Decision Making & Problem Solving in Management & Leadership & Business & Finance eBooks

Better, Simpler Strategy

A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance

by Felix Oberholzer-Gee ...

Named one of the best strategy books of 2021 by strategy+businessGet to better, more effective strategy.In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In Better, Simpler Strategy, Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee shows how these companies achieve more by doing less. At ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Named one of the best strategy books of 2021 by strategy+businessGet to better, more effective strategy.In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In Better, Simpler Strategy, Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee shows how these companies achieve more by doing less. At
... Read more
Flow Engineering

From Value Stream Mapping to Effective Action

by Steve Pereira, Andrew Davis ...

2026 Axiom Book Awards Gold Medal WinnerTired of misalignment, friction, and stalled workflow? Flow Engineering is a practical guide to using value stream mapping techniques to align teams, unlock innovation, and optimize performance.Based on foundations from Value Stream Mapping, cybernetics, and the Toyota Production System, Flow Engineering's lightweight and iterative practices build the value, ... Read more

$14.99 USD

2026 Axiom Book Awards Gold Medal WinnerTired of misalignment, friction, and stalled workflow? Flow Engineering is a practical guide to using value stream mapping techniques to align teams, unlock innovation, and optimize performance.Based on foundations from Value Stream Mapping, cybernetics, and the Toyota Production System, Flow Engineering's lightweight and iterative practices build the value,
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How to Be a Good Manager

by Kimberly Peters ...

There is much more to being a good manager than hiring and managing employees. Managers are often pulled in many directions at the same time and their ability to handle everything properly and efficiently is critical to their success.Managers must also learn to create the proper manager/employee relationship so that both the manager and employee function at their highest levels."How to Be a Good ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

There is much more to being a good manager than hiring and managing employees. Managers are often pulled in many directions at the same time and their ability to handle everything properly and efficiently is critical to their success.Managers must also learn to create the proper manager/employee relationship so that both the manager and employee function at their highest levels."How to Be a Good
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Judgment

How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls

by Noel M. Tichy, Warren G. Bennis ...

“With good judgment, little else matters. Without it, nothing else matters.”Whether we’re talking about United States presidents, CEOs, Major League coaches, or wartime generals, leaders are remembered for their best and worst judgment calls. In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflicting demands, the quality of a leader’s judgment determines the fate of the entire organization. That’s why ... Read more

$12.99 USD

“With good judgment, little else matters. Without it, nothing else matters.”Whether we’re talking about United States presidents, CEOs, Major League coaches, or wartime generals, leaders are remembered for their best and worst judgment calls. In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflicting demands, the quality of a leader’s judgment determines the fate of the entire organization. That’s why
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What's Your Problem?

To Solve Your Toughest Problems, Change the Problems You Solve

by Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg ...

"The author makes a compelling case that we often start solving a problem before thinking deeply about whether we are solving the right problem. If you want the superpower of solving better problems, read this book." -- Eric Schmidt, former CEO, GoogleAre you solving the right problems? Have you or your colleagues ever worked hard on something, only to find out you were focusing on the wrong ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"The author makes a compelling case that we often start solving a problem before thinking deeply about whether we are solving the right problem. If you want the superpower of solving better problems, read this book." -- Eric Schmidt, former CEO, GoogleAre you solving the right problems? Have you or your colleagues ever worked hard on something, only to find out you were focusing on the wrong
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How to Get to Great Ideas

A system for smart, extraordinary thinking

by Dave Birss ...

Sliver award winner in Business Reference 2020 Axiom Business Book AwardsWhat makes a great idea? Where do great ideas come from?The highly practical lessons in HOW TO GET TO GREAT IDEAS are based on neuroscience,psychology, and behavioral economics. Written by the former Creative Director of OgilvyOne, Dave Birss, this book offers a brilliant new system for conceiving original and valuable ideas. ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Sliver award winner in Business Reference 2020 Axiom Business Book AwardsWhat makes a great idea? Where do great ideas come from?The highly practical lessons in HOW TO GET TO GREAT IDEAS are based on neuroscience,psychology, and behavioral economics. Written by the former Creative Director of OgilvyOne, Dave Birss, this book offers a brilliant new system for conceiving original and valuable ideas.
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Onboarding

How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time

by George B. Bradt, Mary Vonnegut ...

A guide to getting new employees recruited, oriented, and productive—FAST"Onboarding," a growing trend in the business community, is a focused methodology that gets people in new roles up to speed quickly and efficiently. This book guides you through a process that enables you to recruit, orient, and enable your new employees to get the job done. Learn how to inspire and encourage your new ... Read more

$17.00 USD

A guide to getting new employees recruited, oriented, and productive—FAST"Onboarding," a growing trend in the business community, is a focused methodology that gets people in new roles up to speed quickly and efficiently. This book guides you through a process that enables you to recruit, orient, and enable your new employees to get the job done. Learn how to inspire and encourage your new
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Rebel Ideas

The Power of Diverse Thinking

by Matthew Syed ...

Rebel Ideas will strengthen any kind of team, while including advice on how, as individuals, we can embrace the potential of an "outsider mind-set" as our greatest asset.Ideas are everywhere, but those with the greatest problem-solving, business-transforming, and life-changing potential are often hard to identify. Even when we recognize good ideas, applying them to everyday obstacles—whether in ... Read more

$14.39 USD

Rebel Ideas will strengthen any kind of team, while including advice on how, as individuals, we can embrace the potential of an "outsider mind-set" as our greatest asset.Ideas are everywhere, but those with the greatest problem-solving, business-transforming, and life-changing potential are often hard to identify. Even when we recognize good ideas, applying them to everyday obstacles—whether in
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Adapt

Why Success Always Starts with Failure

by Tim Harford ...

In this groundbreaking book, Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist, shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving the most pressing problems in our lives. When faced with complex situations, we have all become accustomed to looking to our leaders to set out a plan of action and blaze a path to success. Harford argues that today's challenges simply cannot be tackled with ready-made solutions and ... Read more

$14.39 USD

In this groundbreaking book, Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist, shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving the most pressing problems in our lives. When faced with complex situations, we have all become accustomed to looking to our leaders to set out a plan of action and blaze a path to success. Harford argues that today's challenges simply cannot be tackled with ready-made solutions and
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The Systems Thinker - Analytical Skills

The Systems Thinker Series, #2

by Albert Rutherford ...

Series Book 2 - The Systems Thinker Series
Enhance your logic, reason, judgment, and wisdom. Increase your ability to create concise and reasoned arguments using data and evidence, to get a genuine conclusion.The Systems Thinker – Analytical Skills aims to raise the level of your mental performance by focusing on the fundamentals of how to use your mind effectively. This book will show you how to:•Increase your ability to analyze problems ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Enhance your logic, reason, judgment, and wisdom. Increase your ability to create concise and reasoned arguments using data and evidence, to get a genuine conclusion.The Systems Thinker – Analytical Skills aims to raise the level of your mental performance by focusing on the fundamentals of how to use your mind effectively. This book will show you how to:•Increase your ability to analyze problems
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Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage

by Daniel C. Esty, Andrew S. Winston ...

The essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from itThis book explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and business. Based on the authors' years of experience and hundreds of interviews with corporate leaders around the world, Green to Gold shows how companies generate lasting value, ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from itThis book explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and business. Based on the authors' years of experience and hundreds of interviews with corporate leaders around the world, Green to Gold shows how companies generate lasting value,
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Powerhunch!: Living An Intuitive Life

by Marcia Emery Ph.D. ...

Call it a gut feeling, a sudden knowing, a bolt from the blue. PowerHunch! underscores the strength of this quiet yet powerful force that adds a flash of clarity to any situation. Whether it's relationships, career, balance and healing, or simple everyday decision-making, intuition gives everyone an edge. Now Dr. Marcia Emery shares the "secrets" of intuition so you can make it a part of ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Call it a gut feeling, a sudden knowing, a bolt from the blue. PowerHunch! underscores the strength of this quiet yet powerful force that adds a flash of clarity to any situation. Whether it's relationships, career, balance and healing, or simple everyday decision-making, intuition gives everyone an edge. Now Dr. Marcia Emery shares the "secrets" of intuition so you can make it a part of
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The Cycle of Leadership

How Great Leaders Teach Their Companies to Win

by Noel M. Tichy ...

In The Leadership Engine, Noel Tichy showed how great companies strive to create leaders at all levels of the organization, and how those leaders actively develop future generations of leaders.In this new book, he takes the theme further, showing how great companies and their leaders develop their business knowledge into ⳥achable points of view,⟳pend a great portion of their time giving their ... Read more

Was $7.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

In The Leadership Engine, Noel Tichy showed how great companies strive to create leaders at all levels of the organization, and how those leaders actively develop future generations of leaders.In this new book, he takes the theme further, showing how great companies and their leaders develop their business knowledge into ⳥achable points of view,⟳pend a great portion of their time giving their
... Read more
The New Edge in Knowledge

How Knowledge Management Is Changing the Way We Do Business

by Carla O'Dell, Cindy Hubert ...

The best thinking and actions in the fast-moving arena of collaboration and knowledge managementThe New Edge in Knowledge captures the most practical and innovative practices to ensure organizations have the knowledge they need in the future and, more importantly, the ability to connect the dots and use knowledge to succeed today.Build or retrofit your organization for new ways of working and ... Read more

$27.00 USD

The best thinking and actions in the fast-moving arena of collaboration and knowledge managementThe New Edge in Knowledge captures the most practical and innovative practices to ensure organizations have the knowledge they need in the future and, more importantly, the ability to connect the dots and use knowledge to succeed today.Build or retrofit your organization for new ways of working and
... Read more
Data

Harness Your Numbers to Go from Uncertain to Unstoppable

by Mark O'Donnell, Angela Kalemis, Mark Stanley ...

Your comprehensive guide to mastering The Data Component of your EOS Model—taking you from uncertain to unstoppable.Have you ever felt lost in knowing how your business is actually doing? Were you surprised by events that you didn’t see coming? Did you spend sleepless nights wondering whether or not your company was going to make it? Then Data is for you.This data-driven handbook is the third ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Your comprehensive guide to mastering The Data Component of your EOS Model—taking you from uncertain to unstoppable.Have you ever felt lost in knowing how your business is actually doing? Were you surprised by events that you didn’t see coming? Did you spend sleepless nights wondering whether or not your company was going to make it? Then Data is for you.This data-driven handbook is the third
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How Successful People Win

Turn Every Setback into a Step Forward

by John C. Maxwell ...

Series series Successful People
#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell can teach you how to turn any situation into a winning experience.No one wins at everything they try. But any setback, whether professional or personal, can become a step forward with the right tools and mindset to turn loss into a gain. Drawing on nearly 50 years of leadership experience, Maxwell provides a roadmap for winning by examining the ... Read more

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#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell can teach you how to turn any situation into a winning experience.No one wins at everything they try. But any setback, whether professional or personal, can become a step forward with the right tools and mindset to turn loss into a gain. Drawing on nearly 50 years of leadership experience, Maxwell provides a roadmap for winning by examining the
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The Secrets of Facilitation

The SMART Guide to Getting Results with Groups

by Michael Wilkinson ...

The revised edition of this facilitation classic offers a wealth of targeted techniques for facilitators who seek effective, consistent, and repeatable results. Based on Michael Wilkinson's proven SMART (Structured Meeting And Relating Techniques) approach, The Secrets of Facilitation can help to achieve stellar results when managing, presenting, teaching, planning, and selling, as well as other ... Read more

$55.00 USD

The revised edition of this facilitation classic offers a wealth of targeted techniques for facilitators who seek effective, consistent, and repeatable results. Based on Michael Wilkinson's proven SMART (Structured Meeting And Relating Techniques) approach, The Secrets of Facilitation can help to achieve stellar results when managing, presenting, teaching, planning, and selling, as well as other
... Read more
The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education, third edition

by W. Edwards Deming ...

A new edition of the groundbreaking book that details the system of transformation underlying W. Edwards Deming’s approach to management.“It would be better if everyone would work together as a system, with the aim for everybody to win. What we need is cooperation and transformation to a new style of management.” —from The New Economics for Industry, Government, EducationIn this book, W. Edwards ... Read more

$25.99 USD

A new edition of the groundbreaking book that details the system of transformation underlying W. Edwards Deming’s approach to management.“It would be better if everyone would work together as a system, with the aim for everybody to win. What we need is cooperation and transformation to a new style of management.” —from The New Economics for Industry, Government, EducationIn this book, W. Edwards
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Echos of Culture in the Corporate Environment

Culture's influence on business negotiations,Communication,Creativity,Employees & Buying behaviour

by Ashraf Haggag ...

This new guide to international business culture can help you avoid misundrestandings during negotiations and other important talks.Author and businessman Ashraf Haggag discusses a number of important issues,incliding-The definition of culture as a driving force in business,-The unique cultures of a varaity of countries and global regionsa.-The ways culture directs business negotiations,-The ... Read more

$6.98 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This new guide to international business culture can help you avoid misundrestandings during negotiations and other important talks.Author and businessman Ashraf Haggag discusses a number of important issues,incliding-The definition of culture as a driving force in business,-The unique cultures of a varaity of countries and global regionsa.-The ways culture directs business negotiations,-The
... Read more
Business analyst: a profession and a mindset

by Yulia Kosarenko ...

What does it mean to be a business analyst? What would you do every day? How will you bring value to your clients? And most importantly, what makes a business analyst exceptional?This book will answer your questions about this challenging career choice through the prism of the business analyst mindset — a concept developed by the author, and its twelve principles demonstrated through many case ... Read more

$7.27 USD

What does it mean to be a business analyst? What would you do every day? How will you bring value to your clients? And most importantly, what makes a business analyst exceptional?This book will answer your questions about this challenging career choice through the prism of the business analyst mindset — a concept developed by the author, and its twelve principles demonstrated through many case
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Robin Hood Math

Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life

by Noah Giansiracusa ...

How the rich and powerful use math to exploit you, and what you can do to beat them at their own gameEverything we do today is recorded as data that's sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It's easy to feel like an insignificant number in a ... Read more

$15.99 USD

How the rich and powerful use math to exploit you, and what you can do to beat them at their own gameEverything we do today is recorded as data that's sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It's easy to feel like an insignificant number in a
... Read more
Juran's Quality Essentials

For Leaders

by Joseph A. Defeo ...

A practical, concise guide to improving business performance by properly applying quality management methods"Dr. Juran's wisdom on quality and management is timeless. The tenets of modern quality that were forged by Dr. Juran in the second half of the 20th century are made contemporary by Joe DeFeo's practical experience and application of these principles in hundreds of organizations. This book ... Read more

$33.99 USD

A practical, concise guide to improving business performance by properly applying quality management methods"Dr. Juran's wisdom on quality and management is timeless. The tenets of modern quality that were forged by Dr. Juran in the second half of the 20th century are made contemporary by Joe DeFeo's practical experience and application of these principles in hundreds of organizations. This book
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Pivot or Die

How Leaders Thrive When Everything Changes

by Gary Shapiro ...

From Gary Shapiro, New York Times bestselling author and head of CES and the Consumer Technology Association, a manifesto for today’s top executives, entrepreneurs, and leaders: pivot or die.As CEO of the Consumer Technology Association ®, owner and producer of CES ®, Gary Shapiro has had a front row seat to the launch of nearly every recent major technology. He's seen tech companies rise and fall ... Read more

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From Gary Shapiro, New York Times bestselling author and head of CES and the Consumer Technology Association, a manifesto for today’s top executives, entrepreneurs, and leaders: pivot or die.As CEO of the Consumer Technology Association ®, owner and producer of CES ®, Gary Shapiro has had a front row seat to the launch of nearly every recent major technology. He's seen tech companies rise and fall
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LIFT

Innovation Lessons From Flying Machines That ALMOST Worked And The People Who NEARLY Flew Them

by Dan Ward ...

LIFT is a playful introduction to flying machines from the late 1800’s and the inspiring people who designed, built, launched, and crashed them. It is also a serious guide to innovation for 21st century problem solvers.Blending light-hearted pop culture whimsy with well-grounded engineering pragmatism, LIFT introduces five inventors who tackled the seemingly impossible challenge of human flight ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

LIFT is a playful introduction to flying machines from the late 1800’s and the inspiring people who designed, built, launched, and crashed them. It is also a serious guide to innovation for 21st century problem solvers.Blending light-hearted pop culture whimsy with well-grounded engineering pragmatism, LIFT introduces five inventors who tackled the seemingly impossible challenge of human flight
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