Berrett Koehler Publishers: 672 books
The Six Secrets of Raising Capital
An Insider's Guide for Entrepreneurs
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
Based on Bill Fisher’s three-day seminars that regularly sell out all over the world, this book offers the kind of capital-raising street smarts no entrepreneur can do without. As a banker in Silicon Valley in the ‘80s and a businessman who founded a number of successful companies beginning in...
Humility Is the New Smart
Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Humility Is the New Smart
Your job is at risk—if not now, then soon. We are on the leading edge of a Smart Machine Age led by artificial intelligence that will be as transformative for us as the Industrial Revolution was for our ancestors. Smart machines will take over millions of jobs in...
Leadership That Matters
The Critical Factors for Making a Difference in People's Lives and Organizations' Success
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2003
Leadership That Matters examines transformational leadership-leadership that not only improves productivity and performance but also makes a positive difference in the lives of organization members. Traditional leaders achieve superior results because of their ability to transform people from dutiful...
Downshifting
How to Work Less and Enjoy Life More
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2000
Who has never wished to step off the ever-accelerating treadmill of work, just to gain some kind of balance in life? Downshifting is a practical, hands-on guide that actually shows how to move from the fast track to a more satisfying, healthier, less work-focused lifestyle. John Drake, himself a former...
Our Common Wealth
The Hidden Economy That Makes Everything Else Work
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
A huge part of our economy is invisible, invaluable, and under siege. "The commons" is a term that denotes everything we share as opposed to own privately. Some parts of the commons are gifts of nature: the air and oceans, the web of species, wilderness, and watersheds. Others are the product...
The Future of Packaging
From Linear to Circular
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Outstanding Book of the Year gold medalist and “Most Likely to Save the Planet” from the Independent Book Publisher Awards.
Tom Szaky sets out to do the impossible – eliminate all waste. This book paints a future of a “circular economy” that relies on responsible reuse and recycling...
Bedtime Stories for Managers
Farewell to Lofty Leadership. . . Welcome Engaging Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
If you're like most managers and things keep you up at night, now you can turn to a book that's designed especially for you! But you won't find talking rabbits or princesses here. (There is a cow, but it doesn't jump.) Henry Mintzberg has culled forty-two of the best posts from his widely read blog...
The Compromise Trap
How to Thrive at Work Without Selling Your Soul
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2009
A detailed and inspiring strategy for staying true to yourself at work while contributing to your organization’s effectiveness and integrity • Based on over fifty candid interviews with businesspeople at all levels, including vivid firsthand accounts of compromise and courage • Eminently practical...
Rebalancing Society
Radical Renewal Beyond Left, Right, and Center
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Enough of the imbalance that is causing the degradation of our environment, the demise of our democracies, and the denigration of ourselves. Enough of the pendulum politics of left and right and paralysis in the political center. We require an unprecedented form of radical renewal. In this book Henry...
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How You Will Change the World with Social Networking
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
Shows how both activists and the casually progressive can leverage the power of social networks for social change Helps readers maintain credibility, establish new connections, deal with common fears, and have a good time Authoritative but aggressively non-technical—like talking to a real person...
Breaking the Trust Barrier
How Leaders Close the Gaps for High Performance
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
**Build Extraordinary Trust and Lead Your Team to a Higher Plane
For former US Air Force Thunderbirds' commander and demonstration leader JV Venable, inspiring teamwork was literally a matter of life and death. On maneuvers like the one pictured on the cover, the distance between jets was just...
The New Entrepreneurial Leader
Developing Leaders Who Shape Social and Economic Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
In years past, the keywords for leaders were confidence, single-minded purpose, and strategic planning. But today’s vastly complex, globalized, and fast-evolving world requires a different kind of leadership. This game-changing book details a new approach—entrepreneurial leadership—developed...
From Analyst to Leader
Elevating the Role of the Business Analyst
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Become equipped with the principles, knowledge, practices, and tools need to assume a leadership role in an organization. From Analyst to Leader: Elevating the Role of the Business Analyst uncovers the unique challenges for the business analyst to transition from a support role to a central leader serving as change agent, visionary, and credible leader.
by Judith G. Myers PhD
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
The ability to write well correlates highly with the ability to think well—to analyze information, weigh alternatives, and make decisions. Government managers must make instructions and policies clear to employees, give effective presentations, and communicate effectively with the public. In addition,...