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In this timely and provocative book, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic asks two powerful questions: Why is it so easy for incompetent men to become leaders? And why is it so hard for competent people - especially competent women - to advance? Marshaling decades of rigorous research, Chamorro-Premuzic points out that although men make up a majority of leaders, they underperform when compared with female leaders. In fact, most organizations equate leadership potential with a handful of destructive personality traits, like overconfidence and narcissism.

Corporate Turnaround Artistry is a complete guide for entrepreneurial companies in times of financial distress - presenting effective strategies and proven methods to revive and rehabilitate your business. Uncertain economic times have significantly altered the financial resources available to struggling businesses. Narrowing margins and mounting internal and external pressure has taken their toll on many companies. Fortunately, most businesses can be repaired while maintaining their existing revenue structure.

Every factory eventually runs into choppy waters and turbulence. Systems and processes that used to work suddenly struggle, and customer complaints pile up out of nowhere. It’s not for a lack of effort or desire, but something goes wrong with the old formula for running the plant. What can you do to navigate the trouble and help your manufacturing business get back on the right track? In How to Fix a Factory, Rob Tracy shows there’s always a way to fix the problem, once you know what the problem is.

Culture is the key to success for every organisation, but what do great cultures do, and what makes them successful? In Culture Fix, author and narrator Colin D Ellis shows you how to change the way you do things and create a winning culture that will keep your organisation relevant today and into the future. No matter your business, industry, or country, your culture's success depends on the emotional intelligence and engagement of the people within it.

Now a number one international best seller! Half of all new businesses in the US and UK fail within five years. They fail for various reasons, but the main issue is that business owners either don’t face up to their problems at all or when they do, it’s too late. Face It & Fix It is a must-listen audiobook for owners of struggling small businesses; those who don’t have a moment to lose before disaster strikes and their business is lost. It is a hard-hitting and easy-to-understand guidebook that explains how any small business can be transformed into a success.

In The Partnership Charter, psychologist and business mediation expert David Gage offers a comprehensive guide to the art of establishing and maintaining a business partnership. The centerpiece of his approach is the Partnership Charter, a document that clearly outlines the goals, expectations, responsibilities, and relationships of the principals. The charter identifies potential sources of conflict and how they will be resolved, while addressing such sensitive issues as personal styles, values, money, and power.

Andy Lazris, MD, is a practicing primary care physician who experiences the effects of Medicare policy on a daily basis. As a result, he believes that the way we care for our elderly has taken a wrong turn and that Medicare is complicit in creating the very problems it seeks to solve. Aging is not a disease to be cured; it is a life stage to be lived. Lazris argues that aggressive treatments cannot change that fact but only get in the way and decrease quality of life.

A practical and irreverent guide to taking the sting out of feedback and reclaiming it as a motivating, empowering experience for everyone involved. Feedback: the mere mention of the word can make our blood pressure rise and our defenses go up. For many of us, it's a dirty word that we associate with bias, politics, resentment, and self-doubt. However, if we take a step back and think about its true intent, we realize that feedback needn't be a bad thing. After all, understanding how others experience us provides valuable opportunities to learn and grow.

You'll find the following in Up Your Business: effective interview questions and strategies; a sample ad that attracts eagles and weeds out turkeys; three dozen high-impact training strategies; the three keys to weeding out entitlement in your business; your three options for dealing with poor performers; how to create vision and strategy for your business; and much, much more!

Top companies around the world turn to Jonathan Byrnes to figure out where the profit is. He can show them which parts of their businesses are worth expanding and which are just a drain on resources. Most astonishing, he has found that roughly 40 percent of any new client’s business is unprofitable and that profit increases of 30 percent or more are within reach. Byrnes reveals an uncomfortable truth....

If you think the world is a mess, you already have a lot in common with Larry. The genius and power of his simple approach to turning around the parts of your life that need it has transformed people and businesses all over the world. Now, in this wildly entertaining and informative diagnosis and prescription, he narrows down the singular virus sickening the four most influential aspects in our lives: the people around us, our education system, business, and government.

Welcome to The Operations Fix – the podcast for business owners who want to simplify their workdays and scale without the chaos. Hosted by Jennifer, an experienced operations consultant with 7+ years in business administration and operations, this podcast shares actionable, bite-sized tips on transforming your workflow with strategic processes, the right technology, and effective hiring. Jennifer draws from her extensive experience helping clients across 18+ industries to build resilient, efficient systems that empower growth and make daily operations seamless. Whether you're running a side ...

The biggest barrier entrepreneurs face is the insurmountable number of obstacles to overcome, coupled with the lack of time to find solutions to them all. They are trapped in the mindset that in order to be successful they must do everything, but they don't know where to start. How do you determine what needs to be fixed first? How do you accurately prioritize your to-do list? If you had only a compass and a road map, you could navigate your business' problems with confidence.

Targets and incentives can drive breathtakingly positive results: the moon landings, the eradication of smallpox, or the repair of the ozone layer, for example. They can also have a dark side that can put executives in prison, bring global businesses to their knees, and even cause wholesale loss of life. Using practical examples and case studies, this book walks you through the essential steps of designing robust, effective, and credible targets and incentives for your organization. The approach is also perfect for selecting meaningful key results for OKRs.

Why Managing Sucks and How to Fix It shows how the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) mindset can make you or your organization more entrepreneurial, more connected with the broader trends in your industry, and more willing to take smart risks. It explains how to set clear expectations and focus on the endpoint as opposed to managing the process that gets you there.

Every day, a new silver bullet comes out, promising to grow your business, increase your profit margins, and make your life as a business owner easier. Unfortunately, most of them don't work, wasting your time and money. Plus, they take your attention away from other more worthwhile opportunities. The ones that do work for others just never seem to work for you. Blanket prescriptions are like that - never quite hitting the mark for all but the few with the exact symptoms.

Running a business is hard! There's so much to do, keep track of, and prepare for - it's a lot for anyone. While there's no silver bullet for a successful business, there are plenty of things you can do to maintain, manage, improve, and grow your company that are probably simpler than you think. My name is Dave, and I've been managing different companies and businesses for decades and I see a lot of similarities across regions, industries, and even human behaviors, and one of the biggest things I've realized is that providing a new perspective on a problem, strategy, or interaction can open ...

Fix It Forward Auto Care has become Fargo/Moorhead's most trusted name in auto care. Focusing on quality, integrity and giving back to the community, our Tuned Up Podcast provides in depth conversations regarding car care and maintenance. We also explore what vehicle trends look like for the future of car owners. Plus we connect with our nonprofit partners at Fix It Forward Ministry to get the latest car donation story. We hear from the Ministry's community partners, car recipients and more.

Welcome to the Retail Fix It Podcast, where everything we do is built around our clients’ needs. From the earliest days of our company’s existence, we've been committed to excellence and exceptional customer service. We understand the daily burden of controlling costs and strive to make your job easier by delivering the necessary management and repair steps efficiently and effectively. Our reputation for ease of relations with is what often brings companies to us. Our customers know they can rely on us to respond promptly, follow up diligently, and deliver results that meet their ...

Viele Menschen leiden still unter dem Verhalten ihrer Chefs. Nur die wenigsten Mitarbeiter äußern ihren Frust deutlich gegenüber ihrem Vorgesetzten. Stattdessen wird lieber am Kopierer gelästert, hinter verschlossenen Bürotüren geweint oder einfach irgendwann gekündigt. Und der Chef - der wundert sich, denkt er doch, er habe alles richtig gemacht und sich nichts vorzuwerfen. Was wäre, wenn ihm nun jemand mal die Wahrheit sagen würde? Genau das passiert dem Manager in Christian Zipfels Hörbuch. Während einer Betriebsversammlung bekommt er zufällig mit, wie sich drei Mitarbeiter aus anderen Abteilungen über das Verhalten ihrer Vorgesetzten aufregen. Er gerät ins Grübeln...