Seize and expand the competitive edge with a smart, well-managed culture “renovation”Most business leaders understand the power of a dynamic, positive culture—but almost every effort to change culture fails. Why? The approach is often all wrong. Rather than attempt to “transform” a new culture from the ground up, leaders need to instead spearhead a culture renovation. It’s all about keeping what works, changing what needs to be changed, and ensuring proper care and...

Most business leaders understand the power of a dynamic, positive culture—but almost every effort to change culture fails. Why? The approach is often all wrong. Rather than attempt to "transform" a new culture from the ground up, leaders need to instead spearhead a culture renovation.In Culture Renovation, Kevin Oakes provides tangible, tactical insights drawn from a robust data set and informed by CEOs and HR leaders at many of the world's top companies. In this book you'...

Nineteen experts examine research-based theories and current practices in highly successful enterprises, and explain how you can adopt effective, state-of-the-art methods to integrate your talent management functions.People are the most important asset in any organization, yet managing talent as a cohesive strategy is surprisingly rare. Far too many organizations are stuck in the tradition of letting human resource "silos" separate the components of talent management, rather than e...

"5 SWEET BEAUTIFUL STARS!"Nate Waterson, Married in Malibu’s tech expert, is Tamara Truscott’s best customer at Malibu T and Coffee. Nate claims he needs lots of coffee to keep him sharp and full of energy, but his friends and co-workers at the boutique wedding venue know that buying countless cups of coffee is his perfect excuse to see Tamara as often as possible.Though Nate is usually glued to his computer and Tamara is happiest at the beach, they’re surp...

SUMMER IN PARADISE contains three contemporary romance novellas set at Malibu, California's premiere wedding venue, where love is always in the air. The women and men who run Married in Malibu have always made their client’s dreams come true...now it’s their turn. Millions of readers around the world have fallen in love with Bella Andre’s contemporary romances!THE BEACH WEDDINGWould you risk everything for a second chance at true love? Liz ...

“Everything about this story is beautiful. I couldn't put it down!” 5 starsTheir pretend relationship feels breathlessly real…Liz Wilkinson has finally landed her dream job overseeing Married in Malibu, a new wedding venue for the Hollywood elite that promises perfect, paparazzi-free happily ever afters. She vows to do whatever it takes to put the new company on the map. Even if it means working with her ex-fiancé...and pretending t...

California is more than beaches, sunshine, and vineyards.Two dozen horror authors are about to drag you into their nightmares, taking you on a wild tour behind the sun-soaked glamour, promising chills and thrills that linger long after the last page. With stories ranging from cosmic to body horror, to the comedic and the strange, Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales is a descent into the darkest corners of Southern California. These pages carry the whispers of ...

“This story will steal your heart from the very first page to the last!” 5 STARSMeg can’t believe a rock star wants her to pretend to be his wife…Meg Ashworth has always lived her life by the book, until she finally breaks away from her family’s strict rules to be a wedding designer at Married in Malibu. But she never expected that part of her job description would mean working day — and night — with one of the biggest rock stars o...

“The perfect feel good romance! It grabbed me by the heartstrings.” 5 STARSTravis is master of keeping his clients safe. If only he could do the same for his heart…As the head of security for Married in Malibu, Travis Houston makes sure no one will ever get into one of their celebrity beachfront weddings without an invitation, especially the paparazzi. But though he's a master of keeping his clients safe, he can't say the same for k...

In Kennst du die Regeln der Liebe?, dem neuesten Buch der Bestseller-Reihe von Bella Andre „Vier Hochzeiten und ein Fiasko“, sind die atemberaubenden Kleiderentwürfe von Anne Farleigh ein wichtiger Grund, weshalb Hochzeiten im Rose Chalet so begehrt sind. Als sie im Begriff ist, das wichtigste Kleid ihrer Karriere zu kreieren, erfährt Anne schockierende Neuigkeiten über die Vergangenheit ihres Vaters. Ihr ganzes Leben hatte sie geglaubt, dass ihre Eltern die perfekte Liebesgeschichte hatte...

Besuchen Sie Walker Island, wo atemberaubende Ausblicke auf den pazifischen Nordwesten der USA, unwiderstehliche Kerle ... und fünf bildhübsche, eng miteinander verbundene Schwestern auf Sie warten, von denen jede letztlich ihre einzig wahre Liebe findet.Hanna Walker hat vier Jahre auf dem Festland in Seattle verbracht. Als sie auf die heimatliche Walker Island zurückkehrt, um eine Dokumentation über die berühmt-berüchtigte Peterson-Walker-Fehde der frühen Fünfziger Jahre zu drehen...

Rose Martin, la propriétaire du Rose Chalet, l'une des salles de mariage les plus courues de San Francisco, tente de se convaincre que l'homme qu'elle est sur le point d'épouser dans une semaine est le bon. Mais c'est compter sans RJ Knight, le jardinier et homme-à-tout-faire du Chalet, qui ne peut plus taire ses sentiments, sept jours avant de voir l'élue de son cœur convoler avec un autre homme. Même s'il ne fait pas partie de la haute société de San Francisco comme le riche fiancé de Ro...