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"From the bestselling author of Linchpin and Tribes comes a new challenge to leaders of all stripes The workplace has undergone a massive shift. Remote work and economic instability have depressed innovation and left us disconnected and disengaged. Paychecks no longer buy loyalty, happiness, and effort. Quiet quitting runs rampant, and people show up without truly showing up. Alarmed managers are doubling down on keystroke surveillance, productivity...
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There are moments when we achieve peak performance: An athlete plays a perfect game; a business has a quarter with once-in-a-lifetime profits. But these moments are often elusive, and for every amazing day, we may have a hundred ordinary and even unsatisfying days. Fulfillment doesn't come from isolated peak experiences, but rather from many consistent good days. So how do we sustain performance, while avoiding burnout and maintaining balance? In...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Explains how the most important technological revolution of our time isn't what companies make, but how they make it. Andrew McAfee reveals a new way to get big things done. This book will change how you think about work, teams, projects, and culture, and give you the insight and tools you need to harness your superpowers of learning and cooperation.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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The foundation of George Zimmer's success is his company's corporate culture, centered on "servant leadership" values. These values seek to involve others in decision making and enhance the personal growth of workers. In this wideranging talk, Zimmer explains how his experience proves that a culture based on strong ethical values can succeed even within a competitive business environment.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Networks of relationships among employees are increasingly the means by which organizations create value and foster innovation. From ten years of research tracking top-performing leaders at over 60 companies, Professor Cross found that successful leaders manage informal networks to compensate for weaknesses in formal structures, and thus improve collaboration, knowledge-sharing and best practices. In doing so, they are less susceptible to the loss...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Not all customers are created equal. Ten percent of your customers often provide ninety percent of your profits. As Roger Siboni explains, the best usage of customer relationship management (CRM) is to enhance the experience for Profitable customers, to bring down costs by automating unProfitable ones, and to gain market share through customer retention and personalization at the point of sale. This requires an enterprise-wide commitment to sharing...
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New World Library
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"The former director of the Tassajara Zen Center and a cofounder of Google's Search Inside Yourself program shows how modern workplaces can become more productive, compassionate, and harmonious by applying the practice of mindfulness"--
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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The best are those who understand their people's opinions of them and what it's like to work for them. This is no easy task. People in power tend to focus on their own needs over the needs of others. They also believe they have a stronger positive influence over their people than they actually do. From peer-reviewed research and case studies, Professor Sutton found truly in-tune leaders share five hallmark characteristics. Program Highlights: The...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Many of history's greatest growth markets were created by a disruptive technology that was met with resistance from traditional industries and organizations. Dr. Christensen demonstrates that in order to create new business in emerging markets, you need appropriate management of technological innovation and the ability to find new markets for new technologies.
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Three Rivers Press
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©2001
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English
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Through vivid, compelling stories, Michael Useem reveals how upward leadership can transform incipient disaster into hard-won triumph. For example, U.S. Marine Corps General Peter Pace reconciled the conflicting priorities of six bosses by keeping them well informed and challenging their instructions when necessary. Useem also explores what happens when those who should step forward fail to do so--Mount Everest mountaineers might have saved themselves...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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How do growth leaders such as Procter & Gamble, GE, and Amazon consistently achieve above-average organic growth? These companies pursue a disciplined, systematic process that distributes innovations across a spectrum of risk, ensuring that they balance incremental growth with breakthrough opportunities. For most companies, notes Professor Day, minor innovations make up 85% to 90% of their development portfolios. While necessary for continuous improvement,...
14) Seeing red cars
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Seeing Red Cars is a full-length Star Thrower program that encourages audiences to focus on what they DO want instead of focusing on what they dont! By having a positive attitude and taking action, viewers will be motivated to move in the right direction for themselves and for their organization. Hosted by Laura Goodrich, trainer and consultant, this unique and engaging program helps audiences make better decisions, combat negativity, and create...
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HarperBusiness
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"The essential guide for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and employees looking to navigate today's multigenerational workplace, which spans more generations than ever before. Millennials have only just begun their reign as the largest generation in the workplace. But they are not alone. For the next decade at least, these young professionals will be working side by side with more established generations, including the Baby Boomers who are working...
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Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Boost morale and productivity by leading with respect The Respectful Leader presents an engaging, thought-provoking lesson for companies seeking off-the-charts performance. Author Gregg Ward draws on 25 years of leadership consulting, coaching and training experience to reveal the secret to great results: respect. In this true-to-life business fable, he shares the story of Des Hogan, a CEO who discovers that disrespectful behavior on the part of his...
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Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"So often in life, we get stuck in a cycle of response. We put out fires. We deal with emergencies. We stay downstream, handling one problem after another, but we never make our way upstream to fix the systems that caused the problems ... [This book] probes the psychological forces that push us downstream--including 'problem blindness, ' which can leave us oblivious to serious problems in our midst. And Heath introduces us to the thinkers who have...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Sutton starts with diagnosis: what kind of asshole problem, exactly, are you dealing with? From there, he provides field-tested, evidence-based, and sometimes surprising strategies for dealing with assholes-- avoiding them, outwitting them, disarming them, sending them packing, and developing protective psychological armor. By helping you develop an outlook and personal plan that will help you preserve the sanity in your work life, Sutton also help...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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As work increasingly cuts across boundaries, it's necessary for you to influence people at all levels of your organisation in order to get your job done. Whether it's your boss (or your boss's boss!), peers or direct reports, Carole Robin describes how to use the law of reciprocity and the theory of exchange to create the currencies that matter to potential allies and create win/win solutions. Dr. Robin explains how the effective use of in uence helps...
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