Work Performance

Joe Ferreira specializes in spectacular turnarounds. However, none of Joe’s hard-won personal or professional successes prepared him for becoming the CEO of an organization the same week it was threatened with imminent dissolution by the United States government. Faced with a toxic legacy culture and the worst performance metrics in his industry, Joe drew upon his most momentous personal and professional life experiences. A management memoir, the story of Uncomfortable Inclusion will intrigue, infuriate, and inspire leaders who are eager to turn their organizations into world leaders.

New York Times bestselling author and award-winning educator Ron Clark applies his successful leadership principles to the business world in this effective and accessible guidebook, perfect for any manager looking to inspire and motivate his or her team. Includes a foreword by bestselling author...

Modern employees are tired of command and control management. Employees are looking for personal growth, purpose, and a different lifestyle than prior generations of employees. These employees are in a market where they can have flexibility in how and where they work. They want and can demand choices in the work environment.

Only 21% of your employees are engaged, your best people keep leaving, and traditional performance management systems are failing you. Something is wrong at work. But some leaders Win @ Work. Now you can too. In this practical guide, Dr. Joey Faucette reveals the 6 play calls that transform underperforming cultures into peak performance powerhouses.

The hardest part of a manager’s job isn’t staying organized, meeting deliverable dates, or staying on budget. It’s dealing with people who are too comfortable doing things the way they’ve always been done and too afraid to do things differently. Treasurer, a courage-building pioneer, proposes a bold antidote: courage. With more courage, workers gain the confidence to take on harder projects, embrace company changes with more enthusiasm, and extend themselves in ways that will benefit their careers and their company.

Why professionals are judged on not just effort but the results of that effort.

In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain and Emily Witt, celebrated burlesque performer, sex educator, and social worker Fancy Feast gives readers a backstage pass to the nightlife and sex industries, examining our cultures hang-ups and obsessions with bodies, desire, and even love When Fancy Feast...

This beginner-friendly guide turns high performance from a buzzword into a practical, humane system you can run on a busy schedule. Through clear frameworks and real-world examples, you’ll learn how to build weekly rhythms you can trust, execute daily with momentum, protect attention, and manage energy as a multiplier. You’ll design simple notes that become a personal knowledge base, write communication that saves time, and use a 12-week sprint to turn intentions into shipped results. The tools are light, the language is plain, and the focus is on progress you can feel by next week.

Leading authority on success Brian Tracy gives proven principles and step-by-step tips for raising self-esteem and improving your life. Brian Tracy is one of the world's leading authorities on success and personal achievement, addressing more than 100,000 men and women each year in public and...

Are you a new teacher stepping into the classroom for the first time or a seasoned educator aiming to elevate your teaching game? This is your golden key! Are you embarking on the thrilling journey of shaping minds, seeking to revolutionize your strategies to work smarter—not harder—or searching for an unparalleled team-building guide? Your search ends here! Discover the Ultimate Resource Book designed to ignite passion, foster innovation, and build unbreakable team spirit in the teaching world. Welcome to the future of education, where excellence meets inspiration!

A bold look at the unexpected ways porn shapes our lives, with a feminist defense, drawn from Erika Lust’s decades in adult filmmaking, that argues for a more ethical porn that can transform sexual politics For more than two decades, Erika Lust has been pushing back against shame and...

Many organizations approach the issue of employee engagement and motivation by tapping into age, gender and other stereotypes. Motivation and Performance challenges these notions, bringing together evidence that group differences are often exaggerated and that getting to the heart of what really motivates individuals is what's most important. This book is a practical guide to ensuring that organizations consider all motivators - job security as well as the need for personal growth - to improve employee satisfaction, boost organizational productivity and reduce staff turnover.

To perform better in any situation - in your career, hobbies, relationships, or in any facet of your life - it is critical to develop psychological skills, which, just like physical abilities, can be taught, learned, and practiced. Both as individuals and as groups, we can tone these psychological skills and use them to heighten awareness, foster talents and technical abilities, and reach peak performance. Mental preparedness and psychological awareness are the keys to thriving in any environment.

Many of us are striving to reach our full potential at work and beyond—to achieve our goals, rise to challenges, and connect well with others. But how can we develop our performance while also taking care of our well-being? The Performance Curve is a bold new holistic guide that effectively tackles this challenge, providing practical insights into how you can develop and sustain a productive and fulfilling life. This book explores not only how you can improve individual performance, but also how to build relationships and environments that bring out the best in others.

Today’s companies have fewer hierarchical layers. The nature of work is also more virtual, collaborative, and transparent than at any previous time. Information flows move every which way, shifting from top-down to all-in. And the workforce is forever altered, too. Sweeping changes in expectations across backgrounds, experiences, generations, and gender are challenging long-held, inflexible beliefs about the relationship between work and life—and the very meaning of success.

Energized Enterprise shows you how to put both the human element and the total enterprise at the forefront of your leadership strategy and daily actions, offering fundamental principles of effective leadership, seven key leadership rules, as well as research, stories, and practical examples. Utilizing Dr. Wilson’s expertise, you’ll implement the very best leadership practices to lift, nourish, and energize your workforce to advance your enterprise to the leading edge.

Whether you are an elite athlete, a weekend warrior, or a non-athlete wanting to live healthily, The Athlete's Simple Guide to a Plant-Based Lifestyle will teach you how to maximize your genetic potential for athletic performance, health, and longevity.

Everyone has the right to be well managed. And it is possible to be “just” at work - to treat others as you would be treated. These are radical propositions. When you live by them, the people you lead through your management hierarchy understand the context of the work they’re doing. They feel connected to the overall purpose of the enterprise and are aligned to its vision and values.

Today's networking technologies - wikis, blogs, and social networking sites - are changing how we build professional relationships and work collaboratively. In this insightful audiobook, three organizational development experts from Oracle Corporation offer executives down-to-earth strategies for leveraging the power of social media to build more effective and agile organizations, engage employees, and sustain competitiveness.

Are you building a typical team or a high-performance tribe? The motivational power of the desire to belong is the key element for ensuring employee satisfaction and retention, as well as your company’s long-term success. What happens when leaders revive the workplace by tapping into a...