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"In too many industries and organizations, the business world is a cutthroat environment that seems to care much more about profits than about the employees who deliver the actual results. And yet, organizations can and do change the world--but never without a great culture. Leaders and managers play the crucial role in shaping and modeling a culture that motivates and inspires every employee to give their best."--
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"For nearly thirty years, Pixar has dominated the world of animation, producing such beloved films as the Toy Story trilogy, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, and WALL-E, which have gone on to set box-office records and garner eighteen Academy Awards. The joyous storytelling, the inventive plots, the emotional authenticity: In some ways, Pixar movies are an object lesson in what creativity really is. Here, Catmull reveals the ideals and techniques...
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"Catherine had just celebrated her 43rd birthday on May 20th. Her dream of owning and running a thriving company was coming true. Essentially Proximal's essential oil line was becoming a major success, and her company was in growth mode. As a female business owner, she was doing her best to promote positive culture at work and retain talent. Her goal was to build a diverse high-performing and inclusive leadership team, but her leadership team was...
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Creating a workplace culture in which laughter is not only allowed but expected is an important step in building the trust, openness, authenticity, storytelling, and teamwork (TOAST) that are essential to an healthy collaborative enviornment. Laughter is a powerful tool that any business can use to boost morale, collaboration, communication, and productivity.
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From the visionary head of Google's innovative People Operations--a groundbreaking inquiry into the philosophy of work and a blueprint for attracting the most spectacular talent to your business and ensuring the best and brightest succeed.
""We spend more time working than doing anything else in life. It's not right that the experience of work should be so demotivating and dehumanizing." So says Laszlo Bock, head of People Operations at the company...
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"The current way of treating people at work has failed. Globally, only 30% of employees are engaged in their jobs, and in this fast-paced world that's just not enough. The world's best companies understand this, and have been quietly treating people differently for nearly two decades. Now you can learn their secrets and discover The Engagement Bridge[trademark] model, proven to build bottom line value for companies through sustainable employee engagement....
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"The rise of technology and the information age has resulted in more companies that compete primarily based on their people. And it's no surprise that people-centric companies are the ones winning the talent war. And that's because people-centric companies invest in People Strategy. People Strategy provides a unique framework for executive, HR, and team leaders to use data to build company culture, increase employee motivation, and drive high-performing...
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Fans of Crucial Conversations, The Speed of Trust, Radical Candor, and The Five Dysfunctions of a Team will love Get Better, a guide to cultivating relationships and building them into your organization's greatest assets.
From the business experts that brought you The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
Strengthen relationships and improve communications skills: In Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work, Chief...
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For too long, companies and their leadership teams focused primarily on their products or services. Leaders are deeply dialed into the minutiae of their companies' operations. But veteran Silicon Valley consultant Deborah Perry Piscione says investments in new technologies or operations do not create innovations-people do. For innovation to happen, organizations need to be people-centric. In this breakthrough book she shows how, by following her People...
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"The proven blueprint for seizing the competitive edge with smart, well-managed culture "renovation" Culture Renovation explains why efforts to transform corporate culture nearly always fail and identifies 18 proven leadership actions for turning any culture into a driver for long-term success. It's all about keeping what works-and changing what needs to be changed-much like renovating a home. CEO of the world's leading HR research firm, i4cp, Kevin...
14) The ministry of common sense: how to eliminate bureaucratic red tape, bad excuses, and corporate BS
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"A humorous, yet practical five-step guide to ridding ourselves-and our companies-of commonplace, bureaucratic bottlenecks that plague every office around the world"--
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Praise for Results That Last"Quint Studer is a superb communicator with a deep belief in the power of relationships. His informal tone, sense of humor, and real-world stories bring his business principles to life. Results That Last has a vital, optimistic quality that will keep readers re-reading long after other leadership books have been relegated to a dark corner of the shelf."--Nido Qubein, author of How to Get Anything You Want; President, High...
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"Reimagine Inclusion provides a clear roadmap to all businesses, big and small, on how over the course of a 5 year plan, they can start to see the transformation of their workplaces into inclusive communities by addressing 13 myths about inclusion that dominate the workplace today. Inclusive leaders create inclusive cultures. Inclusion can only start to exist and then thrive when each one of us individually commits to do the work that starts with...
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Arguing that modern technology has provided unprecedented access to others while ironically promoting human disengagement, a respected social psychologist shares recommendations for rehumanizing life in relationships and the business world.
"An urgent yet hopeful analysis of the surge in dehumanization, and how we can reverse it. The unprecedented access to other humans that technology provides has ironically freed us from engaging with them. Thanks...
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From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice!
There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office...
There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office...
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"Following his successful books, The Power of Understanding People and The Power of Understanding Yourself, Peak Performance Culture: The Five Metrics of Organizational Excellence provides the reader with a detailed road map for creating a high performingculture in any company or association. Mitchell addresses five critical factors -- factors that can be monitored much like the dashboard of a car - that predict the success of any organization. As...
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