A SHORT COURSE IN BUSINESS STRATEGY BASICS.7 Lessons in Strategy is a quick course in acquiring vital strategic thinking skills giving you everything you need to know in just seven short chapters. From unpacking the myths of strategy and exploring the varying meanings people put to the word, to a closer examination of internal strategy, marketing strategy, brand strategy and competitive strategy, you'll explore failures and successes and build a platform fo...

The ability to develop and implement a successful strategy is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career. Written by Stephen Berry, a leading expert on strategy as both a coach and a practitioner, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order to build a winning strategy. The highly motivational 'in a week' structure of the book provides seven straightforward chapters explaining the key points, and at the end there are optional questions to ensure y...

Strategic thinking just got easierFor most aspiring managers, at some point in their careers, their Personal Development Plans will include the demand to have 'greater strategic thinking ability'. We have the perception that executives operating at board-level have this 'strategic thinking ability' but seldom find the route to obtain it for ourselves. The purpose of this book is to provide that route.Strategy, like any other discipline, can be learned and pr...

The global doubling of human life expectancy between 1850 and 1950 is arguably one of the most consequential developments in human history, undergirding massive improvements in human life and lifestyles. In 1850, Americans died at an average age of 30. Today, the average is almost 80. This story is typically told as a series of medical breakthroughs—Jenner and vaccination, Lister and antisepsis, Snow and germ theory, Fleming and penicillin—but the lion’s share of the credit belongs to the ...

No ambiente de trabalho, os gestores estão acostumados a treinarem suas equipes, independentemente do fato de haver coaches de formação dentro da empresa. Das equipes, por sua vez, é esperado que recebam de forma positiva o coaching e participem das conversas. Aprenda em uma semana o que os especialistas aprendem em uma vida! DOMINGO: entenda o que é coaching e saiba utilizá-lo nas situações adequadas.SEGUNDA-FEIRA: aprenda a combinar os papeis de gestor e coach e adicione o coaching à sua...

For all the talk of the Civil War "pitting brother against brother," until now there has never been a single book that traces the story of one family ravaged by that conflict. And no family could better illustrate the personal toll the war took than Lincoln's own. Mary Todd Lincoln was one of fourteen siblings who were split between the Confederacy and the Union. Three of her brothers fought, and two died, for the South. Several Todds—including Mary herself—bedeviled Lincoln's administrati...

A short and entertaining introduction to thermodynamics that uses real-world examples to explain accessibly an important but subtle scientific theoryA romantic description of the second law of thermodynamics is that the universe becomes increasingly disordered. But what does that actually mean? Starting with an overview of the three laws of thermodynamics, MacArthur “genius grant" winner R. Stephen Berry explains in this short book the fundamentals of a fundamental...

A short and entertaining introduction to thermodynamics that uses real-world examples to explain accessibly an important but subtle scientific theoryA romantic description of the second law of thermodynamics is that the universe becomes increasingly disordered. But what does that actually mean? Starting with an overview of the three laws of thermodynamics, MacArthur "genius grant" winner R. Stephen Berry explains in this short book the fundamentals of a fundamental...

Community is an evolving and complex concept that historians have applied to localities, counties, and the South as a whole in order to ground larger issues in the day-to-day lives of all segments of society. These social networks sometimes unite and sometimes divide people, they can mirror or transcend political boundaries, and they may exist solely within the cultures of like-minded people.This volume explores the nature of southern communities during the long nineteenth century....

If you want to be the best, you have to have the right skillset.From finance and strategy to leadership and marketing, THE ULTIMATE MBA BOOK is a dynamic collection of tools, techniques, and strategies for success.Discover the main themes and key ideas you need and bring it all together with practical exercises.This is your complete MBA course.ABOUT THE SERIESULTIMATE books are for managers, leaders, and business exec...

“It is well that war is so terrible,” Robert E. Lee reportedly said, “or we would grow too fond of it.” The essays collected here make the case that we have grown too fond of it, and therefore we must make the war terrible again. Taking a “freakonomics” approach to Civil War studies, each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the nature of the war itself. Collectively the essays remind us that war is always about damage, even at i...

Household War restores the centrality of households to the American Civil War. The essays in the volume complicate the standard distinctions between battlefront and homefront, soldier and civilian, and men and women. From this vantage point, they look at the interplay of family and politics, studying the ways in which the Civil War shaped and was shaped by the American household. They explore how households influenced Confederate and Union military strategy, the motivations of sol...