Authors: Christine Arena.
Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Collins Business
Publication Date: 2007-01-01


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In The High–Purpose Company, corporate strategist and researcher Christine Arena shows that

some extraordinary companies are driven by purpose, whereas others simply pretend to be. The High–Purpose Company draws a clear line in the sand, enabling readers to easily distinguish between these two groups––and make a giant leap forward.

Using a groundbreaking methodology, Arena and her research team conducted thousands of hours of analysis on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of 75 well–known firms. The surprising results of the study defy long–held myths, rewrite rules, reframe strategic priorities, and reveal a new breed of business.

Real CSR is about change, not charity. The High–Purpose Company uncovers this and other truths, and guides readers through the step–by–step process that is currently embraced by the world's most forward–thinking firms.

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Authors: David J. Drucker. Joel P. Bruckenstein.
Paperback, 250 pages
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
Publication Date: 2002-10
Edition: 1

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    Financial advisers say that practice management help -- particularly with streamlining office operations -- is their greatest single need. Their margins are under pressure. Their once-flush clients are scrutinizing fees. They must slash costs, do more with less, and find time -- somehow -- to spend with the people they advise. Now, two leading financial planners and columnists deliver the help planners have been begging for.

This book is a nontechnical trove of technology, clever workarounds, and procedural efficiencies tailored to help planners move toward a paperless office, while still complying with SEC record-keeping requirements. The authors show planners how to reduce the amount of paperwork in their office by 99 percent and find anything they need in one minute or less by adapting innovative software tools and shifting from on-site employees to remote assistants....

Authors: Alan AtKisson.
Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Publication Date: 2008-11


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    * The latest book by renowned business and sustainability consultant Alan AtKisson, author of Believing Cassandra and co-author of The Natural Advantage of Nations
* Is the ideal entry point for leaders and innovators in all organizations for understanding and instituting change towards sustainability

ISIS–Indicators, Systems, Innovation, Strategy–is a potent method for creating a whole-systems view, strategizing successfully for innovative change and accelerating progress towards sustainability. ISIS is an approach that builds on fifteen years of successful practice, with case studies from around the world, and easy-to-use training and planning tools that translate theory into practice in a way that provides both practical advice and inspiration.

Like Believing Cassandra, this book is essential, transformative reading for leaders in business, organizations, and government, and professionals of all description in all sectors who are working on whole systems change in pursuit of strategies for innovation, sustainability, and profitability, as well as students in business and management....

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Hardcover, 560 pages
Publisher: Productivity Press
Publication Date: 1997-11-12
Edition: 1st

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    What is Lean?
Pure and simple, lean is reducing the time from customer order to manufacturing by eliminating non-value-added waste in the production stream. The ideal of a lean system is one-piece flow, because a lean manufacturer is continuously improving.

Most other books on lean management focus on technical methods and offer a picture of how a lean system should look like. Other books provide snapshots of companies before and after lean was implemented.

This is the first book to provide technical descriptions of successful solutions and performance improvements. It's also the first book to go beyond snapshots and includes powerful first-hand accounts of the complete process of change; its impact on the entire organization; and the rewards and benefits of becoming lean.

At the heart of Becoming Lean are the stories of American manufacturers that have successfully implemented lean methods. The writers offer personalized accounts of their organization's lean transformation. You have a unique opportunity to go inside the implementation process and see what worked, what didn't, and why....

Authors: Doug Tatum.
Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover
Publication Date: 2007-09-13


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    “I travel the country speaking about No Man’s Land to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Wherever I go, I get the same response. Listeners approach me with sadness in their eyes and say, ‘Doug, if only I had known about No Man’s Land when I was running my company, we might still be in business.’”—Doug Tatum

If starting a company is difficult, leading a company once the business has caught fire is infinitely more so. Thousands each year approach the dangerous transition that Doug Tatum calls No Man’s Land—when they are too big to be considered small but still too small to be considered big.

Rapid growth is every entrepreneur’s dream, but it never comes easily and is usually rife with dilemmas. During No Man’s Land, as in human adolescence, such growth should spark self- discovery, acquired discipline, and positive but difficult transition. Unfortunately, it often becomes an agonizing battle between the natural tendencies of a lonely entrepreneur and certain immutable laws of growth. The result is confusion, frustration, stagnation, loss of employee morale, and, at worst, financial failure.

Sounds pretty bleak. The good news is that Doug Tatum knows exactly what it takes to get through No Man’s Land: a map, a high place from which to orient yourself, and navigational rules to help you track your progress. And these tools are here in this book.

Through case studies and stories of successes and failures, No Man’s Land will help you learn how to:
* Align your growing company with its market.
* Execute the necessary changes in your management.
* Confirm that your financial model is scalable.
* Attract money and make smart decisions about financing your business.

If you’re an entrepreneur, this book will help you make your company all it can be and all you want it to be. It will prepare you for a ride that just might be wilder than you ever imagined....

Authors: Joel M. Stern. Irwin Ross.
Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2003-02-14
Edition: 1

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    The unique story of a business heretic and his concept of Economic Value Added (EVA)

In Against the Grain, Joel Stern shares for the first time, not only the story of how EVA swept the corporate world, but the story behind the story-the intellectual underpinnings of EVA, how he and his colleagues at Stern Stewart & Co. promoted the concept, won its initial acceptance by major corporations, and later turned the concept into a revolution. He has for good reason been called a one-man catalyst for change. In an engaging memoir, he has given us not only an account of his business strategy, but also provided fascinating anecdotes and vignettes of encounters with leading businessmen on four continents.

Joel M. Stern (New York, NY) has been the Managing Partner of Stern Stewart & Co. since its founding in 1982 and was coauthor of The EVA Challenge (Wiley: 0-471-40555-8). A recognized authority on financial economics, corporate performance measurement, corporate valuation, and incentive compensation, he is a leading advocate of the concept of shareholder value.
Irwin Ross (New York, NY) was retained to write The EVA Challenge with Joel Stern and John Shiely. He is a former roving editor of Reader's Digest and over the years has written for Fortune and a variety of other magazines....

Authors: Arnold Mindell.
Paperback, 216 pages
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
Publication Date: 2002-11-01


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Most of us are terrified of conflict, says Arnold Mindell, PhD, author of fifteen books and internationally recognized for his innovative synthesis of Jungian therapy, dreams, and bodywork. But we needn't be. His burning passion is to create groups and organizations where everyone looks forward to group processes instead of fearing them. He calls this the deep democracy of open forums, where all voices, thoughts, and feelings are aired freely, especially the ones nobody wants to hear.

Since 1992, one of Mindell's prime interests has been the bringing of deeper awareness to group conflicts. Conflict work without reference to altered states of consciousness is like a flu shot for someone in a manic or depressed state of consciousness. Most group and social problems cannot be well facilitated or resolved without access to the dreamlike and mystical atmosphere in the background. The key is becoming aware of it.

Mindell introduces a new paradigm for working in groups, from 3 to 3,000, based on awareness of the flow of signals and events. You can take the subtlest of signals indicating the onset of emotions such as fear, anger, hopelessness, and other altered states, and use them to transform seemingly impossible problems into uplifting community experiences.

As Mindell explains, "I share how everyone—people in schools and organizations, communities and governments—can use inner experiences, dreaming, and mysticism, in conjunction with real methods of conflict management, to produce lively, more sustainable, conscious communities."

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Authors: Peter C. Reid.
Paperback, 226 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Publication Date: 1991-04


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    In 1981, 13 Harley-Davidson managers purchased the ailing motorcycle company from its parent conglomerate, AMF. Saddled with $83 million in debt, they had to avoid bankruptcy, restore employee commitment, revolutionize manufacturing processes, and dramatically increase sales-by yesterday. Today business professors throughout the world are citing the Harley-Davidson "miracle" in their classrooms. What really happened? Here is the first in-depth look at how this group of pioneering owner-managers breathed new life into their company and managed to win. How they combined Japanese work methods with American know-how and innovation. How they triumphed over financial instability and foreign competition. And how they positioned their company for steady future growth. But readers will find more than an exciting turnaround story here. They will find an overall strategy for making their own organization the best. They will observe the kinds of changes that have to be made in product strategy, marketing, finance, human resources, and manufacturing to achieve striking gains in quality, productivity, market share, and profitability. Well Made in America is an exciting guide for business managers who want their companies to become vital global competitors....

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Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Publication Date: 1997-08-19
Edition: 1

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    Leading-Edge Thought From the World's Best Business Minds "A one-stop shopping guide that shows how leaders can be successful in the year 2000 and beyond."
--American Society for Training and Development

Discover what Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Peter Senge, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and other business-world luminaries have to say about the direction of leadership for the future. The Drucker Foundation brings together the best business minds in more than 30 never-before-published essays, each one offering a special perspective on leadership and a unique glimpse into the future....

Authors: Keith Lincoln. Lars Thomassen.
Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Kogan Page
Publication Date: 2007-11-28


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    How to Succeed at Retail presents a winning template for action that can apply to traditional brands and retailers alike. Twenty-five international case studies demonstrate success in action, explaining how the world's most successful brands sell themselves to today's increasingly demanding shoppers. The messages and lessons apply to any and every business, making this essential reading for CEOs, brand managers, sales managers, marketing managers, retail managers, and students of retail studies, marketing, and business....