For a lucky few, light conversation at parties and social events is a breeze. For the rest of us, there is Carol Fleming (bestselling author of It's the Way You Say It), who breaks even the shortest b
Explores the origins, causes, and symptoms of affluenza--society's compulsive desire to acquire--and discusses such treatment as strengthening immunity against advertising and minimizing the side effe
The Accidental American vividly illustrates the challenges and contradictions of U. S. immigration policy, and argues that, just as there is a free flow of capital in the world economy, there should
The workplace is a "blink" worldstudies show we form opinions of one another within 7 seconds of meeting, and that 93% of the message people receive from us has nothing to do with what we actually sa
“Shows how humans have brought us to the brink and how humanity can find solutions. I urge people to read with humility and the daring to act.”—Harpal Singh, former Chair, Save the Children, India, an
Collaborative strategies work for teams when they're designed by teams where each person is heard, valued, and held accountable. This book is a practical guide for project team leaders and individual
Conversations can be critical and destructive, or they can be generative and productive. This book shows how to guarantee your conversations will help people, organizations, and communities flourish.C
We've seen the negative impact of self-serving leaders in every sector of our society. Not infrequently, they end up bringing down their entire organization. But there is another way. Servant leaders
Get to the Point!Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter Every time you communicate, you're doing it for a reason. You want someone to understand something, do something, or change something.
We are living in an epidemic of disengagement and despair that calls us to action.Awakening Compassion at Work answers the call, showing us new ways to enliven the humanity of work and in so
We all want to be fabulous. But too often we let self-doubt derail us from pursuing our passions and accomplishing our biggest goals. This was the situation Jackie Huba found herself in. At the lowest
Using the popular parable/story format, Three Deep Breaths focuses on three simple, effective practices that busy people can implement with little timeor even with just a few minutes while they are d
However necessary, organizational change is likely to be angst ridden and frustrating to the workforce. The Change Cycle will help readers to more resourcefully cope with change at work by helping th
According to author Bernstein, economic experts all too often manipulate and distort the science at the heart of important issues. In "Crunch," he offers entertaining, informative, and direct answers
The Success Case Method (SCM) offers a simple, carefully crafted way of determining how well a new organizational initiative is working. Already shown to be effective in dozens of organizations, SCM
Bob Nelson, author of the multimillion copy bestseller 1001 Ways to Reward Employees, and Mario Tamayo offer hundreds of practical, creative tips for keeping employees energized and lightening up the
A practical and irreverent guide to taking the sting out of feedback and reclaiming it as a motivating, empowering experience for everyone involved.Feedback: the mere mention of the word can make our
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 th
Dig Your Heels In is a playbook that empowers women to win at the corporate achievement game and be a catalyst for positive progress. It tackles the critical need to engage, advance and retain women i
Top Cornell law professor Lynn Stout and her coauthors offer a visionary but practical proposal to provide a guaranteed minimum income--it not only avoids creating a new government program or increasi
As a leader, you have work that is complex, full of ups and downs. Your ability to be resilient--to pick yourself up after setbacks and keep on going no matter the challenges--is critical not only to
“People don't leave an organization; they leave a boss” has become a truism in the workplace. The most common issue is that employees who get promoted from supervisor to manager or from manager to sen
Personal Productivity books are great—until you go to implement the advice inside. Taking the two dimensional advice from a page and turning it into real life habits is the downfall of many a self hel
Greener products are now available within every industry and are a part of our everyday lives. But they didn't get to be so ubiquitous just because they are better for the planet. Whether they
Questions = Power Obsessed with answers, we have lost sight of the power and value of questions. Debates over globalization, climate change, health care, and poverty will not be "solved" with simple
Theres a palpable frustration with the quantity and quality of meetings in the workplace. And new technologies like web conferencing and IM have helped create a frenetic, 24-7 hamster-on-a-wheel envi
This book helps managers inspire their workers to move out of their comfort zones and harness their fears in order to step up to challenges more readily and embrace company changes more wholeheartedl
Written in a relaxed, persuasive style, this is not a "how-to" book, but rather a very personal story of the authors progress from a young "expert" to an effective facilitator of positive change and
Trapped in a numbed state, says author Victoria Castle, many of us have lost access to our fundamental human goodness. Thoughts and actions are restricted by a crippling lack of confidence and a fixe
Why Decisions Fail critiques 15 infamously bad decisions that became public debacles. The author examines how these mistakes could have been avoided and explains how any organization's decision-making
The new edition of a bestselling classic, Help Them or Grow Watch Them Grow offers advice on talent retention for the modern gig economy and the evolving American workforce, now accompanied by an inte
With staffs that are collectively larger than the Russian army, the Big Four accounting firms are a keystone in global finance --but do they really provide stability and safety? Leading scholar Ian Go
