Random House New Releases - Business & Economics - Management

Scaling Up Excellence by Hayagreeva Rao

2014-02-04T00:30:00-05:00

Scaling Up Excellence Getting To More Without Settling For Less
Written by Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao

Hardcover, 304 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Leadership; Business & Economics - Entrepreneurship | $26.00 | 978-0-385-34702-0 (0-385-34702-2)

Scaling Up Excellence by Hayagreeva Rao

2014-02-04T00:30:00-05:00

Scaling Up Excellence Getting To More Without Settling For Less
Written by Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao

eBook, 304 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Leadership; Business & Economics - Entrepreneurship | $ | 978-0-385-34703-7 (0-385-34703-0)

Scaling Up Excellence by Hayagreeva Rao

2014-02-04T00:30:00-05:00

Scaling Up Excellence Getting To More Without Settling For Less
Written by Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao

Unabridged Compact Disc | Random House Audio | Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Leadership; Business & Economics - Entrepreneurship | $40.00 | 978-0-8041-2801-8 (0-8041-2801-4)

Scaling Up Excellence by Hayagreeva Rao

2014-02-04T00:30:00-05:00

Scaling Up Excellence Getting To More Without Settling For Less
Written by Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Leadership; Business & Economics - Entrepreneurship | $20.00 | 978-0-8041-2802-5 (0-8041-2802-2)

Remote by David Heinemeier Hansson

2013-10-29T00:30:00-05:00

Remote Office Not Required
Written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Hardcover, 288 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Careers; Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Workplace Culture | $23.00 | 978-0-8041-3750-8 (0-8041-3750-1)

The “work from home” phenomenon is thoroughly explored in this illuminating new book from bestselling 37signals founders Fried and Hansson, who point to the surging trend of employees working from home (and anywhere else) and explain the challenges and unexpected benefits. Most important, they show why – with a few controversial exceptions such as Yahoo -- more businesses will want to promote this new model of getting things done.

The Industrial Revolution's "under one roof" model of conducting work is steadily declining owing to technology that is rapidly creating virtual workspaces and allowing workers to provide their vital contribution without physically clustering together. Today, the new paradigm is "move work to the workers, rather than workers to the workplace." According to Reuters, one in five global workers telecommutes frequently and nearly ten percent work from home every day. Moms in particular will welcome this trend. A full 60% wish they had a flexible work option. But companies see advantages too in the way remote work increases their talent pool, reduces turnover, lessens their real estate footprint, and improves the ability to conduct business across multiple time zones, to name just a few advantages. In Remote, inconoclastic authors Fried and Hansson will convince readers that letting all or part of work teams function remotely is a great idea--and they're going to show precisely how a remote work setup can be accomplished.

Remote by David Heinemeier Hansson

2013-10-29T00:30:00-05:00

Remote Office Not Required
Written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

eBook, 288 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Careers; Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Workplace Culture | $12.99 | 978-0-8041-3751-5 (0-8041-3751-X)

Remote by David Heinemeier Hansson

2013-10-29T00:30:00-05:00

Remote Office Not Required
Written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Unabridged Compact Disc | Random House Audio | Business & Economics - Careers; Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Workplace Culture | $25.00 | 978-0-8041-4898-6 (0-8041-4898-8)

Remote by David Heinemeier Hansson

2013-10-29T00:30:00-05:00

Remote Office Not Required
Written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Business & Economics - Careers; Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Workplace Culture | $12.50 | 978-0-8041-4899-3 (0-8041-4899-6)

Thinking in New Boxes by Alan Iny

2013-09-10T00:30:00-05:00

Thinking in New Boxes A New Paradigm for Business Creativity
Written by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny

Hardcover, 352 pages | Random House | Business & Economics - Management; Psychology & Psychiatry - Social Psychology; Self Help - Creativity | $28.00 | 978-0-8129-9295-3 (0-8129-9295-4)

When BIC, manufacturer of disposable ballpoint pens, wanted to grow, it looked for an idea beyond introducing new sizes and ink colors. Someone suggested lighters.

LIGHTERS?

With an idea that seemed crazy at first, that bright executive, instead of seeing BIC as a pen company—a business in the PEN “box”—figured out that there was growth to be found in the DISPOSABLE “box.” And he was right. Now there are disposable BIC lighters, razors, even phones. The company opened its door to a host of opportunities.

IT INVENTED A NEW BOX.

Your business can, too. And simply thinking “out of the box” is not the answer. True ingenuity needs structure, hard analysis, and bold brainstorming. It needs to start

THINKING IN NEW BOXES

—a revolutionary process for sustainable creativity from two strategic innovation experts from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

To make sense of the world, we all rely on assumptions, on models—on what Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny call “boxes.” If we are unaware of our boxes, they can blind us to risks and opportunities.

This innovative book challenges everything you thought you knew about business creativity by breaking creativity down into five steps:

• Doubt everything. Challenge your current perspectives.
• Probe the possible. Explore options around you.
• Diverge. Generate many new and exciting ideas, even if they seem absurd.
• Converge. Evaluate and select the ideas that will drive breakthrough results.
• Reevaluate. Relentlessly. No idea is a good idea forever. And did we mention Reevaluate? Relentlessly.

Creativity is paramount if you are to thrive in a time of accelerating change. Replete with practical and potent creativity tools, and featuring fascinating case studies from BIC to Ford to Trader Joe’s, Thinking in New Boxes will help you and your company overcome missed opportunities and stay ahead of the curve.

This book isn’t a simpleminded checklist. This is Thinking in New Boxes.

And it will be fun. (We promise.)

Advance praise for Thinking in New Boxes

“Thinking in New Boxes is a five-step guide that leverages the authors’ deep understanding of human nature to enable readers to overcome their limitations and both imagine and create their own futures. This book is a must-read for people living and working in today’s competitive environment.”—Ray O. Johnson, Ph.D., chief technology officer, Lockheed Martin

“Thinking In New Boxes discusses what I believe to be one of the fundamental shifts all companies/brands need to be thinking about: how to think creatively, in order to innovate and differentiate our brands. We need to thrive and lead in a world of accelerating change and this book challenges us to even greater creativity in our thinking. One of the best business books I’ve read in a long time.”—Jennifer Fox, CEO, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

“As impressive as teaching new tricks to old dogs, Thinking in New Boxes is both inspirational and practical—a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to sharpening one’s wits in order to harness creativity in the workplace.”—Peter Gelb, general manager, Metropolitan Opera

Thinking in New Boxes by Alan Iny

2013-09-10T00:30:00-05:00

Thinking in New Boxes A New Paradigm for Business Creativity
Written by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny

eBook, 352 pages | Random House | Business & Economics - Management; Psychology & Psychiatry - Social Psychology; Self Help - Creativity | $14.99 | 978-0-679-64436-1 (0-679-64436-9)

Thinking in New Boxes by Alan Iny

2013-09-10T00:30:00-05:00

Thinking in New Boxes A New Paradigm for Business Creativity
Written by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny
Read by Alan Iny

Unabridged Compact Disc | Random House Audio | Business & Economics - Management; Psychology & Psychiatry - Social Psychology; Self Help - Creativity | $35.00 | 978-0-385-36099-9 (0-385-36099-1)

Thinking in New Boxes by Alan Iny

2013-09-10T00:30:00-05:00

Thinking in New Boxes A New Paradigm for Business Creativity
Written by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny
Read by Alan Iny

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Business & Economics - Management; Psychology & Psychiatry - Social Psychology; Self Help - Creativity | $17.50 | 978-0-385-36100-2 (0-385-36100-9)

50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know by Edward Russell-Walling

2013-09-03T00:30:00-05:00

50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know
Written by Edward Russell-Walling

eBook | Quercus | Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Entrepreneurship | $12.95 | 978-1-62365-187-9 (1-62365-187-5)

The fourth title in the Quercus Ideas You Really Need to Know series demystifies the management concepts that any budding entrepreneur would want to grasp. The 50 bite-sized topics expound the wisdom of the well-known business gurus (from Peters and Porter to Welch and Gates), explain helpful theories and tools (Ansoff's Product/Market grid, the 4Ps, Boston Matrix), expand on management ideas (branding, outsourcing, supply and demand) and cover the latest commercial concepts from the online world.

3000 Power Words and Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews by Sandra E. Lamb

2013-08-27T00:30:00-05:00

3000 Power Words and Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews Ready-to-Use Language for Successful Employee Evaluations
Written by Sandra E. Lamb

Trade Paperback, 256 pages | Ten Speed Press | Business & Economics - Human Resources & Personnel Management; Business & Economics - Business Writing; Business & Economics - Management | $11.99 | 978-1-60774-482-5 (1-60774-482-1)

A comprehensive yet accessible handbook for writing and conducting meaningful, effective performance reviews, geared toward managers of all levels, from the author of How to Write It.

Performance reviews are one of the best tools managers have to shape company talent and culture, develop strong channels of communication with employees, and create systemic change. In this pithy, user-friendly handbook, author Sandra E. Lamb lays out the best methods and proven tactics to administer productive evaluations that benefit both parties--and the company. Covering hard and soft skills, and including phrases and words targeted to specific industries and jobs, this guide empowers managers to master both written and in-person reviews.

3000 Power Words and Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews by Sandra E. Lamb

2013-08-27T00:30:00-05:00

3000 Power Words and Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews Ready-to-Use Language for Successful Employee Evaluations
Written by Sandra E. Lamb

eBook, 256 pages | Ten Speed Press | Business & Economics - Human Resources & Personnel Management; Business & Economics - Business Writing; Business & Economics - Management | $8.99 | 978-1-60774-483-2 (1-60774-483-X)

The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated by Bo Burlingham

2013-07-16T00:30:00-05:00

The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company
Written by Jack Stack and Bo Burlingham

eBook, 384 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Leadership; Business & Economics - Decision-Making & Problem Solving | $13.99 | 978-0-385-34834-8 (0-385-34834-7)

In the early 1980s, Springfield Remanufacturing Corporation (SRC) in Springfield, Missouri, was a near bankrupt division of International Harvester. That's when a green young manager, Jack Stack, took over and turned it around. He didn't know how to "manage" a company, but he did know about the principal, of athletic competition and democracy: keeping score, having fun, playing fair, providing choice, and having a voice. With these principals he created his own style of management -- open-book management. The key is to let everyone in on financial decisions. At SRC, everyone learns how to read a P&L -- even those without a high school education know how much the toilet paper they use cuts into profits. SRC people have a piece of the action and a vote in company matters. Imagine having a vote on your bonus and on what businesses the company should be in. SRC restored the dignity of economic freedom to its people. Stack's "open-book management" is the key -- a system which, as he describes it here, is literally a game, and one so simple anyone can use it. As part of the Currency paperback line, the book includes a "User's Guide" -- an introduction and discussion guide created for the paperback by the author -- to help readers make practical use of the book's ideas. Jack Stack is the president and CEO of the Springfield Remanufacturing Corporation, in Springfield, Missouri. The recipient of the 1993 Business Enterprise Trust Award, Jack speaks throughout the country on The Great Game Of Business and Open Book Management.

The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated by Bo Burlingham

2013-07-16T00:30:00-05:00

The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company
Written by Jack Stack and Bo Burlingham

Trade Paperback, 384 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Leadership; Business & Economics - Decision-Making & Problem Solving | $18.99 | 978-0-385-34833-1 (0-385-34833-9)

The Great Game of Business started a business revolution by introducing the world to open-book management, a new way of running a business that created unprecedented profit and employee engagement.

The revised and updated edition of The Great Game of Business lays out an entirely different way of running a company. It wasn’t dreamed up in an executive think tank or an Ivy League business school or around the conference table by big-time consultants. It was forged on the factory floors of the heartland by ordinary folks hoping to figure out how to save their jobs when their parent company, International Harvester, went down the tubes.

What these workers created was a revolutionary approach to management that has proven itself in every industry around the world for the past thirty years—an approach that is perhaps the last, best hope for reviving the American Dream.

Brick by Brick by Bill Breen

2013-06-25T00:30:00-05:00

Brick by Brick How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
Written by David Robertson and Bill Breen

Hardcover, 320 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Corporate History; Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Decision-Making & Problem Solving | $26.00 | 978-0-307-95160-1 (0-307-95160-X)

Brick by Brick takes you inside the LEGO you've never seen. By following the teams that are inventing some of the world's best-loved toys, it spotlights the company's disciplined approach to harnessing creativity and recounts one of the most remarkable business transformations in recent memory.

Brick by Brick reveals how LEGO failed to keep pace with the revolutionary changes in kids' lives and began sliding into irrelevance. When the company's leaders implemented some of the business world's most widely espoused prescriptions for boosting innovation, they ironically pushed the iconic toymaker to the brink of bankruptcy. The company's near-collapse shows that what works in theory can fail spectacularly in the brutally competitive global economy.

It took a new LEGO management team – faced with the growing rage for electronic toys, few barriers to entry, and ultra-demanding consumers (ten-year old boys) – to reinvent the innovation rule book and transform LEGO into one of the world's most profitable, fastest-growing companies.

Along the way, Brick by Brick reveals how LEGO:

- Became truly customer-driven by co-creating with kids as well as its passionate adult fans
- Looked beyond products and learned to leverage a full-spectrum approach to innovation
- Opened its innovation process by using both the "wisdom of crowds" and the expertise of elite cliques
- Discovered uncontested, "blue ocean" markets, even as it thrived in brutally competitive red oceans
- Gave its world-class design teams enough space to create and direction to deliver
built a culture where profitable innovation flourishes

Sometimes radical yet always applicable, Brick by Brick abounds with real-world lessons for unleashing breakthrough innovation in your organization, just like LEGO. Whether you're a senior executive looking to make your company grow, an entrepreneur building a startup from scratch, or a fan who wants to instill some of that LEGO magic in your career, you'll learn how to build your own innovation advantage, brick by brick.

Brick by Brick by Bill Breen

2013-06-25T00:30:00-05:00

Brick by Brick How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
Written by David Robertson and Bill Breen

eBook, 320 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Corporate History; Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Decision-Making & Problem Solving | $13.99 | 978-0-307-95162-5 (0-307-95162-6)

Brick by Brick by Thomas Vincent Kelly

2013-06-25T00:30:00-05:00

Brick by Brick How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
Written by David Robertson and Bill Breen
Read by Thomas Vincent Kelly

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Business & Economics - Corporate History; Business & Economics - Management; Business & Economics - Decision-Making & Problem Solving | $20.00 | 978-0-449-80652-4 (0-449-80652-9)

Random House New Releases - Business & Economics - Management

Scaling Up Excellence by Hayagreeva Rao

Scaling Up Excellence Getting To More Without Settling For LessWritten by Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao

Scaling Up Excellence by Hayagreeva Rao

Scaling Up Excellence Getting To More Without Settling For LessWritten by Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao

Scaling Up Excellence by Hayagreeva Rao

Scaling Up Excellence Getting To More Without Settling For LessWritten by Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao

Scaling Up Excellence by Hayagreeva Rao

Scaling Up Excellence Getting To More Without Settling For LessWritten by Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao

Remote by David Heinemeier Hansson

Remote Office Not RequiredWritten by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Remote by David Heinemeier Hansson

Remote Office Not RequiredWritten by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Remote by David Heinemeier Hansson

Remote Office Not RequiredWritten by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Remote by David Heinemeier Hansson

Remote Office Not RequiredWritten by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Thinking in New Boxes by Alan Iny

Thinking in New Boxes A New Paradigm for Business CreativityWritten by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny

Thinking in New Boxes by Alan Iny

Thinking in New Boxes A New Paradigm for Business CreativityWritten by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny

Thinking in New Boxes by Alan Iny

Thinking in New Boxes A New Paradigm for Business CreativityWritten by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny Read by Alan Iny

Thinking in New Boxes by Alan Iny

Thinking in New Boxes A New Paradigm for Business CreativityWritten by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny Read by Alan Iny

50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know by Edward Russell-Walling

50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know Written by Edward Russell-Walling

3000 Power Words and Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews by Sandra E. Lamb

3000 Power Words and Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews Ready-to-Use Language for Successful Employee EvaluationsWritten by Sandra E. Lamb

3000 Power Words and Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews by Sandra E. Lamb

3000 Power Words and Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews Ready-to-Use Language for Successful Employee EvaluationsWritten by Sandra E. Lamb

The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated by Bo Burlingham

The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated The Only Sensible Way to Run a CompanyWritten by Jack Stack and Bo Burlingham

The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated by Bo Burlingham

The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated The Only Sensible Way to Run a CompanyWritten by Jack Stack and Bo Burlingham

Brick by Brick by Bill Breen

Brick by Brick How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy IndustryWritten by David Robertson and Bill Breen

Brick by Brick by Bill Breen

Brick by Brick How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy IndustryWritten by David Robertson and Bill Breen

Brick by Brick by Thomas Vincent Kelly

Brick by Brick How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy IndustryWritten by David Robertson and Bill Breen Read by Thomas Vincent Kelly

Scaling Up Excellence Getting To More Without Settling For Less
Written by Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao

Scaling Up Excellence Getting To More Without Settling For Less
Written by Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao

Scaling Up Excellence Getting To More Without Settling For Less
Written by Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao

Scaling Up Excellence Getting To More Without Settling For Less
Written by Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao

Remote Office Not Required
Written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Remote Office Not Required
Written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Remote Office Not Required
Written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Remote Office Not Required
Written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Thinking in New Boxes A New Paradigm for Business Creativity
Written by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny

Thinking in New Boxes A New Paradigm for Business Creativity
Written by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny

Thinking in New Boxes A New Paradigm for Business Creativity
Written by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny
Read by Alan Iny

Thinking in New Boxes A New Paradigm for Business Creativity
Written by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny
Read by Alan Iny

50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know
Written by Edward Russell-Walling

3000 Power Words and Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews Ready-to-Use Language for Successful Employee Evaluations
Written by Sandra E. Lamb

3000 Power Words and Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews Ready-to-Use Language for Successful Employee Evaluations
Written by Sandra E. Lamb

The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company
Written by Jack Stack and Bo Burlingham

The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company
Written by Jack Stack and Bo Burlingham

Brick by Brick How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
Written by David Robertson and Bill Breen

Brick by Brick How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
Written by David Robertson and Bill Breen

Brick by Brick How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
Written by David Robertson and Bill Breen
Read by Thomas Vincent Kelly