The Virtual ExecutiveHow to bring your CEO message to all digital platforms
Mon, 07/23/2012 - 11:58
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- When was the last time you were in a meeting and every participant was in the room? How many people do you know who work from remote sites? How many emails did you receive and send at work today? Blogging, commenting,… Every Leader Is an ArtistMake every business day a masterpiece
Tue, 07/17/2012 - 12:12
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- Artists put their work on display for everyone to judge, accepting a position of vulnerability to comment on the human condition and contribute to the common good. Artists bring people closer together by providing a forum… A Blueprint to Wow Customers and Reach Peak PerformanceEffectively assess and make adjustments to direction
Thu, 07/12/2012 - 14:42
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- When Vern Clark became the Chief of Naval Operations in 2001, he made alignment one of his top five goals for the U.S. Navy. He also made George Labovitz and Victor Rosansky’s pioneering book, The Power of Alignment (Wiley… Here Is a Quantifiable, Repeatable, and Improvable Social Media Process<em>Social Marketology</em> provides flexible, adaptable methods that add real value
Wed, 06/27/2012 - 11:17
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- Social Marketology: Improve Your Social Media Processes and Get Customers to Stay Forever, by Ric Dragon (McGraw-Hill, 2012) is about developing a larger social media strategy and the steps for implementing this strategy… Happy Employees Are ‘Happy Dead Weight’ Employee satisfaction is not a good predictor of performance
Thu, 06/21/2012 - 12:46
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- When it comes to employee engagement, Timothy R. Clark goes where no one has gone before. One of today’s leading experts on the subject, Clark reveals that the business world has been focusing on only half the question—… Gemba Kaizen, Second EditionA commonsense approach to a continuous improvement strategy
Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:13
Written by Masaaki Imai, the renowned quality management expert who introduced the concept of kaizen to the English-speaking world, this innovative guide is filled with hundreds of international gemba kaizen success stories and examples from a wide… The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership Achieving and sustaining excellence through leadership development
Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:06
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- Toyota. The name signifies greatness—world-class cars and game-changing business thinking. One key to the Toyota Motor Co.’s unprecedented success is its famous production system and its lesser-known product development… New Books on Building Lean Supply Chains and Which Quality Tools to UseAn emphasis on systems thinking and a focus on building an integrated quality environment
Tue, 12/13/2011 - 13:52
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- McGraw-Hill has announced the release of two new books of particular interest to quality professionals. The first focuses on how lean and theory of constraints work together in the supply chain. The second describes… Help Is Here for Hospitals Preparing for the Affordable Care ActProven strategies for revolutionizing health care systems
Fri, 09/30/2011 - 10:49
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- The case studies throughout the book, Performance Improvement for Healthcare: Leading Change with Lean, Six Sigma, and Constraints Management (McGraw-Hill, 2011), illustrate successful performance improvement… Book: Six Sigma for SustainabilityHow organizations design and deploy winning environmental programs
Wed, 09/28/2011 - 12:34
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- Six Sigma for Sustainability: How Organizations Design and Deploy Winning Environmental Programs (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2011), is a new hardcover book by Thomas McCarty, Michael Jordan, and Daniel Probst, three…