books about: workplace     books:     Workplace      How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton Gallup Press, 2004 The Magic Word, Positive! We see so much on this idea of being, acting and feeling positive. The use of 'bucket' as a metaphor really works showing you how you put in and take out of your 'bucket'. Great book and similar to the Law of attraction. Read Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret ...             Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, ... Hyperion, 2000 A way to make work fun Other posters have commented on outside services associated with this product, but all I can speak of is the book itself. Fish! is the best book out there on finding the fun in work and turning dreary days into high energy activity. As for a book that builds ...             The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization Peter M. Senge Doubleday Business, 2006 Systems thinking, organization This book is excellent. Written very well. I was hooked after the first two chapters. This book helps one see the long term results from small short term thinking. I am still in the process of reading this book. I am excited to learn more about organizational ...             Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, ... McGraw-Hill, 2002 Should read if ... Nutshell review - You should read this book if you ever need to talk to anyone! Sooner or later you will benefit from the insights and techniques explained in this book to help you handle things when talking gets tough.             The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't Robert I. Sutton Business Plus, 2007 Die Keinearschlochregel A**holes create a toxic work environment, destroying productivity. Sutton introduces the Total Cost of A**holes (TCA) metric. In the case of a salesman named Ethan, the cost was estimated at $160,000, including time spent by Ethan's manager, HR professionals, senior ...             Crucial Confrontations Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, ... McGraw-Hill, 2004 Daily problems solutions Confrontations with other people's ideas, opinions and actions are part of a daily routine. Books like "Crucial Confrontations" show us how it looks like when stakes are high and results could strongly influence our lives. Having such book "on our side" help us to ...             Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life Spencer Johnson G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998 The parable as a blank canvas Who Moved My Cheese is a classic that uses a story without the burden of extra detail to force you to put your own life into the situation, and learn from it. It's true that this method isn't for everyone, but the book is popular for a reason: it helps people. Who ...             The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Patrick M. Lencioni Jossey-Bass, 2002 Improve Your Teamwork As a corporate human resources director, I am continually searching for material that will enhance our organizations team skills. Somewhat like another management book that I recommended Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions, the author ...             The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations Ori Brafman, Rod A. Beckstrom Portfolio Hardcover, 2006 The Starfish and the Spider relevance to Relationship Economics As succinctly illustrated in Rod Beckstrom's book The Starfish and the Spider, the massively complex and dynamic ecosystems of today's highly matrixed corporations can more effectively adapt to the market dynamics by way of decentralized competency teams. Substantial ...             Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators Patrick M. Lencioni Jossey-Bass, 2005 Quick turn-around - Great Condition Thanks much - I needed the books for work and had them quicker than expected. Nancy             Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your ... Cali Ressler, Jody Thompson Portfolio Hardcover, 2008 The Ideas to Help Start a Revolution at Work I've seen a number of reviews that say, in a nutshell, "The book doesn't tell me HOW to do this". This book was not meant to tell you how -- it was meant to get you thinking, talking, sharing and collaborating with your co-workers and management to take action in your ...             Persuasion IQ: The 10 Skills You Need to Get Exactly What You Want Kurt Mortensen AMACOM, 2008 Fantastic Book When it comes to the science of persuasion, both personal and professional this is not only the best, but also the most important book out there. Kurt Mortensen talks about how the inability to command influence is a universal personal and professional dilemma. He ...             The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook Peter M. Senge, Art Kleiner, ... Doubleday Business, 1994 The Fifth Discipline This book is a collection of theoretical summaries, reports, analyses, and strategies all quite useful to anyone interested in generating some thinking and action around change. The team of five writers (Peter Senge, Richard Ross, Bryan Smith, Charlotte Roberts, and ...             Team-Building Activities for Every Group Alanna Jones Rec Room Publishing, 2000 The best activity book I'm a peer facilitator, and this is definitely the best group activity book that I've used. I've always gotten the best response from the activities in this book...they seem to be the most fun for the kids to do, while still teaching important lessons. The book is also ...             Great Application Essays for Business School Paul Bodine McGraw-Hill, 2005 clear, concise and on the target very much on target. the ideas can be put to use straightaway. the comments from members of adcoms are really useful.          products you might be interested in search for books confrontations, conversations, facilitators, organization, organizations, team-building      geepe.com    web we recommend The parable as a blank canvas randomly chosen electronics: Panasonic KX-TGA670B -Extra Handset for KX6700 Series (2-LINE) - Black