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The question for all managers the one that separates great managers from the rest is how to get the most from your people. This book offers a five step process that leads to peak performance. It gives managers a simple framework for getting the best out of people: Selection; Connection; Play; Progress; and, Recognition.

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Trying to get things done in organizations can feel like trying to swim in cement. But complexity doesn't happen all on its own managers unwittingly create complexity all the time. So while complexity in the outside environment isn't going to go away, the good news is that managers can reduce it. This book shows managers how to do so.

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Wondering how the most accomplished leaders from around the globe have tackled their toughest challenges This title is part of a series that offers essays by top leaders in business, the public sector, and academia on the most pressing issues they've faced. It teaches the secrets to leading effectively - from top executives.

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Since 1922, "Harvard Business Review" has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. This title offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library.

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How can you accelerate the execution of strategic initiatives in your company This book offers tools and assessments for diagnosing where your execution efforts are in trouble and choosing specific actions for accelerating results in your firm.

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Goldsmith offers this how-to guide to prepare for a leadership transition andpresents leaders with a resource to help them through this process.

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Argues that almost all of the thought and commentary regarding advice has been from the 'supply side', ie on being a good advisor or consultant (or consultancy). This book also aruges that in order to have a whole and useful view of advice, we need a better way of thinking about the 'demand side' ie, we need a theory of advice-taking.

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Examines the talent management problem through a radical lens. Drawing from supply chain management and numerous company examples, this book presents four principles for ensuring that your organization has the skills it needs - when it needs them. It gives you the ideas and tools you'll need to match the supply of talent to your demand for it.

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Shows how trusted and effective leaders are adapting the principles of face-to-face conversation in order to pursue a new form of organizational conversation. This title explores the promise of conversation-powered leadership - from the practice of talking straight (and listening well) to the thoughtful adoption of emerging social media.

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Suitable for business professionals in cutthroat business environment, this title guides the reader through the keys to leadership success and the role of a leader in building a well-organized, competent, resourceful group of professionals who work together creatively to achieve results.

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With a culture of individual accountability and self-reliance pervading executive suites, few management groups ever function as real teams. This title offers guidelines for increasing leadership capacity at the highest executive levels. It explains how to recognize when a team effort at the management level is preferable.

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Examines six of the oldest, largest, and most visible R&D consortia in America. This comparative study sheds light on the dynamics of consortium management, exploring such issues as mission, organizational structure, strategic planning, technology transfer, and leadership.

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Illustrates the process of technology integration at the managerial and strategic levels and reveals the evolution in the structure of research and development in the modern corporation. This book provides a framework for managing the space between the creation and the application of technology.

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Even world-class companies, with powerful and proven business models, eventually discover limits to growth. That's what makes emerging high-growth industries so attractive. This book makes recommendations regarding staffing, leadership roles, reporting relationships, process design, planning, performance assessment, incentives, and cultural norms.

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