Leadership in turbulent times

Leadership in Turbulent Times

The second of two volumes, Leadership in Turbulent Times draws upon cutting edge theories and evidence-based strategies, integrating conceptual and em

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Leadership in Turbulent Times

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Historical Assessment of Leadership in Turbulent Times

This unique book provides lessons on how to affect good leadership in turbulent times by taking a historical lens and examining the life and impact of

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Truth about Leadership

A fresh look at what it means to lead from two of the biggest names in leadership In these turbulent times, when the very foundations of organization

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Strategy in Turbulent Times

This new book presents how to analyse turbulent environments, how to build new strategies, and how to implement them.

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Affirmations for Turbulent Times

More than 100 themes of affirmations grounded in neuroscience.

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Public Education in Turbulent Times

Public Education in Turbulent Times communicates a bold vision for the future of education, addressing the evolving purpose of American public educati

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What Just Happened?!: Dispatches from Turbulent Times (The Sunday Times Bestseller) - Hyde Marina

Anotace: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNow includes ELEVEN new columns and a whole THREE new prime ministers.Relive the delusional fever-dream of the modern era.`Thank f*ck for Marina Hyde: the most lethal, vital, screamingly funny truth-teller of our time.`PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE`The most brilliantly funny columnist of our time.`GARY LINEKER`It`s a scientific FACT: Marina Hyd...

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What Just Happened?!: Dispatches from Turbulent Times (The Sunday Times Bestseller) - Marina Hyde

<p>THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Now includes ELEVEN new columns and a whole THREE new prime ministers. Relive the delusional fever-dream of the modern era. 'Thank f*ck for Marina Hyde: the most lethal, vital, screamingly funny truth-teller of our time.' PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE 'The most brilliantly funny columnist of our time.' GARY LINEKER 'It's a scientific FACT:...

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Thinking Strategically in Turbulent Times: An Inside View of Strategy Making

Provides a look at how real organizations are formulating and implementing strategic change. This book is filled with vignettes, quotes, and real-worl

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Three Pillars of Organization and Leadership in Disruptive Times

This book, written by an interdisciplinary team of authors, explores the transformation of organizations in todayÂ’s volatile, uncertain, and ambiguou

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Early Childhood Education Leadership in Times of Crisis

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Truth in Our Times

David E. McCraw recounts his experiences as the top newsroom lawyer for the New York Times during the most turbulent era for journalism in generations

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Acute Crisis Leadership in Higher Education

This book explores higher education leadership during times of extreme pressures and limited, changing information.

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Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan

Were they unique, or might some apply in other times and other places - even here and today?In Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan, John Man re-examine

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The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times - Michelle Obama

<p>In an inspiring follow-up to her critically acclaimed, #1 bestselling memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world. There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life’s big challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we can all locate an...

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Hard Times Create Strong Men: Why the World Craves Leadership and How You Can Step Up to Fill the Need - Stefan Aarnio

<p>What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Throughout history, being a man has meant different things. Maybe being a man was about being a good hunter, or a good soldier, a good businessman or maybe good with women. Hard Times Creates Strong Men examines what it means to be a man in the modern world relative to money, sex, religion and politics. This book...

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A History of My Times - Xenophon

<p>Xenophon's History recounts nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. Continuing the story of the Peloponnesian War at the point where Thucydides finished his magisterial history, this is a fascinating chronicle of the conflicts that ultimately led to the decline of Greece, and the wars with both Thebes and the might of Persia. An ...

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Leadership in War : Lessons from Those Who Made History - Roberts Andrew

Anotace: Napoleon, Nelson, Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, Marshall, de Gaulle, Eisenhower and Thatcher: each of these leaders fundamentally shaped the outcome of the war their nation was embroiled in. How were they alike, and in what ways did they differ? Was their war leadership unique, or did these leaders have something in common, traits and techniques that transcend time...

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The Ride of a Lifetime : Lessons in Creative Leadership from the CEO of the Walt Disney Company - Robert Iger

<p>The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was intense, and technolog...

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You - John C. Maxwell

<p>The Best-Selling Leadership Book of All Time Just Got Better!HarperCollins and John C. Maxwell are celebrating the milestone anniversary of Maxwell's New York Times bestselling book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership with the publication of a new revised and updated 25th Anniversary Edition.Maxwell has gone through every word of this book and updated it for th...

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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making - The New York Times bestseller - Tony Fadell

<p>An unorthodox guide to making things worth making, from 'the father of the iPod and iPhone' and the creator of Nest. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. An unorthodox guide to making things worth making, from 'the father of the iPod and iPhone' and the creator of Nest. Everyone deserves a mentor. For every career crisis, every fork in the road, you need someone to...

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Irishman in China

It was a long journey--in more ways than mere geography--from a childhood in Northern Ireland to becoming the most influential foreigner in 19th-century China. This historical novel follows the life of Robert Hart, whose career in China spanned more than half a century during the turbulent last decades of the Qing dynasty. As the Qing government's Inspector General of the...

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An Irishman in China - Changtian Zhao

Anotace: It was a long journey--in more ways than mere geography--from a childhood in Northern Ireland to becoming the most influential foreigner in 19th-century China. This historical novel follows the life of Robert Hart, whose career in China spanned more than half a century during the turbulent last decades of the Qing dynasty. As the Qing government`s Inspector Gene...

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The Present: Enjoying Your Work and Life in Changi

A Timely Gift From the Author of Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson, M.D. Dr. Spencer Johnson’s stories of timeless, simple truths have changed the work and lives of millions of readers around the world. Now comes an insightful new tale of inspiration and practical guidance for these turbulent times. The Present The Present is the best gift you can receive because it ma...

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Gonzo Capitalism: How to Make Money in an Economy that Hates You - Chris Guillebeau

<p>From Chris Guillebeau, the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup, comes a captivating guide that explains how to thrive in today's turbulent global economy.'A must-read guide to the new economy. This book will help you navigate emerging paths to prosperity that you didn’t even know existed!'Ozan Varol, bestselling author of Think Like a Rocket Sci...

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The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World - Malcolm Gaskill

<p>*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE* *A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR* 'A bona fide historical classic' Sunday Times 'Simply one of the best history books I have ever read' BBC History In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People su...

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The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World - Gaskill Malcolm

Anotace: *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE**A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR*`A bona fide historical classic` Sunday Times`Simply one of the best history books I have ever read` BBC HistoryIn the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People suffer f...

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The Dream of Europe : Travels in a Troubled Continent - Mak Geert

Anotace: How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here?From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium.The great European project was built out of a common desire for peace, prosperity and freedom; a wish for a united E...

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The Dream of Europe : Travels in a Troubled Continent - Geert Mak

<p>How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here? From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium. The great European project was built out of a common desire for peace, prosperity and freedom; a wish for a unite...

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The Present: Enjoying Your Work and Life in Changi - Johnson Spencer

Anotace: A Timely Gift From the Author of Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson, M.D. Dr. Spencer Johnson´s stories of timeless, simple truths have changed the work and lives of millions of readers around the world. Now comes an insightful new tale of inspiration and practical guidance for these turbulent times. The Present The Present is the best gift you can receive bec...

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The Present: Enjoying Your Work and Life in Changi - Spencer Johnson

<p>A Timely Gift From the Author of Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson, M.D. Dr. Spencer Johnson’s stories of timeless, simple truths have changed the work and lives of millions of readers around the world. Now comes an insightful new tale of inspiration and practical guidance for these turbulent times. The Present The Present is the best gift you can receive beca...

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Gonzo Capitalism

In Gonzo Capitalism, New York Times bestselling author Chris Guillebeau explores the unconventional ways to make it big in today's turbulent economy.

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Fish! Sticks

Bestselling authors of FISH! and FISH! TALES teach us how to effect change in the workplace - and make it stick even in the most turbulent times.

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After the Fact?

Why do we no longer trust facts, experts and statistics? In this essential guide to the turbulent times in which we live, Marcus Gilroy-Ware investiga

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End of the Affair

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALIThe love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when

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Another Kind of Eden

New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings readers a captivating tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 19

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Another Kind of Eden

New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings readers a captivating tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 19

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Story of the Bayeux Tapestry

The definitive guide to the Bayeux Tapestry and its legacy, exploring the rich narrative behind its stitches and the turbulent times in which it was c

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Unquiet Heart

Bursting with the real-life drama of love in turbulent times, An Unquiet Heart is a magnificently wrought novel of passion and violence, triumph and t

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Unquiet Heart

Bursting with the real-life drama of love in turbulent times, An Unquiet Heart is a magnificently wrought novel of passion and violence, triumph and t

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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

Learning the lessons from the past helps us to understand how we can make the most of the opportunities in the turbulent times ahead

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Merchants of Culture

These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing. For nearly five centuries the methods and practices of book publishing remained largely unc

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Alexander Hamilton (0143034758)

Kniha - autor Ron Chernow, 818 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Ron Chernow, 818 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The renowned author of "Titan," whom the "New York Times" has called "as elegant an architect of monumental histories as we've seen in decades," vividly recreates the whole sweep of Alexander Hamilton's turbulent life.

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The Secret History of the Mongols - Christopher P. Atwood

<p>A new translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan'Bear the sword andHew asunder high and haughty necksSlash apart all strong and self-willed shoulders'Born poor into a world of dangers and hardships, Chinggis (or Genghis) Khan would grow up to unify Mongolia and conquer a vast empire stretching from modern-day ...

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Tai-Pan - James Clavell

<p>The bestselling classic set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong repackaged for a new generation of readers.</p> <p>Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. He is also a pirate, an opium smuggle...

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Rich Dad's Prophecy

The rich know that times of greatest crisis are often the greatest opportunities to acquire wealth. In this book Robert Kiyosaki teaches how to build your financial ark to navigate turbulent economic waters. In hindsight, the title itself seems "prophetic," as the insights and predictions in this book have played out on the world stage over the past years. Rich Dad's Prop...

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Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country (1786499789)

Kniha - autor John Kampfner, 320 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná ***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***'Excellent and provocative... a passionate, timely book.' Sunday Times'A fine new book... thoughtful, deeply reported and impeccably even-handed.' The Times'A rich guide to modern Germany... For the British readers this book is directed at, the implied contrast...

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Politics On the Edge

A searing insider’s account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest Is Politics ‘The most exceptional political memoir I’ve ever read’ ALAN JOHNSON ‘An instant classic’ MARINA HYDE ‘At last a politician who can write’ SEBASTIAN FAULKS The Times Political Book of the Year Over the...

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Devil-Land

A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS CHOSEN BY THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'A big historical advance. Ours, it turns out, is a very un-insular "Island Story". And its 17th-century chapter will never look quite the same again' John Adamson, Sunday Times A ground-breaking portrait of the most turbulent century in English history Among foreign ob...

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An Ugly Truth : Inside Facebook´s Battle for Domination - Frenkel Sheera

Anotace: Award-winning New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang unveil the tech story of our times in this riveting, behind-the-scenes expose that offers the definitive account of Facebook`s fall from grace. Once one of Silicon Valley`s greatest success stories, for the past five years Facebook has been under constant fire, roiled by controversies and cri...

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An Ugly Truth : Inside Facebook´s Battle for Domination - Sheera Frenkel

<p>Award-winning New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang unveil the tech story of our times in this riveting, behind-the-scenes expose that offers the definitive account of Facebook's fall from grace. Once one of Silicon Valley's greatest success stories, for the past five years Facebook has been under constant fire, roiled by controversies and cris...

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Managerial integrity (978-80-879-8108-5)

Elektronická kniha - autor František Hroník The first edition of the book was written before the collapse of Lehman Brothers’ bank. It is all the more remarkable, then, that is it full of practical examples and guidelines. How can integrity be maintained in these turbulent times, when managers are under pressure to produce results and must at the same time take different...

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Utopia Avenue (1444799479)

Kniha - 576 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor David Mitchell, 576 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The Number One bestselling novel by the author of CLOUD ATLAS, 'one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any country' (Independent). Utopia Avenue might be the most curious British band you've never heard of. Emerging from ...

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Managerial Integrity

The first edition of the book was written before the collapse of Lehman Brothers’ bank. It is all the more remarkable, then, that is it full of practical examples and guidelines. How can integrity be maintained in these turbulent times, when managers are under pressure to produce results and must at the same time take different interests into consideration? How to create ...

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A Column of Fire - Ken Follett

<p>#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Absorbing . . . impossible to resist.” —The Washington Post As Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? International bestselling author Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones o...

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Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals - Bullough Oliver

Anotace: With a new introduction on the Ukraine crisisLONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 A DAILY MAIL BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS BOOK OF 2022 A DAILY MIRROR BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF 2022 A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 PRESENTER OF THE BBC RADIO 4 SERIES `HOW TO STEAL A TRILLION` A WATERSTO...

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Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals - Oliver Bullough

<p>With a new introduction on the Ukraine crisis LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 A DAILY MAIL BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS BOOK OF 2022 A DAILY MIRROR BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF 2022 A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 PRESENTER OF THE BBC RADIO 4 SERIES 'HOW TO STEAL A TRILLION'...

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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

From the international bestselling author of Principles and legendary investor Ray Dalio, who has spent half a century studying global markets, The Changing World Order examines history's most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we've experienced in our lifetimes.A few years ago, renowned inv...

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Break Your Own Rules

New York Times Bestseller How women can make it to the top by adopting the new rules of leadership Women hold just 11 percent of the most senior-level leadership positions in U.S. Corporations-a number that hasn't changed in over 30 years. How can women break through? Break Your Own Rules distills the six faulty assumptions (or "rules") most women follow that get in t...

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