books about: organizational     books:     Organizational      A Sense of Urgency John P. Kotter Harvard Business School Press, 2008 Changing the idea of change management A Sense of Urgency is a book that is sorely needed in today's times as the difference between urgency and change will make the difference between survival and liquidation in today's economy. Executives need to recognize the difference between the two. Urgency creates ...             Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't Jim Collins Collins Business, 2001 Proven Principles of Success, for Big Companies, Small Start-Ups, and Even Families Jim Collins' classic book on creating a great company contains success principles that apply to big corporations, small clubs, and even families. * Level 5 Leadership (Leaders with humility and strength, but no ego) * First Who, Then What (Get the right people ...             Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein Yale University Press, 2008 A bit wordy, but that is its only fault As has been demonstrated numerous times, and reported in numerous books, humans are not rational decision makers. Therefore, why not take advantage of human tendencies to help people make better choices for themselves and for society? "Nudge" is a little wordy, but ...             Robert's Rules Of Order Newly Revised In Brief (Roberts Rules of Order (in Brief)) Henry M. III Robert, William J. Evans, ... Da Capo Press, 2004 Excellent purchase. Highly recommend for managers, board members, or someone who wants to structure a meeting. I bought this book to bring to the first meetings of a newly formed non-profit group. After reading it, not only did I find applications for the rules of order in the group but also at work, where a structured meeting that adhered to a certain time limit was greatly ...             Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber, ... St. Martin's Press, 2006 Great book I have read John Kotter's previous work on leading change so I was curious as to whether his concepts could be effectively conveyed in fable form. To my delight, I discovered that Kotter put his own findings about the power of stories to work to create an engaging ...             The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves Fireside, 2005 Shows you how to manage your emotions This is a special book. In addition to illustrating how emotional intelligence works and why it is important, it showed me how I can identify my emotions accurately in the moment and respond to them more effectively. The techniques are quite easy to apply, and I am ...             Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, ... Crown Business, 2002 It's a must read for CEOs I have required all of my management team to read "Execution" book. This book tells you why many companies fail to execute its strategies and how you can implement a performance management system to execute your business model. The book also provides tools to ...             Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great Jim Collins HarperCollins, 2005 Taking a non-profit from Good to Great As a social entrepreneur and current business school student, I was fascinated by Collins' work in Good To Great, and I am thrilled that he has provided this monograph to answer the questions that many of us the social sector have been wrestling with since his Good To ...             The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox North River Press, 2004 What every engineer should know about manufacturing Doesn't matter what kind of indusstry you work. If you are an Engineer, or industrial manager, you must read this book, because it's a romance where the author describes the routine of an Industry, the day-by-day activities, pressure, problems, people vanities, etc. I ...             Leading Change John P. Kotter Harvard Business School Press, 1996 School Book This book is what I needed and I enjoy the book. I received fast service.             Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney Lee Cockerell Doubleday Business, 2008 Definite "must read" Being an executive recruiter and a career consultant for over 32 years with many years of public speaking on the topic of "Your Future Marketability" I found that Lee's book was an incredibly inspiring book. "Customer service" is something that is dwindling away in ...             Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box The Arbinger Institute Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002 Jorth's view on Leadership and Self-deception This book is exceptional in regard to understanding the inner workings of our perceptions and the effect our personal character influences what we see and hear. Highly recommended. Coach Charles Powell             The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't Robert I. Sutton Business Plus, 2007 A great book ... why you do not want jerks on your team It is inevitable that we all have to deal with jerks at the workplace or on your team. Sutton does an excellent job of pointing out the consequences of having these individuals in your organization. He also gives you the tools to handle these jerks. As a team ...             The Trophy Kids Grow Up: How the Millennial Generation is Shaking Up the Workplace Ron Alsop Jossey-Bass, 2008 Fantastic Subject and Advice Born between 1980 and 2001, "millennials" challenge us as they move into their roles of student, worker and citizen. For anyone that has experienced these trophy children, they realize that we (management) need help and guidance. This is a well-crafted book that will ...             Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, ... Free Press, 2003 Very readable look at "Lean Thinking" Lean is a specific management technique to make an organization more efficient (and a private sector company more profitable). This book is a well written introduction to the subject. The authors, James Womack and Daniel Jones, provide lots of examples to illustrate ...          products you might be interested in search for books conditions, corporation, improvement, intelligence, leadership, succeeding      geepe.com    web we recommend Proven Principles of Success, for Big Companies, Small Start-Ups, and Even Families randomly chosen book: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan ...