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Affiche du document The Decline and Fall of IBM: End of an American Icon?

The Decline and Fall of IBM: End of an American Icon?

Robert Cringely

3h43min30

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298 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h43min.
IBM is in serious trouble. Big Blue, as the company is known, tends to rely on magical thinking for its success, but that magic ran out a long time ago. The trouble began back in the 1990s and IBM had to hire, for the first time, an outside CEO. Lou Gerstner saved the day, pushing IBM into services with spectacular results, but not without consequence. As services became commoditized, IBM could compete only by offshoring the work. Quality suffered. In addition, Gerstner’s compensation was very high, which impacted IBM negatively. In IBM history, only the Watson family hit rich running IBM. Later CEOs, like John Opel and John Akers, lived comfortable lives with many perks, but weren’t BIG RICH. That changed with Gerstner.IBM has essentially sacrificed both its customers and its employees in the name of earnings. The company has cut labor to the bone, offshored as much as possible, and dropped quality. Acquisitions are deliberately underbid, the under-delivered. These moves, combined with share buybacks, have kept earnings growing until recently, when the house of cards began to fall. IBM’s current CEO, Ginni Rometty, has outlined an earning goal for 2015 and she is not afraid to destroy the company to achieve it. This book outlines IBM’s fall from grace, where the company is heading, and what can be done to save IBM before it’s too late.
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Affiche du document Accountability Leadership: How Great Leaders Build a High Performance Culture of Accountability and Responsibility

Accountability Leadership: How Great Leaders Build a High Performance Culture of Accountability and Responsibility

Di Worrall

2h27min00

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196 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h27min.
Do you still live in the hope that employees will follow through on their promises, responsibilities and commitments? Transform hope into certainty with the New Science of Accountability. Great business leaders understand that acceptance of greater personal accountability and responsibility leads organizations back on the path to success. But with the evolving nature of 21st century business, the practical steps that go into creating a high performance culture of accountability have become more muddled than ever. Many organizations have seen temporary improvements, implementing traditional systems of accountability in an attempt to drive high performance in the workplace, only to quickly revert back to their old ways, or worse. Accountability Leadership will show you what an accountability plan is, how to create one, and why it's considered the secret weapon behind successful business transformation. You’ll learn why so many of today's employees avoid personal accountability and responsibility like the plague, and how to reverse that trend. We’ll show you how to crack the code of high accountability conversations, turning confrontation into a productive and positive opportunity. And we’ll show you what it really takes to lead a high performance culture of accountability.
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Affiche du document The Chemistry of Growth: A CEO’s Guide

The Chemistry of Growth: A CEO’s Guide

John W. Myrna

6h03min00

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484 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 6h03min.
Growth is leadership’s number one challenge. Your greatest impediments are communication and focus. The single most powerful tool for dealing with those impediments is an effective strategic management process that leverages your most valuable asset – your leadership team. The Chemistry of Growth: A CEO’s Guide offers a practical and proven formula that has enabled hundreds of small and mid-sized companies like yours to create and grow exceptional value, turning their company’s vision into reality. Growth requires that your vision be shared and understood. This book explains the three key elements in the author's "chemistry of growth," all critical for first creating, then effectively communicating your strategy to people beyond the executive team, dramatically improving the odds of achieving your vision. Based on author John W. Myrna’s 30 years of experience facilitating strategic planning for hundreds of organizations, The Chemistry of Growth helps business executives work as a team and: ● Understand what role strategy and strategic planning can and should play in a small to mid-sized company, even if your company has limited resources and staff compared to the companies usually featured in so many strategic planning books. ● Understand why your company would want to utilize the chemistry of growth to dramatically increase the value of the organization and your personal success. ● Apply practical, proven methodologies that show how smaller organizations like yours can develop, implement, and sustain a strategic planning process that focuses on daily actions, creates, and grows exceptional value, and turns vision into reality.
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Affiche du document The Work Before the Work: The Hidden Habits Elite Sales Professionals Use to Outperform the Competition

The Work Before the Work: The Hidden Habits Elite Sales Professionals Use to Outperform the Competition

Phil M Jones

4h55min30

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394 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 4h55min.
Discover the 6 hidden habits of elite sales performers. Have you ever wondered why some sales professionals consistently win year after year, while others have peaks and valleys—or simply fail to ever reach their true potential? Sure, hard work, dedicated effort, product knowledge, and an attractive personality (and even knowing Exactly What to Say) can all help with success in sales. And almost anyone who’s reached elite sales performance status has all of these—but it’s not enough to explain how they do it.  In The Work Before the Work, leading sales professionals Paul M. Caffrey and Phil M. Jones reveal the six hidden habits that set sales superstars apart, and how to unlock them in yourself. But be advised: You will find approximately zero “hacks,” and not a single “trick” in these pages. And at no point will you discover a “hidden secret”.  Instead, you’ll discover the meticulous thinking, questioning and preparation that the best of the best practice unconsciously, and learn how to ritualize your sales preparation so you, too, can join their ranks. Think of it as a roadmap that gives you a fair advantage in almost every selling situation—akin to the ability to start a soccer match with a three-goal advantage, a tennis match already a set up, or a marathon at the eight-mile marker.  Whether you’re prospecting, selling, or looking for your next promotion, you’ll achieve it, and more, when you learn to do The Work Before the Work.
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Affiche du document The Missing Links: Launching A High Performing Company Culture

The Missing Links: Launching A High Performing Company Culture

Laura Gallaher PhD

7h33min00

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604 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 7h33min.
In 2003, the Columbia Space Shuttle exploded on re-entry, resulting in the loss of life for all seven astronauts, and leaving NASA with a huge problem. But this problem wasn’t easily identified—the investigation revealed that the organizational culture was as much to blame for the explosion as technical difficulties. Enter Drs. Phillip Meade and Laura Gallaher—experts in the psychology of organizational culture and the owners of Gallaher Edge. Drs. Gallaher and Meade apply their vast expertise to map out “The Missing Links” between human nature and organizational culture. Readers will discover how their work at the Kennedy Space Center helped create their model and how it has been applied to numerous organizations across industries. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to apply this model to your organization to create a culture of accountability, inclusivity, and productivity. Understand The Missing Links and connect inherent human drivers to organizational traits that make up an effective culture: Go behind the scenes to see how NASA assessed organizational culture after Columbia. Learn the core concepts from psychology, anthropology, and management that shaped Drs. Meade and Gallaher’s “Inside Out” philosophy. Go strand by strand on our DNA sequence, exploring the drivers hardwired into our genetic code and how they can improve organizational culture. Hear the call for leaders to set, assess, and intentionally improve their organization’s culture, knowing leadership’s true influence on employees, colleagues, and partners. Access additional resources to unpack these ideas and apply them to your team. “The Missing Links” theory provides insight into what makes us human—so much so that you may wonder why you haven’t been referencing this concept all along! Listen to The Missing Links today for the thought-provoking, actionable information necessary to launch a high-performing company culture.
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Affiche du document The Potentiator: How to Create Breakthroughs with Others in a Post-Pandemic World

The Potentiator: How to Create Breakthroughs with Others in a Post-Pandemic World

Mike Lipkin

6h27min45

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517 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 6h28min.
There is no higher accolade than being recognized as someone who helps others perform at their best. Every day we’re faced with a future that seems more daunting than the day before. The problems appear bigger than ever but so do the opportunities. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and alone in the face of such cataclysmic change. That’s why we’re only as good as the Potentiators we purposefully place in our lives. They are the everyday superheroes whose superpower is to enable us to perform at our best. In turn, we need to intentionally play that role for other people. That’s how breakthroughs are created in a post-pandemic world. In this heart-stirring guide, Mike Lipkin shows you how to succeed at others’ success, while you live your best life. Specifically, he introduces you to The Five Potentiator Practices that will multiply your impact and scale your results: Know Your Game. Build Robust Resilience. Grow Courageous Creativity. Communicate Like a Champion. And Cultivate Close Connections. Through revealing case studies, research-backed insights, and powerful exercises, you’ll discover how to transform yourself into the Potentiator - to the enormous benefit of everyone around you. You won’t be derailed by distraction. You’ll be driven by the thrill of discovery. Now more than ever, the world needs you to unleash your superpower. Mike Lipkin shows you how. 
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