Führung & Strategie

The essential leadership playbook. Learn the principles and guiding philosophies of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Warren Buffet, Oprah, and many others.

Written by an expert author team, this engaging textbook builds upon the traditional frameworks of brand strategy to analyse the emotional and cultural impact real-world brands have on contemporary consumers.

This practical guide presents Lean and Agile principles and patterns to help you move fast at scale - and demonstrates why and how to apply these methodologies throughout your organization, rather than with just one department or team.

"e;Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers"e; is a comprehensive guide--think of it as a field manual--to the management challenges of supervising and leading programmers. J. Hank Rainwater introduces new and not-so-new managers to concepts that will encourage them and help them become a strong leaders for their teams. You ll learn about the varieties of programmer personality traits and be able match personnel to projects for maximum productivity. You ll also learn how to manage your strengths and weaknesses as you improve your leadership skills, which will result in dramatic improvements to your team s success. In this how-to manual thats both practical and thought- provoking, youll find several chapters devoted to administrative aspects of your job, such as managing meetings, hiring and firing, and principles of organizing your job for success. Rainwater also describes task management software he built that you can use to organize project assignments. (The source code for this software is available for download once you own the book.) The chapter on technical leadership, which highlights the importance of architecture, design, and code reviews, not only illustrates practical applications of leadership, but also digs deep into concrete methods you must employ. Rainwater shows why things can go wrong for a leader and how to correct career-derailing problems as they arise. One chapter is devoted to the working relationship that you as a manager have with your boss, and it guides you into the best way to respond to the pressures of software project deadlines. Numerous other topics are discussed that are a necessity for anyone seeking to manage the peopleware aspects of software development. "e;Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers"e; is the definitive guide to the challenges and obstacles facing anyone who manages programmers. Author InformationHank Rainwater leads programmers who build software for the insurance industry at Risk Sciences Group in Atlanta, Georgia. His career in science and engineering has spanned over three decades and has included writing Fortran programs on punch cards; teaching college mathematics; conducting research in radio astronomy, missile guidance systems, and remote sensing technologies; and managing the building of embedded digital control systems. As a software professional, Hank has served as a consultant, mentor, and teacher of programming languages and has led development teams in several industries.

YOUR GUIDE TO CREATING A SUCCESSFUL LIFE100 Things Successful People Do is your guide to successful living. Mixing simple instructions with activities to get you started, whether you are looking to succeed in your family life, at work, in sports, at school or in retirement, you will find mindsets, habits, and techniques here that will help you get the results you want.'Inspiring and practical' Marshall Goldsmith, bestselling author of TRIGGERS100 Things Successful People Do is packed with great ideas for working smart and living well, all carefully chosen to help you achieve any kind of success you can imagine. You will discover the habits that are common to successful people and find out how to use them in your own life. Every chapter features a new idea that will help you get closer to your goals. Mixing simple descriptions with activities and exercises, you will learn the optimal mindset and habits you need to succeed in work and life.

Are you one of those people who dream about creating a name for yourself through a business, but do not know where to begin?Have you always wanted to have a passive source of income to boost your current job?Or simply do you shy away from investment because you don''t have "enough" capital to start a business?If you have answered yes to any of these questions, dropshipping is the business for you. It is the only low-risk business that allows you to make to a 6 figure income a month from the comfort of your house with just a few hundred dollars as a capital.You''ll play the role of intermediary as a dropshipper, initiating the order process for your customers without personally managing any product. And you''ll be able to simplify your company with dropshipping automation software so that your shop can run itself and make money with little or no effort on your end.This flawlessly written guidebook by Howell Leonard is your full guide to developing and operating a prosperous and productive dropshipping business. This book will kick-start your ability to make a massive deal of money via the internet. The great thing about dropshipping is it''s a company that you can develop completely on your own timetable and.To guide lays out the finer points of establishing a dropshipping business from A to Z.The topics featured in this book include:Understanding how dropshipping worksThe benefits and drawbacks that come along with itThe mindset you need to run a successful dropshipping market and how to start off your own dropshipping businessFinding a suitable nicheUnderstanding the power of social Media marketingMaking money with Affiliate marketing and Amazon FBAMarketing using Shopify, Amazon, eBay and Alternative ChannelsAnd so much more!!Although there are many books on the market regarding this subject, it has been written by an experienced dropshipping consultant with years of success in the industry, and what more can one ask for than a steady hand to guide you through the oft-tempestuous journey to profitability.From selecting a niche product to proving strategies you can use to destroy the competition, this book is the ultimate dropshipping guide that every dropshipper should read.So what are you waiting for? Do yourself a favor today and grab a copy to start now the 6 figure business you have always desired.

The challenges facing supply chain professionals are changing rapidly. Today, far from focusing on capital expenditures and logistics such as warehousing and distribution, supply chain executives are expected to understand all aspects of the business, appreciate the constraints and expectations of upstream and downstream partners, and possess sufficient technological savvy to navigate the bewildering array of options presented by Industry 4.0 and supply chain digitalization (SCD). This book is for them.The Digital Supply Chain Challenge: Breaking Through is a distillation of the authors'' 50+ years of combined supply chain experience, both at the coal face and in the classroom. Their insights and observations - captured in short articles and best-practice case studies - are brought together in one place for supply chain executives to consult at different times during their SCD voyage, to find benchmarks, relevant insights or even just to help formulate the right questions along the way. It is a sort of handbook to the essentials of digital supply chain transformation.

Put down your phone! Filling your downtime scrolling through social media is a bad habit. Here are thousands (thousands!) of things you can do instead that will result in a more mindful, rich, creative, fun, and engaged life.

Examining the links between sustainable development, innovation strategy and the business model, this thought-provoking and timely book uses insightful case studies from mature and developing markets to demonstrate how sustainability needs to be at the core of every organization's strategy and innovation.

Do you try not to be late, but it just keeps happening?You are not alone - one in five people struggle to be on time, and would love to change their lateness habit. Until now it''s been a lonely battle, but in this trailblazing book Grace Pacie, a lifelong self-confessed ''Timebender'', reveals the surprising truth about why we are late - it''s not a personal failing, we are hard-wired that way. She explains not only when and why we are late, but also when and why we can be early; what is going on in our brains; and what we can do to fix it.Based on a potent fusion of psychology, self-help, and 10 years of researching fellow sufferers, this book shows us how we can make sure we arrive on time. Written with a light touch, and oodles of humour, Grace dissects our singular approach to time, and in a joyful reversal of conventional wisdom, also shows us the positive side of our timebending tendencies.Γ£ô FEATURES 41 ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY KAREN TWEEDΓ£ô INCLUDES 20 TRIED AND TESTED TIPS TO GET YOU THERE ON TIME!

GET 150 POWERFUL LIFE COACHING QUESTIONS TODAY TO ADD TO YOUR COACHING SKILLS!The thing that separates good coaches from a great coaches, is the quality of questions they ask.This book is stacked with powerful, open-ended coaching questions for every type of coaching session.The Sections Include:Personal Growth QuestionsRelationship QuestionsFun-Based QuestionsHealth QuestionsCareer QuestionsMoney QuestionsPhysical Location QuestionsMaster Questions For ElaborationAnd More Coaching Questions!The author, Tim Hanson has been a certified life coach since 2004. Now, he is a trainer at the International Coaching Association, where he teaches thousands of students how to become better coaches.As the saying goes, "the quality of your life is determined by the quality of questions you ask.What Readers are Saying:"A book of powerhouse questions to ask a client which will focus his or her attention in areas which need important changes to be made. It''s long been established that asking the right question is key to changing conditions, and the author has made the task that much easier with the lists presented on these pages. Also read this as a self help, self analysis manual as the questions still apply when you ask yourself for the answers."