The theme of Navigate Academy Module 42 is promoting financial literacy, especially among non-financial managers, and that is the target audience for this Navigate Book Club selection. Companies expect managers to use financial data to allocate resources and run their departments. But many managers can’t read a balance sheet, wouldn’t
What’s the secret to sales success? If you’re like most business leaders, you’d say it’s fundamentally about relationships-and you’d be wrong. The best salespeople don’t just build relationships with customers. They challenge them. The need to understand what top-performing reps are doing that their average performing colleagues are not drove
If there’s one thing we’ve learned it’s that widespread and difficult change is no longer the exception. It’s the rule. Guiding change may be the ultimate test of a leader. No business survives over the long term if it can’t reinvent itself. But human nature being what it is, the
Most management books are written for CEOs, but The Effective Manager is expressly aimed at managers of any level. An effective manager is one who achieves results and retention. Can you get the job done – and can you do so in a way that not just attracts, but also
In The Truth About Employee Engagement, Patrick Lencioni takes on the universal problem of job dissatisfaction. Millions of workers, even those who have carefully chosen careers based on true passions and interests, dread going to work, suffering each day as they trudge to jobs that make them cynical, weary, and
The DNA of Strategy Execution: Next Generation Project Management and PMO provides innovative insights for organizational project management and PMO. In a world where there are more questions than answers every leader will need to learn to dance to a different beat. Just as DNA contains the genetic instructions used in
Imagine you could develop a customer-focused culture so powerful that your employees always seem to do the right thing. They encourage each other, proactively solve problems, and constantly look for ways to go the extra mile. In short, imagine a workplace culture where employees were absolutely obsessed with customer service.
The integration industry is dominated by ever more complex projects, increasing stakeholder involvement and advancements in technology. As a result, metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) have become increasingly integral to informed decision-making and effective project management. Dashboard reporting systems provide accessible project performance data, and sharing this vital data
Decisive offers fresh strategies and practical tools enabling us to make better choices. Because the right decision, at the right moment, can make all the difference. Research in psychology has revealed that our decisions are disrupted by an array of biases and irrationalities: We define our choices too narrowly to
Many times the theory of change management makes sense when you’re reading about it, but when it’s time to implement you’re left scratching your head wondering exactly how to go about it. This book will help you put project processes and methodologies into place without any guess work. Claudia Baca
