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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Description
From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice!
There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office...
There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office...
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Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of Driven to Distraction, the world's leading expert on ADD and ADHD tackles attention deficit inside today's workplaces. Ned Hallowell, known for his work with children and adults, now identifies the underlying reasons why people really lose their ability to focus at work--where many of today's adults feel distracted and unproductive. He explains why commonly offered solutions like "learn to manage your time better" or...
3) Your Invisible Toolbox: The Technological Ups and Interpersonal Downs of the Millennial Generation
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Publisher
Business Publications Corporation Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Provides leaders with a simple strategy to improve the performance of their teams through the calculating of "priorities," "who," and "relationships," and by increasing that total realize more value, impact, earnings and overall success.
Author
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S THE WORKPLACE presents a groundbreaking analysis of why women's workplace relationships with other women are so often difficult. The authors make clear through detailed surveys, extensive social science research, and hundreds of interviews with women and men accross the country that women's extensive conflicts with other women are not caused by their nature or the way they are socialized, but by the pervasive gender biases in their...
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Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A visual exploration of how to embrace emotion at work and become more authentic and fulfilled while staying professional. When it comes to emotions at work, there's rarely a happy medium. In some offices, your boss might send snaps of her weekend getaway in Vegas, or your coworker might send twenty texts about how Susan ate his clearly labeled lunch...again. Other offices are buttoned-up emotional deserts, where crying is only allowed in the bathroom...
10) Bring your brain to work: using cognitive science to get a job, do it well, and advance your career
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Few people really understand their own minds or the minds of others. Over the past decade, there has been increasing attention to what psychology can teach us about work. Research has focused on improving decision-making practices, influencing colleagues, and effective thinking. The problem is, general-interest books on these topics typically include only a smattering of business and career examples, tantalizing readers without providing real, constructive...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Internationally bestselling author Thomas Erikson has helped changed how the world thinks about behavior using a simple 4-color behavior analysis system. In Surrounded by Bad Bosses he applies that same system to revolutionize the workplace. Everyone has had a bad boss. You might have one right now. You might even be one. Bad bosses are a fact of the workplace, whether they're short-tempered, unclear about expectations, or too disorganized to manage...
Author
Publisher
Crown Business
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In How to Have a Good Day, Caroline Webb, business consultant and former partner at powerhouse McKinsey and Co., brings together the findings on behavioral economics and neuroscience--subjects that have led to dozens of bestselling books over the last decade--to show us how we can use these revolutionary new findings to improve how we work. Organized around seven factors that determine whether we have a good day at work, Webb offers us specific tools...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When we're dealing with difficult people, our creativity, productivity, and engagement suffer. Conflict and stress compromise our ability to think clearly and make sound decisions. We get caught up in our heads, lie awake at night worrying, withdraw from work, or react in ways we later regret-rolling our eyes in a meeting, snapping at colleagues, or staying silent when we should speak up. Our negative relationships are contagious, infecting our teams...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever wondered why Bernie Madoff thought he could brazenly steal his clients' money? Or why investors were so easily duped by Elizabeth Holmes? Or how courageous people like Jeffrey Wigand are willing to become whistleblowers and put their careers on the line? Fraud is everywhere-from Nigerian "princes," embezzlers, and Ponzi schemers to corporate giants like Enron and Volkswagen. And fraud is costly. Each year, consumers, small businesses,...
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Publisher
Career Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Who hasn't had to deal with a jerk at work? Whether it's a toxic team member who loves nothing better than to suck the life and excitement out of her colleagues or a bad boss who causes his employees to constantly dream of telling him to "Take this job and shove it!" or the difficult co-worker who isn't happy unless the office is filled with mayhem and drama, we've all had to deal with people on the job we would rather not. Based on proven approaches...
Author
Publisher
The Culture Works Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A breakthrough new online assessment to diagnose what will make you happiest and most productive at work. The assessment identifies your top motivators and the book provides a step-by-step guide to tailor your work to better fit your core motivations and boost your happiness and success in your career.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"For anyone pulling their hair out over an irritating colleague who's not technically breaking any rules, a hilarious guide to getting difficult people off your back from NYU psychology professor Tessa West. Ever watched a coworker charm the pants off management while showing a competitive, Machiavellian side to the lower ranks? The Kiss-Up/Kick-Down coworker doesn't hesitate to throw peers under the bus, but their boss is oblivious to their bad behavior....
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