Process maturity is key to organizational growth and business competitiveness in an uncertain and volatile market environment. The use of systems and process perspectives can help leaders encapsulate and prioritize the holistic menu of opportunities available to address. A Process Perspective was written to assist organizations with using quality adoption and process integration to help leverage current capabilities and drive beneficial business results. A focus on embedding and deploying ...

Are you managing a team in manufacturing line? You feel that the company has huge potential to move on, and there's a missing piece that's preventing it? It can be Lean Manufacturing.Develop by Toyota and implemented all around the world, lean manufacturing is one of the best way to reduce waste. Learn how to work towards this direction and you'll see your profits sore!This ebook compiles tons of tips from REAL company owners, sharing what LEAN is all about. Study it, imple...

Strategic Consulting Frameworks" by Fleuron Consulting is a comprehensive workbook designed for professionals in management consulting, business strategy, corporate training, and MBA students. This 2024 publication delves into various strategic consulting frameworks, vital for problem-solving, decision-making, and strategic planning across industries. Each framework is thoroughly explored with core concepts, practical applications, real-life examples, and insightful tips, ensuring a deep u...

The second edition of Agile Change Management provides essential tools to build change manager capabilities and ensure change initiatives are embedded effectively throughout the organization.This book is a comprehensive resource for creating a roadmap that is flexible and unique to each organization to manage any type of change initiative. Detailing all the processes, activities and information needed, from creating the right environment for change to completing it...

A complete program for document strategy design. This popular book has sold in over 30 countries world wide and is required text at universities in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia. The five-phase process will guide your assessments and decisions, and result in a document strategy tailored for the specific needs and goals of any organization. -Understand the key measures and pressures to guide your efforts. -Determine target documents for your strategy. -Build the justification needed ...

Competition for management jobs intensifies each year. If you are betting your financial welfare on your next management position and subsequent promotions, you will need to be better prepared to capture these increasingly scarce opportunities. In Empower Your Inner Manager, author Ian R. Mackintosh presents a quick guide to help you assess your management skills and create a personalized plan to improve those skills.A career and personal development tool, Empower Your Inner Manage...

Lessons from Agile’s First Decade…Leadership for Agile’s Next DecadeThe agile software movement has now been around for a full decade. As coauthor of the original Agile Manifesto, Jim Highsmith has been at its heart since the beginning. He’s spent the past decade helping hundreds of organizations transition to agile/lean. When it comes to agile, he’s seen it all–in a variety of industries, worldwide.Now, in Adaptive Leadership

There are many books on improving working relationships however they are based in interpersonal skills. While acknowledging that interpersonal skills provide the ‘social glue’ for working relationships, this book identifies the working environment as the cause of most conflict at work. The book identifies the causes of workplace conflict and how to create the right working environment that enables constructive working relationships.Interpersonal skills have limited value in a workp...

A Comprehensive Guide to Leadership, Organizational Structures, and Decision Making. A pragmatic guidebook for ushering into the role of a managerUnderstand the different types of organizational structuresUncover the myriad roles of a managerKnow the difference between leaders and managersLearn to manage employees and maintain customer relationshipsIn the 3rd edition of Principles of Management Essentials Y...

The IT management profession is not for the faint of heart. Anyone who has worked in this field is familiar with the unique (and borderline impossible) challenges of keeping pace with technological innovation while maintaining legacy systems, reskilling existing staff members and operating on shrinking budgets. Truth from the Trenches passes on the hard-won leadership lessons that six-time CIO Mark Settle gained over years of working in IT management. Settle describes the key cons...

Taking ownership of a business can be intimidating, but the key to unlocking success lies within these five chapters. Following the advice found in this book will give you the confidence and knowledge to make decisions that will benefit your business and help you achieve your vision. Learn to manage yourself, people, and money, and make informed decisions that will bring success to your business. It is time to step into the world of business with confidence and knowledge. Let this be your ...

Own your Executive Coaching Risk with your Executive Coaching resource. Be your own consultant: Your Executive Coaching risk becomes your reward with this book and its accompanying digital resources. Cultivate an in-house knowledge base with the self-assessment that cuts out expensive consultants and gives you a competitive edge.RISK MANAGEMENTAssess Executive Coaching risks and threats from a wide range of sources.QUALITY MANAGEMENTEnsure consistent Executi...