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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
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You're told that if you "do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." Whether it's working for "exposure" and "experience," or enduring poor treatment in the name of "being part of the family," all employees are pushed to make sacrifices for the privilege of being able to do what we love. In Work Won't Love You Back, Sarah Jaffe, a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social movements, examines this "labor of love" myth -- the idea...
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It's time to update your workplace culture! One of the most important reasons people today choose to stay--or leave--a job is the culture of the company. As people become more socially conscious; focus more on wellness, self-care, and work-life balance; and seek jobs where they feel a real connection, it's more important than ever to think about the elements of a job between the work itself. But how do you create a culture that people enjoy while...
Author
Publisher
Regan Arts
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The American claim that we should love and be passionate about our job may sound uplifting, or at least, harmless, but Do What You Love exposes the tangible damages such rhetoric has leveled upon contemporary society. Virtue and capital have always been twins in the capitalist, industrialized West. Our ideas of what the "virtues" of pursuing success in capitalism have changed dramatically over time. In the past, we believed that work undertaken with...
30) Off balance: getting beyond the work-life balance myth to personal and professional satisfaction
Author
Publisher
Hudson Street Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Argues that people require satisfaction more than a work-life balance, outlining a system used by the author to promote energy, focus on key priorities, and avoid popular beliefs that compromise personal fulfillment.
Author
Publisher
Harper Business
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Drawn from his speech delivered to the 2010 Harvard Business School graduating class, innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen uses examples from his own life and answers an array of questions to provide guidance for achieving a fulfilling life.
34) Bullshit jobs
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
" 'Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world?' David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative online essay titled On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs. He defined a bullshit job as 'a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious that even the employee cannot justify its existence, even though as part of the conditions of employment, the employee feels obliged to pretend that this is...
Publisher
The School of Life Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It's impossible for a child to spend too long around adults without one of them coming up and asking, as if it were the most normal thing in the world, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" They mean for this to be a relatively simple question; the idea is that you'll quite easily be able to say something like, "A teacher" or "A doctor" and then the adult will move on--and bother someone else. But the truth can be a lot more complicated, and...
Author
Publisher
Paidós Empresa Colombia
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
As a manual against unhappiness in the office and at work, this book will show you what behaviors to avoid so as not to make your day at work a nightmare. With humor and a fresh tone for those who spend half their life or even more time working, this book seeks to give advice to find the path to happiness at work. It is a book that will show you that work should not be synonymous with suffering and that what puts you in a bad mood and lowers your...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"First, we leaned in. Now we stand up. Jaclyn Johnson--the founder and CEO behind Create & Cultivate, the fastest growing online platform and conference for millennial women in business-- offers a rallying cry for a new generation of women who are redefining the meaning of work on their own terms: WorkParty. Women who want it all and more, and guess what? They can have it. Jaclyn suffered a massive blow in her early twenties. She was on an upward...
Author
Publisher
Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Women of color and children of immigrants have a different experience when climbing the ladder toward success. Throughout her career, bestselling author and MSNBC producer Daniela Pierre-Bravo was driven to land a good job, achieve the American Dream, and make her family proud. As an undocumented immigrant from Chile, she went through her high school and college years in the shadows, working in the back of kitchens and selling cosmetics door-to-door...
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