Many in positions of leadership feel overwhelmed because it used to be they told subordinates what to do and their subordinates did it. Not so today. Leaders are no longer managers or directors, they're considered to be coaches. Unfortunately, under this new philosophy, many on the team simply don't pull their weight--unless the team leader knows and uses the techniques shared in this book. Steps are given that when taken will form a process leaders can use to spread out the work evenly, and create a situation where everyone does a fair share. Called PROCESS BASED LEADERSHIP, this is a no nonsense way to organize and conduct business anyone can put in place to create shared responsibility throughout the organization that will in inevitably lead to getting the job done quickly and getting it done right.

Buried Alive! Digging Out of a Management Dumpster

Business & Money

Linda Segall

Shane Yount

Anna Yersteeg

Debra Boggan

John Pyecha

Management & Leadership

Oaklea Press

Product Development for the Lean Enterprise: Why Toyota's System Is Four Times More Productive and How You Can Implement It

Whether a group of engineers is developing new cars, software applications, aerospace equipment, kitchen appliances, controls, sensors, or any of hundreds of different items, the process they follow is pretty much the same. Except in one company - Toyota, perhaps the most innovative and highly respected car company on the planet. What is most startling is that Toyota's product development engineers are four times as productive as their counterparts in other companies, according to a study by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. Most follow a linear process in developing new products. Toyota's engineers do not. As this book reveals and explains, Toyota's development engineers rely on a development paradigm that is totally different than that found in the West. Companies that are early adopters of the Toyota product development system are certain to realize tremendous advantages over their competitors. This is a change that is coming to businesses everywhere and this book shows the way. It is a must-read for anyone in management.

Michael N. Kennedy

Has the Tribulation begun? Will the world as we know it end on or before December 21, 2012? The Mayan calendar says so, as does the ancient I CHING and the Web Bot, a computer program that taps into the collective planetary unconscious. Some think a meteor or other global disaster will strike, others that a dynamic shift in consciousness will occur. Or perhaps, they say, both will happen and only those who have made the shift will survive. No one knows -- but one thing is certain. You cannot make the shift to higher awareness if you do not know The Truth. Fortunately, the Internet's number one talk show host for seekers, award-winning author Stephen Hawley Martin, has written The Truth for you and those you love. He has done so in a way anyone can understand, accept and thoroughly enjoy. If you read only one book between now and 2012, make it this one. End of the world or not, then you will know The Truth. And The Truth will set you free.

The Truth: What You Must Know Before December 21, 2012

Self-Help

STEPHEN, MARTIN

Personal Transformation

This book will be of great value to anyone who wants to make a business more profitable and competitive, and essential reading for those who find themselves in a life or death, turnaround situation. In a lively and engaging way, William T. Monahan explains how he and his executive team transformed seven anemic and money-losing business units spun off from 3M with $2.4 billion in sales into a dynamic, top-performing company called Imation. Monahan explains how a new corporate culture of performance was created, and he outlines techniques anyone can use to focus their business for success while determining which opportunities to pursue and which to pass up. In a highly-readable and easily-understood way, he explains how he and his team turned a company that was $450 million in debt and losing money into one with more than $475 million in cash and no debt, while repurchasing almost $200 million of its stock. This is a must-read for any executive who is judged by the financial performance of the business under his or her direction.

Billion Dollar Turnaround: The 3m Spinoff That Became Imation

William T. Monahan

Biography & History

Finally, someone's written a practical, no-nonsense book about how to paint effectively with color. A must-have book for beginners to advanced artists, "Color Is Everything" explains how accomplished artists consistently choose perfect colors for their paintings. More importantly, author/artist Dan Bartges explains what great artists know about color that most painters don't. Carefully planned and well designed with 100 full-color illustrations throughout, "Color Is Everything" provides a clear, reliable methodology for creating "paintings with irresistible color, paintings that pull people from across the room."The author sums it up best: "This book will show you how to master color. As a result, you will paint better pictures, and you will have more fun painting."

COLOR IS EVERYTHING: Master the Use of Color in Oils, Acrylics or Watercolors

Arts & Photography

Dan Bartges

Graphic Design

Shares the auto-hypnosis meditation the author credits with having created the mindset he needed to attract the good fortune and success he personally has enjoyed. This audio CD is a self hypnotic meditation that used nightly for 30 days is designed to erase debilitating beliefs and fears that may be holding an individual back.

Success! Through Auto Hypnosis: Thirty Days to Purpose & Prosperity

Stephen Hawley Martin

Motivational

Today's customers want products configured just the way they want, delivered as quickly as possible, and only in the quantity needed. In the past, many different configurations would have been built and held in inventory in order to meet these requirements. Today, that isn't practical. Inventory ties up capital, takes up space, and in today's rapidly changing environment, can quickly become outdated. The solution is Lean manufacturing - making just what the customer wants once he has already placed an order for it. This isn't difficult in repetitive environments. But can it be done in environments that are build-to-order, complex and variable?Complex products present many challenges. For example, scheduling them through assembly can be an extremely complicated task. But the authors of this book have found it can be done using the right production techniques coupled with assistance from sophisticated scheduling software. What they have to say is not just theory. They explain how the techniques they have devised are being used today in factories in the United States, Italy, Rumania and several other countries.

Lean Manufacturing in Build to Order, Complex and Variable Environments (Lean Transformation)

Jorge L. Larco

Elena Bortolan

Michael H. Studley

Every manager wants to to be remembered in a positive way. Many realize that all too soon they will leave their companies and positions. This book asks them to consider what legacy they will leave behind. Will those those who take over be able to get things done and prosper? Or will they flounder? Does a manager rely on the force of his personality, or are the right performance systems and a culture of accountability in place to insure ongoing success?This book provides many visible and auditable systems that will create a culture of accountability and will challenge managers' thinking and ideas about how best to lead. It asks if they were to listen in on employees, would they use words like foresight, stewardship, honesty and integrity, trustworthy and genuine to describe the leadership style now in place?How to leave a positive legacy is made clear. Managers are urged to cultivate specific qualities as they put into place sustainable processes that will leave a legacy they be proud of.

Leaving Your Leadership Legacy: Creating a Timeless and Enduring Culture of Clarity, Connectivity and Consistency

Shane A. Yount

Anna VerSteeg

Award-winning author Stephen Hawley Martin grew up wondering whether or not his seven-times great grandmother, Susannah North Martin, really had been practicing witchcraft back in the seventeenth century. After all, she was hanged for it. So he delved into the historical record and found that a great deal of information is available. As a result of his research, he suspects some of those hanged during the Salem Witchcraft hysteria had been practicing magic. He also came to believe the commonly-held belief is off the mark that the victims of the witches faked their symptoms. This is the true story from a twenty-first century perspective of Susannah Martin and the others who were executed, including recent findings of research into the paranormal.

A Witch in the Family: An Award-winning Author Investigates His Ancestor’s Trial And Execution

History

Americas

Nowadays, world-class companies have eliminated management hierarchies to cut costs, improve quality, and become more responsive to customers. The blueprint to accomplish this was the best-selling forerunner to this book, LEAN TRANSFORMATION. Becoming a lean enterprise has fundamentally changed how people in these businesses are expected to operate. Rather than superiors telling subordinates what to do, and subordinates doing it, they must get things done by working on empowered teams comprised of peers from other departments. A difficulty many in lean enterprises face is they are expected to get more done with fewer resources than they had before. Administrative support, for example, has gone the way of the buggy whip. Since "work flows toward competency unless abated" a few individuals end up doing it all. It's no surprise, or secret, they're overworked. But this doesn't have to be. This book explains in simple, everyday language a process anyone, regardless of inherent leadership skills, can use to spread out the work, create a sense of urgency and accountability, and get everyone pulling their own

Lean Enterprise Leader: How to Get Things Done Without Doing It All Yourself

Martin, Stephen Hawley

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