"A savvy guide to the ideas driving business conversation."-Fast Company

The one book you need in your drive to succeed If you're striving to make your mark in the business world, you don't have time to read all of the business books that hit the bestseller list- but you do need the essential information they contain. You need to keep up with the latest business trends and understand emerging ideas and new terminology. You need concise, penetrating explanations of today's most advanced thinking on business management and leadership. You need The Guru Guide(TM).

In this easy-to-use primer, two internationally respected business consultants provide an executive summary of the most effective and successful management ideas put forth by the leading business thinkers and doers of our time: Warren Bennis, Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, Michael Hammer, Peter Senge, Margaret Wheatly, and many more. They also give you:
* Clear explanations of essential business terms, concepts, and theories
* Profiles of more than 75 top management figures and their ideas
* Cross-links to issues on which these gurus agree and disagree
* Insightful commentaries and real- world case studies
* Quick-reference charts, bulleted lists, chapter summaries, and other creative quick-learning tools

To make the most of the powerful ideas that can brighten your business future, start reading The Guru Guide(TM) today.

"It's tough to keep up with the latest management thinking. This book can help . . . and stimulate you to go to original sources of the greatest value."-Joseph B. White, Dean, University of Michigan Business School

"The Skill-Based Pay Design Manual" is an invaluable resource for designing and implementing a system of compensation that ties base pay to employee knowledge and skill rather than to a position or job content.

Internationally recognized authors and consultants Joseph and Jimmie Boyett bring over twenty years of experience in helping companies implement skill-based pay and employee performance incentive programs.

"The Skill-Based Pay Design Manual" is a complete step-by-step guide for designing and implementing skill-based pay. In addition to a comprehensive overview of skill-based pay and its impact on company operating and financial performance, the Boyetts provide the following: The advantages and disadvantages of skill-based pay; A comparison of skill-based pay vs. job-based pay; How to determine if skill-based pay is right for your organization; 12 keys to success; 14 case studies of companies using skill-based pay.

Step-by-step instruction in how to... Design the skill-based pay plan; Identify skill sets; Link skills to pay progression; Implement and evaluate the skill- based pay program; and Gain employee and union support for skill-based pay.

"The Skill-Based Pay Design Manual" is an insightful, informative and essential resource based upon solid research and the personal experiences of the authors.

An easy-to-use analysis and synthesis of the advice of 25 of the world's top time management experts presented by the authors of the five volume Guru Guide series. Covers.... How to define personal and professional goals, How to identify and reduce time wasters, How to prepare and use a To-Do List, How to stop procrastinating, How to say NO, How to hold effective meetings, and How to use the 5S process to get organized. Contains over 200 tips, tools, and techniques for getting organized and managing your time from 23 of the world's experts on time management.

"The Gainsharing Design Manual" is an invaluable resource for designing and implementing a gainsharing or goalsharing employee incentive program.

Internationally recognized authors and consultants Joseph and Jimmie Boyett bring over twenty years of experience in helping companies implement gainsharing, goalsharing and other employee incentive programs.

"The Gainsharing Design Manual" is a complete step-by-step guide for designing and implementing gainsharing. In addition to a comprehensive overview of gainsharing and its impact on company operating and financial performance the Boyetts provide the following:

.Step-by-step instruction in how to...
.Design the gainsharing plan,
.Develop a gainsharing formula and targets, and
.Implement and evaluate the gainsharing program;
.Twenty questions to determine if gainsharing is right for your company;
.Twenty keys to gainsharing success;
.Six criteria for a good gainsharing formula;
.Nine sample formulas for both the manufacturing and service sectors;
.Advice on how to gain union support for gainsharing; and
.Advice on how to avoid problems with the Fair Labor Standards Act and National Labor Relations Act when designing gainsharing.

"The Gainsharing Design Manual" is an insightful, informative and essential resource based upon solid research and the personal experiences of the authors.