We’re thrilled to announce our new FREE 4-Player Model Assessment mobile app based on the work of renowned systems psychologist and author of the new book Reading the Room: Group Dynamics for Coaches and Leaders, David Kantor, Ph.D.
This behavioral assessment tool gives you a quick and easy way to identify and understand how you…
It’s a fact that companies so far have only scratched the surface of what can be achieved with social media.
Enter The Social Media MBA, new from Christer Holloman, the man the London Evening Standard called “one of London’s Top 25 Most Influential Individuals within New Media.” Holloman was also recipient of The Telegraph’s 2011 Digital Award (Industry).
In…
Manfred Kets De Vries is Clinical Professor of Leadership and Organisational Change and the Raoul de Vitry d’Avaucourt Chaired Professor of Leadership Development at INSEAD, not to mention a world-renowned authority on global leadership and executive teams.
He recently sat down with Shellie Karabell for an INSEAD Knowledge video interview (the corresponding article lives here) to discuss his…
We are ecstatic to announce the release of the brand new book Get Lucky by Thor Muller and Lane Becker (co-founders of Get Satisfaction). In their book they show that serendipity isn’t an abstract or magical notion – it’s a practical skill and one that you can put to work in your business. With this…
If you are like most leaders, there are situations in which your current nonverbal behavior is very effective – and other situations where you could benefit by having the flexibility to change the signals you are sending. (Often men’s body language, instead of conveying confidence and competence, is perceived as cold and uncaring; women may…
In my roles as a workplace consultant, a women’s leadership columnist, and a recovering “negotiation avoider” myself, I’ve witnessed countless women sidestep negotiating, choosing instead to live with an inconvenient or less than optimal situation. As a group, we as women negotiate four times less often than our male counterparts, resulting in getting less of what…
In the quest for endless cost reductions and every-greater efficiency it’s easy to overlook
something that seems as unimportant as facilitation. It is after all just another soft skill
isn’t it? Something those people in HR know about, but that the folks who worry about
the bottom-line really don’t need to understand. Or do they?…
Have you ever wondered what an acquisitions editor does? Learn this and more from Jossey-Bass Business Executive Editor Susan Williams. In this interview she also discusses what it’s like to work with some of the world’s leading authorities in leadership/management, what the future of leadership looks like, and what we should do the next time…
Watch this short video to learn more about JBbiz Executive Editor Kathe Sweeney. Get the answers to serious questions like, “What authors do you work with?” and “How would I get published by Jossey-Bass?” and “If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?” Anything else you’d like to know?…
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 –…
