A Harvard Business School professor and leading expert in virtual and global work provides remote workers and leaders with the best practices necessary to perform at the highest levels in their organizations. --

"This is the management book of the year. Clear, powerful and urgent, it's a must read for anyone who cares about where they work and how they work." Seth Godin, author of This is Marketing "This book is a breath of fresh air. Read it now, and make sure your boss does too." Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take , Originals , and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg Aaron Dignan is the driverbehind some of today's most agile, fastest-scalingcompanies....

"In this timely manifesto, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework broadly reject the prevailing notion that long hours, aggressive hustle, and "whatever it takes" are required to run a successful business today." -- From Amazon.com summary.

"In 1986, Ed Catmull co-founded Pixar, a modest start-up with an immodest goal: to make the first-ever computer animated movie. Nine years later, Pixar released Toy Story, which went on to revolutionize the industry, gross $360 million, and establish Pixar as one of the most successful, innovative, and emulated companies on earth. This book details how Catmull built an enduring creative culture -- one that doesn't just pay lip service to the importance...

"In Scaling Up Excellence, bestselling author Bob Sutton and Stanford colleague Huggy Rao tackle the topic that obsesses businesses large and small, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies{u2014}how to scale up their businesses and spread excellence throughout the organizational culture"--

Challenges companies that use such traditional cost-saving practices as layoffs and service cutting, sharing the story of how the author revitalized a flagging transportation company using principles that enabled high levels of profit and customer satisfaction.

Newly revised and updated, this valuable resource, profiling 12 nonprofits that have achieved remarkable levels of impact, including Habitat for Humanity and the Heritage Foundation, offers a wealth of information for creating significant social change.

High performance has always required shrewd strategy and superb execution. These factors remain critical, especially given today{u2019}s unprecedented business climate. But Rich Karlgaard{u2014}Forbes publisher, entrepreneur, investor, and board director{u2014}takes a surprising turn and argues that there is now a third element that{u2019}s required for competitive advantage. It fosters innovation, it accelerates strategy and execution, and it cannot...

Today, organizations of all kinds are ruled by the belief that the path to success is quantifying human performance, publicizing the results, and dividing up the rewards based on the numbers. But in our zeal to instill the evaluation process with scientific rigor, we've gone from measuring performance to fixating on measuring itself. The result is a tyranny of metrics that threatens the quality of our lives and most important institutions. In this...