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The Entrepreneurial Process: How to Make Your Dreams a Reality Stanford Business Brief with Magdelena Yesil
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Investors today are once again looking very closely before putting money into new ventures. Entrepreneurs have to be more prepared to make their case for getting a new idea off the ground. Using her own experiences as an entrepreneur, angel investor, and venture capitalist, Magdelena Yesil walks you through the steps necessary to achieve a liquidity event, including identifying a winning idea, recruiting a team, choosing financial partners, and establishing the right business development rela...
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The Exceptional Leader: Action Steps for Leadership Formation Stanford Executive Brief with Jack Zenger, PhD
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Empirical data shows a distinct correlation between quality of leadership and business performance. Effective leaders are therefore critical to the success of any enterprise. Yet 70% of Fortune 100 executives recently admitted their companies had insufficient bench strength to carry them into the next decade. How can leaders be found to fill this gap? While formal leadership development programs have often failed to achieve measurable results, Jack Zenger believes that average managers can de...
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The Idea of Marketing in the Total Access, Real-Time Marketplace Stanford Executive Brief with Regis McKenna
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n the past, marketing was essentially a broadcast activity: a limited, unidirectional casting-out of your message into the world. Now, thanks to the Internet and other interactive media, computers are handling many marketing functions, gathering data as well as providing customer care. Such transactions provide valuable feedback, rich with information that you can use to hone your brand and boost customer loyalty. But in order to use this technology to your best advantage, Regis McKenna expla...
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The Inspiring Leader Stanford Business Brief with Jack Zenger
SKU: KANSTA-INS
What defines great leadership? Using original research on 360-degree feedback data for thousands of managers, Jack Zenger, with colleagues Joseph Folkman and Scott Edinger, identified 16 specific competencies the most effective leaders share. Of these, the ability to inspire and motivate others to high performance had the most significant, positive impact on the performance of the organization. And yet, it was the area in which managers were weakest.
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The Mastery of Speaking as a Leader with Terry Pearce
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Today's leaders must connect with their audiences in substantive ways that go far beyond the giving of information. Leaders must be able to motivate audiences to commitment, not merely to compliance. Terry Pearce explores and demonstrates ways in which a leader can elevate a speech into a more powerful and ultimately productive experience—for the speaker as well as for the listener.
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The Opportunity and Threat of Disruptive Technologies Stanford Executive Brief with Clayton Christensen
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Many of history's greatest growth markets were created by a disruptive technology which enabled a larger population of less skilled people to do things in a more convenient way—things previously done by expensive specialists in centralized settings. But these innovations are often met with resistance from organizations whose processes and values get in the way of succeeding. Dr. Christensen demonstrates that in order to create new business in emerging markets, you need appropriate managemen...
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The People Side of Great Business Stanford Executive Brief with Libby Sartain
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Great organizations start with great ideas, but they are sustained only through the dedication and passion of great people. To encourage such employees, Libby Sartain advocates a healthy, high-performance culture based on loyalty and trust. How do you create such an environment? Through honest, two-way communications, adherence to stated values, and the establishment of clear expectations and rewards.
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The Power of Paranoia Stanford Business Brief with Roderick Kramer
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Contrary to the common management belief that trust is an organizational asset, two decades of research on trust and cooperation in organizations have convinced Roderick Kramer that an appropriate amount of skepticism can in fact be beneficial in the workplace. Recent world events and dramatic business failures have underscored his argument that holding trust as your highest ideal can be dangerously naive. Dr. Kramer argues instead for a moderate form of suspicion, the state he calls "prudent...
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The Power of Persuasion - Robert Cialdini
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In this dynamic presentation, Dr. Cialdini provides clear step-by-step examples of behaviors that you can put to use daily to increase your influence. You will learn why you say yes to some offers, simply based on the way they are presented. And you'll learn how to defend against offers that you're really not interested in, no matter how effectively they're presented.
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The Psychology of Power Stanford Business Brief Stanford Business Brief with Deborah Gruenfeld
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Individuals in positions of power can be seen to exhibit behavior that is idiosyncratic, and at times even contrary to reason. Dr. Gruenfeld explains how the lack of consequences for their actions can allow powerful people to make serious errors in judgment that have far-reaching impacts on themselves and on their organizations. Her research explains the psychological effects of power: single-mindedness in decision making, an orientation to action, disinhibition, and depersonalization of others.
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The Stanford 70 Collection Video Library
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Looking to bring your organization up to the next level? Own the entire Executive Briefings Library! Order the entire collection of 70 different Stanford Executive Briefings for a special price. These Stanford programs are packed with critical information, insights, and ideas. Special Pricing + Free Shipping. You'll save over $1,000 off our already discounted quantity-order price! This collection consists of all 70 current $95 Executive Briefings lectures.
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The Stanford Video Guide to Financial Statements: The Tale of Two Restaurants
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Learn common-sense ways to get the most out of your financial statements with this accounting video.
Want to get more out of financial reports? This entertaining story gives you a revealing look at the accounting standards that dictate how calculations are made, and the assumptions that can make a surprising difference to your bottom line. Stanford professor George Parker provides both line-by-line explanations of the three key financial statements used by US companies, and offers logi...
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The Stanford Video Guide to Negotiating: The Sluggers Come Home
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Stanford Graduate Business School Professor Margaret Neale narrates, analyzes, and instructs as you get an inside look at the negotiations that decide the fate of Curry Field and the Sluggers. Will Ted and Billy Curry stop their financial losses? Will Al Griggs get the ballpark he needs to field a winning team? Or will real estate developer Barbara Meyers prove too tough?
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The Values-Based Leader Stanford Business Brief with Harry Kraemer
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After a twenty-five-year career with multi-billion-dollar Baxter International, including serving as chairman and CEO, Harry Kraemer shares, in this candid and entertaining discussion, practical advice on how to lead while staying true to your moral compass. Values-based leadership is possible for anyone to achieve, at any point in a career, by adhering to four guiding principles of behavior.
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