Work Performance Management

Your business success depends on your ability to align and develop the people who work for you. High-performance teams are built intentionally by leaders who understand the three essential components of growth: alignment, development, and transition. TeamWork breaks each of these components down into actionable processes, with steps you can take immediately to start making a difference today. Learn how to create teams that work the way you want them to. Then, discover ways to scale those teams, keeping them aligned with your objectives as your business grows.

Finalist in the Business Book of the Year 2024 awards! The Chief People Officer role has finally taken its rightful place on the Executive Committee and human resource management is recognised as a true differentiator of success for modern organisations. However, CPOs face a challenge. In a world of increasing regulation and litigation, and with greater expectations than ever of how organisations should support their people, the HR role risks being overwhelmed. Managers are drowning under the weight of people-related tasks, while staff demand ever more from their workplace. CEOs and Boards ...

What if being present, focused, and calm wasn’t a personality trait but a brain state? Life Explained is a book about the brain and how it actually works under modern pressure. Drawing from applied neuroscience for performance, Dr. Izzy Justice explains why so many high-functioning people feel overwhelmed, exhausted, distracted, or mentally foggy, even when life looks successful on the outside. This is not another entry in generic brain health books or stress management self-help. It is a grounded, science-based exploration of brain activity, brain structure and function, and how stress, ...

Improving the performance of your employees involves one of the hardest challenges in the known universe: changing the way they think. In constant demand as a coach, speaker, and consultant to companies around the world, David Rock has proven that the secret to leading people (and living and...

Document your leadership vision, then transform your organization into it...and leave the legacy of an organization that performs brilliantly now and long after you've moved on.

The New York Times best-selling author of The Power of Broke and "Shark" on ABC's hit show Shark Tank explores how grit, persistence, and good old-fashioned hard work are the backbone of every successful business and individual, and inspires listeners to Rise and Grind their way the top.

A #1 New York Times bestselling author and leadership expert answers questions from his readers about what it takes to be in charge and make a difference. John Maxwell, America's #1 leadership authority, has mastered the art of asking questions, using them to learn and grow, connect with people...

Your brain was never broken. It was built for a different kind of work. If you are a late-diagnosed professional who has spent years masking, compensating, and burning out in a workplace built for neurotypical brains, this book offers something different: a science-backed system designed specifically for how your brain actually operates. Thriving at Work with Adult ADHD goes beyond generic productivity advice. Drawing on the latest neuroscience of executive function, dopamine signaling, and working memory, this structured guide provides a complete framework for transforming your ...

Delegating work, responsibility, and authority is difficult in a company because it means letting others make decisions which involve spending the owner-manager's money. At a minimum, you should delegate enough authority to get the work done, to allow assistants to take initiative, and to keep the operation moving in your absence. This guide discusses controlling those who carry responsibility and authority and coaching them in self-improvement. It emphasizes the importance of allowing competent assistants to perform in their own style rather than insisting that things be done exactly as ...

New York Times bestselling author and award-winning educator Ron Clark applies his successful leadership principles to the business world in this effective and accessible guidebook, perfect for any manager looking to inspire and motivate his or her team. Includes a foreword by bestselling author...

Marcus Buckingham’s books have guided millions to become top performers in everything they do by focusing on their strengths. In Go Put Your Strengths to Work, a Wall Street Journal bestseller, Buckingham will show you how to hone and apply your strengths for maximum success in your career...

The promotion came with responsibility. The difficult conversations came without a script. Yesterday, you worked beside them. Today, you have to address the lateness, explain the standard, handle the conflict, and write down what happened. Getting the words wrong can make a small problem harder. Avoiding the conversation can leave everyone else carrying it. You're the Supervisor Now gives new supervisors and frontline managers practical language, realistic examples, and documentation tools for the conversations the job keeps putting in front of you. Clear words for the conversations you ...

Transform unmotivated teams into high-performing units using actionable behavioral science and management strategies. Whether you are navigating the isolation of hybrid work or seeking inspiration during your morning commute, this empowering framework provides the immediate clarity you need...

Narrated by the author. 'The most productive man you'd ever hope to meet' – TED Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey is a practical guide to managing your attention – the most powerful resource you have to become more creative, get stuff done, and live a more meaningful life. You will learn: How...

Operational performance is never just about systems, dashboards, KPIs or process maps. The COO Psychologist is a practical business psychology book for leaders who want to understand why operations slow down, why good people create poor outcomes, and why performance problems often have a human cause beneath the visible process failure. You can have the cleanest reporting pack in the room and still lose speed if people hesitate, avoid decisions, protect themselves, communicate poorly, or carry unclear ownership into daily work. You can install better systems and still see the same delays ...

Managers don’t fail because they’re stupid. They fail because they tolerate bullshit. This book is for anyone who’s tired of excuses, low standards, and “we’re a family here” speeches while the work still isn’t done. It’s a field manual for getting adults to do the job they’re paid to do and the first book in the NO BULLSHIT series. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN Inside, you’ll learn how to: Set expectations so clearly that “I didn’t know” is impossible. Follow up so people deliver — without you chasing them. Deal with underperformance fast and directly. Hold people ...

To perform better in any situation - in your career, hobbies, relationships, or in any facet of your life - it is critical to develop psychological skills, which, just like physical abilities, can be taught, learned, and practiced. Both as individuals and as groups, we can tone these psychological skills and use them to heighten awareness, foster talents and technical abilities, and reach peak performance. Mental preparedness and psychological awareness are the keys to thriving in any environment.

Modern employees are tired of command and control management. Employees are looking for personal growth, purpose, and a different lifestyle than prior generations of employees. These employees are in a market where they can have flexibility in how and where they work. They want and can demand choices in the work environment.

The citation came under the General Duty Clause. That is the clause OSHA reaches for when no specific standard covers the hazard and the hazard is obvious anyway. In our case they did not have to look far. They made the argument out of our own records. I was hired as Director of Industrial, Facilities, and Safety Engineering to abate it. I was also hired to improve productivity. Both mandates arrived in the same conversation. What I found was a company that could construct a labor standard from published tables, apply it across five different systems, and pay a bonus against it. We knew how...

Stress Management Operating System A 30-Day Plan to Reduce Stress, Prevent Burnout, and Build Daily Resilience at Work and Home A practical 30-day stress management plan to help calm your nervous system in about 2 minutes, reduce anxiety, prevent burnout, and protect focus—one short move at a time. Built for busy days at work and home, blending evidence-informed breathing exercises and simple vagus nerve tools with zero fluff. Why this works Short actions you can repeat anywhere. Clear boundaries with short calendar buffers. Simple tracking to repeat what helps. What you’ll get Quick ...