Summaries of books about Business & Finance:
The Future of Pension Management
Integrating Design, Governance, and Investing
Keith P. Ambachtsheer
The book provides a comprehensive guide to pension management, offering innovative approaches to designing, governing, and investing pension funds to ensure their sustainability and adequacy. It addresses the challenges faced by pension managers and trustees, and presents practical solutions to improve the financial security of retirees.
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Mentoring Executives and Directors
David Megginson|David Clutterbuck
The book provides insights and practical guidance on how to effectively mentor professionals at the executive and director level, focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities in developing leadership skills and strategic thinking. It includes frameworks, tools, and case studies to help mentors and mentees navigate the complexities of high-level corporate environments and achieve personal and organizational growth.
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Winning the Profit Game
Smarter Pricing, Smarter Branding
Robert G. Docters|Michael R. Reopel|Jeanne-Mey Sun|Stephen M. Tanny
The book provides insights into strategies for maximizing profitability through effective pricing and branding techniques. It emphasizes the importance of understanding customer value perception and competitive positioning to make informed decisions that drive financial success.
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Accelerated Leadership Development
How to Turn Your Top Talent into Leaders
Ines Wichert
The book provides strategies and insights for fast-tracking the development of leadership skills within an organization's high-potential employees. It offers practical advice, case studies, and frameworks to help HR professionals and business leaders identify, nurture, and promote emerging talent to leadership roles effectively.
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The Creative Thinking Handbook
Your Step-by-Step Guide to Problem Solving in Business
Chris Griffiths|Melina Costi|Caragh Medlicott
The book provides a structured approach to enhancing creativity and problem-solving skills within a business context, offering practical tools and techniques to foster innovative thinking. It guides readers through a step-by-step process to generate ideas, evaluate solutions, and implement strategies effectively in their organizations.
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Solving the Productivity Puzzle
How to Engage, Motivate and Develop Employees to Improve Individual and Business Performance
Tim Ringo
The book provides insights into enhancing workplace productivity by focusing on employee engagement, motivation, and development strategies. It offers practical solutions and case studies to help businesses improve individual performance and achieve overall organizational success.
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The Rebel Entrepreneur
Rewriting the Business Rulebook
Jonathan Moules
The book provides insights and guidance for entrepreneurs who challenge conventional business wisdom and pursue innovative paths to success. It includes case studies and practical advice on how to thrive by breaking the rules, being resourceful, and thinking differently in the competitive world of business.
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Breakthrough Business Negotiation
A Toolbox for Managers
Michael Watkins
The book provides a comprehensive guide to effective negotiation strategies and tactics, offering practical tools and techniques for managers to achieve optimal outcomes in various business scenarios. It covers the negotiation process from preparation to closure, emphasizing the importance of understanding interests, building relationships, and crafting creative solutions.
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Attracting Investors
A Marketing Approach to Finding Funds for Your Business
Philip Kotler|Hermawan Kartajaya|S. David Young
The book provides a strategic framework for entrepreneurs and business owners to market their investment opportunities effectively to potential investors. It combines marketing principles with fundraising tactics to help readers create compelling value propositions, target the right investors, and secure the necessary funding for their business ventures.
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The Bubble Economy
Is Sustainable Growth Possible?
Robert U. Ayres
The book examines the unsustainable nature of the current economic system, which is heavily reliant on finite resources and credit expansion, leading to recurring financial bubbles. It explores the possibility of transitioning to a more sustainable growth model by addressing environmental constraints and advocating for systemic economic reforms.
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