resources are being depleted at an alarming rate and the cost of raw materials is rising dramatically. As a result,...
Take Charge of Your Talent
Three Keys to Thriving in Your Career, Organization, and Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Whether you’re the new kid in a cubicle, the boss in the executive suite, or self-employed, you have huge potential for greater productivity and fulfillment. Even very high performers in excellent organizations—large and small, for profit and nonprofit—report that 30 to 40 percent of their talent...
by Dixon Southworth MPA
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
An Entirely New Way to Look at Human Resources in the Public Sector
What makes a good worker? Why do some people naturally do well at their jobs while others struggle? These questions are at the heart of the human resource (HR) profession. And while there is no shortage of theories about how people...
Human Capital Management
What Really Works in Government
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Many federal agencies have made huge strides to develop, fully utilize, and enhance the effectiveness of their most valuable resource: their workforce. This book captures those successes and relates the stories behind them. Innovative recruitment and retention strategies, dynamic employee onboarding...
by William G. Arnold CDFM-A
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
This guide offers sound and easy-to-apply advice to help government managers deal with appropriated funds properly and legally. It follows the organization of the Redbook, the Government Accountability Office's 2,000+ page Principles of Federal Appropriations Law. Government purchase card holders...
Stewardship
Choosing Service Over Self-Interest
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Service, Accountability, and Partnership Stewardship was provocative, even revolutionary, when it was first published in 1993, and it remains every bit as relevant and radical today. Most organizations still rely on patriarchy and hierarchy as their core form of governance, stifling initiative and...
The Daily Edge
Simple Strategies to Increase Efficiency and Make an Impact Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
*Wall Street Journal bestselling author David Horsager frequently hears executives lament that their hands are more than full trying to balance the barrage of tasks they face on a daily basis. While he never set out to be a productivity expert, Horsager realized that over the years he has developed...
Project Decisions
The Art and Science
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Project management is the art of making the right decisions. To be effective as a project manager, you must know how to make rational choices in project management, what processes can help you to improve these choices, and what tools are available to help you through the decision-making process. Project...