This books contains seven articles focusing on both policies and strategic challanges for senior managers working with boards or dealing with government issues. Contents: ; Crisis prevention: How to gear up your board ( Walter J. Salmon ); Empowering the Board ( Jay W. Lorsch ); A New tool for Board: The strategic audit ( Gordon Donaldson ); The promise of the governed corporation ( John P…
Today's marketplace is fueled by knowledge. Yet organizing systematically to leverage knowledge remains a challenge. Leading companies have discovered that technology is not enough, and that cultivating communities of practice is the keystone of an effective knowledge strategy. Communities of practice come together around common interests and expertise- whether they consist of first-line man…
Effective management in today's competitive business environment requires solid leadership skillsÂÂskills for which companies often don't provide adequate training. This bookhat void, providing a four-tiered approach that helps professionals from all walks of life develop both strong management and leadership skills. Top leadership models and frameworks, tools for assessing leadership str…
Good employees are your organization's most valuable resource. But attracting, developing, and retaining talented people requires and environment where people are energized and connected to their work, and where they take the initiative the often difficult journey to real empowerment at all levels of the organization and create a kind of "volunteer employee" workforce--employees who choose to w…
How can business leaders avoid being blindsided? Jim Harris has been helping organizations and leaders all over the world successfully identify and respond faster to emerging trends. In Blindsided! he brings these skills directly to you, highlighting best practices by interviewing dozens of business leaders and innovators - to get first hand insight into the processes they have successfully use…
More than 75% of the average company's market value comes from intangible assets that traditional metrics don't measure. The Balanced Scorecard is a revolutionary performance measurement system that allows organizations to quantify critical intangible assets, such as people, information and culture. Now the people who first developed the Balanced Scorecard, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norto…