Louis Carter

In Great Company presents a practical approach to ensure that your employees perform at their highest possible levels. It’s not about increasing salaries, offering huge bonuses, or investing in the latest employee engagement tools. The real answer is simpler, deeper, and longer-lasting: getting your people to love where they work.
Founder and CEO of one of today’s top leadership development firms, Best Practices Institute, Louis Carter takes you step by step through the process of building… Show more

In Great Company presents a practical approach to ensure that your employees perform at their highest possible levels. It’s not about increasing salaries, offering huge bonuses, or investing in the latest employee engagement tools. The real answer is simpler, deeper, and longer-lasting: getting your people to love where they work.
Founder and CEO of one of today’s top leadership development firms, Best Practices Institute, Louis Carter takes you step by step through the process of building a lasting emotional connection between your staff and your company. Carter’s proven strategy is founded on five key principles: collaboration, optimism, values, respect, and performance. Fuse them together, and your company will be the envy of your industry.
This groundbreaking guide provides everything you need to create an environment where people have a strong sense of belonging—a place where people finally feel like they’re part of something big, where employees want to work collaboratively and creatively, where your staff and your company grow together. Bridge the engagement gap by ensuring that every member of your team spends their entire work day in great company. Show less

Want "best-in-class" instructions on how to lead and champion change? Then look no further. The Change Champion’s Fieldguide, described as a book that will, "become one of the most quoted, referenced, and used business books in the first decade of the 2000's," by Professor Vijay Govindarajan, of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, contains successful tools, instruments, case studies, and models from the best in the industry that you can immediately apply for initiating and leading… Show more

Want "best-in-class" instructions on how to lead and champion change? Then look no further. The Change Champion’s Fieldguide, described as a book that will, "become one of the most quoted, referenced, and used business books in the first decade of the 2000's," by Professor Vijay Govindarajan, of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, contains successful tools, instruments, case studies, and models from the best in the industry that you can immediately apply for initiating and leading change within your social or organizational system. Show less

In today's uncertain economic climate, the ability to identify effective and actionable solutions to business challenges is more crucial than ever to the strategic management process. When there are substantial problems to be solved, best practice benchmarking providers can be invaluable to top-level decision makers who are presented with complex organizational puzzles and an overwhelming abundance of possible solutions.
By using carefully refined analytical techniques, a wealth of… Show more

In today's uncertain economic climate, the ability to identify effective and actionable solutions to business challenges is more crucial than ever to the strategic management process. When there are substantial problems to be solved, best practice benchmarking providers can be invaluable to top-level decision makers who are presented with complex organizational puzzles and an overwhelming abundance of possible solutions.
By using carefully refined analytical techniques, a wealth of management expertise, and the power of collaboration among dedicated business professionals and the businesses themselves, benchmarking organizations can help companies to make sense of the universe of potential strategic directions.
Finding the right benchmarking provider to meet the needs of your company, however, is not always easy. Nearly every veteran business leader has had the unpleasant experience of working with a consultant or consulting group that wasted too much time, failed to deliver usable solutions, or simply was not a good fit for the company. Choosing the wrong benchmarking provider can result in wasted time and money, as well as employee frustration and morale problems. Show less

A company must have effective and capable leadership at every rung of the ladder to remain resilient, adaptable, and productive.

Comprehensive in scope, this book features more than 15 case studies and dozens of competency models, tools, instruments, and training material from the world's best global talent management systems and campaigns that show how thy successfully implemented and maintained talent management programs. Each case study includes tools, templates, competency models, guidelines, and training materials that can easily transfer to the real-world work of HR professionals. In addition the book is written by… Show more

Comprehensive in scope, this book features more than 15 case studies and dozens of competency models, tools, instruments, and training material from the world's best global talent management systems and campaigns that show how thy successfully implemented and maintained talent management programs. Each case study includes tools, templates, competency models, guidelines, and training materials that can easily transfer to the real-world work of HR professionals. In addition the book is written by leading-edge contributions from the top thinkers in the field. Show less

In this important book, successful organizations—including well-known companies such as Agilent Technologies, Corning, GE Capital, Hewlett Packard, Honeywell Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, MIT, Motorola, and Praxair—share their most effective approaches, tools, and specific methods for leadership development and organizational change. These exemplary organizations serve as models for leadership development and organizational change because they
Commit to organizational objectives and… Show more

In this important book, successful organizations—including well-known companies such as Agilent Technologies, Corning, GE Capital, Hewlett Packard, Honeywell Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, MIT, Motorola, and Praxair—share their most effective approaches, tools, and specific methods for leadership development and organizational change. These exemplary organizations serve as models for leadership development and organizational change because they
Commit to organizational objectives and culture
Transform behaviors, cultures, and perceptions
Implement competency or organization effectiveness models
Exhibit strong top management leadership support and passion Show less

How are the world's most successful organizations developing their leaders? "This book helps anyone who is charged with a leadership development initiative or is learning about leadership development. Full of practical examples and tools from companies that are known for having a reputation for developing leaders."