Organizational Health

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, trends already underway toward the future of work and the gig economy rapidly and unexpectedly accelerated. Physical isolation, travel restrictions, and social distancing challenged organizations to rethink how work gets done and by whom, with ramifications that will stretch beyond the pandemic. Punching the Clock explores how well workers are likely to both navigate and adapt to this new future of work, using the best of psychological science as a guide.

Equipes brilhantes mergulha em algumas das organizações mais bem-sucedidas em diversas áreas—tecnologia, esportes, arte, educação e segurança nacional—para descobrir como elas funcionam. Contando histórias de empresas e até de uma gangue de ladrões de joias, Daniel Coyle oferece estratégias que estimulam o aprendizado, geram confiança entre as pessoas e inspiram mudanças positivas. Coyle mostra como criar um ambiente onde a inovação tem espaço para florescer, os problemas são resolvidos com facilidade e as expectativas são continuamente superadas.

Mindfulness at Work Essentials for Dummies explores the many benefits of utilizing mindfulness techniques in the workplace, offering managers, HR professionals, and business people of all levels guidance on how mindfulness can help with the development of core business skills. You'll discover the key concepts of mindfulness and quickly grasp how its implementation in the workplace is a win-win for you, your team, and your organization as a whole.

Written by Thomas Lee, Chief Medical Officer at Press Ganey, Social Capital in Healthcare describes a new and powerful framework for improving healthcare, arguing that managers should approach the work of building trust, teamwork, and high reliability with the same intensity and discipline as CFOs use when managing the finances of their organizations.

El pensamiento crítico se encuentra entre las tres habilidades más demandadas hoy por las organizaciones y será clave en el futuro laboral. Esta competencia nos da elementos de juicio para tomar decisiones más efectivas, tener criterio propio para analizar y valorar las cosas, resolver problemas, generar ideas disruptivas y mantener una actitud de mejora continua y favorable al cambio, habilidades imprescindibles para nuestra vida personal y profesional. Tú puedes aprender a pensar como un gurú con este audiolibro.

A ninja, or shinobi, was a covert agent who operated within the shadows of feudal Japan. Often employing methods of irregular warfare, the mission of the shinobi was to create change and disruption at all costs. The shinobi worked in teams to gather intelligence and craft war plans, all while remaining invisible.

Pay equity has become a hot topic in recent years with pay transparency viewed as an important way to narrow gender and racial pay gaps. However, pay transparency policies and practices remain highly controversial, with divergent attitudes based largely on conjecture or anecdote. In Exposing Pay, Peter Bamberger provides evidence-based insights into how pay communication policies and practices impact outcomes at individual, organizational, and societal levels.

15年で、ビジネスパーソン１万人の健康相談にのってきた、元戦略コンサルタントの医師がおくる一生健康に働くための「心とカラダの守り方」！

The intention for Be Your Own Cheerleader is to help professional Asian and South Asian women—who have toggled between the two very different cultures of East and West—thrive in the workplace. When you are raised in the collective we, it is very difficult to make a name and place for yourself in the individual I. Not only are you unskilled in advocating for yourself, but you are also unsure of how to be proud of your work or accomplishments. Neelu Kaur's analysis of various research is at the intersection of leadership and wellness.

Today's leaders are navigating rapidly evolving technology, organisational uncertainty, financial pressure and changing client demands. At the same time employees expect leaders to be purpose-driven, authentic, inspiring, inclusive and to create an environment where they feel safe to discuss mental health. Balancing the many demands on leaders at work, and at home, requires resilience. Angela defines resilience as the ability to take the challenges and changes of life in your stride and say "yes" to the opportunities that excite you.

There is no such thing as value-free economics. All economic theories prescribe a unique meaning in life. What meanings are hidden in economic theories? How can we live a meaningful life, despite the meanings that economists and politicians promote? Many aspects of the economy are transforming, from personal job motivation to organization structures, human resource management, and production. This is the first book to integrate systematic empirical studies on meaning in life with economic theory, written by a leading researcher on meaning.

You already have everything you need inside you to move from chaos to clarity, from self-neglect to self-possession, from burned out to lit up. Does the constant juggling of personal and professional demands leave you drained, overwhelmed, and ready to give up? You are not alone. There is another way, and it doesn’t require throwing it all out and spending five years in a cave.

Americans love a hard worker. The employee who toils eighteen-hour days and eats meals on the run between appointments is usually viewed with a combination of respect and awe. But for many, this lifestyle leads to family problems, a decline in work productivity, and, ultimately, physical and mental burnout. Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World provides an inside look at the impact of work stress on those who live and work with workaholics—partners, spouses, children, and colleagues—as well as the appropriate techniques for clinicians who treat them.

Handfeste, alltagsnahe Wissenschaft von Deutschlands wichtigstem Verhaltensökonomen: Wie wir lernen können, das Gute in uns zu wecken. Würden Sie auf 100 Euro verzichten, um ein Leben zu retten? Die Antwort scheint klar. Und doch zeigt Armin Falk, dass wir oft das Gute wollen, es dann aber doch nicht tun. Warum fällt es uns so schwer, moralisch zu handeln? Was hindert uns daran, anderen zu helfen, das Klima zu schützen oder das Tierwohl zu achten? Wieso scheitern wir trotz guter Vorsätze und was können wir dagegen tun?

¿Puede una persona normal volverse psicópata? ¿Por qué no es fácil reconocer a un psicópata integrado en el trabajo? ¿Qué es lo que convierte a algunos jefes y directivos en depredadores de sus equipos? Camuflados bajo un aspecto encantador y un halo de falsa eficiencia, una nueva raza de psicópatas integrados está alcanzando el poder en las organizaciones.

Learn to leverage your relationships so you can dream bigger, achieve whatever you want, and build a life that makes you happier with each passing day. No greater force for change exists than the people we surround ourselves with. Relationshift explores how the people in your life have colored your worldview, how this limits or expands your options, and what to do about it. Through the stories of British explorer Gertrude Bell, abolitionist hero Frederick Douglass, music icons the Beastie Boys, and many others, this book will show you how.

Todos nos afectamos mutuamente. "Estamos juntos" incluso sin darnos cuenta. Este audiolibro ayudará a entender por qué las mismas personas, con distintos métodos para ponerse de acuerdo, pueden alcanzar resultados tan diferentes. Este audiolibro es el fruto de más de diez años de investigación, en el que participaron ciento catorce personas. A través de muchos ejemplos, responde a preguntas tan urgentes como: ¿Es posible saber el grado de inteligencia de un colectivo?, ¿qué factores contribuyen a aumentar esa inteligencia?

Unity is the most influential factor in team performance and, although it is frequently discussed, it is often misunderstood. This book explains how disunity is the root cause of all team dysfunctions and provides clear instructions on how to define, measure, and increase unity in your organization. Through entertaining and impactful stories, John Ross divides Team Unity into four components—focus, direction, trust, and conflict—and examines how they are related and measured. Notably, Ross introduces The Unity Formula, a simple equation useful for leaders at all levels.

Kompetent, mündig und digital: Bestsellerautor Gerd Gigerenzer über die Herausforderungen im 21. Jh. Wie groß ist die Chance, beim Online-Dating den Partner fürs Leben zu treffen? Was genau zeichnen die smarten Geräte bei uns zu Hause auf? Gehört dem autonomen Fahren die Zukunft? Überhaupt: Wo sind Algorithmen besser als der Mensch, wo aber nicht? Der weltweit renommierte Psychologe und Risikoforscher Gerd Gigerenzer beschreibt anhand vieler konkreter Beispiele, wie wir lernen können, auch im digitalen Zeitalter souverän und digital mündig zu bleiben.