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Book SynopsisDon''t Slow Down--Team Up!With countless emails, constant communication, cascading deadlines, and seemingly endless meetings, it''s a wonder any of us gets anything done these days. You can try working harder or faster or smarter, but what really makes the difference is "teaming well." A good team is the most powerful productivity machine in existence.Laura Stack''s FAST model mobilizes teams to be the most effective they can be, while keeping each other''s best interests at heart. Teams learn to work together Fairly, accept Accountability, apply Systems Thinking, and maximize available Technology. An interactive assessment helps you evaluate your team''s current speed and rate of acceleration. Every team may have its stars, but they couldn''t do their jobs without the rest of the team doing theirs. By the end of this book, you''ll truly understand the abilities of your team and how each member makes things go. So, rev your team''s engines, and you''ll soon be roaring down the track together!

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Book SynopsisHaving trouble implementing those time management skills you learned from Eat That Frog!? This delightful and froggy DVD will help you put the skills from the classic, Eat That Frog!, into practice on a daily basis!Personal productivity books are great--until you try to implement the advice inside. Taking the two-dimensional advice from a page and turning it into real life habits is the biggest challenge for many self-help devotees. This DVD tackles that very stumbling block, offering hours of lessons, exercises, and motivational self-rewards to help readers take decisive action to take control of their time and Eat That Frog!

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Book Synopsis"Fear and doubt are the two greatest enemies of high performance in the workplace. This powerful book shows you how to instill more and more courage and confidence in every person, releasing personal potential you didn''t know you had available." --Brian Tracy, author of Eat That Frog!The hardest part of a manager''s job isn''t staying organized, meeting deliverable dates, or staying on budget. It''s dealing with people who are too comfortable doing things the way they''ve always been done and too afraid to do things differently--workers who are, as Bill Treasurer puts it, too "comfeartable." They fail to exert themselves any more than they have to and make their businesses dangerously safe.  Treasurer, a courage-building pioneer, proposes a bold antidote: courage. He lays out a step-by-step process that treats courage as a skill that can be developed and strengthened. Treasurer differentiates what he calls the Three Buckets of Courage: TRY Courage, having the guts to take initiative; TRUST Courage, being willing to follow the lead of others; and TELL Courage, being honest and assertive with coworkers and bosses. Aristotle said that courage is the first virtue because it makes all other virtues possible. It''s as true in business as it is in life. With more courage, workers gain the confidence to take on harder projects, embrace company changes with more enthusiasm, and extend themselves in ways that will benefit their careers and their company.

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Book SynopsisOrganizational Leadership provides students with an accessible, critical and engaging analysis of what constitutes ‘leadership’ today. By contextualizing the field as an interconnected process where many individuals are both leaders and followers, the book ensures a rounded understanding of theory and practice to support students throughout their course and future career.

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Book Synopsis"This is my new favorite book about goals!"--Mel Robbins, podcaster and New York Times bestselling author of The High 5 Habit What if you could have a fulfilling career, a thriving marriage, strong friendships, and rewarding hobbies, all while being in the best shape of your life? What if every day you lived was better than the one before? What if tapping into your potential wasn't as hard as you think? According to New York Times bestselling author Jon Acuff, it might not be. In fact, All It Takes Is a Goal. In his ninth book, he shows you how to plan goals that you're guaranteed to reach by focusing on your best moments, navigating the three zones of performance, and finding ways to fuel your passions, all while actually enjoying the ride. Sound too good to be true? Jon thought so too. Until it happened--again and again--for him and the hundreds of real people in his research project. Whether your goals are personal, relational, or career-driven, the key to a better future is closer than you think. "Wow! This is one of those rare books that will make you take action and see serious results immediately. Really."--Patrick Lencioni, bestselling author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and The Six Types of Working Genius "Jon Acuff brilliantly provides the road map to activating the potential within us."--Nona Jones, speaker, technology executive, and author of Killing Comparison "If you're looking for the inspiration and instruction you need to shape your own world, you're holding it in your hands."--Donald Miller, CEO of Business Made Simple "Jon will gently tap you on the shoulder, remind you of your goals, and pull you in the delightful direction you were headed before you became stuck, distracted, discouraged, or off course."--Bob Goff, author of the New York Times bestsellers Love Does, Everybody Always, Dream Big, and Undistracted "If you've ever wondered if you're capable of more, consider this book the resounding 'Yes!' you've been waiting for all your life."--Steven Pressfield, New York Times bestselling author of The War of Art "The best book about goals I've ever read!"--Jon Gordon, twelve-time bestselling author of The Power of Positive Leadership

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Book SynopsisHow do people come up with truly original ideas? The answer is to think outside the box—way outside. For the past decade, Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and Michael Wade, professors of innovation and strategy at IMD Business School, have studied inventors, scientists, doctors, entrepreneurs, and artists. These people, or “aliens,” as the authors call them, are able to make leaps of creativity, and use five patterns of thinking that distinguish them from the rest of us. These five patterns—Attention, Levitation, Imagination, Experimentation, and Navigation—lead to a fresh and flexible approach to problem-solving. Alien thinkers know how to free the imagination so it can detect hard-to-observe patterns. They practice deliberate ways to retreat from the world in order to see the big picture underlying a problem. And they approach ideas in systematic ways that reflect the constraints of reality. Through surprising and compelling stories, the authors show how readers can use this method to develop out-of-this-world ideas. ALIEN Thinking can help any of us find innovative solutions to the most difficult problems.

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Book SynopsisAn expert guide for senior executives who want to quickly understand what really matters in digital business and what it takes to win. Today’s technology demands lightning-fast changes. But speed without purpose is not progress. In Fast Times, McKinsey leaders cut through the hype to provide a readable inside look into what digital winners do best: set direction, learn, and adapt faster than anyone else. For executives frustrated with their pace of change, Fast Times digs into the root questions that shine a light on the issues that keep companies like yours from setting direction, learning, and adapting: Do you really know how your company is performing? How do you make it safe for people to experiment so you can build a proactive culture? How do you balance fast execution with deliberate decision-making? Are your training programs up to the challenge of reskilling the talent you need tomorrow? Do your IT people have the skills needed to build the tech that’s needed and incorporate cybersecurity? The experts at McKinsey & Company draw from decades of experience and detailed analysis to highlight what matters most in order to become a digital winner. With illuminating sidebars and real-life scenarios, Fast Times is an invaluable shortcut to setting direction, learning, and adapting to win.Trade Review“Fast Times really hones in on the most important factors that drive acceleration in digital competition—new ways of working, bringing your tech talent in house, and a mindset that values thoughtful action. These are some of the most crucial elements that have allowed us to create value.” —Nick Read, CEO, Vodafone “Fast Times is not a book about technology. It is a book about how to adapt to technology opportunities better than others; that’s the essence of great management in the digital age. To me it is a guidebook that I will use when working through the essential questions.” —Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, Executive Chairman, Lego “We’re all about driving growth at McDonald’s, which means we need to build speed into everything we do. So I was particularly interested in how Fast Times got past accepted wisdom and superficial recommendations to identify what really matters in accelerating change.” —Lucy Brady, SVP, McDonald’s “Fast Times is extremely useful and relevant in helping an organization to understand what the root causes are that keep a successful experiment from scaling and showing how to fix them.” —Eric Chan, CFO, LA Clippers “Fear of failure is the kiss of death in the digital economy. Fast Times spells out how to build a culture of experimentation where failure drives learning, and learning drives growth. It’s essential reading for any business leader.” —Brian Hoesterey, CEO, AEA “We’ve been working on various digital transformation initiatives, and there’s a lot of activity and progress. But it’s easy to get lost in the weeds, and the questions—and answers—in Fast Times helped me to think about what matters most in driving a digital transformation that helps us grow faster.” —John Downey, President, Hurtigruten “Fast Times reinforces the lesson that learning and adapting aren’t just important as part of managing and leading a business—these are, in fact, survival skills necessary to effectively compete in this space.” —John Louie, SVP Internation, Warner Bros.

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Book SynopsisProvides a blueprint for leadership development that addresses the unique challenges of small to mid-sized companies. It shows how to identify high-potential talent, define key leadership competencies in your company, build an affordable and effective leadership development program, harness the power of mentoring and coaching, evaluate program effectiveness, and calculate what it will cost in budgetary and staff resources.

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Book SynopsisProvides the essential information, tools, advice, and implementable ideas to address a full range of leadership challenges within organizations. It demonstrates what excellence in leadership looks like and how to develop it. The key areas of workplace leadership discussed are Leadership Competencies; Leadership Development; Attributes of Successful Leaders; Contemporary Leadership Challenges; and Broadening the Leadership Discussion.

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Book SynopsisIn the public and nonprofit arenas, leaders face the unique challenge of protecting the public interest while implementing organizational change initiatives. To succeed, these leaders must build organizations that are “change-centric,” carefully weigh and prepare for the risks of change, and develop a change-oriented leadership style that authors Kee and Newcomer call transformational stewardship. A comprehensive approach to leading change, Transforming Public and Nonprofit Organizations: Stewardship for Leading Change provides public and nonprofit leaders and students of leadership, management, and organizational change with theoretical knowledge and practical tools for accomplishing change goals while protecting the broader public interest. This insightful and useful guide offers: An introduction to the change-oriented leadership concept, transformational stewardship An easy-to-follow model for initiating change in the public interest Case studies, practical tips, and resources for additional learning An organizational assessment instrument to gauge readiness for major change A 360-degree assessment instrument to identify individual leadership strengths and areas for improvement

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Book SynopsisHere Are the Tools to Achieve Project Management Success Buy both The Complete Project Manager and The Complete Project Manager's Toolkit and save $18 at checkout by entering coupon code COMBO1. This companion to The Complete Project Manager provides the tools you need to integrate key people, organizational, and technical skills. The core book establishes that success in any environment depends largely upon completing successful projects; this book gives you the means and methods to meet that goal. The hands-on, action-oriented tools in this book will help you develop a complete set of skills—the right set for you to excel in today’s competitive environment. The Complete Project Manager’s Toolkit will enable you to implement the easy-to-understand, universal, powerful, and immediately applicable concepts presented in The Complete Project Manager. You may already be aware of what you need to do; this book supplies the how through: • Assessments • Checklists • Exercises • Examples of real people applying the concepts. Use these tested methods to overcome environmental, personal, social, organizational, and business barriers to successful project management! Although The Complete Project Manager can be used as a stand-alone book, it is designed to complement The Complete Project Manager: Integrating People, Organizational, and Technical Skills.

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Book SynopsisAcquire the leadership skills that are the hallmark of the successful project manager! Project management is often defined by processes and methodology, but projects are accomplished by people. Successfully leading those people is the core of a project manager’s job. Even the seasoned project manager will encounter situations that present unique leadership challenges. Bernardo Tirado offers a clear path to help develop leadership skills within the project management framework. Using a hands-on, practical approach, he presents a model for taking any project manager’s leadership skills to the next level. His model focuses on techniques to develop and apply three areas of awareness—self-awareness, awareness of team dynamics, and organizational or “political” awareness. The first three parts of the book provide tools for understanding and influencing behavior and the last part brings the three types of awareness together in a case study. Exercises throughout make the book interactive and offer a continual assessment of the reader’s progress.

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Book SynopsisThis book is about leveraging the power of self-organization for high performance in all sizes and types of organizations. Harrison Owen shows how self-organization is the most powerful force in organizations â but a force that is often muffled by well meaning yet constricting management and leadership practices. He reveals how self-organization is the magic behind the immense success of open space technology, and he applies the principles of open space technology to day-to-day management and leadership (not just to meetings and change programs, which is where open space technology has previously been most used).Owen has written the book âœfrom the fundamental premise that there is no such thing as a non-self-organizing system, although there may well be some mildly deluded individuals who think that they did the organizing and remain in control.â He writes that âœas we learn to cooperate with the force of self-organization underlying our businesses and institutions, our own capacity for sustained performance at peak levels is magnified by multiple factors; but to the extent that we remain oblivious to this power, or even worse, seek to alter or control it, performance will decline.âThe primary audience for this book is all those who desire enhanced performance for themselves and their organizations. This includes all levels and aspects of organizational life, from the executive suite to the shop floor, as well as individual entrepreneurs, consultants, human resource professionals, organization development practitioners, and other change agents. Another audience is all the thousands of individuals all over the world who have participated in open space technology events and who may have wondered how they could expand the benefit of that experience beyond the limited confines of a special event. The innovation, insight, and raw productivity that have become the hallmarks of open space events are in fact available 365 days of the year.This book is written in Owenâs unique and interesting folksy writing style that adds to its readability.

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Book SynopsisIn this fresh, original book, Steve Yastrow turns conventional sales and marketing on its head by showing what really motivates your customers: A strong relationship with your business. Both a manifesto and how-to guide, We: The Ideal Customer Relationship will change the way you interact with customers.and change the way your customers think about you.

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Book SynopsisIn this provocative and groundbreaking work, fourth-generation family business steward Frederick Tsao outlines an original vision for a new consciousness of life in the quantum era.Integrating the best of Eastern wisdom and Western science with decades of deep experience, Tsao articulates a new definition of well-being as a life journey to systemic coherence. He argues that each of us must make one conscious choice to undertake an inward journey to find inner peace and love. Along this journey are infinite possibilities for inner coherence and harmony to come into alignment with the world around us, caring for each other and the one planet we inhabit.Businesses will be at the very forefront of this transformation. From economics and politics to technological innovation and the way governments are run, every aspect of human culture will be reshaped to prioritize our collective well-being and happiness.As each one of us has a part to play in this paradigm shift, One Choice, One World invites you to join the movement and embrace the collective awakening now. The future is in our hands!Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part ONE: the Global Awakening Chapter One From the Evolutionary History of Humanity to a Change Theory The Emergence of a Common Worldview Integrating Western Science and Eastern Traditions Our Change Theory Experiencing Chaos As We Evolve to a New System Awakening to Humanity's Evolutionary Energy The Signs of Awakening to a New System New Consciousness of Life, Ethics, and Our Responsibilities Reaching the Tipping Point Chapter Two The Particular Example of China What the Rise of China Tells Us About the Relationship Between Well-Being and Governance The Chinese Cultural Paradigm Evolutionary Force in the Course of Chinese History From Primitive Chaos to the Heyday of Ideas: Laying the Foundation for a Worldview The Inheritance of Worldview and Modern Development Democratic Centralism as the Fundamental Principle People-Centered Core Ideas The Guiding Theory of Family, State, and World Five-Year Plans Show the Way The Culture of Harmony and Stability as Prosperity From a Characteristic Chinese Socialist Market Economy to a Community of a Shared Future for Mankind Chapter 3 A Vision of Quantum Leadership The Emergence of Quantum Leadership Quantum Leadership and a Shift in Consciousness Quantum Leadership and the Quantum Paradigm The Ontological Divide An Inner Life Journey How Do We Get There? A Practice of Self-Cultivation Part TWO: The Era of an Economy of Well-being and Happiness Chapter 4 From the Cosmos, the Universe, and Usto a New Theory of Well-Being Revisiting Humanity's Existential Question Moving Toward a Renewed Model of Well-Being Living Well to Achieve Mindful Living A Design for the Economy of Well-Being and Happiness Infrastructure Design and Planning for Living New Relationships with Our Environment and Energy Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship New Technology Powers Media and Social Media Moving Toward a New Economic Paradigm Chapter 5 A Renewed Economic Model of Social Transformation and Integration A New Culture Drives the New Economics Global Trade Integration Creating One Currency Based on Direct Trade Integration Needs Technology The New Role of Business Shaping a Different Economic Paradigm A Vision of the Future Well-Being and Happiness Economy Part THREE: Our future is Now Chapter 6 Discovering One Choice, One World Awakening Sharing My Story My Journey A Time of Discoveries Creating Octave My Calling Endnotes addendum The Chinese Historical Path Timeline China's Path from the First Dynasty in Chinese History, Established in 2070 BCE, to the Present Government of the People's Republic of China Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisWith four generations simultaneously co-habitating today's workplace, miscommunication and dissatisfaction are prevalent. Generation Y is the newest generation to enter our workforce and they pose a whole new set of particularly thorny issues, especially for those who manage them. So how can you, as a leader, help them reach their full potential? In The Gen Y Handbook: Applying Relationship Leadership to Engage Millennials Diane Spiegel takes a close look into the workings of the Gen Y mind: how they operate, their strengths, their weaknesses, and how to effectively engage the wide range of abilities at their disposal. Trade ReviewIn the Gen Y Handbook, Diane Spiegel dispenses practical, common-sense advice for tapping into Gen Y's entrepreneurial spirit, collaborative work style, and affinity for digital technology, while respecting their unique generational experience and challenges. The Gen Y Handbook is a valuable addition to any manager's bookshelf. -- Rob Salkowitz, Author of Generation Blend and Young World RisingDiane has written one of the best books I have seen on this subject. Her tips, charts, stories, case studies, and summaries make this immediately useful and applicable not only to the generation she concentrates on, but to your general communication with anyone on your team. -- Beverly Kaye, Founder, Career Systems International Author of Up Is Not the Only Way Co-author of Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go

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Book SynopsisWhy do some leaders get and accomplish what they want as a matter of routine, while others seem to regularly experience frustration and setbacks? Why do some leaders achieve their goals and reach new heights, while others barely "hang in there" and survive? Based on his groundbreaking psychological study of the ways that successful individuals think and behave, Dr. Henry Cloud presents a simple yet profound roadmap to help leaders-and those who want to become leaders-arrive at greater levels of personal growth and corporate influence than they previously thought were possible. The good news for all of us is that leadership success is not limited to vague notions of "charisma" nor traditional advantages like graduate degrees and connections, but much more to a pattern of thinking and moving forward that learns from mistakes and stays focused on goals.

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Book SynopsisWhat do you do when your life feels as busy as a three-ring circus? Juggling Elephants tells a simple but profound story about one man with a universal problem. Mark has too much to do, too many priorities, too much stress, and too little time. As he struggles to balance his many responsibilities without cracking under the pressure, Mark takes a break to attend the circus with his family. There he has a surprising conversation with a wise ringmaster. He leaves with a simple but powerful lesson: Trying to get everything done is like juggling elephants -- impossible. So Mark begins to think about his work, family, and personal life the way a ringmaster thinks about the many acts in a three-ring circus. He discovers that managing his various acts can be fun and easy once he changes his attitude and follows his new friend's ongoing guidance. Mark soon realizes:  • If you keep trying to juggle elephants, no one, including you, will be thrilled with your performance. • A ringmaster cannot be in all three rings at once. • The key to the success of a circus is having quality acts in all three rings. • Intermission is an essential part of any good circus. Juggling Elephants is a wonderfully lighthearted guide for everyone who feels like they're about to be squashed. It will help you better focus your time and energy, so you'll be able to enjoy more of the things that are important to you. Above all, it will teach you how to run your circus, instead of letting the circus run you.

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Book SynopsisThe New York Times, BusinessWeek, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller that redefined what it means to be a leader.   Since it was first published almost a decade ago, Seth Godin's visionary book has helped tens of thousands of leaders turn a scattering of followers into a loyal tribe. If you need to rally fellow employees, customers, investors, believers, hobbyists, or readers around an idea, this book will demystify the process.   It's human nature to seek out tribes, be they religious, ethnic, economic, political, or even musical (think of the Deadheads).  Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. Social media gives anyone who wants to make a difference the tools to do so.   With his signature wit and storytelling flair, Godin presents the three steps to building a tribe: the desire to change things, the ability to connect a tribe, and the willingness to lead.   If you think leadership is for other people, think again—leaders come in surprising packages. Consider Joel Spolsky and his international tribe of scary-smart software engineers. Or Gary Vaynerhuck, a wine expert with a devoted following of enthusiasts. Chris Sharma led a tribe of rock climbers up impossible cliff faces, while Mich Mathews, a VP at Microsoft, ran her internal tribe of marketers from her cube in Seattle.   Tribes will make you think—really think—about the opportunities to mobilize an audience that are already at your fingertips. It's not easy, but it's easier than you think.    

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Book SynopsisIn the New York Times bestseller that the Washington Post called “Lean In for misfits,” Sophia Amoruso shares how she went from dumpster diving to founding one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world.Amoruso spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and scrounging in dumpsters for leftover bagels. By age twenty-two she had dropped out of school, and was broke, directionless, and checking IDs in the lobby of an art school—a job she’d taken for the health insurance. It was in that lobby that Sophia decided to start selling vintage clothes on eBay.Flash forward to today, and she’s the founder of Nasty Gal and the founder and CEO of Girlboss. Sophia was never a typical CEO, or a typical anything, and she’s written #GIRLBOSS for other girls like her: outsiders (and insiders) seeking a unique path to success, even when that path is windy as all hell and lined with naysayers.#GIRLBOSS proves that being successful isn’t about where you went to college or how popular you were in high school. It’s about trusting your instincts and following your gut; knowing which rules to follow and which to break; when to button up and when to let your freak flag fly.“A witty and cleverly told account . . . It’s this kind of honest advice, plus the humorous ups and downs of her rise in online retail, that make the book so appealing.” —Los Angeles Times“Amoruso teaches the innovative and entrepreneurial among us to play to our strengths, learn from our mistakes, and know when to break a few of the traditional rules.” —Vanity Fair   “#GIRLBOSS is more than a book . . . #GIRLBOSS is a movement.” —Lena Dunham

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Book SynopsisA one-two punch! Half kick in the ass, half cheerleading encouragement.—Steven Pressfield, author of The War of ArtIf you are happy being just a dreamer, perhaps you don’t need this book.If you’re enjoying the status quo, don’t even consider reading this book.If you are content waiting for success to find you, please put this book down and go find something else to read.Why has Poke the Box become a cult classic?Because it’s a book that dares readers to do something they’re afraid of.It could be what you need, too.Is Seth Godin the Pied Piper for however many of us have been afraid to fail? Will I answer his call? Will you?—Peter Shermeta, reviewing the original edition of Poke the Box

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Book SynopsisDo you ever feel sick of your job? Do you ever envy those people who seem to positively love what they do? While those people head off to work with a sense of joy and purpose, for the rest of us trudging back to the office on Monday morning or to the factory for the graveyard shift or to the job site on a hundred-degree day can be an exercise in soul crushing desperation. “If only we could change jobs,” we tell ourselves, “that would make it better.” But we don’t have the right education . . . or we don’t have enough experience . . . or the economy isn’t right . . . or we can’t afford the risk right now. So we keep going back to the same old unsatisfying jobs.The wonderful truth, though, is that almost any kind of occupation can offer any one of us a sense of calling. Regardless of where we are in our careers, we can all find joy and meaning in the work we do, from the construction zone flagger who keeps his crew safe to the corporate executive who believes that her company’s products will change the world. In Make Your Job a Calling authors Bryan J. Dik and Ryan D. Duffy explore this powerful idea and help the reader navigate the many challenges—both internal and external—that may arise along the pathway to a sense of calling at work.Over the course of four sections, the authors define the idea of calling, review cutting-edge research on the subject, provide practical guidelines for discerning a calling at all stages of work and life, and explore what calling will look like as workplace norms continue to evolve. They also take pains to present a realistic view of the subject by unpacking the perils and challenges of pursuing one’s higher purpose, especially in an uncertain economy.The lessons presented will resound with anyone in any line of work and will show how the power of calling can beneficially shape individuals, organizations, and society as a whole.Trade ReviewFull of practical insights and actionable research findings, Make Your Job a Calling: How the Psychology of Vocation Can Change Your Life at Work guides readers–in all kinds of jobs–through a thoughtful and research-based path to transform their relationship with work. Dik and Duffy have powerfully captured the dynamics of meaning in work in ways that underscore the importance of meaningful work in any job.” —Amy Wrzesniewski, associate professor of Organizational Behavior, Yale School of ManagementTable of ContentsAcknowledgments / ixPart 1: Calling in the Twenty-fi rst CenturyChapter 1. Recovering Calling / 1Chapter 2. What Work Means, and the Difference It Makes / 23Part 2: Dimensions of CallingChapter 3. Listening / 45Chapter 4. Making Meaning / 65Chapter 5. Serving Others / 87Part 3: Discovering and Living a CallingChapter 6. Forging a Path / 109Chapter 7. Job Crafting / 131Chapter 8. Callings outside of Paid Work / 151Part 4: Boundary Conditions and Challenges of a CallingChapter 9. Perils and Pitfalls / 173Chapter 10. A Role for Calling in the Changing World of Work / 197Questions and Answers / 221Notes / 253Index / 269

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Book SynopsisHow do you take an underperforming unit - team, department, office or company - that has run aground and get it moving forward? In ALL HANDS ON DECK, Peter J. Boni shows any leader or aspiring leader exactly what to do. Following his advice, recognition and rewards come quickly. It even allows leaders without an MBA or Oxbridge education to leapfrog over those who have superior credentials or stronger ties to the old boys'' network. Peter''s own career is the best illustration of his methods. A former special operations infantry officer and decorated combat veteran, Boni became a high-tech CEO of a wide variety of companies during a 30-year business career, leading many of them through the varying stages of growth, maturity, trouble and renewal. Boni shows you how to use his scars of experience to rapidly advance your own career. Through his own experiences and detailed case studies, ALL HANDS ON DECK clearly illustrates how to:Create your plan and gain the buy-in of critical constituentsKick off the plan boldly, with your team completely aligned to achieve its critical success factorsExecute the plan, overcome obstacles and produce stellar, recognition-worthy results

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Book SynopsisA guide to collaborative impact for leaders in industry, government, and social change networks Our world is facing unsustainable global trends—from climate change and water scarcity to energy insecurity, unfair labor practices, and growing inequality. Tackling these crises effectively requires a new form of leadership—a collective one. But, in a world of many silos, how do we get people to work together toward a common goal? That is one of the most important questions facing sustainability and social-change professionals around the world, and it is a question that Petra Kuenkel answers in The Art of Leading Collectively. Readers learn how to tackle system change for sustainable development, reimagine leadership as a collaborative endeavor, retrain leaders to work collectively, and manage diverse groups through a change process that has sustainability as a guiding focus. Drawing upon two decades of pioneering, internationally recognized work orchestrating multi-stakeholder initiatives, Kuenkel presents her chief tool, the Collective Leadership Compass, and shows others how to use it with large groups of diverse stakeholders to solve complex, urgent problems—particularly those that enmesh business activities, governance, human needs, and environmental impacts. The book offers many examples of collective leadership efforts involving corporate, public, and nonprofit sectors around the world. Readers learn about the processes that led to a sustainable textile alliance and set standards for sustainable cocoa and coffee production and trade, as well as those that helped nations rebound from war, develop sustainable infrastructure, and tackle resource conflicts with global businesses, to name a few. Kuenkel provides a clear roadmap for leaders from multinational companies involved in partnerships, international organizations engaged in cooperative development, public agencies, and interest groups—as well as for citizens seeking solutions to social and sustainability challengeTrade ReviewChoice- "The philosophical premise of this work is that global stakeholder collaboration leads to a human rights–based world that is economically and environmentally sustainable. Kuenkel (founder, Collective Leadership Institute) presents a simple four-step process for the complex activity of leading collectively: “Prepare for your journey into collaboration from the outset; Locate where you are, defining what is present and what’s missing; Map the path, adjust your strategies, and know what to shift, to strengthen, or to focus on; Convince your colleagues that leading collectively for sustainability can change the world.” The underlying change-management theory explored in this book closely follows the eight-stage process for leading change as first presented in John Kotter's Leading Change (1996) and incorporates many disciplines of the learning organization presented in Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline (CH, Jan'07, 44-2797). References in this book to the three levels of the compass are reminiscent of Bill George's Finding Your True North (2008). This book follows up the author's earlier book Working with Stakeholder Dialogues (2011). It is an easy read and uses tables to guide readers through sometimes esoteric dialogue about collaborative endeavors. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers, undergraduates.”Library Journal- "Kuenkel, a full member of the Club of Rome as well as cofounder and executive director of the Collective Leadership ­Institute, an NGO (nongovernmental organization), has written extensively in the area of collective leadership in all sectors. With this title, the author attempts to alert people that the time for passive approaches to the many environmental problems besetting the world today is rapidly passing or has passed and explores how to make her way of thinking understood. She applies the shared actions that have led to a strengthening of the coffee production industry as her prime example. Her 'collective leadership compass' aims to design paths for society to follow and work together to implement unified strategies. The goal is to achieve knowledge in various fields using collaborative, sustainable, socially just methods that allow for corrective measures to assist leadership and stakeholder cooperation for the common good. VERDICT: This important book should be available in both academic and public venues.”“If we are serious about taking on the pressing challenges of our time, we need fresh ideas about the art of leadership, new approaches to practicing it, and courageous minds willing to make that journey. In the Art of Leading Collectively, Petra Kuenkel has given us an inspiring book that is also a vital roadmap for any and all who feel called to accelerate the great transition our world so urgently needs.”--Alan AtKisson, author of Believing Cassandra and The Sustainability Transformation“The Art of Leading Collectively is an amazing journey into taking diverse actors through collaborative change. Beautifully articulated with case studies in its implementation in individual to global change initiatives, this is an inspiring and invigorating read—most relevant to our complex, urgent, and interdependent world.”--Pavan Bakshi, CEO, Prime Meridian Consulting, India“In our complex world, strategies for harnessing collective intelligence and mobilizing collective leadership will be critical to achieving transformative change. Kuenkel eloquently champions an approach to leadership that is surprisingly under-explored in the literature, offering a clear conceptual framework to underpin her argument.”--Danny Burns, coauthor of Navigating Complexity in International Development“Corporations, governments, and NGOs alike will benefit from the shift in collaboration across sectors that will be opened with collective leadership. I highly recommend The Art of Leading Collectively to anyone interested in the future of leadership and anyone committed to systems transformation for sustainability and humanity.”--Kathrin Wieland, CEO, Save the Children Germany“Unleashing the potential of multi-stakeholder collaboration is paramount for achieving the 2030 development agenda. The Art of Leading Collectively is a powerful guide for change agents, from those in business to those in international organizations, who want to make change happen and address global challenges at scale. The beauty of this book lies in its appeal to thinkers and practitioners alike to embrace systems change, organizational development, and individual daring as key ingredients to collectively and decisively acting on creating a better world.”--Arjan Schuthof, Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation“The Collective Leadership Compass is a fascinating multi-dimensional framework that has the potential to open up new perspectives on systemic change from a complex systems perspective. This book should be read critically, but it should be read.”--Dave Snowden, Chief Scientific Officer, Cognitive Edge; creator, The Cynefin Framework"The Collective Leadership Compass, the tool elaborated on in The Art of Leading Collectively, enables people from very different backgrounds, perspectives, and beliefs to come together, meet as equals, and develop common ground and solutions that go beyond what each could have achieved individually. These solutions are truly carried by all members of the group and hence translated into action. Having had the privilege to experience the method firsthand, I know that its effects are profound and just what is needed to bring forth the kind and level of innovation we urgently need today.”--Bettina von Stamm, author of The Innovation Wave and Managing Innovation, Design and Creativity; founder, Innovation Leadership Forum “The complex challenges of our time call for systems-based, collaborative leadership. Petra Kuenkel shares her breadth of experience about developing this capacity, showing how leaders can use her approach to mobilize organizational, multinational, and multi-sectoral networks for sustainability. She reminds us that becoming a more effective collaborative leader is both an inner and outer journey, and that we can best realize our individual visions by accessing people’s collective humanity, power, and creativity.”--David Peter Stroh, author of Systems Thinking for Social Change“Implementing the seventeen global sustainable development goals successfully will require us to take collaboration between institutions, stakeholders, and nations to the next level. The Art of Leading Collectively prepares us for this journey.”--Cornelia Richter, management board member, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) “The level of complexity in development challenges requires new approaches and new forms of leadership. Persuasively and vividly laid out through both storytelling and deep analysis, Kuenkel provides the tools and understanding that are essential to the science and art of leading collectively.”--Darian Stibbe, executive director, The Partnering Initiative“Through rich examples of her own experience and that of others, Petra Kuenkel shows that co-creation is at the heart of our lives. Moreover, she gives invaluable material to help us co-create in more conscious, fulfilling, and effective ways. Her method is core to addressing critical challenges-come-opportunities that we face as individuals, in our work lives, and as increasingly interconnected citizens of planet Earth.”--Steve Waddell, author of Global Action Networks; principal, NetworkingAction

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