Most organizations approach innovation as if it were a sideline activity. Every so often employees are sent to “Brainstorm Island”: an off-site replete with trendy lectures, creative workshops, and overenthusiastic facilitators. But once they return, it’s back to business as usual. Innovation experts Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg suggest a better approach. They recommend that le…
Today's economy is fueled by knowledge. Every leader knows this to be true, yet few have systematic methods for converting organizational knowledge into economic value. This book argues that communities of practice--groups of individuals formed around common interests and expertise--provide the ideal vehicle for driving knowledge-management strategies and building lasting competitive advantage.…
Contrary to most conventional management wisdom, The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning looks beyond employee skills and background and to identify the true game-changing character traits for creating a winning culture. Based on the author's methodology for what abilities drive decisions and actions within his own company, The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning details how respect, belief, loyalty, commitm…
Your boss plays an important role in your career. So how do you navigate this delicate, significant professional relationship without playing political games or compromising your character? Managing Up offers concise, expert tips on: (1) Understanding your manager's priorities and pressures, (2) Setting a positive tone for the relationship, (3) Managing expectations--and egos, and (4) Earning t…
When change requires you to challenge people's familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work. Whatever the context--whether in the private or the public sector--many will feel threatened as you push though major changes. But as a leader, you need to find a way to make it work. Ron Heifetz first defined this problem with his distinctive theory of adaptive leadership in Leadership Without…
If you read nothing else on leadership, read these 10 articles(featuring "What Makes an Effective Executive,” by Peter F. Drucker). We've combed through hundreds ofHarvard Business Review articles on leadership and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your own and your organization's performance. HBR's 10 Must Reads On Leadership will inspire you to: - Motivate others to …
This is one of the volumes in the new Harvard Business Essentials Series. Each offers authoritative answers to the most important questions concerning its specific subject. The material in this book is drawn from a variety of sources which include the Harvard Business School Press and the Harvard Business Review as well as Harvard ManageMentor®, an online service. Each volume is indeed "a highl…
"We believe that business is good because it creates value, it is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange, it is noble because it can elevate our existence, and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity. Free-enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most compelling idea…
A best selling book by John Tschohl. Proven techniques and hundreds of practical ideas that develop customer satisfaction and loyalty- two ingredients to increase profits. Service leaders and champions of service can use this book to drive a service culture. Entrepreneurs who want to grow their businesses through a service culture will find these ideas valuable. John Tschohl's revised soft cove…
Para eksekutif kebijakan publik dan manajer perusahaaan sering menjumpai kesulitan dalam mengintegrasikan perencanaan dan mengkoordinasikan pelaksanan. Mereka tenggelam saat menguraikan permasalahan yang dihadapi sehingga cenderung tidak mengutamakan upaya merealisasikan tujuan yang telah ditetapkan. Critical system thinking adalah pola pikir yang mewujudkan situasi dibalik kesulitan ada kemuda…
Akuntansi Forensik dahulu digunakan untuk keperluan pembagian warisan atau pengungkapan motive pembunuhan. Bermula dari penerapan akuntansi dalam persoalan hukum, maka istilah yang dipakai adalah akuntansi (dan bukan audit) forensik. Perkembangan sampai dengan saat ini pun kadar akuntansi masih kelihatan. Misalnya dalam perhitungan ganti rugi dalam pengertian sengketa maupun kerugian akibat kas…
Etos bisa diciptakan jika terdapat nilai dalam suatu organisasi. Nilai itu sendiri tidak bisa berdiri sendiri. Ia baru mempunyai makna bila ada manusia yang menjalankannya lewat perilaku. Perilaku yang mempola menjadi landasan filosofis organisasi. Pada tataran pembedaannya, nilai bisa digolongkan menjadi, antara lain nilai moral (kebajikan) dan nilai estetika (keindahan), nilai intelektual (ke…
This collection of interviews with leading businessmen profiles a new generation of business leaders, men who have taken their companies through the worst recession experienced for decades. It also provides a fascinating insight into how our most exciting companies view the future.
In this ground-breaking book, C. Otto Scharmer invites us to see the world in new ways. What we pay attention to, and how we pay attention is the key to what we create. What often prevents us from 'being present, ' is what Scharmer calls our blind spot, the inner place from which each of us operates. Becoming aware of our blind spot is critical to bringing forth the profound systemic changes…