ALAN AXELROD

¿Cuándo una decisión es una mala decisión? Axelrod, de forma muy breve, pero fascinante e instructiva, nos muestra más de treinta ejemplos de decisiones equivocadas tomadas por personajes históricos. Analiza decisiones absurdas tomadas por personajes historicos. Analiza decisiones absurdas tomadas por personajes con escasa inteligencia, decisiones diabolicas llevadas a cabo por personajes sin escrupulos y, la mayoria, decisiones tomadas por personas sabias e inteligentes que analizaron mal el problema y tomaron la decision equivocada.

All games, RISK included, are matrices in which one decision affects another. Successful players visualize how each separate choice contributes to the entire strategy and fashion a winning game plan; they make smart tradeoffs and gambits, allocate scarce resources wisely, and even sacrifice outright in order to win. Alan Axelrodone of the worlds great experts on decision-makingevaluates the decisions made by leaders in the realms of diplomacy, agriculture, economics, politics, war, business, and technology. Some choices produced positive results, others negative, and a few had mixedeven entirely unexpectedoutcomes. Both the good and the bad are equally valuable instructional tools for those who want to master decision making in complex, high-stakes environments: the very world in which we all live, move, and decide.

Playing the game of business—and life—involves creating strategic alliances, and developing, managing, and ending those relationships as required. Skilled gamers quickly recognize both present and potential adversaries and allies, and they calculate tactics for converting useful opponents into partners—even, occasionally, to transform cronies into challengers. Why? Because, by definition, an enemy cannot betray you; only a friend can, so it's important to choose them well. Whether in industry or on the world stage, good leaders know how to pinpoint the people who should be by their side; they're also willing to make enemies who can be trusted to oppose them. Deciding who's who is what matters, offering the potential of risk and reward. That's how the game goes…and here's how to win it.

¿Qué empuja a una persona a tomar una gran decisión, a actuar, a transgredir? ¿Cuál es la naturaleza de una decisión compleja? ¿Tiene todo el mundo la capacidad para tomarla o sólo unos pocos? El historiador Alan Axelrod lleva años investigando estas cuestiones a traves de la vida y personalidad de cuarenta y cuatro personajes celebres, cuyas grandes decisiones han cambiado el rumbo de la historia.

Few areas of human endeavor have produced moreor more colorfulterms than has the military. Soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen have over centuries come up with words, phrases, and acronyms to express everything from raw emotion to complex technology. The military is both a distinctive way of life and a community, and a command of its slang is essential to admission to full membership within the group.Most military slang is almost always familiar only to the troops. Mating mosquitoes, for example, refers to the two-chevron insignia of the Army corporal. Gadget describes an enlisted man or woman who is temporarily promoted to a position of increased responsibility to fill an urgent need, while a panty raid is a foray into enemy territory for the purpose of gathering evidence of adversary activity.Among the less delicate entries are the day the eagle shits, or payday, and skimmer puke, a submariners term for any surface ship sailor. (And then theres the books title, the acronym for What The F-ck).Many elements of military vocabulary have become part of our national speech: John Wayne, boondocks, attaboy, and hot dog. But whether the words and phrases are the exclusive property of our fighting men and women or are also in general use, the real language of the modern military set forth in this lively book embodies a uniquely American attitude and an exuberantly colloquial, unwaveringly honest, and enduringly American grace under pressure.

The Cheaper the Crook, the Gaudier the Patter: Forgotten Hipster Lines, Tough Guy Talk, and Jive Gems explores the rich vocabulary of gangsters, hipsters, jazz musicians, and military personnel of the 1930s and 40s. Entries include definitions, etymology, and examples of usage. This delightful compendium celebrates the linguistic gems cut and polished during the Great Depression, World War I, and the postwar fiftiesnow forgotten or in danger of being forgotten.

Con explicaciones detalladas de estrategias para ganar al MONOPOLY y comentarios de directores generales como Wayne Calloway de Pepsico, Victor Kiam de Remington Corporation, Sanford I. y muchos más, Axelrod ofrece pistas muy claras para todos aquellos que esten interesados en adquirir conocimientos empresariales cruciales a traves de un formato divertido y familiar. Practico, informativo, entretenido e inspirador, Todo lo que se de los negocios lo aprendi jugando al MONOPOLY es mucho mas que un simple libro. Es un manual del exito.

"Give me liberty or give me death.""Houston, we have a problem.""I did not have sexual relations with that woman." American ears ring with these and hundreds of other declarations, spun out of history. Walt Whitman claimed to "hear America singing," but, mostly, we hear America talking. Out loud. This book features more than 300 quotations from influential Americans, including Benjamin Franklin, Muhammad Ali, George W. Bush, Paris Hilton, and many more! This book chronologically records the historical timeline of Americaone voice at a time.

Isabel I es una mujer fascinante, gran monarca y figura de extraordinaria importancia histórica. Usted, por otro lado, es supervisor, gerente, ejecutivo o CEO. Usted tiene o forma parte de un negocio, no de un reino, y el personal ciertamente no está integrado por súbditos leales. Este libro extrae y proporciona las lecciones clave de liderazgo de una reina de larga vida, desafiante y muy exitosa, con una carrera de liderazgo que transformó un entorno empresarial errado y moldeó para la posteridad el destino de un pueblo .

This is the first book to not only select the events that most influenced the causes and outcome of Americas Civil War, but also to rank them in order of significance. In each of the books 20 detailed essays, author/historian/speaker Alan Axelrod presents an engaging narrative about the event, and also explains how the event shaped the course of the war, and ultimately the future of the country.The authors selection and ranking criteria include:Effect as cause or trigger of the warDecisiveness: whether it was a war-winning or war-losing event (both in military terms and in terms of public opinion, morale, and support)Magnitude and scope: size and cost of a battleEnduring postwar significance in American history, politics, society, culture and/or in military history and technologyFrom Lincolns Inauguration, Antietam, and John Browns raid, to the New York draft riots and Stonewall Jackson dying as a result of friendly fire never before has the Civil War been explored quite this way. The Civil War was a violent argument between the North and the South. The purpose of this book is to start another argument about its history.

Biography lovers may find this a great start in understanding the long-term impacts that individuals can have on culture, society, and history and be interested in seeking further information about Axelrods fascinating subjects. BooklistMeet 50 women and men who broke the rules . . . and changed the world. What does Charles Darwin have in common with Johannes Gutenbergor with Jackson Pollock, Martin Luther, Betty Friedan, Steve Jobs, and DJ Kool Herc? They were the disruptors, upending cultural, technical, spiritual, or scientific paradigms and altering the way we live forever. Bestselling author Alan Axelrod presents engaging profiles, accompanied by original line drawings, of 50 visionaries who rewrote the rules. Their innovations range from the printing press (Gutenberg) to the fight for womens equality (Friedan), from the smartphone (Jobs) to the invention of hip-hop (Herc).

The Gilded Age is in the air! This beautifully designed, fully illustrated, insightful book by noted historian Alan Axelrod provides a vivid view of American life and thought during that era. The Gilded Agethe name coined by Mark Twain to refer to the period of rapid economic growth in America between the 1870s and 1900offers some intriguing parallels to our own time. Prolific historian Alan Axelrod tackles this subject in a fresh way, exploring this intense era in all its dimensions. . . . This book will reveal it . . . as, truly, the overture of the American Century. He also looks at how it presaged our current era, which many are calling the Second Gilded Age. Photographs, political cartoons, engravings, news clippings, and other ephemera help bring this fascinating period into focus.

Fourteen lessons to instruct, inspire, and encourageHistorys great leaders have much to teach us, and no one outshines Alan Axelrod in extracting those lessons and applying them to todays business world. His Elizabeth I, CEO and Patton on Leadership both became BusinessWeek bestsellersand now, to follow his recent Winston Churchill, CEO, Axelrod has found a new and perhaps surprising subject for his popular format: Gandhi. Gandhi, a CEO? Absolutelyand an incomparable example for our uncertain times, when we need leaders we can trust and admire. Not only was he a moral and intensely spiritual man, but also a supremely practical manager and a powerful agent for change, able to nurture the rebirth of an entire nation. To achieve this goal, he mastered the elements of personal leadership and institutional management. Axelrod looks at this much-studied figure in a way nobody has before, employing his fluid, engaging, and conversational style to bring each lesson to life through quotes and vivid examples from Gandhis life.

The next in Alan Axelrods engaging and popular CEO series spotlights a perfect subject: Napoleon, the brilliant military strategist who also laid the administrative and judicial foundations for much of Western Europe. Axelrod looks at this much-studied figure in a new way, exploring six areas that constitute the core of what made Napoleon a great leader: Audacity, Vision, Empathy, Strategy, Logistics, and Tactics. Within these areas Axelrod formulates approximately 60 lessons framed in military analogies, valuable for anyone who aspires to leadership, whether in the boardroom or the Oval Office.

Thanks to Caesar, crossing the Rubicon has become a synonym for bold, decisive decision-making where the risks are great--but the rewards can be greater. In his popular CEO series, bestselling writer Alan Axelrod analyzes Caesar as a business leader, using an engaging, conversational style to explore six inspirational principles that constitute Julius Caesars guiding tenets. From this, Axelrod draws 92 lessons that modern business leaders should learn from this first, great, and iconic CEO.

The newest in Alan Axelrods celebrated CEO series examines Theodore Roosevelt--typically ranked among the top five US presidents by historians. Following in the vein of his popular Winston Churchill, CEO and Gandhi, CEO, Axelrod provides an unprecedented look at this much-studied figure. In an engaging, conversational style, Axelrod explores seven inspirational areas that characterize Roosevelts leadership lives, from the active life to the learning life, and derives from them 136 invaluable lessons for modern business executives.

In brief, compelling, and inspiring vignettes, bestselling historian Alan Axelrod pinpoints and investigates the make-or-break event in the lives and careers of some of historys most significant figures. Axelrod reexamines history by revealing the answer to the fascinating question of why the people who made history made their choicesand conveys the resonance of those choices today. The 46 profiles range from ancient times to the present day and include Cleopatras decision to rescue Egypt; Washingtons decision to cross the Delaware and win; Gandhis decision to prevail against the British Empire without bloodshed; Trumans decision to drop the A-bomb and end WW II; Rosa Parks decision to sit in for civil rights; Boris Yeltsins decision to embrace a new world order; and Flight 93s decision to take a stand against terror.

In this sixth volume of Alan Axelrods popular CEO series, he dispenses the wisdom of a female monarch for the first time since his Businessweek bestseller Elizabeth I, CEO. Catherine the Great traveled from Germany to Russia at only 14 years of age, and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating rulers in history. Axelrod profiles this strong and beloved leader, examining her qualities of intellect, heart, and character, and distilling her words and actions into more than 100 practical and modern leadership lessons. Women, in particular, will appreciate this study of a role modelone of only two Russian tsars ever to earn the title Great.

Using the same engrossing anecdotal format that proved so popular in Profiles in Audacity, bestselling author Alan Axelrod turns to the dark side of audacious decision-making and explores historys most tragic errors. While Axelrod looks at the hopelessly dumb and the overtly evil, the main focus is on smart people who had the best of intentions--but whose plans went disastrously wrong. The 35 compelling stories include: the sailing of the unsinkable Titanic; Edward Bernayss 1929 campaign to recruit women smokers; Neville Chamberlains appeasement of the Nazis; Ken Lays deception with Enron; and even the choice to create a New Coke and fix what wasnt broke. These are cautionary tales--albeit with exquisite twists ranging from acerbic to horrific.

Following his BusinessWeek bestsellers Elizabeth I, CEO and Patton on Leadership comes a new and perfect subject for Alan Axelrods innovative format: Winston Churchill, the quintessential leader of the 20th century. Churchill skillfully converted crisis into victory, making the boldest of visions seem attainable; even though he sometimes failed audaciously, he embraced his errors and used them to become stronger. Axelrod looks at this much-studied figure in a way nobody has before: he explores 25 key facets of Churchills leadership style and decision-making from his early years as a junior cavalry officer and journalist to his role throughout WWII and demonstrates how he was able to overcome near-impossible obstacles. Fluidly and engagingly written, each lesson is enlivened with a vivid vignette from Churchills life. As always, Axelrods penetrating analysis will instruct, inspire, and encourage those who lead business enterprises, large and small.