The guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to twelve weeks Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a twelve-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking.

Praise for Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession "Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession is the ultimate survival guide for those pursuing a career in accounting. This book is an incredible resource for the college and university students majoring in accounting as well as individuals in the early years of their career. It is loaded with tips, techniques, and best practices to put you on the right track to achieve a successful career in the accounting...

The classic Marketing Management is an undisputed global best-seller - an encyclopedia of marketing considered by many as the authoritative book on the subject. This fourth European edition keeps the accessibility, theoretical rigour and managerial relevance - the heart of the book - and adds: * A structure designed specifically to fit the way the course is taught in Europe. * Fresh European examples which make students feel at home.

* The inclusion of the work of prominent European academics...

This new edition builds on the success of the first edition. It has been enhanced to embrace new topics including Due Dilgence, EHS Auditing, Process Safety, Auditing, and a chapter summarizing auditing with the relevant ISO standards. The rest of the book has been updated to fit with the guidance and requirements set out with the changes in the ISO standards.

The goal of this book remains the same, to provide a "down to earth" guidance for managers and specialists in organizations who are co...

This New York Times bestseller and business classic has been fully updated for a world where skilled communication is more important than ever.The book that revolutionized business communications has been updated for today's communication challenges. Crucial Conversations provides powerful skills to ensure every conversation¿especially difficult ones¿leads to the results you want. Written in an engaging and witty style, it teaches readers how to be persuasive rather than abrasive, how to ge...

In Our Iceberg is Melting, a simple fable about penguins encapsulates vital truths about embracing change and illustrates how adaptability can yield prosperity, while resistance can lead to peril, in an ever-changing world. The penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for many years. Then one curious penguin discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home – and pretty much no one listens to him.

The characters in this fable are like people we recogni...

Learn how to steal it back. Accessible and inspiring, this book features 131 surprising and innovative exercises to help you tune out white noise, get unstuck from your screen and manage daily distractions. Make small yet impactful changes and bring focus to the things and people that are most important to you.

Acclaimed Reuters reporter Ernest Scheyder tells the story of the billion-dollar battle for the resources to power our future, illuminating its global impacts on business, China, climate change, and geopolitics

Master the tried and tested, unwritten laws of life - from the bestselling team behind The Decision Book