-Titulo Original : Remarkable Service-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: A professional, highly trained staff offers a competitive advantage for all foodservice operations, from practical service skills (i.e., setting the table, serving the food, and presenting the check) to less tangible service skills (i.e., creating a welcoming space, exhibiting a helpful attitude, and anticipating customer needs). This revised edition has been thoroughly re-organized and updated with all-new photographs and includes new Scripts for Service Scenarios throughout to help servers practice real-world scenarios. About the Author Founded in 1946, The Culinary Institute of America is anindependent, not-for-profit college offering bachelors andassociate degrees in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts, aswell as certificate programs in culinary arts and wine and beveragestudies. A network of more than 45,000 alumni has helped the CIAearn its reputation as the worlds premier culinary college.The CIA, which also offers courses for professionals and foodenthusiasts, as well as consulting services for the foodservice andhospitality industry, has campuses in Hyde Park, New York; St. Helena, California; San Antonio, Texas; and Singapore...

-Titulo Original : Enough True Measures Of Money, Business, And Life-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Review “I highly recommend the book Enough by Vanguards founder, Jack Bogle, who eloquently outlines many of the frustrations investors have.” (USA Today) Vanguard Group founder Bogle expounds on the hidden costs of our current financial system (primarily driven by speculation and complexity) and suggests that a deeper understanding of what is truly “enough” will help foster more sustainable investing and better living. (Library Journal Best of 2008 Selection)“Why don’t people publish pamphlets any more. I’m not talking about the slim-jims handed out at trade shows, but rabble-rousing, world-changing works like Common Sense and The Communist Manifesto. John Bogle, the founder of Vanguard, follows in the footsteps of the great pamphleteers…‘Central to the effective functioning of capitalism,’ he writes, ‘was the fundamental principle of trusting and being trusted’-and that is disappearing. The problem now: No one is satisfied with having ‘enough’ money or enough success. … If pamphlets were still the rage, 48 pages distilled from the contents of this book could be something as powerful to our age as anything written by Thomas Paine or Marx and Engels. In our more bookish time, though, Bogle has fleshed his ideas out to an interesting, 266-page overview of his life and his views.” (Barron’s)“’What have I created?’ [Bogle] asks in mock horror in his new book…his cry reflects a deeper personal dilemma, one that jags like a scar through this thoughtful meditation on the excess and greed that created the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. … I applaud his enthusiasm and don’t doubt his wisdom and sincerity. ‘Enough’ - with the period - is a worthy addition to the canon, a variation of his familiar sermon on thrift, simplicity, and the superiority of low-cost index funds.” -James Pressley, Bloomberg News“Jack Bogle’s passionate cry of Enough. contains a thought-provoking litany of life lessons regarding our individual roles in commerce and society. Employing a seamless mix of personal anecdotes, hard evidence, and all-too-often-underrated subjective admonitions, Bogle challenges each of us to aspire to become better members of our families, our professions, and our communities. Rarely do so few pages provoke so much thought. Read this book.” -David F. Swensen, Chief Investment Officer, Yale UniversityWe live in a time that values achievement over character. When the two collide, character often takes a back seat and relationships of all kinds are shattered. Bogle observes that while the financial represents the worst of it, what we see today is not just a financial sector problem, but a societal problem. There is really just too much greed everywhere. … Enough is really about discovering what is really important in our lives. -Michael McKinney, LeadingBlogBogle is a rarity - a true captain of industry who speaks about complex economic issues in a language comprehensible to the layperson. -Michael Smerconish, The Philadelphia EnquirerEnough shines a light on Bogles sense of despair over the state of the financial industry, and perhaps industry in general. … From CEOs who implode their companies and float away on golden parachutes, to financial companies who create instruments so complex they themselves have trouble understanding them, to mutual fund companies that market rosy returns while sugarcoating their fees, Bogle sees a lack of integrity and a willingness to play fast and loose with ethical rules in order to make a buck. (Or, maybe more accurate, 150 billion bucks.) -Justin McHenry, BlogCritics MagazineIts hard to imagine a better time to publish a book that advocates moderation, balance and integrity in the business world. In this wise meditation, Bogle, the folk-hero creator of the first index mutual fund and founder of the Vanguard Mutual Fund Group, deplores ‘our worship of wealth and the growing corruption of our professional ethics but ultimately the subversion of our character and valu...

-Titulo Original : High-impact Tools For Teams 5 Tools To Align Team Members, Build Trust, And Get Results Fast (the Strategyzer Series)-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Take advantage of a powerful visual management tool for teams as you work together and deliver great results. Its been used by thousands of teams for project success!59% of U.S. workers say that communication is their teams biggest obstacle to success, followed by accountability at 29% (Atlassian). High-Impact Tools for Teams explains a simple, powerful tool that helps team leaders and members align and get clarity on exactly who is responsible for each part of the teams most important activities and projects. The tool is complemented by 4 trust add-ons that help teams build trust and increase psychological safety, so every member can be confident in sharing ideas or concerns about obstacles the team may face. Its a proven tool for project teams, based on years of research, and thousands of teams are already using the Team Alignment Map to run effective get-to-action meetings, give projects a good start and de-silo organizations.Co-author Alex Osterwalder is the international best-selling author who co-created the Business Model Canvas, a strategic management tool used by 1 million industry leaders globally. Plan as a team and know who does whatUncover and proactively remove the most likely obstacles to any projectBoost team member contributionsRun more effective team meetings Get more successful projectsWith the guidance of High-Impact Tools for Teams, you can be better prepared as a team leader or team member to plan effectively, reduce risks, and collaborate with others. Your team will be accountable and ready to deliver results! From the Inside Flap If you are leading a team - or plan to anytime soon - youll want to keep this book close at hand. -From the Foreword by Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business SchoolMake every project a success with the Team Alignment Toolkit. Bring mutual clarity to the table, boost the contribution of every team member, and get successful results.Create Alignment Align Stakeholders visually, clarify roles, and manage risks as a team using the Team Alignment Map. Communicate Better Ask good questions and surface facts with the Fact Finder. Manage conflict constructively with the Nonviolent Request Guide. Build Trust Quickly set the rules a team will play by and create an environment of appreciation and respect between team members with the Team Contract and the Respect Card. From the Back Cover Make every project a success with the Team Alignment Toolkit. Bring mutual clarity to the table, boost the contribution of every team member, and get successful results.“If you are leading a team?-?or plan to anytime soon?-?you’ll want to keep this book close at hand.” -?From the Foreword by Amy Edmondson, ?Harvard Business SchoolCreate Alignment Align Stakeholders visually, clarify roles, and manage risks as a team using the Team Alignment Map. Communicate Better Ask good questions and surface facts with the Fact Finder. Manage conflict constructively with the Nonviolent Request Guide. Build Trust Quickly set the rules a team will play by and create an environment of appreciation and respect between team members with the Team Contract and the Respect Card. About the Author Stefano Mastrogiacomo ( teamalignment.co, Geneva, Switzerland) is a team tools designer, a project management consultant, and professor. He has a passion for human coordination and hes the designer of the Team Alignment Map, the Team Contract, the Fact Finder, and the other tools presented in High-Impact Tools for Teams. Hes been leading digital projects and advising project teams in international organizations for more than 20 years, while teaching and doing research at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. His interdisciplinary work is anchored in project management, change management, psycholinguistics, evolutionary anthropology, and design thinking...

-Titulo Original : Mastering The Complex Sale How To Compete And Win When The Stakes Are High!-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: From the Inside Flap In todays turbulent and volatile marketplace, even the most experienced professionals are struggling with the rapid commoditization of their complex, high-value solutions. The complexity of the problems to be solved and the competitive threats we face are increasing at an alarming rate. At the same time, your customers are wrestling with mission-critical decisions and evaluating solutions that all sound the same and come packaged with a high degree of risk and a low probability of success. Your success demands an exceptional strategy and precise execution that must clearly set you apart from your competition. Continuing to evolve the breakthrough thinking of his bestselling classic Mastering the Complex Sale in this new edition, Jeff Thull once again pushes the envelope to give professionals-from individuals struggling with their first call, to senior executives trying to figure out why their value strategy is falling short-a comprehensive guide to navigate and win high-stakes sales. You will find yourself rethinking your beliefs about selling, applying this straightforward strategy, and achieving the success you are looking for.Jeff will lead you through Diagnostic Business Development, a complete and effective system derived from years of experience with top sales professionals and executive teams worldwide. It is a proven diagnostic, value-based approach that positions you with respect and exceptional credibility as a valued business advisor and contributor to your customers success. In fact, its not about selling-its about guiding quality business decisions that will connect and quantify your unique value and remove your customers internal barriers that prevent them from moving forward.This book will show you how to:Gain access and connect to the highest levels of powerand influenceSeparate real business from resource drainsNavigate complex decision networksPrevent self-commoditizationConnect your value to your customers performance metricsQuantify value with an amount your customers believeCo-create compelling solutions customers will invest inRich with detailed examples and real-world case studies and thorough in its challenge to conventional sales wisdom, this edition of Mastering the Complex Sale gives you the precise guide youve been looking for to win and win big in complex sales. Praise for Mastering the Complex SaleJeff Thulls process plays a key role in helping companies and their customers cross the chasm with disruptive innovations and succeed with game-changing initiatives. -Geoffrey A. Moore, author of Crossing the Chasm and Dealing with DarwinThis is the first book that lays out a solid method for selling cross-company, cross-border, even cross-culturally where you have multiple decision makers with multiple agendas. This is far more than a selling process-it is a survival guide-a truly outstanding approach to bringing all the pieces of the puzzle together. -Ed Daniels, EVP, Shell Global Solutions Downstream, President, CRI/Criterion, Inc.Mastering the Complex Sale brilliantly sets up value from the customers perspective. A must-read for all those who are managing multinational business teams in a complex and highly competitive environment. -Samik Mukherjee, Vice President, Onshore Business, TechnipCustomers need to know the value they will receive and how they will receive it. Thulls insights into the complex sale and how to clarify and quantify this value are remarkable-Mastering the Complex Sale will be required reading for years to come! -Lee Tschanz, Vice President, North American Sales, Rockwell AutomationJeff Thull is winning the war against commoditization. In his world, value trumps price and commoditization isnt a given, its a choice. This is a proven alternative to the price-driven sale. Weve spoken to his clients. This stuff really works, folks. -Dave Stein, CEO and Founder, ES Research Group, Inc.Our business depen...

-Titulo Original : The Colder War How The Global Energy Trade Slipped From Americas Grasp-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Review Fascinating, revealing and at times downright disturbing, The Colder War will grip you from first page to last and leave you with a better understanding of the forces shaping the geopolitical landscape for decades to come.Grant Williams,Managing Editor, Things That Make You Go Hmmm...The Colder War provides a reversing contrast from the hysterical Putin is Stalin, Jr., restart the Cold War message emanating from the neocon think tanks and the mainstream media. Marin Katusa provides an objective examination of Putins history and goals, and shows the real threat to the American people is not Putin but the U.S. Governments hyper-interventionist foreign policy, our destructive monetary policies, and government policies that inhibit the development of Americas energy resources.--Dr. Ron Paul, Former U.S. Congressman, Founder Ron Paul Institute for Peace and ProsperityThere are few more important questions to the future of Western economies than the fate of the petrodollar and direction of the energy trade. Marin Katusas book tells the story of raging battles in the least covered and most misunderstood war of our time, a war that is already starting to redraw the worlds map. Marin is an intense individual and has structured mining and energy deals the world over. This book offers a perspective from the trenches in the high stakes world of energy security.--Ian Telfer, Chairman of Goldcorp and Director of Renaissance Oil CorpIn this book, the difficult realities of The Colder War and the serious quest for energy security are set forth in a well written and thoughtful manner. The global race for security provided by civil nuclear energy is happening now and the western world may be in the process of losing. Marin Katusas detailed account of the geopolitical race to control resources is an insightful page turner.--Lady Barbara Judge, Chairman Emeritus, UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)Marin has written a fascinating page-turning history of energy and Russia with a dash of humor and style. I read it in one sitting and suggest you do the same. You will get a much different view than what you read in the main stream media.--John Mauldin, Chairman, Mauldin Economics How the massive power shift in Russia threatens the political dominance of the United StatesThere is a new cold war underway, driven by a massive geopolitical power shift to Russia that went almost unnoticed across the globe. In The Colder War: How the Global Energy Trade Slipped from Americas Grasp, energy expert Marin Katusa takes a look at the ways the western world is losing control of the energy market, and what can be done about it.Russia is in the midst of a rapid economic and geopolitical renaissance under the rule of Vladimir Putin, a tenacious KGB officer turned modern-day tsar. Understanding his rise to power provides the keys to understanding the shift in the energy trade from Saudi Arabia to Russia. This powerful new position threatens to unravel the political dominance of the United States once and for all.Discover how political coups, hostile takeovers, and assassinations have brought Russia to the center of the worlds energy marketFollow Putins rise to power and how it has led to an upsetting of the global balance of tradeLearn how Russia toppled a generation of robber barons and positioned itself as the most powerful force in the energy marketStudy Putins long-range plans and their potential impact on the United States and the U.S. dollarIf Putins plans are successful, not only will Russia be able to starve other countries of power, but the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) will replace the G7 in wealth and clout. The Colder War takes a hard look at what is to come in a new global energy market that is certain to cause unprecedented impact on the U.S. dollar and the American way of life. From the Author When Doug Casey, the founder of Casey Research, broached the idea o...

-Titulo Original : The Travels Of A T-shirt In The Global Economy An Economist Examines The Markets, Power, And Politics Of World Trade. New Preface And Epilogue With Updates On Economic Issues And Main Characters-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: The keys to global business success, as taught by a T-shirts journeyThe Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is a critically-acclaimed narrative that illuminates the globalization debates and reveals the key factors to success in global business. Tracing a T-shirts life story from a Texas cotton field to a Chinese factory and back to a U.S. storefront before arriving at the used clothing market in Africa, the book uncovers the political and economic forces at work in the global economy. Along the way, this fascinating exploration addresses a wealth of compelling questions about politics, trade, economics, ethics, and the impact of history on todays business landscape. This new printing of the second edition includes a revised preface and a new epilogue with updates through 2014 on the people, industries, and policies related to the T-shirts life story.Using a simple, everyday T-shirt as a lens through which to explore the business, economic, moral, and political complexities of globalization in a historical context, Travels encapsulates a number of complex issues into a single identifiable object that will strike a chord with readers as they:Investigate the sources of sustained competitive advantage in different industriesExamine the global economic and political forces that explain trade patters between countriesAnalyze complex moral issues related to globalization and international businessDiscover the importance of cultural and human elements in international tradeThis story of a simple product illuminates the many complex issues which businesspeople, policymakers, and global citizens are touched by every day. From the Inside Flap PRAISE FOR THE TRAVELS OF A T-SHIRT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMYEngrossing… [Rivoli] goes wherever the T-shirt goes and there are surprises around every corner....full of memorable characters and vivid scenes. -TimeAn engaging and illuminating saga … Rivoli follows her T-shirt along its route, but that is like saying that Melville follows his whale … Her nuanced and fair-minded approach is all the more powerful for eschewing the pretense of ideological absolutism, and her telescopic look through a single industry has all the makings of an economics classic. -The New York TimesRarely is a business book so well written that one would gladly stay up all night to finish it. Rivolis The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is just such a page-turner. -CIO magazineSucceeds admirably…T-shirts may not have changed the world, but their story is a useful account of how free trade and protectionism certainly have. -Financial TimesA readable and evenhanded treatment of the complexities of world trade… As Rivoli repeatedly makes clear, there is absolutely nothing free about free trade except the slogan. -San Francisco ChronicleA fascinating exploration of the history, economics, and politics of world trade…The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is a thought-provoking yarn that exhibits the ugly, the bad, and the good of globalization, and points to the unintended positive consequences of the clash between proponents and opponents of free trade. -Fort Worth Star-TelegramThis second edition includes a revised preface and new epilogue with updates through 2014 on the people, industries, and policies related to the t-shirts life story. From the Back Cover PRAISE FOR THE TRAVELS OF A T-SHIRT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMYEngrossing… [Rivoli] goes wherever the T-shirt goes and there are surprises around every corner....full of memorable characters and vivid scenes. -TimeAn engaging and illuminating saga … Rivoli follows her T-shirt along its route, but that is like saying that Melville follows his whale … Her nuanced and fair-minded approach is all the more powerful for eschewing the pretense of ideological absolutism, and her telescopic look through a single industry has all the makings of an economics classic. -The New York TimesRarely is a b...

-Titulo Original : Multi-family Millions How Anyone Can Reposition Apartments For Big Profits-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Multi-Family Millions offers expert advice for investors who want to make the transition from single-family homes to more profitable multi-family units. Successful real estate investor David Lindahl shows you how to find troubled properties that are ripe for quick profits, how to fix or flip those properties, and how to re-sell at maximum value. With a proven step-by-step system for managing each stage of the process, this book shows you how to get started in moneymaking multi-family units?even while you work your day job. From the Inside Flap Dave Lindahl was a broke landscaper when he used a cash advance on his credit card to buy his first three-unit apartment house-and immediately reaped a $972 per month positive cash flow. Twelve months later he owned eleven multi-family buildings and had $10,000 per month in extra income. Today, he controls over $140 million in real estate. In Multi-Family Millions, Lindahl shows you how anyone can get started investing in small apartment houses and make great money doing it. You can do it on a part-time basis, and best of all, you never need to deal with tenants. Compared with single-family homes, multi-family properties hold much greater profit potential and allow you to earn more money on each deal you complete. There is also far less competition in the multi-family market. In addition, having more units under a single roof reduces your investment risk and offers higher long-term profits. The rewards of multi-family investing are obvious, but how can you benefit when you have very little time or money? Multi-Family Millions is the step-by-step guide that shows you how to get into the multi-family game-and get out with big profits. It provides expert coverage of the most effective investing strategies and gives you guidance on every stage of the process-from finding properties with great profit potential to buying, renovating, and reselling them for big money. With Lindahls expert help, youll discover how to: Identify troubled multi-family properties that are ripe for repositioningNegotiate great purchase prices for target propertiesFlip properties for fast cash or improve them with affordable, value-adding repairsResell properties at maximum value with minimum hassleNo matter your level of investing expertise or experience, Multi-Family Millions gives you the perfect strategy for success-especially for investors with little time and little cash on hand. Whether youre an expert investor or just starting out, Multi-Family Millions reveals the proven strategies, tactics, and infor- mation you need to make big profits-faster and easier than you ever thought possible. From the Back Cover Make Money While You Have a Day Job...and Never Be a Landlord!Discover why apartment houses are the best investment in todays real estate marketThe key to making big profits in real estate is to go against the traditional wisdom. When the masses are buying, its often time to sell. When everyone is selling, there are huge bargains to be found. In Multi-Family Millions, contrarian real estate investor Dave Lindahl shows you how to read the market cycle, and explains why now is a great time to get started investing in apartment houses-even if its your first time investing in real estate and you have no money for a down payment. With a simple two- to five-unit multi-family property, or a thirty-unit apartment building, you can implement the same strategies Lindahl used in over 500 deals to build his own real estate fortune: How to reposition a multi-family property for maximum profitWhere to get the money for your first dealHow to own an apartment house and never deal with tenantsTen bad mistakes rehabbers makeThree proven principles for attracting great deals on multi-family propertiesWhen and how to resell for huge profitsConventional wisdom says real estate investors should start with single-family houses. Discover why its easier and much more profitable t...

-Titulo Original : How To Make Money Selling Stocks Short-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: From the Inside Flap There are two sides to everything, except the stock market. In the stock market there is only one side-the right side. In certain market conditions, selling short can put you on the right side, but it takes real knowledge and market know-how as well as a lot of courage to assume a short position. The mechanics of short selling are relatively simple, yet virtually no one, including most professionals, knows how to sell short correctly. In How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short, William J. ONeil offers you the information needed to pursue an effective short selling strategy, and shows you-with detailed, annotated charts-how to make the moves that will ultimately take you in the right direction.From learning how to set price limits to timing your short sales, the simple and timeless advice found within these pages will keep you focused on the task at hand and let you trade with the utmost confidence. There are two sides to everything, except the stock market. In the stock market there is only one side--the right side. In certain market conditions, selling short can put you on the right side, but it takes real knowledge and market know-how as well as a lot of courage to assume a short position. The mechanics of short selling are relatively simple, yet virtually no one, including most professionals, knows how to sell short correctly. In How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short, William J. ONeil offers you the information needed to pursue an effective short selling strategy, and shows you--with detailed, annotated charts--how to make the moves that will ultimately take you in the right direction. From learning how to set price limits to timing your short sales, the simple and timeless advice found within these pages will keep you focused on the task at hand and let you trade with the utmost confidence. From the Back Cover There are two sides to everything, except the stock market. In the stock market there is only one side-the right side. In certain market conditions, selling short can put you on the right side, but it takes real knowledge and market know-how as well as a lot of courage to assume a short position. The mechanics of short selling are relatively simple, yet virtually no one, including most professionals, knows how to sell short correctly. In How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short, William J. ONeil offers you the information needed to pursue an effective short selling strategy, and shows you-with detailed, annotated charts-how to make the moves that will ultimately take you in the right direction.From learning how to set price limits to timing your short sales, the simple and timeless advice found within these pages will keep you focused on the task at hand and let you trade with the utmost confidence. About the Author WILLIAM J. ONEIL has distinguished himself as a champion of the individual investor by providing them with innovative, sound, and effective tools and methods necessary for investment success. His investment books, including the bestselling How to Make Money in Stocks and The Successful Investor, outline in detail the CAN SLIM investment research tools that enabled Mr. ONeil to buy his own seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1963 and start his own institutional investment firm, William ONeil Co., Incorporated, which today services over 500 institutional investment organizations. The publication he designed and created in 1984, Investors Business Daily, brings sophisticated stock market data to the investing masses on a daily basis, and its Web site, investors , informs and educates individual investors on the basic principles of sound investing. GIL MORALES, a 1981 graduate of Stanford University, began his career in the industry as a stockbroker with Merrill Lynch in 1991. He later moved to PaineWebber in 1994 where he quickly became one of that firms top producers, and was recruited to join William ONeil Co., ...

-Titulo Original : The Effective Manager-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: The how-to guide for exceptional management from the bottom upThe Effective Manager is a hands-on practical guide to great management at every level. Written by the man behind Manager Tools, the worlds number-one business podcast, this book distills the authors 25 years of management training expertise into clear, actionable steps to start taking today. First, youll identify what effective management actually looks like: can you get the job done at a high level? Do you attract and retain top talent without burning them out? Then youll dig into the four critical behaviors that make a manager great, and learn how to adjust your own behavior to be the leader your team needs. Youll learn the four major tools that should be a part of every managers repertoire, how to use them, and even how to introduce them to the team in a productive, non-disruptive way.Most management books are written for CEOs and geared toward improving corporate management, but this book is expressly aimed at managers of any level-with a behavioral framework designed to be tailored to your teams specific needs.Understand your teams strengths, weaknesses, and goals in a meaningful wayStop limiting feedback to when something goes wrongMotivate your people to continuous improvementSpread the work around and let people stretch their skillsEffective managers are good at the job and good at people. The key is combining those skills to foster your teams development, get better and better results, and maintain a culture of positive productivity. The Effective Manager shows you how to turn good into great with clear, actionable, expert guidance. Review This book provides invaluable, actionable guidance for all managers. It will challenge some of the assumptions that you have about what makes an “Effective Manager”, and it will make you much more effective in your role. I say this with confidence, having followed much of the advice in this book for the past six years.Marc Grainger, Managing Director, Human Resources, Credit Suisse“I have first listened to Horstman’s advice in 2006. I have waited, thought about it, procrastinated, tried to find a catch, surrendered to my fears, hunted for the unclear, the over-simplification, any flaws. Eventually, when there were no excuses left and things at work still needed improvement, I began to focus on the 4 core management principles Horstman has established and did what he suggests. Very quickly, my team responded with thankfulness (!), and our results got better. “Know your people, talk about performance, ask for more, and push work down” is simply what you have to do if you want to call yourself a professional manager.Dirk Boergers, Company Manager, Stage Entertainment Group GermanyI was very fortunate to come across Manager Tools over 10 yrs. ago and Ive continued to listen ever since. Ive also attended the in-person training and have purchased multiple products...each has delivered value far in excess of its price. Its rare to find such specific, actionable, and effective guidance...and I usually find opportunities to apply this guidance within days!Graham Cochrane, Senior IT Manager, TD Bank GroupThe Effective Manager is one of those books that gets thicker over time through turned-down corners, paper-clipped pages and the addition of piles of sticky notes. There is advice for every conceivable issue that comes up in a workday, from how to improve project management by increasing team clarity to the minute details of creating agendas for meetings that work better and end earlier...The backbone of Manager Tools (one-on-ones, feedback, delegation and coaching) has already helped me work more effectively, which has been noticed by both executives and directs already, even in such a short period of time.Ellen Honigstock, Director, Education Development, Urban Green Council of New YorkThe application of Manager Tools guidance and principles are core to my success ...

-Titulo Original : The Great Devaluation How To Embrace, Prepare, And Profit From The Coming Global Monetary Reset-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: #1 Business Bestseller (Wall Street Journal, Amazon, USA Today)The Great Devaluation may be one of the most timely books ever written on the state of the global economy. Baratta sums it up simply enough with the following idea: “What seems crazy in normal times becomes necessary in a crisis.”The Great Devaluation is the #1 bestselling book that explains why the real crisis facing the world today is not the Coronavirus. The real crisis facing the world is explosive government debt and deficits. Governments are now left with no choice but to spend more than they make, borrow more than they can ever repay, and devalue their currencies to cover it all up.Former Hollywood storyteller Adam Baratta brings monetary policy to life in this follow-up to his national bestseller, Gold Is A Better Way. You’ll learn how and why Federal Reserve polices have facilitated an explosion in government debt and have systematically undermined the world financial system in the name of profit. The result? An out of control system where financial inequality has become a ticking time bomb set to blow up the global economy. From the Inside Flap What happens when central banks lose control of the monetary system&? We dont have to speculate The Great Depression of the 1930s tells us everything we need to know about what to expect in case of a financial collapse. The problem is, very few people understand just how close we really are to repeating this slice of history. All the warning signs are there --asset bubbles, explosive debt, social inequality, and political tensions, to name a few. And yet, we have been able to look the other way, potentially to our peril&--until now. In The Great Devaluation: How to Embrace, Prepare, and Profit from the Coming Global Monetary Reset, national bestselling author and leading gold investment strategist Adam Baratta shines a spotlight on the state of the monetary system and the Federal Reserve. Baratta brings a fresh and engaging perspective to a topic that investors urgently need to understand. He tells the story of how the Federal Reserve grew to be the secretive, ultra-powerful institution it is today, and how its tactics have resulted in an economy that is on its last, wobbly legs. Although it isnt easy to open our eyes to the imminent reality of economic collapse, it will be well worth the pain. Baratta reveals the history-proven strategies that we can use to insure ourselves against the coming collapse, recession, and depression. No matter what we do, the system is in trouble. The U.S. Dollar is in trouble. The Fed is in trouble. So, why not benefit by consciously pivoting our investments, our business practices, and our society? George Santayana famously said, Those that forget history are doomed to repeat it. The Great Devaluation is a history lesson that offers readers a road map for what to expect and how to profit during the next, tumultuous decade. From the Back Cover What seems crazy in normal times becomes necessary in a crisisIn 2008, the world economy suffered through the Housing Crisis which wiped out nearly $10 trillion in global asset value. In response, the Federal Reserve created Quantitative Easing, and added $3.5 trillion to their balance sheet over the next seven years. In March of 2020, we had a crisis and the Federal Reserve added another $3.5 trillion to their balance sheet, only this time they did it in a matter of seven weeks! The real crisis facing the world today is not the Coronavirus. The real crisis facing the world is explosive government debt and deficits. Governments are now left with no choice but to spend more than they make, borrow more than they can ever repay, and devalue their currencies to cover it all up. Former Hollywood storyteller Adam Baratta brings monetary policy to life in this follow up to his national bestseller, Gold Is A Better Way. Youll learn how and why Federal Reserve policies have facilitated an explosion in go...

-Titulo Original : The Warren Buffett Portfolio Mastering The Power Of The Focus Investment Strategy-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: The Warren Buffett Way provided the first look into the strategies that the master uses to pick stocks. A New York Times bestseller, it is a valuable and practical primer on the principles behind the remarkable investment run of the famed oracle of Omaha. In this much-awaited companion to that book, author Robert Hagstrom takes the next logical step, revealing how to profitably manage stocks once you select them. THE WARREN BUFFETT PORTFOLIO will help you through the process of building a superior portfolio and managing the stocks going forward. Building a concentrated portfolio is critical for investment success. THE WARREN BUFFETT PORTFOLIO introduces the next wave of investment strategy, called focus investing. A comprehensive investment strategy used with spectacular results by Buffett, focus investing directs investors to select a concentrated group of businesses by examining their management and financial positions as compared to their stock prices. A strategy that has historically outperformed the market, focus investing is based on the principle that a shareholders return from owning a stock is ultimately determined by the economics of the underlying business. Hagstrom explains in easy-to-understand terms exactly what focus investing is, how it works, and how it can be applied by any investor at any level of experience. He demonstrates how Buffett arranges his stocks in a focus portfolio and reveals why this is as responsible for his incredible returns as the individual stocks he picks. Ultimately, Hagstrom shows how to use this technique to build and manage a portfolio to achieve the best possible results. From the Inside Flap Praise for THE WARREN BUFFETT PORTFOLIO THE EXTRAORDINARY FOLLOW-UP TO THE MOST IMPORTANT STOCK BOOK OF THE 1990s.--KENNETH L. FISHER, Forbes This is an outstanding investment book and an important one. In The Warren Buffett Way, Robert Hagstrom explained how Warren Buffett invests. In The Warren Buffett Portfolio, he explains how you can become a better investor. Studied carefully and taken to heart, the principles and methods covered in this book will profit the novice and professional alike. A rare achievement.--BILL MILLER, President, Legg Mason Fund Advisor, Inc.,and Morningstars 1998 Domestic Equity Fund Manager of the Year Thank you, Robert Hagstrom, for the finely honed thinking, the clear writing and the simple strategies that help all of us be more successful at one of lifes most intriguing and intimidating tasks: investing our money.--JANET LOWE, Author, Warren Buffett Speaks and The Rediscovered Benjamin Graham Does your favorite mutual fund own too many stocks for its own good? Do fewer stocks produce happier returns? Hagstrom makes a persuasive and provocative case.--JOHN ROTHCHILD, Author, The Bear Book: Survive and Profit in Ferocious Markets One of the top 10 investing books of the year 1999.--HARRY EDWARDS, Business Editor, Please visit our Web site at wileyfinance From the Back Cover Praise for THE WARREN BUFFETT PORTFOLIO THE EXTRAORDINARY FOLLOW-UP TO THE MOST IMPORTANT STOCK BOOK OF THE 1990s.--KENNETH L. FISHER, Forbes This is an outstanding investment book and an important one. In The Warren Buffett Way, Robert Hagstrom explained how Warren Buffett invests. In The Warren Buffett Portfolio, he explains how you can become a better investor. Studied carefully and taken to heart, the principles and methods covered in this book will profit the novice and professional alike. A rare achievement.--BILL MILLER, President, Legg Mason Fund Advisor, Inc.,and Morningstars 1998 Domestic Equity Fund Manager of the Year Thank you, Robert Hagstrom, for the finely honed thinking, the clear writing and the simple strategies that help all of us be more successful at one of lifes most intriguing and intimidating tasks: investing our money.--JANET LOWE, Author, Warren Buffett Speaks and The Redisco...

-Titulo Original : Allies And Advocates Creating An Inclusive And Equitable Culture-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Learn to create an inclusive environment with this actionable and insightful resourceAllies and Advocates: Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Culture delivers a powerful and useful message about inclusion and diversity in everyday life. Author Amber Cabral, a celebrated inclusion strategist, speaker, and writer, shows readers how to move away from discriminatory and unjust behaviors to supporting and building meaningful connections with people across our diverse backgrounds and identities.While some books settle for vague advice and catchphrases, readers of Allies and Advocates will benefit from the books:Straighforward style and applicable action itemsReal-world examples highlighting inclusion best practicesImplementable tactics to assist people in seeing how they can help create an inclusive environmentPerfect for anyone who works in a professional environment, Allies and Advocates is especially useful for those in middle and upper management and those involved in the training and orientation of employees. If you are looking forward to building a culture of inclusivity at work or in your personal relationships, and want to learn how to use your privilege to be a better ally, Allies and Advocates: Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Culture is a must-have. From the Inside Flap If done right, inclusion positively impacts every part of society. Creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable culture isnt easy-it requires courage, dedication, and a lot of hard work. Real inclusion requires you to take responsibility, and sometimes have uncomfortable conversations or make hard choices. Succeeding at allyship means you doing what you can to contribute to and create cultures where fairness, respect, and mindfulness are the rule, rather than the exception. This is the key to building environments where everyone feels welcome, valued, and safe. The goal of Allies and Advocates is to move organizations and society as a whole beyond mandated diversity initiatives and achieve long-term and impactful change. You will understand how to integrate innovative ideas and traditional approaches to build solutions that work best for you. Everyone has some degree of privilege. Rooted in author Amber Cabrals years of experience in helping organizations ignite behavior shifts to create inclusive cultures, this practical, real-world guide shows you how speaking up and using your privilege is allyship and advocate behavior at its very best. You may not always see the many ways you have privilege; you have likely encountered challenges or bad experiences in your life. This is perfectly normal. Sometimes privilege doesnt come from something you did, but rather from something about your identity that you had no control over. Recognizing your own privilege empowers you to create visibility and opportunities for those who are dealing with the impacts of systemic oppression. Addressing equity and inclusion is something that many people arent brave enough to talk about, yet bravery is essential to learning how to be better allies and advocates. If you are looking forward to building a culture of inclusivity and want to learn how to use your privilege to be a better ally, Allies and Advocates: Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Culture is a must-have. From the Back Cover PRAISE FOR Allies and AdvocatesDo you have an appetite for radical candor? In Allies and Advocates, Amber Cabral takes you by the hand and leads you into a world of vulnerability and self-exploration from which you emerge as an instrument of change. She is the authentic voice we didnt know was missing from the conversation. Witty, wise, and full of gems, this is the no-nonsense guide weve been waiting for-from a voice we can trust.-KISHA MODICA, Head of Equality & Belonging, Gap Inc.The work is never easy. Yet, Cabrals Allies and Advocates attempts to make the work simpler through sharp, cogent storytelling from her transformative work ...

-Titulo Original : The Program Lessons From Elite Military Units For Creating And Sustaining High Performance Leaders And Teams-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Discover the military’s keys to excellent leadership and team building trainingThe Program: Lessons From Elite Military Units for Creating and Sustaining High Performing Leaders and Teams offers a hands-on guide to the winning techniques and tactics of The Program, the acclaimed team building and leadership development company. Drawing on the actual experiences of The Program’s instructors from their personal combat stories to working with world-class athletic teams and successful corporations, the book clearly shows how The Program’s training operations can help to achieve life goals and ambitions.The Program offers a road map that contains illustrative examples, ideas, and approaches for improving teammates and leaders at all levels within an organization of any size or type.Bring your organization to the next level of successDiscover how to hold your leaders and teammates to the highest standardsUnderstand how accountability increases effectivenessLearn to communicate effectively This important book explores the military’s leadership and team building concepts that can be implemented to ensure an organization creates and sustains performance that adheres to the highest standards of excellence. Review “If you want to understand how to be a better teammate and leader, look no further; The Program is a brilliant book. Eric Kapitulik and Jake MacDonald reveal a much-needed roadmap to create a championship culture-from how to hold others accountable to sharing adversity.”Rob Hale, CEO and Founder of Granite Telecommunications and Minority Owner, Boston Celtics From the Inside Flap The Program is many things. It is a team-building and leadership development company that works with hundreds of professional and collegiate sports teams and corporations. It is a team of experienced and dedicated professionals working together in an effective, cohesive unit. It is a method used to train, develop, and inspire. The Program is a powerful mindset focused on successfully completing the mission. . . any mission. For over a decade, the expert instructors of The Program have helped organizations drive their teams to their fullest potential and achieve mission success. The Program: Lessons From Elite Military Units for Creating and Sustaining High Performance Leaders and Teams enables anyone to learn and apply the same principles and methods of The Programs training. This book serves as a roadmap to achieving more - more from yourself and more from your team. No matter your arena of battle, from the sports field to the boardroom, this book serves as a roadmap for competing for, and winning, championships. You will learn what a Championship Culture is, how to build it in your organization, and how to identify the Core Values that form its foundation. Then you will learn to develop goals and standards that reinforce Core Values throughout your organization on a daily basis. Now that your Championship Culture is in place, it is time to add standards and accountability into the mix. Your organizations culture is only as good as its members. By expecting adherence to the highest standards, for yourself and your team, a culture of accountability and excellence will flourish. Fostering this Championship Culture requires commitment and hard work. You will learn what you must do every day to be the best teammate and team leader possible, such as being physically and mentally tough, having no tolerance for excuses, and, perhaps most importantly, continually developing your communication skills-sustained success is impossible without effective communication. Following the lessons contained in The Program, you will gain the knowledge you need to lay the groundwork for a Championship Culture. You will understand what it takes to be a valued teammate and a strong leader. To develop a tough, no-nonsense, no-excuses, winning mindset. Put your new knowledge into action-challenge yourself and your teammates to ta...

-Titulo Original : The Financial Controller And Cfos Toolkit Lean Practices To Transform Your Finance Team (wiley Corporate F&a)-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Simplify and streamline your way to a winning legacyThe Financial Controller and CFOs Toolkit is a hybrid handbook and toolkit with over 100 lean practice solutions and a wealth of practical tools for senior financial managers of small, midsized and large companies. This book outlines the mindset of paradigm shifters relevant to future-ready finance teams, and contains guidelines on how to become an effective change leader. Guidance from world leading expert David Parmenter provides the insight and tools you need to reach your true leadership potential and achieve more for your organization. Packed with templates and checklists, this book helps you adhere to the best practices in reporting, forecasting, KPIs, planning, strategy, and technology. The companion website-a complete toolbox for positive, entrenched change-gives you access to additional resources that reinforce The Financial Controller and CFOs Toolkit strategy.This new second edition has been updated to reflect the latest practices and technology to streamline your workflow and get more done in less time-without sacrificing quality or accuracy. As an all-in-one resource for the CFO role, this book provides a clear, practical strategy for demonstrating your value to your organization.Selling and leading change effectivelyGet more accurate information from your KPIsAttracting, recruiting and retaining talented staffInvest in and implement new essential toolsInvesting wisely in 21st century technologiesReport the month-end within three days, implement quarterly rolling forecasting, complete the annual plan in two weeks or less, and bring your firm into the 21st century with key tools that get the job done. Be the CFO that your organization needs and the leader that your teams deserve. The Financial Controller and CFOs Toolkit gives you everything you need to achieve more by doing less. From the Inside Flap While some finance teams are most definitely future ready, many are undertaking tasks that are antiquated and anti-lean. Now is the time to change. Author and performance management leader David Parmenter has designed this toolkit to be a practical guide for corporate accountants, from CFOs to the management accountant. This book provides over 100 lean practice solutions, gathered by the author, from lean finance teams including: The key steps to selling and leading change effectively Rapid month-end results-inside three working days Templates for lean, one-page daily, weekly, and monthly reporting Agile methodologies for instant improved teamwork (Scrum, Kanban, Post-it Re-engineering, Kaizen) Ways to reduce accounts payable volume by 60% The seven 21st century technologies that will radically improve the finance teams productivity Rapid annual accounts and annual plans Implementing quarterly rolling forecasting Getting your KPIs to work How to attract and recruit talent Practical insights from the paradigm shifters Peter Drucker, Jim Collins, Jack Welch, John Kotter, Jeremy Hope)The companion toolkit is filled with templates and checklists to kick-start the implementation process. The Financial Controller and CFOs Toolkit will assist corporate accountants to radically transform their contribution. By embracing lean best practices, the reader will enhance their job satisfaction and profile, and leave a lasting legacy. From the Back Cover While some finance teams are most definitely “future ready,” many are undertaking tasks that are antiquated and anti-lean. Now is the time to change. Author and performance management leader David Parmenter has designed this toolkit to be a practical guide for corporate accountants, from CFOs to the management accountant. This book provides over 100 lean practice solutions, gathered by the author, from lean finance teams including:The key steps to selling and leading change effectivelyRapid month-end results-inside three working daysTemplates for lean, one-page daily, weekly, ...

-Titulo Original : Kings Of Texas The 150-year Saga Of An American Ranching Empire-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: From the Back Cover Kings of Texas is a fresh and very welcome history of the great King Ranch. It’s concise but thorough, crisply written, meticulous, and very readable. It should find a wide audience.-Larry McMurtryKings of Texas is the sprawling saga of the larger-than-life characters who founded, built, and expanded the most famous cattle ranch in American history. Renowned Texas scholar, writer, and storyteller Don Graham weaves a compelling multigenerational family drama into the complex social history of South Texas. The result is an intricate tapestry laced with thrilling tales drawn from decades of conflict arising from the Mexican War, the Civil War, and countless skirmishes between Texas Rangers and border bandits. From humble frontier jacales to the sleek offices of a multinational corporation, Kings of Texas tells an unforgettable story of vision, violence, greed, loyalty, and betrayal, set on a stage as vast as the American dream.A crisp history of the King Ranch . . . a good read about an era long gone.-Boston GlobeThis book is about the King Ranch, but it is about much more than that. A compelling chronicle of war, peace, love, betrayal, birth, and death in the region where the Texas-Mexico border blurs in the haze of the Wild Horse Desert, it is also an intriguing detective story with links to the present-and a first-rate read.-H. W. Brands, author of The Age of Gold and the bestselling Pulitzer Prize finalist The First American Praise for KINGS OF TEXASKings of Texas is a fresh and very welcome history of the great King Ranch. Its concise but thorough, crisply written, meticulous, and very readable. It should find a wide audience.-Larry McMurtry, author of Sin Killer and the Pulitzer Prize--winning Lonesome DoveThis book is about the King Ranch, but it is about much more than that. A compelling chronicle of war, peace, love, betrayal, birth, and death in the region where the Texas-Mexico border blurs in the haze of the Wild Horse Desert, it is also an intriguing detective story with links to the present-and a first-rate read.-H.W. Brands, author of The Age of Gold and the bestselling Pulitzer Prize finalist The First American About the Author DON GRAHAM is a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly magazine and the J. Frank Dobie Regents Professor of American and English Literature at the University of Texas, Austin. He is also past president of the Texas Institute of Letters and the author of the critically acclaimed biography of Audie Murphy, No Name on the Bullet. Among Graham’s other works are Giant Country: Essays on Texas and Lone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande: A Texas Anthology...

-Titulo Original : Predictive Analytics The Power To Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, Or Die-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: About the Author ERIC SIEGEL, PhD, is a leading consultant and former Columbia University professor who makes machine learning understandable and captivating. He is the founder of the Predictive Analytics World and the Deep Learning World conference series, which have served more than 17,000 attendees since 2009, the instructor of the acclaimed online course Machine Learning Leadership and Practice - End-to-End Mastery, a popular speaker whos been commissioned for more than 110 keynote addresses, and executive editor of The Machine Learning Times. He authored the bestselling Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die, which has been used in courses at more than 35 universities, and he won teaching awards when he was a professor at Columbia University, where he sang educational songs to his students. Eric also publishes op-eds on analytics and social justice. Follow him at @predictanalytic. Mesmerizing & fascinating... -The Seattle Post-IntelligencerThe Freakonomics of big data. -Stein Kretsinger, founding executive of Advertising Award-winning | Used by over 30 universities | Translated into 9 languagesAn introduction for everyone. In this rich, fascinating - surprisingly accessible - introduction, leading expert Eric Siegel reveals how predictive analytics (aka machine learning) works, and how it affects everyone every day. Rather than a “how to” for hands-on techies, the book serves lay readers and experts alike by covering new case studies and the latest state-of-the-art techniques.Prediction is booming. It reinvents industries and runs the world. Companies, governments, law enforcement, hospitals, and universities are seizing upon the power. These institutions predict whether youre going to click, buy, lie, or die. Why? For good reason: predicting human behavior combats risk, boosts sales, fortifies healthcare, streamlines manufacturing, conquers spam, optimizes social networks, toughens crime fighting, and wins elections. How? Prediction is powered by the worlds most potent, flourishing unnatural resource: data. Accumulated in large part as the by-product of routine tasks, data is the unsalted, flavorless residue deposited en masse as organizations churn away. Surprise! This heap of refuse is a gold mine. Big data embodies an extraordinary wealth of experience from which to learn.Predictive analytics (aka machine learning) unleashes the power of data. With this technology, the computer literally learns from data how to predict the future behavior of individuals. Perfect prediction is not possible, but putting odds on the future drives millions of decisions more effectively, determining whom to call, mail, investigate, incarcerate, set up on a date, or medicate. In this lucid, captivating introduction - now in its Revised and Updated edition - former Columbia University professor and Predictive Analytics World founder Eric Siegel reveals the power and perils of prediction:What type of mortgage risk Chase Bank predicted before the recession.Predicting which people will drop out of school, cancel a subscription, or get divorced before they even know it themselves.Why early retirement predicts a shorter life expectancy and vegetarians miss fewer flights.Five reasons why organizations predict death - including one health insurance company.How U.S. Bank and Obama for America calculated the way to most strongly persuade each individual.Why the NSA wants all your data: machine learning supercomputers to fight terrorism.How IBMs Watson computer used predictive modeling to answer questions and beat the human champs on TVs Jeopardy!How companies ascertain untold, private truths - how Target figures out youre pregnant and Hewlett-Packard deduces youre about to quit your job.How judges and parole boards rely on crime-predicting computers to decide how long convicts remain in prison.182 examples from Airbnb, the BBC, Citibank, ConEd, , Ford, G...

-Titulo Original : Trend Following, 5th Edition How To Make A Fortune In Bull, Bear And Black Swan Markets (wiley Trading)-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Trend Following From the Inside Flap TREND FOLLOWINGWhen it is a question of money, everyone is of the same religion. -VoltaireWant to take the financial journey to a new investing philosophy that might very well affect the rest of your moneymaking life? No one can guarantee the yellow brick road, but Michael Covel promises the red pill will leave you wide awake. Trend Following reveals the truth about a trading strategy that makes money in up, down, and surprise markets. By applying straightforward and repeatable rules, anyone can learn to make money in the markets-whether bull, bear, or black swan-by following the trend to the end when it bends. In this timely reboot of his bestselling classic, Michael Covel dives headfirst into trend following strategy to examine the risks, benefits, people, and systems. Youll hear from traders who have made millions, and learn from their successes and mistakes-insights youll only find here. Youll learn the trend philosophy and how it has performed in booms, bubbles, panics, and crashes. Using incontrovertible data and overwhelming supporting evidence, with a direct connection to the foundations of behavioral finance, Covel takes you inside the core principles of trend following and shows everyone, from brand new trader to professional, how alpha gets pulled from the market. Covels newest edition has been revised and extended, with seven brand new interviews and research proof from his one-of-a-kind network. This is trend following for todays generation. If youre looking to go beyond passive index funds and trusting the Fed, this cutting-edge classic holds the keys to a weatherproof portfolio. Meet great trend followers and learn their rules and philosophy of the gameExamine data to see how trend following excels when the you-know-what hits the fanUnderstand trend trading, from behavioral economics to rules-based decision making to its lambasting of the efficient market theoryLearn trend trading philosophy and do it yourself or invest with a trend following fundTrend following is not prediction, passive index investing, buy and hope, or any form of fundamental analysis. It utilizes concrete rules, or heuristics, to profit from a behavioral perspective. Trend Following is clear-cut, straightforward, and evidence based. If youre finally ready to profit in the markets, Trend Following is the definitive treatise for a complex world in constant chaos. From the Back Cover Michael Covels Trend Following: Essential. -Ed Seykota, profiled in Market WizardsCovels Trend Following is the must-read for all investors. Why? Because every investor needs a trend to make money, and when the trend shifts investors need to follow it. Read it. -Wesley R. Gray, PhD, CEO, Alpha Architect, and author of Quantitative MomentumWhile enjoying this book, be sure to look up another resource from Covel-his remarkable podcast. Michael has a gift for interviewing, and it is fun and educational to follow him into the offices of many serious traders. -Dr. Alexander Elder, Author, The New Trading for a LivingCovels Trend Following has become an investment classic and a must read for anyone who wants to better understand how to profit from the financial markets using systematic and unbiased approaches. -Cullen Roche, Founder, Orcam Financial Group, LLCTrend following: If it is going up, buy it. If it is going down, sell it. How could something seemingly so simple be so controversial? The answer lies in the definitions: What does going up mean? Going down? Whats a trend? Whats a turn? These questions have a wide variety of answers, largely dependent on the goals and risk/reward preferences of the answerer. In Trend Following Mr. Covel covers the waterfront. Youll find many definitions of trend following here, each with its advocates. You will be able to compare and contrast approaches and perhaps find one that suits you. At the very least, after reading this ...

-Titulo Original : The Flaw Of Averages Why We Underestimate Risk In The Face Of Uncertainty-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: A must-read for anyone who makes business decisions that have a major financial impact.As the recent collapse on Wall Street shows, we are often ill-equipped to deal with uncertainty and risk. Yet every day we base our personal and business plans on uncertainties, whether they be next month’s sales, next year’s costs, or tomorrow’s stock price. In The Flaw of Averages, Sam Savage­known for his creative exposition of difficult subjects­ describes common avoidable mistakes in assessing risk in the face of uncertainty. Along the way, he shows why plans based on average assumptions are wrong, on average, in areas as diverse as healthcare, accounting, the War on Terror, and climate change. In his chapter on Sex and the Central Limit Theorem, he bravely grasps the literary third rail of gender differences.Instead of statistical jargon, Savage presents complex concepts in plain English. In addition, a tightly integrated web site contains numerous animations and simulations to further connect the seat of the reader’s intellect to the seat of their pants.The Flaw of Averages typically results when someone plugs a single number into a spreadsheet to represent an uncertain future quantity. Savage finishes the book with a discussion of the emerging field of Probability Management, which cures this problem though a new technology that can pack thousands of numbers into a single spreadsheet cell.Praise for The Flaw of Averages“Statistical uncertainties are pervasive in decisions we make every day in business, government, and our personal lives. Sam Savage’s lively and engaging book gives any interested reader the insight and the tools to deal effectively with those uncertainties. I highly recommend The Flaw of Averages.” -William J. Perry, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense“Enterprise analysis under uncertainty has long been an academic ideal. . . . In this profound and entertaining book, Professor Savage shows how to make all this practical, practicable, and comprehensible.” -­Harry Markowitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics From the Inside Flap Praise for THE FLAW OF AVERAGES Statistical uncertainties are pervasive in decisions we make every day in business, government, and our personal lives. Sam Savages lively and engaging book gives any interested reader the insight and the tools to deal effectively with those uncertainties. I highly recommend The Flaw of Averages. -William J. Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Enterprise analysis under uncertainty has long been an academic ideal. . . . In this profound and entertaining book, Professor Savage shows how to make all this practical, practicable, and comprehensible . . . the Distribution String . . . represents a major breakthrough in the communication of risk and uncertainty. -Harry Markowitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics This is a book written for laymen with enough interesting insights to engage even the most scholarly professional. -Douglas Hubbard, author of How to Measure AnythingSam Savage is the Edward Tufte of risk. -Matthew Raphaelson, Executive Vice President, Wells Fargo A GROUNDBREAKING MUST-READ FOR ANYONE WHO MAKES BUSINESS DECISIONS IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTYIn The Flaw of Averages, Sam Savage-known for his creative exposition of difficult subjects-describes common avoidable mistakes in assessing risk in the face of uncertainty. He explains why plans based on average assumptions are wrong, on average, in areas as diverse as finance, healthcare, accounting, the war on terror, and climate change. Savage refers to anachronistic statistical jargon as Red Words, which he defines as things that may not be uttered in a singles bar. Instead, he presents complex concepts in plain English (Green Words), backed up by interactive simulations at FlawofAverages , which connect the seat of the intellect to the seat of the pants. Savage also presents the emerging field of Probability Management aimed at curing the Flaw of Averages through m...

-Titulo Original : Emerging Real Estate Markets How To Find And Profit From Up-and-coming Areas-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Praise for Emerging Real Estate MarketsIn this book, youll discover how to snatch real estate opportunities at low prices, before their value becomes common knowledge. Buy all the copies on the bookshelf before your competitor does!-Frank McKinney, The Maverick Daredevil Real Estate Entrepreneur and author of Frank McKinneys Maverick Approach to Real Estate SuccessIve never seen another real estate book even come close to laying out a profit road map the way this one does. If your local economy is too hot or too cold, Lindahls guide will show you how to invest in the up-and-coming markets with the greatest profit potential.-Stacy Kellams, President, RealEstateCourseReviews Lindahl shows you how to look into the future and see where the next hot real estate markets will be. Its the closest thing Ive found to a real estate crystal ball.-Jeff Adams, President, FreeRealEstateMentoring The brilliant thing about this book is Lindahls approach to investing by remote control. He has a real-world system for living in one place and making money from investments in another.-William Bronchick, attorney and coauthor of Flipping PropertiesIn the crowded field of real estate gurus, Lindahl stands head-and-shoulders above the rest. This book is must reading for any serious investor-beginner or veteran. -Justin Ford, author of Seeds of Wealth and Main Street Millionaire From the Inside Flap How a Dirt-Poor Landscaper Cracked the Code to Emerging Market Real Estate Investing-and Built a Financial EmpireWhile many real estate markets have cooled off, there are major hot spots throughout the country that are booming due to population growth and urban expansion. These emerging markets are where the next wave of big-time real estate profits will be found. In Emerging Real Estate Markets, David Lindahl shows you how to find these markets, get started investing with little of your own cash, and maximize your profits. The key lies in knowing how real estate markets cycle through ups and downs. If you know what to look for, you can tell when a market is about to heat up. Invest at the right time in the right place, and your profits will be dramatic. Does that sound too good to be true? Its not. The tactics youll read here helped Lindahl, a landscaper when he started investing in real estate, to build a real estate empire! Even if your market isnt currently heating up, Lindahl will show you long-distance hands-off strategies for finding and investing in other markets that are. He also provides practical strategies for investing in markets in any stage of the cycle so you can invest no matter where you are or where your market is. Inside, youll discover how to: Recognize the characteristics of emerging marketsTell the difference between gold mines and land minesClose your first deal-even if you dont have much moneyDetermine where and when to buyMaintain positive cash flowFind diamonds in the roughAvoid the biggest mistakes investors make in emerging marketsFinance all your deals with a simple four-step systemAccurately rate the investment potential of any propertyBuild a team of professionals to help you succeedReal estate investing is not a guessing game. If you know what signs to look for, you can accurately predict the next hot markets. Plus, with the smart investing tactics Lindahl shares, youll be able to invest with confidence, intelligence, and success. From the Back Cover Praise for EMERGING REAL ESTATE MARKETSIn this book, youll discover how to snatch real estate opportunities at low prices, before their value becomes common knowledge. Buy all the copies on the bookshelf before your competitor does! -Frank McKinney, The Maverick Daredevil Real Estate Entrepreneur and author of Frank McKinneys Maverick Approach to Real Estate SuccessIve never seen another real estate book even come close to laying out a profit road map the way this one does. If your l...

-Titulo Original : Napoleon Hills Golden Rules The Lost Writings-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Review Napoleon Hills Golden Rules: The Lost Writings consists of a series of magazine articles Napoleon Hill wrote between 1919 and 1923 for Success Magazine, of which he eventually became an editor. Hills drive to become successful led him from the poverty stricken Appalachian Mountains to study rags-to-riches tycoons. These articles focus on Hills philosophy of success. Drawing upon the thoughts and experiences of a multitude of influential people, Hill shows readers how those successful people achieved their status. Many of his writings, such as the chapter on the Law of Attraction, have been the basis of several bestselling books. Readers will discover principles designed to guide them to success if studied and put into action. Amazon Exclusive Quiz: How Successful Are You? Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in a one-room cabin on the Pound River in Wise County, Virginia. He began his writing career at age 13 as a mountain reporter for small town newspapers and went on to become Americas most beloved motivational author. Hill passed away in November 1970 after a long and successful career writing, teaching, and lecturing about the principles of success. His work stands as a monument to individual achievement and is the cornerstone of modern motivation. His book, Think and Grow Rich, is the all time bestseller in the field. Hill established the Foundation as a nonprofit educational institution whose mission is to perpetuate his philosophy of leadership, self-motivation, and individual achievement. His books, audio cassettes, videotapes, and other motivational products are made available as a service of the Foundation to help others build a library of personal achievement materials, and acquire financial wealth and the true riches of life.Take a Quiz: How Successful Are You?Sample Question from the Quiz: Learning from Adversity and Defeat a. Does defeat cause you to stop trying? Y N b. If you fail in a given effort, do you begin again with a new plan? Y N c. Do you believe that temporary defeat can become failure? Y N d. Have you learned any lessons from defeat? Y N e. Do you know how defeat can be converted into an asset that may lead to success? Y N *Click here to see how well you handle adversity and defeat. Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Napoleon Hills Golden RulesAuthor: Hill, NapoleonPublisher: John Wiley & Sons IncPublication Date: 2008/12/31Number of Pages: 213Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: 2008038666 From the Inside Flap An amazing collection of long-lost articles from the king of personal successNapoleon Hill has been inspiring people to achieve their personal best for more than seventy years. He was the first and most famous motivational author of all time, and in fact, todays most successful self-help authors owe a lot to Hills farsighted wisdom, including some of their very best ideas.Now, Napoleon Hills Golden Rules presents the articles Hill wrote between 1919 and 1923, which started it all. Never before collected in book form, these articles feature big nuggets of golden wisdom that are as applicable today as they were nearly a century ago. Based on interviews with famous rags-to-riches tycoons like Carnegie, Ford, and Edison, they reveal proven, effective paths to success that truly work for the average person-yesterday, today, and tomorrow.These entertaining, lively articles are packed with plenty of inspiration and motivation and offer timeless insight on topics like the power of suggestion, building self-confidence, using persuasion versus force, and the law of attraction. If these ideas sound familiar, they are. Modern motivational writers have been tweaking and repackaging Hills ideas for decades, but the original source remains the best. Read Napoleon Hills Golden Rules and change your life. From the Back Cover An amazing collection of long-lost articles from the king of personal successNapol...

-Titulo Original : Marketing 5.0 Technology For Humanity-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Rediscover the fundamentals of marketing from the best in the business In Marketing 5.0, the celebrated promoter of the “Four P’s of Marketing,” Philip Kotler, explains how marketers can use technology to address customers’ needs and make a difference in the world. In a new age when marketers are struggling with the digital transformation of business and the changing behavior of customers, this book provides marketers with a way to integrate technological and business model evolution with the dramatic shifts in consumer behavior that have happened in the last decade. Following the pattern presented in his bestselling Marketing X.0 series, Philip Kotler covers the crucial topics necessary to understand modern marketing, including: - Artificial Intelligence for marketing automation - Agile marketing - “Segments of one” marketing - Contextual technology - Facial recognition and voice tech for marketing - The future of Customer Experience (CX) - Transmedia storytelling - The “Whatever-Whenever-Wherever” service delivery - “Everything-As-A-Service” business model - Internet of Things and blockchain for marketing - Virtual and augmented reality marketing - Corporate activism Perfect for traditional and digital marketers, as well as students and teachers of marketing and business, Marketing 5.0 reinvigorates the field of marketing with actionable recommendations and unique insights. From the Inside Flap From the promoter of The 4 Ps of Marketing, Marketing 5.0: Technology for Humanity is the latest update in the seminal work of Dr. Philip Kotler, a renowned authority on international marketing. In this book, Dr. Kotler- along with Hermawan Kartajaya and Iwan Setiawan-integrates the major movements facing marketers today: dramatic technological advances, changes in customer behavior, and shifts in accepted business models. Marketing 5.0 describes, in practical and accessible detail, how these three fundamental changes in markets, business and technology require firms to conquer new and formidable challenges as they strive to bring their products and services to market. The authors focus on the idea of Technology for Humanity and finding ways to use technology to advance customers non-material needs. Written in three parts, the book begins with an analysis of how generational changes have created a new kind of customer behavior and how to overcome the differences that divide the public, including economic inequality and political strife, to effectively reach your entire market. Part Two details the new strategic directions being taken by businesses around the world and how to address the new business models that define the modern environment. Finally, Part Three explores the reality of rapid technological development in areas like artificial intelligence, the ubiquity of sensors, augmented and virtual reality, and the Internet of Things. Perfect for Chief Marketing Officers, managers, leaders, and employees in marketing departments of organizations of all sizes, Marketing 5.0 is also an indispensable resource for anyone involved in a small or medium-sized business that seeks to improve its marketing capabilities. From the Back Cover PRAISE FOR MARKETING 5.0What really impresses me about this book is how it integrates the power of modern technologies and the emerging value systems of humanity. The book supports the marketers of the future to understand this integration and to convert it into actions, which are both effective and sustainable. -HERMANN SIMON, Founder and Honorary Chairman, Simon-Kucher & Partners Phil Kotler has an amazing ability to bring clarity to the past, present, and future of marketing, always understanding what needs to be enduring and what needs to be changed. With Marketing 5.0, Kotler and his co-authors boldly incorporate digital technologies into marketing thi...

-Titulo Original : Where Are The Customers Yachts? Or A Good Hard Look At Wall Street-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Once I picked it up I did not put it down until I finished. . . . What Schwed has done is capture fully-in deceptively clean language-the lunacy at the heart of the investment business. -- From the Foreword by Michael Lewis, Bestselling author of Liars Poker. . . one of the funniest books ever written about Wall Street. -- Jane Bryant Quinn, The Washington PostHow great to have a reissue of a hilarious classic that proves the more things change the more they stay the same. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. -- Michael BloombergIts amazing how well Schweds book is holding up after fifty-five years. About the only thing thats changed on Wall Street is that computers have replaced pencils and graph paper. Otherwise, the basics are the same. The investors need to believe somebody is matched by the financial advisors need to make a nice living. If one of them has to be disappointed, its bound to be the former. -- John Rothchild, Author, A Fool and His Money, Financial Columnist, Time magazineHumorous and entertaining, this book exposes the folly and hypocrisy of Wall Street. The title refers to a story about a visitor to New York who admired the yachts of the bankers and brokers. Naively, he asked where all the customers yachts were? Of course, none of the customers could afford yachts, even though they dutifully followed the advice of their bankers and brokers. Full of wise contrarian advice and offering a true look at the world of investing, in which brokers get rich while their customers go broke, this book continues to open the eyes of investors to the reality of Wall Street. Review More than half a century on, Where Are the Customers’ Yachts? Remains a fascinating read (Money Week, July 2006)“..the book is a fun read and as relevant today as it ever was” (Investors Chronicle, August 2015) From the Inside Flap Once I picked it up I did not put it down until I finished. . . . What Schwed has done is capture fully-in deceptively clean language-the lunacy at the heart of the investment business. -From the Foreword by Michael Lewis, Bestselling author of Liars Poker . . . one of the funniest books ever written about Wall Street. -Jane Bryant Quinn, The Washington PostHow great to have a reissue of a hilarious classic that proves the more things change the more they stay the same. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. -Michael BloombergIts amazing how well Schweds book is holding up after fifty-five years. About the only thing thats changed on Wall Street is that computers have replaced pencils and graph paper. Otherwise, the basics are the same. The investors need to believe somebody is matched by the financial advisors need to make a nice living. If one of them has to be disappointed, its bound to be the former. -John Rothchild, Author, A Fool and His Money, Financial Columnist, Time magazine From the Back Cover Once I picked it up I did not put it down until I finished. . . . What Schwed has done is capture fully-in deceptively clean language-the lunacy at the heart of the investment business. -From the Foreword by Michael Lewis, Bestselling author of Liars Poker . . . one of the funniest books ever written about Wall Street. -Jane Bryant Quinn, The Washington PostHow great to have a reissue of a hilarious classic that proves the more things change the more they stay the same. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. -Michael BloombergIts amazing how well Schweds book is holding up after fifty-five years. About the only thing thats changed on Wall Street is that computers have replaced pencils and graph paper. Otherwise, the basics are the same. The investors need to believe somebody is matched by the financial advisors need to make a nice living. If one of them has to be disappointed, its bound to be the former. -John Rothchild, Author, A Fool and His Money, Financia...

-Titulo Original : Speaking Being Werner Erhard, Martin Heidegger, And A New Possibility Of Being Human-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: From the Back Cover This book is powerful, imaginative, frustrating, amusing, threatening, and enlightening--all at the same time. It also has the power to transform your life. Jonathan D. Moreno, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Ethics, author of Impromptu ManThe profound impact of Werner Erhards work on culture and society is a manifestation of an incredible insight, the experience of being, presented in this book through a comparative analysis of a transcript of a 1989 Forum led by Erhard alongside Heideggers reflections on the meaning of being there. The authors have drawn amazing parallels between these two extraordinary thinkers and have demonstrated the intersections of Heideggers language with Erhards ontological rhetoric of transformation. Erhard has at times described aspects of his method as ruthless compassion, and like all forms of compassion, evident here is a fundamental motivating desire to alleviate the suffering of others.James R. Doty, MD Founder & Director, The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Senior Editor of the Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science Speaking Being is not a book. It is a multimodal tour de forceof ontological rhetoric that hails its reader into an event and in so doing performs as an event, rather than what is commonly rendered as a book between two covers. Its status as an event is performed on every page wherein the showing of Being is enacted via its remarkable design. Kaleidoscopically, Bruce Hyde and Drew Kopp have drawn their readers into a dazzling display, where the participants in dialogue with Werner Erhard in a specific Forum in 1989 are put into dialogue with Martin Heidegger. The result is arguably one of the most astounding academic interventions into both Erhards methodology and Heideggerian thought. Citing David Farrell Krell, Hyde and Kopp remind us that to be on a woodpath means to be in a cul-de-sac, a path that leads nowhere and has no exit. Speaking Being puts its readers in a dizzying cul-de-sac within which they may never leave, but rather transform into one of the glittering particles of this rhetorical kaleidoscope. Cynthia Haynes, Professor of English, Clemson University, author of The Homesick Phone Book: Addressing Rhetoric in the Age of Perpetual Conflict Speaking Being: Werner Erhard, Martin Heidegger, and a New Possibility of Being Human is an unprecedented study of the ideas and methods developed by the thinker Werner Erhard. In this book, those ideas and methods are revealed by presenting in full an innovative program he developed in the 1980s called The Forum-available in this book as a transcript of an actual course led by Erhard in San Francisco in December of 1989. Since its inception, Erhard’s work has impacted the lives of millions of people throughout the world. Central to this study is a comparative analysis of Erhard’s rhetorical project, The Forum, and the philosophical project of Martin Heidegger. Through this comparative analysis, the authors demonstrate how each thinker’s work sometimes parallels and often illuminates the other.The dialogue at work in The Forum functions to generate a language which speaks being. That is, The Forum is an instance of what the authors call ontological rhetoric: a technology of communicating what cannot be said in language. Nevertheless, what does get said allows those participating in the dialogue to discover previously unseen aspects of what it currently means to be human. As a primary outcome of such discovery, access to creating a new possibility of what it is to be human is made available.The purpose of this book is to show how communication of the unspoken realm of language-speaking being-is actually accomplished in The Forum, and to demonstrate how Erhard did it in 1989. Through placing Erhard’s language use next to Heidegger’s thinking-presented in a seri...

-Titulo Original : Getting Started In Technical Analysis-Fabricante : Wiley-Descripcion Original: Revered by many, reviled by some, technical analysis is the art and science of deciphering price activity to better understand market behavior and identify trading opportunities. In this accessible guide, Jack Schwager-perhaps the most recognized and respected name in the field-demystifies technical analysis for beginning investors, clearly explaining such basics as trends, trading ranges, chart patterns, stops, entry, and exit and pyramiding approaches. The books numerous examples and clear, simple explanations provide a solid framework for using technical analysis to make better, more informed investment decisions and as the basis for mechanical trading systems. Along with Schwagers invaluable trading rules and market observations culled from years of real-world trading experience, Getting Started in Technical Analysis offers in-depth coverage of: * Types of charts-bar, close-only, point-and-figure, candlestick. * Chart patterns-one-day, continuation, top and bottom formations, the importance of failed signals. * Trading systems-trend-following, counter-trend, pattern recognition. * Charting and analysis software-price data issues, time frame/trading style considerations, software research. * he planned trading approach-trading philosophy, choosing markets, risk control strategies, establishing a trading routine. From the Publisher Technical analysis is the art and science of deciphering chart patterns in order to better analyze and predict prices of a given security. Jack Schwager demystifies technical analysis for investors, introducing them to oscillators, price-and-time charts, on-line charting applications, and much more. From the Inside Flap Revered by many, reviled by some, technical analysis is the art and science of deciphering price activity to better understand market behavior and identify trading opportunities. In this accessible guide, Jack Schwager-perhaps the most recognized and respected name in the field-demystifies technical analysis for beginning investors, clearly explaining such basics as trends, trading ranges, chart patterns, stops, entry, and exit and pyramiding approaches. The books numerous examples and clear, simple explanations provide a solid framework for using technical analysis to make better, more informed investment decisions and as the basis for mechanical trading systems. Along with Schwagers invaluable trading rules and market observations culled from years of real-world trading experience, Getting Started in Technical Analysis offers in-depth coverage of: * Types of charts-bar, close-only, point-and-figure, candlestick. * Chart patterns-one-day, continuation, top and bottom formations, the importance of failed signals. * Trading systems-trend-following, counter-trend, pattern recognition. * Charting and analysis software-price data issues, time frame/trading style considerations, software research. * he planned trading approach-trading philosophy, choosing markets, risk control strategies, establishing a trading routine. From the Back Cover Finance/Investment A leading authority presents an accessible guide to GETTING STARTED IN TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Revered by many, reviled by some, technical analysis is the art and science of deciphering price activity to better understand market behavior and identify trading opportunities. In this accessible guide, Jack Schwager-perhaps the most recognized and respected name in the field-demystifies technical analysis for beginning investors, clearly explaining such basics as trends, trading ranges, chart patterns, stops, entry, and exit and pyramiding approaches. The book’s numerous examples and clear, simple explanations provide a solid framework for using technical analysis to make better, more informed investment decisions and as the basis for mechanical trading systems. Along with Schwager’s invaluable trading rules and market observations culled from years of real-world trading experience...