Workplace Motivation

The state of working women has been declared, debunked and debated since the days of Rosie the Riveter. The headlines, and the statistics behind them, however, don't tell the whole story. The truth is, many women today are breadwinners; and these breadwinners are struggling. They are caught in a perfect storm of male-dominated culture at work, traditional social norms at home, and outdated schedules in the schools. Mogul, Mom, & Maid takes an honest look at how women are balancing home life and career.

Finally, a workplace survival guide that tells the truth about office politics, corporate culture, and career advice that actually works.

Gear Up for Greatness is a guide to revolutionizing employee engagement and workplace culture through the power of strategic gratitude. This captivating business fable follows James Peterson, a CEO tasked with turning around the toxic work environment at SteelTech Manufacturing, a company struggling with low morale, high turnover, and disengaged employees. Gear Up for Greatness doesn't shy away from the real challenges of cultural transformation. It addresses common obstacles in improving workplace culture, such as resistance to change, budget constraints, and maintaining momentum.

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.

As humans in today's modern society, we are wired to seek more, crave more, have more, and do more. But if you slow down and get honest with yourself around your purpose and life, what do you really want? What do you really seek? As a Purpose First Entrepreneur, it's your job to seize the opportunities in front of you. Discover your purpose and create a life and business that matter. The risk is always worth it.

This transformative new era requires a radically different approach to leadership. The tactics put in place to reduce risk, drive success, and make us feel safe in the past are now the very things creating vulnerability today. In Leadering, Nancy Giordano provides clarity and urgency around what 21st century stewardship demands as exponential technologies and changing societal expectations converge to shape a better next. This audiobook challenges us to shift our outdated thinking and adopt the mindset we need to build the future we all want.

Learn how to achieve the highest levels of success without sacrificing who you are. In I Took the Only Path to See You, author and CEO Jon Fisher delivers an inspiring message that reminds listeners that professional success does not have to come at the expense of personal happiness. Fisher is proof that professionals can achieve success on a grand scale without having to sacrifice their personal ethics, personal relationships, and more. The book's author shares the experiences of those who have risen to become leaders in their fields, some of whom are his close friends.

Revised for a new audience in a new era, Inspiring Leadership in Uncertain Times by Karlin Sloan shows you how to break through the fear to survive the long haul and create a fuller, richer, more sustainable organization. Karlin Sloan is the founder and CEO of Sloan Group International, a boutique leadership development firm that provides organizational development consulting, team facilitation, and executive coaching across the globe.

That is the challenge that all leaders face. This challenge grows more intense every day. Lead with Speed is the answer. This problem of speed is often disguised by other symptoms, such as "my projects cannot make an accurate prediction of when they will be done" or the stated need of "my teams need to take more risks." The real need is not reckless risk-taking that will lead to even more problems and finishing even later. The real need is for speed.

As lições essenciais desta obra têm uma perspectiva gerencial e pragmática fortemente lastreada nos conceitos e frameworks dos mais brilhantes e reconhecidos autores da área de Liderança e Comportamento Organizacional, incluindo nomes como James Clawson (Darden), Charles O’Reilly (Stanford), Michael Tushman (Harvard), Frank Heller (Tavistock), Rob Goffee e Gareth Morgan (London Business School), com os quais o autor teve o privilégio de aprender pessoalmente.

Paul Williams and Andreas Krebs take a no-punches-held look at the stories we tell ourselves about business success. The rags-to-riches tale is tempting, but we don’t have to search far to see that most organizations rise for a time, only to experience a dramatic fall from grace. Just look at some of the companies that used to be household names: Nokia, AOL, Pan Am, Woolworth, and Blockbuster. The Illusion of Invincibility examines the why of success and failure. It’s a smart, funny, and radical look at how to build and sustain a great organization.

Modern society is plagued by fragmentation. The various sectors of our communities - businesses, schools, social service organizations, churches, government - do not work together. They exist in their own worlds. As do so many individual citizens, who long for connection but end up marginalized, their gifts overlooked, their potential contributions lost.

The New York Times says Robert J. Kriegel "spurred a revolution in performace practice" with his studies of productivity and the psychology of change. In How to Succeed... he debunks the commonly held belief that working harder is always better, and offers a saner alternative to the 100-hour work week.

Recounting the frustration she felt as a young Black woman beginning her career, Carice Anderson knows that many Black professionals are relying on their education and intellect alone to be successful in the workplace. In this book, she empowers young Black professionals by equipping them with advice and little-known principles of career success from her experiences and interviews with 30 successful Black leaders.

Shorter Weeks by Sage Ellison explores the potential of a four-day workweek as a means to achieve work-life balance and enhance community vitality. In a world where the demands of work often overshadow personal fulfillment, this book addresses common barriers such as burnout, lack of time for personal growth, and diminishing productivity amidst longer hours. Ellison presents a compelling argument for adopting a shorter workweek—proposing that it can lead to a happier, more productive community.

In his instant self-help classic, the international bestseller How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, Michael J. Gelb identified seven aspects of da Vinci's genius that contemporary readers can emulate and apply in their own lives.

In this abridged edition, Mary Elizabeth Garrison distills decades of transformative facilitation, instructional design, and strategic clarity into a powerful primer for leaders who seek more than metrics. This audiobook activates the first movement in a legacy-driven series, inviting listeners into a cadence of ethical leadership rooted in clarity, care, and emotional intelligence.

Check out The Leadership Arena and unlock the secrets to unparalleled success as a leader! Leave behind mere theories and opinions, and embark on a transformative journey that will shape you into an exceptional leader. Richard Spector's captivating book challenges you to embrace the age-old art of learning through conditioning, empowering you to stand out in the crowded landscape of leadership.

Whether at work or at home, success is something we strive for in all aspects of our lives. And while there are a number of obvious things you should be doing in order to achieve your goals and reach success, there are also some not-so-obvious ones. Entrepreneur Voices on the Science of Success offers data and research-backed tools and tactics for both business and personal achievement from entrepreneurs and small business owners including Tim Ferris, Brian Tracy, and Reid Hoffman.

Increasingly, organizations count on project teams to develop products and deliver services to their customers. Consequently, effective teamwork and team leadership are integral components of an organization's success. Authors Stephen E. Kohn and Vincent D. O'Connell define the essence of superior performance by project teams at work and identify nine attributes of team membership and team leadership that set the stage for accomplishment of group objectives. Kohn and O'Connell bring these proven strategies to life with real-world examples drawn from decades of experience.