Workplace Success

In Honest to Greatness, serial Inc. 5000 entrepreneur Peter Kozodoy shows how today’s greatest business leaders use honesty - not as a touchy-feely core value, but as a business strategy that produces game-changing, industry-dominating success.

Richard Branson, one of the world's most famous and admired business leaders, argues that it's time to turn capitalism upside down - to shift our values from an exclusive focus on profit to also caring for people, communities, and the planet as he writes: "People often associate me with challenges, with trying to break records while sailing the Atlantic or flying in a jet stream in a balloon or going into space with Virgin Galactic. But this audiobook isn't just about fun and adventure and exceeding one's wildest dreams."

Life - personally and professionally - is lived to the fullest as a mosaic, encompassing a rich and complex set of diverse experiences that provide purpose, meaning, happiness, and success. Yet, the pressures of modern society push us toward narrower focus and deeper specialization in our lives and careers. Our pursuit of specific expertise risks us becoming isolated from those different from us; our lack of shared experience fosters suspicion and conflict.

Burnout, just like a connection with purpose, is never a coincidence. If you want to have a job you love instead of one that diminishes you on a soul level, practice awareness about what you are thinking, your urges for action, and feelings that surface within you. Author and certified career coach Gina Calvano offers a new perspective on why you feel disconnected from your work and burned out by your job. She delivers fresh insights on how to replenish your energy and power, along with accessible ideas for healing from job burnout and getting onto a path to purpose.

Change-Friendly Leadership: How to Transform Good Intentions into Great Performance is a simple affirmation that successful organizational change involves - requires, in fact - the active, willful participation of the people affected by the change. In the change approach prescribed here, the friendly factor is not just a play on words; it is the very foundation for effectively engaging people's heads, hearts, and hopes.

Part memoir and part career guide, this book gives introverts the tools to understand how they can form relationships, excel in cross-cultural workplaces, and navigate extroverted settings without compromising comfort or personality.

In the original meaning of the word, hackers are enthusiastic computer programmers who share their work with others; they are not computer criminals. This is the book that cracks the stigma of the hacker and articulates their invaluable role in the information age.

Authors William Baker and Michael O’Malley teach listeners that - far from popular media portrayals of corporate callousness - kindness has a very distinct and essential place in the office. Subtly and very effectively, a gentler, more human conception of leadership has become the gold standard for excellence. This insightful and refreshing book shows leaders how they can leverage the deceptively complex notion of kindness as guiding principle to lead more effectively.

'One of the few books that is actually going to make a difference to your life'. As you read 'The Workplace Prince', you will feel empowered on the question of how to win back your sanity at work. What sets this book apart is that it goes way beyond the twee, 'positive thinking' basics of so many publications of self-improvement. It has a mischievous bite. The arguments are partly influenced by ideas of shrewd statecraft from Machiavelli's classic, The Prince. Therefore, it enjoys both high literary standards and mental rigor. Yet the style of the writing is also accessibly humorous; and ...

Detonate explains how organizations built up bad habits, identifies which ones masquerade as "best practices", and suggests alternatives that can contribute to winning in the marketplace. With a focus on optimism and empowerment, it focuses on an approach and mindset which are critical to successfully compete in an era characterized by profound technological advances and uncertainty.

“You don’t have to turn into a corporate drone to kick ass in the working world,” says inspirational speaker Tania Katan. After more than ten years of smuggling creativity into the business sector, Katan is here to tell you that any task or pursuit can be a creative one. You just need to be willing to defy conformity and be ready to conjure imagination anywhere, at any time. That’s where Creative Trespassing comes in.

Break the mold and dive deep beyond the surface with "The Path to Success," a comprehensive guide dedicated to unraveling the ins and outs of Industrial-Organizational Psychology. This eBook weaves an intricate narrative around the sophisticated world of IO Psychology, aiming to enlighten, educate, and empower its readers. Starting from the rudimentary concept and evolution of IO Psychology, it takes you on a journey of exploration. You will uncover the role of psychology in the workplace and the responsibilities of an IO Psychologist. This route will guide you through the labyrinth of ...

Curiosity has profound implications for organizations, leaders, and individuals inhabiting the digital reality. The Curious Advantage provides pragmatic tools and case studies and makes the case for how curiosity is the greatest driver of value in the new digital age. Curiosity is at the heart of the skills required to successfully navigate our digital lives when all futures are uncertain. In this wonderfully pragmatic book, Paul Ashcroft, Simon Brown, and Garrick Jones provide the road map for curiously navigating and unlocking the opportunities of the new digital reality.

Systemic racism may have started hundreds of years ago, but it remains very much alive today. Racism and sexism threaten and subdue countless strong and amazing women. They hinder confidence and growth and replace them with self-doubt and inferiority. But this needs to stop. Truth is, you have always had what it takes to break this cycle and use the stones thrown at you as your own weapon of awareness and self-discovery. And with this guidebook on success, specifically designed for you, you are on to better and brighter things.

Kip Tindell, the founder and CEO of The Container Store, reveals the seven secrets to keeping both customers and employees happy and all fully engaged. In Uncontainable, Tindell reveals his approach for building a business where everyone associated with it thrives through embodying the tenets of conscious capitalism. Tindell's seven foundation principles are the road map that drives everyone at The Container Store to achieve the goals of the company.

Title The Strategic Careerist Dive into the world where career and strategy unite. The Strategic Careerist offers a thrilling route to self-discovery within your professional journey. Through 25 immersive chapters, the book gently ushers readers on a path of career enlightenment, matching aspirations to effective strategic planning- without any jargon or lofty theories! Yearning for an exploration of your unique strengths and talents? Chapter 2 offers an intimate conversation with your potential, fueling the drive to identify skills you neither knew nor acknowledged before. Navigating ...

Dana Wright-Wasson, president of Take Action Inc. and renowned speaker, shares the components necessary for leaders to design an exceptional employee experience. Using design thinking, studies, and stories from more than 20 years of facilitating employee engagement within teams and organizations, Dana will show you how to develop your leadership strengths, recognize good ideas, and give voice to your teams. She also uses examples from admired global corporations that are creating real impact, including Zappos, Google, Netflix, and Mars, Incorporated.

Kathy Caprino guides women to take the reins in their careers by identifying and overcoming the seven most damaging power gaps holding them back and accessing new levels of internal and external power to propel you forward to the success you want and deserve. The business world has been forever changed by the important progress and contributions that women have made. Yet, with only 38 percent of manager roles and 22 percent of C-suite positions being held by women, women continue to struggle to achieve the reward, respect, and authority they have earned.

The Healthy Office reimagines the concept of workspaces, advocating for a human-centric design approach that resonates with everyone—from business leaders and workspace designers to the individuals who use these spaces every day.

Intention is the seed of all change and it is the creative power that fulfils our dreams. An intention contains the DNA of manifestation, and it is therefore the key to creating the life you want. Our outer world is a reflection of our inner world, and so the only way to shift reality is to start with what is inside us.