Building upon the concepts introduced in "Good to Great," Jim Collins answers the most commonly asked questions raised by his readers in the social sectors. Using information gathered from interviews with over 100 social sector leaders, Jim Collins shows that his "Level 5 Leader" and other good-to-great principles can help social sector ...
Collins, author of GOOD TO GREAT, examines 18 companies and deduces what makes these choices "visionary", or what keeps some of them at the forefront of their respective sectors. BUILT TO LAST looks at a range of companies, from Disney to GM, contrasting their business models and strategies, showing how, in two similar companies, one succeeds ...
Good to Great and Built to Last identified the distinguishing characteristics shared by companies that not only achieved greatness, but also sustained it. In How The Mighty Fall, Jim Collins considers the "dark side," offering a perspective on how a fall from greatness can happen - to even the seemingly invincible. Adapting the very methodology ...
With Peter Drucker's five essential questions and the help of five of today's thought leaders, this little book will challenge readers to take a close look at the very heart of their organizations and what drives them. A tool for self-assessment and transformation, answering these five questions will fundamentally change the way you work, helping ...
The author of "Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way" offers a fast-paced, insightful look at one of the most respected and successful female executives of our time.
Readers can view Seattle before the futuristic Space Needle shot toward the heavens for the 1962 World's Fair in this book which places 70 modern photos of Seattle landmarks side by side with 70 archival shots from the 1850s to the 1950s.
The compelling story of a single season in the world's finest amateur baseball league. Every summer, in ten small towns across Cape Cod, young college baseball players showcase their talents in hopes of making it to the "show. " A vicious filter, the league has produced one out of every six major league players, from Nomar Garciaparra and Todd ...
Thomas Watson Sr. became CEO of Computing Tabulating Recording Company in 1914; 10 years later, IBM was born. How his stewardship took IBM to the top and almost single-handedly shaped the computer industry is recounted in MAVERICK AND HIS MACHINE. Maney, author and technology columnist for USA Today, also takes readers into the private life of the ...
Popular media commentator and award-winning columnist, Tom Ehrenfeld has covered the small business beat for magazines such as Inc., Harvard Business Review, Newsweek, The New York Times, Boston Magazine and others. He has a loyal following on NPR's "Marketplace," and is a columnist for The Industry Standard. Now, in the tradition of What Color Is ...
The book teaches essential techniques through clear, step-by-step instruction, revealing a process that is equal parts science and art. You'll familiarize yourself with both the technology that makes brewing possible as well as the malts, hops, and additives that give a beer its flavour. By the end, you'll have the tools you need to start ...
One of the most significant developments in the popular culture of the past decade has been the popularization of elite tastes for mass audiences. Blockbuster museum shows, high-concept literary adaptations, widespread interest in interior design, and superstar opera singers all suggest that the relationship between 'high art and popular culture ...
Uncommon Cultures engages with some of the most hotly contested issues of contemporary cultural analysis. Collins clearly explains how the popular and the postmodern are interconnected, and in the process constructs a set of critical paradigms for cultural analysis. Through examining a wide range of cultural forms - including the detective novel, ...
The greatest articles from "Fast Company," the hottest business magazine of the past decade, have been culled into this hardcover collection, featuring contributions from Tom Peters, John McCain, Daniel Pink, and many others.
Given the rapid changes in consumer and industrial electronics, the tremendous critical and popular interest in new technology and their effect on our lives is not surprising. Architectures of Excess brings the way we think about technology up to date. Instead of thinking about technology as only overwhelming (too much confusion, too much ...
Film theory - it isn't just about Eisenstein anymore. While film theory' has produced a significant body of influential scholarship, defining the cutting edge of critical analysis for the past two decades, the majority of this work has focused on classical' Hollywood, European cinema, and avant-garde films. More recent films, especially high ...
In "The Spirit to Serve", J.W. Marriott, successor to the founder of the successful Marriott hotel chain, distills years of hard-earned wisdom and experience into 12 timeless lessons that managers at any level can implement in their own business lives. From effectively managing and motivating employees to preserving order amid change, Marriott ...
The second novel in the explosive new Unit Omega series follows UN intelligence inspector Harold Collins and his team, who investigate supernatural phenomena in this world and beyond. As an ancient entity threatens Earth, Harold must find a way to stop it. Original.
Computational biologists are striving to 'reverse engineer' the underlying networks of interactions between the molecules in the cell. This volume and the conference it reports on attempt a systematic evaluation of reverse engineering methods. The DREAM project brings together a diverse group of researchers to clarify potentials and limitations of ...
An illustrated collection of wetlands inhabitants and their environment. The book examines how the wetlands are not just breeding sites and stopovers for different species, but also provide important services for the state's human population.
The Lore of the Old West is still a powerful one. Author Jim Collins brings to life the men who helped create that lore and whose stories are as absorbing and involving today as they were last century.
This remarkable anthology of poems and prose on the human condition brings together a wide range of romantic and humanist thought from around the world. The editors have selected some of the most powerful poems and meditations from Maya Angelou, W. H. Auden, E. E. Cummings, Albert Camus, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Epicurus, ...
Charlotte Brontė's first novel, published in 1847, was based in part on the author's own days in a brutal boarding school where two of her sisters died of tuberculosis; her characterization of the place in her first published work was an act of revenge. The novel's heroine is a plain, impoverished, but spirited young governess who not only wins ...
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