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Untapped Agility: Seven Leadership Moves to Take Your Transformation to the Next Level

This balanced guide to agility gets past the hype and frustration to help frustrated leaders transform their agile transformations. Agile transformations are supposed to make organizations modern, competitive, and relevant. But in the well-intentioned effort to move into the future, change leaders find themselves frustrated by pushback, limited impact, poor practices, and unfair criticism. What's going on? Jesse Fewell's book cuts through the "quick-fix" hype of agile theory and explains a recurring transformational pattern that unpacks what holds organizations back. The boost is the initial gains from logical first steps; the barrier is the unavoidable roadblock that must come next; and the rebound is the way forward to further gains by leaning against the concept of the original boost. With these counterintuitive rebounds, Fewell identifies seven leadership moves that can be used to unblock stalled agile transformations. No, your transformation is not a failure. It turns out the buy-in, the talent, the alignment, and the growth you need to break through are already in front of you; it's all simply hidden under the surface-undiscovered, unutilized, and untapped.

Jesse Fewell (Author), Joe Bronzi (Narrator)

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Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons

Brought to you by Penguin. For readers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sheryl Sandberg and Mary Beard, Women and Leadership is a powerful call to arms about the lack of women at the top. Women make up less than 10 per cent of national leaders, and behind this lies a pattern of unequal access to power. In conversation with some of the world's most powerful and interesting women, Women and Leadership explores gender bias and asks why there aren't more women in leadership roles? Using current research as a starting point, Gillard and Okonjo-Iweala form questions and hypotheses, then test them on the lived experiences of women leaders such as Jacinda Ardern, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Lagarde,Michelle Bachelet and Theresa May. Speaking honestly and freely, they talk about having their ideas stolen by male colleagues, about what it's like to be called fat or a slut in the media, and about the things they wish they had done differently. Their stories reveal how gender and sexism affect perceptions of women as leaders, the trajectories of their leaderships, and the circumstances in which they come to an end. The result is a rare insight into life as a leader, and a powerful call to arms for women everywhere. © Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Julia Gillard, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Author), Julia Gillard, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Shari Sebbens (Narrator)

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Knowing Your Superpowers Is the Key to Your Success in a Changing World

People in the new world of work often find themselves lost in a world that changes fast and requires constant learning and change. But you do not need to be a victim of this change. Instead you can develop key mindsets and behaviours (let’s call them human superpowers) that can help you thrive instead of survive the challenges. In this book, Marianne Roux uncovers the human skills needed by every individual, team, and organisation to thrive in the new world of work. She researched the psychological and behavioural methods and tools used in mindset, behavioural and brain theory and practice over the last 25 years and narrowed them down to six essentials. This book will help you have a deep understanding of your own mindsets, behaviours and habits and how to shift them to help you thrive in the new world of work. Mindsets like curiosity, agility, and growth spell the difference between an average and a successful individual and team. Behaviours like healthy self-awareness, positive and clear relationships and grit, positivity, and resilience can turn you into someone who thrives on change and challenge.

Marianne Roux (Author), Marianne Roux (Narrator)

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Hire Smarter, Sell More!

It's an all-too-common tale, told across just about every sales department around the world: The newest salesperson on the team has strong credentials and crushed it during the interview. But now that they're hired, they can't sell a thing! Worse, other salespeople on the team are unhappy for some reason, and their performance is slipping. The top responsibility of a sales manager is not to make numbers. It’s to build, develop, and retain a high-performing sales team (so they can make the numbers). The biggest detriment to this objective is adding toxicity to the team. Toxic salespeople often cause problems in the workplace, such as decreased team productivity and morale. Part of this book discusses why sales managers should avoid hiring toxic salespeople and how. This book also discusses how sales managers can hire rainmakers. When a sales team is composed of not only good salespeople but also rainmakers, there's a higher chance that the company succeeds. It's important for sales managers to know what to look for when hiring salespeople and how to determine who the potential rainmakers are. This book is a great guide for sales managers, as well as recruiters, who want to hire smarter and increase their bottom line.

C. Lee Smith (Author), C. Lee Smith (Narrator)

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AgileHints - część 1. - Twarde aspekty pracy zwinnej

Książka o Agile – od kontraktu w zespole po aspekty procesu wytwórczego oprogramowania.100 sprawdzonych w praktyce hintów, jak podnieść efektywność i zadowolenie zespołów deweloperskich oraz osób bezpośrednio z nimi współpracujących Przeczytaj czym jest praca zwinna i zwiększ efektywność swojego zespołu! Naucz się pracować w zgodzie z metodyką Scrum i ciesz się większą produktywnością. Sprawdź, jak poradzić sobie z kwestiami technicznymi dotyczącymi utrzymania, pull requestów i 'wrzutek'. Wprowadź zmiany w swoim zespole i ciesz się sukcesami! Nowa wiedza Poznaj elementy pracy zgodnej z filozofią Agile od planowania aż po proces wytwórczy. Zbiór doświadczeń AgileHints jest owocem pracy 8 osób od lat zgłębiających metody zwinne. Skorzystaj z ich wiedzy i doświadczenia! Szybkie podpowiedzi Nie czekaj! Zawarte w e-booku wskazówki możesz wprowadzić w swoim zespole już dziś. Materiał na czasie AgileHints to 20% treści z portalu agile247.pl, które zostało wzbogacone o najnowsze przemyślenia i przykłady. Efektywność jest kluczowa Praktyczne wskazówki bazujące w 100% na doświadczeniu i wiedzy autorów e-booka. Wykorzystaj zawarte w e-booku hinty i podnieś wydajność swoją i swojego zespołu deweloperskiego. Motywacja i zadowolenie pracowników Zadowolony pracownik z energią wykonuje obowiązki i zawsze daje z siebie 100%. Sprawdź, jak motywować swój zespół. Wykorzystaj zawarte w e-booku wskazówki i przekonaj się, jak można czerpać satysfakcję z codziennej pracy. Stały kontakt on-line Zyskaj dostęp do kanałów na Slack, w których uzyskasz możliwość współuczestniczenia w grupie czytelników AgileHints i praktyków metod zwinnych.

Dariusz Knopinski, Dariusz Knopiński, Dawid Lewandowicz, Joanna Gosk, Konrad Synoradzki, Krystian Mrozek, Krystyna Abraham-Walasiak, Marcin Kliks, Monika Braun (Author), Julia Trembecka, Krzysztof Siwiński (Narrator)

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The Generative Organization

William J. Schwarz (Author), Bill Schwarz, James Fairey (Narrator)

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The Connected Business: Better Teams, Better Careers, And Better Business Through The 11 Stages Of T

Business IS a people-driven engine. You hire people and manage people who you expect to innovate new ideas. You then send out people to market those ideas to other people who will pay for them, so that you can grow and hire more people, and make a board full of other people happy. Until you understand people, you don’t understand your customers, your employees, your bosses, your board, your team dynamics, your shareholders, or in short - your business. Your employees, customers and managers in every country, in every moment, are experiencing one of eleven distinct mindsets. Your understanding of these stages is a powerful tool in your business arsenal that lets you better understand your employees, leaders, and customers on a deeper level. In this book, Kathryn Colleen, PhD RMT details each of the eleven stages, the research behind them, and how to use them to optimize your branding, hiring, management, marketing, and sales. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kathryn Colleen, PhD RMT is an American-born author, composer and artist better known for her foundational work: Purna Asatti, a process and practice that uses connection to self, others and every aspect of your life for managing challenges and accelerating self development. She has published many books, hundreds of articles and papers, dozens of unique art pieces and released multiple music albums. She is known for taking only four students each year but influences and leads thousands around the world in more than 70 countries through speaking, writing, music, art and podcasts. She is a Reiki Master Practitioner/Teacher and is travel-proficient in nine languages which she is learning simultaneously while living out her dream of traveling the world, speaking at pop up events and aggregating insight on life, the universe and being human. See KathrynColleen.com for more information, books, articles, music, podcasts, and resources.

Kathryn Colleen Phd Rmt, Kathryn Colleen Rmt, Ph.D. (Author), Kathryn Colleen Phd Rmt, Rmt Kathryn Colleen, Ph.D. (Narrator)

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Your Road Map for Success: You Can Get There from Here

Defining success is a difficult task. Most people equate it with wealth, power, and happiness. However, true success is not a thing you acquire or achieve. Rather, it is a journey you take your whole life long. In a refreshingly straightforward style, John Maxwell shares unique insights into what it means to be successful. And he reveals a definition that puts genuine success within your reach yet motivates you to keep striving for your dreams. I want to help you discover your personal road map for success, teach you what it means to be on the success journey, answer many of your questions, and equip you with what you'll need to change yourself and keep growing. - John C. Maxwell Reflection questions and exercises are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

John C. Maxwell (Author), Henry O. Arnold (Narrator)

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The Customer Success Economy: Why Every Aspect Of Your Business Model Needs A Paradigm Shift

If leaders aren't integrating their digital offerings into a philosophy of Customer Success, they will be defeated in the next decade, because technical excellence and other traditional competitive advantages are becoming too easy to imitate. The Customer Success Economy offers examples and specifics of how companies can transform. It addresses the pains of transforming organizational charts, leadership roles, responsibilities, and strategies so the whole company works together in total service to the customer. - Shows leaders how their digital implementations will make them more Amazon-like - Helps you deliver recurring revenue - Shows you how to embrace customer retention - Demonstrates the importance of 'churning' less Get that competitive advantage in the most relevant and important arena today-making and cultivating happy customers.

Allison Pickens, Nick Mehta (Author), Chloe Cannon (Narrator)

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Coronavirus: Leadership and Recovery: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

As the pandemic is exacting its toll on our lives and wreaking havoc in the global economy, forward-looking organizations are moving past crisis management and positioning themselves to leap ahead when the economy turns around. What should you and your business be doing now to stay afloat today-while planning for tomorrow so you can come out of the crisis stronger? Part of the Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review series, Coronavirus: Leadership and Recovery provides you with essential thinking about managing your company through the Covid-19 pandemic, keeping your employees (and yourself) healthy and productive, and challenging your business to continue innovating and reinvent itself ahead of the recovery. Business is changing. Will you adapt or be left behind? Get up to speed and deepen your understanding of the topics that are shaping your company's future with the Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review series. Featuring HBR's smartest thinking on fast-moving issues-blockchain, cybersecurity, AI, and more-each book provides the foundational introduction and practical case studies your organization needs to compete today and collects the best research, interviews, and analysis to get it ready for tomorrow.

Harvard Business Review (Author), Mike Lenz (Narrator)

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Aufblühen statt Verblühen - Neubeginn in der Lebensmitte (ungekürzt)

Mona El Mansouri arbeitet seit über 20 Jahren als erfolgreiche Werbefilm- Regisseurin. Mit 50 Jahren ist sie in ihrem Job OUT. Und entschließt sich dazu noch einmal etwas Neues anzufangen. Sie startet eine zweite Karriere. Dass es nie zu spät ist, seinen Traum noch anzugehen, zeigt sie in diesem Hörbuch. Scharfsinnig, mit vielen kleinen Anekdoten aus der Film-und Werbewelt und Übungen, die Sie dabei unterstützen, einen Brückenschlag in Ihre Zukunft zu wagen. Alles, was Sie dazu brauchen, vollen Mutes noch einmal los zu legen, erfahren Sie in diesem Hörbuch.

Mona El Mansouri (Author), Christin Marquitan (Narrator)

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Super Change: How to Survive and Thrive in an Uncertain Future

Super Change defines the new tools and tactics we all need to remain current and relevant in the new age of super change. In one generation, we have moved from the industrial age, the automotive age, the age of flight, the space age, the atomic age, the information age, the communication age, the entrepreneur age, and finally, the permanent age of super change. We all thought things would slow down, go back to normal, and that we could catch up. Things are not slowing down. Things are speeding up, and the pace of super change is accelerating. Human beings have reached maximum adaptability without new tools and tactics to adjust into ever-accelerating future ages of super change. What we all need to do is to calm down and become far more objective of our own worth and value within super change. Super Change provides step-by-step options to remain both current and relevant as super change accelerates. Super Change will enrich your life and the lives of all those with whom you share this publication. It is a first-of-its-kind navigation toolbox for the unfolding new age of super change within which our global unborn generations and we now reside.

Berny Dohrmann (Author), Berny Dohrmann (Narrator)

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