We’re sure many of you are already familiar with Patrick Lencioni, president of The Table Group and author of a host of Jossey-Bass books including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. He’s got a suite of training products available through Pfeiffer, too.
We’re ecstatic this week to announce the release of his latest book –…
Today is Bring Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day and in the Wiley San Francisco office, that means the kids learn all about book publishing. Each child works with an editor to write a story, designs a book cover, and learns about book marketing and publicity. At the end of the day we have–what…
admin by February 17, 2012
It was announced today that John Wiley & Sons has acquired Inscape Holdings, Inc., extending Wiley’s global reach and accelerates Wiley’s digital strategy in workplace learning. Here’s more from the official press release:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa, JWb), announced today that it has acquired Inscape Holdings Inc., a leading provider of DiSC®-based assessments…
admin by February 16, 2012
Watch this CNBC interview with JBbiz author Anil Gupta, professor of strategy at INSEAD and the University of Maryland. Dr. Gupta is the author of the forthcoming Jossey-Bass book, Global Strategies for Emerging Asia (in stores and available online this June).
A few of his predictions for Squawk Box Asia: US and Indian economies should do better…
admin by February 6, 2012
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Conflict Prevention Week (February 6-11) will feature webinars and activities focused on preventing and managing conflict in your relationships. Sessions will include Getting Control of Email Conflicts, Leading in the Heat of Conflict, and many more. You can also receive special offers and the chance to win $50.
Among…
admin by January 20, 2012
In Patrick Lencioni’s highly-anticipated forthcoming book The Advantage he makes the claim that the last competitive advantage in business today is organizational health.
He explains, “Healthy organizations outperform their counterparts, and are free of politics and confusion.”
The simplest way to begin building a healthy organization is to take Lencioni’s free organizational health assessment, available for Apple devices…
admin by January 18, 2012
Today it was announced that the organization formerly known as the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management has been officially renamed The Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute. The news was announced today online and in a message from Frances Hesselbein herself who said, “You will notice a few differences today. The Institute’s board of governors…
admin by December 1, 2011
A huge congratulations to the authors of Management Reset, which was recently named a Best Business Book of 2011 – Ethics & Aspirations by Strategy and Business. Ed Lawler and Chris Worley take their spot in the top 3 with Onward‘s Howard Schultz and the Harvard Business Press authors of Higher Ambition.
Read the full…
We couldn’t let Earth Day go by without a salute to The Responsiblity Revolution, released last year and written by Seventh Generation co-founder Jeff Hollender and Editorial Director Bill Breen.
Their book shows how to create a company that not only sustains, but surpasses – that moves beyond the imperative to be “less bad” and…
admin by February 28, 2011
Happy Monday, all. It’s been a while since our last web round-up so we thought we’d revisit this fun blog feature. Here are a few great links we’ve recently stumbled across in our Twitter feed. Enjoy and feel free to share your own comments in the comments section below.
@apackard Message To Businesses: Are You Creative Enough To…