Managers' Must Haves

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

"The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," answers the need in the individual to overcome personal chaos. It boldly defines seven habits that act on each other to propel an individual from a negative co-dependence, to dependence, to independence, & finally to the ideal, interdependence.

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The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome

Do you have an employee whose performance keeps deteriorating despite your close monitoring? Brace yourself: You may be at fault - by unknowingly triggering the set-up-to-fail syndrome.

But this does not have to happen. The authors provide preventive measures, such as loosening the reins as new employees master their jobs.  

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Good to Great

Based on a five-year research project, Good to Great answers the question: “Can a good company become a great company, and, if so, how?” True to the rigorous research methodology and invigorating teaching style of Jim Collins, Good to Great teaches how even the dowdiest of companies can make the leap to outperform market leaders the likes of Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck.

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Built to Last - 10th Anniversary Edition

Visionary companies are built by visionary leaders, whose ideas live on long after their death. This book examines 18 world class companies and the reasons for their success. Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels.

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Creative Destruction

It is well known that if you compare a list of the top 500 companies 50 years ago with a list of today's top performers, there will be very few names that appear on both lists. Those companies that have stood the test of time are held up as paragons of corporate performance - blue-chip businesses that are "built to last". What is less well known, however, is that companies that are built to last are also built to under-perform.

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The First XI - 2nd Edition

In the first edition the authors identified 11 of Australia's top-performing organisations and provided comprehensive analysis of their winning framework. Now, more than three years later, they re-examine their choices to see whether indeed their analysis holds true. Have these companies continued to perform in all the areas that put them in the original First XI?

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