If it Ain’t Broke … Break It!: And Other Unconventional Wisdom for a Changing Business World by Robert J. Kriegel Before tickling our funny bones with his best-selling classic Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers, Bob Kriegel shared his unconventional wisdom with readers via this hard-to-put-down, uniquely humorous approach to the subject of change. In…
301 Ways to Have Fun at Work by Dave Hemsath and Leslie Yerkes It’s quite obvious that any employee would like to have more fun at work. However, it’s a little more of a challenge to convince management that creating a fun atmosphere in the workplace can increase productivity and morale while having a positive effect…
A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative by Roger von Oech Although first published in the early ’80s, this masterpiece has been enhanced and revised three times to provide cutting-edge approaches to becoming more creative in both your business and personal lives. It’s back—and better than ever—with more bright…
Heads, You Win!: How the Best Companies Think-and How You Can Use Their Examples to Develop Critical Thinking Within Your Own Organization by Quinn Spitzer and Roe Evans Remember New Coke, The Walt Disney Company’s aborted theme park near the Manassas battlefield or AT&T’s acquisition of the NCR Corp? Were these merely the mistakes of individual…
The Circle of Innovation: You Can’t Shrink Your Way to Greatness by Tom Peters In 1982, Tom Peters introduced himself to the business world by co-authoring one of the most influential management books of all time: In Search of Excellence. Now, through his in-your-face style, bold graphics, astounding facts and figures, and quotes whose sources…
The Power of Focus: What the Worlds Greatest Achievers Know about The Secret of Financial Freedom and Success by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Lew Hewitt The best-selling authors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series join forces to show you how to hit your business, personal, and financial targets with absolute certainty. Whether…
Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers: Developing Change-Ready People and Organizations by Robert Kriegel and David Brandt Tackling one of the most important business issues of today, the authors demonstrate why the latest panaceas—re-engineering, virtual teams, outsourcing, reinventing, restructuring, downsizing—almost always prove unsuccessful. They expose how these buzzword programs overlook the most fundamental element of…
1001 Ways to Energize Employees by Bob Nelson Take the brakes off your business. From management specialist and author of 1001 Ways to Reward Employees comes a practical handbook full of ideas for increasing employee involvement and enthusiasm—the key to an organization’s success. Weaving together case studies, examples, suggestions, and quotes from hundreds of American’s…
1001 Ways to Reward Employees by Bob Nelson Whether you manage a department, oversee a division, lead a company or run a family business with just only one employee, there’s an essential principle to follow that’s often overlooked: What most motivates the people who work for you is recognition. A chock-full guide to rewards of…