Office and workplace Books

Book SynopsisA fascinating exposé of office culture, in the style of the bestselling Affluenza, from popular psychologist Oliver JamesThe modern working world is a dangerous place, where game-playing, duplicity and sheer malevolence are rife. Do talent and hard work count for nothing? Is politics everything?In this fascinating exposé, Oliver James reveals the murky underside of modern office life. With cutting-edge research and eye-opening interviews, he highlights the nasty practices that propel people to the top and shows how industries and cultures are fostering this behaviour.He then divulges strategies and techniques for not only surviving but thriving in these difficult environments. With the right mindset, you can distinguish and deal with toxic and overpromoted colleagues, charm your way through interviews and use office politics to your advantage.Office Politics will overthrow your perceptions of office life and set you on a new path to success.Oliver James trained and practised as a child clinical psychologist and, since 1988, has worked as a writer, journalist and television documentary producer and presenter. His books include Juvenile Violence in a Winner-Loser Culture, the bestselling They F*** You Up, Affluenza and Contented Dementia. He is a trustee of two children''s charities: the National Family and Parenting Institute and Homestart.Trade ReviewI can't remember the last time I read such a useful and eye-opening book. But be warned: after reading it, you may never want to go to work again. * Mail on Sunday *Oliver James is excellent at showing why social scientists think that the surge in material affluence can produce the opposite of happiness. -- Avner Offer, Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford

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Book SynopsisDr. Roy H. Lubit trained in psychiatry at Yale, wrote a Ph.D. dissertation on organizational learning at Harvard, researched organizational behavior at Columbia Business School, and taught organizational behavior at the City University of New York's Zicklin School of Business. He is a senior consultant to the Center for Social and Emotional Education and a member of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations. His professional training and extensive experience in both psychotherapy and organizational dynamics are very unusual. Many people are trained in one of these areas and do some work in the other. Deep involvement in both provides a foundation for unique insights. Dr. Lubit coaches executives; runs leadership workshops; consults to corporations, governmental agencies, and law firms on a variety of organizational issues; and conducts research on fostering emotional intelligence. Dr. Lubit has appeared widely on TV and radio and presented Table of Contents Introduction. 1. An Emotional Intelligence Approach to Coping with Toxic Managers and Subordinates. Informed Consent for Those Who Read This Book. Emotional Intelligence Approach. Developing Your Emotional Intelligence. Roots of Toxic Behavior. Why Understand Difficult People? Myths Rationalizing Destructive Behavior. Further Reading. NARCISSISTIC MANAGERS. Definition of Narcissism. Origins of Destructive Narcissism. Healthy Self-Esteem Versus Destructive Narcissism. Types of Narcissistic Managers. Factors Worsening Narcissism. Overview. Additional Material. 2. Grandiose Managers. Organizational Impact of Grandiose Managers. Origins of Grandiosity. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Grandiose Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. Endnotes. 3. Control Freaks. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Control Freaks. Conclusion. Your Turn. 4. Paranoid Managers. Origins of Paranoia. Impact of Paranoid Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Paranoid Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. UNETHICAL MANAGERS. 5. Antisocial Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Antisocial Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 6. Unethical Opportunists. Organizational Impact. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Unethical Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. Aggressive Managers.T The Many Faces of Aggression. Overview. 7. Ruthless Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Ruthless Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 8. Bullying Managers. Impact of Bullies. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Bullying Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 9. Homicidal Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 10. Sexual Harassment. Judging if It Is Sexual Harassment. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Dealing with Sexual Harassment. Dating and Flirting at Work. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 11. Chauvinists Needing Diversity Training. Why Do People Harass and Discriminate Against Others? Emotional Intelligence Approach to Chauvinistic Behavior. Conclusion. Your Turn. Endnote. 12. Volatile Managers. Origins of Volatile Behavior. Factors Fostering Volatility. Organizational Impact of Volatile Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Dealing with Volatile Managers. Diffusing the Situation. Dealing with Your Own Feelings. For HR and Senior Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 13. Frantic Colleagues. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Frantic Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 14. Underpinnings of Aggression. Three Theories on Aggression. Factors Modulating Our Aggression. Psychiatric/Emotional Problems. Culture and Aggression. Group Dynamics. Why We Let Ourselves Become Aggressive. Conclusion. Further Reading. 15. Surviving Aggression. Organizations and Aggressive Managers. Aggression Versus Assertiveness. Coping with Aggressive People. Containing Our Aggression: Avoiding Self-Sabotage. Conclusion. Further Reading. RIGID MANAGERS. The Many Flavors of Rigid Managers. Rigid Managers and Aggression. Overview. Further Reading. 16. Compulsive Managers. Underlying Psychodynamics. Origins of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Style. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Compulsive Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 17. Authoritarian Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Authoritarian Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 18. Dictatorial Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Dictatorial Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. 19. Oppositional Coworkers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Oppositional Coworkers. Conclusion. Your Turn. 20. Passive-Aggressive Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Passive-Aggresive Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. 21. Organizational Impact of Rigid Managers. How Rigid Managers Impact Companies. How Rigid Managers Can Rise in Organizations. Organizational Factors Promoting Rigidity in Managers. Ameliorating the Problem. Conclusion. IMPAIRED MANAGERS. Overview. Further Reading. 22. ADHD. Impact of ADHD on Managers. Managing ADHD. Dealing with Managers with ADHD. Conclusion. Further Reading. 23. Anxiety. Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Social Phobia. Panic Disorder. Simple Phobia. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. Conclusion. Further Reading. 24. Depression. A Common Problem Often Ignored. Impact of Depression. Origins of Depression. Bereavement. Dealing with Depression. Dealing with Depressed Colleagues. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 25. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Treatment. Dealing with Traumatized Colleagues. Conclusion. Further Reading. 26. Burnout. Dealing with the Risk of Burnout. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Readings. 27. Bipolar Disorder. Dealing with Managers with Bipolar Disorder. Conclusion. Further Reading. 28. Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Organizational Factors Affecting Substance Abuse. Primer on the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Conclusion. Further Reading. VI. DEVELOPING AND HARNESSING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. Overview. Further Reading. 29. Developing Your Emotional Intelligence. Personal Responses to Toxic Behavior: Growing Your Emotional Intelligence. Controlling Our Interpretation of Events. Dealing with Your Own Feelings. Conclusion. Your Turn. 30. Using Emotional Intelligence to Develop Your Company. Organizational Responses to Toxic Managers. The Many Faces of Narcissism. Weighing the Pros and Cons of Narcissistic Managers. Keeping the Barbarians Outside the Gates. Conclusion. Your Turn. Endnote. Addendum. Index.

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Book SynopsisA HILARIOUS SATIRE THAT SHOWS OFFICE DYNAMICS AT THEIR MOST PETTY AND PROFOUND FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR, JOSHUA FERRISThey spend their days - and too many of their nights - at work. Away from friends and family, they share a stretch of stained carpet with a group of strangers they call colleagues.There''s Chris, clinging to his ergonomic chair; Lynn, the boss, whose breast cancer everyone pretends not to talk about; Carl, secretly taking someone else''s medication; Marcia, whose hair is stuck in the eighties; and Benny, who''s just - well, just Benny. Amidst the boredom, redundancies, water cooler moments, meetings, flirtations and pure rage, life is happening, to their great surprise, all around them.Then We Came to the End is about sitting all morning next to someone you cross the road to avoid at lunch. It''s the story of your life and mine.*Joshua Ferris'' mind-blowing new book, A Calling for Charlie BarnTrade ReviewOutstanding, hugely satisfying, exceptionally well-executed . . . An incisive, urgent, funny and snappily written novel * Sunday Times Magazine *As impressively confident as Donna Tartt's The Secret History and as technically dazzling as Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections . . . Exceptional, funny, radical * Telegraph *Brilliant, funny, stomach-turningly accurate * Observer *As impressively confident as Donna Tartt's The Secret History and as technically dazzling as Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections . . . Exceptional, funny, radical * Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisFrom one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life - a lucid exploration of the state in which most of us spend most of our lives''De Botton''s wit and powers of ironic observation are on display throughout what is a stylish and original book. The workplace brings out the best in his writing'' Sunday Times''Timely, wonderfully readable. De Botton has pretty much got to the bottom of the subject'' Spectator''Terribly funny, touches us all'' Daily Mail''Brilliant, enormously engaging'' Guardian Why do so many of us love or hate our work? How has it come to dominate our lives? And what should we do about it?Work makes us. Without it we are at a loss; in work we hope to have a measure of control over our lives. Yet for many of us, work is a straitjacket from which we cannot free ourselves.Criss-crossing the world to visit workplaces and workers both ordinary and extraordinary, and drawing on the wit and wisdom of great artists, writers and thinkers, Alain de Botton here explores our love-hate relationship with our jobs. He poses and answers little and big questions: from what should I do with my life? to what will I have achieved when I retire?The Pleasure and Sorrows of Work explains why it is we do what we do all day, and applies sympathy, humour and insight to helping us make the most of it.Trade ReviewDe Botton's wit and powers of ironic observation are on display throughout what is a stylish and original book. The workplace brings out the best in his writing * Sunday Times *Timely, wonderfully readable. De Botton has pretty much got to the bottom of the subject * Spectator *Terribly funny, touches us all * Mail on Sunday *Brilliant, enormously engaging * Guardian *

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Book SynopsisThese developments call for agile leadership, ethical decision-making and commitment to continuous innovation in an ever-shifting landscape.

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Book SynopsisPresents productivity research that suggests interventions aimed at prevention, early detection, and best-practice treatment of workers along with an informed allocation strategy can produce significant cost-benefits for employers. This work covers such aspects as: approaches to studying the effects of health on productivity, and more.Trade Review"In this original work, contributors provide motivation for a change in perspective from the provision of medical care as a benefit only to one that is a tool for investing in worker productivity. They then provide the substantial research necessary to set up such an investment and monitoring system." - Jody Sindelar, School of Public Health, Yale University"

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Book SynopsisHow did feminism in corporate America come to represent the individual success of the executive woman and not the collective success of the secretary? Allison Elias argues that feminist goals of advancing equal opportunity and promoting meritocracy unintentionally undercut the status and prospects of so-called “pink-collar” workers.Trade ReviewA best summer book of 2023: Business selection -- Andrew Hill * Financial Times *Elias has written one of the most engaging and original accounts of women in the workplace that I’ve ever read. -- Isabel Berwick * Financial Times *The Rise of Corporate Feminism could not be more timely. Elias directly confronts the tension between trying to advance gender equality while devaluing traditional women's work, fast-tracking women college graduates into management jobs while leaving secretaries and other clerical workers behind. She draws on fascinating case studies to explore whether workers' rights and women's rights can finally create more unified pathways for all women to succeed. A marvelous book! -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of Unfinished Business: Women Men Work FamilyWhy has movement toward gender equity at work been so slow? Allison Elias asks why “women’s jobs” were not merged into career paths leading upward. Why were secretaries with the skills to be managers kept on the sidelines? A riveting and eye-opening update of Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s classic Men and Women of the Corporation that should be required reading for every MBA and CEO. -- Frank Dobbin, coauthor of Getting to Diversity: What Works and What Doesn'tThis well-crafted history details an enduring feminist tension between individual meritocracy and working-class solidarity, between corporate ladder climbing and labor-based equality. Allison Elias brilliantly sets these struggles over gender equity within the rise of corporate interests in owning the question. The Rise of Corporate Feminism is a clear-eyed, well-researched, and greatly needed analysis of one of the most central—and neglected—issues in recent American history. -- Jefferson Cowie, author of Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working ClassIn The Rise of Corporate Feminism, Allison Elias provides a complex history of how corporate America bifurcated the feminist movement—creating policies that divided women into the largely white and educated on an upwardly mobile track and the rest segregated into low-paying dead-end clerical jobs. This masterful interdisciplinary study is a must-read for anyone who cares about gender equality at work. -- Rosemary Batt, Cornell UniversityIn a provocative and engaging analysis of the quintessentially “female” occupation of secretary, Elias shows how the contemporary women’s movement and corporate efforts to respond to anti-discrimination law unintentionally helped reinforce patterns of gender inequality at work. This is a compelling read for anyone interested in studying occupations, organizations, or workplace inequality. -- Pamela S. Tolbert, coauthor of Organizations: Structure, Process, and OutcomesAs college-educated women moved into management, the pink-collar jobs of their left-behind sisters sank in pay and status. In this revelatory, unflinching book, Elias charts the failures of corporate reform since the 1970s and shows how the past struggles of working women for better jobs and real opportunity offer a way forward. -- Dorothy Sue Cobble, author of For the Many: American Feminists and the Global Fight for Democratic EqualityElias’s book details the labor movement’s attempts to raise secretaries’ status and how feminism ultimately focused on getting college-educated women out of the secretariat and into the kinds of jobs their fathers held, leaving fewer elite women with dead-end careers. A poignant and telling tale about the results of American feminism’s lack of class consciousness. -- Joan Williams, author of Bias Interrupted: Creating Inclusion for Real and For GoodIn this well-written book, Elias makes extensive use of important archival holdings and mined oral history transcripts to good effect. She provides a sharp and incisive analysis of how gendered were job assignments, union organizing campaigns, and corporate policies. -- Dennis Deslippe, author of “Rights, not Roses”: Unions and the Rise of Working-Class FeminismElias’s wide-ranging narrative examines many groups and diverse sources to illuminate overlooked contingencies and offer new insights on gender, work, and rights in recent decades. * ILR Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Feminist or Secretary?2. At the Intersection of Sex Equality and Economic Justice3. The Progressional and Professional Paths Intertwined4. Overutilized and Underenforced5. The Decline of the Office Wife and the Rise of the “Automated Harem”6. Could Pink-Collar Workers “Save the Labor Movement”?7. A Feminist “Brand Called You”EpilogueAcknowledgmentsList of Archives and RepositoriesNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisHow do you deal with your emotions at work? ''Full of lively illustrations and practical examples to show how you can harness emotions to become more creative, collaborative and productive'' Adam Grant, author of Originals________________We all know what it''s like to feel overwhelmed with emotions at work - everything from jealousy to insecurity, anxiety to straight up panic - and there''s no field guide to coping with them well. But we also know that ignoring or suppressing what you feel hurts your health, happiness and productivity. This book will help you figure out how to express your emotions productively in order to be both happier and more effective at work. Drawing on behavioural economics and psychology, No Hard Feelings will show you how to bring your best self to work every day.________________''A must-read'' Susan Cain, author of QuietTrade ReviewA must-read that topples the idea that emotions don't belong in the workplace, No Hard Feelings offers a path towards a future I want to work in: an emotionally expressive, yet respectful (and high performing!) workplace -- Susan Cain * author of Quiet and Chief Revolutionary at Quiet Revolution *No Hard Feelings is both a charming, sparkling read and a clear-eyed roadmap to harnessing the things that make us most human into tools that will make you more productive, effective and happier at work. A must-read for every leader and every aspiring leader -- Laszlo Bock * CEO of Humu and author of Work Rules! *No Hard Feelings dispels the myth that there's no place for emotions at work. You can't communicate clearly unless you're aware of your own emotions and the emotions you're sparking in others. You can't build productive relationships at work if you're showing up like a robot. This book will help you build the emotional discipline you need to succeed -- Kim Scott * author of Radical Candor *If you've ever thought it's best to check your emotions at the office door, this book will change your mind. It's full of lively illustrations and practical examples to show how you can harness emotions to become more creative, collaborative and productive -- Adam Grant * New York Times bestselling author of Originals, Give and Take and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg *Warm, witty and wise, No Hard Feelings is the missing manual for reconciling emotions with professionalism - intelligently -- Chip Conley * New York Times bestselling author and hospitality entrepreneur *Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy address the elephant in the room, dissecting the ways that emotions at the office impact our ability to lead and thrive at every level of our professional careers. With compassion, research and clever comics (did I mention the elephants?) No Hard Feelings makes a real attempt at digging deeper than introvert memes to address the reality of workplace emotions we all live with -- Adam J. Kurtz * artist and author of Things Are What You Make of Them *Don't send another email, attempt a serious conversation at work, or try to follow your intuition until you read this book. Your emotional intelligence at work is about to skyrocket. Equally valuable for the person who cries covertly in bathroom stalls and the kind who buries their emotions 20,000 leagues under the sea -- Dan Lyons * author of Disrupted and Lab Rats *Excellent advice! -- Daniel Pink * author of When and Drive *A useful guide on how to be less stressed, more productive, and simply happier on the job. And who among us wouldn't want that? -- GoopA Next Big Idea Club Selection * Next Big Idea Club *Fortune.com's Top 10 Business Book of 2019 * . *

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Book SynopsisIt has never been a more challenging time for managers and leaders to maintain a happy, healthy workforce. The pace of change and increasing uncertainty in most industries has resulted in a rapid increase in stress and anxiety in the workplace, and most organizations are poorly equipped to respond to these challenges in a meaningful and supportive way.Penguin Business Experts: Coach Your Team is a practical guide for leaders who want to foster a culture where everyone has a chance to flourish, create and innovate while being happy and more resilient. It draws on cutting-edge, evidence-based techniques in coaching that focus on developing mindfulness and compassion in leaders, their employees and throughout their organisation with case studies of best practice from around the world. It covers everything you need to know to develop your own approach to coaching starting with learning how to coach yourself through to techniques to foster a coaching culture rooted in mindfulness and compassion within your team, and ultimately your organization.

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Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER''An insightful guide, filled with actionable advice to empower leaders hoping to improve their professional abilities and make meaningful change in their lives'' Richard Branson''What I love about this book is that it gives us the tools to guide ourselves and know that change and our true value is within us all'' Mary PortasOur careers are full of potential and possibilities, uncertainty and change. There is no such thing as a straight line to success and there are times when we get stuck, face obstacles, feel frustrated or want to explore new opportunities. In these moments the best place to start is by coaching yourself. No one can solve your problems better than you can, and learning to coach yourself will accelerate your self-awareness and help you take control of your career.In You Coach You, you''ll learn the mindset, skillset and toolkit you need to coach yourself. YTrade ReviewAn insightful guide, filled with actionable advice to empower leaders hoping to improve their professional abilities and make meaningful change in their lives * Richard Branson *A must-read for everyone who wants to pro-actively seize their career * Lynda Gratton, author of Redesigning Work *Sarah and Helen have a way to get right to the point and help the reader do what is needed to navigate the squiggly parts of a successful career. This is truly what self help is all about. * Mo Gawdat, author of Solve for Happy *This is the most useful and relevant book you could buy for your career right now * Bruce Daisley, author of Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat *We all need this book in our lives. Helen and Sarah will help you when things get tough and find the happiness in our work that we all deserve * Holly Tucker, founder of Not On the High Street *

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Book SynopsisRichard Newton is an experienced executive who has worked both as a management consultant and a senior manager in a number of major corporations. Over the past twenty years he has built a superb track record in the successful delivery of projects and business change, the setting up and management of project and business improvement teams, and advising companies on how to ensure successful delivery on an ongoing basis. He is an advocate and successful practitioner of simple approaches to project and change management.Table of ContentsContents Preface ix Introduction The secret art Why read this book? A brief word on job titles Work-streams, projects, programmes and portfolios A short overview of the contents 1 Some basics What is a project? What is project management? What is a project manager? Who are projects for? What is success? 2 Listening and talking The most important chapter in the book Your audience – whom you must listen and talk to Listening – learning to understand what the customer wants Communicating with your audience 3 What actually is your project? The importance of understanding scope The key scoping questions 4 Some key traits The sense of ownership and involvement Good judgement – project management style Project management judgements – summary A touch of creativity 5 Getting your project started Planning Estimating Resourcing Budgeting Thinking about contingency and risk Mobilising Projects in the real world – common practical issues to overcome 6 Personal styles Styles to avoid Styles to encourage 7 Managing your project What should you manage? How do you know to take management action? How should you manage? Change control and management Decision making 8 The team Getting the best from the project team 9 The limits of knowledge The generalist vs the specialist What should project managers not do? Specialist skills that should be recognised as not being the project manager’s job 10 The mechanics of project management The project manager’s toolkit What more can you learn? 11 Knowing when to say ‘no’ When do you actually need a project manager? Knowing the danger signals<

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart 1: The ten golden rules of argument 1 Golden Rule 1: Be prepared 2 Golden Rule 2: When to argue, when to walk away 3 Golden Rule 3: What you say and how you say it 4 Golden Rule 4: Listen and listen again 5 Golden Rule 5: Excel at responding to arguments 6 Golden Rule 6: Watch out for crafty tricks 7 Golden Rule 7: Develop the skills for arguing in public 8 Golden Rule 8: Be able to argue in writing 9 Golden Rule 9: Be great at resolving deadlock 10 Golden Rule 10: Maintain relationships Part 2: Situations where arguments commonly arise 11 How to argue with those you love 12 How to argue with your children 13 Arguments at work 14 How to complain 15 How to get what you want from an expert 16 Arguing when you know you're in the wrong 17 Arguing again and again 18 Doormats 19 How to be a good winner 20 To recap

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Book SynopsisJurgen Wolff is the author of Your Writing Coach (Nicholas Brealey Publishing), Do Something Different (Virgin Books), and Successful Scriptwriting (Writers Digest Press, with Kerry Cox). He's also written many articles, including a personal development column for the Times Educational Supplement.  He teaches workshops on personal development, time management, creativity, and writing around the world. Jurgen has lectured at the University of Southern California, for the Skyros Institute, the Academy for Chief Executives, and for Fremantle Media, the London School of Journalism, the European Media programme, and at private workshops in the United States, England, Spain, Germany, Denmark, France, South Africa, Belgium, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Jurgen is a Neuro Linguistic Programming practitioner and a certified hypnotherapist and Time Line therapist. He is the author of our upcoming title, Creativity Now as well as, Series Editor for the For Entrepreneurs seriTable of ContentsContents Foreword by Bob Cochran, co-creator of 24 vii About the author ix Introduction How creating focus will change your life xi Part 1 Finding your focus 1 How to focus on your vital 20% 2 How to focus on your first goals Part 2 Your focus strategies 35 3 How to focus your time patterns for success 4 How to overcome the obstacles to focus 5 How to focus on what already works 6 How to (finally) beat procrastination Part 3 Your focus tools 93 7 How to use the Alter Ego strategy 8 How to manage other people 9 How to focus your language for extraordinary results 10 How to create information focus 11 How to conquer the paper mountain 12 How to tame the email monster 13 How to master meetings and networking Part 4 Putting it all together 181 14 How to deal with deadlines and multiple projects 15 How to maintain your new found focus 16 The goals breakthrough experience 17 How to put it all together to reach all your goals

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Book SynopsisLindsey Agness is head of The Change Corporation ( www.thechangecorporation.com). She runs courses and seminars for companies and individuals from all walks of life. Formerly a corporate change management consultant at a top global firms, Lindsey is able to bridge both the business and personal development market. She is one of the first female NLP masters.Table of ContentsForeword About the author Introduction – could your life be better? The ultimate test 1 What can NLP do for me? 2 Are you in the Grey Zone? 3 What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? 4 Focus on what you want 5 Who am I? 6 Results or excuses? Taking responsibility for what you really want 7 Believe you can 8 You have all you need to succeed 9 Influencing with integrity 10 Step up with feedback 11 Get started 12 Do you want it or what? The moment of truth What next? Reading and films list Appendix 1: My meta programmes Appendix 2: The language used by different representational systems

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Book SynopsisJurgen Wolff is a writer and creativity and writing coach who divides his time between London and Southern California. He has taught at the University of Southern California, the Academy for Chief Executives, the University of Barcelona, the Pilots Project and workshops around the world. His other books include Marketing for Entrepreneurs, Focus, Your Writing Coach and Do Something Different.Table of ContentsCONTENTS Creative Success Manifesto Part 1: Dreaming Go for Baroque Go away Remember how to play Why? What? When? Where? How? Create your space Get the right stuff Be a streetcomber Get physical Lose your limited thinking

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Book SynopsisGraham Yemm moved into consultancy after a career in the corporate arena which included several management positions. Graham now has his own business training company, Solutions 4 Training Ltd. www.solutions4training.com. He has been involved with developing and delivering a wide range of training programmes for clients in Europe, Russia, Malaysia and USA has run a variety of leadership, teambuilding and team working programmes, both in the UK and internationally. Table of ContentsPart 1 Planning Chapter 1 – Facing the challenges of leading your team Chapter 2 – What is a Team? Chapter 3 –Understanding of team roles and balance Chapter 4 – Your role as a leader Part 2 Doing it Chapter 5 – Setting the direction for your team: Chapter 6 – Monitoring and controlling performance: Chapter 7 – Communicating with your team: Chapter 8 – Getting the most from your team: Chapter 9 –Handling challenges within the team: Part 3 Reviewing it: the coaching part Chapter 10 – Pulling it all together

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Book SynopsisMarianne Abib-Pech is the Founder of Leaders! a leadership consulting firm operating in Europe and Asia.  She started her own leadership journey in Arthur Andersen and rose from analyst to Global CFO of Shell Aviation, a multi billion turnover business, in the short span of 10 years. She acquired and further honed her leadership skills through the High Potential programme at General Electric and more generally by experiencing four different industries, working in five different countries and with more than 45 different nationalities. Marianne has always been passionate about finding and developing talent in her own teams. She designed and implemented a programme for emerging leaders while at Shell Finance. The success of the programme laid out the foundations of Leaders! In her spare time, she sits on several boards of start-ups and is a regular columnist for Global Corporate Venturing, The Huffington Post and The Independent <Trade Review"I found the book exceptionally readable and easy to relate to personal practice and behaviours. It encourages the reader to ponder and consider possible alternative ways of engaging the team and improving the business. It is a great read and I would recommend it to both new leaders and those with more experience." Jacqui Mason, Nursery Management Today Table of ContentsAbout the author Author’s acknowledgements Publisher’s acknowledgements Foreword Introduction How to use this book Part 1 What is leadership? 1 A definition of leadership Leadership in history The pathways to leadership The five key things leaders do Summary 2 Leadership today A fast-changing world New conundrums … new leaders Summary Part 2: Finding the leader inside you 3 Building your self-awareness Finding the keys to your self Defining your personal leadership style Creating your own performance card Summary 4 Gaining self-confidence The three cornerstones of self-esteem Letting go of your fears Summary 5 Developing your leadership brand Building a powerful leadership brand Brand accelerators: charisma and gravitas Summary Part 3: Leading and influencing – bringing others on the journey 6 Building your credibility as a leader Mastering career management Living by your values Authenticity and remaining true to yourself Summary 7 Leading teams Building rapport Motivation and setting objectives – getting the best out of your team Reward and recognition Summary 8 The art of influence Stakeholders, group dynamics and you Building networks and alliances Summary Part 4: Building and executing your vision – from ideas to results 9 Building your vision Mission, vision, ideas and strategy: making sense of the melting pot How to create your vision Saying what you’ve got to say Summary 10 Cultivating your strategic thinking From vision to strategy – the translation exercise The pathway to superior strategic thinking Summary 11 Boosting your execution capabilities Better personal decision making Empowerment, accountability and change: the key concepts for delivering through others Summary Conclusion The leadership reading list Appendix 1: Examples of an individual development plan and goals and objectives Appendix 2: The basics of body language Index

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Book Synopsis''An adventure into the very human science of making breakthroughs together.'' - Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Power of HabitThe best groups are more than the sum of their parts - but why does teamwork so often fail to fulfill this promise? Award-winning entrepreneur and journalist Shane Snow takes us on an extraordinary tour of the hidden science of team dynamics, revealing the counterintuitive reasons that some groups break out while far too many break down.Examining history-making groups like the Wu Tang Clan and the Russian national hockey side alongside teams whose failures have had lasting impact, Snow reveals the answers, and what the rest of us can learn from the rare teams that do the impossible together. In this stimulating, pacey adventure through history, neuroscience, psychology, sports and business, Snow explores the secrets of the best teams the world has to offer. You''ll discover: Trade ReviewPerfectly describes and prescribes the crucial traits of the ultimate teams -- Shane Battier, NBA champion and head of analytics for the Miami HeatUnlocks the secret sauce to create the highest performing teams. I couldn't put it down -- Dan Schawbel, New York Times bestselling author of Now, Discover Your Strengths and Fortune 500 consultantAn adventure into the very human science of making breakthroughs together -- Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of The Power of HabitPirates, rappers, buddy cops AND changing the world?! Dream Teams isn't just a ton of fun; it's a force of nature - and an important message -- Jane Chen, TED fellow and founder of Embrace InnovationsPushes beyond business-book bromides. A great storyteller! -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, president and CEO of New AmericaOne of the easiest and most enjoyable business books - by a sharp-witted journalist and brilliant entrepreneur -- Josh Golden, publisher and president of Ad AgeChallenging, vivid, and pragmatic -- Keith Yamashita, founder of SYPartnersWonderful! -- Kelly Leonard, executive director of The Second CityNot just a book that every leader should read. It's a message the world itself needs right now -- Adam Braun, founder of Pencils of Promise and MissionUA mesmerizing read for anyone looking to up-level their team building and leadership skills -- Kathryn Minshew, CEO of The Muse

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Book SynopsisThe third and final book in the REED career trilogy (after Why You? and The 7 Second CV), Life''s Work is a practical, inspirational guide full of advice to help you create a fulfilling career wherever you are in life, from the UK''s best-known authority on jobs and careers.''For anyone who has got into a bit of a rut, this is a helpful book that will give you some ideas to get yourself motivated again and to think a bit more strategically and energetically about your career'' - FT Advisor ''Life''s Work is a candid, practical and empowering book for those looking to find meaningful work at all stages of life . . . offers unique and unexpected insights into how to build and sustain a rewarding career'' - FE News''Helps young and not-so-young hopefuls get ahead'' - Sunday Times By the time you retire you''ll have spent a third of your life working. That''s far too long to be Trade ReviewPersuades you to think more deeply * Bookbag *Full of ways to fast-track your career * The Sun *Life's Work is a candid, practical and empowering book for those looking to find meaningful work at all stages of life . . . offers unique and unexpected insights into how to build and sustain a rewarding career * FE News *Helps young and not-so-young hopefuls get ahead * Sunday Times *New year, new marketing must-read * Chartered Institute of Marketing *A helpful book that will give you some ideas . . . to think more strategically and energetically about your career * FT Advisor *

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Book SynopsisForcing compliance is easy. Anyone can ''make'' another do a task or a job. It will get done, but when, and to what standard? High performance and, more importantly, sustained high performance can only come from engagement with and commitment to the job in hand.This book will introduce you to the art of compassionate leadership - the art of getting the best for and out of people through the fulfilment of self-worth. It will show leaders how to give their teams a real sense of purpose and direction in order to motivate and inspire them to perform at a high level. To illustrate his message, author Manley Hopkinson draws on his background as a board member of companies including ATLAS Consortium and Hewlett Packard Defence UK, his career as an inspirational speaker and his adventure experiences as skipper in the BT Global Challenge (a round the world yacht race) and The Polar Race (an expedition style race to the Magnetic North Pole).Trade ReviewA personal and most readable introduction to the fundamentals of good leadership , enlivened by the author's rich and varied experience. Anyone who aspires to be a leader will find in its pages both guidance and encouragement

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Book SynopsisManaging Workplace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion bridges the gap between social science theory and research and the practical concerns of those working in diversity, equity, and inclusion by presenting an applied psychological perspective.Using foundational ideas in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as concepts in the social sciences, this book provides a set of cognitive tools for dealing with situations related to workplace diversity and applies both classic theories and new ideas to topics such as United States employment law, teamwork, gender, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, and other areas. Each chapter includes engaging scenarios and real-world applications to stimulate learning and help students conceptualize and contextualize diversity in the workplace.Intended for upper-level undergraduates as well as graduate students, this textbook brings together foundational theories with research-based and practical, real-world applTrade Review"Professor Hays-Thomas deftly blends the conceptual background that practitioners need with the practical applications to which academics often have limited exposure. Without a doubt, this is the go-to textbook for the next generation of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility professionals."Marc Bendick, Jr., Bendick and Egan Economic Consultants, Inc."Hays-Thomas’s Managing Workplace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is an essential resource for understanding how DEI is conceptualized and measured by both organizations and researchers. It takes an evidence-based approach to covering topics such as privilege, inequity, identity, as well as what is currently known about stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. All of this is artfully integrated with not only legal concepts related to DEI, but also with what organizations can do to build diversity and diversity competence throughout their workforce. This is a "must read" for students, scholars, and practitioners alike!"Deborah E. Rupp, PhD, Professor at the Department of Psychology, George Mason University, USA Table of ContentsPart I. Basic Concepts, Tools and Information 1. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Organizations: Basic Concepts 2. Conceptualizing and Measuring Difference Part II. People and Organizations: Structure and Process 3. Privilege, Social Construction, Attribution and Fairness 4. Organizational Structure and the Problem of Pay In-Equity 5. Identities: Who We Are, and Why That Matters 6. The Big Three: Stereotypes, Prejudice, Discrimination Part III. Applications 7. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Law 8. Managing Diversity in Teams 9. Gender/Sex and Work 10. Race, Ethnicity and Work 11. Sexual Orientation and Work 12. Ability, Appearance, Weight Age; Religion, Social Class, and Work Part IV. Finding Solutions 13. Building Diversity Competence for Individuals 14. Building Organizational Diversity Competence through Organization Development

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Book SynopsisWhat made the Sopranos finale one of the most-talked-about events in television history?Why is sudoku so addictive and the iPhone so darn irresistible?What do Jackson Pollock and Lance Armstrong have in common with theoretical physicists and Buddhist monks?Elegance.In this thought-provoking exploration of why certain events, products, and people capture our attention and imaginations, Matthew E. May examines the elusive element behind so many innovative breakthroughs in fields ranging from physics and marketing to design and popular culture. Combining unusual simplicity and surprising power, elegance is characterized by four key elements—seduction, subtraction, symmetry, and sustainability. In a compelling, story-driven narrative that sheds light on the need for elegance in design, engineering, art, urban planning, sports, and work, May offers surprising evidence that what’s “not there” often trumps what is.In the b

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Book SynopsisSewing Hope offers the first account of a bold challenge to apparel-industry sweatshops. The Alta Gracia factory in the Dominican Republic is the anti-sweatshop. It boasts a living wage three times the legal minimum, high health and safety standards, and a legitimate union-all verified by an independent monitor. It is the only apparel factory in the global south to meet these criteria. The Alta Gracia business model represents an alternative to the industry's race to the bottom with its inherent poverty wages and unsafe factory conditions. Workers' stories reveal how adding $0.90 to a sweatshirt's production price can change lives: from getting a life-saving operation to reuniting families; from obtaining first-ever bank loans to getting running water; from purchasing children's school uniforms to taking night classes. Sewing Hope invites readers into the apparel industry's sweatshops and the Alta Gracia factory. Learn how the anti-sweatshop started, how it overcame challenges, and how the impact of its business model could transform the global industry.Trade Review“Full of data with academic rigor arguing for a living wage as well as rich stories of the impact in human lives of such a wage. We highly recommend the book.” * The Human Thread *"This is a must read for anyone concerned with escalating inequality globally and the potential of labor organizing in tandem with more humane corporate management for transforming communities." * New York Journal of Books *Table of ContentsPreface 1. The Difference between Heaven and Earth Introducing Alta Gracia 2. From Factory Favorite to Fighter Human Cost of the “Race to the Bottom” 3. Risky Proposition, Unlikely Alliance Founding a New Factory 4. Ideals into Action Building an Anti-Sweatshop Model 5. Escaping Scripted Roles Unexpected Benefits of a New Approach 6. Stories of Transformation Diverse Impacts of a Living Wage 7. Surviving on Our Own Adjusting the Business Model 8. Replication or Revolution Alta Gracia in Context Afterword: Taking Action Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisFrom being the sole and secret preserve of the ancient Chinese Emperors, the art of Feng Shui has been discovered and successfully applied in the West. Now it is widely accepted as really useful and beneficial. This book helps you build the application of Feng Shui around you.

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Book SynopsisA practical guide to shutting down workplace sexual harassment so it doesn't derail your career or your life, from the first on-air personality to sue ESPN for sexual harassment.A strong book that will help you navigate the choppy waters of sexual harassment. Gain your power, read this book.-Rose McGowan, New York Times bestselling author of BraveEven in the #MeToo era, studies show that women in the workforce continue to harbor misconceptions about sexual harassment and are unprepared to respond when it happens. Lawyer and former ESPN anchor Adrienne Lawrence has learned to advocate for herself and other women. In this book, she offers much-needed insight on topics such as:Identifying the five types of harassers and the five types of coworkers who enable themResearching company culture and history to identify sexual harassment hotbedsProperly documenting inappropriate behaviorPreparing for retali

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Book SynopsisAn Instant New York Times BestsellerA #1 LibraryReads and Indie Next Pick!From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesisâ??with explosive results.Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee KÃnigswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering projectâ??a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academiaâ??Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward. Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee

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Book SynopsisA USA TODAY BESTSELLER!An Indie Next PickA LibraryReads Hall of Fame PickOne of Amazon''s Best Romances of JulyNamed a Most Anticipated Summer Read by Buzzfeed, Glamour, Town & Country, BookRiot, and more!A ghostwriter and a struggling actor help each other on the page and in the bedroom in this steamy romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Talk.   Chandler Cohen has never felt more like the ghost in ghostwriter until she attends a signing for a book she wrote—and the author doesn’t even recognize her. The evening turns more promising when she meets a charming man at the bar and immediately connects with him. But when all their sexual tension culminates in a spectacularly awkward hookup, she decides this is one night better off forgotten.   Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. Her next project is ghostwriting a memoir for Finn Walsh, a C-l

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Book SynopsisAn Instant New York Times Bestseller!From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a collection of steamy, STEMinist novellas featuring a trio of engineers and their loves in loathing—with a special bonus chapter!Under One RoofAn environmental engineer discovers that scientists should never cohabitate when she finds herself stuck with the roommate from hell—a detestable big-oil lawyer who won’t leave the thermostat alone. Stuck with YouA civil engineer and her nemesis take their rivalry—and love—to the next level when they get stuck in a New York elevator. Below ZeroA NASA aerospace engineer''s frozen heart melts as she lies injured and stranded at a remote Arctic research station and the only person willing to undertake the dangerous rescue mission is her longtime rival.

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Book SynopsisA Hall of Fame LibraryReads Pick!A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science—from New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down. Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through—and he’s a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can’t stop thinking about. The woman who's off-limits to him. Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw cau

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Book SynopsisSociety needs whistleblowers, yet to speak up and expose wrongdoing often results in professional and personal ruin. Drawing on the stories of men and women who reported unethical and illegal conduct in corporations, Kate Kenny explains why this is so, and what must be done to protect those who have the courage to expose the truth.Trade ReviewAt its heart are the compelling stories of men and women who exposed wrongdoing in financial services companies, and the consequences they bore…Kenny paints a picture of a financial services industry where rules are gamed, ethics are not discussed, and employees fear retaliation if they speak out…Kenny concludes that we should view whistleblowing as a social act and take collective responsibility for what happens to those who expose wrongdoing. -- Sue Lewis * Financial Adviser *Quietly authoritative yet still reasonably accessible. -- Mark Paul * Irish Times *A devastating analysis of the ‘matrix of censorship’ which leads to whistleblowers being abused. This matrix could push us to the brink of another economic catastrophe. -- Greg Wright * Yorkshire Post *This is a superb book that makes an excellent contribution to an important area of our thinking about, lives within, and work for organizations. It is destined to be a landmark volume in this field. -- Mark Stein, University of LeicesterKenny’s book on whistleblowing is a refreshing contribution to the field. Its insightful theoretical approach facilitates her analysis of whistleblowing in a variety of contexts within the financial services to provide qualitative revelations of how even when employed to ensure compliance with regulations, people of conscience are ostracized and often silenced. This book is essential reading for anyone concerned about our future. -- David Knights, Lancaster UniversityKenny has produced a uniquely positioned text of great insight as she weaves philosophical sophistication, especially the writing of Judith Butler, with precise analysis of whistleblowing. A must-read. -- Alison Pullen, Macquarie UniversityThis book provides an insightful study of whistleblowing and widespread corruption in the global financial industry that recent whistleblowers have brought to light. Additionally, it reveals the struggles that whistleblowing entails and develops the concept of ‘affective recognition’ to explain how these are bound up with retaliation against whistleblowers in their fight to be heard. -- Iain Munro, Newcastle UniversityWe live in societies in which organizations are powerful, and their employees are relatively powerless. In this important and beautifully written book, Kenny explains why this is a social issue of great importance. If we want societies that value justice, then speaking truth to power needs to be encouraged and protected by all of us. -- Martin Parker, University of BristolThe arrival of Kenny’s Whistleblowing is very timely given the growing recognition of the important role whistleblowers play in society. It makes a passionate plea for supporting courageous individuals whose disclosures have numerous times saved the public from harm, prevented major disasters, and revealed widespread forms of wrongdoing. The book takes a unique approach to explain what makes individuals who disclose wrongdoing continue their struggle for transparency despite all odds. Readers who seek interpretations extending beyond the villain–hero dichotomy will find this thoughtful and sophisticated analysis of whistleblowing truly rewarding. -- Marianna Fotaki, coauthor of Gender and the Organization: Women at Work in the 21st Century

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the George R. Terry Book Award, Academy of Management""Co-Winner of the EGOS Book Prize, European Group for Organizational Studies""Providing a unique perspective on a complex suject, Taking the Floor profiles what an effective, responsible trading room can and should look like."---City Press Office, Cass Business School"Taking the Floor is a significant contribution to social studies of finance and economic sociology more broadly. It will certainly be worthwhile reading not only for specialists, but also a much broader audience, since the way abstract models shape reality is becoming one of the more salient issues in contemporary societies within and beyond the realm of finance."---Manuel A. Santana-Turégano, London School of Economics Review of Books"“Taking the Floor is beautifully written. . . . Throughout, [Beunza’s] storytelling keeps the reader riveted.”"---Joel Gehman, Organization Studies

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Co-Winner of the Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological Association""Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Theory, Axiom Business Book Awards""One of Business Insider's 10 Books to Read to Learn about the Future of Work""There’s much we can learn from Overload to help make work work for everyone—both now and in the future…. Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen have shown us through their dual work-redesign experiment that it’s possible not only to reimagine how we work to make it work for everyone, but also to execute on this ideal together, so that everyone benefits — including the organization. It’s giving people a choice about how, when, and where they work and a greater sense of control. In the pandemic, we all have an opportunity to step back and examine what’s going well and what’s not and envision how work can change for the better."---Rebecca Zucker, Forbes"Someday soon, when the economic engines of the world are running again, leaders will reflect on what the COVID-19 pandemic revealed about the ways and means of work in their companies. As they do, they should read Overload."---Theodore Kinni, Strategy+Business"In their recounting of a five-year field experiment conducted within a Fortune 500 company, two professors show how dual-agenda work redesign can reduce the high levels of chronic stress and ill health, feelings of powerlessness, work–family conflict, and burnout that attend employee overload—without negatively affecting corporate productivity or performance." * Strategy+Business *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the George R. Terry Book Award, Academy of Management""Co-Winner of the EGOS Book Prize, European Group for Organizational Studies""Providing a unique perspective on a complex suject, Taking the Floor profiles what an effective, responsible trading room can and should look like."---City Press Office, Cass Business School"Taking the Floor is a significant contribution to social studies of finance and economic sociology more broadly. It will certainly be worthwhile reading not only for specialists, but also a much broader audience, since the way abstract models shape reality is becoming one of the more salient issues in contemporary societies within and beyond the realm of finance."---Manuel A. Santana-Turégano, London School of Economics Review of Books"“Taking the Floor is beautifully written. . . . Throughout, [Beunza’s] storytelling keeps the reader riveted.”"---Joel Gehman, Organization Studies

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Book SynopsisWhat all of us can do to fight the pervasive human tendency to enable wrongdoing in the workplace, politics, and beyondIt is easy to condemn obvious wrongdoers such as Elizabeth Holmes, Harvey Weinstein, and the Sackler family. But we rarely think about the many people who supported their unethical or criminal behavior. In each case there was a supporting cast of complicitors: business partners, employees, investors, news organizations, and others. And, whether we're aware of it or not, almost all of us have been complicit in the unethical behavior of others. In Complicit, Harvard Business School professor Max Bazerman confronts our complicity head-on and offers strategies for recognizing and avoiding the psychological and other traps that lead us to ignore, condone, or actively support wrongdoing in our businesses, organizations, communities, politics, and more. Complicit tells compelling stories of those who enabled the Theranos and WeWork scandals, the opioid crisis, the sexual abTrade Review"Bazerman’s catalog of complicity is sobering. His explanations for why it happens are convincing, and toward the book’s end he attempts to set out what we can do to counter it."---Julian Baggini, Wall Street Journal

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Book SynopsisFrom the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Team of Teams, a practical guide for leaders looking to make their organizations more interconnected and unified in the midst of sudden change. Too often, companies end up with teams stuck in their own silos, pursuing goals and metrics in isolation. Their traditional autocratic structures create stability, scalability, and predictability -- but in a world that demands rapid adaptation to a new reality, this traditional model simply doesn’t work. In Team of Teams, retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal and former Navy SEAL Chris Fussell made the case for a new organizational model combining the agility, adaptability, and cohesion of a small team with the power and resources of a giant organization. Now, in One Mission, Fussell channels all his experiences, both military and corporate, into powerful strategies for unifying isola

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Book SynopsisLearn the essentials of business, finance, and company management with this unique graphic guide from DK!If you're perplexed by profit margins, confused by cash flow, or baffled by balance sheets, all your questions and many more are answered in this indispensable business book. Get to grips with how companies work, from research and development, to sales and marketing, and production and distribution.Eye-catching visual aids give a helpful representation of each and every aspect of business, while complex subjects are broken down into concise explanations, expressed in easy-to-understand language. Crammed with essential terms and key concepts, How Business Works is perfect for anyone looking to take their business to the next level, or those learning the ropes from the ground to the top.Within this one-stop guide you will find:-Hundreds of colorful images and engaging graphics.-Demystifying explanations of complex theories and f

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Book SynopsisPat Wellington is an internationally recognised management consultant with over 20 years of experience. She has facilitated assignments in blue chip organizations such as Canon and Coca Cola, healthcare providers including the St Martins and Nuffield Hospitals, United Nations agencies in Rome and Geneva, and government bodies in the UK, the Gulf and South East Asia. She is also the author of Effective Customer Care, published by Kogan Page.Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Setting the scene; Chapter - 02: Back to basics – the fundamentals of working in teams; Chapter - 03: Setting up a new team; Chapter - 04: Managing the team once formed – motivation and performance management; Chapter - 05: Managing the team once formed – communication, meetings, influencing and projects; Chapter - 06: Taking over as manager of an established team; Chapter - 07: Problems in the team; Chapter - 08: Leading the virtual team; Chapter - 09: The future for teams

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Book Synopsis''A howl of feminist rage, but also one that is pure fun'' StylistThe wives here are different. They are living proof that women can have it all: successful careers, loving families, beautiful homes.Their husbands are different too. They are living proof that men can do just as much as women. They can remember the kids'' schedules, use an iron and notice when the house needs dusting.Nora thinks she''s found the perfect new home for her family. But when she agrees to get involved in a wrongful death case in the neighbourhood, Nora becomes convinced that there''s a dark secret at the heart of this perfect world.For these women, it seems the secret to having it all is worth killing for . . .''This gender-swapping Stepford Wives story is as creepy as it is delicious'' Good HousekeepingTrade ReviewChandler Baker, queen of the feminist thriller, has delivered once again! The Husbands is a poignant exploration of what it would take for women to have it all ... and it's as sobering as you might imagine. My head is still spinning. I can already hear the book club discussions! -- Sally HepworthEvery weary wife needs to read this book. You'll belly laugh in recognition, sob in recognition - but ultimately, The Husbands may just save your marriage -- Celia WaldenIncredible. . . The Husbands expresses a truth that needed to be articulated, that will resonate with every woman I know. It made me angry in the best way. -- Jessica MoorEvery once in a while there's a book that stays with you - whether the subject resonates, makes you think or quite simply shocks. The Husbands does all that, and more. * Woman & Home *Soon to become a film, this clever novel is well worth a read and perfect for book clubs * Belfast Telegraph *An utterly addictive page-turner * Daily Mail *The deviously dark twists keep the reader hooked until the shocking climax * Candis *This gender-swapping Stepford Wives story is as creepy as it is delicious * Good Housekeeping *

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Book SynopsisNow in paperback, revised throughout, with a timely new chapter and titleThe original How to Connect in Business in 90 Seconds or Less received praise such as: Nick Boothman''s brilliant stroke is to guarantee that within the first 90 seconds of meeting someone you''ll be communicating like old trusted friends. But he doesn't stop there. This book shows how to turn those instant connections into long-lasting, productive business relationships.Marty Edelston, publisher, BottomLine/Personal. And: Success in business depends on effectively communicating ideas, at least as much as thinking them up, and Boothman tells us how to do that.Matthew Bishop, The Economist.Boothman''s message is central, and in this current business climate, critical: whether selling, interviewing, or motivating a team, success depends on convincing the other personand the quickest and best way to do that is through what he calls rapport by design. Using the science of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (built upon body

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents five studies on key dimensions of union-management relations. Topics examined include union representation, financial consequences of unionism and wage determination, workplace innovation, and conflict resolution in unionized enterprises in North America.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction. Continuity and change in the structure of union representation in the U.S. Airline Industry, 1969–1999. Longitudinal stability in union wage determination: Evidence from the U.S. automobile assembly industry, 1970–1999. Employee acceptance of the crew chief program in the postal service: an analysis with pre and post data. The evolution of an alternative grievance procedure: The Columbus Typographical Union No. 5, 1859–1959. Certification outcomes and returns to shareholders in Canada. HR/IR professionals' educational needs and master's program curricula. Are we properly training future HR/IR practitioners? A review of the curricula. Executive insights into HR practices and education. Developing new proficiencies for human resource and industrial relations professionals.

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Book SynopsisEach of the articles in this volume focuses upon the connections between a moral and spiritual perspective on life, and the manner in which that outlook is played out in the real world of businesses and organizations.Table of ContentsIntroduction. The soul's hunger: spirituality in corporations and in the teaching of business ethics (D. Koehn). Peter Drucker and Martin Buber: the germanic search for community and the meaning of the modern American corporation (M. Schwartz). Christian business ethics on the employment relation: mapping the terrain (S. Herman). The spiritual corporation: a pragmatic perspective (S. Rosenthal, R. Buchholz). Intelligent spirituality in business: a Deweyan conception (M.L. Pava). The spirituality of Harry Potter (P. Primeaux). Toward a spirituality for the contemporary organization: implications for work, family and society (G. Cavanagh et al.). Discernment and strategic decision making: reflections for a spirituality of organizational leadership (A.L. Delbecq et al.). Calling: new careers and spirituality. A reflective perspective for organizational leaders and professionals (J.W. Weisset al.). A Hindu perspective on spirituality and management (A. Sharma). A comparative study of ethical decision-making amongst managers in large private-sector UK companies (D. Bartlett). Analogical reasoning and the "public philosophy of business" (J. Roper). The risks of temptation: a book review of Peter Drucker's The Temptation to do Good (M. Schwartz).

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Book SynopsisGet on your soapbox and let it all out! Desktop Soapbox lets others know you have important things to say. Just use this mini megaphone and soapbox to voice your thoughts and opinions. Specifications: 3 x 2 1/2 inch mini soap box and mini megaphone Mini book inside: 32-page illustrated mini book about the soapbox's history and its uses Stickers included: sheet of 2 full-color stickers to customize your box Perfect gift: a perfect stocking stuffer or gift for friends, family, coworkers

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