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From time to time, many of us might wish for a genie to transform our workplace. But what if you yourself had that power? Workplace Genie shows employees, entrepreneurs, and virtual workers how to handle challenging work relationships in unorthodox ways. Melding the proven ideas of a communications expert and leading psychotherapist, this book gives readers a powerful new toolbox to connect with their own inner resources and understand other people's...
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Written for all who are struggling to manage a workforce with often incompatible ethics, values, and working styles, Generations at Work looks afresh at the root causes of professional conflict and offers practical guidelines for navigating multigenerational differences. By laying bare the most common causes of conflict--including the Me Generation's frustration with Gen Yers' constant desire for feedback and the challenges facing Gen Xers sandwiched...
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Un guide pratique de la recommandation qui inspirera et motivera de nombreuses personnes à mettre le travail de jeunesse sous les feux de la rampe et à plaider pour sa qualité et son développement, du niveau local au niveau européen.
Guide de la Recommandation CM/Rec (2017) 4 du Comité des Ministres aux États membres relative au travail de jeunesse
Les jeunes sont associés au travail de jeunesse tout au long de leur passage de l'enfance...
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Une analyse concise pour comprendre rapidement tout l'intérêt du livre De la performance à l'excellence de Jim Collins
Jim Collins est un ancien professeur d'université et un expert en stratégie managériale. Dans son best-seller publié en 2001, De la performance à l'excellence, l'auteur établit avec son équipe une marche à suivre pour les entreprises performantes désireuses de devenir leaders dans leur secteur. Grâce à son approche...
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"One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Management" "Winner of the 2016 Bronze Medal in Operations Management / Lean / Continuous Improvement, Axiom Business Book Awards" "Honorable Mention for the 2016 PROSE Award in Business, Finance & Management, Association of American Publishers" Joel Brockner is the Phillip Hettleman Professor of Business at Columbia Business School.
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How you can make use of your law degree-without making yourself miserable.
When they enter the field, lawyers seem to have it made-with a high-salary, high-status profession that should set them up for life. Yet, even when they seem to have it all, they often start to feel like something's off. Their careers have become horribly soul-sucking. They're managing their lives, sort of-but they feel duped. Trapped. Their "good job" is affecting their...
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The must-read summary of Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace's book: "Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration".
This complete summary of the ideas from Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace's book: "Creativity, Inc." explains how to create a work environment in which employees work together effectively and never lose their creativity. A great culture is crucial for new ideas to keep coming up. Once this culture is created,...
888) Diversity Is Not a Dirty Word: Harnessing the Power of Inclusion to Create Anti-Racist Organizations
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In Diversity is Not a Dirty Word: Harnessing the Power of Inclusion to Create Anti-Racist Organizations, Dr. Kanika Sims, MD, MPH offers professional insight, personal stories, and measurable action steps to help leaders build organizations that celebrate and nurture diverse workforces. This book invites all people, especially people in positions of power within their organization, to deeply consider impactful diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
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889) Empresas que sobresalen de Jim Collins (Análisis de la obra): La excelencia empresarial a tu alcance
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"53% of white women voted for Trump, sabotaging decades of feminist work for liberation and equity across races and identities. For anyone seeking to better understand and move beyond this reality, and to participate in building a truly inclusive world, this book is for you. Feminists have been fighting for decades against the stereotypes that women are somehow hardwired to backstab, claiming that it is not true and seeking to create unity among women....
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"Hybrid and remote work is here to stay. What will it take for your company to succeed in the new normal? In this practical, meticulously researched book, top culture thought leader Gustavo Razzetti provides a roadmap to understand adapt to, and succeed in a hybrid workplace. Razzetti has spent years investigating the leading edges of this revolution, including Amazon, Slack, GitHub Volvo, and Microsoft, to name just a few. The lessons are simple...
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The must-read summary of Thomas J. Watson, Jr.'s book: "Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond".
This complete summary of the ideas from Thomas J. Watson, Jr.'s book "Father, Son & Co." tells the story of how Thomas Watson, Sr. and his son built one of the greatest business success stories of all time, which changed the face of American business. In his book, the author describes his relationship with his father, the early days of IBM, the...
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Between Conflict and Collegiality explores how ethnonational-religious struggle between Jews and Palestinians affects relations in ethnically mixed work teams in Israel. Asaf Darr documents the tensions that permeate the workplace and reveals when such tensions threaten the cohesion of the work environment. Darr chronicles the grassroots coping strategies employed by both Jewish and Palestinian through field studies conducted with workers in various...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Charles J. Pellerin's book "How NASA Builds Teams" shows that team building must take account of the personalities and expertise of the individual members. Scientists and technical experts often respond to a different type of team building to arts people. Through a great deal of trial and error, NASA has developed the 4-D team building strategy, which has proved very successful. 4-D can also be applied to leadership...
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Finding a way to deal with the stresses, pressures, and anxieties of modern living can be hugely challenging. This book collection of contemplations and simple exercises can help.
The Path Leads Here: How to Live Mindfully in a Busy World, helps us understand how to change perspective, and how to re-think the ways we deal with everyday stresses at work and at home. Topics include:
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• Why gratitude is a win-win
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Scott E. Page is the Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics at the University of Michigan. His books include The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies (Princeton).
How businesses and other organizations can improve their performance by tapping the power of differences in how people think
What if workforce diversity is more than simply the right...
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Seattle locals and tourists alike flock to Pike Place each day to watch the fish fly. But Pike Place Fish is about more than just crowd-pleasing entertainment-there is an underlying philosophy at work that has made the market both wildly successful and internationally renowned.
In an unusual combination of oral biography and practical business blueprint, Crother and the fishmongers take you behind the scenes at the famous market to illustrate the...
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The must-read summary of Robert Spector and Patrick McCarthy's book: "The Nordstrom Way: Inside America's #1 Customer Service Company".
This complete summary of the ideas from Robert Spector and Patrick McCarthy's book "The Nordstrom Way" explains the philosophy of this company on doing whatever it takes to create a satisfied customer. In their book, the authors demonstrate how Nordstrom organizes and empowers its employees to use their initiative...
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