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The Serving Leader Five Powerful Actions to Transform Your Team, Business, and Community, 10th Anniversary Edition, Revised and Expanded It's people who make organizations great, so how can leaders best help their people achieve that greatness? As Ken Jennings and John Stahl-Wert show in this new edition of their bestseller, you can't just demand greatness -- you have to inspire it. The most effective leaders don't just stand in front of their people,...
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"Bob Nelson, author of the multimillion-copy bestseller 1001 Ways to Reward Employees , and human performance expert Mario Tamayo offer hundreds of practical, creative tips for helping employees -- and their managers -- make work more fun. According to the employees that work for firms listed in Fortune 's "100 Best Companies to Work for in America," the most defining characteristic of these organizations is they are all "fun" places to work. Fun...
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Get the Summary of Ben Horowitz's What You Do Is Who You Are in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
Ben Horowitz has long been fascinated by history, and particularly by how people behave differently than you'd expect. The time and circumstances in which they were raised often shapes them- yet a few leaders have managed to shape their times. In What You Do Is Who You Are, he turns his attention to a question crucial...
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"Corporate culture is critical to any organizational change effort. This book offers a proven model for identifying and leveraging the essential elements of any culture. In a world that changes at a dizzying pace, what can leaders do to build flexible and adaptive workplaces that inspire people to achieve extraordinary results? According to the authors, the answer lies in recognizing and aligning the elusive forces -- or the "puzzling" pieces -- that...
5) Trust Rules
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Writer and management expert Bob Lee lays out a comprehensive, easy-to-use road map for building a remarkable work environment, with committed and high-performing employees who are passionate about what they do. Incorporating the insight of more than two million employees across eighty countries, with additional material by Great Place to Work Australia CEO, Zrinka Lovrencic, this is a groundbreaking guide for managers on how to harness the power...
6) Pick Up the Gum Wrapper: How to Create a Workplace That Increases Performance While Improving Lives
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Why is it that most people start a job with high hopes but eventually become disillusioned? With mounting pressure for results, companies can't afford employees who are going through the motions. The truth is, most employees want to do their best at something they enjoy, feel valued for their contributions, and make an impact. The majority of leaders understand this, but making it happen can be a mystery.
In Pick Up the Gum Wrapper, Joe Bertotto...
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What is the right leadership approach to transform a company from outdated, sluggish, and unprofitable to an industry darling? When Cheryl Bachelder was named CEO of Popeye's in the Fall of 2007, the stock price had slipped from $34 in 2002 to $13. The brand was stagnant, team members were discouraged, and the franchise owners were just plain angry. By the end of 2016, average restaurant sales were up 45%, operating profits had doubled, market share...
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When businesses, families, or individuals decline to be accountable for their actions and decisions, the results can be devastating. Businesses can fail, relationships falter, and reputations shatter. ‘Culture Without Accountability-WTF?’ is full of real life stories of what accountability looks like, and what can go wrong in its absence. This book offers a proven process for installing an accountability-based culture, a platform for success in...
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For a CEO or business owner, the teams you lead are the heart of your enterprise. An investment in their fulfillment is an investment in your company's future. As the landscape rapidly changes-more than anyone could have foreseen-organizations are scrambling to find and retain their best people. You have the chance to increase retention, drive productivity, and bring joy back to the workplace. It's an opportunity to make a difference in the lives...
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#1 Dark horses are people who have excelled despite not being the typical example of a person who excels. They may have dropped out of college, been fired, or struggled to find a career they love. But they always worked hard, and eventually found their place in the world.
#2 The journey of a dark horse is not always easy. They may feel like a round peg in a square hole,...
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Living at 30kFt gives audiences a comedic and pragmatic approach to career success and life after college. Author James N. Kinney weaves together business strategy, holistic living and pop culture into key takeaways that give the reader easy to follow tips for effective living. Kinney explores fitness, stress, social media, and many hot topics of today's workforce. He relates to the reader though hip-hop and rock song lyrics while poking fun at pop...
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Un estimulante desafío a nuestra forma de pensar sobre el trabajo, la tecnología, el progreso y lo que queremos del futuro.
En el siglo XIX, los trabajadores textiles ingleses respondieron a la introducción de nuevas tecnologías en la fábrica haciéndolas pedazos. Este activismo convergió en torno a un misterioso personaje denominado el rey Ludd. El movimiento ludita ha sido ridiculizado por los estudiosos como un esfuerzo retrógrado y, en...
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Does your business feel lifeless in today's fast-paced marketplace? Tired of struggling to stand out? Can't seem to clarify your message? You may be a zombie and not even know it. Zombies are confused, haphazard, and indistinguishable. Businesses act like zombies when empty communications alienate customers, supporters, and partners. The Zombie Business Cure gets to the heart of many communication problems: identity. A lack of focus on identity negatively...
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Although hidden or non-obvious disabilities can't be seen, they make up the majority of the disabilities encountered in the workplace. Unaddressed hidden disabilities can have profound impacts on the work environment and on productivity. What are these hidden disabilities? How do you accommodate a disability that cannot be seen? Hidden Disabilities in the Workplace enables the reader to explore innovative ways to implement workplace accommodations,...
15) Give & Get Employer Branding: Repel the Many and Compel the Few with Impact, Purpose and Belonging
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In today's fiercely competitive job market, with the balance of power squarely in job-seekers' hands, how can organizations attract and retain the most talented candidates-and the best additions to their culture?
The answer may surprise you. The most effective employer brands don't attract candidates; they repel them.
Combining the expertise of employer brand industry leaders Charlotte Marshall and Bryan Adams, Give & Get Employer Branding redefines...
16) Team Building
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Successful team building that exists in any workplace is involved with more than simply the creation of a successful team that has been given, instead of creating or building an entire ideal team from the beginning. There are particular core principles that are linked to effective team building that can help any organization or work situation get the best outputs out of any team that has to be managed.
By adopting the effective methods of team building,...
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This book was, written to help you navigate three of the biggest challenges young professionals face as they launch their careers: preparing a resume, getting ready for interviews, and successfully networking. Stage management is incredibly important for interview preparation. Whether you like it or not, first impressions mean a lot. Plus, knowing that you look the part lifts confidence and helps you deliver your best possible performance. This book...
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We all make assumptions, and these are the building blocks for our unconscious biases. They pervade the workplace and spill into our personal life. Dr. Stephens carefully walks you through a three-step model for overcoming unconscious bias. Step 1 is to raise awareness and unfreeze the undesired behavior. Step 2 is to change the behavior through transformational conversation. And Step 3 involves creating a plan to freeze the new, desired behavior.
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Humans can be incredibly kind, but our evolutionary wiring can also lead to astonishing cruelty. With In Search of Humanity, Dr. Conrad exposes a sordid history of mind-numbing social and economic inequality, of government promises made but not kept, and of ineffective plans to level the field-from politicians whose policies are paid for by powerful industry interests.
Discover why the American Dream is a fantasy designed to enrich the few over the...
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A Strategic Advantage for the Long-Term Horizon
Think that processes and systems, alone can get your company, where it needs to go? Think again!
The long-term horizon needs to be, supported by a strategically built organizational culture, or your bottom line will be, impacted. But, how do you move the needle on that when it seems so nebulous? Plenty of books highlight the importance of culture in successful companies, but they don't show you how...
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