Six sigma team dynamics

the elusive key to project success

A full, expert discussion of the last major component of Six Sigma implementation George Eckes' first two books on Six Sigma-The Six Sigma Revolution and Making Six Sigma Last-dealt with Six Sigma from a strategic level and from a cultural level, respectively. Six Sigma Team ...

Leadership engine

how winning companies build leaders at every level

Why do some companies consistently win in the marketplace while others struggle from crisis to crisis? The answer, says Noel Tichy, is that winning companies possess a "Leadership Engine" -- a proven system for creating dynamic leaders at every level.

Execution

the discipline of getting the things done

Larry Bossidy is one of the world's most acclaimed CEOs, with a track record for delivering results that has few peers. Ram Charan is a legendary advisor to senior executives and boards of directors, with unparalleled insight into why some companies are successful and ...

The leadership challenge

When it was initially written in 1987, few could have predicted that The Leadership Challenge would become one of the best-selling leadership books of all time. Now, faced with the new challenges of our unpredictable global business environment, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner-- two of ...

The five dysfunctions of a team

a leadership fable

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns ...

The leadership secrets of Colin Powell

The national bestseller Leadership Secrets from Colin Powell became one of McGraw-Hill's most acclaimed leadership titles ever published. Colin Powell, one of the most recognizable and highly regarded leaders in the world, became a central figure in the Bush administration and one of the ...

Leading quietly

an unorthodox guide to doing the right thing

Most of us think of leaders as courageous risk takers, orchestrators of major events - in a word, heroes. Yet while such figures are inspiring and admirable, Harvard Business School Professor Joseph Badaracco argues that their larger-than-life accomplishments are simply not what makes the world work ...

Sincronicidad

el camino interior hacia el liderazgo

He aquí una guía que nos enseña a desarrollar uno de los retos más importantes del liderazgo en nuestra época: la capacidad para dar forma colectivamente a nuestro futuro. Desde el relato de su propia vida hasta la explicación detallada de los aspectos más espinosos ...

El bosque del líder

la sensación de fluidez II

Leopoldo Zoe, que en La Sensación de Fluidez se centraba en ayudar a su sucesor, Jesús Bauluz, a lograr la fluidez y percepción adecuadas, en esta nueva historia de management novelado le guía a través del Camino de Santiago

The real Warren Buffett

managing capital, leading people

Much more than a successful stock picker, O'Loughlin traces Buffett's career transitions from stockbroker to 'cigar butt investor' to a brilliant capital manager and corporate leader. Packed with practical and powerful lessons overlooked by others who have studied this enigmatic personality, The Real ...

Cómo preparar y poner en marcha planes de negocio

La planificación es la clave del éxito del desarrollo de una empresa y del crecimiento de todas las compañías tanto nuevas como ya establecidas. Cuando un negocio ya está en funcionamiento, es más sencillo concentrarse en las operaciones diarias y trabajar para unos objetivos a ...

Ultimate business plan

essential planning skills to get you where you want to be

A business plan shows that you have done your research and have the necessary resources and vision to succeed. This straightforward book shows how to create the ultimate business plan. CONTENTS: Before you start - doing your research - evaluating all the options - formulating the strategy - considering ...

Managing performance in the public sector

Performance thinking has a substantial impact on the management of public organizations, as governments around the world use performance measurement to evaluate their products services. But as indicators of sucess, how effective are these systems?

Competitive strategy dynamics

This book offers a practical, fact-based approach to explain how enterprises deliver performance over time. Rigorous methods explain how to quantify the growth, decline and interdependence within the organisation's resources and capabilities as well as the continuous interactions with competitors and other external factors ...

Hyperinnovation

multidimensional enterprise in the connected economy

Description: The business world has been changing at a faster rate than before and has become more complex and interdependent. This has given rise to greater opportunities for new business platforms and growth, but the need for new understanding of this complexity. Hyperinnovation provides a ...

The change game

how today´s global trends are shapping tomorrow´s companies

Based on first-hand interviews with managers around the world, the book provides intelligent and thoughtful insights into the major global trends and issues influencing organizations today. The Change Game is a fascinating #big picture# account of change in business in the West # where it is ...

Transactional six sigma and lean servicing

leveraging manufacturimg concepts to achieve world-class service

Service industries have traditionally lagged manufacturing in adoption of quality management strategies and Six Sigma is no exception. While there are a growing number of books on applying the hot topics of Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing concepts in a manufacturing environment, there has not ...

El fracaso de "lo ordinario"

buscando la diferenciación

Directores Generales que tienen la inquietud de que su empresa no sea "una más". Tenemos que diferenciarnos del resto y ser capaces de posicionarnos como una empresa líder en nuestro sector. Consultores que prestan servicios a empresas de nueva creación. Tom Peters no muestra las ...

Strategic Management in the Knowledge Economy

Strategic Management may be classified as the managerial science of how to lead and enable business organizations to achieve its stakeholders? objectives in a rapidly changing competitive and collaborative environment. With new strategic management requirements, new business management models arise, based on knowledge, networking and ...

El efecto lealtad

crecimiento, beneficio y valor último

Las grandes compañías pierden y tienen que reemplazarlos la mitad de sus clientes en cinco años, la mitad de sus empleados en cuatro y la mitad de los inversores en menos de uno. Este libro explica la razón por la que las compañías que ignoran ...