Synopses & Reviews
ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers.
ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need:
01 Innovation
02 Enterprise
03 Strategy
04 Marketing
05 Finance
06 Operations and Technology
07 Organizations
08 Leading
09 People
10 Life and Work
ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.
Synopsis
Fast track route to motivating individuals and teams
Covers the key areas of motivation, from the development of academic theories and celebrated workplace experiments to the contemporary dilemmas caused by restructuring and job insecurity
Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including LVMH and BP, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Abraham Maslow, Douglas McGregor, W Edwards Deming, Lynda Gratton, Fons Trompenaars and Meredith Belbin
Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide
Synopsis
Fast track route to coaching and mentoring top performers for individual and organizational success
Covers the key areas of coaching and mentoring, from conducting a training needs assessment and reinforcing quality performance and employee accountability to empowering top performers and applying mentoring to succession planning and diversity management
Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful organizations, including Saturn, Arthur Andersen, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, Royal Dutch Shell, the World Bank and Analog Device Inc, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Abraham Maslow, Frederick Herzberg, Douglas McGregor, Peter Drucker and Jack Welch
Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide
About the Author
FLORENCE STONE has written for a variety of publications and web sites, including headhunter.com and amanet.org, the web site of the American Management Association. She is author of several books, including The High-Value Manager and Coaching, Counseling and Mentoring.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Express Exec
Introduction to Motivation
What is Motivation?
Evolution Motivation
The E-Dimension to Motivation
Globalization
The State of the Art
In Practice: Success Stories
Key Concepts and Thinkers
Resources
Ten Steps to Making Motivation Work
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Acknowledgements
Index