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Emmanuel Gobillot

Traditional organizational boundaries limit our ability to deliver results. The Connected Leader argues that many of the old leadership recipes are outdated and don't take into account changes in the work environment and informal social networks within the organization. Taking a new approach to leadership theory, the author (a senior director at Hay Group) argues that modern leaders engage with employees and improve performance by building on trust, giving meaning to workplace relationships and by creating dialogue within the organization. The Connected Leader provides diagnostic tools for readers to evaluate their own skills and directly relate the insights from the book to their own situation.

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John Zenger and Joseph Folkman

The highly anticipated follow-up to thepopular The Extraordinary LeaderIn their bestselling work The Extraordinary Leader, performancethought leaders John Zenger and JosephFolkman revealed the 16 key competencies that separatethe top 10% of leaders from the rest. Since that first book's publication, they have discovered, throughan extensive study with over 20,000 managers, thatleaders who possessed the ability to motivate outperformedall others. The Inspiring Leader reveals theauthors' newest proprietary research on how top leadersinspire teams to greatness, including the ninebehaviors exhibited by the most successful leaders andhow to implement them.

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Sue Cartwright and Cary L. Cooper

Mergers, acquisitions, and alliances continue to be almost an everyday feature of the contemporary business scene, yet at least half prove to be unsuccessful. The authors show the contribution that psychology can make to our understanding of the merger phenomena - how it affects organizational performance, and how it affects the managers and employees involved. Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Alliances is intended as a guide to successful organizational marriage. Great emphasis is placed on the issue of cultural compatibility as it concerns partner selection, integration practices and venture outcomes. The book also focuses on cross-national mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. With the increasing economic activity within the European Union and between the unions of other countries, there is a need to know more about the corporate and national cultures in these strategic alliances. The authors have drawn upon an extensive body of research based on recent cases in a wide cross section of industries across Europe. The book is unique in showing the actual effect mergers and acquisitions have on people, and consequently on the performance of the 'new' organization. It will be particularly relevant for decision makers - those who are involved in planning and implementing a large organizational change, and those responsible for ensuring successful integration afterwards. It would also be extremely useful for postgraduate management students, personnel executives and management consultants. The essential guide to successful organizational marriage Focuses on cultural compatibility, partner selection, integration practices and venture outcomes Covers cross-national mergers.

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Richard Denny

Succeed for Yourself is a practical, step-by-step guide to unlocking your potential for success and happiness. It focuses on a variety of areas, demonstrating how you can improve both your business and personal life on your own terms. In Succeed for Yourself, Richard Denny shows how you can transform your individual dream of success into reality. Crammed with common-sense advice and inspiring ideas, Succeed for Yourself will take you on a journey of self-discovery that will help you seize your self-belief, set goals and achieve them, overcome setbacks and rejection, become highly motivated and find happiness at home and at work.