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'Think Like a Manager, Don't Act Like One' offers 75 successful approaches to help you foresee or manage unpredictable situations. Developed with the assistance of John ...

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Influence brings together what you need to know to get your message out there, making key insights accessible and immediately applicable. Pra...

Innovation Accounting is a practical guide for companies to help them measure and track innovation. Financial accounting in particular is difficult to use in the context of (digital) innovation.

This book was a gold award-winning title at the Axiom Business Book Awards 2022, in the category Business intelligence/ innovation.

Art school doesn't always prepare creatives for the real-world challenges they'll face in their careers. This can lead to feelings of being misunderstood, slow down careers, or even increased risk of burnout. Being Creative is the Easy Part provides valuable insights into the creative process and tackles common challenges such as client interactions, time and financial management. The book covers unconventional yet crucial topics, such as the potential negative impact of excessive focus on ar...

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Niemand is immuun voor schaamte. We kennen allemaal de schaamte die gepaard gaat met iets doen dat ‘dom’ is of niet ethisch. Deze schaamte maakt deel uit van ons ethisch kompas. Mar de schaamte waar D. Stephan Poulter in dit boek met je over in gesprek gaat, ligt minder dicht aan de oppervlakte. Het is de schaamte die zich verdekt opstelt en zich openbaart via perfectionisme, faalangst, zelfsaboterende gedachten en gedrag, woede en agressie, depressie, verslavingen. Deze vorm van schaamte...

Projecten slagen of mislukken zo oud als zij zijn. Sommige piramiden lukten, sommige kanalen kwamen nooit af. Projectmanagement is een jonge discipline. En ook projectmanagement faalt regelmatig. In dit boek somt René Hombergen zeven basale redenen op waarom het vakgebied tekortschiet. Hij verkent en verklaart elk tekort. En hij noemt zeven oplossingen. Projectmanagement hoeft niet meer de reden te zijn dat uw projecten niet tot het succes komen dat u er van mag verwachten.

En op de achtste dag waren de mensen, de dieren en de dingen gelukkig… Van hoofde af aan

trachten wij God te helpen onze wereld te scheppen? Vernieuwen en verfraaien… Waar mogelijk en

indien gewenst.

Met onze voormalige en huidige projecten dragen we gezien diversiteitsafname, klimaatopwarming

en milieu-vernietiging, en onze onderlinge oorlogen nog niet heel veel bij… Zo lijkt het? Slechts…?

Projectmanagement is klein en jong. Meer een technische, haast anonieme aanpak dan een

onvoorw...

What does this book offer you?

A4 Project Management has been rated as “more than excellent tool for both project team members and managers as well as principals” and “easy to learn, easy to use”.

It combines pragmatic insights with a truly scientifically fundament; based upon the two valid axiom’s of business science: division of labor, and design of organization. And with just alliterating words you can inspire, control and finish your projects.

Who has written this work for you?

René Hombergen has been working as a project-, program- and portfolio-manager. Now he coaches and teaches on the discipline. He has written seventeen books on this field of renewal...