Tabla de Contenidos: “…Team Performance; Chapter 24: Mistakes of Leadership; Chapter 25: Middle Management Malaise; Chapter 26: Coaching to the Bell Curve; Chapter 27: Culture of Grit and Determination; Chapter 28: Battling Stagnation; Chapter 29: The Team Is Not the Sum of Its Parts; Chapter 30: Facing Reality in the Mirror; Chapter 31: Stocking the Credibility Bank; Chapter 32: Discipline and Accountability; Chapter 33: Understanding Your Organizational DNA; The Passive-Aggressive Organization; The Fits and Starts Organization…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Compounding Is the Eighth Wonder of the WorldRelative Performance; Chapter 3: Flaws in Modern Financial Theory; What Modern Portfolio Theory Forgot or Ignored; Modern Portfolio Theory and the Bell Curve; Black Monday, October 19, 1987; Tails Wagging the Dog; Standard Deviation (Sigma) and Its Shortcomings; Improper Process; High Sigma Days We All Remember; Black Monday, October 28 and Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929; Black Monday, October 19, 1987; 1885-2012; Rolling Returns and Gaussian Statistics; Risk and Uncertainty; Back to the Original Question: Is Volatility Risk?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Consistent Overvaluation -- Failed Funding Rounds -- Down Rounds -- Funding Gaps -- Data Collection -- Ecosystem Pulse -- Team -- Product -- Competition -- Funding -- Conclusion -- 3 Be Your Own Shrink -- Introduction -- Crisis Is Here -- Put on Your Seat Belt First -- The Emotional Gym -- Organisational Emotional Fitness -- You and Your Business: A 3D Model -- Step Away -- Switch Off or Snooze -- Mentoring -- Executive Coaching -- Connect and Inspire -- Conclusion -- 4 The Surgical Strike -- Introduction -- The Startup Bell Curve -- A 3D Plan of Action -- Survive: First-Order Optimisation -- Normalise: Second-Order Optimisation -- Thrive: Third-Order Optimisation -- First-Order Optimisation -- CashFlow Is Oxygen -- Soul Searching -- What's the Heart of Your Business? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Data Distributions; 12.1 Flat Distribution; 12.2 Zipfian Distribution; 12.3 Gaussian, Normal, or Bell Curve; 12.4 Poisson Distribution; 12.5 Logistic or "S" Distribution; 12.6 Pareto Distribution; 12.7 Distribution Discovery; 12.8 References; Chapter 13. …”

“…It's not ... at least for those who come up on the wrong side of the bell curve! There they are, minding their own business, working toward some non-science related degree, when ... …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Entre Saussure y Peirce / Enseñando para la responsabilidad / Poder perverso, información mentirosa / Una Europa para los ciudadanos / La formación del periodista ante los precipicios de la sociedad de la información / The bell curve : un ejemplo de lo que no se debe hacer cuando se investiga en ciencias sociales / Sobre los fundamentos constitucionales del derecho de la información / La comunicación en las definiciones de nuestro tiempo / Sobre la reducción de la comunicación humana a mera estimulación / La mediatización de la cultura política y la construcción el espacio público / La nueva sociedad de la información : tendencias, riesgos y soluciones / El humor en el proceso de la comunicación. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Ascent of Neuroscience -- The Domino Effect -- Bell Curve of Gender Tendencies -- The Ability to Peer More Deeply -- Sex Differences in Brain Structure and Function -- Prefrontal Cortex -- Corpus Callosum -- Anterior Cortex -- Insula -- Hippocampus -- Amygdala -- Cerebellum -- Sex Differences in Hormonal Composition -- Testosterone -- Oxytocin -- Cortisol -- The Breakthrough That Knowledge Brings -- Endnotes -- Chapter 4: Ascent of Women -- The First Long Step -- Women Joining Business Clubs -- Cultures Clinging to Tradition -- The Ascent of Women -- Education Across the Globe -- Under My Very Nose! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Enterprise Risk Management -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section One Risk Management in Context -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- The Benefits of Risk Management -- Reason #1: Managing Risk Is Management's Job -- Reason #2: Managing Risk Can Reduce Earnings Volatility -- Reason #3: Managing Risk Can Maximize Shareholder Value -- Reason #4: Risk Management Promotes Job and Financial Security -- Integration Adds Value -- Cautionary Tales -- The Shortsightedness of Bausch &amp -- Lomb -- The Curtains Close on Kidder, Peabody -- Meltdown at Metallgesellschaft -- Morgan Grenfell's Asset Mismanagement -- Société Générale Blindsided -- MF Global Goes Under -- Chapter 2 Lessons Learned -- Lesson #1: Know Your Business -- Lesson #2: Establish Checks and Balances -- Lesson #3: Set Limits and Boundaries -- Lesson #4: Keep Your Eye on the Cash -- Lesson #5: Use the Right Yardstick -- Lesson #6: Pay for the Performance You Want -- Lesson #7: Balance the Yin and the Yang -- Chapter 3 Concepts and Processes -- Risk Concepts -- Exposure -- Volatility -- Probability -- Severity -- Time Horizon -- Correlation -- Capital -- Risk Processes -- Risk Awareness -- Set the Tone from the Top -- Ask the Right Questions -- Establish a Risk Taxonomy -- Provide Training and Development -- Link Risk and Compensation -- Risk Measurement -- Losses -- Incidents -- Risk Assessments -- Key Risk Indicators -- Risk Control -- Support Business Growth -- Support Profitability -- Control Downside Risks -- Risk Is a Bell Curve -- Chapter 4 What Is ERM? -- ERM Definitions -- The Benefits of ERM -- Organizational Effectiveness -- Risk Reporting -- Business Performance -- The Chief Risk Officer -- Components of ERM -- Corporate Governance -- Line Management -- Portfolio Management -- Risk Transfer -- Risk Analytics -- Data and Technology Resources -- Stakeholder Management…”

“…The fact is, most managers devote so much time to either high-potential or high-problem employees that they neglect the critical mass at the top of the bell curve. And they can mean the difference between surviving . . . and thriving. …”