Amacom imprint: 525 books
Venture Mom
From Idea to Income in Just 12 Weeks
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
How did she do it? You’ve probably seen your share of moms lately thriving in the whirlwind of motherhood and entrepreneurship, having taken their designer onesie or gluten-free cookie and turned it into a profitable venture, and wondered if that could ever happen to you. It can! And quicker and...
by Thomas Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
You’ve probably heard the old saying, “The only constant is change.” But with the frequent market shifts thus far in the early twenty-first century, combined with the rapid pace of technological change coming out of Silicon Valley, the old saying has morphed into a stern warning that demands...
The Management Training Tool Kit
35 Exercises to Prepare Managers for the Challenges They Face Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
Most people learn best through experience, which is why new managers often feel ill-equipped to resolve the frustrations, setbacks, conflicts, and concerns of the people on their team. The Management Training Tool Kit includes all the essential tools to help you face even the most advanced leadership...
Going Lean
How the Best Companies Apply Lean Manufacturing Principles to Shatter Uncertainty, Drive Innovation, and Maximize Profits
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Efficient operations and powerful innovations are not limited to seasons of growth and high demand. Going Lean introduces the powerful yet unexpected mind-set that’s reshaping the rules for business competitiveness: Lean Dynamics ™. This approach, based on the now-famous Toyota Production System--empowers...
Training That Delivers Results
Instructional Design That Aligns with Business Goals
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Too often today, when companies recognize the need for training in a specific topic--business writing, behavior interviewing, customer service, or other--they apply the same standard instruction they utilized the last time they addressed a need for training--which was in a completely different area!...
Learning for Life
How Continuous Education Will Keep Us Competitive in the Global Knowledge Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Today’s global knowledge economy requires individuals and companies alike to quickly adapt to new tools and strategies. To remain competitive, both must continually seek out the latest advancements and developments, and upgrade their skillsets accordingly. In the United States, however, support...
Perfectly Able
How to Attract and Hire Talented People with Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
More than 22 million of the almost 173 million working-age individuals in the United States have one or more disabilities. Perfectly Able offers practical guidance for companies large and small on how to hire and retain talented and motivated people from within this largely untapped pool of potential...
by Donald L. KIRKPATRICK
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2006
Author Donald Kirkpatrick is one of the leading voices on human resources and training and development. For more than forty years, Kirkpatrick’s four-level performance evaluation model has been the standard throughout the world, and has revolutionized the way enterprises manage, monitor, and optimize...
The Hidden Leader
Discover and Develop Greatness Within Your Company
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2015
Think you can spot the leaders in your company? Do you believe that all the linchpins in your organization can be identified based on the title on their business card? Well, think again. What about the field agent you haven’t bothered to get to know who solves previously intractable problems? What...
The Business Ethics Activity Book
50 Exercises for Promoting Integrity at Work
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
In an age of ethical decay at organizations of every type, a call is being sounded for accountabiliy. Accordingly, companies must educate their employees and executives regarding acceptable practice. The Business Ethics Activity Book presents an array of provocative activities that will help encourage...
by Tom Justice, David Jamieson
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Loaded with procedures, checklists, guidelines, samples, and templates, The Facilitator’s Fieldbook covers all the key areas of successful team management, including establishing ground rules, planning meetings and agendas, brainstorming, resolving conflict, making decisions, and helping groups...
Handbook for Strategic HR - Section 6
Change Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The pace of change is increasing and shows no signs of slowing down. This section brings you the best thinking from forty years of the OD Practitioner journal on:- The different kinds of change and what's needed to achieve each one.- What you must do to see change initiatives through to completion.-...
Customer Experience 3.0
High-Profit Strategies in the Age of Techno Service
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Between smartphones, social media, mobile connectivity, and a plethora of other technological innovations changing the way we do almost everything these days, your customers are expecting you to be taking advantage of it all in order to enhance their customer service experience far beyond the meeting-the-minimum...
The Art of War for Small Business
Defeat the Competition and Dominate the Market with the Masterful Strategies of Sun Tzu
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Over two and a half millennia ago, Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu taught that size alone does not guarantee victory--strategy, positioning, planning, and leadership all play equally significant roles in overpowering the opposition. Today, this classic treatise is perfect for adapting to the world...