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People are the problem. They're always the problem. If a business person goes home frustrated, if they talk with their significant other about it, if they lay awake at night stewing about it, inevitably the problem is some person at work - a colleague, subordinate, or boss. Handling people issues is every leader's major headache. It's what takes up the majority of their time and - more important - the bulk of their head space. Every leader can and must develop this most important of all management skills.

When Denver Mayor Michael Hancock took office in 2011, he inherited an $80 million budget shortfall and a government workforce that had been through multiple rounds of cuts and furloughs. Morale was low. He needed a way to drive greater efficiencies, cost savings, and improved performance - and he had to do it in-house, on a shoe-string budget. Enter Peak Academy, the coaching and innovation program Mayor Hancock created to teach frontline city employees how to tackle small problems and deliver big results.

Leadership development speaker & consultant Andy Ellis is the former CSO of Akamai, where he contributed to the creation of Akamai's billion‑dollar cybersecurity business. He now brings his speaking, consulting, and business knowledge to listeners with 1% Leadership—based on the reality that real-world leadership is messy and complicated; it rarely fits into an acronym or a dogmatic overarching philosophy. Ellis says that there are no “irrefutable laws” of leadership or power; there is no secret.

Most employees feel invisible to their leadership, and many times prefer to stay hidden in the corporate shadow lands. The Invisible Employee, part fable, part business advice, teaches managers how to actively engage employees, and find the way to bring out the best in them.

En el siglo XVI, Tomás Moro publicó su obra Utopía, nombre de una isla fic-ticia y artificial construida en el continente americano. Quinientos años después, el filántropo y millonario Thomas Franklin, descendiente de una de las familias más poderosas de Estados Unidos, decide fundar una sociedad inspirada en la que Tomás Moro describió en su obra. En una isla situada entre Cuba y Haití, el polifacético señor Franklin crea su propia Utopía, una sociedad tecnológica y avanzada.

Have you ever wondered how some doctors are making millions, working less hours, and have the most supportive and devoted teams, all while having incredible family relationships? Do you find yourself thinking more about dealing with a difficult staff member than you do on your patients? Are you ever frustrated with the fact that your formal education never actually taught you what it takes to run a successful business?

Moms can feel as if they are sprinting through life, crashing onto the pillow at day's end only to start again the next morning. In Breathe, Mama, Breathe, psychotherapist Shonda Moralis outlines the benefits of daily meditation and shows moms how to do it - in just five minutes.

It's a rainy day in Seattle, and on the third floor of First Guarantee Financial, people have stopped believing they can make a difference. To new manager Mary Jane Ramirez, the challenge of bringing life back to her unenthusiastic and unmotivated team seems impossible, until she discovers an incredibly successful workplace down the street where the employees are so alive and passionate that people stop just to watch them work!

Imagine a company where people love coming to work and are highly productive on a daily basis. Imagine a company whose top executives, in a quest to create the most "fun" workplace ever, obliterate labor-management divisions and push decision-making responsibility down to the plant floor. Could such a company compete in today's bottom-line corporate world? Could it even turn a profit?

In his latest engrossing work of business fiction, best-selling author Patrick Lencioni provides a cure for the most painful yet underestimated problem of modern business: bad meetings. And what he suggests is both simple and revolutionary.

A war rages in today's workplace, pitting company against company in the fight to find and keep good employees. The losses are high, and battle-weary managers are desperate for talented reinforcements. They've learned that bonuses, stock options, and other financial rewards aren't enough. To win this "war for talent", they need more. Help has arrived in the form of Keeping the People Who Keep You in Business. This compelling new book gives listeners a battle-plan for victory, offering 24 strategies for retaining valuable people.

Developing a successful workforce requires more than a gut check. Data can help guide your decisions on everything from where to seat a team to optimizing production processes to engaging with your employees in ways that ring true to them. People analytics is the study of your number one business asset - your people - and this book shows you how to collect data, analyze that data, and then apply your findings to create a happier and more engaged workforce.

Criar a nuestros hijos es una experiencia bonita, fascinante y gratificante. Pero todo padre o madre atraviesa docenas de momentos frustrantes en los que se exaspera y duda de sí mismo. Nicholas Provenzano nos ayuda a combatir esa sensación. Ha pasado más de quince años de su vida profesional en las aulas, ayudando a desarrollar habilidades para el pensamiento crítico y la solución de problemas. Y, además, es padre. 

For so many women, "work-life balance" is a myth. And when you're already juggling a career, personal life, and family - plus your side projects, a smidgen of self-care, and the occasional need to sleep - "mindfulness" can sound like just another thing to do. But if you take five minutes for mindfulness now and then, it may not only save your sanity - but also springboard your success. Let psychotherapist Shonda Moralis coach you through 50 "mindful breaks" ingeniously tied to your hectic schedule

The Morale Project is a podcast that encompasses real and raw conversations about diversity and inclusion, morale and welfare, mental health and more. Tune in to learn more about the people we work with. Everyone has a story!

ATTENTION STUDENTS: If you need to write a paper on downsizing in organizations, then this is the perfect reference. It's simple, easy to understand, and right to the point. Organizational downsizing occurs for a variety of reasons including insufficient profits, lack of sales, financial instability, and corporate mergers. Regardless of the reason, the end result is a workforce with fewer employees. Sometimes this action is necessary to make the organization stronger, but it inevitably causes other problems. This eBook focuses on downsizing in organizations. Specifically it: • Discusses ...

Cet écrit polémique est publié en 1887. Il suit, complète et éclaire "Par-delà le bien et mal". Nietzsche se donne pour objectif de montrer d'où viennent les valeurs morales contemporaines et pourquoi nous devrions en changer pour des valeurs plus saines. "La Généalogie de la morale" se compose d'une préface et de trois dissertations écrites dans un style brillant et puissant.

The story of Captain D. Michael Abrashoff and his command of U.S.S. Benfold has become legendary inside and outside the Navy. Now Abrashoff offers this fascinating tale of top-down change for anyone trying to navigate today's uncertain business seas.

Over a third of Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" adhere to a principle called "servant leadership". James C. Hunter's runaway best seller The Servant introduced over a million listeners around the world to this philosophy of leading through courage, compassion, and character. Now with The Servant Leadership Training Course, this acclaimed author teaches listeners immediate, practical techniques for applying the revolutionary principles.

Recognizing and Engaging Employees for Dummies gives you the tools and information you need to improve morale, productivity, and personal achievement with a successful employee recognition program. Written by a world-leading authority in employee recognition, this book walks you step-by-step through the design and implementation process and describes the incentives that work, the behaviors to reward, and the mechanisms that must be in place for the program to be effective in the long term.