Download or read book Hardball in the Boardroom written by Alexander P. Dyer and published by . This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, while written as a memoir, deals with the issues of leadership and ethics in business at all levels from the salesman to the boardroom. The author who served as a director, CEO, deputy chairman, and chairman of several major international corporations uses real names and situations to take the reader into meeting rooms and boardrooms to experience management challenges and solutions. The book is an easy read and is as entertaining as it is instructive.
Download or read book From the Ballfield to the Boardroom written by Brian Goff and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-04-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one can deny that sports and business are two of the most potent forces in our culture today. Sport, play, and the terms and phrases that define them, are engrained in our collective psyche, influencing the ways in which we conduct business-as a game, with rules of engagement, tournaments of competition, the shame that accompanies defeat, and the bragging rights that accrue to the victor. The parallels are ubiquitous; as the NFL's Bill Parcells stated in a Harvard Business Review article, my guess is that the challenges I've faced are not all that different from the ones that executives deal with every day. People are people, and the keys to motivating them and getting them to perform to their full potential are pretty much the same whether they're playing on a football field or working in an office. From the Ballfield to the Boardroom draws from Brian Goff's expertise as a managerial economist to shed new light on the sports-business connection. Using dozens of examples from across the spectrum of professional and college sports, he analyzes the ways in which key decisions are made on the playing fields and locker rooms and applies these lessons to the corporate context. From the distinctive leadership styles of legendary coaches Tom Landry, Vince Lombardi, John Wooden, and Bobby Knight, among others, to such culturally significant developments as the racial integration of Major League Baseball and the meteoric rise of NASCAR, Goff draws from the world of sports to provide a solid foundation in the managerial arts, including: assessing risk and uncertainty, conducting market and competitive analysis, wooing customers, fostering an innovative culture, managing information and communication flows, and resolving labor disputes. The result is an incisive look at the sport of business, with practical insights for successful management at all levels of your organization.
Download or read book Hardball Leadership written by Mark Forner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you sufficiently progress beyond the status quo when an entire rural community views the status quo as sufficient progress? Educating children in poverty remains the most important educational challenge of our time. What few people know is this: the rate of child poverty in our nation’s rural communities is actually higher than it is in our country’s urban centers. Hardball Leadership is a best practices guide for rural school leaders who are passionate about closing the achievement gap and committed to leading their districts to significant academic improvement. Based upon original research that examined the leadership practices of effective rural superintendents who led their districts to dramatic academic improvement, this book’s insights include: Establishing a strong academic culture where every student can and will be successful Developing a system for improving teacher instructional performance Fostering an academically-focused partnership with the board of education Managing school-based controversy in a productive way Building and sustaining a financially strong district This leadership handbook will help rural school leaders build an academic pathway that will lead their students towards a happy and prosperous life.
Download or read book Hardball written by George Stalk and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic Strategies for Unapologetic Winners “It” is a strategy so powerful and an execution-driven mind-set so relentless that companies use it to gain more than just competitive advantage ¿ they achieve an industry dominance that is virtually unassailable and that competitors often try to explain away as unfair. In their “hardball manifesto,” authors George Stalk and Rob Lachenauer of the leading strategy consulting firm The Boston Consulting Group show how hardball competitors can build or maintain an enviable competitive edge by pursuing one or more of the classic “hardball strategies”: unleash massive and overwhelming force, exploit anomalies, devastate profit sanctuaries, raise competitors’ costs, and break compromises. Based on twenty-five years of experience advising and observing a range of companies, the authors argue that hardball competitors can gain extreme competitive advantage ¿ neutralizing, marginalizing, or even destroying competitors ¿ without violating their contracts with customers or employees, and without breaking the rules. A clear-eyed paean to the timeless strategies that have driven the world’s winning companies, Hardball Strategy redefines and reinterprets the meaning of competition for a new generation of business players.
Download or read book The Laughbox written by Julia Kent and published by Julia Kent. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 1792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Laughbox contains SIX full-length novels so you can start all of New York Times bestselling romantic comedy author Julia Kent’s series, plus get an ALL NEW NOVELLA you can’t find anywhere else. Get a taste of billionaires, small towns, rock stars, office romance, secret bosses, second chances, first crushes, enemies-to-lovers, friends-to-lovers, and so much more. Each series is wildly different from the others, with varying heat levels, different hijinks, but always, always - a heartwarming world you want to live in, with heroes who make you swoon and heroines who make you laugh - and cheer on in their quests for happily-ever-after endings. This boxed set includes: Shopping for a Billionaire (a New York Times bestseller) Fluffy (a USA Today bestseller) Love You Wrong Random Acts of Crazy (a New York Times bestseller) In Your Dreams Maliciously Obedient (a USA Today bestseller) and an ALL NEW novella, Shopping for a Billionaire’s Anniversary, featuring Declan and Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, as they celebrate their anniversary with affection, heat, and a hilarious set of awkward mishaps that still manage to be conquered by love. Sink into seven fun stories that leave you with all the feels, loads of laughs, and strange looks from people around you as you read, giggle, and fall in love. Note: each of these are series starters. Some are standalones (Fluffy), others end with the main characters together but with more books in the series as I follow their relationship (Shopping for a Billionaire, Random Acts of Crazy), others are prequels (Love You Wrong, In Your Dreams), while Maliciously Obedient has a cliffhanger. Full, up-front transparency for readers.
Download or read book Heroes Reborn written by Scott Lobdell and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects Heroes Reborn: Iron Man #1-12. Iron Man left two lives behind when he vanished, but can he avoid his former mistakes in his new one? The armored Avenger takes on Hydra, Heralds and the Hulk with Loki, the Watcher and Onslaught himself looming on the horizon.
Download or read book Hardball written by Martin Appel and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bowie Kuhn became baseball commissioner in 1969, attendance at games was declining, labor disputes were flaring, and many teams were suffering from poor management and marketing. Fifteen years later, when Kuhn retired, the sport was flourishing. Kuhn had overseen tumultuous changes issuing from a challenge to the reserve clause, the 1981 strike, escalated salaries, free agency, and his controversial rulings on matters ranging from gambling to broadcasting. In Hardball Kuhn reveals how the decisions were made and forthrightly challenges his detractors. The former commissioner offers many colorful anecdotes and strong opinions about baseball's greatest legends from Jackie Robinson to Howard Cosell. In a new afterword to this Bison Books edition, Bowie Kuhn, who now resides both in Jacksonville, Florida, and on Long Island, gives his take on the state of baseball since his retirement as commissioner in 1984.
Download or read book Hardball for Women written by Pat Heim and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling guide fully updated for the post-Lean In era For nearly two decades, Hardball for Women has shown women how to get ahead in the business world. Whether the arena is a law firm, a medical group, a tech company, or any other work environment, Hardball for Women decodes male business culture and shows women how to break patterns of behavior that put them at a disadvantage. It explains how to get results when you “lean in” without being thrown off balance. Illustrated with real-life examples Hardball for Women teaches women how to: Successfully navigate middle management to become a leader in your field Be assertive without being obnoxious Display confidence Engage in smart self-promotion Lead both men and women—and recognize the differences between them Use “power talk” language to your advantage
Download or read book From the Bureau to the Boardroom written by Dan CARRISON and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2009-01-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to motivating and inspiring employees, there is no better or tougher model than the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In its one hundred-year fight against the ever-changing tactics of organized crime and terrorism, the FBI has learned invaluable lessons about powerful leadership and management. Like many companies, the FBI must succeed on a global playing field with limited resources; it must deal with unforeseen challenges and long-term strategic threats. Former Marine Dan Carrison has had unprecedented access to the inner workings of the FBI. Here he offers an insider's look at the Bureau, taking readers behind the scenes of some of the FBI's most important missions—from infiltrating a world-wide drug cartel to closing in on a terrorist cell. Managers will learn how to: cultivate an “All for One, One for All” corporate culture • create a Ten-Most-Wanted customer list • maintain a sense of readiness, and think on their feet • deploy task force management • and more Instructive and exciting, From the Bureau to the Boardroom will show all leaders how to win in the marketplace and stay true to core values, no matter how tense or challenging the situation.
Download or read book Getting from the Bar to the Boardroom written by Doug Gentilcore and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone is a salesperson. Whether you want to admit it or not, there is a point where you have to persuade an individual or group to change their current course of action in favor of a new one. This book is a sales guide, but more importantly, it is a guide on how to transition into the professional world and how to avoid the many pitfalls that have claimed countless victims. Drawn from his successful career in corporate sales and client services, Doug Gentilcore shares his firsthand experiences and knowledge for developing a promising business career. In this innovative book, the author explains why any business professional, whether in sales or not, will at some point have to persuade an individual or group to change their current course of action in favor of a new one. Told via a clever and engaging narrative, this book delivers 25 proven skills for relationship building, networking, negotiating, business dealmaking, and complex sales that business professionals can incorporate into their own work style. These include: • Have Your Credentials at the Door • If You Don’t Have a “Big” Friend, Make One • Bar Stool Selling • You’re Going to Get Shot Down, Deal with It • Never, Ever Turn Down a Free Drink • Know When It’s “That Time”
Download or read book Knights of The Boardroom written by Avery Gale and published by Avery Gale. This book was released on 2016-04-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third book in the Knights of the Boardroom triology picks up a few weeks after Olivia Daniels stows away on the Templar Enterprises Group’s jet hoping to escape the country before hell rains down around her. But that successful getaway comes at a price, including both new and old enemies, an older brother so overly protective he may be causing more harm than good, and two Doms who are convinced she’s their future. When Olivia Daniels discovers files on her computer implicating her in a plot to sell nuclear secrets she knows she’s being framed for treason…she just didn’t know who would want to destroy her reputation or why. And now that she’s healed (okay, almost healed if you want to split hairs) from a gunshot wound she received protecting her future sister-in-law, Olivia is ready to track down whoever is trying to ruin her. Security specialists Sawyer Hughes and James Mikels are trying to keep Olivia safe, but the brilliant beauty isn’t making their job any easier. Both men want her and they’ve known for years they’d eventually find a woman they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with, but they are determined Olivia needs to be fully recovered and SAFE before they make their move. Discovering the petite bundle of trouble is interested in their lifestyle tests the two sexual Dominant’s patience to the limit. Can they keep her safe long enough to convince her she is everything they’ve dreamed of? And can Olivia accept the fact she is worthy of everything they’re offering or will old demons undermine what could have been?
Download or read book Mongrel Punts and Hard Ball Gets written by Paula Hunt and published by Red Dog Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book True Gold written by Kathryn Barrett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connor Forrest is a self-made billionaire only one generation removed from the emerald turf of his mother's Ireland. Jaded by the high risk, high tech investment world he inhabits, he has little time for introspection, poetry, or true love. A piece of perfectly thought out logic, on the other hand, makes him weak in the knees. Rebecca Evans is a brilliant computer programmer disguised as a ditzy blonde. She's looking for love, but people are not as predictable as her favorite equations. A fall in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park sends her straight into Connor's arms, but getting into his heart is a much harder task. Can Connor learn that true love, like gold futures, is worth a little risk?
Download or read book Heroes Reborn Iron Man written by Jim Lee and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects Iron Man (1996) #1-12; Avengers (1996) #6, 12; Fantastic Four (1996) #12; Captain America (1996) #12; material from Heroes Reborn (1996) #1/2; Captain America (1996) #6. In 1996, the hottest creators of the day teamed up to reimagine and reinvigorate Marvel’s greatest heroes. The Avengers and Fantastic Four were reborn with bold new looks on a brave new world, their origins re-envisioned with a raw vitality and contemporary sensibility! Industrialist Tony Stark has donned experimental armor, becoming the heroic Iron Man — but he wasn’t the first. Haunted by memories of his friend Rebel O’Reilly, killed during testing of the armor, can Tony handle the threat of the Hulk? When Doctor Doom targets Iron Man, painful ghosts of the past re-emerge. And Tony will need to channel every ounce of inventiveness he has if he hopes to stop Galactus!
Download or read book Teambuilding That Gets Results written by Linda Eve Diamond and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert advice plus activities, in one easy guide.
Download or read book A Woman s Place is in the Boardroom written by P. Thomson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-06-13 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the bestseller A Woman's Place is in the Boardroom the authors described the problem, gave comprehensive views of how it looked from both sides, and presented the arguments for positive change. This book is all about the 'how to'. It takes all the arguments and analysis of the first book, and focuses on how to apply it and what to do.
Download or read book Shopping for a Billionaire The Complete Collection written by Julia Kent and published by Julia Kent. This book was released on with total page 3796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine hundred fifty-six thousand eight hundred and one words. Sounds like the beginning of a Broadway theme song (yes, the numbers are off, but hey…). Instead, it’s the word count on this 17-book boxed set! Shopping for a Billionaire: The Complete Collection includes all of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling books in Julia Kent’s romantic comedy billionaire saga. This HUGE anthology gives contemporary romance readers a whole new world to sink into, with office romance, urban and small-town fun, plenty of opposites attracting and enemies to lovers transitions that end in a happily ever after. Whether you love rom coms, chick-lit, or romance novels that make you laugh, this boxed set is for you. Want meet-cutes? Plenty of them in here. Fish-out-of-water? Grumpy hero and sunshine heroine? Second chances? Yep. Proposals, weddings, honeymoons, babies, first Christmases and other holidays? Come on in and check out the series. It all starts when mystery shopper Shannon Jacoby meets billionaire Declan McCormick while in disguise in the men’s room in one of his stores. Romance isn’t in her job description, but suddenly, life heats up as their unexpected encounter leads to an undeniable attraction. Plus, even her cat loves him. When a grumpy cat loves your billionaire boyfriend, you keep the guy. Right? By the end of the collection, they’re married, have a baby, and are trying for more. Along the way, her best friend marries his brother (spoiler!), her two sisters flirt with his other brother and his Scottish cousin, and it’s all interconnected, with so much heart, plenty of swoon, and more laughs than you can count. If you’re never read Julia Kent’s romantic comedy series, now’s your chance for a truckload of hilarious humorous fiction. Dive in and shop for your very own billionaire*. Warning: Julia is not responsible for readers who laugh in bed and keep partners awake. Read responsibly. *Billionaire not guaranteed.
