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Business Strategy by
Embrace strategies for improving your business and reaching your organization's goals "I wholeheartedly agree with Patrick Stroh: Good leaders understand strategy and good strategists need to be good leaders. Make this book a strategic tool for improving your business strategy." -- Harvey Mackay, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellerSwim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive In today's fast-moving and competitive business environment, strong leadership, insightful strategy, and effective innovation are critical links to staying ahead of your competition. Getting your business house in order can often be complicated, but does it really have to be? How do you take MBA 101 lessons, great models, and exceptional concepts and put them into play in the real world? Business Strategy: Plan, Execute, Win! strives to answers these questions in an educational and entertaining format. Working as a Fortune 20 practitioner with C-level executives, author Patrick Stroh has a keen understanding of the role played by current day strategists. With 5 chapters following the format of "All I Ever Needed to Learn About Business Strategy I Learned..." At the Movies, On the Farm, On Shark Tank, On Hell's Kitchen, and From the Bible, readers will gain valuable strategic insight regardless of industry, business maturity, or current business turbulence and how to apply these insights based on the factors impacting their own business. Each chapter ends with a One Chapter Conclusion, Two Gold Nuggets the reader is to write down and Three Additional Resources/Tools for more information, offering a practical roadmap to simplifying your success.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781118893227Publication Date: 2014-03-11
It's Already Inside by
A practical guide to unlocking your innate leadership skills--if you're in business "you should read this book!" (Jeffrey Hayzlett). Unleash the leader that you already are with this inspirational and innovative guide by executive strategy consultant and internationally-renowned speaker Robert Murray. With the help of this easy-to-use book, you will learn to discover and cultivate the talents you've always had, whether you want to be CEO of a large corporation, lead a sales team, inspire your staff, or just improve your own life. It's Already Inside can show you, in practical ways and with real-life examples, how to tap into your innate leadership skills to get the job done, encourage those around you, and bring fulfillment and purpose to your life. You will learn . . . * The difference between managing and leading * How to focus on the solution, not the problem * How to turn-around a business filled with bad attitudes * How to stop wasting time in meetings * And so much more! Packed with personal stories and real-life examples, It's Already Inside is "an engaging and humorous leadership book written by a true business veteran" and "a must-read for all emerging leaders" (Caroline de Voest, CEO, Better Your Best Coaching).
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 1630476269Publication Date: 2015-12-01
The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need by
From top experts in the field, the definitive guide to grant-writing Written by two expert authors who have won secured millions of dollars in government and foundation grants, The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need is the classic book on grant seeking, providing a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for government, nonprofit, and individual grant seekers. Drawing on decades of experience in grant writing and professional development, Ellen Karsh and Arlen Sue Fox demystify the process of securing grants while offering indispensable advice from funders and recipients. This updated fifth edition includes: Vital information about grantsmanship in today's ever-changing economic and social climate In-depth interviews with funders, nonprofit leaders, and policy makers about the grants process A new chapter on how to diversify funding and think "outside the box" when grants are scarce Concrete suggestions for developing each section of a proposal Hands-on exercises that let you practice what you learn A detailed description of important websites for grant seekers Strategies for developing and presenting programs that are likely to receive grants
Call Number: HG177.5 .U6 K37 2019 (Camden)ISBN: 9781541617810Publication Date: 2019-11-05
PHR/SPHR Professional in Human Resources Certification All-In-One Exam Guide, Second Edition by
Fully updated coverage of every topic on the 2018 versions of the PHR and SPHR exams Get complete coverage of the HR Certification Institute's Professional and Senior Professional in Human Resources bodies of knowledge inside this comprehensive resource. Written by HR experts, this authoritative guide fully addresses the core knowledge and responsibilities necessary for the implementation and management of HR practices. You'll find chapter reviews, "In-the-Trenches" sidebars featuring HR experts' real-world experiences and sage advice, practice exam questions, and in-depth explanations. Designed to help you pass the PHR and SPHR exams with ease, this definitive volume also serves as an essential on-the-job reference.
Call Number: HF5549.15 .P765 2019 (Waycross)ISBN: 9781260453119Publication Date: 2019-03-25
Uproar by
If "these are the times that test men's souls," never more than for the leader's ability to think clearly, to be present calmly, and to challenge effectively. It's a time when leaders cannot be as anxious as those they serve; otherwise, the system is leaderless. Anxiety flows down like water from a leaky pipe. To lead effectively we must understand the impact of powerful emotional forces on people's behavior, especially in anxious times. Uproar: Calm Leadership in Anxious Times helps leaders understand the powerful impact that emotional processes have on the people they lead. Peter Steinke, bestselling author of Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times draws on decades of work on system conflict and personal experiences to share real stories of challenges leaders have faced and how understanding the power of emotions has dramatically influenced their success. In this book, readers will observe important leadership characteristics such as separating oneself from the surrounding anxiety, making decisions based on principle and not instinct, taking responsibility for one's own emotional being, staying connected to others including those who disagree with you, being a non-anxious presence, focusing on emotional processes rather than the symptoms they produce, knowing people naturally influence one another, and recognizing leader and follower as complements. At the end of each chapter, there is a Leader's Notebook, a short section to illustrate, enrich or engage your thinking about leadership. As Steinke suggests, being anxious causes you to lose perspective, and leaders do their best thinking when they are not overly stressed and can think about options, doing their best work when they work on themselves. So where are you in your leadership journey? No matter where you are-beginning, middle or end- this book will be one the most significant leadership books you'll read.
Call Number: BF637.L4 S8256 2019 (Golden Isles)ISBN: 9781538116531Publication Date: 2019-02-13
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