50 Strategies That Changed History

50 Strategies That Changed History
Author: Daniel Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2015-09-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781845436131

Get right inside the strategic thinking behind 50 of history’s greatest military, political and economic triumphs - and disasters. Learn how strategic thinking evolved as history’s most gifted generals, politicians and business tycoons looked to the past for lessons on how to act in the present. See history as it happened – and experience the moments when events were in the balance and key players had to make crucial strategic decisions. This is history at its most immediate and gripping. With detailed fact files, a who’s who of key players and ideas, timelines and clear infographics that illustrate the crucial moments that shaped history.

The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking

The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking
Author: Mikael Krogerus
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2012-01-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0393241343

A short, sharp guide to tackling life’s biggest challenges: understanding ourselves and making the right choices. Every day offers moments of decision, from what to eat for lunch to how to settle a dispute with a colleague. Still larger questions loom: How can I motivate my team? How can I work more efficiently? What is the long tail anyway? Whether you’re a newly minted MBA, a chronic second-guesser, or just someone eager for a new vantage point, The Decision Book presents fifty models for better structuring, and subsequently understanding, life’s steady challenges. Interactive and thought-provoking, this illustrated workbook offers succinct summaries of popular strategies, including the Rubber Band Model for dilemmas with many directions, the Personal Performance Model to test whether to change jobs, and the Black Swan Model to illustrate why experience doesn’t guarantee wisdom. Packed with familiar tools like the Pareto Principle, the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and an unusual exercise inspired by Warren Buffet, The Decision Book is the ideal reference for flexible thinkers.

Statecraft

Statecraft
Author: Margaret Thatcher
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2017-06-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 000826404X

Lady Thatcher, a unique figure in global politics, shares her views about the dangers and opportunities of the new millennium.

50 Literacy Strategies

50 Literacy Strategies
Author: Gail Tompkins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-04-25
Genre: Language arts (Elementary)
ISBN: 9780132944915

This new edition is a conveniently organized resource for all elementary and middle school teachers, providing research-based and classroom-tested strategies to develop literacy skills. Everything you need to know to implement, adapt, and enrich each strategy is included.

How They Rule the World

How They Rule the World
Author: Pedro Baños
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2019-04-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1473563070

*The International Bestseller* Is there anything more cut-throat than global politics? Wherever you turn – Europe, Russia, China, Korea, Syria, the Middle East – we are living in a time of global geopolitical power plays. Once an insider to this closed world, Pedro Banos reveals that however it might be smoothed over by the PR of political diplomacy, the world of geopolitics is one of war and conflict by strategic means, where countries have sought dominion and power over their rivals since the dawn of time. Banos presents this high-stakes game as a series of 22 universal rules on how to act and exert influence in the international sphere. Each principle is contextualised in both classical and modern history, from Bismarck to Kissinger, but also related to the current world of Trump, Putin and Xi Jinping. With titles like ‘Kicking Away the Ladder’, ‘The Tower of Champagne Glasses’, ‘The Madman’, and ‘The Mule and the Saddlebags’, How They Rule the World is a practical set of rules for engagement that can be enjoyed by anyone. Written with the philosophic, aphoristic timelessness of a von Bulow, Sun Tzu or Machiavelli, Banos has created an utterly gripping manual on the secrets of how strategic power really works.

Strategies for Social Change

Strategies for Social Change
Author: Gregory M. Maney
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 081667289X

Examines how strategies within social movements develop and work

101 Changemakers

101 Changemakers
Author: Michele Bollinger
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2012-11-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1608461564

101 profiles of social justice leaders that changed the world, made accessible for students in grades 5-9.

Strategy That Works

Strategy That Works
Author: Paul Leinwand
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2016-01-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1625275218

How to close the gap between strategy and execution Two-thirds of executives say their organizations don’t have the capabilities to support their strategy. In Strategy That Works, Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi explain why. They identify conventional business practices that unintentionally create a gap between strategy and execution. And they show how some of the best companies in the world consistently leap ahead of their competitors. Based on new research, the authors reveal five practices for connecting strategy and execution used by highly successful enterprises such as IKEA, Natura, Danaher, Haier, and Lego. These companies: • Commit to what they do best instead of chasing multiple opportunities • Build their own unique winning capabilities instead of copying others • Put their culture to work instead of struggling to change it • Invest where it matters instead of going lean across the board • Shape the future instead of reacting to it Packed with tools you can use for building these five practices into your organization and supported by in-depth profiles of companies that are known for making their strategy work, this is your guide for reconnecting strategy to execution.

People Tools for Business

People Tools for Business
Author: Alan C. Fox
Publisher: SelectBooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2014-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1590792882

Great Advice About Business and Life from New York Times Best-selling Author Alan C. Fox, One of America’s Top Entrepreneurs! In this engaging and practical book, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and mentor, Alan C. Fox shares 50 tools that anyone can use to build success, create wealth, and find happiness. PEOPLE TOOLS FOR BUSINESS is Fox’s highly-anticipated sequel to his popular New York Times best seller, PEOPLE TOOLS. Based on the countless lessons that he has learned during a distinguished and profitable career, Fox presents his time-proven techniques for achieving success that is meaningful, enjoyable, and long lasting. Whether you are just entering the workforce or have been running a business for years, this book will help you build the life and career of your dreams.