Well-Designed
Jon Kolko
In "Well-Designed," product design expert Jon Kolko maps out a clear, repeatable design process that focuses on consumer engagement. He demonstrates how to conceive and build successful, emotionally resonant products by deeply understanding customer needs and feelings. Learn how leading companies use storytelling and iteration to evoke positive emotions, change behavior, and create deep engagement.
What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Marshall Goldsmith
A guide for successful people who want to take their career to the next level. It identifies common behavioral tics that hold people back and provides a plan for improvement.
What Great Brands Do
Denise Lee Yohn
Discover the seven brand-building principles that separate the best brands from the rest. This book provides a step-by-step methodology for putting your company's brand in the driver's seat, using real-world examples from companies like IBM, REI, Starbucks, and IKEA. Learn how to cultivate a strong internal culture, avoid selling products, ignore trends, and commit to long-term brand integrity.
What Matters Now
Gary Hamel
A multi-faceted agenda for building organizations that can win in a world of relentless change, ferocious competition, and unstoppable innovation. It's an impassioned plea to reinvent management as we know it—to rethink the fundamental assumptions we have about capitalism, institutions, and life at work. The book focuses on values, innovation, adaptability, passion, and ideology.
What Philosophy Can Teach You About Being a Better Leader
Alison Reynolds
Explore how philosophy can revolutionize leadership in the modern workplace. This book challenges conventional thinking, offering a humane model for leaders to foster environments where people, ideas, and performance thrive. Discover how to reclaim humanity in a dehumanized world.
What You Don’t Know About Leadership, but Probably Should
Jeffrey A. Kottler
Explore the often-overlooked aspects of leadership and how they apply to everyday life. This book translates the latest research, theory, and skills into practical strategies that can be employed in every aspect of daily life, whether conducting a conference, leading a meeting, doing a presentation, or even hosting a social gathering. It integrates the latest research on group dynamics and process components of group behavior to fill the gaps that are often missing in effective and transformational practices of leadership.
Why Managers Matter
Nicolai J. Foss
An insightful exploration into the crucial role of managers in today's business world. Challenging the popular narrative of the 'bossless' company, this book delves into the benefits of traditional hierarchies and effective leadership, offering a compelling case for why managers matter more than ever.
Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work . . . and What Does
Susan Fowler
Discover the new science of leading, energizing, and engaging your team. Learn why traditional motivational techniques fail and how to cultivate a workplace where people flourish, achieve meaningful goals, and experience positive energy and well-being.