Workplace Problems

Amina Wells never planned on becoming a nanny. But when she takes the job caring for billionaire Grant Wilder’s grieving niece, she finds herself drawn into a world of glittering penthouses, whispered gossip—and a man who terrifies her as much as he tempts her. Grant lives for control. For order. For keeping his emotions locked behind boardroom walls. But Amina is nothing like the polished women in his world. She’s sunshine and music, the one person who can reach through his armor… and the only one who can soothe the little girl who’s become his entire world. Their connection is ...

Being a dog walker isn't as glamorous as you might imagine. Unless, of course, you're walking a tech billionaire's German shepherd mix. And when your grumpy, gorgeous billionaire boss asks you to spend the evenings at his place to babysit his teenage niece, who are you to refuse? You think, what could possibly go wrong? I'll tell you what can go wrong: Your business implodes, your heart shatters, and you find out you're carrying his baby.

The original edition of Discipline Without Punishment introduced a positive approach for getting problem employees to meet - and often even exceed - job requirements. The book still delivers on that promise, and in this revised edition, Dick Grote provides new insights, along with sample dialogues, memos, and worksheets.

Do you ever feel like you're your own worst enemy at work? Is your leadership style being sabotaged by self-doubt, anxiety, or unresolved anger? Many leaders struggle with these hidden challenges, but few are honest enough to face them. "The Bad Leader" is a compassionate and brutally honest guide that empowers you to confront the internal demons holding you back from true leadership. Author Phil Robert Lucky goes beyond corporate jargon and theoretical skills, providing a clear path to understand and solve the psychological barriers that make you a "bad leader." Inside this transformative ...

Companies need to grow, innovate, and adapt to changing needs. But stressed-out employees rarely go the extra mile, chaos rarely produces agility or speed, and it’s hard innovate or grow while bleeding talent to turnover and quiet quitting. This is how change stymies the very progress that it seeks. Drawing on decades spent leading HR operations at Deloitte and Cisco, Ashley Goodall explores the essential nature of human performance and offers a radical new alternative to the constant turbulence that defines corporate life.

When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right and how we act unethically without meaning to.

I'm supposed to be keeping house for Finn MacLaine, not falling for his ridiculously gorgeous smile. My brooding billionaire boss thinks he's damaged goods—a widowed single dad drowning in guilt about his past. His eight-year-old daughter thinks I should just "marry Daddy already." And me? I'm trying not to let my carefully guarded past ruin the best thing that's ever happened to me. The chemistry is undeniable. The timing is terrible. And some secrets have a way of galloping back when you least expect them. Can a small-town housekeeper and a tech mogul turned rancher find their happily ...

Every manager has a conversation they keep postponing. Someone is late again. A strong employee’s standards are slipping. A former peer keeps testing the line. Two employees are spreading tension through the team. A problem you already addressed is happening again. The issue may still look small. But every day it goes unaddressed, frustration builds, stronger employees notice, and the real standard becomes less clear. Say It Before It Spreads gives new managers a practical system for addressing problems early—before lateness becomes unreliability, attitude becomes culture, and private ...

Jonathan Smart, business agility practitioner, thought leader, and coach, reveals the patterns and antipatterns that will help organizations from every industry deliver better value sooner, safer, and happier through high levels of engagement, inclusion, and empowerment. Through his decades of experience in the technology world, Smart provides business leaders with a blueprint for creating a world-class organization of the future.

Most legal disasters do not begin in a courtroom. They begin with an email you answer too quickly. A promise nobody writes down. A payment that does not arrive. A document someone wants signed today. A landlord who stops responding. A manager who says, “Can we talk?” And in the ordinary hours that follow, people often make the decisions that determine what happens next. Think Like a Lawyer is a practical guide to recognizing those moments before an everyday problem becomes an expensive legal one. You do not need to memorize statutes or speak legalese. You need to learn how lawyers see a...

When a wary wedding planner and a people-pleasing mayor clash over a historic noise ordinance, their enemies-to-lovers battle might just rewrite the rules of romance. Paige There are exactly forty-two things that can go wrong at a wedding, and I track them all in my color-coded spreadsheet. Opening The Vow, our new Pacific Northwest venue, is my chance to prove that perfect planning prevents heartbreak. But when Juniper Springs' infuriatingly charming mayor delivers a century-old noise ordinance that threatens my marquee event, my perfectly scheduled life spirals into chaos. Ben Calloway is...

This Program Will Change the Way You Think About Work (And Everything Else . . . ) Imagine going to work each day feeling energized, excited, and ready for anything that comes your way. No more struggling with stress or burnout. No more personality clashes. Impossible? Not according to Michael A...

AI at Work: How Artificial Intelligence Solves Real-World Business Problems by Dennis Henderson Artificial Intelligence isn’t just changing technology—it’s transforming how we work, compete, and grow. AI at Work reveals how forward-thinking businesses are using AI to solve real-world challenges, improve decision-making, and unlock new levels of efficiency and creativity. From small startups to global enterprises, the message is clear: success in the modern economy depends on how well you understand and apply intelligent systems. In this practical and insightful guide, Dennis Henderson...

THEY TOLD YOU TO SPEAK UP. THEN YOU DID. You raised a concern about patient safety. Suddenly, the conversation wasn't about the patient anymore. It was about your attitude, your communication, your loyalty, and whether you were still a team player. When did doing the right thing become a career risk? The Nurse Who Became the Problem: When Speaking Up Makes You the Enemy pulls back the curtain on one of nursing's most uncomfortable contradictions: a profession that demands patient advocacy while sometimes punishing the very people who practice it. Through gripping fictional scenarios, sharp ...

The Lost Keys to Thinking Like a Problem-Solver Unlock the Mindset to Solve Any Problem, Big or Small Ever lost your keys, retraced your steps, and somehow still couldn’t find them—only to realize they were right in front of you the whole time? Or spent hours stuck on a frustrating problem at work, only to discover you were looking in the wrong place all along? Problem-solving isn’t just about finding answers—it’s about learning how to think. In The Lost Keys to Thinking Like a Problem-Solver, software engineer and logical thinker Lay Manns shares a practical, engaging, and ...

She can fix a broken system. What she can't do is schedule falling in love. When operations consultant Iris Kincaid agrees to help launch a neighborhood skill-sharing program, she expects a demanding nine-week project—not a crowded room, a stack of misleading forms, and a partner who considers “we’ll find a way” a reasonable plan. Felix Navarro has spent years bringing his community together. He’s warm, persuasive, and almost impossible not to like. He’s also far too good at making promises that someone else will have to keep. Iris believes kindness needs boundaries. Felix ...

When Friends Can’t Work Together explores why personal bonds often falter in professional settings. It offers no prescriptions, only reflections. The goal is not to resolve every tension, but to help name the quiet fractures that arise when friendship and structure meet. This book was written with the hope that readers might recognize themselves, not in judgment, but in shared humanity.

Die heiß ersehnte Fortsetzung des Weltbestsellers und absoluten Romance-Klassikers »The Love Hypothesis — Die theoretische Unwahrscheinlichkeit von Liebe« Endlich ist Olives Name vollständig: Sie ist Dr. Smith und lebt ihr ganz eigenes Happy End. Allerdings nur vorläufig, denn...

A renowned leadership consultant offers an “a powerful and timely resource for leaders at every level” (Marshal Goldsmith, author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There), drawing on decades of her in-the-field research and consulting As an executive coach, Dr. Katie Best has helped...

Culture does not decline through announcements. It changes through behavior. Standards are not removed. They are adjusted quietly inside teams. Deadlines are missed without consequence. Underperformance is discussed but not corrected. High performers compensate for others. Difficult conversations are postponed. Nothing appears broken. But inside the team, something has already shifted. In The Hidden Culture Mistakes That Erode Performance, Amit Dharmendra Singh examines how everyday team behaviors gradually redefine standards, accountability, and performance. This book focuses on what ...