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The World's Leading Business Minds on Today's Most Critical Challenges

Featuring Jim Collins, Daniel Goleman, Marshall Goldsmith, Stew Friedman, and others

"Thinkers50 is . . . the Oscars for ideas." -- Professor Costas Markides, London Business School

Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove, creators of Thinkers50, have personally interviewed top leaders from businesses around the globe--from CEOs of multinationals to successful sports coaches to people on the front linesof education.

In Thinkers50 Leadership, the authors cull thebest practices and most intriguing insights of today's top leadership experts to give you an edge on the competition. Chapters include:

Crucibles of LeadershipLevel 5 LeadershipThe Real ThingCharisma and the Dark SideFollowershipWhere Leaders Meet the WorldLeaders at Work

Each book in the Thinkers50 series providesauthoritative explanations of the concepts, ideas, and practices that are making a difference today, including specific examples and cases drawn from the original sources.

The concept of leadership was once reserved for politics and the military. But as the authors write, "Leadership is now multifaceted rather than simply summed up in the dread words 'command and control.' Leadership is about feelings. Leadership is about emotions. Leadership is about those who follow. Leadershipis about the people touched by the actions of leaders."

An in-depth exploration of a fascinating subject,Thinkers50 Leadership reveals the most innovativetheories and concepts on the subject from the world's top leadership experts.

Richard Branson, the international powerhouse entrepreneur, is an opportunist with an uncanny knack of sniffing out great deals where others hesitate or fear to tread. Branson is the ultimate brand builder and never before has a single brand been so successfully deployed across such a diverse range of goods and services. So how does he do it? The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Richard Branson Way draws out the universal lessons from Richard Branson's remarkable success and identifies 10 strategies that can be applied to any business or career:1. Pick on someone bigger than you2. Do the hippy, hippy shake3. Haggle: everything's negotiable4. Make work fun5. Do right by your brand6. Smile for the cameras7. Don't lead sheep, herd cats8. Move faster than a speeding bullet9. Size does matter10. Never lose the common touchWant to be the best? The secrets of phenomenal success are in your hands.Check out the other Unauthorized Guides in this series: Jamie Oliver; Duncan Bannatyne; Alan Sugar; Bill Gates; and Philip Green.

Improve your ability to adapt to an increasingly unpredictable worldIn Certain Uncertainty, renowned management theorist Des Dearlove delivers an exciting and illuminating discussion of how to build resilience and agility into our lives and businesses. As rapid and foundational change becomes ever more constant, a state of constant disruption increasingly becomes our new normal. Certain Uncertainty collects advice and fresh thinking from accomplished business leaders to help managers and executives navigate contemporary markets.In the book, you’ll find: Ways to structure your business to better respond to constant fluidity and changeDiscussions of why the concepts of economic and social certainty were always largely illusoryStrategies for embracing forward-looking humility that acknowledges uncertainty about what lies around the next cornerThought-provoking insights from leading business experts including Sheree Atcheson, Ori Brafman, Rom Brafman, Paul R. Carlile, Julie Carrier, Kirstin Ferguson, Nathan Furr, Susannah Harmon Furr, Amy Gallo, Matt Gitsham, Ruth Gotian, Mehran Gul, Diane Hamilton, Maja Korica, Marianne W. Lewis, David Liddle, Terence Mauri, Jennifer Moss, Gorick Ng, David Nour, Simone T.A. Phipps, Leon C. Prieto, Ben Pring, Megan Reitz, Wendy K. Smith, Lisa Kay Solomon, Modupe Taylor-Pearce, Tamsen Webster, Ben Whitter, Andrew Winston, and Kai D. Wright An engaging and insightful exploration of a dynamic and ambiguous world that’s increasingly full of surprises, Certain Uncertainty will earn a place on the bookshelves of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and visionaries seeking ways to adapt to a world in which sameness and certainty are relics of the past.

Improve talent retention and employee productivity by encouraging connectedness in your firmIn Connectedness, British business journalist and management theorist Des Dearlove delivers an insightful and practical discussion of how firms can build meaningful and authentic connections with their employees, encouraging productivity, improving talent retention, and creating an enduring competitive advantage. You’ll find out why the latest peer-reviewed research lends support to the notion that it is the nature of interpersonal environments – and not compensation – that many employees consider to be the most impactful when they’re deciding whether to exit a job.In the book, you’ll: Explore the most important factors that determine the connectedness of a healthy working environmentCommon mistakes and myths about employee wellbeing that sidetrack managerial efforts to improve working culture at a firmExamples and case studies that demonstrate the real-world impact of the ideas discussed in the bookPerfect for managers, executives, directors, and other business leaders seeking to improve employee retention, productivity, engagement, and health, Connectedness is also a must-read resource for employees, human resources professionals, consultants, and everyone else with an interest in employee wellbeing and workplace productivity and safety.

A seemingly endless parade of consultants, academics and journalists continue to pontificate about management, leadership and the dream of the perfect organization. But only a tiny fraction have really changed the way business works. These are the gurus. In this new edition of worldwide bestseller, The Ultimate Business Guru Book, the authors have assembled the greatest business gurus in a unique, one-stop guide. The book keeps business leaders ahead of double-speaking colleagues and consultants by bringing them rapidly up to speed with the very best that the world's business thinkers currently have to offer.

Architects of the Business Revolution is a journey through the remarkable new territory of e-business and the new economy. Dearlove and Coomber identify the entrepreneurs, radicals and thinkers who have made the greatest contribution to this new world. From wunderkinds like Marc Andreessen and Sabheer Bhatia and rocket scientists like Tim Berners-Lee and Vinton Cerf to visionaries like Don Tapscott and Esther Dyson and business engineers like Scott McNealy and Jim Clark, these are the guys and girls you have to know about. Beyond the individuals themselves, Dearlove and Coomber take ideas into action and offer practical guidance drawn from these pioneers.

Brought completely up to date for this new edition, Business The Bill Gates Way not only reveals the secrets of Gates' remarkable success but also draws out the universal lessons and identifies strategies that can be applied to any business or career. From hiring very smart people to loving what you make, and from crushing your competitors to never, ever taking your eye off the ball, Business The Bill Gates Way reveals the secrets of phenomenal success.

The Ultimate Book of Business Brands contains a unique summary of the breakthrough brands that have captured the hearts and minds of people throughout the world. The Ultimate Book of Business Brands shows how apparently ordinary products and services are transformed into business legends. Brands have become one of the most powerful competitive weapons in the business arsenal, and this book will give you the inside track on just how these winning brands have been created and sustained.

Thousands of brilliant business ideas are launched into the world of work every day. But how can business leaders know which ideas are the ones that will really drive the business full steam ahead? From scientific management to knowledge management and from the agile organization to the virtual organization, Des Dearlove describes each idea, shows how it has been applied practically and gives alternative interpretations and definitions from the sceptics.