Books on Business/Management

Corporate America spends more than $10 billion a year on leadership training, and executive offices are jam-packed with books on the topic.

The author draws on her experience as an international consultant and trainer, as well as her academic research and study of creativity, to develop powerful tools and insights for improving creative results at work.

This timely book presents practical, leading-edge views by experienced executive coaches and senior human resource managers on what is quickly becoming the service of choice for enhancing the performance and development of leaders.

Developed for use in CAPT's FLEX™ training programs, this workbook teaches how to recognize your own preferred style of communication, how to recognize behavior cues that indicate personal interaction styles in others, and how to adjust—or "flex"—your style to better respond to particular individuals.

Developed for use in CAPT's FLEX training programs, this workbook teaches how to recognize your own preferred style of communication, how to recognize behavior cues that indicate personal interaction styles in others, and how to adjust—or "flex"—your style to better respond to particular individuals.

Responding to the growing demand for leadership that is both competent and principled, leadership development expert Antony Bell offers an easy-to-grasp, workable framework that gets to the heart of what defines greatness: knowledge, skills, and talents combined with the inner qualities of a leader that drive noble actions.

This booklet provides an introduction to the dynamics of the CommunicationWheel, an intriguing tool that explains the languages, dialects, and styles of communication with which people of different psychological types express themselves.

Change affects people in many different ways. Introduction to Type and Change offers readers an understanding of how type preference can play a critical role in designing, implementing, and participating in change.

This practical type resource, designed as a planning tool and guide for anyone involved in employee development, is a comprehensive source of information about type and development that can be used with all members of an organizational team, including staff, management, or executives.

With today's emphasis on team-based and collaborative management and decision making, communication can make or break an organization.

Almost all our work can be framed in terms of a project, and at the core of these projects are the team and the leader who have to deliver a unique product or service.

Provides MBTI® users in business and organizations with an introduction to Jung's typology in language appropriate for these settings.

Provides MBTI® users in business and organizations with an introduction to Jung's typology in language appropriate for these settings.

Where does intuition come from? How can we access it? How can we apply it with creativity and spirit? These are just a few of the questions addressed in this comprehensive collection of essays by contributors as varied as Intuition Network director Jeffrey Mishlove, Stanford Business School's Michael Ray, Institute of Noetic Sciences' late president Willis Harman, stockbroker Gary Markoff, best-selling author Gary Zukav, and scientist Michael Munn, among others.

This manual is a companion piece to Pearson's Awakening the Heroes Within. If you have been challenged by workplace dynamics — exhausted by expectations that you can do everything, surprised at the way some people act, or disliked by someone for no apparent reason — you may find this workbook very helpful.

Many organizations today are well along the path toward being "de-jobbed." In part one of this book, "The Late, Great Job," the author details the social, economic, and technological forces that have put the job on the list of endangered species.

Some entrepreneurs feel at home with a loyal and industrious team while others seek to shine on their own; some are action oriented while others are good planners; some calculate risks carefully while others thrive on uncertainty.

The KGI™ Manual provides a detailed and comprehensive guide to the development, validation, use, and interpretation of the Klein Group Instrument® for Effective Leadership and Participation in Teams.

This book serves as an outstanding resource guide for consultants and trainers concerned with leadership development for managers.

A fundamental introduction to how an individual's psychological type affects daily interactions at work and can influence everyday workplace activities such as responding to conflict, work style, being part of a team, making decisions, dealing with change, and communication.

A fundamental introduction to how an individual's psychological type affects daily interactions at work and can influence everyday workplace activities such as responding to conflict, work style, being part of a team, making decisions, dealing with change, and communication.

The Looking at Type® series includes one each of Looking at Type®: The Fundamentals, Looking at Type® and Careers, Looking at Type® and Learning Styles, Looking at Type® and Spirituality, and Looking at Type® in the Workplace.

Could your company use a little magic? Let these authors share their knowledge and investigation of how to tap creative energies and talents in the workplace.

Today's organizations face many challenges; change is occurring more rapidly than ever before, nations of the world continue to become more economically linked, and corporations are looking for partners, oftentimes in not so likely places.

Conduct team-building workshops like a pro with this revised and expanded edition of the MBTI® Team Building Program. The leader's guide includes an overview of the team-building process, sample team-building agenda and commentary, numerous team-building exercises and activities, and newly updated reproducible masters for use as overheads or handouts.

Veteran trainers Charles Martin and Tom Golatz have assembled a collection of inventive and adaptable ready-to-go exercises designed to improve team performance and productivity.

If you are familiar with Daniel Goleman's theories on emotional intelligence (EI), then you know his ideas have substantially changed our understanding of what it means to be smart.

The organization we work for has a psyche of its own, a collective personality and an organizational imagination, which goes to work on us, for better or worse.

Understanding others in the workplace is essential in order to succeed. Psychological Types at Work explores the effect of personality types and the relationships that form because of them.

A follow-up book to Jeffries earlier True to Type, this book is aimed at the professional counselor and the human resources manager and answers 66 questions about administering and interpreting the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® instrument.

An MBTI book with a dynamic explanation of psychological type and communication researched and crafted by leading type expert, Carloyn Zeisset.

Get your message across better by learning how to quickly identify important personality characteristics in others. When faced with situations where it is not feasible to administer the MBTI assessment tool, this book explains how to gauge people's values, motivations, and preferred communication styles.

The authors, Nancy Barger and Linda Kirby, describe how people respond and contribute to change differently and explain what executive managers, business owners, consultants, or employees can do to help people adapt to a new mission statement and a new organization.

Noted organizational consultant William Bridges presents a rich typology of organizational cultures and offers the analogy that organizations differ in character in the same way individuals do.

The best-selling author of Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive offers another compelling leadership fable with a deceptively simple yet powerful message for those who strive to be exceptional team leaders.

This landmark work, integrating marketing with the concepts of archetypes, challenges the way in which we understand brand names and helps us understand their impact on our lives.

Move beyond one-size-fits-all management approaches by using this practical method to redirect your actions as a leader in a focused and purposeful way.

Follow this road map to discover how to turn potential conflicts and misunderstandings into positive and creative conversations for transforming business and personal relationships into dynamic, exciting, and productive interactions.

Promotion to an executive position brings new challenges and greater responsibilities. This unfamiliar territory typically requires learning new strategies and retiring old ones that no longer apply.

Add a little TLC to your workplace with ideas from award-winning author and consultant, Donna Dunning. Her comprehensive book, TLC at Work, is full of hands-on, interactive tools that make workplace development and business performance improvements a fun and exciting venture.

Learn what the "X-Factor" can do for you and your business. Successful leaders know how to effectively handle three primary responsibilities: raise awareness, generate options, and plan for success.

In this unique approach to improving team performance, Susan Nash blends the MBTI® assessment tool and temperament models to analyze teams from the inside out.

This invaluable, cutting edge program includes everything consultants need to positively impact organizations while supporting employees in the current environment of nonstop change.

This booklet is designed to keep the basic principles of the Type & Change program at the participant's fingertips. It follows the same outline as the program and has complete descriptions for each type, depicting how each deals with change.

This booklet can help you increase retention of talented and valued employees by individualizing your retention efforts through the use of type.

An innovative field guide to business success, U R a Brand! combines today's hottest business concept with the realities of the modern workplace to help business professionals harness their personal potential, take charge of their careers, and contribute their dynamic energy to create sustainable advantage for their organizations.

The complex and elusive concept of “leadership” has spawned a dizzying array of leadership myths. To separate leadership facts from fiction, Dr.

This comprehensive workbook for consultants and trainers contains all the information needed to conduct a turnkey MBTI® workshop.

This booklet focuses on ways for salespeople to approach customers, gain information, and make decisions based on type differences to build strong relationships with clients.

What do Gen-Y employees need from their Baby Boomer bosses that Gen-Xers don't? How does gender affect employee-manager relationships? What separates introverts from extraverts? What People Want offers information, tools, and practices for understanding and dealing with the changing demographics and complexity of today's workplace.

Success in business today demands more than a tough, no-nonsense management style or enthusiastic, inspirational cheerleading.

Does it seem as if there is always conflict in your work life, your home life, and your relationships? That's normal—even unavoidable—according to conflict resolution expert Sondra VanSant, who reveals the inborn roots of conflict.

A book that offers the keys to understanding relationships at work and a new perspective on how to solve the disruptive frictions that arise in the workplace.

No matter how good people are at what they do, no matter how talented, skilled, or knowledgeable they are, the most important factor—and often the most frustrating challenge—in determining their success and satisfaction in the workplace is their ability to forge effective relationships at work.

This book discusses different personality types and how to identify, work with, and understand them to create optimum productivity.

Discovering how to use work style and strengths in the workplace can improve communication and teamwork and reduce stress.

Learn how to break writer's block and reduce writing anxiety through the power of psychological type. This practical and enjoyable workbook helps make the writing process easier and more effective through an abundance of tools, examples, and exercises.