books by Michael Watkins

books by Michael Watkins

books:

Michael Watkins

Harvard Business Review on What Makes a Leader

Daniel Goleman, Michael Maccoby, ...

Harvard Business School Press, 2001

Given the Quality, an Exceptional Value
This is one in a series of volumes of articles which previously appeared in the Harvard Business Review. They offer direct and relatively inexpensive access to cutting-edge thinking on a major business subject. This volume provides eight essays, each preceded by an ...

The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels

Michael Watkins

Harvard Business School Press, 2003

Great Primer for Taking On a Management Job
The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins is squarely aimed at the task of a manager coming in and dealing with a new team. Those first ninety days can really make or break a business relationship and it is well worth studying this information before you take on a new job. ...

Harvard Business Review on Mergers & Acquisitions

Dennis Carey, Robert J. Aiello, ...

Harvard Business School Press, 2001

Next best thing . . .
. . . to hanging around with a bunch of practicioners swapping war stories and advise/wisedom/opinion. As the other reviewer said, the advise is at times contradictory, which is exactly what you get from talking to the professionals who do this all the time. There ...

The First 90 Days in Government: Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels

Peter H. Daly, Michael Watkins, ...

Harvard Business School Press, 2006

Just like the title - this book was CRITICAL to my SUCCESS!
I originally ordered this book because I thought it would help out my husband in his new job, but it turned out it was a better fit for me, and I read it cover to cover three times! Starting a new job as a coordinator for a state athletic organization, this book has ...

Watkins, E-learning Companion, 2/e: Used with ...Downing-On Course

Ryan Watkins, Michael Corry

Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007

An essential companion
Not only is the online classroom a new environment for learning, it is also one for which few learners have been formally prepared. While texts such as Becoming a Master Student have successfully outlined techniques for operating within the traditional classroom, it ...

Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming, and How to Prevent Them (Center for Public ...

Max H. Bazerman, Michael D. Watkins

Harvard Business School Press, 2008

On Target - Bullseye - Should have seen it coming
Anyone who has worked for some sort of organization, government agency, business, university or whatever, will empathise with "Predictable Surprises" by Bazerman and Watkins. This book focuses on the early and late warning signs, the cover-ups, the denials, and the ...

On Common Ground: The Power of Professional Learning Communities

Roland Barth, Barbara Eason-Watkins, ...

Solution Tree, 2005

How Many Ways...
In how many ways are we going to have to hear that the unexamined methods in which our schools have been organized, structured, staffed, and departmentalized work against our best efforts to create real, sustainable learning communities? The following items were a ...

Shaping the Game: The New Leader's Guide to Effective Negotiating

Michael Watkins

Harvard Business School Press, 2006

High Quality Guide
In "Shaping the Game: The New Leader's Guide to Effective Negotiating", Michael Watkins came up with a high quality book on critical skills required for successful negotiations. The author wrote an interesting and insightful book on achieving effective negotiations. ...

CCNA Security Official Exam Certification Guide (Exam 640-553) (Exam Certification Guide)

Michael Watkins, Kevin Wallace

Cisco Press, 2008

Good book
The Cisco books always make great study guides and the test simulator is always nice.

Right From The Start: Taking Charge In A New Leadership Role

Dan Ciampa, Michael Watkins

Harvard Business School Press, 2005

Thanks for saving me money
I read the ebook experiences others had and decided not to purchase the ebook and for that matter the book period today through Amazon. Amazon needs to take seriously the buyers that come to its online stores and remove such eBooks if they are only a 9 page ...

Case Studies in Us Trade Negotiation, Volume 1: Making the Rules
Robert Z. Lawrence, Charan Devereaux, ...

Institute for International Economics, 2006

The Leadership Team: Complementary Strengths or Conflicting Agendas?
Stephen A. Miles, Michael D. Watkins

Harvard Business Review, 2007

Senior leadership teams whose members play complementary roles have been chronicled as far back as Homer's account of the Trojan War: Although King Agamemnon commanded the Greek army, Achilles, Odysseus, and Nestor each played a distinct role in defeating Troy. Today, complementary leadership structures are common and, in some cases, even ...

The Bob Love Story: If It's Gonna Be, It's Up to Me

Bob Love, Mel Watkins

Contemporary Books, 1999

A Must Read for all Sports Fans
I purchased a copy of this book after hearing Mr. Love speak to a crowd of over 300 people. I was engrossed in the book from the start and completed the read on my flight home. It is a definite must read for any athlete or person who enjoys sports and believes that ...

Breakthrough Business Negotiation: A Toolbox for Managers

Michael Watkins

Jossey-Bass, 2002

Packed with Knowledge!
If you say po-tay-toe, and they say po-tah-toe, you say to-may-toe and they say to-mah-toe, you can work the whole thing out. Just ask Michael Watkins, Harvard associate professor and author of this solid primer on how to conduct effective negotiations. While ...

Selected Poems (Goethe: The Collected Works, Vol. 1)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Princeton University Press, 1994

A wonderful edition
Solid translations and, like all the volumes in Princeton's 12-volume Goethe series, the book is attractive with great typography. Much easier on the eyes than the Penguin editions. This volume is a very accessible way to read Goethe for the first time, as well as ...