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Don’t just produce results, unleash potential. Radical disruption
in the legal sector has meant increased pressure on lawyers to be
strategic business enablers and innovators. Today, leaders of law
firms and legal functions must steer change more effectively to
create client-centric solutions for the businesses they serve. But
this requires a new set of leadership skills focused on delivering
success through vision and values, purpose over profits and
positive impact on people. The Conscious Lawyer is a simple,
powerful roadmap for professionals seeking a more meaningful way of
leading high-performing teams through change. Discover a fresh
perspective on how you can reshape your leadership to advance the
future of law. As an international lawyer, general counsel and law
firm COO, Kiran Chawla Scarr has spent a global career leading
transformational change in the legal sector. Widely recognized and
awarded for transformative leadership, process innovation and
contribution to the legal community, she is a prominent voice on
the future of law.
Provides a network approach to understanding trade and trade policy
from Antiquity to the present. Argues that trade has occurred, is
occurring, and will continue to occur within well-defined, stable
networks (e.g. empires, multinational firms, free-trade areas). Is
able to rationalize the many puzzles that currrently plague
international economics. Results can be generalized to all trade
activity, ranging from economic to social, to political.
This essential handbook features overviews of sexual harassment
in kindergarten through high school, college and universities, and
public and private sector workplaces. The contributors to this
volume come from diverse backgrounds; their disciplines include
psychology, sociology, law, English literature, and management.
Through teaching about this issue, conducting research, creating
policies and procedures, working with administrative agencies (such
as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Office for
Civil Rights), litigating cases, testifying as expert witnesses in
Title VII and Title IX cases and working with state legislatures,
the various authors have gained much knowledge of sexual
harassment.
School administrators, teachers, human resources professionals,
and managers and supervisors in any workplace will greatly benefit
from the insights in this volume. It is a unique compilation of
findings from the social science, business, and legal fields. One
of the truly unique features of this work is its emphasis on
multicultural perspectives. It also reviews legal cases and
presents actual tools for sexual harassment policies, procedures,
and training programs in educational institutions and workplaces
alike.
"Income Without a Job" goes beyond money, for wealth is beyond
money, and "Income Without a Job" offers you a way to see your life
options in a totally different way. If you choose to read this
book, you can learn: => The 24/365 Dollar Developer System =>
How to see opportunities that others miss => How to identify
your own personal Working Style => How to build long-lasting
personal options => How to understand money and learn where to
get it => How to turn your own dreams into reality => Where
to get the resources to a steady income => How rich people
overcame poverty. ... and a host of insider secret methods that
assures you can live well without a paycheck. This is NOT a get
rich quick program. And, you can get rich using these techniques.
Income Without a Job is designed for those people who want to be
free to live their lives - now! About starting down the success
road and having the option to decide when and where you want to go!
http: //www.income-without-a-job.com
Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager gives every manager,
regardless of their functional role, access to cutting-edge
research and evidence-based recommendations so they can approach
their people management responsibilities with confidence.
Day-to-day people management is increasingly the responsibility of
front-line managers, not HR professionals. But managers are often
poorly prepared for these responsibilities; they receive little
training (and sometimes have little interest!) in HR. People
management is never easy, and it is particularly challenging in
COVID-19’s "next normal" workplace, where managers must engage
diverse employees across a wide range of working arrangements. This
book focuses on the special relationship that line managers have
with their employees and describes managers’ responsibilities
across the entire employee lifecycle – from front-end recruiting
and hiring through to long-term retention. The content is grounded
in rigorous academic research, but the book’s conversational tone
conveys basic principles without technical jargon. Each chapter
includes Manager’s Checkpoints to help readers apply the material
to their own workplace, and Manager’s Knots that address gray
areas inherent in people management. The book is designed for any
reader currently working as a line manager, or aspiring to a
managerial role, who wants to improve their people management
skills.
--THE SUNDAY TIMES HARDBACK NON-FICTION & BUSINESS BESTSELLER--
--PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2021: BEST BUSINESS BOOK IN THE
LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY CATEGORY-- --SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUSINESS
BOOK AWARDS 2022-- "THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL BOOKS EVER
WRITTEN ABOUT LEADERSHIP." Adam Grant, #1 New York Times
bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and host of the TED podcast
WorkLife "THE MOST UNLIKELY OF PEOPLE, IN THE MOST IMPROBABLE OF
CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN BECOME EXTRAORDINARY." From socio-political
chaos and workplace disruption to the climate change crisis, we
have never needed people with the skill and will to collaborate to
create a better world more than now. We need people who are willing
to fill the leadership void. People who will embrace the influence
they have. People who believe in improving society and workplace
culture - not only because it makes life better, but because it is
proven to yield positive results. We need more leaders. The
Promises of Giants is a challenge to anyone who aspires to make a
difference in their environment. Over fourteen promises, it
seamlessly intertwines personal anecdotes and workplace and social
observation with the latest research, to provide practical, proven
tips and strategies to empower you to maximize your own potential
and inspire others. It is not a self-help book. It is a how-to
guide for winning, rooted in the belief that the most unlikely of
people, in the most improbable of circumstances, can become
extraordinary. John Amaechi well understands the responsibilities
and potential that come with being a giant. The Promises of Giants
is the product of a lifetime spent observing and studying effective
leadership - from accompanying his mother's visits to her dying
patients to competing at the highest levels of professional sport,
through two decades of management consulting with multinational
corporations. These experiences have shown that everyone has the
ability to act decisively to influence the world in a positive way.
Everyone is a giant to someone.
If you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win numerous
battles without a single loss. – Sun Tzu, The Art of War Written
in the 6th century BC, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War is still used as
a book of military strategy today. Napoleon, Mae Zedong and Douglas
MacArthur all claimed to have drawn inspiration from it. And beyond
the world of war, modern-era business and management gurus have
also applied Sun Tzu’s ideas to politics and corporate strategy.
This pocket illustrated dual-language edition not only presents the
original Chinese characters with James Trapp’s translation on the
facing page, it also tests Sun Tzu’s ideas against history. Each
of the 13 chapters includes a new commentary giving examples of how
Sun Tzu’s wisdom has been borne out on the world’s
battlefields. When, for example, has information provided by spies
changed the course of a battle? How has history shown Sun Tzu’s
ideas on the importance of terrain in conflict to be true? And
where can we best find examples of strategic warfare being waged?
From the ancient world to the 20th century, the battles featured
will be illustrated with colour battle maps, paintings and
artworks. Of immense influence to leaders across millennia, The Art
of War Illustrated is a classic text richly deserving this
illustrated and expanded dual-language edition.
Improve the Impact of Your Facilitation Facilitation is about
mastering how to deliver an engaging learning experience, all in
the effort of improving workplace performance. It's also about
developing your unique approach and building confidence in it so
you can achieve your facilitation goals. In Facilitation in Action,
four master ATD facilitators open your eyes to the range of
facilitation methods and techniques and help you find your
authentic training style. Authors Carrie Addington, Jared Douglas,
Nikki O'Keeffe, and Darryl Wyles provide tips, lessons, and stories
rooted in hands-on application, from experiences leading ATD's
education programs and delivering training in industries from
government and healthcare to marketing and beauty. Learn how to
develop a facilitation mindset that identifies what learners need
to be successful before, during, and after training. Explore how to
adapt your facilitation across various modalities and how to be
prepared when you must pivot in the moment. And, dive into the
importance of empathy, inclusion, feedback, and performance to
facilitation. This guide takes both new and established
facilitators on a journey of honing training delivery skills, and
demonstrating agility for the benefit of the learners, the
organization, and themselves. The chapters are structured around
actual questions the authors have received over the years from
learners in ATD Education's train-the-trainer sessions. Each
chapter concludes with invitations and moments of reflection for
the reader as they consider their own development as a facilitator.
Marketing Interaction & Technology takes an interactionist
perspective to study the relationship between marketing,
interaction and technology. Current thought and research in
marketing and associated fields like consumer research are still
pervaded by behaviorist concepts that simplify the relationship
between human action and the environment. By analysing clear
illustrative cases Marketing Interaction & Technology will
explicate the complexity and contingency of social relationships.
The cases in this volume examine discussions of technology used to
facilitate and support marketing activities in networks, for the
building of reputation, for the promotion of products and service
and the engagement with consumers, the involvement of consumers in
innovation and production as well as new developments in consumer
research and their ethical implications and the opportunities
offered by technology to conduct social marketing campaigns.
Marketing Interaction & Technology then ends with a
re-evaluation of the relationship between marketing and technology
and how it can be reshaped in line with contemporary debates in
other areas of the social sciences. Aimed at academics, researchers
and policy makers in the fields of marketing, consumer behavior and
psychology, the observations from the analysis will inform the
development of new concepts of technology in marketing and consumer
research and reinvigorate debate between sociology and marketing
scholars.
‘This book is a secret weapon, providing clarity and confidence
in scaling to seven figures’ Sebastian Bates, The Warrior Academy
The average B2B business takes 5 years to double its revenue;
remarkable businesses double revenue every 12 months. In Remarkable
Business Growth, Richard Mawer reveals how you can make YOUR B2B
business remarkable and unlock predictable 7-figure business
growth. You know you need proven strategy, processes and systems to
be successful. What you’re missing is the secret of making your
business remarkable at every touchpoint, a business that your
customers not only use, but love and remark upon. From working with
hundreds of business owners and building eight businesses of his
own, Richard has developed the STEPS Growth method, to give
business owners a step-by-step blueprint of processes and
principles to put in place the five strategies, processes and
systems that a modern business needs to grow predictably towards
seven figures and beyond. www.goberemarkable.com
The information revolution has ushered in a data-driven
reorganization of the workplace. Big data and AI are used to
surveil workers and shift risk. Workplace wellness programs
appraise our health. Personality job tests calibrate our mental
state. The monitoring of social media and surveillance of the
workplace measure our social behavior. With rich historical sources
and contemporary examples, The Quantified Worker explores how the
workforce science of today goes far beyond increasing efficiency
and threatens to erase individual personhood. With exhaustive
detail, Ifeoma Ajunwa shows how different forms of worker
quantification are enabled, facilitated, and driven by
technological advances. Timely and eye-opening, The Quantified
Worker advocates for changes in the law that will mitigate the ill
effects of the modern workplace.
Scott Rosen's book, Wisdom at the Top, features exclusive
interviews with 35 of the Greater Philadelphia area's elite CEOs.
Through candid conversations, they share inspiring stories of how
they achieved success while overcoming personal and professional
challenges. Readers will gain invaluable knowledge and wisdom from
seasoned professionals who have made it to the top. Yet these
stories also offer lessons on life and leadership that transcend
the business world. Wisdom at the Top will resonate with all who
aspire to leadership positions and want to make important
contributions to our economy, as well as the greater good.
"An outstanding book about CEOs who excelled at capital
allocation." -- Warren Buffett #1 on Warren Buffett's Recommended
Reading List, Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Letter, 2012
Named one of "19 Books Billionaire Charlie Munger Thinks You Should
Read" in Business Insider. "A book that details the extraordinary
success of CEOs who took a radically different approach to
corporate management." -- Charlie Munger, Vice-Chairman of
Berkshire Hathaway Corporation "Thorndike explores the importance
of thoughtful capital allocation through the stories of eight
successful CEOs. A good read for any business leader but especially
those willing to chart their own course." -- Michael Dell, chairman
of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Dell What
makes a successful CEO? Most people call to mind a familiar
definition: "a seasoned manager with deep industry expertise."
Others might point to the qualities of today's so-called celebrity
CEOs--charisma, virtuoso communication skills, and a confident
management style. But what really matters when you run an
organization? What is the hallmark of exceptional CEO performance?
Quite simply, it is the returns for the shareholders of that
company over the long term. In this refreshing, counterintuitive
book, author Will Thorndike brings to bear the analytical wisdom of
a successful career in investing, closely evaluating the
performance of companies and their leaders. You will meet eight
individualistic CEOs whose firms' average returns outperformed the
S&P 500 by a factor of twenty--in other words, an investment of
$10,000 with each of these CEOs, on average, would have been worth
over $1.5 million twenty-five years later. You may not know all
their names, but you will recognize their companies: General
Cinema, Ralston Purina, The Washington Post Company, Berkshire
Hathaway, General Dynamics, Capital Cities Broadcasting, TCI, and
Teledyne. In The Outsiders, you'll learn the traits and
methods--striking for their consistency and relentless
rationality--that helped these unique leaders achieve such
exceptional performance. Humble, unassuming, and often frugal,
these "outsiders" shunned Wall Street and the press, and shied away
from the hottest new management trends. Instead, they shared
specific traits that put them and the companies they led on winning
trajectories: a laser-sharp focus on per share value as opposed to
earnings or sales growth; an exceptional talent for allocating
capital and human resources; and the belief that cash flow, not
reported earnings, determines a company's long-term value. Drawing
on years of research and experience, Thorndike tells eye-opening
stories, extracting lessons and revealing a compelling alternative
model for anyone interested in leading a company or investing in
one--and reaping extraordinary returns.
Getting your pricing strategy right is the difference between
sustainable growth, investing in product development, and happy,
engaged customers and stakeholders. Harvard Business Review
research shows that pricing has almost 4 times as much influence on
a company’s ability to reinvest than top line sales growth. But
if you don’t understand the psychology of pricing, having the
wrong price can undermine your chances for success. Â
Double Your Price is your practical, accessible guide on the
theory, strategy, psychology, and execution of pricing. With useful
tools, and clear, realistic guidance on how to leverage pricing to
drive business success, you’ll be able to answer the following
questions for your business or product:Â Â How much
should we charge for our product or service?  How much
are our customers willing to pay?  If we increase our
price, will we lose customers?  How can setting prices
help us cover our costs?  What are the benefits of a
pricing strategy?  Will increasing or decreasing
prices help my business to succeed? Covering how pricing
works, how to avoid cognitive bias, how to convince others, and
many different pricing strategies, Double Your Price includes a
practical set of insights, tools, and actionable guidance, and a
Foreword by Lord Sainsbury. A well-designed and progressive pricing
strategy is one of the most powerful tools available to businesses.
Get yours right.
Influencers and content creators have profoundly impacted business
and culture. This textbook combines cutting-edge conceptual and
critical thinking on the subject with practical advice to go above
and beyond what existing social media marketing textbooks offer.
Using examples from around the world, it examines the influencer
phenomenon from a variety of perspectives and also explains why
influencers are becoming indispensable to governments, platforms,
and brands. Key topics explored are: the influencer phenomenon as a
form of persuasion as a structural change in media as a culture
shift as a challenge to equality regulations impacting the
phenomenon ethical implications With useful features, readers will
gain a 360-degree view of one of the world′s most important new
media phenomena.
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