"One of the greatest sources of power in a business is the committed hearts and minds of the people - the unified creativity and energy of people who are excited about their work. Harnessing that commitment builds unshakable, unstoppable zones of inspiration and secure, highly profitable work environments." Chris Alexander In this book, Alexander includes a good mix of inspirational examples and step-by-step directions for creating joy in the workplace. Like most changes, achieving joy through synergy means giving up some old ideas, unhealthy ways and opening up and trying some new techniques and strategies that may scare you. In this book you will learn about managers and employees who have gained greater personal satisfaction and customer satisfaction and discovered how much fun it can be to get up and go to work everyday. If you're not enjoying work the way you deserve to, if you'd like to feel more energized instead of drained, if instead of getting stuck in dances of distrust and competitiveness, you'd like to feel comfortable and affectionate with your colleagues, this book was written with you in mind.

For 20 years, Chris Alexander has worked with business professionals and others, studying their interpersonal connection. He's found that emotional and spiritual connection is just as important as intellectual and physical connection. In this book, Alexander explains how to connect with others at all four levels, thereby empowering people to create the ultimate connection: love. In Creating Extraordinary Joy, Alexander takes readers on a journey of discovery. His ten Synergy Life Mastery Steps help readers discover who they are, where they are in life, and what they value highly, ultimately uncovering their authentic selves and true purpose.

This book provides pragmatic advice for business owners of privately-held, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on how to grow business, increase top line revenues and bottom line profits, enhance the value of their companies, and build their business wealth

"Sentence after sentence, "How to Start Your Business with $100" is loaded with precious wisdom and tips for every entrepreneur, old or new. Business information indeed, but more importantly, Ja-Nae is a source of wisdom, spirit and inspiration proving that you can do anything - even without lots of money or experience. You'll want to - and be able to - take on the world after reading the book!" -- Alyssa Dver Author of, "No Time Marketing"

Emergency Response for Business Professionals provides business managers who do not have in-house security expertise as well as the security professionals who advise them with an overview on how to prepare and react to potential unexpected incidents that can occur to their organization. The book begins with an overview of the primary principles of business emergency planning, then delves into the considerations that an organization should take when developing their emergency plan. This includes the mitigation strategies for preventing the incident from occurring in the first place. It then shows how to identify and assess the risks the organization may realistically face, choose the commensurate security measures, and create the proper emergency response policies and procedures. The book explores how to respond in the event of an actual emergency, and how to recover business operations to full functionality after an incident occurs. Emergency Response for Business Professionals looks closely at the most common emergencies that pose concerns for many organizations, such as active shooters, unauthorized visitors, workplace violence, embezzlement, fraud, theft, natural and man-made disasters, major equipment malfunctions, sabotage, labor disputes, and loss of key personnel, among others, along with the appropriate and accepted responses used to respond to each type of incident. It covers methods for training employees in emergency response, and concludes with how to plan, prepare, and conduct emergency response exercises within the organization. - Shows how to properly handle unexpected incidents businesses frequently encounter such as workplace violence, unauthorized visitors, embezzlement, fraud, theft, major equipment malfunctions, natural and man-made disasters, sabotage, labor disputes, loss of key personnel, and more - Details the standard procedures for responding to such events - Provides clear instructions for developing training and emergency response exercises - Offers case studies and real-world examples from a variety of industries, including education, manufacturing, banking, energy, and more

Global economic integration has changed business conditions significantly. Corporations operating internationally and establishing foreign subsidiaries are facing the obligation as well as the challenge to profit from cross-border interaction. However, potential synergetic benefits provided by the international environment are accompanied by even more demanding challenges. This study elaborates to which extend German small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses could benefit from the implementation of a strategic cross-border synergy management. The study is based on a single case study deriving the research hypotheses and a survey investigating cross-border interaction throughout a sample of small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses. Based on the research findings, this paper proposes a holistic framework, designed for strategists of small and medium-sized manufacturing business. It outlines the establishment of the cross-border synergy management concept as part of the corporate strategy and the efficient and effective management of international interaction. ‘Synergies are not realized by themselves - they have to be identified and actively developed within a professionally coordinate process. Management of synergy seeking organizations is asked for intensive efforts beyond daily operations' (Weber and Roventa, 2006).

This book discusses business architecture as a basis for aligning efforts with outcomes. It views BA as complementary to enterprise architecture, where the focus of technological initiatives and inventories is to understand and improve business organization, business direction, and business decision-making. This book provides a practical, long-term view on BA. Based on the authors' consulting experience and industrial research, the material in this book is a valuable addition to the thought processes around BA and EA. The lead author has direct and practical experience with large clients in applying APQC capability framework for undertaking multiple enterprise-wide capability assessments.

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