Bridge the gap between the inspiration of a conference and action back at work."I had not thought about how I make notes since about Grade 5 when a teacher said, 'summarize everything I say!'. No wonder I made notes that I never looked at again? I did not realize how much I did not know about being an effective participant at conferences" Conference participant after reading this bookDo you go to conferences, make notes and never look at them again? Think about the last conf...

Seven Rules for Designing More Innovative Conferences is a tool kit of ideas, examples and case studies to help you design more innovative and effective conferences.Each of the seven 'rules' explores a crucial element of conference design. It will help you make decisions such as: is a keynote speaker better than a brainstorming session that generates hundreds of ideas? The answer depends on your learning objectives; and this is why a learning and collaboration strategy is important....

Wow! That's a great idea! We like to use this expression. These are the ideas we want to have.You know it is a great idea. Others look at the idea and they see that it is a great idea. It may solve the problem. It may create an opportunity. It captures the essence of good design thinking. Great ideas have something that we are drawn toward. It is hard to explain what makes a great idea 'great'. Yet this is a skill you need to be an idea factory.You will discover something abo...

What would it be worth to your business if a team met weekly for an hour and solved an important challenge?Any organization can become more innovative by using this simple tactic; a regular ideas meeting to solve problems or create new initiatives. When meetings are based on trust and a sense of discovery, they become idea factories. This book is based on two observations:Many great ideas already exist in organizations: they are in the minds of staff, suppliers and cus...

Leading a team just got easierWe live in a world of teams made up of all kinds of people. We see this every day on TV, in newspapers and on the web - it might news about a winning sports team, a company's leadership team who have succeeded in buying another company or it might be a about a group of homeowners who have won a battle against a big developer.This book is aimed at helping all of us no matter what kinds of teams we might need to lead - it might be...

With a Foreword by Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever.Frugal innovation is a way that companies can develop high-quality products and create more value with limited resources. In today's cost-constrained environment, companies in the developed economies are seeking new routes to long-term business success - while also appealing to cost-conscious and environmentally-aware consumers. With an estimated trillion-dollar global market for sustainable products, and with potentially huge cost savi...

Being an introvert is truly an advantage in business and leadership if you know how to leverage it! Having used her introversion to her advantage, the author went from new college graduate to holding responsibility for a $750 million business in just 10 short years. This eBook tells you how she did it and reveals very specific, actionable steps introverts can take to be abundantly successful in business, leadership and life. Importantly, the steps recommended are designed to be fully comfo...

The world’s most profitable companies share two things in common: quality of management and management capital. Combining leadership passion for creating growth and profitability (quality of management) and the effective deployment of resources for accelerating growth (management capital) is the formula for thriving in the 21st century.The Power of Management Innovation is a clear roadmap for delivering these critical drivers of success to your own organization. Incorporat...

You've just been promoted to a managerial position for the first time -- congratulations! But beware: the managerial role differs markedly from the individual contributor role. Go into the job with mistaken assumptions about what to expect, and you just may be blindsided by surprising realities.This book helps you lay the foundation for succeeding in your new role, explaining how to:· Discard the "doer" role of the individual contributor for the orchestrating role of the ma...

Change management just got easierIf an organization does not change in response to the environment in which it is operating, it will ultimately fail. Just as people have to change and adapt according to their circumstances, so do organizations. No one can deny that managing change is a difficult and sometimes painful task. It is complex and can be emotionally draining, involving a range of skills from project planning through to influencing those likely to be affect...

"Canadian sustainability expert Bob Willard, whp spent 34 years with IBM, offers a punchy, practical guide to leading change in your company in The Sustainability Champion's Guidebook. He presents a seven-step model of change, seven practices that sustainability champions in companies must follow, seven paradoxes they will face, and seven "derailers" to avoid. If you're interested in becoming a champion for sustainability in your company, this would offer useful guidance." - Harvey Schacht...

***The Strategic Planning Workbook***is an invaluable, ready-to-use guide to creating and implementing a strategic plan. Refreshingly free of the usual grand business models peddled by consultants, this book provides the concepts needed to do the thinking, the tools to gather the necessary information, the techniques to make your decisions and the frameworks to translate conclusions into action plans. With a strong focus on matching the right kind of strategy to your business and the all-i...