Authors provide the answers to these vital questions in Lessons from the Top. Using the most exacting standards imaginable, and employing the research expertise of the Gallup Organization and the analytical tools of investment advisers, they selected the fifty best executives in business today and interviewed them about their long-term strategies, career milestones, key accomplishments, and guiding beliefs. The result is an unparalleled course in what it takes to create a successful, well-organized company in any industry

Leading Honorably will help you define and develop those intangible assets that are so important in our world today. The 50 tips presented in this book offer inspiration to help you establish your own guidelines for moral conduct as well as advice on how to be a positive influence and lead by example

Leadership and The One Minute Manager goes straight to the heart of management as it describes the effective, adaptive styles of Situational Leadership. In clear and simple terms it teaches how to become a flexible and successful leader, fitting your style to the needs of the individual and to the situation at hand, and using the One Minute Manager techniques to enhance the motivation of others

This book examines legal and policy considerations of creating a regulatory and institutional framework for unified financial services supervision

In this provocative yet practical book, Fred Reichheld argues that loyalty provides the acid test for leadership in today's volatile business environment, and that most leaders deserve failing grades. In fact, the author is quick to highlight that less than half of today's employees believe their company deserves their loyalty

"All of history is mystery," Dale L. Walker says, and he proves his point in this lively, humorous--and rational--approach to the West

This book is for teachers and trainers who want to incorporate literature into the language classroom and explore the issues involved. It can be used as a resource by trainers working with groups of teachers, by teacher development groups or by individual teachers working on their own

This is recognised to be one of the most important books ever written on the subject. The first quarter of the book is taken up with a highly interesting, though extremely detailed, account of the development of philology as a science; it must be one of the most comprehensive historical reviews of this kind available. The second part, entitled

This book examines some of the major threats posed by climate change to the region's economies, societies, and biodiversity

The book gives you all the guidance you need to become tomorrow"s expert team leader. You"ll learn how to manage by vision and principles, rather than policies and procedures and this book takes all the guesswork out of becoming the sort of inspired leader who can help lead your organization into the next century