50 Ideas that Changed the World of Work
eBook - ePub

50 Ideas that Changed the World of Work

The Essential Guide to the Best Business Thinking

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eBook - ePub

50 Ideas that Changed the World of Work

The Essential Guide to the Best Business Thinking

About this book

What does disruptive innovation really mean?

How can the Eisenhower matrix help you manage your time?

And when will you reach that all-important tipping point?

By summarising and explaining the best business thinking, this book will help you to get to grips with - and apply - 50 key ideas, including:

¡ Classics like Sun Tzu's Art of War and Dale Carnegie's rules of influence
¡ Fundamentals like emotional intelligence, psychological safety and flow
¡ Tips and techniques like SWOT, PEST and GROW
¡ Smart thinking from Daniel Kahneman, Michael Porter and Carol Dweck

Whether you want to think more strategically, boost team performance or make better decisions, this book is a guide to success at work today.

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Yes, you can access 50 Ideas that Changed the World of Work by Jonathan Besser,Jeremy Kourdi in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Management. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Economist Books
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781800816305
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Management
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Praise
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1: Thinking, fast and slow
  6. 2: Emotional intelligence
  7. 3: Neuro-linguistic programming
  8. 4: Growth mindset
  9. 5: Psychological safety
  10. 6: The GROW model of coaching
  11. 7: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
  12. 8: Luft and Ingham’s Johari window
  13. 9: Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow
  14. 10: VUCA: volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity
  15. 11: Black swans
  16. 12: Scenario planning
  17. 13: Ambidexterity
  18. 14: Kotter’s eight steps for leading change
  19. 15: The Eisenhower matrix
  20. 16: Covey’s seven habits of highly effective people
  21. 17: Sun Tzu’s The Art of War
  22. 18: Blue ocean strategy
  23. 19: Porter’s five forces: competitive strategy
  24. 20: The business model canvas
  25. 21: SWOT and PEST analysis
  26. 22: The shamrock organisation
  27. 23: Kaizen and business process re-engineering
  28. 24: Systems thinking and the critical path
  29. 25: The balanced scorecard
  30. 26: Doblin’s Ten Types of Innovation
  31. 27: Disruptive innovation
  32. 28: The growth share matrix
  33. 29: Product life cycle model
  34. 30: Net Promoter Score
  35. 31: Kotler’s four Ps of marketing
  36. 32: Gladwell’s tipping point
  37. 33: Lewin’s leadership styles
  38. 34: Situational leadership
  39. 35: Charan’s leadership pipeline
  40. 36: Belbin team roles
  41. 37: Tuckman’s stages of team development
  42. 38: Hackman’s enabling conditions for teams
  43. 39: SMART goal setting
  44. 40: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
  45. 41: Schein’s three levels of organisational culture
  46. 42: Sandberg’s Lean In
  47. 43: The Thomas–Kilmann conflict model
  48. 44: Scott’s Radical Candor
  49. 45: Giving great feedback
  50. 46: Cialdini’s principles of ethical influence and persuasion
  51. 47: Appreciative inquiry
  52. 48: Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People
  53. 49: Maister’s trust equation
  54. 50: Win–win negotiation
  55. Acknowledgements
  56. Bibliography, further reading and resources
  57. Index
  58. About the Authors
  59. Copyright