Work Development

Ever found yourself stuck in a conversation with someone who just won't listen, or worse, keeps twisting everything to suit their needs? Dealing with difficult people can feel like navigating a minefield, especially when you need to keep the peace without losing your mind. Whether it's a narcissist, a manipulator, or that one coworker who thinks they're always right, this guide is here to help you regain control.

Drawing on her 18 years of experience working remotely, plus original interviews with managers, employees, and free agents who've perfected their remote routines, Laura Vanderkam shares strategies for productivity, creativity, and health in the new corner office.

Children of Coercive Control extends Evan Stark's path-breaking analysis of interpersonal violence to children, showing that coercive control is the most important cause and context of child abuse and child homicide outside a war zone, as well as of the sexual abuse, denigration, exploitation, isolation, and subordination of children. The book provides a working model of the coercive control of children and illustrates its dynamics and consequences with dramatic cases drawn from the headlines and Dr. Stark's forensic practice.

In the bestselling book, Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, the authors wrote: "We receive a deluge of feedback—from bosses, colleagues, friends, family—yet it rarely improves performance. The problem is that we've focused all of our attention and training on the feedback giver. Instead, it is the feedback receiver who decides whether to make use of the feedback and improve."

Full of compassion and encouragement, Stretched Too Thin will empower women with useful insights and tools to thrive as working moms.

In How Children Succeed, Paul Tough introduced us to research showing that personal qualities like perseverance, self-control, and conscientiousness play a critical role in children's success. Now, in Helping Children Succeed, Tough takes on a new set of pressing questions: What does growing up in poverty do to children's mental and physical development? How does adversity at home affect their success in the classroom, from preschool to high school?

In today's ever-changing world, the game of survival has become exhausting. Many are seeking alternatives to the typical 9 to 5 job grind, turning to entrepreneurship as a possibility. But there's a twist: a new breed of entrepreneur is emerging, one that blends business savvy with spiritual depth. These spiritual entrepreneurs challenge not only the norms of business but also the traditional values of organized religion.

With a guide like Learn to Deal with Panic Attacks, Anxiety (GAD), and Depression, you will learn that you don't need to suffer in silence and worry about all the what ifs. More importantly, you will realize that you are enough, and you are perfect just as you are.

In Lead Me, Matt identifies the tension many men experience when trying to balance work and home life. With bracing honesty, vulnerable storytelling, and practical application, Matt challenges you to be faithful both to God's vocational call and to His call to lead your family well. Discover the extraordinary joy of actively and intentionally pursuing your wife and children. Matt reminds us that it's messy. It's difficult. And it's the most rewarding thing you can do, beyond following Christ.

Running a successful architectural firm is a juggling act. You need expertise in your area of architecture to provide services to clients. You also need the know-how to run a small business. You've probably been well prepared by your education and experience for the technical ins and outs of an architecture firm. Yet what training has prepared you to run a business? The E-Myth Architect fills this knowledge gap, giving you a complete toolkit for either starting a successful firm from scratch or maximizing an existing firm's performance.

Brave is a handbook for being more courageous. For busy people on the go, its short, focused chapters provide practical tools and empowering perspectives to help you build your "courage muscles" in your work, relationships, and life. Drawing on her background in business, psychology and coaching, author Margie Warrell will guide you in moving past the fears, doubts, and beliefs that keep you from making the changes, and taking the chances, you need to enjoy the fulfillment and success you desire.

Unlock the secrets to shaping tomorrow with Building the Future, an essential eBook that delves into the transformative power of infrastructure. Embark on a journey through history and explore how strategic investments have long served as the backbone of economic growth. From ancient roads to modern highways, understand the historical significance and ongoing relevance of infrastructure in driving prosperity. Discover the various types of infrastructure that sustain our societies, from the tangible physical structures that connect communities, to the digital networks that link us all in the...

It's late on Friday night when Casey's mobile starts to ring. She is expecting it to be her daughter, Riley. But it isn't Riley. It's a woman from the Emergency Duty Team. So begins Casey and Mike's latest fostering challenge - a 15-year-old girl called Keeley who's run away from her long-term foster home 25 miles away.

In her refreshing and forthright voice, Anne-Marie Slaughter returns with her vision for what true equality between men and women really means and how we can get there. She uncovers the missing piece of the puzzle, presenting a new focus that can reunite the women's movement and provide a common banner under which both men and women can advance and thrive.

Does the mere thought of speaking in front of an audience give you goosebumps, butterflies, and heart palpitations? If you want to overcome all of these, then you need this book in your life. For a lot of people, public speaking is a terrifying thing. Preparing to speak is the easy part. You either familiarize yourself with the topic, create cue cards to help you remember the things you need to talk about, or in some cases, memorize your speech. But when it's time to step up onto the stage and face the crowd, that's when the real challenge begins.

In Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships, FranklinCovey's chief people officer, Todd Davis, explains that an organization's greatest asset isn't its people; rather, it's the relationships between its people that is the greatest predictor of personal effectiveness. In the end, employees' ability to build and sustain great relationships is an organization's ultimate competitive advantage.

Have you ever wondered if you're truly smart or just busy? It’s time to discover strategies to help you work smarter, not harder. This book will teach you how to streamline your path to success with smart leadership and effective HR leadership techniques. You'll learn how to build your dream team with effective hiring strategies and conduct effective hiring interviews, transforming your hiring process into a powerful tool for growth. Investing wisely in employee orientation, training, and development is essential. A top-notch performance appraisal system paired with effective performance ...

Couples should always be committed to loving, understanding, and respecting their spouse every single day despite imperfections. Insider reports that of all the factors that contribute to separation, lack of commitment is the number one leading cause of divorce. So, be careful; there are "seemingly simple" thoughts, words, and actions every day that might eventually build up and lead to the path of divorce.

Inspiration. Success. Confidence. Passion. No one is born with these qualities, but they are the key ingredients for reaching goals, building careers, or taking a blueprint and turning it into a breathtaking skyscraper. In The Trump Card, Ivanka Trump recounts the compelling story of her upbringing as the ultimate apprentice, the daughter of Donald and Ivana Trump, and shares the life lessons and hard-won insights that have made her a rising star in the business world.

In this compelling book, strategy guru Roger L. Martin and Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally R. Osberg describe how social entrepreneurs target systems that exist in a stable but unjust equilibrium and transform them into entirely new, superior, and sustainable equilibria. All of these leaders - call them disrupters, visionaries, or changemakers - develop, build, and scale their solutions in ways that bring about the truly revolutionary change that makes the world a fairer and better place.