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The $70K CEO at Gravity Payments
by Michael Norris Michael I. Norton Sarah Mcara Mitchell WeissIn 2015, Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price took a massive pay cut to raise the minimum wage at his company to $70,000 annually. In the wake of a national discussion of wage equality, he was met with cheers and jeers. The company hoped that the buzz from the unorthodox move would generate enough new business to cover the increasing costs of compensation. Did Price make the right move? Would Gravity thrive or even survive?
The 75 Greatest Management Decisions Ever Made: And 21 Of The Worst
by Stuart CrainerThe 75 Greatest Management Decisions Ever Made is a pithy compendium that celebrates pinnacles of decision-making that have shaped management through the ages - and left their indelible impressions on business and society.
75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make Money and Make a Difference
by Glenn CrostonWith environmental concerns a top issue for consumers everywhere, the green market is the next big boom industry for entrepreneurs looking to make money-and make a difference. Discover 75 green startup ideas in multiple industries, including eco-tourism, small wind power, green schools, water conservation landscaping, green investment consulting and more. For each business, Croston shows you the market, product to be delivered, resources needed, major hurdles ahead, competitors and strategies for success.
75 Jahre Grundgesetz: Wie sich die Gewaltenteilung im Lauf der Zeit verändert hat
by Jochen TheurerDieses aufschlussreiche Buch beschreibt, wo und wie sich die Macht heute in Deutschland tatsächlich verteilt. Obwohl Art. 20 Abs. 2 GG noch genauso lautet wie 1949, hat sich das Verhältnis zwischen Exekutive, Legislative und Judikative zum Teil stark verändert. Beispielsweise ist das Bundesverfassungsgericht im Verhältnis zum Bundestag tendenziell mächtiger geworden und treibt das Parlament durch bahnbrechende Entscheidungen immer wieder vor sich her – vom Recht auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung über das „3. Geschlecht“ bis hin zum Klimaschutz. Zudem spielen internationale Player eine immer größere Rolle: War das Grundgesetz vor 75 Jahren die höchste Rechtsnorm in Deutschland, bestreitet mittlerweile kein Jurist mehr ernsthaft den Vorrang von EU-Recht vor der deutschen Verfassung. Dieser informative Einblick in die komplexe Welt des Rechts stellt anschaulich dar, wie sich der Inhalt von Gesetzen trotz identischem Wortlaut verändern kann.
75 Ways for Managers to Hire, Develop, and Keep Great Employees
by Paul FalconePeople power your business--and success can hinge on your hiring, inspiring, and keeping the right ones. As a manager, are you cultivating this vital resource? Is there more you could be doing? Are you just winging it?Every HR executive has a laundry list of things they wish managers knew: best practices that would enable the entire organization to operate more effectively...transforming those managers into exceptional--and highly promotable--leaders. Now in this accessible and practical playbook, HR expert and author Paul Falcone shows readers how to:Identify the best and the brightest talentHire for organizational compatibilityCommunicate constructivelyAddress uncomfortable workplace situationsCreate an environment that motivatesRetain restless top performersReengage your team after a layoff or during times of adversitySkillfully conduct performance reviewsTake corrective actionSidestep litigation landminesDelegate in a way that develops your staffAnd much, much moreFrom recruiting to retaining, 75 Ways for Managers to Hire, Develop, and Keep Great Employees has all the advice you need to overcome your toughest people challenges.
76 Tips For Investing in an Uncertain Economy For Canadians For Dummies
by Sheryl Garrett Garrett Planning Network Camilla CornellThis concise, practical guide gives you the strategies you need to confidently protect and strengthen your financial holdings during troubled economic times. Through 76 smart tips, you’ll discover how to reduce your investment risk, safely accumulate wealth, and determine how much you’ll need for retirement, and how to get there. With tips for everything from improving your credit score to investing through a Tax-Free Savings Account to preparing for financial emergencies, you’ll be on the right track toward a safe and sound financial future, no matter what the economic climate. “[76 Tips For Investing in an Uncertain Economy For Canadians For Dummies] will be an arms-length away at my desk at the National Post, for handy reference.” John Chevreau, The National Post
77 Bloques para Construir una Transformación Digital: Explicación Simplificada
by Jace AnEn 2018, ‘77 Bloques para Construir una Transformación Digital: Modelo de Capacidad Digital’ fue publicado para asistir a los ‘practicantes digitales’ quienes trabajan en el espacio digital. Desde entonces, pocos lectores me han sugerido escribir un libro sobre la transformación digital para ‘el público en general’ que estuviere interesado en aprender más que lo básico sobre la transformación digital. Es así que he creado este libro ‘77 Bloques para Construir una Transformación Digital: Explicación Simplificada’. Este libro intenta entregar los mensajes claves de ‘77 Bloques para Construir una Transformación Digital: Modelo de Capacidad Digital’ al público en general. Dicho esto, este no pretende ser un libro de teoría que discuta las ideas y conceptos académicos de la transformación digital, sino un libro práctico de campo que describe las capacidades digitales probadas como los bloques de construcción para la transformación digital. ‘77 Bloques para Construir una Transformación Digital: Explicación Simplificada’ se enfoca en introducir 77 bloques de construcción para asistir al público en general a comprender las ‘prácticas reales’ en el espacio digital, aunque no cubre totalmente el Modelo de Madurez descripto en detalle en ‘77 Bloques para Construir una Transformación Digital: Modelo de Capacidad Digital’ que asiste a los practicantes digitales con indicadores de madurez de las capacidades digitales. Este libro proporciona unos pocos ejemplos de indicadores de mayor madurez como una introducción al Modelo de Madurez de las Capacidades Digitales.
77 Bloques para Construir una Transformación Digital: El Modelo de Capacidad Digital
by Jace AnEste no es un libro sobre teoría que discuta conceptos académicos de transformaración digital, sino que se orienta a la práctica de campo que describe cómo asesorar y mejorar las capacidades digitales de una organización. Más bien satisface mejor a los ‘practicantes digitales’, quienes están involucrados en operaciones de negocios digitales, incluyendo tecnología informática y digital, comercio electrónico, servicios de atención al cliente online y muchas otras áreas operativas en las que la tecnología informática podría tener impacto. La capacidad digital está definida en este libro como la capacidad organizativa y la habilidad para producir resultados de negocio intencionales en el espacio digital al combinar procesos, personas y elementos tecnológicos de un modo único para cada organización. Los elementos del proceso incluyen flujo de proceso, información de entrada y salida; reglas del negocio; políticas y lineamientos. El elemento humano incluye una estructura y cultura organizacional; roles, responsabilidades y habilidades de las personas. Los elementos tecnológicos incluyen aplicaciones; infraestructura de datos; instalaciones y equipos alrededor de la tecnología digital. La capacidad de escucha del diálogo social está definida, por ejemplo, como una capacidad organizativa para entender de qué están hablando los usuarios en las redes sociales y utilizarlo para un negocio al combinar procesos bien definidos, las habilidades del personal y sus evidentes roles y responsabilidades, como también las herramientas de automatización. Una mayor madurez dentro de las capacidades digitales asegura operaciones efectivas y eficientes dentro de los negocios digitales. Las operaciones de los negocios digitales están dentro de un área multidisciplinaria donde convergen los negocios y la Tecnología Informática que trabajan en conjunto para producir resultados comerciales en el espacio digital. Enten
The 77 Deadly Sins of Project Management
by Management Concepts PressCombat the Deadly Sins of Project Management!Project management is a tough business. Not only must project managers contend with schedules, budgets, and a host of stakeholder demands, but they must also deal with sometimes vexing human behaviors, such as whining, indecision, opposition, inflexibility, complacency, and tunnel vision, to name a few. Projects can be negatively impacted by common "sins" that hinder, stall, or throw the project off track.In The 77 Deadly Sins of Project Management, the contributors focus on each "deadly sin" and probe its manifestations and consequences for projects. By sharing their personal experiences, as well as some historical events, the contributors spotlight the effects and costs — both financial and human — of failing to get a handle on these sins and reign them in. Through anecdotes and case studies, The 77 Deadly Sins of Project Management will help you better understand how to execute the myriad aspects of today's projects.• Identify danger signs and solutions for each "sin"• Learn proven methods for tackling project mishaps• Gain practical and hands-on information from seasoned professionals• Keep a variety of "sins" from derailing your projectBONUS! Each book comes with a "77 Deadly Sins of Project Management" poster!
77 Keywords Consulting: Grundwissen für Unternehmensberater
by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden StaffVon Ambition Driven Strategy über Engineering Consulting und das Sieben-S-Modell bis zu Transaction Services: Die Consultingsprache zeichnet sich durch unzählige Fachtermini und Anglizismen aus. Einen ersten schnellen Überblick verschafft das vorliegende Nachschlagewerk. Anhand von 77 übersichtlichen Schlüsselbegriffen werden die Grundkonzepte und -theorien des Consultings erläutert. Die Erklärungen sind kompakt und verständlich formuliert und bieten somit Basiswissen für alle, die einen schnellen Einstieg in die Consultingpraxis suchen, sich für Unternehmensberatung und das Beratungsgeschäft interessieren oder ihr vorhandenes Wissen auffrischen möchten.
77 Pillars of Quality and the Pursuit of Excellence: A Guide to Basic Concepts and Lean Six Sigma Tools for Practitioners, Managers, and Entrepreneurs
by Souraj SalahThis book offers a basic and practical guide for a manager, quality practitioner, or anyone interested in learning and understanding the fundamental principles, concepts, tools, and techniques of quality management and process improvement. This book enables managers to have a strong foundation for effective management and improvement of operations. It strengthens quality practitioners’ approach to people, products, or services and process improvement, to influence without authority. It provides practitioners with a comprehensive understanding of the contemporary concepts of quality, guiding principles, and quality tools and techniques and on successfully implementing them. It helps enhance how practitioners perform their work and inspires them to strive for excellence.The book begins with an introduction and an overview of quality, followed by listing and explaining the selected 77 pillars (basic principles, concepts, and tools) of quality, grouped under the themes of quality, Six Sigma, and Lean Management. It examines the logical understanding of these pillars and how to implement them, providing practical examples and beneficial real case studies. The stories are based on the learning and practical experience of the author—a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, a quality manager, and a university lecturer.This book benefits employees, partners, and customers of any organization, offering a great reference for practitioners and academics alike. It serves as a call to reflect on basic quality pillars first, before embarking on a quality improvement journey. It provides a solid foundation for managers and practitioners to exceed their customers’ expectations and excel in managing their business operations.
78 Tax Tips For Canadians For Dummies
by Christie Henderson Ca Cfp Tep Brian Quinlan Suzanne SchultzCompiled by an expert team of accountants, 78 Tax Tips For Canadians For Dummies offers practical tax planning strategies. These individual tips offer straightforward advice and insight that will save readers aggravation and money.
7L: The Seven Levels of Communication
by Michael J. MaherCan you imagine receiving a referral each and every day? Neither could real estate agent Rick Masters.(7L) The Seven Levels of Communication tells the entertaining and educational story of Rick Masters, who is suffering from a down economy when he meets a mortgage professional who has built a successful business without advertising or personal promotion. Skeptical, he agrees to accompany her to a conference to learn more about her mysterious methods. Rick soon learns that the rewards for implementing these strategies are far greater than he had ever imagined. In seeking success, he finds significance. This heartwarming tale of Rick's trials and triumphs describes the exact strategies that helped him evolve from the Ego Era to the Generosity Generation. This book is about so much more than referrals. This is about building a business that not only feeds your family, but also feeds your soul.
7th EAI International Conference on Management of Manufacturing Systems (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing)
by Lucia Knapčíková Dragan PerakovićThe book presents the proceedings of the 7th EAI International Conference on Management of Manufacturing Systems (MMS 2022), which took place in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, 05-07 October 2022. The conference covers the management of manufacturing systems with support for Industry 4.0, logistics and intelligent manufacturing systems and applications, cooperation management, and its effective applications. Topics include RFID applications, economic impacts in logistics, ICT support for Industry 4.0, industrial and smart logistics, intelligent manufacturing systems and applications, and much more. The topic is of interest to researchers, practitioners, students, and academics in manufacturing and communications engineering.Presents the proceedings of the 7th EAI International Conference on Management of Manufacturing Systems (MMS 2022);Covers topics such as Industry 4.0, smart logistics, smart cities, and intelligent manufacturing;Relevant for researchers, academics, and professionals.
7Twelve
by Craig IsraelsenA proven way to put together a portfolio that enhances performance and reduces risk Professor Craig Israelsen of Brigham Young University is an important voice in the area of asset allocation. The reason? He keeps things simple. Now, in 7Twelve, he shows you how to do the same, and demonstrates how his approach to investing can help you grow your money as well as protect it. 7Twelve outlines a multi-asset balanced portfolio that is a logical starting point when assembling a portfolio-either as the blueprint for the entire portfolio or as a significant building block. Page by page, he will show you how to create a balanced portfolio utilizing multiple asset classes to enhance performance and reduce risk. Discusses how the 7Twelve portfolio includes seven core asset classes and utilizes twelve specific mutual funds or exchange traded funds Details the tax efficiency of this specific investment approach Shows you how to use the 7Twelve portfolio as a pre-retirement accumulation portfolio or a post-retirement distribution portfolio If you want to build a well-balanced, multi-asset portfolio, 7Twelve is the book for you.
The 8 Best Practices of High-Performing Salespeople
by Norm TrainorWhat does it take to become a high-performing salesperson? This book reveals the eight best practices you need to master in order to become a top producer. The 8 Best Practices of High-Performing Salespeople follows the stories of real sales professionals, relating their experiences and challenges first-hand. The 8 Best Practices of High-Performing Salespeople is like a private coaching session for those who want to increase sales and build lasting value in their business. It offers practical advice and simple strategies from the best in the business, even letting you in on actual situations and conversations. No matter what business you are in, adopting the 8 Best Practices will increase your revenue and allow you to reach your full potential."Norm Trainor brings you concrete advice and sheer wisdom on the 'inner game' of sales. Much beyond just learning about breakthrough sales performance from the best in the business, reading this book is like getting private coaching sessions from someone who has mastered how you can constantly surpass yourself in creating client capital." --Hubert St. Onge, Senior Vice President, Strategic Capabilities, Clarica "Norm Trainor has proven that he's the master of relationship selling. He has shown how to achieve excellence as a salesperson and, more importantly, how to manage success to become a thriving business owner. This book has value for salespeople wherever they are on their career journey."--Steve Stacey, Vice President and Director, Nesbitt Burns Inc. "This book is a must-read for any sales professional who wishes to grow their practice in the future." --A.A. (Art) Schooley, General Manager, Manulife Financial"Norm Trainor gives the reader a fast, easy-to-understand journey to success. This book is a must-read for the ambitious salesperson-it is loaded with useful information." --S. Ross Johnson, Retired President, Canadian Operations, The Prudential Insurance Co. of America
8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, and Migration Shape Our World
by Jennifer D. SciubbaA provocative description of the power of population change to create the conditions for societal transformation. As the world nears 8 billion people, the countries that have led the global order since World War II are becoming the most aged societies in human history. At the same time, the world’s poorest and least powerful countries are suffocating under an imbalance of population and resources. In 8 Billion and Counting, political demographer Jennifer D. Sciubba argues that the story of the twenty-first century is less a story about exponential population growth, as the previous century was, than it is a story about differential growth—marked by a stark divide between the world’s richest and poorest countries. Drawing from decades of research, policy experience, and teaching, Sciubba employs stories and statistics to explain how demographic trends, like age structure and ethnic composition, are crucial signposts for future violence and peace, repression and democracy, poverty and prosperity. Although we have a diverse global population, demographic trends often follow predictable patterns that can help professionals across the corporate, nonprofit, government, and military sectors understand the global strategic environment. Through the lenses of national security, global health, and economics, Sciubba demonstrates the pitfalls of taking population numbers at face value and extrapolating from there. Instead, she argues, we must look at the forces in a society that amplify demographic trends and the forces that dilute them, particularly political institutions, or the rules of the game. She shows that the most important skills in demographic analysis are naming and being aware of your preferences, rethinking assumptions, and asking the right questions. Provocative and engrossing, 8 Billion and Counting is required reading for business leaders, policy makers, and anyone eager to anticipate political, economic, and social risks and opportunities. A deeper understanding of fertility, mortality, and migration promises to point toward the investments we need to make today to shape the future we want tomorrow.
Las 8 claves del liderazgo del monje que vendió su Ferrari: Una fábula espiritual
by Robin SharmaSencilla, amena pero sorprendentemente perspicaz, Las 8 claves del liderazgo... encierra lecciones de valor universal y las explica para que sean realmente útiles. Julian era el monje que decidió vender su Ferrari: abogado de éxito, un buen día abandonó todo y se trasladó al Himalaya. Allí inició un proceso de aprendizaje con los sabios de Sivana, que le abrieron las puertas a nuevas formas de abordar la vida y los negocios. De regreso a su mundo anterior, Julian tiene la ocasión de aplicar sus nuevos conocimientos ayudando a su antiguo amigo Peter, propietario de una empresa de software que está en crisis. De la mano de Julian, a través de fábulas y ejemplos, Peter recibe las ocho lecciones del éxito en los negocios, todas ellas basadas en la generación de un impulso interior que favorezca el establecimiento de un nuevo tipo de relación entre los colaboradores y de estos con la empresa, encaminado al florecimiento de una cultura empresarial más humana y por ello más eficaz y sólida. Una lectura difícil de dejar... y de olvidar.
The 8 Dimensions of Leadership: DiSC Strategies for Becoming a Better Leader
by Mark Scullard Jeffrey SugermanDon't Be a One-Dimensional Leader! To be an effective leader you need to know your strengths--but that's only part of the story. You also need a broad perspective on all the behaviors needed to be an effective leader. This book provides both. Using the third-generation DiSC® online personality assessment--one of the most scientifically validated tools available--The 8 Dimensions of Leadership helps you identify your primary leadership dimension. Whether you are a Pioneering, Energizing, Affirming, Inclusive, Humble, Deliberate, Resolute, or Commanding leader, the authors help you understand the psychological drivers, motivations, and "blind spots" characteristic of your style. But no single style will take you all the way. A Humble leader may have a hard time making tough decisions. A Commanding leader may run roughshod over potential allies. The authors detail the lessons all leaders can learn from each style, enabling you to craft a multidimensional approach to becoming the leader you aspire to be.
The 8 Laws Of Customer-Focused Leadership: New Rules for Building A Business Around Today’s Customer
by Blake MorganA leadership playbook for making customer experience a core aspect of your business.In a rapidly changing world filled with uncertainties, one thing remains crystal clear: customers are increasingly fickle and no longer care about loyalty to any particular company. In addition, many well-intentioned companies are falling short of customer expectations, despite every organization&’s potential for excellence. The truth is customer experience is not what it used to be. New technologies, values, generational expectations, economic instability, - and the rapid pace of change all must be considered as you forge ahead. How do you put the customer first in the face of all these emerging trends?Using cutting-edge research and interviewing top leaders across industries, customer experience futurist Blake Morgan has pulled together eight new laws that the best companies follow in terms of building and maintaining a focus on the customer. Customer experience is a decision leaders must make every day, and this book shows you how:C.reate a customer experience mindset.eX.ceed longterm profit expectations by focusing on both short term and long term profits.L.ay out your customer experience strategy creation and stick to it.E.mbark on your 90 day get started plan.A.nticipate the future by being a customer experience futurist.D.on&’t forget that employees are customers too.E.valuate success and measure what can be measured.R.eaffirm the priority - keep CX front and center.Learn the laws, see how the best companies apply them, and build them into your organization to become a transformational customer experience leader!
8 Lessons in Military Leadership for Entrepreneurs
by Robert T. KiyosakiRobert Kiyosaki's new book 8 Lessons in Leadership draws from his years at the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point and his service in the United Sates Marine Corps. With compelling stories and examples and a engaging way of comparing and contrasting two very different cultures and value systems, Robert shares the challenges he faced in transitioning to civilian life&hellipwhere chain of command and team-over-self-once so black and white-were muddy and distorted. "Permission to speak freely, sir?" Count on it. This is Robert Kiyosaki-and he does just that, in the forthright and no-nonsense style that readers have come to expect and appreciate.From Robert's perspective, military training shapes lives and supports entrepreneurship. The training, discipline, and leadership skills taught in the military can be leveraged for huge success in the civilian world of business.Highlights of 8 Lessons in Leadership include sections on Mission and Team, Discipline, Respect, Authority, Speed, the Power of Connectivity, Leaders as Teachers, Sales and Leadership.
The 8 Motivational Challenges
by Heidi Grant HalvorsonFrom the author of Succeed and Focus, a quick and easy guide to motivating anyone – including yourself. There is no one-size-fits-all way to get people motivated. Anyone who tells you that you should do X to get the most out of your employees, your students, or even yourself, isn’t telling you that – at best – X only works for some of the people, some of the time. In this short guide Heidi Grant Halvorson identifies the eight different types of underperformers and draws on research from her books Succeed and Focus to offer tailored strategies for lighting a fire under each one. Underperformers range from the truly achievement challenged to those who are actually performing at a high level but could perform even better if someone knew the right way to motivate them. Halvorson explains how we can understand each profile in terms of the mindset and motivational focus they bring to their work, in addition to the confidence with which they approach it. For each profile, each she lays out specific, evidence-based strategies for increasing effectiveness and engagement. Succinct and focused, this prescriptive guide will appeal to readers of What Successful People Do Before Breakfast and 9 Things Successful People Do Differently.
The 8 Patterns of Highly Effective Entrepreneurs
by Brent Bowers“As unique as it is valuable, [8 Patterns of Highly Effective Entrepreneurs] achieves where so many business books fail. It provides practical advice for individuals . . . [I]t delivers what few business books ever aspire to achieve—wisdom regarding business and decision making, within a special context: start-up firms. ” —From the Foreword by Carl Schramm, president and CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation At age seven, Cameron Johnson sold tomatoes door-to-door from his family’s farm. Pete Amico quit his job on his first day because he didn’t feel like taking orders from his boss. Greg Herro built a successful business selling diamonds made from the carbon extracted from ashes. If any of these people remind you of yourself, you just might have the kind of personality to take the small business world by storm. In8 Patterns of Highly Effective Entrepreneurs, Brent Bowers reveals the eight patterns that highly successful entrepreneurs share—and what we can learn from them. In covering small business for decades at theWall Street Journaland theNew York Times, Bowers has chronicled the rise and fall of hundreds of start-ups. In this book, he draws on extensive interviews and research,as well as on the experiences and expertise of business consultants, venture capitalists, academia, and the entrepreneurs themselves, to describe the key characteristics shared by dozens of successful small-business owners and their companies. Among them: The ability to spot and seize opportunities An overwhelming urge to be in charge coupled with a gift for leadership The flexibility to come up with creative, out-of-the-box solutions to problems or obstacles Incredible energy and tenacity in the pursuit of their goals Unwavering faith in their business The ability to take smart risks The ability to bounce back from setbacks and see failure as just one step on the path to ultimate success This book offers invaluable lessons and insights for anyone thinking about starting a business or attempting a start-up a second or third time.
The 8 Pillars Of Social Media Marketing In 2018: Learn How To Transform Your Online Marketing Strategy For Maximum Growth With Minimum Investment. Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Youtube, Instagram +more
by Matthew Bartnik81% of the Population of the USA are active social media users. That is a captive audience of over 250 million people in the US alone. And now, worldwide almost half the world is on social media in some form. <p><p> Never in the history of the world have people been more accessible. Never have you had more ability to zero in on your target market (no matter how small of a niche they are), find them, and market to them. However, the competition has never been greater. You no longer need a huge advertising budget to reach a lot of people. Nearly anyone with an internet connection has that ability now. However, very few people know how to do social media marketing affectively. This is where you can crush your competition no matter how big their advertising budgets are. <p> Don’t make the mistake so many other companies make where they just plaster the same material, the same message on every social media platform without thought or finesse. This book will teach you how to master each platform and custom tailor your marketing approach to each platform while still keeping a consistent streamlined branding message.