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This volume presents the current thinking on finance and strategy inside China. It begins with research presented at the China Financial Markets Conference in 2016, jointly organized by the University of Malaya and the Sun Tzu Art of War Institute. It includes a talk by Check Teck Foo on Currency-at-War: A Longer View, as well as a highly innovative piece by Kishan on the New Chinese Paradigm in Finance, and Tianyue Lu and Wee-Yeap Lau's empirical work on China's Shadow Banking. Ignatius Roni Setyawan and Buddi Wibowo also offer compelling contributions on Determinants of Market Integration in ASEAN. Other topics include The intriguing poser: integrating China into ASEAN, will determinants be the same? and Real Estate and Inflation in China by Siew Peng Lee and Mansor Isa.The book also features contributions from the 7th Global Chinese Management Conference held in 2017. Of the several papers on Sun Tzu, Seow Wah Sheh's on Modeling of the Dao of SunTzu for Business was chosen along with Shi Yong Song's Legal Risks inside China and Sustainability Reporting by Xin Sheng Duan and Check-Teck Foo. Furthermore, contributions on Company Secretaries on Chinese Board of Directors by Guang You Liu and Xiao Hui Wang are included. Lastly, it presents Check-Teck Foo's interview with Singaporean Chinese forecaster, Jason Tan Beng Siang, discussing Chinese approaches to forecasting as well as his invention, San Bian Shu.

This book discusses the concepts of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) that are the core of various paradigms used in strategic management to understand competitive advantage as well as flexibility in organizational boundaries. It serves as a valuable reference resource in the area of VUCA markets. An increase in the levels and types of uncertainty has important implications potentially for the durability of a company's advantages, the way firms learn and adapt, approaches for managing innovation and knowledge, and the attractiveness of different strategies and organizational models. In today's world, strategic flexibility in VUCA is essential for business leaders to sustain market advantage and attain a clear vision amid the chaos. Business leaders who stay focused and are aware of external volatility as the prevalent characteristic are successful, while those who are not flexible in this VUCA world and lock themselves into fixed positions lose out.The book includes empirical and conceptual research papers along with case studies and models discussing strategies for emerging markets in volatile and uncertain environments. It also covers a variety of issues, including innovation, people and processes, financial management, and leadership and strategies in VUCA markets. Apart from research fraternity and academia, the contents of the book will be useful for practitioners as well as industry watchers.

Most personas and journey maps crash land shortly after takeoff. This step-by-step playbook provides a revolutionary approach to creating these pivotal artifacts in product design through the concept of altitudes. They will guide you in conceptualizing your users through research techniques that directly inform persona characteristics. Discover how to create personas that are free from irrelevant attributes and learn to develop high-altitude personas with sufficient lift to guide product roadmaps and organizational strategy. You'll also master constructing flight paths for journey maps that capture the user's journey at the perfect level of detail, uncovering key moments in their experience. Then, as personas and journeys evolve, you will learn to measure the impact of product experience improvements. With this book as your co-pilot, you'll navigate the creation process with the help of templates and real-world examples reflecting the latest methods for personas and journey maps. The Persona and Journey Map Playbook will provide you with the tools and strategies to create impactful personas and journey maps that will drive user-centered design and product success. What You'll Learn Integrate personas and journey maps into a cohesive user experience strategy. Gain practical details to design for users, avoiding common pitfalls of stereotyped and irrelevant personas. Utilize user research activities and synthesize insights to inform personas and journey maps. Understand the root causes of user experience issues through personas and journey maps to inform product roadmaps, create user requirements, and document future experiences. Who This Book Is For Product leaders, user experience designers, user researchers, or any roles responsible for understanding user needs.

As leaders plan to make significant investments to harness the power of foundational models such as ChatGPT, they need to understand the changes in organizational behaviors required for the successful implementation of such systems. The size, complexity and nature of this new wave of technologies requires a refresh in roles and responsibilities in conventional IT organizations. This book reveals practical and no-nonsense guidance on how to leverage generative AI to transform your business processes and organizational structures to achieve breakthroughs in efficiency, effectiveness and competitive advantage. Written in a lively, engaging, and often humorous style, this work provides practical insights and timely survival skills for leaders with anonymous but real-world experiences and case studies. If you're looking to understand how large language foundation models such as ChatGPT are reshaping managerial roles and organizational structures, and how they can leverage this knowledge to survive and thrive in this brave new world then Organizing for Generative AI and the Productivity Revolution is the book for you. What You Will Learn Review the key changes in current state roles and responsibilities that are required to successfully deploy generative AI systems Examine the organizational reporting structures and associated incentives that form a strong generative AI system Understand the financial, regulatory, and operational risks created by organizational behavioral issues that arise when organizations build and deploy large language models Compare the strategic differences in emerging versus traditional organizational behaviors, incentives, roles and responsibilities Who This Book Is For Executives and team leaders at enterprises large and small.

Drawing on research into leadership and emotional intelligence, this updated second edition presents a framework that can lead to effective change implementation. It reflects on more recent arguments, research and changes in the areas of leadership and change, such as relational leadership, shared leadership, and the significant role of purpose beyond profit. Two new chapters explore the dark side of leadership and mindful leadership.Set against a backdrop of increasing complexity, the book responds to the need for organisations to continuously change and transform and book addresses the real challenges of effective implementation. Exploring these concepts at individual, team and organizational levels, this book recognises the complexity of the topic and combines rigour with relevance to underpin the framework with empirical evidence.

Over the last decade, Lean-Agile principles have become the standard methodology by which product and technology teams operate. However, Lean-Agile was written for small companies seeking new markets to buy their innovative software products, not for an average corporation with a catalogue of existing software products that must be maintained and rebuilt. The typical tech-enabled business isn't a lean startup; it's a chunky corporate. This book offers an alternative software development methodology perfectly suited for chunky corporate product management. You'll quickly find out how individual players in the corporate organization impact business performance. You'll follow the story of Blake, a well-meaning but ultimately naive, CEO of a fictional company called Acme Tech. As he and Acme struggle to maintain business performance, it becomes apparent how embedded and complex his challenges are. Lean-Agile principles are regularly misapplied in the corporate environment, causing tension, missed deadlines, and inefficient working practices. You'll see that managing software transformation at a large, mature business requires a new set of tools. Popular development methodologies are not well-suited for the replatforming exercises that chunky corporates inevitably face. This book helps product and technology leaders navigate software development projects at organizations grappling with the constraints of investor ownership. Chunky corporates have a lot going for them: The Lean-Agile Dilemma reveals that, when managed well, they have the potential to be safe havens in a relentlessly unstable world. You will: Understand how replatforming differs from new product development Learn how to manage existing data when updating or building new software Gain tools to prioritize items in your overstuffed product roadmap Who This Book is For Product managers, product owners, product leadership, tech leadership, and business leaders at mature tech-enabled businesses.

Achieving high performance through people is one of the most challenging aspects of leadership. Balancing good culture and high performance is never easy in any organisation. You want your people to be happy and enjoy coming to work, but you also need them to be productive and produce results. Many leaders believe the two just can't coexist and that it's impossible to drive people to deliver results while allowing them to have fun and enjoy being at work. Australia's own ‘ Culture Queen'Elaine Jobson guarantees that it's not only possible but essential if you want to build a company that achieves sustainable performance over the long term. She sets out how to do this in this very practical, easy-to-follow book, comprising five parts: 1.The relationship performance and culture2.Leading a high-performing, happy culture3.Building high-performance teams4.Designing your high-performance culture5.Making lasting culture change.By following the strategies in High Performance Through Happy People, a leader with the desire to invest the time and focus needed to implement the change required can be confident of stellar results.

The purpose of this book is to highlight how current successful Japanese multinational enterprises (MNEs) and companies have changed their business or business models in the past three decades. Japanese MNEs received a lot of attention from academia and industry during the 1980s and the early 1990s, and their factors for success have been compared with those of Western MNEs. Unfortunately, following the collapse of the “bubble economy” in the early 1990s, international business researchers and practitioners'attention has turned away from Japan and its MNEs to emerging markets, notably the rapidly growing China.Japanese MNEs have faced the mature domestic economy and also have had to overcome many new challenges in the twenty-first century, such as rapid aging, depopulation, and response to new technologies. Japanese MNEs and companies today are being forced to respond to new business environments never seen in the past. The prerequisites for business activities have significantly changed from those of former Japanese companies and their management practices. Even in such a difficult situation, however, many Japanese MNEs and emerging companies have achieved steady growth and have succeeded by changing their business models. This book provides the reader with new directions for research and lessons by analyzing the challenges of Japanese multinational enterprises and emerging companies. The redirection of attention is expected to have a positive impact on the field of international business study and practice.

Unternehmen sind zunehmend sukzessiven und disruptiven Entwicklungen ausgesetzt und müssen sich entsprechend anpassen, um die eigene Existenz zu sichern. Es geht darum, schnell zu lernen, anpassungsfähig und innovativ zu sein. Möchten Verantwortliche auf den Wandel nicht nur reagieren, sondern ihn aktiv gestalten, benötigen sie grundlegendes und fundiertes Wissen über die aktuellen Veränderungsprozesse. Dieses Fachbuch richtet sich an Führungskräfte, Geschäftsführer, Gesellschafter und Mitarbeiter und hilft dabei, eine übergeordnete, integrierende Perspektive einzunehmen, um verantwortungsvoll sowie zukunftsorientiert entscheiden und handeln zu können. Die Beitragsautoren geben zu nachfolgenden Kernthemen einen verständlichen, wissenschaftlich fundierten und praxisorientierten Überblick: Management ist Entscheidung und Verantwortung Menschliche Entscheidungen verstehen und systematische Entscheidungsfallen vermeiden Unternehmertum – ein vielschichtiges, zeitloses und nachhaltiges Konzept VUCA, Stress und Ressourcen: Analysen und Gestaltungsempfehlungen für Führungskräfte aus wirtschaftspsychologischer Sicht Corporate Governance: Implikationen verantwortungsvoller Unternehmensführung Management by Future – Zukunftstrends als Wegweiser in der Transformation Internationalisierung und Globalisierung Innovationsmanagement: Die acht Felder der Innovation Das Management von Transformation Digitalisierung von Unternehmen Betriebswirtschaftliche Konzepte mit Schwerpunkt Finanzwesen

Der zweite Band des Praxisbuches „Strategiewerkzeuge aus der Praxis“ stellt wirksame Instrumente für die Optionenfindung, Strategieentwicklung und Umsetzungssicherung vor. Es bietet vertieftes Anwendungswissen und konkrete Anleitungen mit denen die Optionen-, Strategie- und Umsetzungsphasen systematisch, zielgerichtet und aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven heraus gestaltet werden können. Die dargelegten Instrumente zielen auf die effektive Stärkung und den Aufbau von Wettbewerbsvorteilen ab, welche die Voraussetzung für die langfristige Lebensfähigkeit und eine attraktive Rentabilität des Unternehmens sind. Die strukturierte und vertiefende Darstellung der einzelnen Instrumente ermöglicht es dem Anwender zu beurteilen, welches Tool für die Suche, Bewertung und Priorisierung strategischer Alternativen sowie für die Entwicklung schlagkräftiger Strategien in der spezifischen Situation Erfolg verspricht. Die Kapitel sind so angelegt, dass für jedes Instrument der Schritt vom Wissen über die Anwendung hin zum Nutzen durch Praxisbeispiele vollzogen werden kann. Das Buch richtet sich an Führungskräfte, Mitarbeiter strategischer Fachbereiche, Studenten, Forscher und alle, die sich mit strategischen Fragestellungen auseinandersetzen und ihre Methodenkompetenz wirksam steigern wollen.Der Inhalt Produkt-Markt-Matrix, Wettbewerbsmatrix, Optionen-Box, Merger & Akquisition-Filter, Substitutionszeitkurve, Länderfilter, OptionenportfolioGeschäftsfeldstrategie, Funktionalstrategie, Szenariotechnik, Strategiekarte und Balanced Scorecard, KooperationsstrategieStrategisches Frühwarninformationssystem, Maßnahmencontrolling

The place and impact of large, elite business schools is hotly debated. Compared to such establishments, little has been written about smaller, regional, community-oriented business schools that serve and interact with their various communities at home or abroad.Focusing on one of the smaller regional business schools in the UK, and incorporating perspectives from further afield, this book seeks to redress that balance. This local focus enables a more holistic understanding of what really goes on in terms of the complex relationships, practices, challenges and contexts at play in such an arena. The book, conceived throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, reverberates with a multiplicity of voices, perspectives and narratives, and reflects a process of collaborative autoethnography and critical friendship. It will be of great value to academics, students and others who are interested in optimising the benefits of regional business schools around the world.

For many entrepreneurs, raising finance is the most important moment in their startup journey. For introverts, this can also be the time when they are at their weakest as well as a time when they absolutely, positively, cannot fail. This book will lead the reader to design that pitching process in the most positive and useful way for their abilities and their strengths. Having the confidence of knowing a presenter's message is clearly constructed and the interaction is engineered for maximum impact will make the presenter more relaxed and therefore, more confident. Featuring a series of case studies and a concise writing approach, this book will guide you through a proven method tested with investors in Europe, the USA and Asia. Author Richard Tierney shares his three decades of global experience as a business coach and media producer across many sectors. When done, The Three Slide Pitch Deck will lead you to greater conversion, greater investment, and more successful business ventures. You will Understand that preparation is the key to success. Focus the pitch process to your strengths. Review case studies that show you how to pitch in differing circumstance. See how you and your company can stand out from the crowd. Who This Book is For Introverted entrepreneurs, company founders and start-ups seeking finance.

Learn how pioneering business leaders are resetting their companies'relationship to nature, society, and our common future In The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability, businessman Andre Hoffmann and journalist Peter Vanham describe how companies should change their ways to have continued success, and why the current modus operandi is not working. They present a template for creating “sustainable prosperity”, and case-studies of companies that survived and thrived by opting for change. In doing so, they provide a way out of long-standing dilemmas, such as how to balance business needs with impact on nature, shareholders with stakeholders, and short-term vs. long-term profits. You'll find: A first-hand account of global healthcare company Roche's sustainability practice, as told by André (Roche's vice-chairman), chairman Severin Schwan, and several other senior management members Case-studies and lessons of organizations with visionary leaders, such as INSEAD, IKEA, Harley Davidson, and Holcim, all of whom have taken a holistic view of their role in the world, and succeeded in doing well while doing good Strategies for addressing the negative externalities and trade-offs that arise from doing business; identifying the right metrics and targets to deliver on your purpose; and accounting for human, social, and natural capital, alongside financial capital A must-read book for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers at companies around the world, The New Nature of Business, is also insightful and timely for those who advise or oversee companies and their leadership teams.

The differentiating mindset and habits that help you turn insight into action.When you put learning at the center of everything you do, you grow your career, your leadership, your relationships, and your joy and fulfillment in life. But even for people who are naturally curious and interested in solving problems, being an effective learner who can turn their learning into action takes insight and practice.With infectious enthusiasm and optimism, David Novak shows you how to master active learning. A trailer-park kid who lived in twenty-three states before entering high school, Novak rapidly ascended the ranks at PepsiCo to become cofounder and CEO of one of the largest corporations in the world, the global restaurant icon Yum! Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and the Habit Burger Grill). And he credits active learning with getting him there. This compilation of wisdom and practical habits from Novak's life and from some of the most successful leaders in the world—CEOs from many industries, military and political leaders, sports greats, experts, and coaches—is your active-learning practice manual. Chapter by chapter, Novak and his all-star roster of leaders share how they've climbed to the highest levels in their fields.Through stories of wins and losses, missteps and miracle saves, challenges tackled, and problems solved, Novak shows you all the ways, big and small, that you can become an active learner. A leadership devotional for the modern age, How Leaders Learn will inspire you to reach new levels of success in your own life and work.

In diesem Buch wird ein modifiziertes Modell der Kündigungsabsicht entwickelt und geprüft, basierend auf historischen und aktuellen Forschungen zu Arbeitszufriedenheit und organisationalem Commitment. Als Einflussvariablen wurden Erwartungen, Aufgabenmerkmale und Führung untersucht. Anhand dieser Konstrukte wurde ein Strukturgleichungsmodell mittels PLS-SEM analysiert. Für diese Analyse wurden Daten aus fünf Querschnitterhebungen des Schweizer-Human-Relations Barometer aus den Jahren 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 und 2020 verwendet. Die Ergebnisse bestätigen die Robustheit und Gültigkeit des Modells, was bedeutende theoretische und praktische Implikationen für das Verständnis und die Förderung von Mitarbeiterbindung hat.

Elterliche Skills in Organisationen - Ressourcenzentrierte Führung und Mitarbeit Basierend auf aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen verdeutlicht „Elterliche Skills in Organisationen“, wie sich Organisationen und jeder Einzelne die aus der Elternrolle erworbenen Kompetenzen ressourcenorientiert nutzbar machen können. Denn es ist nachgewiesen, dass zahlreiche Ähnlichkeiten zwischen der Elternrolle und der Rolle als Mitarbeitende und Führungskräfte bestehen. Dadurch kann beachtlicher gegenseitiger Kompetenzerwerb ermöglicht werden. Wie dies möglich ist, welche Skills für Führungskräfte besonders relevant sind und wie der positive Transfer der Kompetenzen aus der Elternrolle unterstützt und für die Tätigkeit im Unternehmen noch besser eingesetzt werden kann, erfahren Sie in diesem Buch. Zielgruppen: Führungskräfte, HRM-Fachleute, Coaches, TrainerInnen, PsychologInnen, WirtschaftswissenschaftlerInnen, sowie Eltern. Zu den Autoren: Dipl.-Psych. Joachim E. Lask, Wirtschafts- und Familien-Psychologe und Leiter des WorkFamily-Instituts, berät Organisationen und forscht zum Work-Family Enrichment. Dr. Nina M. Junker, Associate Professor an der University of Oslo, ist Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologin. Sie forscht und publiziert unter Berücksichtigung sozialpsychologischer Konzepte seit vielen Jahren zur Schnittstelle von Beruf und Privatleben.

Der Erfolg von Unternehmen wird durch eine Vielzahl an Einflussfaktoren bestimmt. Digitale Transformation, Strukturwandel und geopolitische Verwerfungen in der VUCA-Welt treffen im Unternehmen auf vier verschiedene Generationen mit ihren Erwartungen an Kultur und Werte. Unternehmen stehen vor großen Herausforderungen, sich zukunftssicher aufzustellen, neue Strategien umzusetzen, resilient durch Krisen zu gehen und durch Innovationen langfristig erfolgreich zu sein. Dieses Buch stellt praxiserprobte Ansätze vor und gibt einen Einblick in die Zusammenhänge von Kultur, Leadership, Strategien, neuen Geschäftsmodellen, Lean Innovation und lernenden Organisationen. Im ersten Teil des Buches „Setting the Scene“ geht es um das Fundament erfolgreicher Strategien und wie dieser Dreiklang von Unternehmenskultur, Leadership und Strategien im Zusammenspiel der unterschiedlichen Generationen zum Wettbewerbsvorteil werden kann. Der zweite Teil „Staying in Control“behandelt die wichtigen Aspekte bei der Entwicklung und Implementierung von Strategien. Es wird erläutert, warum Reverse Engineering und Rüttelstrecken im Strategieprozess unerlässlich sind und wie Krisen mit Resilienz-Strategien gemeistert werden können. Im dritten Teil „Accelerate and Maintain Speed“ wird gezeigt, wie disruptive Geschäftsmodelle, Lean Start-up und Systemdenken als Enabler für den Geschäftserfolg genutzt werden können.Auf Basis realer Praxisbeispiele analysieren die Autoren sowohl positive als auch weniger gute Ansätze und leiten Handlungsempfehlungen ab. Dazu passend werden effektive Methoden, Tools und Checklisten als Lösungsoptionen vorgestellt. Jedes Kapitel schließt mit konkreten Tipps für das obere und mittlere Management sowie für die operative Ebene.

The rise of China poses a significant challenge to the existing, Western-dominated world economic order. The effectiveness of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is contingent on a smooth transition of the world's economic center toward the Asia-Pacific Region. For Western investors, the vast market opportunities can be tempting. However, the lack of experience and knowledge of international management in China – a country with radically different business rules and cultural background – poses a substantial risk. This book provides comprehensive insights into the fast-changing business world in China. Based on the authors'theoretical knowledge and invaluable years of practical experience, it discusses the various options for doing business in China, with current examples that demonstrate how European SMEs can successfully position themselves between multinational companies and local competitors. It also highlights new opportunities arising from China's international involvement (New Silk Road, RCEP) and addresses risk management for European SMEs operating in China. Moreover, it sheds light on how to form relationships of mutual trust between Chinese policymakers and their advisors/cooperation partners from abroad. Readers with an interest in doing business in China will find this book particularly valuable.

Dieses Buch vermittelt Wissen rund um die Covid-19-Pandemie und ihre Auswirkungen auf Unternehmen und gibt einen Überblick über die Herausforderungen und Veränderungen während und nach der Pandemie sowie darüber, wie sich die Wirtschaft weltweit neu umgestaltet. Es besteht im Wesentlichen aus drei Themenschwerpunkten: Covid-19 und geschäftliche Herausforderungen, Erholung der Unternehmen von Covid-19 sowie Zukunft und neue Geschäftsmöglichkeiten. Das Buch enthält einen systematischen Literaturüberblick auf der Grundlage maschinell generierter Inhalte. Fragen und zugehörige Schlüsselwörter wurden für die Maschine vorbereitet, die sie abgefragt, entdeckt, zusammengestellt und durch Clustering mit künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) strukturiert hat. Springer Nature hat in den letzten Jahren viel zu dem Thema in Zeitschriften veröffentlicht, so dass die Herausforderung für die Maschine darin bestand, die relevantesten Inhalte zu identifizieren und sie in einer strukturierten Weise zu präsentieren. Die automatisch generierten Literaturzusammenfassungen dienen Lesern aus den Bereichen Wirtschaft und Management, aber auch Wissenschaftlern und Studenten, um sich schnell einen Überblick über die aktuelle Entwicklung des Themas zu verschaffen, aber auch als Anregungen und Impulse für Forschungsfragen, neue Strategien sowie für mögliche Lösungen in schwierigen Geschäftsphasen und Situationen.

This ambitious book develops an integrative understanding of business transparency spanning business disciplines. It synthesizes the vast, siloed research on business transparency to develop and provide an integrative view for business researchers and scholars, pointing out research opportunities in the process. The first chapter introduces business transparency with a brief historical overview, followed by its key conceptualizations and challenges. Chapters 2 through 5 take up four conceptually distinct views of transparency in depth: transparency as strategic disclosure (Chapter 2), transparency as a business tactic (Chapter 3), transparency as organizational culture (Chapter 4) and transparency as a managerial virtue (Chapter 5). Chapter 6 explores transparency's infeasibility challenge through the chasm between disclosure and understanding and considers its implications. The final chapter provides an integrative framework of business transparency. This book will be useful to business academics who are interested in transparency and associated concepts.

Kollektive Führung wird im vorliegenden Buch als zentrale Gestaltungsherausforderung von Multi-Akteur-Partnerschaften hergeleitet. Die Untersuchung klärt mittels einer Literaturdiskussion, was kollektive Führung in Multi-Akteur-Partnerschaften bedeutet und welche Möglichkeiten und Grenzen kollektive Führung hinsichtlich der Förderung einer Kooperation auf Augenhöhe in Multi-Akteur-Partnerschaften bietet. Basierend auf der Erkenntnis, dass kollektive Führung einen konzeptionellen Rahmen für ein fragmentiertes Forschungsfeld bildet, wird dieses anhand der zwei Dimensionen ‚Auffassung von Kollektivität‘ und ‚Ort der Führung‘ systematisiert. Hiernach kann kollektive Führung entweder als ‚Erscheinungsform von Führung‘ oder als ‚Sichtweise auf Führung‘ aufgefasst und entweder in der ‚Gruppe‘ oder im ‚System‘ verortet werden. Die entstehende Matrix ermöglicht eine Auswahl von vier Ansätzen für eine tiefergehende Diskussion: Selbstführung, kollegiale Führung, relationale Führung und systemische Führung. Eine Quintessenz der Diskussion wird anhand eines Mehrebenen-Modells gegeben, welches das Kooperationssystem einer Multi-Akteur-Partnerschaft als polykontextuale Governance auffaltet, um eine Identifikation und Bewertung kritischer Ressourcen als Bestandteile relationaler Führungskompetenz zu ermöglichen.

Dieses Fachbuch stellt einen praxiserprobten Kommunikationsansatz vor, der an der eigenen Haltung, bestehenden Glaubensmustern und dem Bewusstsein der unbewussten und autonomen Vorgänge ansetzt. Unbewusste biologische Vorgänge, psychologische und soziale Aspekte haben einen großen Einfluss auf den Gesprächserfolg und entscheiden teilweise sogar über das gesamte Miteinander. Gerade die Kommunikation im Arbeitsleben ist herausfordernd. Die Autorin zeigt verschiedene Ansätze und Prinzipien, die die eigene Kommunikationskompetenz fördern. Eine wichtige Rolle spielen dabei Achtsamkeit, persönliche Führung, Wissen über Vorurteile und Glaubenssätze, Vertrauen, Wertschätzung und emotionale Intelligenz. Der Gesprächspartner wird durch aufmerksames Zuhören und neugierige Fragen angeregt, eine eigene Lösung zu entwickeln und intrinsisch motiviert zu handeln. Durch die Anwendung der vorgestellten Prinzipien werden die Gespräche im beruflichen Kontext optimiertund das Miteinander verbessert, da die Gespräche zu einem lösungsorientierten Verhalten führen, dessen Ergebnisse nachhaltig umgesetzt werden. Das Erproben und Anwenden der neuen Form der Kommunikation kann dazu beitragen, dass sich Organisationen'von innen heraus'verändern und zu Lernenden Organisationen entwickeln. Wiederkehrende Beispiele aus dem beruflichen Kontext (Leistungsbeurteilungsgespräch, Onboarding, Kundengespräch, Konfliktgespräch) geben hilfreiche Hinweise für die praktische Umsetzung im Arbeitsalltag. Der InhaltDynamische Kommunikation in der VUCA-WeltGesprächsvorbereitung und eine angenehme GesprächsatmosphäreIm Gespräch Überzeugungen ändern und Möglichkeiten entdecken Partnerschaftlich Lösungen suchen und umsetzenSelbst-Review zur Selbstoptimierung

Five years'worth of management wisdom, all in one place.Get the latest, most significant thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review in 5 Years of Must Reads from HBR: 2024 Edition. Every year, HBR editors examine the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past twelve months to select the definitive articles that have provoked the most conversation and inspired the most change. From managing in the age of outrage, to getting more out of your AI initiatives, to running the perfect one-on-one meeting, the articles in this five-book collection will help you manage your daily challenges and meet the changing competitive landscape head-on.Books in HBR's 10 Must Reads series offer essential reading selected from the pages of Harvard Business Review on topics critical to the success of every manager. Each book is packed with advice and inspiration from leading experts, such as Satya Nadella, Frances X. Frei, Marcus Buckingham, Adam Grant, Joan C. Williams, Roger Martin, Robert Livingston, and Katrina Lake. Company examples range from P&G, UPS, and Pfizer to Alibaba, Microsoft, and Stitch Fix. 5 Years of Must Reads from HBR: 2024 Edition brings the most current and important business conversations to your fingertips.HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

Dieses aufschlussreiche und inspirierende Buch zeigt sowohl erfahrenen als auch angehenden Führungskräften, wie sie sich buddhistische Philosophien zunutze machen können, um eine effektivere und nachhaltigere Führung zu praktizieren. Illustriert durch die Geschichten visionärer und innovativer Führungskräfte aus vielen Bereichen, darunter Elon Musk (Tesla), Malala Yousafzai (Menschenrechte), Howard Schultz (Starbucks) und Muhammad Yunus (Mikrofinanzierung und Entwicklung), verbindet dieser Band ein uraltes buddhistisches Konzept, bekannt als der Edle Achtfache Pfad, mit den Bedürfnissen der heutigen Zeit, um ein alternatives Paradigma zur übermäßigen Fokussierung auf das Ergebnis und den'Winner-take-all'-Ansatz zu entwickeln, der die Führungspraxis der letzten Jahrzehnte dominiert hat.Die verblüffende Ablehnung der Europäischen Union durch das Vereinigte Königreich und das spaltende US-Präsidentschaftsrennen 2016 dienen als dramatische Kulisse für komplexe gesellschaftlicheProbleme, die kreative Lösungen erfordern, die Akteure aus verschiedenen Bereichen und Sichtweisen zusammenbringen. Der Achtfache Pfad – charakterisiert durch die Elemente Rechte Sichtweise, Rechte Absicht, Rechte Rede, Rechtes Handeln, Rechter Lebensunterhalt, Rechte Anstrengung, Rechte Achtsamkeit und Rechte Konzentration – ist ein Führungsansatz, der individuelle und kollektive Belange ausgleicht sowie pragmatische und spirituelle Prioritäten in Einklang bringt.Joan Marques, eine erfahrene Autorin, Rednerin und Ausbilderin zum Thema Spiritualität in Organisationen mit umfangreicher Erfahrung in der Lehre und Anwendung buddhistischer Prinzipien, zeigt auf, wie der Achtfache Pfad Praktiken und Entscheidungen beeinflussen kann, die zu langfristigen Vorteilen für die Gemeinschaft führen und dabei achtsamere und gewissenhaftere Führungskräfte entwickeln, die in der Lage sind, vielschichtige Herausforderungen zu bewältigen.Die Übersetzung wurde mit Hilfe von künstlicher Intelligenz durchgeführt. Eine anschließende menschliche Überarbeitung erfolgte vor allem in Bezug auf den Inhalt.

This is an open access book under CC BY-NC-ND.This open access book is a comprehensive solution proposed by Dr. Chen Dongsheng for the issues of medical care, pension, and fund raising in the era of longevity. This book studies the relationship among aging population, economic development, and business model innovation. It integrates multi-disciplinary, multi-industry, and multi-professional research and thinking to focus on how to meet the challenge of aging population from business perspective. The author analyzes the keys and experience for Taikang to get successful in this area. The arrival of the'Era of Longevity'not only creates new business opportunities, but also changes the economy, governance, and cultural ecology of the society. It is of interest to the readers in business and policy-making.

To effectively deliver sustainable management in practice for Africa, we need responsible leadership. We need to deepen our understanding of sustainability in the unique socio-political and economic context of the continent. The roles of various actors across public, private and non-profit sectors as enablers of sustainable development need to be explored to understand the social, economic and environmental (SEE) trends in Africa and its emerging and developing economies, as well as to chart the way forward for the continent.This second volume explores the roles and responsibilities of the players—leaders and followers—in the core, public purpose and business spheres in delivering sustainable development outcomes for Africa. Drawing on interviews, cases and extensive literature, this volume contributes to reflection on the leadership values and practices required for a sustainable Africa and the crafting of new policy approaches to address the development challenges such as environmental degradation, economic inequities and social exclusion in Africa. The African scope of the book is hinged on collaboration from authors across Africa and the inclusion of case stories from emerging economies in the five African subregions (East, West, North, Central and Southern Africa) within the chapters. The core message is that, to achieve effective and sustainable management and development for Africa, the practice of responsible leadership is critical.

Es gibt kaum ein Unternehmen, das nicht von der zunehmenden Digitalisierung betroffen ist. Umso verwunderlicher ist es, dass viele Unternehmen keine digitale Strategie vorweisen können. Dieses Buch zeigt, warum die digitale Transformation für jedes Unternehmen lebensnotwendig ist, wenn man langfristig am Markt erfolgreich sein möchte. Ausgehend von einigen Grundlagen werden praxisorientiert die nötigen Kenntnisse vermittelt, wie der Prozess der digitalen Transformation strukturiert werden kann. Zusätzlich widmet sich dieses Buch ausführlich den Erfolgsfaktoren der digitalen Transformation und verdeutlicht, wie das Management erfolgreiche Transformationsprozesse fördern kann. Neu in der 2., aktualisierten Auflage: Testen Sie Ihr Wissen mit Fragen und Antworten zum Buch in der Springer Nature Flashcards-App.

Dieses Fachbuch untersucht anhand einer eigenen Studie sowie Gastbeiträgen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis den Arbeitsraum als dynamisches Bezugssystem zwischen Menschen, Objekten, Orten, Aufgaben und Funktionen. Ausgehend von einem Raumverständnis als soziale Konstruktion wird im Buch ein neues Raummodell entworfen. Der erste Teil des Buches widmet sich der geschichtlichen Entwicklung des Arbeitsraumes. Aktuelle Räume werden sodann den bestehenden Lebenswelten von Arbeit und Wohnen gegenübergestellt und in einem ethischen Diskurs mit der neuen Arbeitswelt – der New Work – konfrontiert. Im zweiten Teil des Buches kommen Architekt•innen und Künstler•innen mit ihren spezifischen Gestaltungszugängen zum Arbeitsraum zu Wort. Im dritten Teil werden Arbeitsräume in die Zukunft gedacht und modellhafte Vorschläge für ihre Weiterentwicklung umrissen. Hierbei werden sowohl funktionale Arbeitsräume wie Sozial-, Innovations-, mobile Arbeitsräume und Co-Working-Spaces als auch typische Funktions-und Bedeutungsaufladungen des Büroraums kritisch hinterfragt.

If each of us on this Earth has 24 hours every day, how do some achieve so much, while others can hardly get by? Is there a way to manage time much more efficiently without losing sight of the good things in life? In this book, August-Wilhelm Scheer, a scientist, entrepreneur, political advisor and passionate jazz saxophonist, presents a definitive guide to time management based on his own experience. The reader is introduced to bold start-ups, exciting corporate takeovers and sales, and the demands on politicians in this regard. In addition to insider tips on the start-up ecosystem, the book offers a wealth of advice on how to manage time effectively. August-Wilhelm Scheer is one of the most influential scientists and entrepreneurs in German information technology. The ARIS method for process management, which he developed, is used in virtually many DAX companies and internationally. He heads a group of nine companies including Scheer GmbH, imc AG and Scheer PAS GmbH, as well as the non-profit August-Wilhelm Scheer Research Institute.

“In Confronting the Storm, David passionately argues for a shift from the predominant legacy thinking that struggles with our greatest challenges to a regenerative and collaborative mindset within leaders. Humanity is at a fork in the road so new, creative, and urgent leadership is essential. For us all and future generations to be able to thrive on Spaceship Earth, this book makes for compelling reading.” –David Houle, MD, The Sarasota Institute and 5x TEDx speaker, USTraditional leadership wisdom is buckling and failing.Leaders are not only grappling with the pandemic, but a greater challenge awaits them – a storm of complex social, environmental, and economic issues that is leaving organizations extremely vulnerable.As daunting as it may feel, there are substantial opportunities to thrive.David provocatively argues that, to successfully deal with the storm, we must accept that the leadership styles that have been celebrated for centuries are now an obstacle to progress. He explores the storm-defying alternatives: key skills and traits that are now crucial for regenerating lives, livelihoods, and the planet, pointing the way to a more collaborative, innovative, successful future for leaders and organizations.This argument is amplified by some of the most inspiring global leaders who are successfully confronting the storm – including a former Prime Minister, former Foreign Minister, one of Fortune magazines ‘50 Greatest Leaders', and more.What will your legacy be?

Das Fachbuch bietet Orientierungshilfe bei der Analyse der Kompetenzanforderungen im Digitalen Wandel. Es stellt Kompetenzmodelle unterschiedlicher Ausrichtungen vor und dient als Ausgangsbasis für die Profilbildung in der eigenen Organisation. Schwerpunkte sind Computational Thinking, Informationskompetenz, Künstliche Intelligenz und ethische Reflexion.Die Anforderungen dienen als Basis für die Konzeption einer passgenauen Kompetenzentwicklung für den Digitalen Wandel. Anschaulich präsentierte Anwendungsbeispiele regen die Umsetzung innovativer Maßnahmen im Umfeld der eigenen Organisation an.Der InhaltMit Kompetenzmodellen digitalisierungsbezogene Bildungserträge erfassen und fächerübergreifend konzipierenMit Kompetenzmodellen spezielle Aspekte des Digitalen Wandels vertiefenMit Kompetenzmodellen die kritische Reflexion des Digitalen Wandels fördernMit Kompetenzmodellen ausgewählte Bildungsszenarien gestaltenDie ZielgruppenBildungsmanager/-innenPersonalmanager/-innenLehrkräfteFührungskräfteStudierendeEhrenamtlich Engagierte

The days of cheap raw materials and energy sources are gone. Suppliers will demand price increases due to the rising costs of energy and materials. This book describes how your purchasing department is able to gain (more) profit for your company and includes new ideas for successful purchasing and supplier development in Asia. The author discusses how to reduce costs in productive (BOM) and non-productive materials (NPMs) and how to calculate product and tool costs. As well, the book shows ways to negotiate your results with your suppliers in Asia and build an effective system of supplier relationship management.

Dieses „Standardwerk für angehende und praktizierende Unternehmensberater'(Lünendonk), das den konzeptionellen Ansatz in der Unternehmensberatung begründet hat, behandelt in sechs Kapiteln umfassend die grundlegenden Konzepte und Methoden von Beratungsunternehmen. Aufgrund der besonderen Dynamik der Beratungsdisziplin wurde die vierte Auflage nicht nur vollständig überarbeitet und aktualisiert, sondern angesichts der besonderen Anforderungen der Digitalisierung auch wesentlich erweitert. Die bewährte Struktur, die sich an den wesentlichen Erfolgsfaktoren des Beratungsgeschäfts orientiert, ist geblieben. Somit ist jedes Kapitel in sich abgeschlossen und kann quasi als „Buch im Buch'betrachtet werden. Auf diese Weise ist es möglich, das Grundlagenwerk einerseits als Fundament einer „Consulting-Lehre'und andererseits als Handbuch und Glossar für viele Fragen und Aufgabenstellungen in der täglichen Beratungspraxis zu benutzen. Hierzu zählt die Entwicklung von Gestaltungskonzepten für die strategische Ausrichtung ebenso wie die Professionalisierung von Marketing und Vertrieb, von Personalgewinnung, -einsatz und -bindung, von Controlling und Organisation sowie die qualitätsorientierte Leistungserstellung, kurzum: die Beherrschung der Erfolgsfaktoren des Beratungsgeschäfts. Der Autor im Interview zu diesem Band:https://www.consulting.de/hintergruende/interviews/einzelansicht/der-trend-zum-productized-consulting-ist-sicherlich-nicht-mehr-aufzuhalten/

Streng hierarchische Führung oder total agile Demokratie? Die Unternehmensorganisation der Zukunft muss beides können. Wie das gelingen kann, beschreibt dieses Fachbuch ausführlich – in einem neuen Organisationsmodell, das beide Herangehensweisen situativ möglich macht. Und damit einen systemischen Brückenschlag zwischen „alter“ und „neuer“ Welt schafft. Dabei gibt das Buch einen Überblick über aktuelle Formen klassischer sowie agiler Organisationsmodelle. Es beleuchtet die Entwicklung gängiger Organisationsformen von komplexen Hierarchien über Lean und Scrum bis hin zur Holokratie. Anschließend wird das innovative Konzept beschrieben, das die besten Ansätze vereint: situativ statt festgelegt, systemisch statt hierarchisch, lateral statt vertikal. Praxisnah am Beispiel einer Unternehmensberatung und Kreativagentur, die dieses Organisationsmodell seit über sieben Jahren lebt. Das Ergebnis? Beyond Agile.

From leadership expert Dr. Jim Loehr, strengthen your moral and ethical character for outstanding leadership results with this must-have set. Leading with Character: 10 Minutes a Day to a Brilliant Legacy At the end of your life, how are you likely to be remembered? Chances are that people won't be praising your money, power, and status. Instead, the people you've impacted will remember you for your compassion and personal strength—in short, your character. Unfortunately, many leaders are unaware of their character shortcomings and blind spots that hold so many of us back from building the lasting legacy we are capable of. With the right motivation, you can begin to strengthen your character and become a moral and ethical leader capable of creating lasting change. In Leading with Character: 10 Minutes a Day to a Brilliant Legacy, Dr. Jim Loehr, cofounder of the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, reveals 50 character competencies that you can practice daily to transform your life and work. This book will also guide you through the process of developing a Personal Credo that will serve as your decision-making mission statement. Most leaders never take the time to identify their own core values, instead defaulting to a reflexive form of decision making. Gain an awareness of the conscious and unconscious processes that guide what you do and why you do it, and take charge of your leadership legacy. Even good leaders are vulnerable to corruption. Read Leading with Character to learn how human evolution and contemporary culture can lead us astray without our even knowing it. As we work hard to get to the top, who are we becoming along the way? If we want to become heroes whose memories will long outlast us, we need to channel our energy into creating habits that will add up to a strong and meaningful character. The Personal Credo Journal: A Companion to Leading with Character We all want to become high impact leaders with a robust ethical and moral character, but getting there is a challenge. Dr. Jim Loehr's Leading with Character offers a succinct plan for developing your character as a leader and building a meaningful legacy through your life's work. The Personal Credo Journal is a day-by-day workbook that will guide you through the process of identifying your core values and crafting your Personal Credo—a statement of beliefs and values that will help you align every action and decision with your deepest held ideals. With these activities and exercises, you'll spend just a few minutes each day reflecting on meaningful and thought-provoking prompts about your life story, your personal strengths and weaknesses, and your life goals. By the end of this life-altering, 150-day challenge, you will have gained a deep self-knowledge and a clear vision of your path forward as a leader. Take charge of the legacy you'll leave behind, build character, and learn to use your Personal Credo to transform your life.

Apply the industrial engineering science of invention and assembly to how software is described, planned, and built, allowing you to be free to flex your practices according to your needs, putting principle over habit and rules.Reading about Agile practices is like reading diet advice. Everything sounds unique and good; everything starts with good intentions. Then reality sets in. Organizations adapt their practices, but lose sight of grounding principles. A bias toward ceremonies, metrics, and recipes comes at the expense of efficiently getting the real work done. Managers and developers are incentivized to game the system. Organizational metrics become detached from the reality of what is being delivered and how.The Agile Codex shows you how to describe a software project as an acyclic dependency tree of sized work items, scoped to be operated on by one software engineer each and completed within a week. It provides Open Source tooling to help you visualize, sequence and assign these work items to account for risk and increase predictability in your delivery times. You'll see the value of doing this as it applies to efficiently planning and adjusting software projects in the face of learning and change. Finally, the book covers the collaborative agile principles required to bring this skill set and practice to a software team.Throughout the book you'll be reminded that software engineering is not a rote task - it is primarily a skilled, creative act. As such, you'll see that we need to account for the space needed toresearch, plan, create, and adjust. The Agile practices serving the codex deal with this intersection between the engineering problem of software delivery flow, and the human reality of how work is described, owned, executed, and transitioned from one state to another.Everything an agile team does must serve the codex. The creation and the care and feeding of this structured tree of work sets the frame in which all other team actions take place and against which all successes or failures can be evaluated.

Das Kompaktlexikon Unternehmensgründung liefert nahezu 2000 aktuelle Begriffserklärungen aus Theorie und Praxis rund um die Existenzgründung sowie den Aufbau von neuen Unternehmen. Von A wie Absatzmarkt bis Z wie Zuschuss bietet das Nachschlagewerk Gründern, Entrepreneuren und Unternehmern eine schnelle, kompakte und wirkungsvolle Unterstützung für den Start und die weitere Entwicklung der eigenen Firma an. Der Leser findet sowohl die Erklärungen zentraler Fachbegriffe als auch die Darstellung von Zusammenhängen von gründungsrelevanten Themen. Zudem bekommt er wertvolle Anregungen für das eigene unternehmerische Handeln. In der dritten Auflage des Kompaktlexikons wurden neben verschiedenen Aktualisierungen zahlreiche neue Begriffe ergänzt, die neben den Herausgebern auch weiterhin von einem renommierten Kreis von Kollegen aus der Gründungsforschung und zugehörigen Experten aus der Praxis erklärt werden. Zur Zielgruppe gehören neben Gründern und Unternehmern auch Vertreter von Banken und Venture-Capital-Unternehmen, Business Angels, Investment Manager sowie Hochschullehrer, Studenten, Journalisten und Berater, die sich mit dem Bereich Entrepreneurship befassen wollen.

Build resilience in your company to weather the greatest crises.If you read nothing else on organizational resilience, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help your company prepare for and overcome disruption, social upheaval, and disaster.This book will inspire you to:Reposition your core business while launching a separate, disruptive businessBuild the ability to continually anticipate and adjust to emerging trendsPrepare for the business implications of climate changeLearn about the risks of hyperefficient businessesDevelop organizational gritRebound from a recession faster than your competitorsLead your company through any kind of crisisThis collection of articles includes'How Resilience Works'by Diane Coutu;'The Quest for Resilience'by Gary Hamel and Liisa Valikangas;'Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave'by Joseph L. Bower and Clayton M. Christensen;'Organizational Grit'by Thomas H. Lee and Angela L. Duckworth;'Leading in Times of Trauma'by Jane E. Dutton, Peter J. Frost, Monica C. Worline, Jacoba M. Lilius, and Jason M. Kanov;'Learning from the Future'by J. Peter Scoblic;'Leading a New Era of Climate Action'by Andrew Winston;'The High Price of Efficiency'by Roger L. Martin;'Reigniting Growth'by Chris Zook and James Allen;'Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World'by Willy C. Shih; and'Roaring Out of Recession'by Ranjay Gulati, Nitin Nohria, and Franz Wohlgezogen.HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

Svenja Hofert stellt zahlreiche agile Führungsideen vor und zeigt, wann und wie diese in der Praxis eingeführt und umgesetzt werden können. Sie lernen, wie Sie Instrumente nutzen und sich Stück für Stück dem agilen Gedanken nähern. Ein Wertecheck hilft Ihnen einzuschätzen, welche Methode zu Ihrem Unternehmen passt. Die 3. Auflage wurde von der Autorin noch einmal grundlegend aktualisiert.Ein Führungsstil mit agilen Ideen schafft die Voraussetzung dafür, dass Teams und Mitarbeiter komplexe Anforderungen besser bewältigen und innovativer sein können. Dabei lassen sich agile Ideen und Maßnahmen sowohl in Form kleiner als auch großer Experimente ausprobieren und einführen, völlig unabhängig von der jeweiligen Branche und der Größe des Unternehmens.Auf der Basis ihrer jahrelangen Praxis und einer umfassenden Studie zeigt die Autorin, dass schon wenige agile Maßnahmen dazu führen, das Teamklima für Leistung und Innovation entscheidend zu verbessern. Für Personaler und Führungskräfte, die erst einmal ein Stück Agilität testen wollen, bevor sie (vielleicht) aufs Ganze gehen.

Was versteckt sich hinter dem Mythos Autorität – welche Form von Autorität benötigen Führungskräfte in Zeiten einer epochalen Transformation? Diese Frage beantwortet Frank H. Baumann-Habersack fundiert, anschaulich und praxisbezogen. Leser•innen erfahren, was sich hinter dem Begriff „Transformative Autorität“ verbirgt und warum Chef•innen, die wirksam führen wollen, sie benötigen. Der Autor ermutigt damit zu einem Paradigmenwechsel in der Haltung des Führens. Autoritäres Machtgehabe war gestern. Heute bedarf es präsenter, transparenter, beharrlicher und vernetzter Führung. Frank H. Baumann-Habersack beschreibt, was Entscheider•innen tun können, um zukünftig wirksam zu führen und wie die Transformation zu einer zukunftsweisenden Führungskultur gelingt. Führungskräfte lernen somit, ihre Wirksamkeit zu steigern – zum Wohle des Unternehmens, der Mitarbeiter•innen und ihrer selbst. Mit einem Vorwort von Prof. Dr. Arist von Schlippe, dem Mitbegründer des Konzepts „Neue Autorität'in Deutschland. „Das in diesem Buch eingeführte Konzept der transformativen Autorität baut folgerichtig auf den Gedanken der Neuen Autorität auf. Es versorgt den Autoritätsbegriff mit einer inhaltlichen Präzisierung, die es leichter machen dürfte, ihn zu akzeptieren, insbesondere wenn es um die Einführung im Organisationskontext geht.“ Prof. Arist von Schlippe „Das Konzept der transformativen Autorität ist eine der anregensten Weiterentwicklungen des Konzepts der neuen Autorität. Es wirkt über die Anwendung der neuen Autorität hinaus in Organisationen. Dadurch, dass es den Fragen zu Führung und Transformation mit ihren dynamischen, zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen auf den Grund geht. Dieses Buch ist eine höchst erfreuliche Erweiterung der Literatur über die Grenzen, Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen von Führung in unserer heutigen Welt.“ Prof. Haim Omer

A high-impact leadership coach gives you the tools you need to maximize your influence in a new role, giving you the ability to meet any challenge and take your team, organization, church, or company to new heights.“A practical path to maximizing your influence, navigating transitions, and producing positive results.”—Jon Gordon, 10x bestselling author of The Power of Positive LeadershipSure, it's inspirational when we hear stories about those who founded companies from their garages with one hundred dollars cash while in high school. But such success is super rare and not always how it plays out for great leaders. The reality is that most leaders are responsible for corporations, teams, and products they didn't launch from the ground up. Tyler Reagin saw the immense need to address this mission-critical but often overlooked aspect of leadership: healthy transition for leaders who inherit teams, places, or platforms others created. His groundbreaking book Leading Things You Didn't Start provides a faith-based four-step plan that answers practical questions such as:• Do I really want to take over something loved by so many?• Is there a secret sauce to doing what the leaders before me did?• How do I get the current team on board with my leadership?• How do I honor the past without being trapped by it?• How do I steward the legacy of the leaders who started the movement?Through the use of tried-and-true coaching principles and practical case studies with leaders like Buzz Williams, head coach at Texas A&M, and Cheryl Bachelder, former CEO of Popeyes, Reagin helps you maximize your newfound influx of influence and master the intentions of an inheriting leader.

This book explores the factors that contribute to high corporate growth, presenting a new conceptual model for research into this phenomenon.Building on existing research, the authors present a new conceptual research model that links multidimensional variables, such as entrepreneurial orientation, and human capital, with the perceived availability of different forms of financing for high-growth companies and with the measures that these firms take to overcome financial constraints and thus influence their financial performance. With this model the authors aim to enhance our understanding of the specifics of financing high growth companies and demonstrate how the availability of financial resources is one of the most important determinants of promoting development and enterprise growth. Empirically tested on a random sample of high-growth companies from Slovenia, the book seeks to make a contribution to research and enhance our understanding of the various factors involved inhigh growth firms.

Internationalizing your firm presents both exciting opportunities and daunting challenges, regardless of your industry. While strategy will vary from firm to firm, this book provides a solid set of decision-making tools that will support you as you take your company global. Starting with the most important step – cultivating a truly international perspective in your senior management team – it sets out the pros and cons of each choice you will face as you define and shape a global strategy. With a pragmatic toolkit provided at the end of each chapter, The Art of Going Global will help to improve your decision-making capabilities in relation to a range of challenges, including:· Selecting foreign markets · Adapting your business model· Navigating uncertain global markets· Managing across cultures· Choosing between entry mode options With case studies and insights illustrating how to apply each toolkit, this book is ideal for practitioners, MBA students, and those in executive education. It will help you to consider a variety of alternative solutions for key managerial decisions on internationalization, the costs and benefits of different strategic scenarios, and ultimately drive you to create a clear global vision for your firm.

A field guide for leaders who want to engage and energize their workforce with a leadership strategy that puts the well-being of people first. Every leader has a duty to ensure their teams meet and exceed expectations and achieve strategic goals. But leaders who only focus on the bottom line risk alienating or burning out the people integral to the success of the organization. Engaged employees are more productive, have fewer sick days, and tend to stay in their jobs longer. They go the extra mile because they want to contribute to an organization that cares about them as human beings. Put simply, a leadership approach focused on both relationships and results is good for business. But what steps can leaders take to cultivate a workplace culture that is positive, engaged, and also productive? This is what CBC workplace columnist Pierre Battah tackles in Humanity at Work. In this conversational, humorous, and relatable book, Battah acts as a virtual mentor, drawing on his decades-long experience as advisor to large and small organizations. Through colorful and entertaining case studies ranging from fish-packing plants to financial institutions, Battah illustrates what it means to lead with humanity. In this book, readers will learn: why human connection is a crucial component of the employment relationship; how to delegate responsibility, set expectations, and give and receive feedback more effectively; and how cultivating self-awareness can create safe space in which to engage staff. Each chapter includes reflection points and helpful tools to help readers track their progress as they move toward creating a workplace with humanity at its heart. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Plan International Canada, who strive for a just world that advances children's rights and equality for girls.

•New York Times bestseller—over 40 million copies sold• •The #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century• One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for nearly three decades. It has transformed the lives of presidents and CEOs, educators and parents—millions of people of all ages and occupations. Now, this 30th anniversary edition of the timeless classic commemorates the wisdom of the 7 Habits with modern additions from Sean Covey. The 7 Habits have become famous and are integrated into everyday thinking by millions and millions of people. Why? Because they work! With Sean Covey's added takeaways on how the habits can be used in our modern age, the wisdom of the 7 Habits will be refreshed for a new generation of leaders. They include: Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw This beloved classic presents a principle-centered approach for solving both personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and practical anecdotes, Stephen R. Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity—principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

Use design thinking for competitive advantage.If you read nothing else on design thinking, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you use design thinking to produce breakthrough innovations and transform your organization.This book will inspire you to:Identify customers''jobs to be done'and build products people loveFail small, learn quickly, and win bigProvide the support design-thinking teams need to flourishFoster a culture of experimentationSharpen your own skills as a design thinkerCounteract the biases that perpetuate the status quo and thwart innovationAdopt best practices from design-driven powerhousesThis collection of articles includes'Design Thinking,'by Tim Brown;'Why Design Thinking Works,'by Jeanne M. Liedtka;'The Right Way to Lead Design Thinking,'by Christian Bason and Robert D. Austin;'Design for Action,'by Tim Brown and Roger L. Martin;'The Innovation Catalysts,'by Roger L. Martin; “Know Your Customers''Jobs to Be Done,''by Clayton M. Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, and David S. Duncan;'Engineering Reverse Innovations,'by Amos Winter and Vijay Govindarajan;'Strategies for Learning from Failure,'by Amy C. Edmondson;'How Indra Nooyi Turned Design Thinking into Strategy,'by Indra Nooyi and Adi Ignatius, and'Reclaim Your Creative Confidence,'by Tom Kelley and David Kelley.HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

This book is a compilation of very personal approaches to mentoring and sponsoring, breaking the stereotypes of seniority, age or experience. The authors have provided a platform to understand that mentoring and especially sponsoring are in fact a win-win relation, in which both sides, mentors and mentees; and sponsors and sponsored individuals learn from each other, enhancing their career paths. How they managed to create a growth space for themselves and their teams through mentoring and sponsoring, is a story of professional leadership. They shared a privileged outlook to understand the root causes of barriers, as well as to envision plausible solutions for difficult career crossroads, in which mentorship or sponsoring was key to steer step changes.The authors propose not only their vision, but a remarkable collection of unfiltered interviews with young and renown professionals in many sectors, from photography to music, research, sports, energy, and more, completing a vision of what is key for both sides of the equation pertinent to mentoring and sponsoring: the givers and the receivers. They explain what is needed to gain the most out of the mentoring and sponsoring loops, with their own career stories.Success is supported by many factors, in which the most important are the technical competency and performance aligned with resilience. However, in the long path of a career, mentors and particularly sponsors play a foundational and frequently a changing-life role, improving our perspective or triggering reflections and actions that benefitted our journeys at work and in life.This book provides insights on what works for an effective mentoring and sponsoring process. It is useful for all professionals, especially those starting their career journeys.

An exciting new book exploring why we have not seen the enduring changes that were once optimistically anticipated. Each chapter tackles an important question around gender and leadership, such as ′Why do leader stereotypes emphasize masculinity?′, ′Why are there so few women in top management positions?′ and ′Why do (some) men in top management feel free to sexually harass women?′. Leading international scholar in the field, Gary N. Powell explores cutting-edge topics including; the appropriate role of masculinity in leadership, the ever-so-small numbers of female CEOs, and sexual harassment by men in power such as Harvey Weinstein and the resulting #MeToo movement. With suggestions of practical steps that would work toward achieving a workplace in which all employees can reach their leadership potential regardless of their gender, Gender and Leadership is an important read for students and faculty members alike across the social sciences and humanities.

Did you know you're likely to have had over 89,000 heated altercations with your closest relations before you reached the age of eight? By age 16, thousands more hours will have been spent by most of us in some form of disagreement with those in our extended social networks. As a species, we're well practised at falling out with each other. We may even have a gene for it – certainly, some of us seem to be gifted. When it comes to finding resolutions, however, things don't come quite so naturally: as much as 90% of all inter-personal conflicts never reach agreement. But it doesn't have to be this way. I Don't Agree is a fascinating exploration of new, powerful and surprising solutions to an ancient problem: why we disagree so much. It shows how to sidestep our animosities and get great things done, despite our differences. Underpinned by cutting-edge research and academic thinking (as well as fascinating real-life case studies and easy-to-use tools), author and marketeer Michael Brown reveals the eye-opening secrets that can lead to better leadership, stronger teams, swifter promotions, more effective collaboration, better organisational culture – as well as radically improving your life outside of work.

The biggest technology and management ideas of the year, all in one place.This collection of the top ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review will keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. The two-book set brings together HBR's 10 Must Reads 2021 and The Year in Tech 2021: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review. The Must Reads volume assembles the definitive articles on topics in including leadership, strategy, and innovation from HBR's vast array of experts. The Insights book will help you understand today's most essential thinking on fast-moving technologies, and they mean for your organization. Together these books will equip you to successfully lead your business today as you prepare to reinvent your company for the future.