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Connecting to the Future: A Blueprint for Dynamic Leadership
by Mohammed AlardhiA comprehensive, step-by-step guide to creating a forward-thinking blueprint for dynamic company growth from executive chairman of the internationally renowned wealth management firm Investcorp, Mohammed Alardhi.In 2015, when Mohammad Alardhi became the executive chairman of Investcorp, a leading global manager of alternative investments, he arrived with a transformative mindset that would set the company on a path to unprecedented growth. Within three years of Alardhi taking control of the company, their wealth management grew from $10B to $25B, and three years after that, it had grown to a remarkable $42B. After seven years under Alardhi&’s leadership, Investcorp was managing an astounding $50B in wealth. In Connecting to the Future, Alardhi speaks candidly about the big thinking needed to succeed at such a large scale. From setting bold goals for your organization to questioning the status quo to recognizing that your greatest asset will always be a motivated and passionate team, he walks you through his blueprint not just for growth but for leadership, awareness, and fundamental change. The challenge Alardhi describes in Connecting to the Future is familiar to every business leader: adapt or die. But Alardhi also answers the perennial question of how to not just succeed, but to exceed expectations on your way to continually redefining your company&’s strength.
Connecting with and Engaging Customers: Strategies for Realizing Customer Advantage
by Erich JoachimsthalerA company cannot create customer advantage until it first connects with and engages consumers. Understanding the relationships consumers have with your organization will better enable you to grow in new markets, reinvent your business model, expand into adjacent markets, and build new demand-first growth platforms.
Connecting with China
by Joan TurleyIf you are prepared to connect with China, it will make all the difference. Joan Turley provides all the signposts and insights to help those working with China understand the value of relationships and the importance of people as the key elements in making business and everything else work. This extremely powerful book will unlock your ability to build working relationships with China, for mutual success. "The book provides an invaluable reference for all businesses with any current or future interest of building a successful relationship with China. This is a topic that is as complicated and diffuse as the Chinese language itself and a reference such as this can save both time and money. " -David Paice, Marketing Manager, Cathay Pacific "Joan Turley's deep and delicate observation is really refreshing and practical and her understanding about China goes beyond my expectations. I believe Ms. Turley's new book will not only be welcomed by the British people but the Chinese people as well. " -Dizun Chen, Director of the General Office, Liaoning Provincial Party Committee "Joan Turley has great insight as well as ability to interpret different cultures for each other. Her knowledge is thorough as she has both academic and practical business experience of China. Her book has relevance both to the West and to China. " -Mr Huo, President, North Media "An indispensable handbook for developing successful UK/China business relationships. For an industry which thrives on ideas which turn customer understanding into commercial or social advantage, Joan's insights into Chinese culture and thinking are both instructive and relevant. " -Janet Hull, Consultant Head, Marketing and Reputation Management, IPA "The chapter on Law and Successful Relationships in China is a must for any lawyer wanting to do business in that part of the world. " -Eifion Morris, Partner, Stephenson Harwood, Law Firm of the Year 2009 "An authoritative and informative insight into conducting business in China, from an original standpoint that gives practical advice to both those with existing business and those approaching the Chinese market for the first time. " -Philip Moore, Asia-Pacific Manager, Andor Plc "Turley has taken her vast experience in working closely with Chinese companies, government and individuals to deliver robust advice on developing strategic and long term business relationships through communication, relationship development and sound planning and research. " -Barry Allaway, Managing Director, Worldwide Magazine Distribution Joan Turley has enormous understanding working successfully with China. Pivotal to her success is the understanding that connectivity is the key to building relationships, and it is this that will ultimately determine your success in business culture. Connecting with China aims to facilitate a smooth path for all those at the brink of working with China, or who are already involved but need further guidance. Understanding the forces that shape Chinese strategic thinking will only partially assist you in progressing up the very formal hierarchy which the Chinese use to codify relationships and signal degrees of trust and the will to cooperate. Full of insights, tools, techniques and tips this book provides invaluable lessons on how to build relationships, and how to channel Western skills into Chinese ways of working.
The Connection: Link Your Deepest Passion, Purpose, and Actions to Make a Difference in the World
by Anthony SilardIn this landmark book, leadership guru Anthony Silard takes a holistic view of success that makes sense in a modern world. With the proliferation of texting, emails, smart phones, and more, our home lives have begun to look a lot like work and now, more than ever, people crave deep connections and fulfillment in both their personal and professional lives. The Connection provides ways to handle the unprecedented information flow, increased loneliness, and lack of purpose that so often characterize modern culture. The Connection is a valuable resource for people who wish to live with value and purpose and develop a more centered, directed, and resilient approach to life.With a simple set of exercises, Silard shows you how to bring worth and drive to every aspect of your life by transforming your lofty dreams into concrete, deadline-driven goals that align your deepest values with your everyday existence. Silard will help you understand the true source of your passion and motivation to build a foundation for change, and, ultimately, the skills to cultivate a truly authentic life.The Connection includes dozens of specific tools and strategies, all enhanced with personal examples, inspiring quotes, and insightful anecdotes to offer an entertaining and life-changing read.
The Connection
by Anthony SilardIn this landmark book, leadership guru Anthony Silard takes a holistic view of success that makes sense in a modern world. With the proliferation of texting, emails, smart phones, and more, our home lives have begun to look a lot like work and now, more than ever, people crave deep connections and fulfillment in both their personal and professional lives. The Connection provides ways to handle the unprecedented information flow, increased loneliness, and lack of purpose that so often characterize modern culture. The Connection is a valuable resource for people who wish to live with value and purpose and develop a more centered, directed, and resilient approach to life.With a simple set of exercises, Silard shows you how to bring worth and drive to every aspect of your life by transforming your lofty dreams into concrete, deadline-driven goals that align your deepest values with your everyday existence. Silard will help you understand the true source of your passion and motivation to build a foundation for change, and, ultimately, the skills to cultivate a truly authentic life.The Connection includes dozens of specific tools and strategies, all enhanced with personal examples, inspiring quotes, and insightful anecdotes to offer an entertaining and life-changing read.
Connection: How the Need to Relate to Oneself and Others Affects Consumer Thinking
by Gerald Zaltman Lindsay ZaltmanHumans have a basic need for affiliation. The need to relate to others and to oneself has established connection as a major and pervasive lens through which consumers view the world.
Connections
by Paul A. Gore Wade Leuwerke A. J. MetzAre you looking for a college success resource that speaks to the all aspects of a student's college experience? Connections is an innovative new text that offers the ideal balance of motivation, academics, and life skills. It starts with comprehensive coverage of the topics typically covered in the introductory course but has a unique emphasis on goal-setting, life skills and career planning. When packaged with LaunchPad for Connections, it integrates a state-of-the-art, norm-referenced, student-self assessment of non-cognitive and cognitive skills tool called ACES. Print and digital are uniquely combined for a personalized experience. In every chapter, students are encouraged to take a positive, success-oriented approach to this course - and to life in general - by working to strengthen their strengths, celebrate progress, and use setbacks as opportunities for growth. With an emphasis on self-knowledge, and on building skills for college and career success, Connections empowers students to become self-regulated, collaborative learners - learners who thrive in school, on the job, and in the community.
Connections: An Introduction to the Economics of Networks
by Sanjeev GoyalNetworks pervade social and economic life, and they play a prominent role in explaining a huge variety of social and economic phenomena. Standard economic theory did not give much credit to the role of networks until the early 1990s, but since then the study of the theory of networks has blossomed. At the heart of this research is the idea that the pattern of connections between individual rational agents shapes their actions and determines their rewards. The importance of connections has in turn motivated the study of the very processes by which networks are formed. In Connections, Sanjeev Goyal puts contemporary thinking about networks and economic activity into context. He develops a general framework within which this body of research can be located. In the first part of the book he demonstrates that location in a network has significant effects on individual rewards and that, given this, it is natural that individuals will seek to form connections to move the network in their favor. This idea motivates the second part of the book, which develops a general theory of network formation founded on individual incentives. Goyal assesses the robustness of current research findings and identifies the substantive open questions. Written in a style that combines simple examples with formal models and complete mathematical proofs, Connections is a concise and self-contained treatment of the economic theory of networks, one that should become the natural source of reference for graduate students in economics and related disciplines.
Connections: Empowering College And Career Success
by Wade Leuwerke A. J. Metz Paul GoreConnections is an innovative program, built from the ground up with a growth-mindset approach to college and career success. Written by counseling psychologists Paul Gore, Wade Leuwerke, and A.J. Metz, Connections shows students from day one how to be learners, whose mindset, drive, and strengths will help them meet any challenge on their way to college, personal, and career success. The expertly designed program is firmly rooted in the most current research in positive psychology, using self-reflection as a tool for goal-setting; goal-setting as a tool for imagining one's potential; and imagining one's potential as the motivation for realizing it. Connections puts students at the center of their own personalized learning path, facilitates their purposeful choice of an academic and career plan, and develops all the skills they need--cognitive and non-cognitive, academic and life--to foster their self-growth and success. Built around the most common issues faced in the classroom, LaunchPad for Connections, Second Edition gives students everything they need to prepare for class and exams, including author-developed digital tools linked directly to the eBook, the ACES student self-assessment (taken at the start and end of term), and our acclaimed LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. For instructors, LaunchPad offers everything they need to quickly set up a course, customize the content, prepare presentations and lectures, assign and assess homework, and guide the progress of individual students and the class as a whole.
The Connections World: The Future of Asian Capitalism
by Simon Commander Saul EstrinA central feature of modern Asia that trumps differences in economic and political systems is the web of close relationships running between and within business and politics; the connections world. These networks facilitate highly transactional interactions yielding significant reciprocal benefits. Although the connections world has not as yet seriously impeded Asia's economic renaissance, it comes with significant costs and fallibilities. These include the creation and entrenchment of huge market power and the attenuation of competition. They in turn hold back the growth in productivity and innovation that will be essential for further development. The connections world also breeds massive inequalities that may culminate in political instability. The authors argue that if Asia's claim to the 21st century is not to be derailed, major changes must be made to policy and behaviour so as to cut away the foundations of the connections world and promote more sustainable economic and political systems.
Connective Technologies in the Supply Chain (Supply Chain Integration Modeling, Optimization and Application)
by Sameer KumarRapid time-to-market expectations and the demand for custom-tailored products present real challenges for the rigid and fixed linear supply chains that compete in today's economy. Connective technologies meet these challenges head on by integrating the necessary people, information, and products beyond their current limitations. Connective
Connectivity and Global Studies
by Jan Nederveen PieterseThis textbook provides readers with evocative and analytical accounts of social processes that are linked to globalization and connectivity, which includes a wide range of multi-centred connections in history, DNA analysis, technology, art, populism and political economy. Rather than globalization, Nederveen Pieterse focuses on connectivity. His approach to globalization differs from both structuralist accounts of the world-system, and the institutionally-centred focus of much work in international studies. This synthesis will provide a new resource to reconstruct theoretical approaches to globalization and global studies. Fluently written, clearly organized and with an interdisciplinary approach, the book will be accessible to upper division undergraduates and graduates in social sciences, including students and researchers from the fields of sociology, politics, political economy, development studies and international relations.
Connectivity in Health Care
by Regina E. Herzlinger Alfred MartinThis note describes the current state of information technology connectivity in the health care sector.
The Connectivity of Innovation in the Construction Industry (Spon Research)
by Chris Harty Malena Ingemansson Havenvid Åse Linné Lena E. BygballeThe construction industry is currently experiencing accelerating developments concerning societal demands along with project complexity, internationalization and digitalization. In an attempt to grasp the consequences of these demands on productivity and innovation, this edited book addresses how innovation is likely to take place with a more long-term perspective on the construction sector. While existing literature focuses on organizational discontinuity and fragmentation as the main reasons for the apparent lack of innovation in the industry, this book highlights the connectivity of construction actors, resources and activities as fundamental for understanding how innovation takes place.Through 15 empirically grounded chapters, the book shows how innovation is part of construction processes on various levels, including project, firm and industry, and that these innovation processes are characterized by organizational and technological connectivity over time. Written by European business management scholars, the chapters cover empirical cases and examples from both a multi-organizational and a multi-international perspective in terms of covering the viewpoints of different industry actors and the contexts of several different European countries including: Sweden, Norway, the UK, Italy, France, Hungary and Poland. By illustrating how connectivity is part of innovation processes in the creation of single-product innovations, of various innovations within and across projects, as well as a fundamental aspect of the processes in which innovations cross nations, the book provides a new angle on how to understand construction innovation and where the industry might (or needs to) be heading next. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in construction management, project management, engineering management, innovation studies, business and management studies.
Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
by Parag KhannaFrom the visionary bestselling author of The Second World and How to Run the World comes a bracing and authoritative guide to a future shaped less by national borders than by global supply chains, a world in which the most connected powers--and people--will win.Connectivity is the most revolutionary force of the twenty-first century. Mankind is reengineering the planet, investing up to ten trillion dollars per year in transportation, energy, and communications infrastructure linking the world's burgeoning megacities together. This has profound consequences for geopolitics, economics, demographics, the environment, and social identity. Connectivity, not geography, is our destiny. In Connectography, visionary strategist Parag Khanna travels from Ukraine to Iran, Mongolia to North Korea, Pakistan to Nigeria, and across the Arctic Circle and the South China Sea to explain the rapid and unprecedented changes affecting every part of the planet. He shows how militaries are deployed to protect supply chains as much as borders, and how nations are less at war over territory than engaged in tugs-of-war over pipelines, railways, shipping lanes, and Internet cables. The new arms race is to connect to the most markets--a race China is now winning, having launched a wave of infrastructure investments to unite Eurasia around its new Silk Roads. The United States can only regain ground by fusing with its neighbors into a super-continental North American Union of shared resources and prosperity. Connectography offers a unique and hopeful vision for the future. Khanna argues that new energy discoveries and technologies have eliminated the need for resource wars; ambitious transport corridors and power grids are unscrambling Africa's fraught colonial borders; even the Arab world is evolving a more peaceful map as it builds resource and trade routes across its war-torn landscape. At the same time, thriving hubs such as Singapore and Dubai are injecting dynamism into young and heavily populated regions, cyber-communities empower commerce across vast distances, and the world's ballooning financial assets are being wisely invested into building an inclusive global society. Beneath the chaos of a world that appears to be falling apart is a new foundation of connectivity pulling it together.Advance praise for Connectography"Connectography is ahead of the curve in seeing the battlefield of the future and the new kind of tug-of-war being waged on it. Khanna's scholarship and foresight are world-class. . . . A must-read for the next president."--Chuck Hagel, former U.S. secretary of defense "This bold reframing is an exciting addition to our ongoing debate about geopolitics and the future of globalization."--Dominic Barton, global managing partner, McKinsey & Company "This is probably the most global book ever written. It is intensely specific while remaining broad and wide. Its takeaway is that infrastructure is destiny: Follow the supply lines outlined in this book to see where the future flows."--Kevin Kelly, co-founder, Wired "There's no better guide than Khanna to show us all the possibilities of this new hyperconnected world."--Mathew Burrows, director, Strategic Foresight Initiative at the Atlantic Council, and former counselor, U.S. National Intelligence Council "This book is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in business, science, arts, or any other field."--Mark Mobius, executive chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets Group "A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the future of humanity."--Sandy Pentland, professor, MIT Media Lab
Connectography: Mapping the Global Network Revolution
by Parag KhannaWhich lines on the map matter most?It's time to reimagine how life is organized on Earth. In Connectography, Parag Khanna guides us through the emerging global network civilization in which mega-cities compete over connectivity and borders are increasingly irrelevant. Travelling across the world, Khanna shows how twenty-first-century conflict is a tug-of-war over pipelines and Internet cables, advanced technologies and market access.Yet Connectography also offers a hopeful vision of the future - beneath the chaos of a world that appears to be falling apart, a new foundation of connectivity is pulling it together.
The Connector Manager: Why Some Leaders Build Exceptional Talent - and Others Don't
by Jaime Roca Sari WildeThere are four distinct types of managers. One performs much worse than the rest, and one performs far better. Which type are you?Based on a first-of-its-kind, wide-ranging global study of over 9,000 people, analysts at the global research and advisory firm Gartner were able to classify all managers into one of four types: • Teacher managers, who develop employees' skills based on their own expertise and direct their development along a similar track to their own. • Cheerleader managers, who give positive feedback while taking a general hands-off approach to employee development. • Always-on managers, who provide constant, frequent feedback and coaching on all aspects of the employee's performance. • Connector managers, who provide feedback in their area of expertise while connecting employees to others in the team or organization who are better suited to address specific needs.Although the four types of managers are more or less evenly distributed, the Connector manager consistently outperforms the others by a significant margin. Meanwhile, Always-on managers tend to see their employees struggle to grow within the organization. Why is that?Drawing on their groundbreaking data-driven research, as well as in-depth case studies and extensive interviews with managers and employees at companies like IBM, Accenture, and eBay, the authors show what behaviors define a Connector manager, and why they are able to build powerhouse teams. They also show why other types of managers fail to be equally effective, and how they can incorporate behaviors of Connector managers in order to be more effective at building teams.
The Connectors
by Maribeth KuzmeskiLearn the relationship-building secrets that lead to lifelong clients, repeat customers, and endless referralsIn today's commoditized marketplace, no matter what product or service you sell, there's probably someone somewhere able to offer it cheaper, faster, and maybe even better. So how do you differentiate yourself from your competitors? The Connectors shows that the only thing that truly sets you apart is the quality of your relationships with your clients and customers.Everyone knows that relationships are important in business. Yet most people would admit that their relationships could be better--but don't spend time working on the underlying skills. This book explains how to develop better, more profitable connections--as illustrated proven by some of the world's most successful professionals. Even if you're not a "people person," you can dramatically grow your business or your career through a few simple approaches to relationship-building.The Connectors presents a five-step methodology that lead to lifelong clients, repeat customers, and endless referrals. Inside, you'll learn how to:Stop networking and start truly connectingCreate an avalanche of referrals and an army of happy customersBecome a "connector," even if you've never been a "people person"Find your social IQ--and improve itPut relationship-building principles to work dailyFocus on others and reap the rewards yourselfAsk the right questions--and sell without sellingDifferentiate yourself through the impact you have on othersIn The Connectors, Maribeth Kuzmeski, founder of Red Zone Marketing, LLC, and consultant to Fortune 500 firms, shows you how to build profitable, long-lasting business relationships.
Conociendote A Ti Mismo: Secretos Para El Éxito En La Vida Y En Los Negocios
by Adidas WilsonManténgase alejado de personas tóxicas y negativas. Estos se llaman vampiros de ensueño. Harán todo lo que esté en su poder para detenerte. Me quedé dormido y salí de un puente en un camión de 18 ruedas; aterrizó en las vías y fue atropellado por el tren. Terminé rompiéndome la espalda y usando muletas durante dos años. ¡Pero todavía no me rendí! Algunas veces nuestras metas tomarán cinco años o incluso 10 años. Pero eventualmente, tus sueños se harán realidad. El éxito es como la droga más poderosa del mundo. ¡Quiero tener tanto éxito que literalmente pueda saborear las estrellas! Un trabajo acaba en bancarrota. No me siento cómodo trabajando para otra persona. No me siento cómodo contactando a alguien más. Es una mentalidad; Lo que sea que esté dentro, debes esforzarte por convertirte en el "Maestro de ti mismo". "Hombre,
Conociendote A Ti Mismo. Secretos Para El Éxito En La Vida Y En Los Negocios
by Adidas WilsonManténgase alejado de personas tóxicas y negativas. Ellos son los llamados vampiros de sueños. Ellos harán todo lo posible para detenerte. Me quedé dormido y me salí de un puente en un camión de 18 ruedas. Aterrizó en las vías y fue atropellado por el tren. Terminé rompiéndome la espalda y usé muletas durante dos años. ¡Pero todavía no me rendí! A veces nuestras metas tardarán cinco años o incluso diez años. Pero eventualmente sus sueños se harán realidad. El éxito es como la droga más potente en la tierra. ¡Quiero ser tan exitoso que literalmente puedo probar las estrellas! Un trabajo se acaba de romper, no me siento cómodo trabajando para otra persona, no me siento cómodo haciendo el trabajo de otra persona. Es una mentalidad, lo que sea que esté dentro de ti debe empujarte a convertirte en el "Maestro de ti mismo". "Hombre, conócete a ti mismo, y vas a conocer a los dioses". Proverbio egipcio "Cuando quieras triunfar tanto como quieras respirar, serás exitoso". Eric Thomas
Conor Medsystems
by Bijan Salehizadeh Robert F. Higgins Donald N. Sull Linda A. CyrConor Medsystems had developed a drug-eluting stent that could capture significant share of the $5 billion global market. Chief executive officer, Frank Litvack, is considering alternative sources of financing to test the device.
Conoscere se stessi: segreti per il successo nella vita e negli affari
by Adidas WilsonAllontanati dalle persone tossiche e negative. Quelli sono chiamati vampire dei sogni. Farebbero tutto ciò che è nel loro potere per fermarti. Mi sono addormentato e sono volato da un ponte dentro ad un 18 ruote. Atterrato sui binari e colpito dal treno. Mi sono rotto la schiena e ho usato le stampelle per due anni. Ma ancora non mi arrendo! A volte i nostri obiettivi richiederanno cinque o addirittura dieci anni.Ma infine i tuoi sogni diventeranno realtà. Il successo è la droga più potente al mondo. Voglio avere così tanto successo che posso assaggiare le stelle! Un lavoro è appena finito, non mi sento a mio agio a lavorare per qualcun altro, non mi sento a mio agio a dover timbrare. È una mentalità; qualsiasi cosa tu abbia dentro devi spingerti per diventare il “Maestro di Te Stesso.” “Uomo, conosci te stesso, e finirai per conoscere gli dei.” Proverbio Egiziano “Quando vuoi avere successo tanto quanto vuoi respirare, allora avrai successo.” Eric Thomas
Conquer Interview Objections
by Robert F. Wilson Erik H. RambuschInterviewing advice and preparation strategies.