The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook

Peter Senge's groundbreaking ideas on building organizations have made him a household name among corporate managers. His theories help businesses to clarify their goals, to defy the odds, to more clearly understand threats, and to recognize new opportunities. He introduces managers to a new source of competitive advantage, and offers a marvelously empowering approach to work.

Peter Senge utilizes the method of systems thinking to facilitate companies to have more success. In a learning organization, a community of the total workforce is created, and the team members learn together and share their opinions. This creates thinking that is interconnected, bringing them on a similar wavelength. It promotes more openness, productivity, and communication through shared and organized learning, resulting in more progress for the team.

In keeping with the parable style, Patrick Lencioni begins by telling the fable of a woman who, as CEO of a struggling Silicon Valley firm, took control of a dysfunctional executive committee and helped its members succeed as a team. Story time over, Lencioni offers explicit instructions for overcoming the human behavioral tendencies that he says corrupt teams. Succinct yet sympathetic, this guide will be a boon for those struggling with the inherent difficulties of leading a group.

More people are discovering the freedom of being fully present in the moment, yet how do we stay present in the middle of a family crisis or a hectic workday? With The Power of Presence, Peter Senge presents a practical seminar in a skill he calls "presencing": a method for applying the serenity of living in the now to even our most demanding, high-pressure challenges.

Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past 40 years to create unique results in both life and business - and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.

Holacracy distributes authority and decision-making throughout an organization and defines people not by hierarchy and titles but by roles. Holacracy creates organizations that are fast and agile and that succeed by pursuing their purpose, free from the tyranny of top-down planning that's instantly out of date. This isn't anarchy - it's quite the opposite.

In wenigen Jahren wird fast alles anders sein: Was wir tun, wie wir es tun und warum wir es tun; wie wir produzieren und konsumieren, wie wir arbeiten, wie wir lernen und forschen - und wie wir leben. Wie gehen wir in Wirtschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft damit um? Umbrüche öffnen Möglichkeiten, indem sie Altes verdrängen und Neues schaffen. Management, wie Malik es versteht, ist die gesellschaftliche Funktion, diese Möglichkeiten zu nutzen.

New edition, expanded and updated. With the release of Theory U almost 10 years ago, Otto Scharmer set in motion a revolution in thought. Scharmer explained that what we pay attention to and how we pay attention is key to what we create. What prevents us from attending to situations more effectively is that we aren't fully aware of and in touch with the inner place from which attention and intention originate.

Gehören Sie zu den Menschen, die wirken wollen? Die in ihrem Leben und mit ihrer Arbeit Spuren hinterlassen möchten? Dann wissen Sie: Das ist nicht immer so einfach. Manchmal fehlen Energie, Inspiration oder eine zündende Idee. Das Unternehmen, in dem Sie arbeiten, stellt sich quer. Der Markt, in dem Sie Ihre Leistungen anbieten, erdrückt Sie. Jetzt muss sich alles ändern! Aber: Jede Veränderung fängt klein an. Sie fängt bei Ihnen an.

This is A.G. Lafley’s guidebook. Shouldn’t it be yours as well?Winning CEO A.G. Lafley is now back at the helm of consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble. If you want to know the strategy he’ll use to restore P&G to its former dominance, read this book.