Work Behavior

It would be so much easier to do great work if not for pointless bureaucracies, outdated technologies, and deeply irrational rules. These things are killing us. Frustrating? Hell, yes. But take heart. Today’s top performers are taking matters into their own hands: bypassing sacred structures, using forbidden tools, and ignoring silly corporate edicts. In other words, they are hacking work to increase their efficiency and job satisfaction.

In a world still adjusting to the impact of the pandemic, remote and hybrid-working is new territory for most people. But many managers can be poorly equipped to deal with it: the more casual ways of managing in a physical office simply don’t work with remote teams, and most tasks will be more challenging when conducted at a distance. Aspects of this will be great news for some people: managing remote teams can often raise the bar for leaders and managers, as well as for the teams themselves.

We deserve to work with and for people we trust. We should be confident we’ll be treated fairly and that the rules will apply consistently to everyone in the organization. We should have no reason to question that our leader will follow through on a commitment, whether it’s documented in our performance agreement or made casually when they pass us in the hallway.

The most comprehensive, in-depth look at Millennials to date - essential for managers, HR professionals, and global business leaders seeking to align long-term organizational goals with the realities of the new workforce.

Eine erfolgreiche und zugleich wertschätzende Arbeitskultur sollte sich an den Bedürfnissen des Hirns eines jeden Einzelnen orientieren. Doch wie lässt sich ein solches Umfeld schaffen in einer Zeit voller Herausforderungen, wie Corona, Digitalisierung, Homeoffice, Fachkräftemangel und Dauer-Burn-Out? In ihrem neuen Hörbuch widmet sich Friederike Fabritius den Themen der Stunde: Führung und Zusammenhalt im Homeoffice, flexible Arbeit, Bindung von Talenten, Schaffen optimaler Arbeitsvoraussetzungen und das große Potential von (neuro-)diversen Teams.

What do you say when your new job is very different from what you agreed to? How do you tell your boss that your workload is too heavy or that you need more training? How do you deal with a colleague whose loud speakerphone calls are driving you insane? And how do you repair your reputation after getting drunk at the company holiday party? Ten years of writing a workplace advice column have taught Green that people tend to avoid difficult conversations in the office because we simply don't know what to say. But the stakes are just as high if we don't speak up, because problems that could be solved with a simple conversation can fester if they aren't addressed.

Perfunctory efforts to show investment in a business relationship don't cut it anymore. Business professionals working across national and cultural boundaries need to form authentic relationships that drive rapport, camaraderie, and optimal team performance—and Forging Bonds in a Global Workforce provides the most thorough and practical approach to date on this issue. Renowned academics in the field of intercultural relationship-building Andy Molinsky and Melissa Hahn deliver an easy-to-understand approach to help you supercharge your global relationship-building skills.

The remote work revolution is here. Even before COVID-19 created the largest remote work experiment in history, the business world was already gravitating toward virtual workplaces. Suddenly organisations as big as Twitter are learning that their employees don’t need an office in order to get great results. How to Thrive in the Virtual Workplace shows how to stay productive, feel like part of a team and make the most of remote working.

How do you deal with social anxiety at work? How do you overcome it? If you can't speak naturally with your boss or co-workers then you're not acting as your best self, and you're not reaching your full potential at your job. Your social anxiety is holding you back at work if you don't do anything about it. In order to advance your career, you need to be the best you can be.

I have been called an observer of people and situations. I am constantly mulling over why people do what they do and how they can do it more effectively. But more than that, I am a doer. I like to dream big dreams and make them come true. In addition to running a successfully consulting business for over 35 years and raising three successful adult children with my wife Nancy, I have also found time in the last 10 years to complete six Ironman triathlons - number six in 2016, as a way of celebrating my 66th birthday.

Today's networking technologies - wikis, blogs, and social networking sites - are changing how we build professional relationships and work collaboratively. In this insightful audiobook, three organizational development experts from Oracle Corporation offer executives down-to-earth strategies for leveraging the power of social media to build more effective and agile organizations, engage employees, and sustain competitiveness.

Nobody knows better than millennial and Gen Z professionals how rapid technological development has inundated post-pandemic work. Organizational researcher Craig Mattson listens to their stories and builds a framework for coping with digital overwhelm at work. This book won’t tell you to declutter your digital life or to end capitalism now. But what you can do, suggests Professor Mattson, is change how you attend to zones where technological disruption meets emotional pressure. Calling these zones modes of communication, this book urges you to practice mode-switching.

How do you create a compelling business capable of hyper growth that can truly make a dent in the universe? Build a team of competent, capable people that love what they do and look forward to Monday. Inside this audiobook, Adam Witty will show CEOs and executives how he made the culture of his company the top priority and won big, creating a profitably growing enterprise that has him and his team members looking forward to Mondays.

Thirty years ago, the best-selling "letter to the government", Work in America, was published to national acclaim, including front-page coverage in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. It sounded an alarm about worker dissatisfaction and the effects on the nation as a whole.

Despite extensive evidence highlighting the influence of genetics in the business world, this critical connection has been glossed over by corporate leaders and management gurus. Now, for the first time, author Scott Shane explains why genes matter, and how an understanding of their relationship to behavior is of vital importance to employers, employees, and policy makers.

Wir erleben eine doppelte Zeitenwende. Erstens eine reale Wende. Infolge der geostrategischen Verwerfungen driftet der Boden weg, auf dem wir jahrzehntelang Karrieren gebaut haben. Vorbei ist die gefühlte Normalität unseres Wohlstands, der bei vielen jedes Jahr noch größer wurde – und dieses Vorbei ist der zweite Aspekt der Zeitenwende: Es ist eine mentale Wende. Es ist wie ein brutales Aufwachen und jähes Erkennen, dass unser Leben und unsere Karrieren seit den Nachkriegswirtschaftswunderjahren bis heute eben nicht mehr die Regel sind.

Just 5 minutes a day can change your work life and your crew. This is a book of positive actions you take, one per day, over the next 31 days to create your personal 31-Day Workforce Turnaround. You know you can only control your actions. You know that your attitude each day and your interactions with your workforce will set and determine the tone for the day.

This audiobook provides a platform for improving your day to day life during your 9-5. Challenge your choices on why you're working where you are now. Learn about and implement little daily cheats to make the workday more palatable. Find and define your support networks and how they can contribute to your comfort and confidence levels. This book should help ease the grind of the day-to-day and get you closer to finding happiness and satisfaction in your vocation.

New Work ist aus unserer Arbeitswelt nicht mehr wegzudenken. Dabei führen Megatrends wie Agilität und die Digitalisierung zu einer neuen Zusammenarbeit zwischen Führungskraft und Mitarbeitern. Ein agiles Arbeiten fördert über dynamische Vorgehensweisen das Engagement und die Selbstbestimmung der Mitarbeiter. Die Digitalisierung ermöglicht eine stärkere Partizipation der Mitarbeiter von überall zu beinahe jeder Zeit. Damit verändern sich nicht nur die Anforderungen an Mitarbeiter, sondern auch an Führungskräfte.

Paying attention to workplace mental health has never been more important. With one in four people experiencing poor mental health right now, we need to start talking about it. Penguin Business Expert James Routledge has worked with CEOs, HR directors, managers and people at all levels on successful mental-health strategies. In this audiobook, he shares his stories, learnings and guidance.