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Millions worldwide have read and embraced John Kotter's ideas on change management and leadership. Leading Change is widely recognized as his seminal work on leading transformational change, and is an important precursor to his newer ideas on acceleration: effectively managing operations while seizing new opportunity. Needed more today than at any time in the past, this immensely relevant book serves as both a visionary guide and a practical toolkit...

"The first prescriptive, innovative guide to seeing inflection points before they happen--and how to harness these disruptive influences to give your company a strategic advantage"--

"El libro El arte de la guerra ha inspirado a líderes en todo el mundo con sus brillantes estrategias para prevalecer sobre los adversarios, a pesar de lo grande o intimidante que estos sean. Estrategia, posicionamiento, planeamiento, liderazgo--todo esto es esencial para convertirse en un oponente más fuerte y con mejores bases. Los propietarios de pequeños negocios que contienden por el mercado, pueden en la misma forma, vencer a grandes negocio--incluyendo...

For the first time, ex-SEAL Mark Divine reveals the mental training tricks you can use to think like a U.S. Navy SEAL and achieve personal excellence. Here's what leaders and experts in various fields have to say about The Way of the SEAL: Book jacket.

"Expert advice from Coca-Cola's vice president of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Learn how Coca-Cola uses design to grow its business by combining the advantages of scale with the agility to respond to fast-changing market conditions. In today's world, every company is at risk of having a "Kodak Moment"--watching its industry and the competitive advantages it has developed over years, even decades, vanish overnight. The reason? An inability to adapt...

In 2014, 275 of the wealthiest American on the Forbes 400 list were self-made entrepreneurs, which means they started out with nothing and exercised the "Power of broke" Whether you are an executive or a CEO, a manager at a large company, or a founder at a start-up, this book will show you how to leverage the mind-set of broke for phenomenol wealth and success. Book jacket.

We are living in a time of upheaval. Once-lucrative revenue models are under siege. Market structures and distribution channels that have been stable for decades are crumbling before our eyes. The demise of brands such as Kodak, Borders and HMV Music leaves us with little doubt – shift is happening and no organization or brand is immune to extinction. In this landmark new release, three-time bestselling author Michael McQueen explores the five reasons...

Meet John Downs. He's a new MBA graduate who's landed a job with a strategy consultancy. His engagement team is on a mission: help HGS Inc., a specialty chemicals firm, define and execute a strategy for exploiting a textile technology the company developed. John and his team deploy state-of-the-art strategy tools to analyze the attractiveness of potential markets for the technology. But they soon realize the tools don't help them grapple with the...