Personal Performance

Leadership Lessons is a book about how to improve organizational performance. The essays in this book are an accumulation of various projects that I have been involved in for more than a dozen years. The term projects spans quite a range of subject matter and purposes for their existence. The reality is that the central focus of all these essays is improving the ability to understand the dynamics at play that are impacting their organizations. The purpose is to help organizations and the people within them to be able to realize their individual and collective potential.

In this timely and essential guide, McKinsey alumni Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas present a proven approach to workplace anxiety that reduces stress, boosts well-being, and overcomes blocks that get in the way of success. It begins with changing our relationship with fear and then developing strategies that improve outlook and performance, leading to greater profits, sustainable growth, and personal rewards. It’s only possible with a culture of unfear.

Welcome to the Attention Economy—where you are the product. In this digital landscape, they keep score with eyeballs and eardrums. Your attention—even for a few seconds—translates into cold, hard cash they’re willing to manipulate and even hack you for. Kary Oberbrunner made it his mission to discover if humans could become unhackable. After an exploration of art, science, technology, education, the military, and business, he emerged with an answer—the unmistakable elixir behind all idea achievement and productivity. This book reveals that answer in 30 daily missions.

Confidence! Everyone wants it. But what do you need to achieve it? Throughout our lives, we hear the familiar expression, “You need to be more confident.” Yet, no one tells us, “Here's how you do it!” The problem remains: How do you become confident? Get Out of the Rabbit Hole answers that question and more. Dispelling the myth that people are born confident, the stories demonstrate how confidence can be developed and mastered just like any other skill.

There is so much buzz around big data. We all need to know what it is and how it works. But what will set you apart from the rest is actually knowing how to use big data to get solid, real-world business results - and putting that in place to improve performance. Big Data shows you how to implement the same practices that leading firms have used to access new dimensions of profitability. You'll learn from clear explanations and countless examples how successful organisations large and small use the SMART model to get ahead.

Positive thinking coupled with positive doing is a must for anybody in today’s disrupted, distracted world where change is the new normal. It’s All Possible shows how to embrace change through insightful stories and proven possibility hacks from everyday people, business leaders, sports stars, and entertainers that will inspire and motivate you. It is backed by the latest research on mind-set and personal development.

What’s Holding You Back from Change? Many people feel stuck, overwhelmed, and unsure how to move forward. Unstoppable breaks down the process of making meaningful and sustainable change into seven simple steps. Michelle Bonahoom, a speaker, author, and founder of VisionOne High Performance Group, shares the principles she has taught thousands of leaders over 20+ years to help you overcome obstacles and unlock your potential.

Based on the column of the same name that appeared in The Toast, Hey Ladies! is a laugh-out-loud listen that follows a fictitious group of eight 20- and-30-something female friends for one year of holidays, summer house rentals, dates, brunches, breakups, and, of course, the planning of a disastrous wedding. This instantly relatable story is told entirely through emails, texts, DMs, and every other form of communication known to man.

Sandi Kahn Shelton's hilarious tales from the frontlines of parenthood connect with parents, grandparents, and parents-to-be.

The 85% Man and Lessons from Lucille is Bob Mack Peak's well-crafted, uplifting, heart-felt, and romantic self-help epic. It's a lighthearted look at the differences between men and women. Peak strives to prove the well-known, open proposition that "Everything my mother told me about women is true... and I can prove it." The book's flowing narrative offers the reader a delightful journey toward discovering life's truest reward-unconditional love.

Success is built on connections we make with people and ideas. Whether it's connecting with customers to improve their service experience, or connecting with the strategic business plan and objectives for the coming year, the foundation for success starts with connection. In Connect, Keith Harrell and Hattie Hill reveal the seven core competencies needed to connect individuals and organizations in order to heighten productivity and to maximize personal and professional success.

Are you really motivated to achieve your dreams? The answer may surprise you. Research shows that as many as 80% of us over-estimate our level of motivation. No wonder so many dreams die unfulfilled, so many goals remain forever out of reach. Think about the important goals you could achieve if you were truly motivated. Don't you owe it to yourself to give them your best possible shot?

Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Wade Carter is a leadership coach, trainer, and founder of Premier Performance Training and Development. Freedom-Driven Speech, the flagship of the company, is a powerful book turning heads in the world of public speaking, leadership development, and military education.

Imagine waking up feeling refreshed, energized, and ready to conquer the day. Imagine having the clarity of mind and focus to tackle your most important tasks with ease and efficiency. This isn't a fantasy; it's the potential power of a well-designed morning routine. This book provides a practical, science-backed blueprint for transforming your mornings into a powerful launchpad for achieving your daily goals and long-term well-being.

Especialista em mindset de crescimento, conceito desenvolvido pela psicóloga Carol Dweck, Eduardo Briceño alerta que estamos nos tornando prisioneiros do desempenho crônico: emendamos uma tarefa na outra, sempre buscando a máxima qualidade. Essa maratona interminável resulta em frustração e estagnação. É como se estivéssemos numa roda de hamster, correndo loucamente sem chegar a lugar algum – o que o autor chama de paradoxo da performance.

Dieses Hörbuch hilft, die persönlichen Wünsche besser mit dem Berufsleben in Einklang zu bringen. Durch ehrliche Auseinandersetzung mit sich selbst und im individuellen Ausprobieren lässt sich die Balance zwischen eigenen und fremden Bedürfnissen finden.

Mark Twain's lifetime spans America's era of greatest economic growth. And Twain was an active, even giddy, participant in all the great booms and busts of his time, launching himself into one harebrained get-rich-quick scheme after another. But far from striking it rich, the man who coined the term "Gilded Age" failed with comical regularity to join the ranks of plutocrats who made this period in America notorious for its wealth and excess.

The author of Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me and That's Mr. Faggot to You returns with more skewed observations on the strange state of the queer union. As fans of his previous collections have happily discovered, little escapes his attention, and no topic is too controversial or sacred to be tackled.

In Inside Out, Charlie Unwin, one of the world’s leading performance psychologists, explains the techniques that enable the elite to perform at their best under immense pressure. It reveals how they think, prepare, and perform, taking you inside the unpredictable modern battlefield, the chaos of the catwalk, the operating theater, the stadium, the maximum-security prison, and the opera house. The “inside out” method helps you gain control so that you can have a greater impact. It’s about mindset, learning new skills, maintaining confidence, and sustaining great results.

Here’s the hard truth: When your sales organization stalls, there’s no single magic trick that can fix it. And when throwing money at digital lead generators, all-star sales recruits, and team-building retreats isn’t boosting your sales, it’s time to get back to basics. Set Up to Win shows you three frameworks that will stabilize and grow your company’s revenue long term using the power of your greatest asset—your team. (And yes, it also gives you a short-term road map to get your sales out of the danger zone.)