Human Behavior

What's in a name? Everything, according to "The Power of Names: How Your Name Shapes Your Life." This groundbreaking exploration into nominative determinism will forever change the way you think about your identity. Dive into a world where names aren't just labels, but powerful forces that can shape careers, mold personalities, and even influence destinies. Through a captivating blend of scientific research, cultural insights, and real-life stories, this book unravels the hidden impact of nomenclature on our lives. From the boardroom to the classroom, discover how your name might be ...

"The Siren Effect: The Power of Music on Human Emotions and Behavior" is a thought-provoking exploration of the ways in which music can impact our lives. This book delves deep into the emotional and psychological effects of music, ranging from the soothing and healing powers of music therapy to the intense and seductive effects of music on sexual behavior. Drawing on scientific research, real-life case studies, and expert analysis, this book reveals the ways in which music can impact our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in profound ways. It explores how music can influence our mood, ...

For centuries, economics was dominated by the idea that we are rational individuals who optimize our own “utility”. Then, in the 1970s, psychologists demonstrated that the reality is a lot messier. We don’t really know what our utility is, and we care about people other than ourselves. We are susceptible to external nudges. And far from being perfectly rational, we are prone to “cognitive biases” with complex effects on decision-making, such as forgetting to prepare for retirement.

ATTENTION STUDENTS: If you need to write a paper on absenteeism in organizations, then this is the perfect reference. It's simple, easy to understand, and right to the point. Absenteeism is employees’ unscheduled absence from their jobs. Excessive absenteeism creates headaches for organizations because job tasks still need to be completed with fewer employees. This eBook explores the reasons employees miss scheduled days of work and analyzes the problems this causes for organizations. In short, this eBook: • Examines the causes of absenteeism including stress, family care, bereavement, ...

Gravity affects every aspect of our physical being, but there’s a psychological force just as powerful - yet almost nobody has heard of it. It’s responsible for bringing groups of people together and pulling them apart, making certain goals attractive to some and not to others, and fueling cycles of anxiety and conflict. In Wanting, Luke Burgis draws on the work of French polymath René Girard to bring this hidden force to light and reveals how it shapes our lives and societies.

"What an asshole!" How many times have you said that about someone at work? You're not alone! In this groundbreaking book, Stanford University professor Robert I. Sutton builds on his acclaimed Harvard Business Review article to show you the best ways to deal with assholes...and why they can be so destructive to your company.

ATTENTION STUDENTS: If you need to write a paper on employee reviews, then this is the perfect reference. It's simple, easy to understand, and right to the point. Employees need to know how they are progressing at their jobs, and this is typically done using employee reviews. These reviews discuss a variety of job aspects including compensation, competency, performance, and areas for improvement. While reviews can be stressful, they are typically beneficial because employees gather information that can be used for making themselves more valuable to organizations. This eBook examines the ...

This audiobook is a vital tool for anyone who wants to become more aware of their body language as well as learn how to read and analyze verbal and nonverbal clues of others.

If you want to succeed in life or career; regardless of your industry, profession (not just marketing or sales profession), location, age, gender, or any other aspect, you need to become more persuasive, you need to influence people. You cannot do it all on your own - you need people to leverage your efforts and get results faster. Persuasion is not merely for marketing and sales people - it’s the basic life skill that every human being needs to sell their view point, ideas, and get people along - everyone is into salesmanship.

We've all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as Dr. Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. We are designed by nature to flourish through play.

Ambika Kamath and Melina Packer reveal how scientists studying animal behavior have long projected human norms and values onto animals while seeking to understand them. When scientific studies conclude that these norms and values are natural in animals, it makes it easier to think of them as natural in humans too. And because scientists, historically and to this day, largely belong to elite, powerful segments of society, the norms and values embedded into animal behavior science match those of the already powerful.

Human nature has fascinated philosophers, scientists, and thinkers throughout history. What drives us to form relationships, compete for resources, create art, wage war, and show compassion? Why do we laugh, cry, love, and fear in remarkably similar ways across cultures and continents? These questions touch the very core of what it means to be human.

Sheena Iyengar asks the difficult questions about how and why we choose: Is the desire for choice innate or bound by culture? Why do we sometimes choose against our best interests? How much control do we really have over what we choose? Sheena Iyengar's award-winning research reveals that the answers are surprising and profound.

Customers everywhere describe their interactions with companies in a deeply personal way: We hate our banks, love our smartphones, and think the cable company is out to get us. What is actually going through our brains when we make these judgments? Customer loyalty expert Chris Malone and top social psychologist Susan Fiske have discovered that our perceptions arise from spontaneous judgments on warmth and competence, the same two factors that also determine our impressions of people.

The Center for Talent Innovation's new study, Mission Critical: Unlocking the Value of Veterans in the Workforce, reveals how companies can ensure their veteran talent thrives in the corporate world.

This book discusses autonomous employees and their contributions to organizations. These individuals are flexible and change-oriented, innovative and modern, logical in their thought processes, committed to their jobs and organizations, aware of their surroundings, and adorned with many different skills and abilities. They take ownership of their jobs and function as leaders for the work they perform. In this role, they make decisions that impact their work and the work of others, and they accept responsibility for those decisions.

Columbia Business School professor Sandra Matz reveals in fascinating detail how big data offers insights into the most intimate aspects of our psyches and how these insights empower an external influence over the choices we make. This can be creepy, manipulative, and downright harmful, with scandals like that of British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica being merely the tip of the iceberg. Yet big data also holds enormous potential to help us live healthier, happier lives.

Human Design is the next evolution after Myers-Briggs, the Enneagram, and other innovative profiling systems. Whether your field is psychotherapy, recovery, coaching, or healing arts, and whether your clients are individuals, couples, families, or business teams, Understanding Your Clients through Human Design will empower your work and call you to reconsider how you approach people. Inspire your practice with this groundbreaking and accessible approach and take your work to the next level!

Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen. Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species's existence.

Last year, US companies spent over $165 billon on training; while many training programs themselves provide valuable skills and concepts, even the best-designed programs are ineffective because the learned behaviors are not reinforced. Without reinforcement, learned information gets shuffled to the back of the mind in the "nice to know" file, never again to see the light of day. This book bridges the canyon between learning and doing by providing solid reinforcement strategies.