Work Success

Your boss plays an important role in your career. So how do you navigate this delicate, significant professional relationship without playing political games or compromising your character? Managing Up offers concise, expert tips.

151 Quick Ideas to Improve Your People Skills is constructed to help everyone do a better, more effective job of working with others. These ideas are culled from the study of human behavior, relationships, and communication. Everything here will help you be more effective, efficient, and in control of your relationships with people.

This guide will provide the simple steps to enhance your communication skills at work leading to reduced office politics, great team work, and minimized work stress. You will discover: the communication techniques to apply in a workplace to attain job satisfaction; the essential ways to manage a difficult boss; how to lead a team using the right communication skills to accomplish a project successfully; nine strategies to become a brilliant public speaker; and more.

Work is an important part of living, whether you wait on customers, build a business or cook for your family. As such, we all have important stories to tell about our work. From this rich treasure chest of experiences, Canfield, Hansen, and company have gathered a special collection of inspiring tales that share the daily courage, compassion, and creativity that take place in workplaces everywhere.

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.

From getting the best out of others, to thinking more creatively about financial problems (even without maths skills), Jo Owen tackles 50 of the most common 'thinking' challenges that can derail the best-laid plans and intentions. Be more decisive in the face of uncertainty, make better decisions for you and your colleagues, and tackle any of the unexpected problems that our busy work lives can throw at us, with Smart Thinking.

Do you want financial freedom — to do whatever you want, whenever you want — without needing permission to take time off or feeling constrained by a limited monthly income? Maybe you dream of spending more time with your loved ones, providing the best opportunities for your kids, traveling on lavish vacations, or even buying your dream home. Whether it’s financial freedom or stability you're after, The Unconventional Business Model offers a path to help you get there.

While stress is a part of work, burnout shouldn’t be. Discover how to overcome burnout and find balance in your life.

Tama Kieves knows a thing or two about dramatic changes. Tama left an unfulfilling life at a prestigious law firm to pursue her passion as a writer and inspirational speaker. Now, she dedicates her time to helping people face their fears, tackle uncertainty, and shift their mindset to achieve the extraordinary. Thriving Through Uncertainty proves that the moment your plans fall apart is precisely when your true destiny begins. With Tama's guidance, you can take hold of the blessings and opportunities hidden within uncertain transitional periods and begin to move forward.

In the workplace, the most common approach to what we believe will be a difficult or emotionally charged conversation can be summed up in one word: avoidance. Most of us will do anything to skirt conflict, but not only does that fail to resolve important issues, it typically harms our relationships and undermines productivity. In Let's Talk About It, best-selling author and top consultant Dr. Paul Marciano presents a powerful collection of proven communication and relationship strategies that will transform your difficult conversations into healthy conversations.

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, Josh Davis, director of research at the NeuroLeadership Institute explains clearly that our brains and bodies operate according to complex biological needs that, when leveraged intelligently, can make us incredibly effective. From what and when we eat, to when we tackle tasks or disengage - how we plan our activities has a huge impact on performance. Davis shows us how we can create the conditions for two awesome hours of effective mental performance.

Follow Your Heart is about doing what you love and finding peace of mind. It is about dealing with disasters and not blaming your mother! It is about how happy people think, why rich people make money - even by accident - and it's about what losers do, and how not to be like them!

The Color of Success tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the "yellow peril" to "model minorities" - peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well-assimilated, upwardly mobile, and exemplars of traditional family values - in the middle decades of the 20th century. As Ellen Wu shows, liberals argued for the acceptance of these immigrant communities into the national fold, charging that the failure of America to live in accordance with its democratic ideals endangered the country's aspirations to world leadership.

Change your work - change your life! Does the thought of going to work fill you with dread or excitement? Work Quilting is all about using every one of your unique talents and skills to turn your dreams into reality. The work you do should be one that supplies you with a lifestyle of financial freedom, flexibility, and fun! The world of work is changing!

Whether you're new to running meetings or a seasoned executive with no time to waste, leading effective (and even pleasant!) meetings is a must.

Don't leave creativity up to the "creatives" in your organization. Fostering creativity within your team can help your organization solve problems, create innovative products, break out into a new market, and even communicate and collaborate more effectively.

In Intentional Ambition: Redefining Your Work for Greater Joy, Freedom, and Fulfillment, soul coach and visionary career consultant Rha Goddess reveals a proven blueprint, already used by hundreds of breakthrough changemakers, cultural visionaries, and social entrepreneurs, to radically and thrillingly reset your life by renegotiating your relationship to work. Drawing on personal anecdotes from highly successful individuals Rha has worked with across industries and roles, this book delivers strategies to intentionally reconsider what you do, why you do it, and how you do it.

In The Work Before the Work, leading sales professionals Paul M. Caffrey and Phil M. Jones reveal the six hidden habits that set sales superstars apart, and how to unlock them in yourself. But be advised: You will find approximately zero “hacks”, and not a single “trick” in these minutes. And at no point will you discover a “hidden secret”. Instead, you’ll discover the meticulous thinking, questioning, and preparation that the best of the best practice unconsciously, and learn how to ritualize your sales preparation so you, too, can join their ranks.

Trendy new missions strategies are a dime a dozen, promising missionaries monumental results in record time. These strategies report explosive movements of people turning to Christ, but their claims are often dubious and they do little to ensure the health of believers or churches that remain. How can churches and missionaries address the urgent need to reach unreached people without falling for quick fixes?

Dive into a parallel universe of your personality and get to know your shadow to unlock your potential for happiness and self-love. Every human being has a dark side, their shadow that they try to hide from the world. But you see, the shadow part of your personality is not always a bad thing. In fact, your own shadow could be the key to unlocking a wave of happiness.