Download or read book The Education of an Accidental CEO written by David Novak and published by Currency. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Novak—one of today’s most engaging, unconventional, and successful business leaders—lived in thirty-two trailer parks in twenty-three states by the time he reached the seventh grade. He sold encyclopedias door to door, worked as a hotel night clerk, and took a job as a $7,200-a-year advertising copywriter with the hopes of maybe one day becoming a creative director. Instead, he became head of the world’s largest restaurant company at the ripe old age of forty-seven.While David never went to business school, he did learn from the greatest of teachers—experience—and plenty of other very smart people as well: Magic Johnson on the secret to teamwork, Warren Buffett on what he looks for in the companies he buys, John Wooden on ego, and Jack Welch on one thing he’d do over. Now he wants to share with you what he discovered about getting ahead and getting noticed; motivating people and turning businesses around; building winning teams and running a global company of nearly one million people; and always staying true to yourself.The Education of an Accidental CEO is filled with David Novak’s street-smart wisdom:From his formative years...• Walking through your anxieties• Avoiding the poison of stereotypes• Staying “right-sized” • Breaking through the clutterFrom his years as an ad executive and chief marketing officer ...• How not to roll over like Fluffy the dog• Seeing yourself as a brand• When to pull the plug on the Super BowlAs the COO of Pepsi Cola and then as president of KFC and Pizza Hut ...• Why a gold watch can have less value than a floppy rubber chicken• Knowing when “the answers are in the building”• Knowing when to do nothing• What it takes to revitalze a companyAnd as CEO of Yum! Brands, Inc. ...• How to “shock the system”• How to avoid the slow-no’s• Managing two up and two downDavid Novak’s ideas for building an entire culture around reward and recognition—getting everyone from division presidents to dishwashers to buy into recognizing the achievements of others—is studied by other companies and discussed here in great detail. Whether you are the CEO of a global conglomerate or a budding entrepreneur, there is something here that will help you get where you want to go.

Download or read book The Accidental Executive written by Albert M. Erisman and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

For people in the workplace, there is a great deal to learn from Joseph in the book of Genesis. He spent time both at the top and at the bottom—as a leader and as a slave in Egypt. In this new book about faith and work, author Albert M. Erisman shares lessons learned from the frontlines of business, government, and education, and how they connect to Joseph’s life. Through the author’s own work experiences and interviews with business leaders across the world, you’ll learn that Joseph dealt with issues that are still common in the business world today. Studying his life can offer guidance and encouragement in any workplace.

Download or read book The Accidental Ceo written by Thomas Voccola and published by . This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make A Quantum Leap In Your Power, Influence and Performance as a Leader. Whether you are an Entrepreneur, CEO, VP, Manager, or want to be one, this book is a must read! In this engaging business fiction debut, Tom Voccola convincingly takes us into the pressured, reactionary world of The Accidental CEO, and delivers a powerful new message for all who aspire to lead. Anyone with leadership experience, or wanting it, will relate to The Accidental CEO in a very personal, if not deeply meaningful way.

Download or read book The Education of an Accidental CEO written by David Novak and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novak, the CEO of Yum Brands, speaks about his unplanned journey to the top and how the lessons he has learned along the way have inspired his unusual--and highly successful--management style and approach to business.

Download or read book Be the One written by Justin Prince and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Be the One, Justin Prince offers a roadmap for success that will help you can become the person you were designed to be. Twelve generations, 4,094 individuals, all came before you. And each one made decisions that steered both their life and yours. But sometimes, there’s that “one.” The one who chose to go a different way. The one who faced and embraced the hard times to reach the reward on the other side. The one who made the life-altering decision that ensured your very existence. Now it’s your turn. You can set a course for success, which will ensure that your future generations also succeed. But what if you’re struggling? What if success is elusive, non-existent even? How can you “be the one” for those in your future when your present feels like it’s at “zero”? In his debut book, author and speaker Justin Prince shares a roadmap, an instruction manual, which lays out simple but powerful steps that you can take—today—to reset your course and aim yourself toward success. Filled with poignant stories and personal examples from Prince’s own life, this book will show you how to— Design your future by getting clear on your vision. Update your identity and be the person who were designed to be. Build your confidence, commitment, and competence in everything you do. Find reasons to keep going and then magnify those reasons to become a success. And learn the four words spoken by John C. Maxwell that changed everything for Prince. Like your ancestors, you make choices that will affect not only you but all others in your path, today, tomorrow, and for years to come. Decide today to succeed. For yourself and for them. Decide to “be the one.”

Download or read book Succession written by Noel M. Tichy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Now Tichy draws on decades of hands-on experience working with CEOs and boards to provide a framework for building a smart, effective transition pipeline, whether for a multi-billion dollar conglomerate, a family business, a small start-up, or a non-profit. Through revealing case studies like Hewlett Packard, IBM, Yahoo, P&G, Intel, and J.C. Penney, he examines why some companies fail and others succeed in training and sustaining the next generation of senior leaders. He highlights the common mistakes that can generate embarrassing headlines and may even call an organization's survival into question, and reveals the best practices of those who got it right"--

Download or read book Mindset written by Carol S. Dweck and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement. “Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we take in life.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes “It’s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.” After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment. In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own.

Download or read book You Need To Be a Little Crazy written by Barry J. Moltz and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book debunks the myths of business start-ups by telling the truth: you have to be crazy to start a business. Written by serial entrepreneur Barry Moltz, the book delivers irreverent, straight talk about the complex intersection of start-up business, financial health, physical well-being, spiritual wholeness and family life. This perspective is augmented with other personal tales from the entrepreneurial front. The book offers tidbits of insight that will vaporize isolation, encourage self-reflection and refresh the spirit of anyone who has started a business or is thinking of starting one."--Publisher description

Download or read book The Simplicity Survival Handbook written by Bill Jensen and published by . This book was released on 2003-11-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coping with stress.

Download or read book Hard Facts Dangerous Half Truths and Total Nonsense written by Jeffrey Pfeffer and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2006-02-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best organizations have the best talent. . . Financial incentives drive company performance. . . Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management “wisdom” isn’t wise at all—but, instead, flawed knowledge based on “best practices” that are actually poor, incomplete, or outright obsolete. Worse, legions of managers use this dubious knowledge to make decisions that are hazardous to organizational health. Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton show how companies can bolster performance and trump the competition through evidence-based management, an approach to decision-making and action that is driven by hard facts rather than half-truths or hype. This book guides managers in using this approach to dismantle six widely held—but ultimately flawed—management beliefs in core areas including leadership, strategy, change, talent, financial incentives, and work-life balance. The authors show managers how to find and apply the best practices for their companies, rather than blindly copy what seems to have worked elsewhere. This practical and candid book challenges leaders to commit to evidence-based management as a way of organizational life—and shows how to finally turn this common sense into common practice.

Download or read book Learning Values Lifelong written by Michael M. Kazanjian and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book declares that lifelong learning teaches values and wholeness and rejects inert ideas or fragmentation. Education plays a vital role in reorganizing and revitalizing the abundant facts from the information explosion. Specialization works at cross-purposes with liberal arts education, which discloses a holistic vision of each person’s being.

Download or read book Management with Online Study Tools 12 Months written by Danny Samson and published by Cengage AU. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samson/Daft/Donnet's Management is a robust foundation text providing a balance of broad, theoretical content with an engaging, easy-to-understand writing style. It covers the four key management functions - planning, organising, leading and controlling - conveying to students the elements of a manager's working day. Along with current management theory and practice, the authors integrate coverage of innovation, entrepreneurship, agile workplaces, social media and new technology throughout. This sixth edition features a new author on the team and contains updates to content based on recent research. Real-life local and international examples showcase the ongoing changes in the management world. Focusing on a 'skills approach', they bring concepts to life for students, supporting motivation, confidence and mastery. Each part concludes with a contemporary continuing case study, focusing on car company Toyota as it faces managerial challenges and opportunities in the region.

Download or read book Evil CEO s Favorites written by Hua MuYan and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The boy's promise: Ten years from now, you will like me and then belong to me alone. Ten years later, he would meet her, fall in love with her, and they would never leave each other. They would bear children and live together for the rest of their lives.

Download or read book CEO s Shy Wife written by Qi Pashaonainai and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The famous celebrity who was originally the focus of ten thousand people's attention was pushed down the stairs by his fiance and Little San to his death. Are you willing? No, she would take back everything she had lost this time. Is Little San going to be famous? Then she will let her fall from the highest place. His fiance wanted money? Then he would discredit him and regret beyond reach. Grandma, sister-in-law wants to use her? Then she would make those who wanted to use her regret coming into this world. "Wait a minute, what's going on with this handsome guy who always helps her take revenge on a bunch of dregs?" "Handsome, let me tell you. I'm not talented, I don't have looks, and I don't have money. If you keep chasing me, you will lose money." I've already earned enough money, and the occasional loss isn't much. I only need you ... "What?" "At night, I will wash for nothing and wait for a few children to be born to my family."

Download or read book Her Place at the Table written by Deborah M. Kolb and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-08-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advice for women from women for negotiating their own leadershipcareers This is a practical guide for any woman dealing with a demandingrole. Drawing on extensive interviews with women leaders, theauthors isolate five key challenges: Intelligence; Backing;Resources; Buy-In; and Making a Difference. The three expertauthors reveal what women have to teach us about the challenges andopportunities of leadership. As Tom Peters said of this book,"Women roar . . . . will help individual women negotiate what theyneed to success as leaders and help their firms support them intheir efforts. That way we all win!" Describes five key actions for leadership success: Drill Deep,Start from Strength, Assemble the Building Blocks, Gather Momentum,and Make Your Mark Filled with prescriptive advice and a wide range of approachesfor helping women with leadership challenges Lead authors wrote the The ShadowNegotiation, which wasthen released in paperback as Everyday Negotiation The book includes interviews with high-profile women leadersincluding Ann Moore (CEO of Time Inc.), Ann Mulcahy (CEO of Xerox),and Harvard's Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

Download or read book Female CEO s Ace Master written by San YangZhuZhu and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-19 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internet movie of the same name 2017.5.12, Edgee exclusive online! He was a super secret service agent and the king of the mercenary world. In order to protect her beautiful CEO fiancée, Ye Xiao became a super bodyguard, carrying out 24 hours of personal protection. Soaring through the nine heavens, sweeping through the city! The legend of a super bodyguard had appeared in the city.

Download or read book CEO s Pampered Stunning Wife written by Bai Xiaoyu and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-01-12 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lin Ran's lifesaving mother suddenly suffered from cerebral hemorrhage. When she needed comfort the most, her classmate Zhang Haoran was extremely concerned for her. The female lead was touched and immediately married Zhang Haoran after graduating from university. After the marriage, the female lead found out that her husband had not mentioned her, so she didn't mind. In the end, she found out that Zhang Haoran had cheated her, deceived her feelings, and cheated her of her real estate. With the help of the male lead, the female lead began to take revenge on Zhang Haoran.