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  Going Lean - How the Best...

  Stephen A. Ruffa

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  In the wake of economic downturn, foreign competition, spiking oil prices, and even war, American business throughout this decade has been thrust into crisis. To improve their performance, corporations everywhere have adopted a wide range of tools and techniques, yet many continue to struggle. Going Lean points to a better way. Drawing from the lessons of a new breed of companies that have stood apart, it sets aside the notion that efficient operations and powerful innovations are possible only when business is steady and demand is growing. By using lean dynamics-based on principles from the now-famous Toyota Production System-it shows how companies everywhere can thrive across a broad range of changing conditions. In Going Lean, you will learn how to:  
  set a critical foundation for achieving sustained excellence • identify sources of lag and create robust value streams that thrive in today's dynamic conditions • describe the underlying techniques to maintain steady and predictable flow • create a system driven by customer demand that consistently introduces new innovation even during downturns • strive for perfection • deliver industry-leading returns 
  The diagrams and graphs found in the  print and ebook editions of this book have been adapted for audio.

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  Executive MBA: What Makes a...

  Can Akdeniz, IntroBooks Team

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  One of our goals in life, and it is probably one of the most important, is to build a career, to become financially independent and to have the satisfaction that we are doing what we have set for ourselves. Getting to the top depends on a lot of things – dedication, hard work, coming up with viable strategy plans, building the mindset of a winner and a lot more, as you will see further on. In this book we are going to talk about each of the steps that are to be taken by you, as the leader of your company, as a CEO.

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  The Frontline CEO - Turn...

  Eric Strafel

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  Today, the pace of change is so great that no company can afford to wait to respond to new developments. You need nimble and creative problem solving, and the most intelligent and efficient decision-making doesn't come from the top—it comes from your employees on the frontlines who interact with customers and have the ability to see and respond to the shifting landscape before anyone else. The leaders whose organizations are best able to innovate solutions, win customers, and boost profits during this era of rapid change will be the ones who realize that everyone—from the CEO down to the frontline employee—is a leader, capitalize on that knowledge, and use it to grow. In this book, Eric Strafel draws on twenty years of experience as a top executive at Fortune 500 companies to show you how to decentralize and democratize decision-making through every level of the workforce, while ensuring that the company stays aligned, that each employee understands the company’s underlying purpose, and that everyone works toward the same goal. Learn how to: leverage frontline leadership to improve corporate agility; partner with customers and with frontline employees to maximize internal innovation; create a highly engaged, empowered, and energized workforce in every department; and equip the company to break through barriers, overcome plateaus, and scale.

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  Evergreen Talent - A Guide to...

  Roberta Chinsky Matuson

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  Find, nurture, and keep the employees who deliver year after year: “Filled with practical ideas and tips to win the war for talent.” —Sandy Rezendes, Head of Strategic Onboarding, Citizens Bank 
   
  Finding the right talent is hard. Finding the right talent that will stay is even harder. No matter what the current labor market may be, Evergreen Talent shows you how to attract, find, and keep employees for the long term. 
   
  What many leaders fail to understand is that you can’t simply transplant a competitor’s talent strategy and achieve the same results—just as you can’t take plants suited to a warm climate and expect them to thrive in chillier locales. But a company that takes the time to examine its own environment, select talent accordingly, and nurture its people will stand tall, regardless of economic conditions. In Evergreen Talent, Roberta Matuson, aka the Talent Maximizer, challenges leaders to think differently about their approach to growing a sustainable workforce—one that will regenerate regularly, with minimal maintenance. The book is filled with pragmatic advice, case studies, and best practices from companies that have done this successfully. Also included are tools to help assess your workplace environment—and populate your organization with talent that will continue to grow, thrive, and enrich the company with the fruits of their labor year after year.

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  Disrobed - How Clothing Predicts...

  Syl Tang

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  We may not often think of our clothes as having a function beyond covering our naked bodies and keeping us a little safer from the elements. But to discount the enormous influence of clothing on anything from economic cycles to the future of water scarcity is to ignore the greater meaning of the garments we put on our backs. Disrobed vividly considers the role that clothing plays in everything from natural disasters to climate change to terrorism to geopolitics to agribusiness. 
  Chapter by chapter, Tang takes the listener on an unusual journey, telling stories and asking questions that most consumers have never considered about their clothing. Why do banker's wives sell off their clothes and how does that presage a recession? How is clothing linked to ethanol and starvation on the African continent? Could RFID in clothing save the lives of millions of people in earthquakes around the world? 
  This book takes an everyday item and considers it in a way that listeners may not have previously thought possible. It tackles topics relevant to today, from fakes in the museums to farm-to-table eating, and answers questions about how we can anticipate and change our world in areas as far-reaching as the environment, politics, and the clash of civilizations occurring between countries.

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  Self-Coaching for Leaders

  Andrew Tallents

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  Are you an ambitious leader wanting to fulfil your personal and professional dreams on your own terms?
  Many leaders undergo executive coaching for periods of time; but learning how to self-coach every day is key to leading your own development and achieving your personal and professional potential without compromising your values and personal identity. Self-Coaching for Leaders will help you to identify where you are on the life-long journey of self-leadership and supports you as you work through the three-stage self-coaching cycle:
  
  - Reconnect with who you are to redefine your purpose in life
  - Refocus on the tasks and relationships that are critical to achieving your personal and professional goals
  - Regenerate the natural authentic leader within you by improving your mental fitness and learning how to lead your teams towards high performance

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