Ken: 3136 books
The Formation of National Party Systems
Federalism and Party Competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
Pradeep Chhibber and Ken Kollman rely on historical data spanning back to the eighteenth century from Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States to revise our understanding of why a country's party system consists of national or regional parties. They demonstrate that the party systems in...
Values-Driven Change
Strategies and Tools for Long-Term Success
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2006
Do you want change-driven values or values-driven change? As criteria for making decisions and setting priorities, values should be considered before taking action. In response to immediate pressures, however, many organizations allow change to drive values rather than the other way around. This practice...
Awakening Your Ikigai
How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
“Awakening Your Ikigai is really quite a delightful look at sometimes mystifying Japanese traditions.”—The New York Times Book Review
Introducing IKIGAI: find your passions and live with joy
Ikigai is a Japanese phenomenon commonly understood as “your reason to get up in the...
God at Work
Live Each Day with Purpose
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
God calls us to the work we are doing. He’s interested not only in what we do, but how we do it. Yet, finding purpose at work is one of the greatest challenges of our world today.
Does my work matter to God? Is ambition good? How do I deal with failure? How do I make difficult...
Chemicals without Harm
Policies for a Sustainable World
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
A proposal for a new chemicals strategy: that we work to develop safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals rather than focusing exclusively on controlling them.
Today, there are thousands of synthetic chemicals used to make our clothing, cosmetics, household products, electronic devices, even...
Beyond the Lion's Den
The Life, The Fights, The Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Inside the Lion's Den is the remarkable story of Ken Shamrock's ascent to the top of reality martial combat.
A legendary Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter and former professional wrestler, Shamrock is an inspiration to thousands. This is the story of his rise from a troubled youth to champion...
by Ken Druck, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
We are brought up to believe a certain set of rules: The early bird gets the worm. Slow and steady wins the race. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Good things happen to good people. Keep your faith, work hard, and all your dreams will come true.
But then we grow up. We learn...
by Ken Tencer John Cardoso
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2010
Opportunities grow businesses. This resource by Tencer and Cardoso shows you how to turn opportunities into action. The 90% Rule is a step-by-step action plan that lets companies refocus their strengths on those opportunities that they are already 90% capable of. It gives CEOs and their teams the requisite process to crystallize a growth strategy and the tactics to implement it.
by Ken Post, Philip Wright
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
In this book, first published in 1989, Ken Post and Phil Wright provide a critical analysis of socialist construction in underdeveloped countries. Pointing out that all the socialist revolutions of the twentieth century have occurred in underdeveloped peripheral capitalist countries, they focus on...
Speed Thinking
How to thrive in a time-poor world
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Every day, business owners, managers and leaders are expected to deliver more and more with less and less. They have fewer people, smaller budgets and -crucially-less time. Lack of time to make decisions has become the most stressful part of life for many business people.
In a time-poor, fast-moving...
by Ken Blanchard, Garry Ridge
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
<>In Leading at a Higher Level, Updated Edition, Blanchard and his colleagues bring together everything they've learned about world-class leadership. You'll discover how to create targets and visions based on the "triple bottom line"...and make sure people know who you are, where you're...
Software in 30 Days
How Agile Managers Beat the Odds, Delight Their Customers, and Leave Competitors in the Dust
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
A radical approach to getting IT projects done faster and cheaper than anyone thinks possible
Software in 30 Days summarizes the Agile and Scrum software development method, which allows creation of game-changing software, in just 30 days. Projects that use it are three times more successful...
El secreto
Lo que saben y hacen los grandes líderes
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 22, 2019
En esta nueva edición de su clásica fábula de negocios, Ken Blanchard y Mark Miller se convierten en el corazón de lo que hace que un líder sea exitoso. La joven ejecutiva Debbie Brewster, recientemente promovida pero luchadora, le pregunta a su mentor la única pregunta que necesita desesperadamente:...
El liderazgo servicial
Los mejores expertos opinan sobre el secreto para obtener grandes resultados
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 10, 2018
“La única forma de generar grandes relaciones y resultados es a través del liderazgo servicial. Se trata de poner a las personas primero” del prólogo de John C Maxwell. Es fácil comprobar el impacto negativo que causan los líderes autoritarios y ególatras en cualquier sector de nuestra sociedad....