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41) The Whatifs
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Cora, always bothered by the Whatifs, grows much more anxious before her piano recital but a fellow performer helps her imagine what could go right, rather than wrong. Includes author's note about her own anxiety.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Performance Management Systems and Strategies aims to provide extensive theoretical knowledge with practical overtones for students, and application-based knowledge for professionals to successfully implement performance management systems and strategies. With such comprehensive knowledge and practical skills HR students would be able to develop their capabilities as future manager to manage performance in any organization.
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Series
HPT in action volume 3
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
At the end of the day, our jobs are all about results. The desire to achieve useful results should guide your decisions on a daily basis. This book & rsquo;s unique Performance by Design approach and framework will systematically walk you through the processes, procedures, tools and techniques that are most valuable in creating performance systems that achieve results. In eight chapters, the book sequentially describes each step in the Performance...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The new edition of the bestselling guide on creating and using key performance indicators-offers significant new and revised content Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) help define and measure the organizational goals which are fundamental to an organization's current and future success. Having solid KPIs is crucial for companies that are implementing performance management systems, such as balanced scorecards, six sigma, or activity-based management....
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of how Agoda, a subsidiary of the Booking Holdings online travel group, made its way to a single "KPI + constraint" model that helps run a good bit of the business. It took some trial and error to get there; the KPIs that were developed and tested along the way promoted both positive and counterproductive behaviors and outcomes. But the business found its guiding principles, implemented them, improved performance, and fostered learning...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Investors are increasingly focusing on leadership as a key differentiator in their investment decisions. But they've been forced to rely on instinctive, subjective, and unreliable ways to measure its impact-until now. In this book, leadership scholar, author, and consultant Dave Ulrich proposes a "leadership capital index"-a Moody's or Standard and Poor's rating for leadership. Drawing on research from investors and business leaders, and synthesizing...
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The secret of achieving and sustaining organizational excellence revealed In an ever-changing world where only a third of excellent organizations stay that way over the long term, and where even fewer are able to implement successful change programs, leaders are in need of big ideas and new tools to thrive. In Beyond Performance, McKinsey & Company's Scott Keller and Colin Price give you everything you need to build an organization that can execute...
51) It's bad for ya
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Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Carlin's 14th original solo HBO stand-up special delivers dead-on, laugh-out-loud insights on such issues as: the advantages of being old, child worship, and the failure of the so-called 'self-esteem' movement.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Portuguese
Description
Apenas um terço das empresas excelentes mantém a excelência no longo prazo. É menor ainda o número de programas bem-sucedidos de transformação organizacional. Neste livro, Scott Keller e Colin Price recorrem ao mais exaustivo esforço de pesquisa já realizado na área, assim como à experiência de uma impressionante variedade de líderes, para analisar por que é tão difícil alcançar e manter a excelência. Além disso,...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The traditional performance management process does not provide good data and inspire employees to perform better. We need to move on to a new way of measuring — and accelerating — performance. The first step to a better system is to remove the common practices that cause so much strife: no mandated goals, complicated rating approaches, or strictly annual performance conversations. We also need to stop collecting and using unreliable,...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Explores and brings together the existent body of knowledge on building performance analysis Building performance is an important yet surprisingly complex concept. This book presents a comprehensive and systematic overview of the subject. It provides a working definition of building performance, and an in-depth discussion of the role building performance plays throughout the building life cycle. The book also explores the perspectives of various stakeholders,...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
While there are countless books on wireless networks, few actually quantify the key performance-limiting factors of wireless local area networks (WLANs) and describe various methods for improving WLAN performance. Fulfilling these needs, Improving the Performance of Wireless LANs: A Practical Guide provides both theoretical background and empirical.
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Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Training Aint Performance is a whimsical, entertaining, and solidly written book that takes on the subject of human performance. From its first chapter, Show Me the Money, to its concluding chapters, Hit or Myth: Separating Fact from Workplace Performance Fiction, readers are gently guided toward an understanding of human performance improvement and how to use it for real organizational value.
Author
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
"The guide that defines the results required at each organizational level to sustain business successIt's not enough to build a company full of people with leadership skills. The Performance Pipeline digs deep into the real work of executing business results at each leadership layer. Filled with lessons and examples from the author's 40 years of experience Shows how to set performance standards, make sure the right work is being done, and remove performance...
58) Superfast
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In today's fast-paced world, leaders need to move at speed. The rate of innovation and change in organizations and the challenges of impatient investors or shareholders mean leadership decisions must be quick, smart, and deliver real impact. Superfast provides cutting-edge inspiration and a host of exciting ideas about how to accelerate performance in an agile and thoughtful way, shedding new light on leading in a world which is fluid and uncertain....
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The ultimate guide to performance management and how to avoid the often bizarre unintended consequences of KPIsThe results of well-intended performance measurement are sometimes bizarre and bewildering. World leaders in business performance, the authors of Measurement Madness have amassed a wealth of real-life business stories, producing this timely how-to guide for avoiding the unintended consequences that come from measuring people, processes and...
60) Evaluating impact: evaluation and continual improvement for performance improvement practitioners
Author
Series
HPT in action volume 6
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
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