Workplace Drama

Take charge of your career by eliminating communication barriers and taking charge of your business relationships. Make your work environment less tense and more productive by improving communication skills. Set relationship expectations, work with people how they like to work, and give positive feedback and constructive feedback.

Is your workplace riddled with gossip, power struggles, and confusion? Do you seek clarity in your management and cohesiveness in your team? Do you have a personal obstacle affecting your professional success? If so, there is good news-help is on the way. Stop Workplace Drama offers down-to-earth, practical methods to help business owners, entrepreneurs, and private practice professionals maximize success, increase productivity, and improve teamwork and personal performance.

The HIGHLY ANTICIPATED adult debut novel from #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author Renée Ahdieh “Fans of Crazy Rich Asians, Schitt’s Creek, and White Lotus will get more than their fix of backstabbing and danger. A delectable and drama-filled thriller.” —Kirkus (STARRED review) "Trust...

Working late at night, Lucas, a middle manager in a large organization, meets a custodian named Ted. The two strike up a friendship as Ted teaches Lucas three vital questions with the power to transform the disillusionment he is experiencing at work. Listeners follow Lucas as he learns how to shift from feeling like a victim to acting as a creator in his career. With the wise guidance of Ted and Kasey, a senior manager, Lucas applies the three vital questions and begins transforming his workplace relationships, with exciting results.

Rowan Blake doesn't touch you unless he means it. At this moment, he has me bent over the conference room table, blueprints scattered beneath my hands while his head is in between my thighs. And I don't want him to stop. He's everything his twin brother never was—stoic, reserved, ruthless, and impossible to ignore. A six-foot-three former Marine and billionaire real estate mogul. Broad, immovable, built like a man who never second-guesses himself. Salt-and-pepper at his temples. Ice-blue eyes that pin you in place and make you forget how to breathe. Six years ago, I fell in love with the ...

No Ego is about increasing awareness of just how often individuals are operating out of ego at work, breeding drama and discord rather than innovation and constructive collaboration. It is high time to reinvent leadership thinking. The current work experience is so full of emotional waste that it's seen as a foregone cost in today's business environments. Cy Wakeman teaches straightforward strategies in which this time and energy can be re-commissioned and put toward the value that hired talent is intended to provide.

31-year-old Lee has her dream job at tech startup Everfore—but being the youngest-looking person in the office means she's always fighting to be taken seriously among the bros on her team who treat her more like a kid sister than a colleague. When her boss challenges the team to develop the next viral app for Gen Z, Lee sees her chance to finally shine—even if it means going undercover as a high school student in the process.

She saved the points for their dream anniversary trip. He spent them on another woman. Claire Whitaker is supposed to be celebrating her fiftieth birthday tonight. The room is booked, the cake is ordered, and her husband Grant is ready to toast twenty-five years of marriage in front of family, friends, and half his company. Then the airline app sends her a notification. A completed Italy itinerary. Two passengers. Grant Whitaker and Elise Rowan. Paid for with the loyalty points Claire spent twelve years saving for the trip they were supposed to take together. Grant does not know she has the...

In Reality-Based Leadership, expert Fast Company blogger Cy Wakeman reveals how to be the kind of leader who changes the way people think about and perceive their circumstances - one who deals with the facts, clarifies roles, gives clear and direct feedback, and insists that everyone do the same - without drama or defensiveness. Filled with dynamic examples and innovative tools, this book shows you how to become a reality-based leader.

The human longing for respect and dignity is deep and pervasive. Yet, while resolving more than 300 workplace conflicts, author Anna Maravelas has met thousands of individuals struggling with tension and mistrust. Creating a Drama-Free Workplace contains strategies to avoid and reverse these troubling trends. Learn why trust and connectedness slip through our fingers despite our yearnings for workplaces that are grounded in collaboration and success.

Eliminate sexual harassment, unconscious bias, ethical lapses and other HR nightmares! Companies spend millions on legal compliance training and initiatives to eliminate workplace drama and the resulting low morale and lawsuits, but don't always get the results they want. Most organizations understand that simply checking legal compliance boxes around sexual harassment, bias, etc. isn't enough, but are at a loss on how to implement solutions, especially in today's post-#MeToo world.

How do you keep the man in your life when he’s the CEO of a multinational corporation and a billionaire? EVA Tristan began to drift away the day he hired Audrey Desprez, his new assistant. Beautiful, brilliant, and confident, she embodies both novelty and the intoxication of first emotions. And while he allows himself to be enchanted, I fight to save what still binds us. How do you preserve love when you’re the only one who believes in it? At what point should you let go? And what about this secret that could change everything? TRISTAN The empire I built with Eva and my best friends is ...

For Mature Audience: Sexual situations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5-Star Review *"A breathtaking journey of love and courage! This story captivated me from the very first page. Paula and Marie, two dedicated police officers, navigate the complexities of their professional lives while discovering a profound connection that transcends the chaos around them. Their relationship unfolds against a backdrop of danger and uncertainty, showcasing not only their bravery on the job but also their vulnerability in love. The author masterfully weaves together themes of acceptance, resilience, and the power of love...

The collected trilogy, all in one place: THE BLUE MOUNTAIN DYNASTY contains all three books in the BLACKSTONE TRILOGY! Beau and Darcy have been best friends since they were born. But can they be more, once Beau's scheming wife hatches a plan so twisted neither of them could have come up with it themselves? Armand holds a burning flame for Jolene, and always has. But what will he do when he believes she's become a killer? Fox and Katrina want each other from the moment they lay eyes on each other, but their lives and careers are in constant conflict. When Fox lures her back with an offer she...

When Chase Stone’s estranged father dies, leaving his multibillion-dollar business to his children, no one is more surprised than him. Growing up outside of the high-stakes world filled with human vultures, Chase and his sister, Alex, are less than enthusiastic about stepping into their father’s shoes. That is until they learn of a half brother they didn’t know existed, and must find to share their inheritance with.

One hot and reckless night with a sexy silver fox. No names. No promises. The next day, I learn his name. Grant Donovan. My client's billionaire brother. Within days, our photo is splashed across the tabloids. I need this scandal buried before it buries me. Grant has a problem of his own. He needs a wife before his fiftieth birthday. So we make a deal. Fake engagement. Contract marriage. Strictly business. At least, that's the plan. But every stolen touch makes my body forget the rules my brain is trying to keep. The grumpy billionaire I’m supposed to resist keeps slipping past my ...

USA Today bestselling author R. S. Grey delivers a sparkling summertime romance about a young woman determined to complete her late sister's bucket list. I’ve spent years stuck behind a desk, always doing the practical, predictable thing. But when my sister’s untimely death leaves me with...

Three months. That's my limit. Ten temp jobs in four years, and I've never once unpacked all the way. Then I spill coffee down my blouse, eat the carpet on my way to the copy room, and look up into the hazel eyes of the man who signs my paychecks. Bren Harrison. Mid-forties. Salt-and-pepper. In charge of everything. Including me, apparently. By lunch on day one, I'm on my knees in his locked office. The rules are easy. Don't catch feelings, don't get caught, don't drag it out. I'm great at rules like that. Rules like that are how I never stay. Somewhere between the protein bars and the ...

Are your employees acting like termites chewing through your business? Do clients drain your energy, or suppliers leave you wondering what planet they’re on? Running a service-based business shouldn’t feel like a full-time pest control operation, but too often, it does. Author and entrepreneur Tim Whitt has spent 45 years in the pest control industry—30 in corporate leadership and 15 building his own thriving company, Pied Piper Pest & Lawn. Based in Oklahoma, Tim has seen it all. From technician to owner, he’s learned how both pests and people behave…

My mentor is my best friend's brother. And the one man I was never supposed to want. He's the Chief of Surgery — controlled, guarded, untouchable. I'm the resident who arrives early, stays late, and has spent four years being excellent in the dark. He never noticed me. I made sure of it. Now a mentorship pairing puts us side by side in the OR — and everything I've been hiding is suddenly impossible to hide. The slow burn between us is the kind that doesn't stay slow. It's forbidden. It's a fire neither of us planned. And it's consuming us both. The only way to survive what's coming is ...