Decision Making & Problem Solving in Management & Leadership & Business & Finance eBooks

Foolproof

Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe

by Greg Ip ...

How the very things we create to protect ourselves, like money market funds or anti-lock brakes, end up being the biggest threats to our safety and wellbeing.We have learned a staggering amount about human nature and disaster -- yet we keep having car crashes, floods, and financial crises. Partly this is because the success we have at making life safer enables us to take bigger risks. As our ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

How the very things we create to protect ourselves, like money market funds or anti-lock brakes, end up being the biggest threats to our safety and wellbeing.We have learned a staggering amount about human nature and disaster -- yet we keep having car crashes, floods, and financial crises. Partly this is because the success we have at making life safer enables us to take bigger risks. As our
... Read more
Flip

How Counter-Intuitive Thinking is Changi

by Peter Sheahan ...

What do the superstars of modern business have in common? An ability to "flip"—to think counterintuitively and then act boldly, with no regard for "business as usual" conventions. one of the youngest and fastest-rising stars on the international consulting and speaking circuit, Peter Sheahan reveals how the world's most effective organizations and individuals distinguish themselves from the ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

What do the superstars of modern business have in common? An ability to "flip"—to think counterintuitively and then act boldly, with no regard for "business as usual" conventions. one of the youngest and fastest-rising stars on the international consulting and speaking circuit, Peter Sheahan reveals how the world's most effective organizations and individuals distinguish themselves from the
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The Happy Index

Lessons in Upside-Down Management

by James Timpson ...

Discover the key to positive workplaces and better results from one of Britain's most successful leaders.A Waterstones Book of the Month and Paperback of the Year 2025'Mr Timpson is a role model as an employer. Other businesses could learn from his approach.' The GuardianThe Happy Index: a tool designed to measure and enhance workplace satisfaction, boost morale and empower teams.<s... ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Discover the key to positive workplaces and better results from one of Britain's most successful leaders.A Waterstones Book of the Month and Paperback of the Year 2025'Mr Timpson is a role model as an employer. Other businesses could learn from his approach.' The GuardianThe Happy Index: a tool designed to measure and enhance workplace satisfaction, boost morale and empower teams.<s...
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Workarounds That Work: How to Conquer Anything That Stands in Your Way at Work

by Russell Bishop, David Allen ...

Master the Art of the Workaround to Boost Your Productivity!“With the variety of challenges leaders face every day, Russell Bishop has hit on an amazingly simple and highly effective solution: the ‘workaround.’ This is a brilliant approach to facing day-to-day business challenges, and it works!”—Marshall Goldsmith, world-renowned executive coach and author of the New York Times bestsellers Mojo ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Master the Art of the Workaround to Boost Your Productivity!“With the variety of challenges leaders face every day, Russell Bishop has hit on an amazingly simple and highly effective solution: the ‘workaround.’ This is a brilliant approach to facing day-to-day business challenges, and it works!”—Marshall Goldsmith, world-renowned executive coach and author of the New York Times bestsellers Mojo
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My Boss Is a Moron

Strategies to Manage Up and Thrive in Any Workplace

by Ben Askins ...

A bold, funny, and deeply practical playbook to navigate toxic workplaces, outsmart bad bosses, and take control of your career—no matter who’s in charge.“Annoyingly funny, phenomenally helpful” - Chris DonnellyMy Boss Is a Moron is the book every frustrated employee didn’t know they were waiting for—a bold, hilarious, and genuinely helpful guide to navigating bad management with your sanity and ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

A bold, funny, and deeply practical playbook to navigate toxic workplaces, outsmart bad bosses, and take control of your career—no matter who’s in charge.“Annoyingly funny, phenomenally helpful” - Chris DonnellyMy Boss Is a Moron is the book every frustrated employee didn’t know they were waiting for—a bold, hilarious, and genuinely helpful guide to navigating bad management with your sanity and
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Hunch

Turn Your Everyday Insights Into The Next Big Thing

by Bernadette Jiwa ...

Where will your next big idea come from?Analyzing hard data? A corporate brainstorming session? Customer focus groups? Or closer to home?Successful people don’t wait for proof that their idea will work. They learn to trust their gut and go.In Hunch, international bestselling author and business adviser Bernadette Jiwa shows you how to harness the power of your intuition so you can recognize ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Where will your next big idea come from?Analyzing hard data? A corporate brainstorming session? Customer focus groups? Or closer to home?Successful people don’t wait for proof that their idea will work. They learn to trust their gut and go.In Hunch, international bestselling author and business adviser Bernadette Jiwa shows you how to harness the power of your intuition so you can recognize
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Longpath

Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs – An Antidote for Short-Termism

by Ari Wallach ...

"An antidote to nearsightedness. Ari Wallach won’t just leave you planning months or years ahead—he challenges you to look generations ahead. Get ready to think and think again."—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLifeA paradigm-shifting manifesto for transforming your decision-making from reactionary short-termism to the long-term, ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

"An antidote to nearsightedness. Ari Wallach won’t just leave you planning months or years ahead—he challenges you to look generations ahead. Get ready to think and think again."—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLifeA paradigm-shifting manifesto for transforming your decision-making from reactionary short-termism to the long-term,
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If Harry Potter Ran General Electric

Leadership Wisdom from the World of the Wizards

by Tom Morris ...

However important the magic of wands, brooms, cauldrons, potions, and spells might be to the vivid story telling of [the Harry Potter] books, it is merely incidental to their philosophy of life…. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard someone in a business context say something like “I wish I could just magically solve all these problems” or “I’ll try my best to deal with this, but remember, ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

However important the magic of wands, brooms, cauldrons, potions, and spells might be to the vivid story telling of [the Harry Potter] books, it is merely incidental to their philosophy of life…. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard someone in a business context say something like “I wish I could just magically solve all these problems” or “I’ll try my best to deal with this, but remember,
... Read more
The Toyota Way: Management Principles and Fieldbook (EBOOK)

by Jeffrey Liker ...

Transform your company the Toyota way!Two essential guides streamlined into a SINGLE EBOOK PACKAGEToyota. The name says it all: Innovation. Efficiency. Quality. Excellence.The Toyota Way—Management Principles and Fieldbook explains how the legendary automaker consistently achieves the highest levels of manufacturing and business success—and how you can achieve similar results with your own ... Read more

$67.29 CAD

Transform your company the Toyota way!Two essential guides streamlined into a SINGLE EBOOK PACKAGEToyota. The name says it all: Innovation. Efficiency. Quality. Excellence.The Toyota Way—Management Principles and Fieldbook explains how the legendary automaker consistently achieves the highest levels of manufacturing and business success—and how you can achieve similar results with your own
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African Friends and Money Matters, Second Edition

Observations from Africa

by David E Maranz ...

Series Book 43 - Publications in Ethnography
African Friends and Money Matters grew out of frustrations that Westerners experience when they travel and work in Africa. Africans have just as many frustrations relating to Westerners in their midst. Each manages money, time, and relationships in very different ways, often creating friction and misunderstanding. This book deals with everyday life in Africa, showing the underlying logic of ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

African Friends and Money Matters grew out of frustrations that Westerners experience when they travel and work in Africa. Africans have just as many frustrations relating to Westerners in their midst. Each manages money, time, and relationships in very different ways, often creating friction and misunderstanding. This book deals with everyday life in Africa, showing the underlying logic of
... Read more
The Self-Aware Leader

Play to Your Strengths, Unleash Your Team

by John C. Maxwell ...

Lack of self-awareness is the single greatest obstacle leaders face in their development, effectiveness, and advancement. Dr. John C. Maxwell will help any leader become more self-aware, focused, and confident.With fifty years of leading and teaching experience, influential leadership expert and speaker John C. Maxwell can help you become your best leadership self.In The Self-Aware Leader, Maxwell ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

Lack of self-awareness is the single greatest obstacle leaders face in their development, effectiveness, and advancement. Dr. John C. Maxwell will help any leader become more self-aware, focused, and confident.With fifty years of leading and teaching experience, influential leadership expert and speaker John C. Maxwell can help you become your best leadership self.In The Self-Aware Leader, Maxwell
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How Rich People Think: Condensed Edition

by Steve Siebold ...

Series series Ignite Reads
Dive into the mindset of the wealthiest individuals with this short, one-hour read, offering a revealing look into the distinctive thinking patterns and habits that set the affluent apart.The book is not just about accumulating wealth, but also about understanding the philosophy of the rich toward money. It covers critical concepts such as risk-taking, investment strategies, wealth creation, and ... Read more

$6.29 CAD

Dive into the mindset of the wealthiest individuals with this short, one-hour read, offering a revealing look into the distinctive thinking patterns and habits that set the affluent apart.The book is not just about accumulating wealth, but also about understanding the philosophy of the rich toward money. It covers critical concepts such as risk-taking, investment strategies, wealth creation, and
... Read more
The Prepared Leader

Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before

by Erika H. James, Lynn Perry Wooten ...

The next crisis might be here now, or it might be around the corner. In The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before, two history-making experts in crisis leadership—James, dean of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Wooten, president of Simmons University—forcefully argue that the time to prepare is always.In no other time in recent history have ... Read more

$22.39 CAD

The next crisis might be here now, or it might be around the corner. In The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before, two history-making experts in crisis leadership—James, dean of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Wooten, president of Simmons University—forcefully argue that the time to prepare is always.In no other time in recent history have
... Read more
Building High Performance Government Through Lean Six Sigma: A Leader's Guide to Creating Speed, Agility, and Efficiency

by Mark Price,Walter Mores,Hundley M. Elliotte ...

Your handbook to successful LSS deployment in federal services Implementing Lean Six Sigma in a federal agency can be a vastly different process than applying it in the private sector; with government comes a host of unique challenges and complexities. Written by an author team that ranks among the few recognized LSS leaders who have worked directly with its deployment in the federal sector, Lean ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

Your handbook to successful LSS deployment in federal services Implementing Lean Six Sigma in a federal agency can be a vastly different process than applying it in the private sector; with government comes a host of unique challenges and complexities. Written by an author team that ranks among the few recognized LSS leaders who have worked directly with its deployment in the federal sector, Lean
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You Need a Manifesto

How to Craft Your Convictions and Put Them to Work

by Charlotte Burgess-Auburn, Stanford d.school ...

Series series Stanford d.school Library
An essential how-to for crafting a guiding motto that sets intentions, increases creativity, and helps accomplish your goals, from Stanford University's world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka the d.school.We all need agency to feel the power and joy of acting in the face of challenge and opportunity. But we also need humility and restraint to ensure that we guard against hubris and ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

An essential how-to for crafting a guiding motto that sets intentions, increases creativity, and helps accomplish your goals, from Stanford University's world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka the d.school.We all need agency to feel the power and joy of acting in the face of challenge and opportunity. But we also need humility and restraint to ensure that we guard against hubris and
... Read more
Decision Quality

Value Creation from Better Business Decisions

by Carl Spetzler, Hannah Winter, Jennifer Meyer ...

Add value with every decision using a simple yet powerful frameworkFew things are as valuable in business, and in life, as the ability to make good decisions. Can you imagine how much more rewarding your life and your business would be if every decision you made were the best it could be? Decision Quality empowers you to make the best possible choice and get more of what you truly want from every ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Add value with every decision using a simple yet powerful frameworkFew things are as valuable in business, and in life, as the ability to make good decisions. Can you imagine how much more rewarding your life and your business would be if every decision you made were the best it could be? Decision Quality empowers you to make the best possible choice and get more of what you truly want from every
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Getting Things Done

by Rus Slater ...

Series series Collins Business Secrets
The secrets that experts and top professionals use to get things done.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Getting Things Done.Includes how to:• Get more done in less time• Manage upwards, downwards and sideways• Under-promise and over-deliver• Overcome difficult people and issues• Deliver projects on time and on budget ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

The secrets that experts and top professionals use to get things done.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Getting Things Done.Includes how to:• Get more done in less time• Manage upwards, downwards and sideways• Under-promise and over-deliver• Overcome difficult people and issues• Deliver projects on time and on budget
... Read more
Growth Champions

The Battle for Sustained Innovation Leadership

by The Growth Agenda ...

Unique insights and fresh perspectives on business growth and innovationGrowth is a priority for most businesses, but one that's elusive and difficult to achieve. But some companies do it well, delivering sustainable growth year after year. What makes those companies so special? And what can you and your business learn from them?Growth Champions looks at 20 leading global organizations and ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

Unique insights and fresh perspectives on business growth and innovationGrowth is a priority for most businesses, but one that's elusive and difficult to achieve. But some companies do it well, delivering sustainable growth year after year. What makes those companies so special? And what can you and your business learn from them?Growth Champions looks at 20 leading global organizations and
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ISO 9001 in Plain English

by Craig Cochran ...

Why does ISO 9001 have to be so confusing? It doesnt. Bestselling author Craig Cochran has translated ISO 9001 into plain English that anyone can understand. ISO 9001 in Plain English was written so that anyone at any level of the organization can get to the heart of the standards requirements and how they apply to the organization quickly and simply.This straightforward book is ideal for people ... Read more

$37.03 CAD

Why does ISO 9001 have to be so confusing? It doesnt. Bestselling author Craig Cochran has translated ISO 9001 into plain English that anyone can understand. ISO 9001 in Plain English was written so that anyone at any level of the organization can get to the heart of the standards requirements and how they apply to the organization quickly and simply.This straightforward book is ideal for people
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Risk Intelligence

How to Live with Uncertainty

by Dylan Evans ...

We must make judgments all the time when we can’t be certain of the risks. Should we have that elective surgery? Trust the advice of our financial adviser? Take that new job we’ve been offered? How worried should we be about terrorist attacks? In this lively and groundbreaking book, pioneering researcher Dylan Evans introduces a newly discovered kind of intelligence for assessing risks, ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

We must make judgments all the time when we can’t be certain of the risks. Should we have that elective surgery? Trust the advice of our financial adviser? Take that new job we’ve been offered? How worried should we be about terrorist attacks? In this lively and groundbreaking book, pioneering researcher Dylan Evans introduces a newly discovered kind of intelligence for assessing risks,
... Read more
The Reluctant Creative

5 Effortless Habits to Expand Your Comfort Zone

by Caroline Brookfield ...

Maybe you have a "good" job, feel respected by your peers and friends, and feel competent. Life should be satisfying. But is something missing? Despite job promotions, new relationships, or beach vacations, you can't shake that feeling, like a bad habit. Did you take a wrong turn on the way to Easy Street? You just need a better, simpler strategy to find happiness, as such.Find the elixir from a ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Maybe you have a "good" job, feel respected by your peers and friends, and feel competent. Life should be satisfying. But is something missing? Despite job promotions, new relationships, or beach vacations, you can't shake that feeling, like a bad habit. Did you take a wrong turn on the way to Easy Street? You just need a better, simpler strategy to find happiness, as such.Find the elixir from a
... Read more
Inspire

The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others

by Adam Galinsky ...

Two kinds of leaders populate the world: those who inspire and those who infuriate. Which will you be?Whether you’re a leader, a member of a team, a spouse, or a parent, this engaging and rigorous exploration unpacks the science of inspiration. Through compelling stories, fascinating research, and practical tips for addressing the common dilemmas we face daily, Inspire reveals how all of us, ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Two kinds of leaders populate the world: those who inspire and those who infuriate. Which will you be?Whether you’re a leader, a member of a team, a spouse, or a parent, this engaging and rigorous exploration unpacks the science of inspiration. Through compelling stories, fascinating research, and practical tips for addressing the common dilemmas we face daily, Inspire reveals how all of us,
... Read more
The Leadership Engine

How Winning Companies Build Leaders at E

by Noel M. Tichy ...

In this Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek bestseller, Michigan Business School guru and worldwide consultant Noel Tichy brings his special brand of organisational transformation to a practical level that guarantees a leader at every level of an organisation.Why do some companies consistently win in the marketplace while others struggle from crisis to crisis? The answer, says Noel Tichy, is that ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

In this Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek bestseller, Michigan Business School guru and worldwide consultant Noel Tichy brings his special brand of organisational transformation to a practical level that guarantees a leader at every level of an organisation.Why do some companies consistently win in the marketplace while others struggle from crisis to crisis? The answer, says Noel Tichy, is that
... Read more
Porter's Five Forces

Understand competitive forces and stay ahead of the competition

by 50minutes ...

Series Book 1 - Management & Marketing
Understand competitive forces and stay ahead of the competitionThis book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing Porter’s five forces, providing you with the essential information and saving time.In 50 minutes you will be able to:• Understand the five forces that affect profitability and analyze each force in depth in relation to your company• Analyze the intensity of ... Read more

$14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Understand competitive forces and stay ahead of the competitionThis book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing Porter’s five forces, providing you with the essential information and saving time.In 50 minutes you will be able to:• Understand the five forces that affect profitability and analyze each force in depth in relation to your company• Analyze the intensity of
... Read more

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