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Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"A smart, science-based approach to retaining your talent and making the world of work a better place. Today's work isn't working. Stress and burnout are driving talented professionals out of the workforce while the corporate standard of extreme hours, sleep deprivation, and nonstop travel proves unsustainable. But innovative leaders are using this once-in-a-century opportunity to create a future of work that's better for everyone. The workplace of...
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Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In the years since publication of First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, millions have had the simple but powerful realization that to get the most out of people you must build on their strengths. And yet...as Marcus Buckingham astutely points out, even though the strengths-based approach is now conventional wisdom, the tools and systems inside organizations--performance appraisals, training programs, and succession planning...
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Toxic organizations are rife with conflict, fear and anger. The environment causes people to have physiological responses as if they're in a fight-or-flight situation. Healthy people become ill. Colds, flu and stress-related illnesses such as heart attacks are more common. By contrast, in resonant organizations, people take fewer sick days and turnover is low. People smile, make jokes, talk openly and help one another." - Annie McKee (author, consultant)...
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Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The more employers try to tell employees where to find the meaning in their work, the less likely people are to find it. An authentic sense of purpose is discovered, not imposed, so meaning-making should be a grassroots process. But first, managers and employees must learn how to talk with one another about it. Research shows that four barriers make such conversations difficult. Here's how to overcome them in your organization.
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Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This book demonstrates that great working environments benefit the individuals working there and contribute to a better global society--and as they outperform in the stock market and grow revenue three times faster than less-inclusive rivals.
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Center Street
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell responds to the most popular questions he's received to help readers achieve greater success. John Maxwell, America's #1 leadership authority, has mastered the art of asking questions, using them to learn and grow, connect with people, challenge himself, improve his team, and develop better ideas. In this compact derivative of Good Leaders Ask Great Questions, he gives detailed answers to the most...
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A guide to putting cognitive diversity to work Ever wonder what it is that makes two people click or clash? Or why some groups excel while others fumble? Or how you, as a leader, can make or break team potential? Business Chemistry holds the answers. Based on extensive research and analytics, plus years of proven success in the field, the Business Chemistry framework provides a simple yet powerful way to identify meaningful differences between peoples...
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Since writing the mega best seller The Energy Bus, Jon Gordon has worked and consulted with leaders who have transformed their companies, organizations and schools, won national championships and are currently changing the world. He has also interviewed some of the greatest leaders of our time and researched many positive leaders throughout history and discovered their paths to success. In this pioneering book Jon Gordon shares what he has learned...
30) Courageous cultures: how to build teams of microinnovators, problem solvers, and customer advocates
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Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Getting your employees to do their best work has never been easy. But it is a particular challenge for knowledge workers, who must attend to many different tasks and whose to-do list is often ambiguous, requiring outside-the-box thinking. Lists of dos and don'ts are rarely effective. Instead, your best bet is to align their interests with your own-the heart of motivation-and set them free to use their own drive and creativity on their, and your, behalf....
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Publisher
Northfield Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"It happens all the time: a leader reads a book or goes to a conference and learns great new ideas for their organization. But when they try to implement changes, nothing budges. Why? It's because work cultures are deeply rooted. Paul White knows this, and it's why he wrote The Resilient Workplace: to give workplace leaders a thorough understanding of the most common obstacles to change, plus the skills to overcome them. Pairing real-life examples...
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Abrams Image
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
The path to success is rarely easy or direct, and good mentors are hard to find. In Getting there, thirty leaders in diverse fields share their secrets to navigating the rocky road to the top. In an honest, direct, and engaging way, these role models describe the obstacles they faced, the setbacks they endured, and the vital lessons they learned. They dispense not only essential and practical career advice, but also priceless wisdom applicable to...
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Harness the seven key elements of successful organisational change Leading for Organisational Change is an intelligent and practical guide to the human side of merger integration and other organisational change. Building a clear sense of common purpose and then reinforcing it through storytelling can underpin the success of an integration or significant change programme. Pulling together the best thinking from neuroscience, psychology and business,...
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Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Two distinguished scholars offer eight steps to help organizations discover and embrace an authentic higher purpose--something that will dramatically improve every aspect of any enterprise, including the bottom line. What does a lofty notion like purpose have to do with business basics like the bottom line? Robert E. Quinn and Anjan J. Thakor say pretty much everything. Leaders and managers are taught that employees are self-interested and work resistant,...
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Publisher
Career Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Employee engagement has been consistently cited as a top and growing priority by CEOs, managers, and human resources leaders across the country. This new title from best-selling author Dr. Bob Nelson will help move any organization from just measuring the need to engage employees to actually changing management behaviors that will lead to a stronger culture of engagement. Your organization will become more effective at both attracting and retaining...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The "worker-first experience" is not just a new trend, but the evolution of what it means to work and be part of an organization, and recent power shifts within it. What can leaders, managers, and CHROs, do to position their companies to thrive in the new world? There are many issues for the C-Suiter to navigate -- yet they're all united by the need to focus on employee - human -- experience. A flexible, versatile workforce will help your business...
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Companies need High Potential leaders (Hi-Po & rsquo;s) more than ever before to help them adapt to todays tumultuous, digitally-driven business environment. If you meet the Hi-Po criteria, you're in high demand--and this book explains how to fast-track yourself. Criteria for Hi-Pos are changing markedly. In the past, fast-track leaders were tapped mainly because of their cognitive abilities, analytical skills, imagination, thoroughness in finding...
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