Think Fast!
Accurate Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Planning in Minutes a Day
Published on 9. June 2011
208 pages
978-1-118-09651-2 (ISBN)
Description
Apply proven critical thinking processes and supercharge yourbusiness
Alamo Learning Systems has been providing Critical ThinkingSkills (CTS), problem solving, decision-making, preventive action,and innovation training solutions to the corporate world for morethan 35 years. They have been at the forefront of such movements inmanagement as ISO 9000, Six Sigma, and Lean Manufacturing.
Now, in Think Fast!, these CTS experts bring you anup-to-the-minute toolbox of strategies and tactics you can use tooptimize your business. This useful and easy-to-read guide looks atreal-world consumer issues, giving you top-level skills to addressa wide range of practical business, professional, and lifeproblems.
* Alamo's CTS solutions have been proven effective in majorcompanies, including 200 of the current Fortune 500
* Uses real examples from outside the business world to makeproblems and solutions widely accessible
At last, the Critical Thinking Skills that have guided some ofthe world's most successful companies are available to readers ofthis insightful guide. Start rethinking your business today, andtake your business skills--and business results--to thenext level.
Alamo Learning Systems has been providing Critical ThinkingSkills (CTS), problem solving, decision-making, preventive action,and innovation training solutions to the corporate world for morethan 35 years. They have been at the forefront of such movements inmanagement as ISO 9000, Six Sigma, and Lean Manufacturing.
Now, in Think Fast!, these CTS experts bring you anup-to-the-minute toolbox of strategies and tactics you can use tooptimize your business. This useful and easy-to-read guide looks atreal-world consumer issues, giving you top-level skills to addressa wide range of practical business, professional, and lifeproblems.
* Alamo's CTS solutions have been proven effective in majorcompanies, including 200 of the current Fortune 500
* Uses real examples from outside the business world to makeproblems and solutions widely accessible
At last, the Critical Thinking Skills that have guided some ofthe world's most successful companies are available to readers ofthis insightful guide. Start rethinking your business today, andtake your business skills--and business results--to thenext level.
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Guy A. Hale, a seasoned business leader, is chairman and CEO of Alamo Learning Systems, one of the oldest and most highly regarded management training and consulting companies in the world. The company's growing list of clients includes more than two hundred Fortune 500 companies. Guy has overseen the development of innovative and popular training programs such as Critical Thinking Skills, Process Improvement, Project Management, Innovation, Team Building, Total Quality Management, and ISO 9000, ISO 14000, and QS-9000. He is a frequent guest lecturer at the two most prestigious graduate schools in China, Beijing and Tsinghau Universities. He is author of The Proactive Manager (Wiley) and The Leader's Edge, which has become one of the all-time bestselling business books in China. Guy wrote Think Fast! for anyone at any level of leadership, who wants to conquer his or her concerns with speed and accuracy, and achieve meaningful success!
Content
Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1. Good News.
2. Start Here: Stop.
3. The Dump List.
4. Simplify.
5. Pick the Right Road: Three Little Questions.
6. Recognize Your Progress.
7. Present: Decide Now!
8. Past: Find Out "Why?"
9. Future: Plan to Make It Happen.
10. Go Forward with Condence.
Bonus Chapter. Innovation: Create Something New.
Index.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1. Good News.
2. Start Here: Stop.
3. The Dump List.
4. Simplify.
5. Pick the Right Road: Three Little Questions.
6. Recognize Your Progress.
7. Present: Decide Now!
8. Past: Find Out "Why?"
9. Future: Plan to Make It Happen.
10. Go Forward with Condence.
Bonus Chapter. Innovation: Create Something New.
Index.
