Other books that might interest you

• 

  How CIOs Can Solve the Security...

  Dr. Jim Anderson

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  As though staying on top of changing technology trends wasn’t enough, today's CIOs also find themselves being held responsible for securing the IT department as well as the rest of the company. This is a job that few of us have ever been trained to do; however, the stakes have never been higher. 
   
  What You'll Find Inside: 
  
  VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT: THE CIO’S OTHER JOB
  
  KEVIN MITNICK SPEAKS ABOUT IT SECURITY
  
  DATA PROTECTION SECRETS: CIOS KNOW THAT IT STARTS AT THE ENDPOINT
  
  THE INSIDER THREAT: WHAT CIOS NEED TO KNOW
  
  
   
  Your company's senior management knows even less about IT security than you do. However, they view you as being the person who can keep them safe. If you can accomplish this task, then you will have secured your relationship with the CEO and CFO, if not then they may be looking for a new CIO. 
   
  In order to successful secure your department and your company, you are going to have to start at the network's endpoints and work your way in. This will involve creating security policies that everyone can live with and performing routine vulnerability management studies. 
   
  The key to any successful securing of a corporate network is to make sure that only the right people and applications are allowed to be there. This means that you'll need to implement an effective identify management program. You'll have to do the same thing for the applications that run on the company's network by creating a whitelisting solution that ensures that you are only executing the code that should be run. 
   
  At times dealing with the wide variety of IT security threats that your company will be facing will seem to be overwhelming. However, by taking the time to listen to what reformed hackers have to tell us, you'll be able to prioritize the threats and focus your time and energy where they'll do the most good. 
   
  This book has been written in order to provide you with a great starting point for ensuring that you've done everything that you can to protect your company. We'll show you what you need to take care of and how the bad guys are going to try to break into your networks. Follow the suggestions in this book and you'll have successfully secured your company's IT resources. 
   
  For more information on what it takes to be a great CIO, check out my blog, The Accidental Successful CIO, at: 
   
  www.TheAccidentalSuccessfulCIO.com

  Show book

• 

  Creating Introvert-Friendly...

  Jennifer Kahnweiler

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  "This important book offers organizations the keys to introvert inclusion."  
  —Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet 
   
  As the diversity, equity, and inclusion wave widens and deepens its reach, introversion is becoming a natural part of that movement. After all, about half the population identify as introverts, but many organizations are stuck in traditional extrovert-centric workplace cultures that reward people for speaking up publicly, expect them to log face time, and employ hiring and promotion practices rooted in the past. This ultimately discourages introverts from contributing and reaching their full talent potential, which could have a major impact on the bottom line. 
   
  "Champion for introverts" Jennifer Kahnweiler offers a road map for everyone in the workplace—including leaders, human resource managers, and team members—to create inclusive, introvert-friendly cultures. Kahnweiler provides an assessment to determine how introvert friendly your organization is and looks at every aspect of organizational life—hiring, training, leading, communicating, meeting, designing workplaces, and more—through an inclusive lens. You'll discover how to make open-space offices introvert friendly, what the best practices are for encouraging introverts to participate on teams, which training techniques work best for introverts, and how to make remote positions work. Kahnweiler gives you the tools to build a culture that embraces all your employees and maximizes the strengths introverts bring to your organization.

  Show book

• 

  Decision Making - 5 Steps to...

  Harvard Business Review

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Decision making is a critical part of management, and bad choices can damage careers and the bottom line. This book offers the tools and advice managers need to avoid common biases and arrive at and implement decisions that are both sound and ethical.The Harvard Business Essentials series provides comprehensive advice, personal coaching, background information, and guidance on the most relevant topics in business. Whether you are a new manager seeking to expand your skills or a seasoned professional looking to broaden your knowledge base, these solution-oriented books put reliable answers at your fingertips.

  Show book

• 

  A Macat Analysis of Friedrich...

  Nick Broten, David Linden

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Austrian-born economist Friedrich Hayek’s 1944 work, The Road to Serfdom, analyzes the ways in which excessive government planning can erode democracy. Published in 1944, while World War II still raged, the work draws influential parallels between the totalitarianism of both socialism and Nazism, and increasing control exerted by Western democracies.
  
  Drawing on observable evidence from Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union, Hayek demonstrates the ways in which government economic planning, in particular, erodes the mechanisms of democracy, and individual freedom along with it.
  
  A key work of the post-World War II era, The Road to Serfdom is still relevant today, more than 70 years after it was first published. It continues to be hailed by opponents of big government and central planning, as well as defenders of free-market capitalism. Hayek has been translated into more than 20 languages and has influenced the economic policies of many governments.

  Show book

• 

  Profit in Plain Sight - The...

  Anne C. Graham

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Almost every business leader admits that too often, they have a great year on the top line, but too little to show on the bottom line. And when they can’t or won’t take on more debt, they stay stalled, unable to fund the people, technology, equipment, facilities, acquisitions or expansion that will help their business grow and thrive. With often-overlooked solutions to the five core challenges to building a strong bottom line to fund growth, "Profit in Plain Sight" resolves that dilemma.This book will resonate with every business leader at any level who is tired of saying or hearing “We don’t have the budget for that” and wants to grow their bottom line and their business by selling more products and services, to more of the right customers, at higher prices, and lower costs. . . in less time than they’re spending on email.The 55 Profit Accelerators contained in "Profit in Plain Sight" were synthesized from over 30 years of business experience, often in tough turnaround situations. They’re proven, they’re classic, they work, they’re never taught in business schools, and they have nothing to do with conventional cost-cutting or accounting techniques. Instead, they deliver take-it-to-the-bank results.

  Show book

• 

  Skills for New Managers

  Morey Stettner

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Managing people is one of the most demanding yet career-enhancing and rewarding skills you can have. Skills for New Managers provides you with everything you need to excel as a manager from day one. From hiring productive employees to developing mentoring, leadership, and coaching skills, this fast-paced, easy-to-understand guide is your blueprint for managing your staff to success.Getting results by knowing when to speak up — and when to listenMotivating your staff to exceed expectationsDelegating tasks and dealing with crisesRunning meetings that are organized and focused

  Show book