Corporate Work

In the tradition of bestselling classics such as Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed and Benjamin Lorr’s The Secret Life of Groceries comes a character-driven exploration of the modern supermarket, unpacking what works and what doesn’t, and delivering a blueprint for a better way to shop...

Make continuous learning part of your company's DNA - and growth, profits, and sustainability will follow. Keeping up with the pace of change may seem impossible, but it's not. The secret is to make continuous learning a top value for every person on the team so when change happens, everyone is prepared.

In this humorous memoir, listen to New York Times bestselling author and podcast host of The Spiritual Life, Father James Martin as he shares the story of his life as a busboy, dishwasher, caddy, usher, factory worker, bank teller, and corporate tool and, finally, a Jesuit priest. "Funny...

“V.I. Warshawski is as dogged and ferocious as ever. So is Sara Paretsky, who is at the top of her crime novel game.” — C.J. Box Chicago’s legendary detective, V.I. Warshawski, knows her city’s rotten underbelly better than most, but she’s unable to avoid it when her goddaughter...

A counterintuitive approach to productivity and unlocking your team’s highest potential through slowing down. In our hyper-paced world, today’s teams face relentless demands, endless distractions, and intense pressure to deliver more with fewer resources and in less time. Overwhelmed with an...

New York Times bestselling author Dan Lyons exposes how the "new oligarchs" of Silicon Valley have turned technology into a tool for oppressing workers in this "passionate" (Kirkus) and "darkly funny" (Publishers Weekly) examination of workplace culture. At a time of soaring corporate profits...

#1 New York Times bestselling authors Daniel Goleman, Jack and Suzy Welch, engage in a powerful discussion of what makes a great leader in this original audio program. The ideas expressed in Goleman's Emotional Intelligence decades ago have taken on a life of their own. They spurred a movement...

Imagine a company where everyone loves to work, where employees feel not just "satisfied" but truly cared for, respected, and energized. Think of the impact this would have on recruitment, retention, customer satisfaction, innovation, and overall performance. Aron Ain, the award-winning CEO of Kronos, a global provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions, believes that anything is possible when people are inspired.

In the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich and David Graeber, journalist Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein exposes the hidden authoritarianism of the American workplace—where employers hold near-total power, and workers navigate a daily landscape of surveillance, silencing, and control—arguing that work...

Intimidated by corporate finance? The numbers (and the jargon) can feel overwhelming—but you have to understand them to manage effectively. Finance Basics explains the fundamentals simply and quickly.

People are clueless and work by situational imitation, narrow mimicry, and semi-conscious role-playing because they simply don't know any better. Schools don't teach us how to succeed. They teach us how to be good at school. The Work isn't a prescriptive, repeatable algorithm taking you from A to B. It's a framework bridging many ideas, books, and experiences, but applied uniquely to whoever encounters it. You are your own person with your own life, so the way you implement these strategies is up to you.

With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Robin DiAngelo, this provocative book investigates major corporate boardrooms and presents a data-driven analysis of how rich white men have preserved their monopoly on power—and what we can do to stop them. It’s no secret that our country...

The author, Kelly Smith, reveals 20 years of hands-on, full-life-cycle corporate consultant recruitment experience. After working with mostly large global companies on a consultant basis, the author has removed much of the weighed-down minutia to clearly and simply illustrate what has and what hasn't worked when hiring employees. Kelly narrates as she clearly illustrates effective sourcing techniques, why job boards matter, how to prepare and conduct a phone screen, and more.

Learn how to harness your central nervous system for optimal health, productivity, and longevity. You don't need to be a Wall Street trader to see that this is the best investment you will ever make. This audiobook is a must for anyone who takes their health and career seriously. In terms of evolution, humanity hasn't changed much over the past 100,000 years. Although our environment is wildly different, our basic needs are much the same. This creates an incongruity between what we've evolved to handle and what we face on a day-to-day basis.

An eye-opening account of how Congress today really works - and doesn’t - that follows the dramatic journey of the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008. The founding fathers expected Congress to be the most important branch of government and gave it the most power. When Congress is broken - as its justifiably dismal approval ratings suggest - so is our democracy.

If you want to learn simple, street-smart strategies gain a competitive advantage, climb the corporate ladder, and get that pay raise without that MBA, then this is the audiobook you need.

¿Estás buscando ideas para ir construyendo tu propio emprendimiento? Este libro es el que necesitas. Josh Dreken ha desarrollado un método que te permite ir construyendo un emprendimiento que si te funcione y poco a poco convertirte en tu propio jefe. Conoce los principios que van a ayudarte a ser un emprendedor de éxito. Podrás construir tu camino hacia la libertad financiera. No tienes que dejar tu trabajo al instante, dando pasos progresivos podrás sacar provecho a tu estatus actual al mismo tiempo que evolucionas. Este libro va a cambiar tu vida.

Forty million Americans use some kind of online dating service and that number keeps rising. Every day online daters are defrauded out of tens of thousands of dollars by romance scammers. But did you know there is a new type of scammer you need to be educated about? Homegrown Romance Scams is written by an ex-scammer who will teach you everything you need to know about these scams.

I would wake up every day to go to a job where I was a cog in the machine. We were barely earning enough to pay the interest on our loans and our apartment rent. Our savings disappeared quickly, as one car broke down and had to be fixed. We knew we had to do something, as we were at the end of our rope. Then I met Petra. He seemed to not have a care in the world. I asked him what it was that gave him the ability to do whatever he wanted. This audiobook is all about Petra's secret and how you can make it work for you.