Can You Run Your Business With Blood, Sweat, and Tears? Volume I: Blood

Can You Run Your Business With Blood, Sweat, and Tears? Volume I: Blood

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What does it take to successfully lead and manage a business or a team?
Management consultant and HR specialist Stephen-Elkins Jarrett and organizational development consultant Nick Skinner share their combined experience of how mastery of 15 key areas can help you drive your business, team, or even yourself to success.
Presented using the acronym of BLOOD, SWEAT, and TEARS, this book, presented in three volumes, aligns some established models with common sense to give a practical view with tools and tips gained over years of working across different industries and sectors. At the heart of the book is the fascinating study of behavior, discussed through the SPECTRUM model, showing how by treating others in the way that they want to be treated, we can engage, develop, and lead them to achieve meaningful goals.

Strategic Engagement: Practical Tools to Raise Morale and Increase Results, Volume II: System-Wide Activities

Strategic Engagement: Practical Tools to Raise Morale and Increase Results, Volume II: System-Wide Activities

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This book is a great ‘pocket book’—a leader’s best friend—saturated with a roadmap that puts theory into action. An organization is a ‘net- work of relationships’. Crosby highlights the many ways this network can fumble while providing clear steps to upgrade the entire system. Too many books give glamour to theory while missing the link of how theory is implemented.”—Timothy Weber, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
“Chris has provided us with a virtual outline for a graduate-level program in OD! Amazing work!”—Dr. John J. Scherer, Co-Director, Scherer Leadership Center
“I have an extensive collection of business books, and this is a real gem. I started my last two CEO positions with transition sessions as outlined in this collection, led by Chris. In this book are activities that I have used to reach record results.”—Brian Bauerbach, President & CEO, Mold Rite Plastics
“An immensely practical book that will help people create organizations that get results. Chris has organized this into an easy-to-understand guide. Executives should read it with no less reverence than they would read their company’s financial report.”—Ethan Schutz, President & CEO, The Schutz Company
Gallup’s State of the American Workplace showed that workplaces that are actively engaged outperform workplaces that are disengaged in every measure. Crosby’s two-volume set contains eight activities that create an engaged workplace and improve results. Volume Two, System-wide Activities, starts with a chapter on implementation competency, then follows with chapters on group-to-group conflict, goal alignment, process improvement, and project planning. Finally, the appendices contain the materials required for each activity.

Co-Design, Volume II: Practical Ideas for Designing Across Complex Systems

Co-Design, Volume II: Practical Ideas for Designing Across Complex Systems

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Design is everywhere in our lives—but the nature of complex systems means that few people feel empowered or equipped to design better futures. Although the places we live are full of material objects, they only become meaningful as they are used and experienced by people.
This book is about understanding the nature of design and organization in complex living systems. It looks at design as a way of thinking and acting. Design becomes an open- ended conversation with the world around us. The text is also about the shifting social relations of design—moving from an emphasis on individual engineers and designers toward the participatory process of making sense of tools to improve our lives: we call this process co-design.

Co-Design, Volume III: Practical Ideas for Developing Across Complex Systems

Co-Design, Volume III: Practical Ideas for Developing Across Complex Systems

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Working in complex systems brings fresh challenges to leaders, managers, consultants, and those involved in their education. This book (the third in a series of three) introduces a set of practices that will help you develop confidence and strength in working in new ways across boundaries. We know intuitively that when we move outside our organizational boundaries, we need new ways of practicing that will respond to the needs of others and shape the emerging future. Each chapter focuses on a specific practice and explains what it looks like, why it is relevant, and how to integrate it into your work. Questions for reflection and suggested activities offer ideas for immediate action.
The format invites the reader to pick a chapter or two when it feels like a good time to engage with professional development. The material is also suitable for discussion with colleagues as part of team development. The practical, applied nature of this book means that it can be used in many different ways to spark ideas and stimulate new ways of working as individuals and collectively. Leaders in complex systems will grow in confidence and expand their practice repertoire as they engage with the material in this volume

Strategic Engagement: Practical Tools to Raise Morale and Increase Results, Volume I: Core Activities

Strategic Engagement: Practical Tools to Raise Morale and Increase Results, Volume I: Core Activities

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“This book is a great ‘pocket book’—a leader’s best friend—saturated with a roadmap that puts theory into action. An organization is a ‘network of relationships’. Crosby highlights the many ways this network can fumble while providing clear steps to upgrade the entire system. Too many books give glamour to theory while missing the link of how theory is implemented. —Timothy Weber, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist

“Chris has provided us with a virtual outline for a graduate-level program in OD! Amazing work!” —Dr. John J. Scherer, Co-Director, Scherer Leadership Center

“I have an extensive collection of business books, and this is a real gem. I started my last two CEO positions with transition sessions as outlined in this collection, led by Chris. In this book are activities that I have used to reach record results.” —Brian Bauerbach, President & CEO, Mold Rite Plastics

This two-volume set contains eight activities that create an engaged workplace and improve results.

Gallup’s State of the American Workplace showed that workplaces that are actively engaged outperform workplaces that are disengaged in every measure. Crosby’s two-volume set contains eight activities that create an engaged workplace and improve results.

Volume One, The Core Activities, starts with an overview and a chapter on building an engagement strategy to break long-standing dysfunction. Crosby then provides chapters on various conflict resolutions, transition meetings, and work group development.

Leveraging Business Analysis for Product Success, Second Edition

Leveraging Business Analysis for Product Success, Second Edition

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Only 39 percent of projects today are successful. Nearly half of the projects that fail do so because of “poor requirements management” (PMI 2014). Leveraging Business Analysis for Project Success, Second Edition explores the role of the business analyst in setting a project up for success. It informs and educates project managers, sponsors, and organization leaders on what is necessary for project success. This book goes beyond requirements management in exploring how business analysis professionals (business analysts, product managers, product owners, and others) can con- tribute to increased profitability through project selection, scope definition, and post implementation evaluation.
The reader will learn about the history of business analysis, professional organizations and resources to support the profession, and what to expect from the business analysis professional at each phase of the project lifecycle as presented in a case study throughout the book. Project leaders will better be able to support the business analysis needs of the project by understanding the skills, expertise, tasks, resources, and time needed to do business analysis right and maximize the return on investment for each project.

In Search for the Soul of International Business

In Search for the Soul of International Business

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There is a New World Order for trade and globalization. Inundated with constant information, new concepts, and endless data, individuals are caught in the whirl-wind of a fast-paced world, often without the ability to stop and think, particularly when it comes to issues of the soul.
I consider the soul the center of our activities and inspirations. If one says of an individual, “his soul has left him,” one connotes death. This also will apply to societies and corporations. Are we willing to permit the gradual march toward solitude with all the accompanying sharp cutting edges? Will the balloon go up? The reader can judge. I hope to supply the content here.
With a foreword by Ambassador Laszlo Szabo, a preface by the Rev. Horkan, and the humorous yet pensive illustrations by award-winning cartoonist David Clark, this book increases one’s ability to gain a comprehensive understanding of the most pressing international business and trade issues that the world faces today.

Project Management Essentials, Second Edition

Project Management Essentials, Second Edition

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Project management is a critical skill across a broad range of disciplines. Yet most people, regardless of educational background, have never received training in how to plan, manage, and execute projects. Project Management Essentials, Second Edition, is the go-to book for tried and true project management skills combined with the most current ideas from Agile in a concise, up-to-date, user-friendly format.
It follows the project life cycle and provides several ready- to-use templates. Readers can use this book to plan and manage a project from start to finish or as a reference for help with one particular component of project management. Along- side each template is a brief description of what each template is and why it is useful, with an example to illustrate it.

Agile Working and the Digital Workspace: Best Practices for Designing and Implementing Productivity

Agile Working and the Digital Workspace: Best Practices for Designing and Implementing Productivity

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Amid a myriad of competitive pressures for both customers and talent, ‘Agile Working and the Digital Workplace’ is essential reading for any organisation that aspires to build and secure its competitive advantage. John has mapped out the benefits and routes to achieving a more agile organisation. The complexity of such a significant cross-functional, cultural shift in performance and productivity is addressed with the benefit of John’s great experience.

Bryan Thomas, Workplace Strategist, CPB Projects Ltd

Organizations are increasingly adopting new ways of working to take advantage of new digital technologies to enhance the services they can offer and become more productive. This book defines and explains the different terms that are used to describe new ways of working and identifies the benefits and limitations of different approaches. Readers will learn about the key components of successful agile working and how a holistic approach is needed for the successful implementation of agile working.
The author provides advice on the introduction of new ways of working, including preparing a robust business case, setting up an agile working program, and providing a road map. The contributions of the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence to the digital workspace and agile working are assessed.

Getting to Market With Your MVP: How to Achieve Small Business and Entrepreneur Success

Getting to Market With Your MVP: How to Achieve Small Business and Entrepreneur Success

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Getting to Market With Your MVP: How to Achieve Small Business and Entrepreneur Success is a book to assist college students, new entrepreneurs, and current business owners in their under- standing of how to bring a concept, product, or new business to market. The minimum viable product (MVP) is the foundation of the business and the staple for sustainable growth. Many businesses fail due to the inability of establishing a core concept, or primary product to introduce to the market.
This book is intended to provide a concise method of developing a business strategy for successful entry into the market while eliminating the frustration of trial and error. Through this work, readers learn the difference between the purpose of a business plan, market analysis, and a feasibility study. Readers will also understand the difference between a good idea and a great business model. This book serves as a tool for increasing the opportunity for success when launching a product, service, or a business.