From the author of the long-running #1 bestseller StrengthsFinder 2.0 comes a landmark study of great leaders, teams and the reasons why people follow. A unique access code allows you to take a new leadership version of Gallup's StrengthsFinder program. The new version of this program provides you with specific strategies for leading with your top five strengths and enables you to plot the strengths of your team based on the four domains of leadership strength revealed in the book.

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Discover the Japanese secret to a long and happy life with the internationally bestselling guide to ikigai - 'a refreshingly simple recipe for happiness' (Stylist Magazine)The people of Japan believe that everyone has an ikigai - a reason to jump out of bed each morning. And according to the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa - the world's longest-living people - finding it is the key to a longer and more fulfilled life.Inspiring and comforting, this book will give you the life-chang...

Het lezen van dit boek is als het doorbrengen van een werkdag met John Kotter.

De ontwikkeling van de techniek, veranderingen in de markt en de maatschappij en de steeds sterker wordende concurrentie dwingen organisaties om te veranderen. Organisaties moeten deze veranderingen niet alleen kunnen weerstaan, maar er juist op inspelen, om in het nieuwe ondernemingsklimaat te kunnen floreren. Daarvoor is management onvoldoende, en leiderschap noodzakelijk.

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Dit boek is een verademing voor iedereen die denkt dat cijfers en berekeningen afleiden van ondernemerschap

prof.dr. Henry Robben, hoogleraar Marketing

In het bedrijfsleven draait alles om getallen, cijfers en berekeningen. Uit onderzoek blijkt echter dat driekwart van de managers zelfs de meest elementaire berekeningen niet kan uitvoeren, laat staan

Konkelen, streken uithalen, samenzweren zijn in een organisatie een alledaagse bezigheid. Wie spant met wie samen? Wie zijn er 'twee handen' op een buik? Wie manipuleert wie, waartoe en hoe? Mensen die vertrouwen op de formele verhoudingen, op het 'nette' spel, komen bedrogen uit. Beslissingen komen niet alleen tot stand door rationele afwegingen van voor- en tegenargumenten. Nee, het andere spel, het ondergrondse politieke machtsspel, is minstens even belangrijk.

In dit boek geeft Joep Schri...

The Definitive, Fully Updated Guide to Solving Real-World Chemical Reaction Engineering Problems For decades, H. Scott Fogler's Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering has been the world's dominant text for courses in chemical reaction engineering. Now, Fogler has created a new, completely updated fifth edition of his internationally respected book. The result is a refined book that contains new examples and problems, as well as an updated companion Web site. More than ever, Fogler has succ...

In this instant New York Times Bestseller, Geoff Smart and Randy Street provide a simple, practical, and effective solution to what The Economist calls "the single biggest problem in business today”: unsuccessful hiring. The average hiring mistake costs a company $1.5 million or more a year and countless wasted hours. This statistic becomes even more startling when you consider that the typical hiring success rate of managers is only 50 percent.

The silver lining is that "who” p...

A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveal the principles that have made platform businesses the most valuable firms in the world and the first trillion-dollar companies. Managers and entrepreneurs in the digital era must learn to live in two worlds-the conventional economy and the platform economy. Platforms that operate for business purposes usually exist at the level of an industry or ecosystem, bringing together individuals and organizations so they can innovat...

Eight years (and 30,000 copies) after publication Scenarios is still acknowledged as the definitive work in the scenario planning field. Now, Kees van der Heijden brings his bestseller up to date, following up on the original case studies and adding significant new material.

Reach New Heights with the Best AP® Macroeconomics Textbook

AP® Macroeconomics courses are challenging. Written specifically for AP® students and teachers by AP® Econ experts Margaret Ray and David Anderson, Krugman’s Macroeconomics for the AP® Course, 4th Edition provides all the support you need to reach the summit and to succeed on the exams. Meticulously revised to mirror the Course Framework, this textbook features 6 Macroeconomics units organized to cover the topics in the same s...