Management

Soundview Executive Book Summaries® publishes summaries of the best business books of each year on management issues including change management, managing people, crisis management, managing a virtual workforce, project management and more. Browse our extensive collection of management book summaries to solve your most difficult issues.

The 80/20 Manager

by Richard Koch

Item #: 3608

Bestselling author Richard Koch demonstrates how managers can be much more efficient and effective by applying the 80/20 Principle - the idea that just 20 percent of our time, effort and key decisions generate 80 percent of our success. The 80/20 Manager can help managers to focus on the issues that really matter, ask the right questions, find the right connections and realize meaningful achievement for their businesses and themselves.

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Relationship Economics

by David Nour

Item #: 3528

Based on David Nour’s global speaking and consulting engagements, Relationship Economics reveals that success comes from investing in people for extraordinary returns. Three major types of relationships are explained –– personal, functional and strategic –– including how to focus on each to fuel enterprise growth. Nour introduces new concepts in relationship management that can increase your ability to turn valuable business contacts into personal and professional success.

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The Fearless Front Line

by Ray Attiyah

Item #: 3526

The Fearless Front Line is a call to action for leaders to set a standard of fearlessness where their frontline workers take pride in and take ownership of their critical roles. This, in turn, frees leaders to focus on the big-picture, bold strategies that can improve and grow the business. Ray Attiyah’s proven Run-Improve-Grow model for continuous improvement will stimulate a culture of consistent growth and constant innovation.

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Lukaszewski on Crisis Communication

by James E. Lukaszewski

Item #: 3525

In this industry-defining book on crisis management and leadership recovery, James Lukaszewski introduces a concept rarely dealt with in crisis communication and operational response planning: managing the victim dimension of crisis. Delivered in his straight-talking style backed with compelling case studies, Lukaszewski on Crisis Communication is your guide to preparing for a crisis and the explosive visibility that comes with it.

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Change with Confidence

by Phil Buckley

Item #: 3523

Change with Confidence addresses the 50 biggest questions that change leaders ask time and again, and provides the context, examples, and advice to answer them well, and to enable successful, sustainable change. Whether you’re trying to figure it out, are in the planning stage, are actively managing or are working to make it stick, you’ll find guidance for a wide range of issues facing the change leaders of today.

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No More Pointless Meetings

by Martin Murphy

Item #: 3517

Wasting time in pointless meetings is the one thing that never seems to change. Martin Murphy, however, has helped a "Who's Who" of corporate clients transform time-sapping meetings into breakthrough sessions that are measurably productive. His strategy is not simply to make meetings more palatable; instead, he reframes the entire concept of collaboration and introduces four "Work Sessions" that replace meetings to get more done, faster than ever before.

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Team Turnarounds

by Daniel Leidl, Joe Frontiera

Item #: 3428

As sports fans already know, behind every great underdog story is a leader who roots out the competitive advantage that will propel the team to victory. In Team Turnarounds, Joe Frontiera and Dan Leidl share how this fine art of the turnaround really works, from how to inspire the team to the actual tools for change. Through interviews with team managers and turnaround masters in the NFL, MLB, and the NCAA, as well as managers at top global firms who have successfully reversed their...

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The Power of Habit

by Charles Duhigg

Item #: 3425

In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.

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The Reinventors

by Jason Jennings

Item #: 3422

For most businesses, success is fleeting. There are only two real choices: stick with the status quo until things inevitably decline, or continuously change to stay vital. But how? Bestselling leadership and management guru Jason Jennings and his researchers screened 22,000 companies around the world that had been cited as great examples of reinvention. They selected the best, verified their success, interviewed their leaders, and learned how they pursue never-ending radical change. The fresh...

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