Quercus: 997 books
When Bubbles Burst
Surviving the Financial Fallout
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Surviving the financial fallout
John Calverley's new book is about understanding what's going on, how policy impinges on it, what investors can do and what is likely to happen. This extremely topical and timely new book from the well-known economist and Head of Research, Standard Chartered...
Political Skill at Work
Impact on Work Effectiveness
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Why is political skill so important in business?
In today's organizations, career success depends more on political skill-the ability to influence, motivate, and win support from others-than on almost any other characteristic. Political Skill at Work delivers the "how" to influence...
Clickology
What Works in Online Shopping and How Your Business can use Consumer Psychology to Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
You're only a click away from online success.
The world of shopping is at a crossroads. While online sales are growing at runaway speed, many businesses are finding themselves left behind, discovering that what has worked so long in offline does not work online, and what works online does not...
Leading with Vision
The Leader's Blueprint for Creating a Compelling Vision and Engaging the Workforce
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
What does it mean to lead with vision?
From LinkedIn Learning Expert, Bonnie Hagemann comes the first book devoted entirely to vision as a key leadership principle.
Hagemann and her co-authors delve deeply into the notion that a compelling vision that motivates and inspires is a differentiator...
Competency-Based Human Resource Management
Discover a New System for Unleashing the Productive Power of Exemplary Performers
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2004
Why a focus on jobs is not enough
Force-fitting employees to job descriptions leads to unhappy people and substandard performance. For years, HR professionals have struggled with this dilemma. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Competency-Based Human Resource Management describes a...
Teams Unleashed
How to Release the Power and Human Potential of Work Teams
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
FROM THE CO-AUTHOR OF THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER, Co-Active Coaching, Fourth Edition: The proven framework for transformative conversations at work and in life
Teams Unleashed provides a map and compass for engaged, sustainable, and improved team performance. This practical approach uses the...
Your Writing Coach
From Concept to Character, from Pitch to Publication
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2007
The number 1 bestseller on writing, now in a new and expanded edition. No more excuses - your time to write is now!
Have you always wanted to write a book, short story or screenplay but never quite known where to start? Do you worry you won't be able to think of a plot, or create vivid characters,...
by Donna M. Stringer, Patricia A. Cassiday
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2003
Stimulate lively discussions with activities for a variety of situations
In 52 Activities for Exploring Values Differences, Donna Stringer and Patricia Cassiday have written and adapted sound, ready-to-use activities for settings where the exploration of values differences is beneficial: the...
by Benny Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
It's true that some people spend years studying Spanish before they finally get around to speaking the language. But here's a better idea. Skip the years of study and jump right to the speaking part. Sound crazy? No, it's language hacking.
Unlike most traditional language courses that try to...
The Leaderful Fieldbook
Strategies and Activities for Developing Leadership in Everyone
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
"Bursting with useful suggestions." - Peter Gronn, professor, University of Cambridge
The global economy-the flattened world-demands a new type of leadership: collective and collaborative, where the solutions and vision are co-created by the team. Yet the practical application of...
The New Secrets of CEOs
200 Global Chief Executives on Leading
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Steve Tappin and Andrew Cave interview more than two hundred of the world's top CEOs to discover what matters to them, how they run their businesses today, and how they expect their leadership to change in the future. Tappin and Cave offer a glimpse into the business worlds and personal lives of some of the most influential people today.
Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager
Making the Science of Management Work for You
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
NEW 2ND EDITION WILL BE PUBLISHED JUNE 5TH, 2018
Over the past decade, the call for evidence-based management has been on the rise. Managers have become increasingly skeptical of advice that is based soley on anecdotes, otherwise known as the "art of management"; they demand, instead,...
What Is Global Leadership?
10 Key Behaviors That Define Great Global Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
Discover the skill set - and mindset - that great global leaders must have to succeed.
What is global leadership? It turns out that many companies around the world are missing a key point: that global leadership is distinctly different from the leadership skills needed in a domestic operation....
Clear Leadership
Sustaining Real Collaboration and Partnership at Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Cut through the "mush" to sustain and improve the quality of your partnerships at work.
Gervase R. Bushe named one of HR Magazine's Most Influential Thinkers 2016
What happened to that win-win partnership with your boss, colleage, or direct report that suddenly dissolved into...