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The Morning Mind: Use Your Brain to Master Your Day and Supercharge Your Life

AMACOM, 2019

Unleash positive thinking and productive imagination, and flip negative thoughts and behaviors into a lifetime to improve every aspect of your life—each morning, one day at a time.

Bad habits. Bad feelings. Bad mornings that turn into regrettable days.

Banish them all with simple brain...

The Power of Strategic Commitment: Achieving Extraordinary Results Through Total Alignment and Engagement

AMACOM, 2009

Not just a slogan on the T-shirts you give out at the company picnic, commitment is a crucial strategic advantage in any organization. But it’s as elusive to achieve as it is easy to covet. Real commitment transcends simple compliance, where employees follow the rules and get their work done, and translates to the...

Kanban Made Simple: Demystifying and Applying Toyota's Legendary Manufacturing Process

AMACOM, 2003

Originally developed at Toyota, the manufacturing process known as “kanban” has helped revolutionize how corporations and suppliers achieve maximum efficiency in getting products to and from the assembly line. Kanban adds a new dimension to just-in-time manufacturing by keeping your production line “liquid” at all...

Project Management Practitioner's Handbook

AMACOM, 1998

Well into the swiftly approaching millennium, project management will continue to be a highly desired skill
in the midst of great change. Because rigid organizational boundaries and responsibilities have blurred and
new technologies are changing the ways of doing business, results must be delivered more quickly and
accurately than...

Managing Information Technology Projects: Applying Project Management Strategies to Software, Hardware, and Integration Initiatives

AMACOM, 2003

With software and hardware development techniques improving constantly, it’s surprising to learn that more than half of all technology projects overrun their schedules and budgets by 200 percent or more. Computerworld magazine recently reported several surveys showing that project failure is overwhelmingly traceable to poorly...

Information Systems Project Management With Infotrac: How To Deliver Function And Value In Information Technology Projects

AMACOM, 2005

It’s common in the IT industry to hear of project disasters: overdue products, blown budget estimates, and dismal results. And the root cause of most of these commonplace disasters is the simple fact that people skilled in the technical aspects of a project are often not prepared to manage them.

Managing projects requires expert...

Agile Project Management: How to Succeed in the Face of Changing Project Requirements

AMACOM, 2003

In a fast-paced environment filled with uncertainty, successfully completing projects on time can feel like running an obstacle course. An emphasis on speed often forces project teams to make decisions without crucial data, leading to frequent changes of direction once more information becomes known. If people aren’t light on their feet,...

The Project Management Question and Answer Book

AMACOM, 2003

The Project Management Question and Answer Book is a one-stop reference that both beginning and experienced project managers will use in countless on-the-job situations. Providing the answers to critical questions, from the simplest to the most advanced, the book is arranged to get you the information you need the moment you need it....

Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project

AMACOM, 2003

There’s a good reason project risk management is one of the most vital of the nine content areas of the Project Management Body of Knowledge®. Important projects tend to be time constrained, pose huge technical challenges, and suffer from a lack of adequate resources. It’s no wonder that project managers are increasingly focusing...

Brain Tattoos: Creating Unique Brands That Stick in Your Customers' Minds

AMACOM, 2004

Effective branding depends on the ability to leave a lasting (and positive) impression in the mind of the audience. This how-to book is packed with tools that help readers identify their brand's purpose, personality, promise, and point of difference.

A solid brand leaves a positive impression in the customer’s mind, but the...

Fundamentals of Project Management (Worksmart Series)

AMACOM, 1995

Although managing projects has been going on for thousands of years, the practice has only recently been
recognized as a discipline in its own right. Suddenly master’s-level degree programs are springing up at
schools throughout the world, and certificate programs are being offered as well. Not only that, but some
organizations...

Effective Succession Planning: Ensuring Leadership Continuity And Building Talent From Within

AMACOM, 2005

If you're looking for a quick, easy, and fun guide to constantly cultivating from within your organization the talent to move up and fill positions left behind by others, don't look here. Written by a human resources expert who teaches at Penn State, Effective Succession Planning must surely be one of the driest books ever written on this...

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