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In Leadership BS Jeffrey Pfeffer shines a bright light on the leadership industry, showing why it's failing and how it might be remade. He sets the record straight on the oft-made prescriptions for leaders to be honest, authentic, and modest; tell the truth; build trust; and take care of others. By calling BS on so many of the stories and myths of leadership, he gives people a more scientific look at the evidence and better information to guide their careers.
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Antidote to Bromides from Leadership Gurus
- By Sean Lannan on 09-23-15
By: Jeffrey Pfeffer
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- By: David Burkus
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
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A provocative work that challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management - and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don't work. Do open floor plans really work? Are there companies that put their employees' welfare first, and their clients second? Are annual performance reviews necessary? Dr. David Burkus is a highly regarded and increasingly influential business school professor who challenges many of the established principles of business management.
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5 out of 5 stars
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information age work assembly line management
- By A. Davis on 04-15-16
By: David Burkus
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The Spirit Level
- Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
- By: Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
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- Unabridged
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 110
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Renowned researchers Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett offer groundbreaking analysis showing that greater economic equality-not greater wealth-is the mark of the most successful societies, and offer new ways to achieve it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An Important Book
- By Stephen Schoenberg on 12-19-11
By: Richard Wilkinson, and others
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Reinventing American Health Care
- How the Affordable Care Act Will Improve Our Terribly Complex, Blatantly Unjust, Outrageously Expensive, Grossly Inefficient, Error Prone System
- By: Ezekiel J. Emanuel
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a professor of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania who also served as a special adviser to the White House on health-care reform, has written a brilliant diagnostic explanation of why health care in America has become such a divisive social issue, how money and medicine have their own American story, and why reform has bedeviled presidents of the left and right for more than one hundred years.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The book lacks integrity
- By Richard M. Shaner on 06-02-16
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What Works
- Gender Equality by Design
- By: Iris Bohnet
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Diversity training programs have had limited success, and individual effort alone often invites backlash. Behavioral design offers a new solution. By de-biasing organizations instead of individuals, we can make smart changes that have big impacts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book every women and executive should read
- By N LI on 05-10-21
By: Iris Bohnet
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The Great Escape
- Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
- By: Angus Deaton
- Narrated by: Matthew Brenher
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- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 204
The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton - one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty - tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world experienced sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's disproportionately unequal world.
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1 out of 5 stars
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not worth listening
- By Kyung on 04-26-20
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The Social Transformation of American Medicine
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Considered the definitive history of the American healthcare system, The Social Transformation of American Medicine examines how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs have evolved over the last two and a half centuries. Updated with a new preface and an epilogue analyzing developments since the early 1980s, this new edition is a must-listen for anyone concerned about the future of our fraught healthcare system.
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By: Paul Starr
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- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulously insightful read!
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By: Jeremy N. Smith
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Women Don't Ask
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- Narrated by: Sasha Dunbrooke
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 322
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 271
When Linda Babcock asked why so many male graduate students were teaching their own courses and most female students were assigned as assistants, her dean said: "More men ask. The women just don't ask." It turns out that whether they want higher salaries or more help at home, women often find it hard to ask.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interresting subject, bad delivery.
- By Guilherme on 01-11-14
By: Linda Babcock, and others
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The Nordic Theory of Everything
- In Search of a Better Life
- By: Anu Partanen
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,002
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 866
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 860
Moving to America in 2008, Finnish journalist Anu Partanen quickly went from confident, successful professional to wary, self-doubting mess. She found that navigating the basics of everyday life - from buying a cell phone and filing taxes to education and childcare - was much more complicated and stressful than anything she encountered in her homeland. At first she attributed her crippling anxiety to the difficulty of adapting to a freewheeling new culture. But as she got to know Americans better, she discovered they shared her deep apprehension.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A non-radical perspective on two societies
- By kwdayboise (Kim Day) on 06-20-17
By: Anu Partanen
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Kids These Days
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 199
Everyone knows "what's wrong with millennials". Glenn Beck says we've been ruined by "participation trophies". Simon Sinek says we have low self-esteem. An Australian millionaire says millennials could all afford homes if we'd just give up avocado toast. Thanks, millionaire. This millennial is here to prove them all wrong.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A devastating dream of revolution
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By: Malcolm Harris
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Engine of Impact
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4 out of 5 stars 37
We are entering a new era - an era of impact. The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history will soon be underway, bringing with it the potential for huge increases in philanthropic funding. Engine of Impact shows how nonprofits can apply the principles of strategic leadership to attract greater financial support and leverage that funding to maximum effect.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Must listen for all nonprofit leaders
- By Peter A. Mello on 02-09-19
By: William F. Meehan III, and others
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Moral Mazes
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- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4 out of 5 stars 35
Robert Jackall's Moral Mazes offers an eye-opening account of how corporate managers think the world works, and how big organizations shape moral consciousness. Based on extensive interviews with managers at every level of two industrial firms and of a large public relations agency, IMoral Mazes takes the reader inside the intricate world of the corporation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well written; poorly narrated
- By C. Youngblood on 09-30-13
By: Robert Jackall
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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
- By: Anne Case, Angus Deaton
- Narrated by: Kate Harper
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 181
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 146
Life expectancy in the United States has recently fallen for three years in a row - a reversal not seen since 1918 or in any other wealthy nation in modern times. In the past two decades, deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism have risen dramatically, and now claim hundreds of thousands of American lives each year - and they're still rising. Case and Deaton, known for first sounding the alarm about deaths of despair, explain the overwhelming surge in these deaths and shed light on the social and economic forces that are making life harder for the working class.
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2 out of 5 stars
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So many words, so little insight
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By: Anne Case, and others
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Success and Luck
- Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy
- By: Robert H. Frank
- Narrated by: Robert H. Frank
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 216
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 179
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How important is luck in economic success? No question more reliably divides conservatives from liberals. As conservatives correctly observe, people who amass great fortunes are almost always talented and hardworking. But liberals are also correct to note that countless others have those same qualities yet never earn much. In recent years, social scientists have discovered that chance plays a much larger role in important life outcomes than most people imagine.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what is advertised
- By Andre on 04-18-17
By: Robert H. Frank
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Extreme Teams
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- By: Robert Bruce Shaw
- Narrated by: James Foster
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Managers want great teams, but most build them around decades-old ideas and practices made popular by companies that have lost their edge. Extreme Teams looks at the new generation of teams driving growth in today's most innovative firms. They do this by doing things differently: hiring the right person instead of the best person; focusing on one priority while leaving room to explore new ideas; creating an environment where people are comfortable dealing with the uncomfortable.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Extreme Blah
- By Blair C on 05-03-18
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In Above the Line, they argue that that the quality of your life flows from the attitudes of your heart. Wise, compassionate, and practical Above the Line explores the deep, fundamental drivers of human behavior that exist within your heart - the seat of your character. It reveals that all of these behaviors can be explained by four heart-based principles - humility, love, pride, and fear - which influence every facet of our life, for better or worse.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too many acronyms
- By Amazon Customer on 03-06-24
By: Stephen Klemich, and others
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Fatal Conveniences
- The Toxic Products and Harmful Habits That Are Making You Sick—and the Simple Changes That Will Save Your Health
- By: Darin Olien
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Fatal conveniences are the toxic products we routinely use and the unhealthy things we do that our culture and corporations have made us believe are safe and necessary for living well and efficiently. These things—from deodorant, cosmetics, dental floss, and sunscreen to laundry detergent, air fresheners, carpets, and crayons to candles, tea bags, cell phones, and chewing gum—are ubiquitous in daily life . . . and they are wreaking havoc on our health and our planet.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not very scientific, tone is fear mongering
- By Audrey J T on 09-27-23
By: Darin Olien
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This Is How Your Marriage Ends
- A Hopeful Approach to Saving Relationships
- By: Matthew Fray
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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One night during his divorce, after one too many vodkas and a call with a phone-in-therapist who told him to “journal his feelings,” Matthew Fray started a blog. He needed to figure out how his ex-wife went from the eighteen-year-old college freshman who adored him to the angry woman who thought he was an asshole and left him. As he pieced together the story of his marriage and its end, Matthew began to realize a hard truth: even though he was a decent guy, he was a bad husband.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good and bad advice mixed together
- By Timothy Webster on 08-05-22
By: Matthew Fray
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Thinking Like an Economist: A Guide to Rational Decision Making
- By: Randall Bartlett, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Randall Bartlett
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,942
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Economic forces are everywhere around you. But that doesn't mean you need to passively accept whatever outcome those forces might press upon you. Instead, with these 12 fast-moving and crystal clear lectures, you can learn how to use a small handful of basic nuts-and-bolts principles to turn those same forces to your own advantage.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great for beginners, nothing you for an economist
- By V. Taras on 07-08-15
By: Randall Bartlett, and others
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NeuroTribes
- The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
- By: Steve Silberman
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,559
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,247
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What is autism: a lifelong disability or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is both of these things and more - and the future of our society depends on our understanding it. Wired reporter Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism, long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for discovering it, and finds surprising answers to the crucial question of why the number of diagnoses has soared in recent years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The long hard road to proper identity on the Autistic spectrum.
- By Lorijorn on 10-29-15
By: Steve Silberman
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The Art of Fear
- Why Conquering Fear Won't Work and What to Do Instead
- By: Kristen Ulmer
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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We all feel fear. Yet we are often taught to ignore it, overcome it, push past it. But to what benefit? This is the essential question that guides Kristen Ulmer's remarkable exploration of our most misunderstood emotion in The Art of Fear. Once recognized as the best extreme skier in the world (an honor she held for 12 years), Ulmer knows fear well. In this conversation-changing audiobook, she argues that fear is not here to cause us problems.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Lacks efficacy and contradicts herself...hard no!
- By Julie Collins on 10-08-22
By: Kristen Ulmer
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- JJ Jarrell
- 06-17-18
Wonderful perspective
As a HR Director I can relate, way to much hurt caused my corporations. Companies must care about their people.
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- Oscar Esparza
- 11-14-19
good book with research support
very good book. supported by research. very relevant in today's society. definitely recommended for all adults
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- a Customer
- 01-17-19
Excellent presentation of a crucial problem
Excellent presentation of a crucial problem. Anaysis is good, but propsed solutions could be stronger.
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- Lexie
- 01-17-19
Academic yet compelling
I found the book steeped in research and interesting insights. It's not a practical work that will help leaders operationalize workplace shifts but gives solid rationale for those needing case studies before policy implementation.
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- Lisa
- 03-27-19
Great read!
Excellent book! Very insightful and helpful. backed up by original research this book makes the case for increased interest in workplace wellness and wholeness.
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- Ericarseneau
- 11-03-19
Ok so stress kills
Not much information on how to make it better or different, just keeps repeating indifferent ways and numbers that stress is not healthy.
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- Michelle Harrell
- 06-08-18
great listen
very relevant and factual. insight into the minds of corporate leadership and decision making without regard for employee health and happiness
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- Brion Hurley
- 06-09-19
Powerful argument and data for taking care of your workers
It’s assumed that taking care of your workers and not laying them off is good for long-term business, but this book gives lots of evidence and support that this is true. Share this book with your business leaders! He touches on a variety of topics, from healthcare to layoffs to work hours and benefits.
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- Najah Lowe
- 06-14-23
Great for CEOs to read
Very interesting read. Good to read if you are invested in developing a empathic and supportive work culture where folks stay.
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