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Creating Leaderful Organizations
Author Joseph A. Raelin
The times demand a new style of leadership. Employees today are highly trained and independent-they can offer much more to an enterprise than simply their obedience. And with the relationship between worker and organization constantly changing, no one pers....
Release Date 2003/02 -
Author Sarah van Gelder
We’re bombarded by messages telling us that more, bigger, and better things are the keys to happiness—but after we pile up the stuff and pile on the hours, we end up exhausted and broke on a planet full of trash. Sarah van Gelder and her colleagues at YES! Magazine ....
Release Date 2015/01 -
Author Michael Edmondson
This book examines a variety of assumptions prevalent in the mental models of undergraduates, parents, educators, higher education leaders, administrators, and policymakers that cause people to fall into a series of mental traps when selecting a major. Divided into....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Art Markman
To succeed at work, first you need to understand your own brainIf you're in a job interview, how should you think about the mindset of the interviewer? If you've just been promoted, how do you handle the tensions of managing former peers? And what are the telltal....
Release Date 2019/05 -
The Joy of Strategy: A Business Plan for Life
Author Allison Rimm
Your life is serious business, but who says you can’t find joy along the way? As a person with unique gifts to offer, it is your responsibility to use your talents wisely and it is your right to enjoy yourself while doing so. Just as a successful business requires a....
Release Date 2013/09 -
Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Author Tamiko L. Cuellar
This book will help business/MBA students, aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs, executives, and leaders to think like entrepreneurs in 12 critical focus areas.Both success and failure start in the mind. From Tamiko’s years of practical experience in coaching entrep....
Release Date 2019/09 -
Successful Onboarding: Strategies to Unlock Hidden Value Within Your Organization
Author Lilith Christiansen , Mark Stein
CAPTURE THE ONBOARDING MARGIN WITH THE “4 PILLARS” OF SUCCESSFUL ONBOARDING Bringing a new employee on board can be the start of a rewarding relationship or the beginning of a missed opportunity. This smart book can teach you how to make the most of each employee’s ....
Release Date 2010/06 -
Embrace the Outlier: To Do Differently You Must See Differently
Author Colin Crook , Yoram Wind
This Element is an excerpt from The Power of Impossible Thinking: Transform the Business of Your Life and the Life of Your Business (9780131425026) by Yoram (Jerry) Wind and Colin Crook with Robert E. Gunther. Available in print and digital formats.How to start seei....
Release Date 2010/09 -
Unlock the Hidden Job Market: 6 Steps to a Successful Job Search When Times Are Tough
Author Martha I. Finney , Duncan Mathison
More than 70% of today’s job opportunities come through the “hidden job market”: they’re never advertised, assigned to search firms or internal recruiters, or displayed at job fairs. What’s more, as employers cut recruiting costs, the proportion of “hidden” job oppo....
Release Date 2009/09 -
HANDBOOK OF LABOR ECONOMICS, VOL 4A
Author David Card , Orley Ashenfelter
What new tools and models are enriching labor economics?"Developments in Research Methods and their Application" (volume 4A) summarizes recent advances in the ways economists study wages, employment, and labor markets. Mixing conceptual models and empirical work, c....
Release Date 2010/10 -
The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life
Author Dave Logan , Steve Zaffron
When a hurricane warning is announced, everyone's concerns and actions become focused on that expectation; the hurricane essentially becomes the future which people are "living into." Similarly, when an organization needs to transform or make the leap to a higher l....
Release Date 2009/02 -
The Great Workplace: How to Build It, How to Keep It, and Why it Matters
Author Jennifer Robin , Michael Burchell
Trust, Pride and Camaraderie-transform your company into a "Great place to Work"The Great Place to Work Institute develops the annual ranking of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. In this book, the authors explore the model of a Great Place to Work For-one ....
Release Date 2011/01 -
Author Gayle Laakmann McDowell
The Google Resume is the only book available on how to win a coveted spot at Google, Microsoft, Apple, or other top tech firms. Gayle Laakmann McDowell worked in Google Engineering for three years, where she served on the hiring committee and interviewed over 120 ca....
Release Date 2011/03 -
Author Janis Fisher Chan
In today?s competitive global environment?where people at all levels need to accomplish more, in less time, with fewer resources?the ability to manage priorities is key to personal and professional success. How to Manage Your Priorities, Second Edition, provides ma....
Release Date 2007/03 -
Author Ann Bidou , Shoya Zichy
Is your job just a way to pay the bills? It doesn’t have to be that way. You’ll find that when your career fits your personality, it becomes a source of tremendous satisfaction and success. Career Match is designed to help you discover your ideal work.Take the ten-....
Release Date 2017/06 -
The Little Book of Thinking Big
Author Richard Newton
Sunday Times #1 bestseller and long-awaited follow-up to the #1 bestselling Stop Talking, Start DoingYou can think big or you can think small, it all starts in the mind. What have you got to lose? If you aim for the stars you might just get there. Sometimes it pays ....
Release Date 2014/12 -
The Good Parenting Food Guide: Managing What Children Eat Without Making Food a Problem
Author Jane Ogden
The Good Parenting Food Guide offers straightforward advice for how to encourage children to develop a healthy, unproblematic approach to eating.Explores key aspects of children's eating behavior, including how children learn to like food, the role of food in their....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Author Melina Costi , Jan Mühlfeit
Discover how to banish stress and negativity, rediscover your best self and become an inspirational leader – starting now. Inspirational leaders: Target strengths, not weaknesses Have a dream Manage energy, not time Put happiness before successBased on cutting e....
Release Date 2016/10 -
Industrial Problem Solving Simplified: An 8-Step Program
Author Ralph R. Pawlak
Industrial Problem Solving Simplified provides a roadmap for solving manufacturing problems. Containing numerous examples of actual problems and their solutions in various industrial environments, it is for novice as well as experienced manufacturing owners, manager....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Author Dave Gray
"Why do some people succeed at change while others fail? It's the way they think! Liminal thinking is a way to create change by understanding, shaping, and reframing beliefs. What beliefs are stopping you right now?You have a choice. You can create the world you wa....
Release Date 2016/09 -
Goodbye College—Hello Life! Go-To Answers from a Got-There Grown-Up
Author Lisa Brock
Do you know a high school or university student on the edge of adulthood? Chances are, they know they need to grow up and begin to find out who they are and what they need to do to get where they want to go. But it's a time of doubt, worry and even fear. That's wh....
Release Date 2009/01 -
Author Ellen E. Kossek , Kelly M. Hannum , Phillip W. Braddy , Marian N. Ruderman
Managing the demands of the workplace and the responsibilities of the rest of your life can be tricky, especially when you're a driven leader who wants to succeed. This book will show you how to successfully establish and manage work-life boundaries so that you ca....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Author Milan Frankl
How do executives make decisions? Based on what? Are their decisions conscious or unconscious? Can they explain each decision they make? What tools can they use to improve their decision-making process? What rules of thumb (heuristics) can they use when f....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Leading The Positive Organization
Author Thomas N. Duening
Positive psychology and positive organizational scholarship have begun to have an impact on the enterprise. It is important for organizational leaders at all levels to understand this powerful new framework. This volume brings together a wide range of organizationa....
Release Date 2016/03 -
Author Alan Weiss , Richard S. Citrin
Imagine if we stopped trying to “manage” the stress in our workplaces and personal lives. What if we recognized, instead, that the challenges we face every day could actually make us stronger, smarter, and more successful. We wouldn’t feel victimi....
Release Date 2016/03 -
Author Miriam Plavin-Masterman
Recent scholarship on institutional entrepreneurship highlights the kinship between for-profit entrepreneurship and the equally transformative innovation and initiative of entrepreneurs in the non-profit, community, and policy-activist fields. This expanded explora....
Release Date 2018/04 -
20/20: 20 Great Lists by 20 Outstanding Business Thinkers
Author Diana Renner , Steven D’Souza
As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, the LID publishing group invited 20 of its thought-leading authors to contribute to this unique book – a collection of 20 lists, with each list containing points of advice based on each author’s area of expertise. ....
Release Date 2014/06 -
The OPA! Way: Finding Joy & Meaning in Everyday Life & Work
Author Elaine Dundon , Alex Pattakos
In chasing “the good life,” many of us sacrifice our relationships, our health, and our sanity, but at the end of the day, we still find ourselves with lives and work that bring us little fulfillment. Life isn't about the pursuit of happiness....
Release Date 2014/11