Office and workplace

Based on unique access interviews with leading chairmen and senior executives, All Above Board examines the key functions of the ideal 21st century board, how and why badly led boards fail, and what changes can be made to improve board behavior and efficiency for best practice.

How much 'say' should employees have in the running of business organizations, and what form should the 'voice' take?

Die ultimative FRITZ!

For people on the autism spectrum dating is so often an elusive art form, requiring the very skills--in communication, and in social perception--that don't come naturally to them.

An analysis of the different ways in which power operates within modern corporations.

101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees provides guidance for managers on how to broach uncomfortable conversations across a wide range of issues.

Get yourself paid and broaden your skillset with this everyday guide to side hustles The gig economy is growing by leaps and bounds, partly because it s easier to find a flexible work-life balance.

Are you building a typical team or a high-performance tribe?

Wie kann ich überzeugend auftreten und mit Wertschätzung bei Kunden und im Team erfolgreich sein?

This book argues that technological developments in the workplace have ''quantified'' the modern worker to the detriment of social equality.

New York Times bestselling author Kate White is the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, the #1 young womens magazine in the world, and a hugely successful businesswoman.

Are you building a typical team or a high-performance tribe?

Create a space where everyone can contribute and shine.

How the right business practices lead to the best resultsWe do business in a results-oriented world.

Research shows that 90 percent of a project manager's time is spent communicating with various stakeholders.

The book defines and helps provide key solutions for some of the greatest leadership challenges facing global managers today.

This is the time to expand your career opportunities - and the knowledge in here can be the key.

How do todays leaders move from playing it safe to playing for great?

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As a manager, it's your role to achieve the highest possible return on the physical, emotional, and mental efforts your people put forth.

Why is it that many women believe that working with other women is harder than working with men?

Increasing workplace diversity has given rise to growing intergroup challenges that persistently manifest in discrimination.

A common metaphor for modern life is 'keep the plates spinning', but it is becoming increasingly hard to balance professional and private lives, and this takes its toll.

Quality management for small, regional, and national breweries is critical for the success of craft brewing businesses.

Quick introduction of new technology is essential to America's competitiveness.

This book will examine the history of robotics and explicate what massive automation means for the present and future of labor in all its forms, from mills and factories to the white-collars offices of suburbia and more.

How social class determines who lands the best jobsAmericans are taught to believe that upward mobility is possible for anyone who is willing to work hard, regardless of their social status, yet it is often those from affluent backgrounds who land the best jobs.

Organizational culture is a quiet, but driving, influence on our perception of a company, whether as a consumer or as an employee.

CULTURENEERING = Building a strong business culture in a diverse workforce that delivers obsessive customer serviceAre you a leader who aims to drive real growth for the people within your organisation and at the same time deliver exceptional customer service that sets you apart from your competitors?

In Humanistic Perspectives on International Business and Management, the authors provide space to global perspectives on how we can rethink and reposition international business and management practice to be a part of the solution to our global problems.

Ahhh, the modern workplace: a cauldron of stress and anxiety.

How you can make use of your law degree—without making yourself miserable.

The market for information technology products is rapidly changing from a manufactur- er-driven market where new products were determined by the evolution of technology, to a user-driven market where users buy only products corresponding exactly to their needs and where competition is very strong.

Deutschlands jüngster Unternehmensberater Philipp Riederle erklärt in diesem Debattenbuch, wie die digitale Generation wirklich tickt: Viele Unternehmen befürchten, keinen qualifizierten Nachwuchs mehr zu bekommen, denn die nun auf den Arbeitsmarkt drängende Generation - die sogenannte Handy-Generation - gilt bei Managern und Personalern als verwöhnt und spaßorientiert.

The forces that are shaping the future of employment are examined in this new book.

What is the future shape of the American workplace?

Written by a former Times Creme PA of the Year, this new edition of The Definitive Personal Assistant and Secretarial Handbook is the ultimate guide for all management assistants, PAs, secretaries and executive assistants.

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With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 each day, the need for senior living is growing at a steep rate, and the aging services field has been hard at work preparing for these new customers.

This is the first book to explore this emergent role of the nursing profession.

Information theory is an exceptional field in many ways.

Compared to a few decades ago, companies today are faced with a much more challenging environment providing successful products and solutions for their customers.

Green Mountain Coffee founder Bob Stiller delivers the timeless leadership approach he pioneered in the 1990s to help you increase engagement, retention, and revenueDecades before the business world discovered the power of authentic staff engagement, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters cofounder Bob Stiller was busy creating a company with a mission to build an engaged workforce focused on innovation.

Do you want to lead like a business professional-or a Neanderthal?

Entspannter arbeiten: Das geht mit Computer, Tablets oder Smartphones – wenn man weiß, wie.

This critical resource gives managers, HR, and anyone who may come into contact with someone in traumaincluding workplace violence, harassment, assault, illness, addiction, fraud, bankruptcy, and morethe tools they need to be prepared for what lies ahead.

Many assumed characteristics of generational groupings are actually "e;myths,"e; meaning that generational stereotypes are not accurate across all members of a generation.