From the Death Zone to the Boardroom: What Business Leaders and Decision Makers Can Learn from Extreme Mountaineering (Boehm Benedikt)(Pevná vazba)

From the Death Zone to the Boardroom: What Business Leaders and Decision Makers Can Learn from Extreme Mountaineering (Boehm Benedikt)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores experiences and reflections of an extreme sports athlete within the context of business, the latest scholarly works and research on topics that are relevant and timely for today's managers and business leaders, and the daily challenges they face. Conviction, discipline, managing

The Nine Types of Leader: How the Leaders of Tomorrow Can Learn from the Leaders of Today (Ashton James)(Paperback)

SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2022 - Leadership Find out what makes great leaders tick, learn what it takes to be credible and read about the things that they'd do differently if they had to do it all again. The Nine Types of Leader introduces some obvious and some not so obvious types of

The Stress Effect: Why Smart Leaders Make Dumb Decisions--And What to Do about It (Thompson Henry L.)(Pevná vazba)

Reveals the powerful and undermining effects of stress on good decision making-and what leaders can do about it The ability to make sound and timely decisions is the mark of a good leader. But when leaders with otherwise strong track records suddenly begin making poor decisions-as seen in the

Alexander the Great: His Life and His Mysterious Death (Everitt Anthony)(Paperback)

What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world's greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait. ' An] infectious sense of narrative momentum . . . Its energy is unflagging,

Lessons from History: Hidden Heroes and Villains of the Past, and What We Can Learn from Them (Deane Alex)(Pevná vazba)

Lessons from History is a joyful romp through the obscurest parts of the past, scouring the annals for overlooked figures and events that nonetheless left a footprint, and bringing them hilariously and often poignantly back to

Past and Present: To Learn from History (Almqvist Kurt)(Pevná vazba)

What history teaches us: writers and theorists on the lessons of the pastHow can our understanding of the past help to solve our present political or economic conditions and conflicts? Edited by Swedish author Kurt Almqvist and historian Mattias Hessrus, the essays in this volume range from

Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History (Scott David Meerman)(Pevná vazba)

The Grateful Dead-rock legends, marketing pioneers The Grateful Dead broke almost every rule in the music industry book. They encouraged their fans to record shows and trade tapes; they built a mailing list and sold concert tickets directly to fans; and they built their business model on live

The Failures of Philosophy: A Historical Essay (Gaukroger Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

The first book to address the historical failures of philosophy--and what we can learn from them Philosophers are generally unaware of the failures of philosophy, recognizing only the failures of particular theories, which are then remedied with other theories. But, taking the long view, philosophy

Be a Tree! (Gianferrari Maria)(Pevná vazba)

A lyrical, gorgeously illustrated look at the majesty of trees--and what humans can learn from them Stand tall. Stretch your branches to the sun. Be a tree We are all like trees: our spines, trunks; our skin, bark; our hearts giving us strength and support, like heartwood. We are fueled by air

Hbr's 10 Must Reads on Nonprofits and the Social Sectors (Featuring What Business Can Learn from Nonprofits by Peter F. Drucker) (Review Harvard Business)(Paperback)

Death Camp Uprising - The Escape from Sobibor Concentration Camp (Yomtov Nel)(Pevná vazba)

Experience the events that followed the Sobibor death camp prisoner's decision to escape. Readers will discover a powerful story of human courage and mankind's fierce will to

Am I Dreaming?: The New Science of Consciousness and How Altered States Reboot the Brain (Kingsland James)(Pevná vazba)

A scientific travel guide to altered states of consciousness - and what we can learn from

Affluence Without Abundance: What We Can Learn from the World's Most Successful Civilisation (Suzman James)(Paperback)

'Insightful and well-written . . . Suzman chronicles] how much humankind can still learn from the disappearing way of life of the most marginalized communities on earth.' -Yuval Noah Harari, author of SAPIENS and HOMO DEUSAn NPR Best Book of the Year A Washington Post Notable BookA vibrant

Lessons from the Titans: What Companies in the New Economy Can Learn from the Great Industrial Giants to Drive Sustainable Success (Davis Scott)(Pevná vazba)

Three top Wall Street analysts reveal enduring lessons in sustainable success from the great industrial titans--the high-tech companies of their day--to the disruptors that now dominate the economy.Before Silicon Valley disrupted the world with new technologies and business models, America's

Utopia: The Influential Classic (More Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

What we can learn from a Renaissance nowhere In 1516, a book was published in Latin with the enigmatic Greek-derived word as its title. Utopia--which could mean either 'good-place' or 'no-place'--gives a traveler's account of a newly discovered island somewhere in the New World where the

What's Your Digital Business Model?: Six Questions to Help You Build the Next-Generation Enterprise (Weill Peter)(Pevná vazba)

What is your digital business model? While many leaders of companies recognize the threat from digital--and the potential opportunity--they lack a common language or a compelling framework to help them assess it and, more importantly, to direct them. They don't know how to think about their digital

A Brain for Business - A Brain for Life: How Insights from Behavioural and Brain Science Can Change Business and Business Practice for the Better (O'Mara Shane)(Pevná vazba)

The Leader's Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative (Denning Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

How leaders can use the right story at the right time to inspire change and action This revised and updated edition of the best-selling book A Leader's Guide to Storytelling shows how storytelling is one of the few ways to handle the most important and difficult challenges of leadership: sparking

Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle (Senor Dan)(Pevná vazba)

What the world can learn from Israel's meteoric economic success. Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel -- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces

Challenge Management: What Managers Can Learn from the Top Athlete (Klitschko Wladimir)(Pevná vazba)

As both an Olympic gold medalist and two-time world heavyweight champion, boxer Wladimir Klitschko stands apart from most athletes. But he also stands apart another way: in the attention he paid to his professional career outside the ring. Klitschko founded his own promotions and management groups

The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing (Mauboussin Michael J.)(Pevná vazba)

'Much of what we experience in life results from a combination of skill and luck.' -- From the Introduction The trick, of course, is figuring out just how many of our successes (and failures) can be attributed to each--and how we can learn to tell the difference ahead of time. In most domains of

Management Lessons from Taiichi Ohno: What Every Leader Can Learn from the Man Who Invented the Toyota Production System (Harada Takehiko)(Pevná vazba)

The 15 most powerful practices for guiding breakthrough productivity improvements in any company Management Lessons From Taiichi Ohno provides firsthand knowledge of the tools, techniques, and challenges to implementing the Lean values of the Toyota Production System (TPS) in an organization

The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders See (Bazerman Max)(Paperback)

A 'must-read' (Booklist) from Harvard Business School Professor and Codirector of the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership: A guide to making better decisions, noticing important information in the world around you, and improving leadership skills.Imagine your advantage in

The Hype Handbook: 12 Indispensable Success Secrets from the World's Greatest Propagandists, Self-Promoters, Cult Leaders, Mischief Makers, and Bounda (Schein Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Master the art and science of using shameless propaganda for personal and social good. Influencers have always deployed the power of hype to get what they want. But never in history have people been so susceptible to propaganda and persuasion as they are now. Hype truly runs our world.Imagine if