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Stellar Management Teams
By Vesa Ristikangas, Tapani Rinne. 2018
Management teams at all levels, and individual team members in particular, are often disengaged and disconnected from the management function…
itself. Statements such as, "we lack common goals or they are unclear", "I have no influence", "I am not listened to nor taken into account", and "I do not feel valued – actually, nobody does", are commonplace. The authors argue this is because we have been entrenched in an era of guru leadership but that it must come to an end if our management teams are to rise to the top. An individual is not capable of controlling the complicated system of an organization, with its countless variables, especially in conjunction with the rapid change in both the economy and market forces, which are unpredictable and uncontrollable. No matter how talented the individual, no one person is in a position to manage this complex system alone – not even a guru leader. The authors contend that what is needed now are resilient trendsetters who will bring about a new era of top-performing teams that together form a "collective guru", which they refer to as a Stellar Management Team. In this book, the reader undertakes a metaphorical journey to the stars, which symbolizes top-level interaction and collaboration. The journey is the development from an ordinary management team into a Stellar Management Team, which elevates its operation up to a new level of performance and success.
Career Development: A Life-span Developmental Approach (Contemporary Topics in Vocational Psychology Series)
By Richard M. Lerner, Fred W. Vondracek, John E. Schulenberg. 1986
This book places career development into the mainstream of human development research and theory. The result is a powerful synthesis…
of vocational psychology and the most recent advances in lifespan developmental psychology, thus offering a developmental-contextual framework for guiding theory and research in career development. Its chapters demonstrate the utility of this framework for the study of women's career development, health and careers, career intervention, and the selection and application of appropriate research methodologies. Scholars as well as intervention specialists should find this volume to be of great value. The adaption of this developmental-contextual framework for career development theory, research, and intervention may represent an important future for vocational psychology and the study of career development.
The Journey to a Personal Brand
By Douglas Commaille. 2018
Transitions in life are now a reality for everyone. This book takes you through the journey to create your own…
Personal Brand and take ownership of and address these transitions based on your values, career, skills, knowledge and aims. A Personal Brand is a positive in the reader’s life – professionally, personally and psychologically. It builds people’s confidence and is founded on who they are, their achievements and successes, as well as their technical and person-to-person skills. Drawing upon well-known Personal Brands, including Walt Disney, Nelson Mandela and Steve Jobs, The Journey to a Personal Brand forces readers to reevaluate themselves critically and honestly. Readers are guided through creating a distinctive brand from scratch through to launching it on digital media. This intensely practical guide is essential reading for the professional, the return-to-worker, the student and early retiree alike or those wishing to improve their life and bring added value to their careers, personal profile or reputation.
Basado en el principio de que los bienes que generan ingreso siempre dan mejores resultados que los trabajos tradicionales, Robert…
Kiyosaki explica cómo pueden adquirirse dichos bienes para, eventualmente, olvidarse de trabajar. El libro #1 de finanzas personales. Con un estilo claro y ameno, este libro te pondrá en el camino directo al éxito financiero y así lograrás que el dinero trabaje para ti.Padre rico Padre pobre es el bestseller que revolucionó la forma de entender las finanzas personales. El autor y conferencista Robert Kiyosaki desarrolló una perspectiva económica única a partir de la exposición que tuvo a dos influencias: su propio padre, altamente educado pero muy inestable y el padre multimillonario, sin educación universitaria, de su mejor amigo.Los problemas monetarios que su Padre pobre experimentó toda la vida (con cheques mensuales muy respetables pero nunca suficientes) rompían con lo que le comunicaba su Padre rico: que la clase pobre y la clase media trabajan por dinero pero la clase alta, hace que el dinero trabaje para ellos. Kiyosaki presenta la filosofía detrás de esta relación excepcional con el dinero. Este libro aboga de manera convincente por el tipo de conocimiento financiero que nunca se enseña en las escuelas.Padre rico padre pobre lo ayudará a: -Derribar el mito de que usted necesita tener un ingreso elevado para hacerse rico. -Desafiar la creencia de que su casa es una inversión. -Mostrar a los padres por qué no confiar en el sistema escolar para la enseñanza de sus hijos acerca del dinero. -Definir de una vez y para siempre qué es una inversión y qué es una obligación.-Mostrar qué enseñar a los hijos acerca del dinero para su futuro éxito financiero. Lo que ha dicho la crítica: "Padre rico padre pobre es el punto de partida para quien quiera tomar el control de su futuro financiero." -USA Today
Ahora, en su libro Juega como hombre, gana como mujer, Gail Evans revela los secretos para las jugadas de éxito…
y les enseña a las mujeres, de todos los niveles corporativos, cómo entrar al mundo de los negocios y jugarlo con ventaja. El libro permaneció varios meses en las listas de los más vendidos de The New York Times, Business Week y The Wall Street Journal. Esta obra se ha traducido a más de 18 idiomas con ventas sólidas en todo el mundo.De Gail Evans, autora del bestseller, She Wins, You Win. Un manual honesto y práctico que revela secretos importantes de las relaciones laborales entre hombres y mujeres, de lectura obligada para cada mujer que quiere tomar ventaja de su poder. Las mujeres conforman casi la mitad del mercado laboral hoy en día, pero en el mundocorporativo no comparten la mitad del poder. Sólo cuatro de las 500 compañías de Fortune están dirigidas por mujeres y sólo fue hace algunos años que la mitad de esas compañías contrataron a una mujer para altos cargos. ¿La razón? La mayoría de las mujeres nunca aprenden cómo jugar el juego de los negocios. A lo largo de su carrera en la industria de los medios -dominada por hombres- Gail Evans, una de las ejecutivas más poderosas de Estados Unidos, ha conocido a innumerables mujeres que le dicen que se sienten perdidas en su ambiente laboral, casi como si estuvieran jugando sin conocer las reglas del juego. Ella les dice que ese es exactamente el problema: los negocios son un juego, hay reglas para ganar. Gail ha descubierto que, en su mayoría, las mujeres no las conocen. Los hombres conocen las reglas porque ellos las escribieron, pero las mujeres se sienten alejadas del proceso porque no saben cuándo levantar la voz, cuándo pedir responsabilidades, qué decir en una entrevista y muchos otros movimientos clave que pueden hacer o deshacer su carrera. Compartiendo con humor sus años aleccionadores en la vida corporativa, la autora da a las lectoras herramientas prácticas para tomar las decisiones correctas en el trabajo. Entre las reglas que aprenderás están:-Cómo llevar el marcador en el trabajo. -Cuándo tomar un riesgo. -Cómo lidiar con el Síndrome Impostor. -Diez palabras que significan cosas diferentes para hombres y para mujeres. -Por qué los hombres pueden jugar sucio y tú no. -Cuándo renunciar.
LinkedIn: Tell Your Story, Land the Job
By Jeff Norman. 2015
Meet the World's Largest Career and Networking Site: LinkedIn LinkedIn is dominating the world of business-based networking, yet many of…
its users don't know how to make the most of it, while others are hesitant to join yet another social network. Whether you're a job seeker, an employer in search of new talent, or a business looking to boost your visibility, make LinkedIn your social network of choice, this book your guide. LinkedIn: Tell Your Story, Land the Job will help you: Learn tips and tricks for building a strong LinkedIn profile, optimized for discovery Write a concise professional summary, gather endorsements and recommendations, and highlight your skills Create a virtual hub for current and potential employees and customers Take advantage of LinkedIn's Company Pages to improve your visibility Dig deeper into LinkedIn's offerings, by getting the most out of introduction requests, advanced search, media tools, and professional groups Explore the pros and cons of the free vs. paid versions of LinkedIn
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Performing Arts Workforce examines the systemic and institutional barriers and individual biases that continue…
to perpetuate a predominately White nonprofit performing arts workforce in the United States. Workforce diversity, for purposes of this book, is defined as racial and ethnic diversity among workforce participants and stakeholders in the performing arts, including employees, artists, board members, funders, donors, educators, audience, and community members. The research explicitly uncovers the sociological and psychological reasons for inequitable workforce policies and practices within the historically White nonprofit performing arts sector, and provides examples of the ways in which transformative leaders, sharing a multiplicity of cultural backgrounds, can collaboratively and collectively create and produce a culturally plural community-centered workforce in the performing arts. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
There has been a growing interest among scholars in the fields of organizational behaviour and industrial psychology in what can…
be termed "the dark side of the organizations." A main concept in this regard this is both important and relevant counterproductive work behaviours (CWBs), which can be defined as deliberate actions that harm the organization or its members. These behaviours include a variety of acts that can be directed toward organizations (CWB-O) or toward other people (CWB-P). Destroying organizational property, purposely doing work incorrectly, and taking unauthorized work breaks are examples of CWB-O, whereas hitting a co-worker, insulting others, and shouting at someone are forms of CWB-P. Despite the growing interest in CWBs as a research issue, not enough is known about the determinants of CWBs. The goal of Counterproductive Work Behaviors therefore is to cover this stimulating, important, and innovative issue of dark triad personalities in the workplace. The book will deal with important aspects of this issue, such as the characteristics of dark triad personalities, how they operate and damage organizations, what organizations are more vulnerable to them, ways to diagnose and detect them, and ways to handle dark triad personalities and prevent them from harming organizations and employees. There is no doubt that the issues covered by Counterproductive Work Behaviors will continue to attract academic attention and therefore the book is essential reading for researchers, academics and business professionals alike in the fields of Organizational Studies and Behaviour, Organizational Psychology, Strategy, Human Resource Management, Leadership and the related disciplines.
Jobs of the Future: Imaginative Careers for Forward-Thinking Kids
By Carlo Canepa, Sofia E. Rossi, Carlo. Canepa, Luca Poli. 2021
A fun and imaginative guide to futurist STEAM careers that will inspire middle-grade readers to dream big and envision a…
better world.From chemistry and climatology to robotics and the arts, Jobs of the Future imagines professions that may one day be essential to preserving and improving life on Earth. Become a “plastics fisherman” and save the oceans from pollution! Or be a “cloud hunter” and help to slow global warming! Whatever their passion, children will discover a world of possibility in this colorful and inspiring guide to a wide range of futuristic careers.
Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management
By B. Sebastian Reiche, Günter K. Stahl, Mark E. Mendenhall and Gary R. Oddou. 2017
The new edition of Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management examines the interactions between people, cultures, and human…
resource systems in a wide variety of regions throughout the world. Taking account of recent developments in the international human resources management (IHRM) field, the sixth edition will enable students to meet the international challenges they will face in the workforce, and sensitize them to the complexity of human resource issues in the era of globalization. Features include: New readings and case studies that account for recent changes in the field, positioned alongside "tried and true" material. An increased focus on cross-cultural diversity and tools to bridge "social distance" between team members. Supplemental material and teaching notes, available for download, to enhance instructors’ abilities to use the readings and cases with their students. With well-known contributors and field experts, this is the ideal accompaniment for any class in international human resource management, organizational studies, or international business.
Expatriate Managers: The Paradoxes of Living and Working Abroad (Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy)
By Anna Spiegel, Ursula Mense-Petermann, Bastian Bredenkötter. 2018
Since the 1990s, economic and cultural globalization has propelled the transnational mobility of managers and fueled cross-border careers. Some scholars…
have argued for the emergence of a new global business elite with cosmopolitan mind-sets and homogeneous lifestyles, while others have highlighted their disconnection from the local surroundings and their everyday life within national expatriate ‘bubbles’. Thus, the question of whether today’s mobile professionals can be described as interculturally open and competent cosmopolitans, or as pronounced anti-cosmopolitans, is still unanswered. Expatriate Managers and the Paradoxes of Working and Living Abroad considers a core protagonist of economic globalization and the management of MNCs through the lens of a practice-based theoretical approach whilst seeking to address this question by building on intensive ethnographic case studies of expatriate managers, most of them high-ranking executives, from two comparative different home countries, the US and Germany. These managers, together with their families, have been assigned to China, Germany, or the US to perform demanding coordination tasks within their multinational corporations (MNCs). Based on detailed accounts of expatriate managers’ experiences and everyday practices, the book reveals the multiple and sometimes paradoxical ways in which they deal with cultural differences as they build up new forms of working, belonging and dwelling. The findings suggest that the newly emerging mind-sets and lifestyles of expatriate managers transcend the polarized images of mobile elites as either cosmopolitan ‘global managers’ or parochial anti-cosmopolitans. Expatriate Managers and the Paradoxes of Working and Living Abroad examines the global elite from an everyday perspective, showing that understanding the dynamics of a global economy requires probing into the lifeworld’s agency and everyday arrangements of the social actors who are putting globalization into practice.
Start Now: Because That Meaningful Job Is Out There, Just Waiting For You
By Reynold Levy. 2020
From the New York Times bestselling author, &“a compelling guide to determine what you wish to do in life, and the best…
ways to build a meaningful career&” (Ken Auletta, bestselling author). Newcomers to the workplace. The recently fired. Those desiring to advance with their current employer, and those eager to move on. And many who have found what they do for a living deadening, disappointing, and tedious. For these reasons and others one in five Americans change jobs every year. Drawing on his extensive career in the non-profit, commercial, and public service realms, Reynold Levy will help you think about your future creatively and prepare for it resourcefully. How to network naturally and adeptly. How to interview effectively. How to perform well in your current job. He will offer you a recipe for moving up in an appealing organization or moving out gracefully to a better position elsewhere. Start Now offers concrete, actionable, practical advice: Taking fullest advantage of school, friends, acquaintances, and colleagues. Learning how to succeed at work without being imprisoned there. Asking others for help compellingly. &“This book is about work—finding work you love, getting it, doing it well, leaving it—but it is also a book about how to live. Part memoir, part social analysis, part practical guide, it is a terrific read: wise and fun, deep and light, full of stories about people and problems, and the sheer good pleasure of a job that gives back to the world. Never moralizing, just right, Start Now is a book for us all.&” —Jennifer Homans, New York Times bestselling author
What Color Is Your Parachute? for College: Pave Your Path from Major to Meaningful Work
By Katharine Brooks. 2021
An indispensable guide for college students, adapted from the world&’s most popular and bestselling career book, What Color Is Your…
Parachute?What Color Is Your Parachute? for College is the only guide you need for making the most of your college career from start to finish. Based on the bestselling job-hunting system in the world, created by Richard N. Bolles, it covers deciding on a major, designing a four-year plan with your interests and values in mind, creating impactful social media, developing a resume that stands out in a crowd, and making invaluable connections to the workplace.Filled with introspective activities designed to bring out your unique skills and knowledge for interviews, resumes, and cover letters, this book provides easy-to-follow templates, rubrics, and lists to help you create the best possible social media platform, including LinkedIn. You&’ll discover how to leverage your skills and experiences throughout college to start your future—whether that means landing a meaningful internship (and making the most of it!), finding your first job, continuing on to graduate school, or taking a gap year. Whatever your future plans, What Color Is Your Parachute? for College will get you there.
Within Get CLEAR on Your Career, Valentina Savelyeva helps readers find their niche and move forward in their life and…
career. In Get CLEAR on Your Career, success coach Valentina Savelyeva shares her top insights and strategies to help make these important decisions around work, life, and money. With over a decade of experience working with thousands of MBA students, young professionals, and business owners, Valentina possesses the knowledge to help one navigate a wide range of industries, including finance, consulting, technology, and social entrepreneurship. In Get CLEAR on Your Career, Valentina teaches in search of a career:How to make choices that feel aligned and true to themThe tools and practices needed for identifying their own unique success formula How to detect any blind spots that have been holding them back with the professional success The limitations and invisible caps around money and how much they have been able to earn, keep, and enjoy How to identify resistance and accelerate progress
Is it your dream to make it as a creative? Imagine for one moment that there are no employers, no…
firms to send your CV to, no interviews to be had. How would you forge your own path? The most ingenious and driven designers have found ways of making opportunities for themselves across the creative disciplines - ways you can learn from too.Don't Get a Job?... Make a Job celebrates the various strategies that the next generation of creatives are taking to gain exposure and define their own success. This revised edition includes inspirational advice and a new chapter on making a difference, features new stories from 13 innovative designer-entrepreneurs, and checks in with many of the original creatives from the first edition.
Is it your dream to make it as a creative? Imagine for one moment that there are no employers, no…
firms to send your CV to, no interviews to be had. How would you forge your own path? The most ingenious and driven designers have found ways of making opportunities for themselves across the creative disciplines - ways you can learn from too.Don't Get a Job?... Make a Job celebrates the various strategies that the next generation of creatives are taking to gain exposure and define their own success. This revised edition includes inspirational advice and a new chapter on making a difference, features new stories from 13 innovative designer-entrepreneurs, and checks in with many of the original creatives from the first edition.
The Software Developer's Career Handbook
By Michael Lopp. 2023
At some point in your career, you'll realize there's more to being a software engineer than dealing with code. Is…
it time to become a manager? Or join a startup? In this insightful and entertaining book, Michael Lopp recalls his own make-or-break moments with Silicon Valley giants such as Apple, Slack, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, and Symantec to help you make better, more mindful career decisions.With more than 40 stand-alone stories, Lopp walks through a complete job lifecycle, starting with the interview and ending with the realization that it might be time to move on. You'll learn how to handle baffling circumstances in your job, understand what you want from your career, and discover how to thrive in your workplace.Learn how to navigate areas of your job that don't involve writing codeIdentify how the aspects you enjoy will affect your next career stepsBuild and maintain key relationships and interactions within your communityMake choices that will help you have a "deliberate career"Recognize what's important to your manager and work on things that matter
Shaping the Future of Work: A Handbook for Action and a New Social Contract (Giving Voice to Values)
By Thomas A. Kochan, Lee Dyer. 2021
This book provides a clear roadmap for the roles workers and leaders in business, labor, education, and government must play…
in building a new social contract for all to prosper. It is a call to action for a collaborative effort to develop both high-quality jobs and strong, successful businesses while simultaneously overcoming the deep social and economic divisions that are all too apparent in society today. Written by two leading and trusted experts in the field of employment and work from MIT and Cornell University, this book is a practical, action-oriented guide. Readers will feel empowered to take actions needed to shape a better future of work for themselves, their employees, their co-workers, and others they may represent. It emphasizes the need to fix America's broken social contract and reimagine a new one. The most important message of this book is that we have the ability to shape the work of the future by harnessing the power of new technologies. The book is essential reading for business executives, labor leaders and workforce advocates, government policy makers, politicians, and anyone who is interested in using emerging knowledge and technologies to drive innovation, creating high-quality jobs, and shaping a more broadly shared prosperity.
Angell at 100: A Century of Compassionate Care for Animals and Their Families at Angell Animal Medical Center chronicles the…
achievements of one of the foremost clinical veterinary institutions in the world. Angell Animal Medical Center is the first and largest animal hospital in New England. This book is a celebration of one hundred years of groundbreaking innovation and heartfelt compassion. Founded in 1868 by George Angell, the MSPCA is the second oldest humane organization in America. Its flagship hospital, Angell Animal Medical Center, was founded in 1915, and was the first animal hospital in New England. The MSPCA Angell has expanded from advocacy and protection to healing and advancing the practice of veterinary medicine. Over the past century the organization has seen vast changes in society, the environment, and the attitude to the animals in our lives. It has helped make laws and set standards that have fundamentally shaped our sense of kindness and care for animals and for one another. In the 21st century, MSPCAAngell continues to rescue, shelter, protect, heal, and advocate for animals, giving special care to tens of thousands of animals each year. It also provides emergency assistance and strategic planning help for animal protection groups across the United States and around the globe. This book is a portrait of Angell Animal Medical Center from its founding in 1915 to the present day, and tells the stories of the dedicated doctors, the creative medical innovations, and of course the tales of the diverse patients and their families. Today the hospital has specialties ranging from acupuncture to ophthalmology, from behavioral services to nutrition, from dentistry to neurology and neurosurgery, as well as general medicine. Although the majority of the patients are dogs and cats, birds and rabbits are not uncommon, and there is sometimes even the occasional tortoise.
Manga for Success: Resilienz, Selbstvertrauen und positives Denken
By Koji Kuze. 2024
Die neue Manga-Serie bei Wiley: Resilienz, Selbstvertrauen und positives Denken: Dieser Manga for Success zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie Ihre Perspektive…
ändern können, um Ihr Wohlbefinden zu verbessern. Er erzählt die Geschichte von Reina, die vor Kurzem eine neue Stelle in einer Werbeagentur angetreten hat. Überfordert und gestresst von der neuen Arbeitsbelastung und der Kritik ihres Chefs, beginnt ihre psychische Gesundheit zu leiden. Eines Tages trifft Reina auf Tsuyoshi, einen alten Studienfreund. Fasziniert von Tsuyoshis starkem Selbstwertgefühl und Selbstvertrauen, bittet Reina ihn um Rat. Um Reina dabei zu helfen, aus ihrer negativen Denkweise auszubrechen und ihr Selbstvertrauen wieder aufzubauen, gibt Tsuyoshi ihr Tipps zur Resilienz. Als sie seinen Rat befolgt, geht Reina die Ursachen ihrer gewohnheitsmäßigen Negativität an, beginnt, ihre Emotionen positiv zu kontrollieren, verbessert ihre Beziehungen zu anderen Menschen - kurzum: wird die beste Version ihrer selbst. - Verstehen Sie die Prinzipien der positiven Psychologie und Resilienz, einschließlich der Selbstwirksamkeitstheorie von Bandura, und lernen Sie, wie Sie diese leicht in Ihrem Leben anwenden können. - Lernen Sie, wie Sie sich vor emotionalen Vampiren in Acht nehmen und negative Emotionen kontrollieren können. - Erwerben Sie Fähigkeiten, um Negativität und Enttäuschungen zu überwinden und gleichzeitig einen starken Geist und ein starkes Herz aufzubauen. Entdecken Sie, warum Manga für Geschäftsleute in Japan, China, Korea und anderswo so beliebt sind. "Manga for Success - Resilienz, Selbstvertrauen und positives Denken" macht Spaß beim Lesen - und könnte Ihr Leben verändern!