Global Business Management

Empty shelves, queues for petrol and energy shortages: crises more familiar to those who lived through the 1960s and 1970s have now become a reality as global shipping times are squeezed, containers lie unopened at docks and supply shortages push up inflation, increasing the cost of consumer goods from milk to cars to building materials. In Sold Out!, economic forecaster James Rickards (The Road to Ruin, The Death of Money) explains why the shelves are empty, who fractured the supply chain and why shortages will persist.

Justin Breen considers himself a results guy; he’s great at making things happen, but not so great at generating awesome ideas. But that hasn’t stopped him from creating an epic business and life! What Breen lacks in idea generation, he makes up for in his ability to recognize when an amazing idea is presented to him. The concepts that rule his life and success evolved from conversations with innovators. Learn the 30 transformational ideas Breen has gathered from some of the world’s top business leaders. Each chapter concludes with simplified takeaways.

The inspiring memoir of female entrepreneur Judy Piatkus, who acquired the book series that inspired the global number one Netflix hit, Bridgerton. In 1979, Judy Piatkus founded what would become a global publishing brand - Piatkus Books - from her spare bedroom. Determined to empower women s voices as a single mother with a child with learning disabilities at a time when being a self-made, female entrepreneur was rare, Judy defied expectations.

Change Management and Process Improvement are considered two separate disciplines. Change Management initiatives often originate in the human resources department, whereas Process Improvement plans may come from the quality engineering or the project management departments. These departments' agendas, knowledge, mindset, and resource competency differ. However, Change Management approaches and Process Improvement models have much in common.

This book debunks the myth that leaders need to be creative like designers to apply design thinking. Applying design approaches and practices to organizational leadership is not just about its leaders becoming more creative. It is definitely not about the person at the top coming up with the grand answer. Design thinking starts with the 'pain point' related to the problem you are trying to solve. You get to the heart of the issue. It is a collaborative effort that neatly leads stakeholders and representatives affected by the problem to design novel leadership solutions that work.

In a world obsessed with perfection and quick to stigmatize failure, Dr. Liz Kheng brings a refreshing perspective in "Flawed and Fearless: A Fumbler's Manifesto." Drawing from her experiences as an entrepreneur and educator, she guides readers on a journey of self-discovery and resilience. Through wit and wisdom, "Flawed and Fearless" challenges traditional views of failure, reframing it as a stepping stone to success. Using a blend of research, personal anecdotes, and practical exercises, Dr. Kheng shows how embracing our flaws can transform our lives. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a ...

This book explores the full power of the Material Adverse Change clause and today's M&A in general. You'll dig into the real causes of M&A failure and discover the traits and practices that lead to poor results as you learn how to avoid these common mistakes and drive more successful deals. Recent case studies highlight common mistakes made - and propagated - by otherwise intelligent people, so you can identify and eliminate these practices within your own organization.

Are you sitting at home dreaming of a better future? Of course, everyone does that, but most don’t bother to get off their sofa and take action. But you’re different, right? You want to live an extraordinary life and be financially secure. You’ve come to the right place! A Teenager’s Guide on How to Get Rich is your one-stop guide to precisely what it says on the tin: learning how to line your bank account with cash and be comfortable for the rest of your days. After all, anyone can become rich.

A proven system to develop your Global Leadership and Cultural Intelligence (CQ), with success strategies and inspiring examples from around the world. The business leaders of today face extraordinary complexity, rapid change, and increasing diversity in their markets and workforces. And yet more than 90 per cent of global executives identify cross-cultural effectiveness as their biggest challenge. This audiobook gives you the tools and confidence to transform your business, personal, and financial performance.

In a globalized world, where multinational companies have extensive power over millions of people, building positive organizational performance requires global leaders with virtues. Organizations, especially multinational ones, may be crucial engines of social and economic progress; global leaders' virtues and character strengths may be strong drivers of such an endeavor. Drawing on the Positive Organizational Scholarship movement, this book aims to provide a holistic approach to the virtues of leaders.

After almost 30 years pursuing a career building and marketing global software businesses, Wayne Morris has designed a guide providing meaningful lessons in how to establish, grow, and lead a successful business using wisdom encapsulated in classic Australian sayings. During his career, Morris has built new businesses within large organizations and has founded and grown startup companies from very early stage in both the USA and Australia. In addition to these countries, he has conducted business in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Discover the best-kept secrets that enable ordinary people to run highly successful virtual teams like a pro. Learn from an industry expert as he discloses The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Virtual Teams to the professional looking to build or reinforce their own successful virtual team. By definition, a virtual team is a group of individuals who work across time, space, and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology.

The Covid crisis has been a proving ground of sorts for business leaders, forcing them to adapt to new realities and unprecedented uncertainty. Leading through it has often been painful, but it’s also produced valuable lessons about rallying employees, navigating global pressures, and finding opportunity amid hardship. Leadership in Crisis profiles leaders of a range of business from auto giants like Telsa and General Motors to Moderna, the upstart that developed a Covid-19 vaccine, to a small grocery store in North Carolina.

Employing a geocentric perspective, Herb Cohen shows you how others often see bargaining as an enriching social exchange akin to an art form. Then, by recounting his own colorful cross-cultural encounters, he takes you through the steps of this delicate dance. Afterwards, he provides a point-by-point analysis—ten tidbits and practical techniques—that you can use in reconciling all differences.

James Burstall runs one of the most successful TV production companies in the UK. But during his tenure at Argonon he has had to deal with a variety of existential crises. Through them all, he's managed to guide his team out the other side successfully. Whether it's been the credit crunch or terror attacks. Recessions. Natural disasters. Pandemics. The TV industry has felt the strain of these recurring events like all of us. And each time, James has put strategies in place in order to be prepared for the next time something like this happens. Now you can be prepared as well.

Lean Manufacturing has long been an accepted practice in manufacturing environments. Leaner Manufacturing™ is the next generation that takes into account other process improvement tools and methodologies. Leaner Manufacturing™ also makes all the concepts easier to understand. Leaner Manufacturing ™ (LG) Manifesto SSD Global Solutions supports the following concepts in Lean Manufacturing applications: Maximize customer value by eliminating waste in the production process. Engage staff members and outside parties in ongoing enhancements and problem-solving initiatives.

Frustrated by endless indecisive meetings, lack of alignment, mistrust, blame games, turf wars, toxic colleagues and/or weak performance? All of these are a result of bad communication. And effective communication can solve them. Dr. Zweifel, former CEO, Columbia leadership professor, and award-winning author, has trained and coached over 5,000 executives to communicate effectively. Now he unpacks the toolbox he developed over three decades of working with CEOs, C-level executives, and even heads of state like Nelson Mandela to reveal the communication secrets of winners.

يملك الكثير منا أفكاراً نعتقد بأنها ستشكل مؤسسة تجارية عظيمة، وبالمقابل لا يقوم الكثيرون بشيء حيال هذه الأفكار، ربما لأننا لا نعلم من أين نبدأ، وربّا لأنّنا نتساءل دائمًا إذا ما قمت بالمبادرة، فإلام ستقودني؟.

Frugal Value contests the notion that companies can rise to the great challenges of our time by adopting so-called "sustainable business" practices. Instead, the acute ecological crisis requires an all-round rethink of what business does and how it does it. This book explores what business responsibility looks like today and how it could be put into practice through far-reaching changes to companies, ranging from new approaches to product design and business models to reconfiguration of operations and innovative ownership structures.

Cuando te pones a mirar en retrospectiva tu vida, analizando las metas que has logrado y todas las que aún no o las que tienes a futuro. ¿Te haz puesto a pensar alguna vez en cual es la razón por la que no tienes una vida plagada de éxitos? ¿Por qué aún no te has convertido en lo que siempre has querido ser? En la mayoría de las ocasiones las razones son las mismas: limitaciones mentales, malos hábitos, permitir influencias exteriores y otros muchas que se interponen entre tú y tus metas.