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Organizational Development

  • The must-read summary Michael Hammer's book: "The Agenda: What Every Business Must Do to Dominate the Decade".This complete summary of the ideas from Michael Hammer's book "The Agenda" shows that consumers are now in the driving seat of the economy, and every successful business will assimilate this fact and act accordingly. In his book, the author explores nine critical items...
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  • The must-read summary of Adrian Slywotzky and David Morrison's book: "The Profit Zone: How Strategic Business Design Will Lead You to Tomorrow's Profits".This complete summary of the ideas from Adrian Slywotzky and David Morrison's book "The Profit Zone" shows how it is generally acknowledged that the company with the largest share of the market will ultimately generate the greatest profits....
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  • The must-read summary of Bernd Schmitt and Laura Brown's book: "Build Your Own Garage: Blueprints and Tools to Unleash Your Company's Hidden Creativity".This complete summary of the ideas from Bernd Schmitt and Laura Brown's book "Build Your Own Garage" explains how in business, garages are considered to be the places where good ideas can be grown into new businesses. In...
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  • The must-read summary of Bo Burlingham's book: "Small Giants: Companies that Choose to Be Great Instead of Big".This complete summary of the ideas from Bo Burlingham's book "Small Giants" shows how many people believe that success must be measured by growth. However, the vast majority of businesses are privately owned and can stay the same size and still generate excellent...
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  • The must-read summary of Bob Prosen's book: "Kiss Theory Goodbye: Five Proven Ways to Get Extraordinary Results in Any Company".This complete summary of the ideas from Bob Prosen's book "Kiss Theory Goodbye" shows that there is never a shortage of good business plans that should work, however, almost no businesses live up to their potential. In his book, the author...
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  • The must-read summary of Brian Becker, Mark Huselid and Dave Ulrich's book: "The HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy and Performance".This complete summary of the ideas from Brian Becker, Mark Huselid and Dave Ulrich's book "The HR Scorecard" introduces a measurement system that showcases how HR impacts business performance. The “HR Scorecard” matches business strategy against HR deliverables and objectives to...
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  • The must-read summary of Charles Duhigg's book: "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business".This complete summary of the ideas from Charles Duhigg’s book "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business" tells you how you can change your habits for the better just by understanding how they...
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  • The must-read summary of Chris Zook and James Allen's book: "Repeatability: Build Enduring Businesses for a World of Constant Change".This complete summary of the ideas from Chris Zook and James Allen's book "Repeatability" shows that repeating what has already proved successful is the key to growth, as it prevents companies from failing due to their complexity. In their book, the...
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  • The must-read summary of Chris Zook's book: "Unstoppable: Finding Hidden Assets to Renew the Core and Fuel Future Growth".This complete summary of the ideas from Chris Zook's book "Unstoppable" shows that, sooner or later, every company tends to reach a point at which its historical rate of growth flattens out. When you reach this junction, you have to decide whether...
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  • The must-read summary of Constantinos Markides and Paul Geroski's book: "Fast Second: How Smart Companies Bypass Radical Innovation to Enter and Dominate New Markets".This complete summary of the ideas from Constantinos Markides and Paul Geroski's book "Fast Second" demonstrates that the firms which develop and pioneer radical innovations are rarely the ones that ultimately end up dominating the markets they...
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  • The must-read summary of Dan Roam's book: "The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures".This complete summary of the ideas from Dan Roam's book "The Back of the Napkin" shows that visual thinking is a whole new way of looking at and discussing business. It is harnessing and applying our innate ability to use our eyes...
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  • The must-read summary of Daniel F. Spulber's book: "The Market Makers: How Leading Companies Create and Win Markets".This complete summary of the ideas from Daniel F. Spulber's book "The Market Makers" highlights an important question: "How do leading companies create markets for themselves?" In his book, the author explains that market makers create and manage consumer markets for goods and...
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  • The must-read summary of David Kord Murray's book: "Borrowing Brilliance: The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others". This complete summary of the ideas from David Kord Murray's book "Borrowing Brilliance" shows that that new ideas are always constructed out of existing ideas. What appears to be genuinely original ideas always combine snippets of one...
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  • The must-read summary of Deborah Perry Piscione's book: "Secrets of Silicon Valley: What Everyone Else Can Learn from the Innovation Capital of the World".This complete summary of the ideas from Deborah Perry Piscione's book "Secrets of Silicon Valley" shows how we can all learn something from the world's most prosperous and successful group of companies. In this book, the author...
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  • The must-read summary of Donald Laurie's book: "Venture Catalyst: The Five Strategies for Explosive Corporate Growth".This complete summary of the ideas from Donald Laurie's book "Venture Catalyst" shows that, regardless of the ebb and flow of the economy, business leaders are responsible for achieving two sometimes conflicting goals: meeting Wall Street expectations and developing new technologies and products. In his...
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  • The must-read summary of Donald Mitchell and Carol Coles' book: "The Ultimate Competitive Advantage: Secrets of Continually Developing a More Profitable Business Model".This complete summary of the ideas from Donald Mitchell and Carol Coles' book "The Ultimate Competitive Advantage" shows that the most successful companies are consistently experimenting to improve and reinvent their business models. This usually has the potential...
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