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"Cynthia Weill scores again with an early concept book that brings every kind of job to life, including the work…
of the dedicated palm weavers of Flavio Gallardo's workshop, whose miniature palm weavings illustrate this playful book, teaching children words for work in two languages. The weavers live in the village of Chigmecatitlán in the Mixteca part of the Mexican state of Puebla. With tremendous skill and patience, the artisans of this region practice palm weaving, a craft which came to Mexico even before the arrival of the Spanish in the early 15th century. Imagine being able to hold all of the illustrations in one book in the palms of your hands. You can do that with the tiny weavings in Let's Work. Most pieces are no larger than a dime!" -- Amazon.comWhat the most exceptional bosses and employees do differently—and how they make the workplace better for everyone.“Some nights I go…
out and play a piece perfectly. Then, the next night, I play it better.” —Jean-Pierre Rampal, legendary flautistIn this provocative, insightful book, nationally syndicated columnist Dale Dauten explores how the best bosses, employees, and suppliers think, learn, and communicate differently—and how this benefits both the organizations they work for and the individuals they work with.What does it take to be a workplace genius? Dauten, drawing from his experience with hundreds of “better than perfect” workers, explores the behaviors and different ways of thinking that make them shining stars—similar to the exceptional performers in music, sports, science, and other fields. He also reveals why they elevate everyone around them, and how we can find our inner genius to make a difference in our workplaces, and in the world.The Titleless Leader: How to Get Things Done When You're Not in Charge
By Nan S. Russell. 2012
You don’t need a title to be a leader. Learn how to start getting things done—no matter where you are…
on the corporate ladder.How people work, communicate, collaborate, and manage responsibilities has changed. Knowing how to build influence and lead others without title or authority, no matter what your role, is now a workplace necessity. No one needs to appoint you, promote you, or nominate you. You decide. It’s not rank that will get you results; it’s actions.In The Titleless Leader, you will discover uncommon behaviors that will enable you to:Operate with trust in an era of distrust and growing cynicismActivate your titleless leadership practice by using “what-does-it-look-like?” approaches and “how-does-it happen?” tips, exercises, and insightsEngage yourself and others using the cornerstones of self-alignment, soul-courage, possibility seeds, and winning philosophiesUsing the revolutionary tactics laid out in The Titleless Leader, you’ll turbocharge your career and discover how to get things done . . . even without a title.The Career Catapult: Shake-Up the Status Quo and Boost Your Professional Trajectory
By Roopa Unnikrishnan. 2017
Take charge of your career and leap confidently into your future: “Intriguing, insightful, useful, and very readable.” —Jon R. Katzenbach,…
bestselling author of The Wisdom of TeamsWhen change is a constant and the nature of work rapidly evolves, it’s easy to become fearful and discouraged. In The Career Catapult, innovative career consultant Roopa Unnikrishnan shows you how to gaze into an uncertain future and shape it to your advantage—regardless of your current position in the job hierarchy.Leaping into a revised career trajectory requires quick and purposeful movement. Roopa offers five essential disciplines that will catapult you along the fast track:Dig Deep to Soar: Examine your skills and resources to accurately assess your marketplace valueStalk Innovations and Trends: Explore the context in which you can offer your valueJolt Your Network: Use your assets, including networks that can drive significant valuePrototype Possibilities: Free yourself to imagine—visualize the full array of possibilities and test-drive themGo Extreme: Recognize opportunity when your desired future is within reach—and reach for itDisruption isn’t just for tech moguls. When you dare to change the status quo and bring an innovative spirit to your own career, the sky becomes the limit!Fast Track Networking: Turning Conversations into Contacts
By Lucy Rosen, Claudia Gryvatz Copquin. 2010
How to quickly expand your professional contacts—and your opportunities: “[An] easy-to implement plan to step up networking efforts.” —Donna Drake,…
producer and host, Live It Up!Fast Track Networking gives you the tools you need to make networking simpler, quicker, and much more effective. You’ll be amazed at the opportunities that will unfold once you begin to network right . . . and unconditionally.Through hundreds of valuable tips and dozens of networking success stories, you’ll learn the tricks of the trade from the woman dubbed the “Queen of Networking,” including how to:Grow your inner circle of 10 to an “outside circle” of 20Turn 300 networkers into 3,000 new prospectsMake the all-important first moves that can lead to a lasting business partnershipMeet key decision-makers—and fold them into your trusted inner circleBasic AI: A Human Guide to Artificial Intelligence
By David Shrier. 2024
In Basic AI, leading futurist David L. Shrier delves deep into the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence, delivering fascinating…
insights and exploring the impact this powerful technology will have on our lives and world.Artificial intelligence is driving workforce disruption on a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution. In schools and universities, AI technology has forced a re-evaluation of the way students are taught and assessed. Meanwhile ChatGPT has become a cultural phenomenon, reaching 100 million users and attracting a $10 billion dollar investment in its parent company OpenAI. The race to dominate the generative AI market is accelerating at breakneck speed, inspiring breathless headlines and immense public interest.Basic AI provides a rare window into a frontier area of computer science that will change everything about how you live and work. Read this book and better understand how to succeed in the AI-enabled future.Basic AI: A Human Guide to Artificial Intelligence
By David Shrier. 2024
In Basic AI, leading futurist David L. Shrier delves deep into the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence, delivering fascinating…
insights and exploring the impact this powerful technology will have on our lives and world.Artificial intelligence is driving workforce disruption on a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution. In schools and universities, AI technology has forced a re-evaluation of the way students are taught and assessed. Meanwhile ChatGPT has become a cultural phenomenon, reaching 100 million users and attracting a $10 billion dollar investment in its parent company OpenAI. The race to dominate the generative AI market is accelerating at breakneck speed, inspiring breathless headlines and immense public interest.Basic AI provides a rare window into a frontier area of computer science that will change everything about how you live and work. Listen to this book and better understand how to succeed in the AI-enabled future.Semi-Famous: A True Story of Near Celebrity
By Josh Sundquist. 2022
In this "laugh-out-loud funny&” book (Hank Green, New York Times bestselling author), social media star and comedian Josh Sundquist takes readers on…
his hilarious journey to the fringes of viral stardom to discover if it&’s possible to be both very famous and very happy As a semi-famous internet creator, Josh Sundquist knows what it's like to chase fame, but he also knows that more fame usually means more stress. So he set out on a pseudo-scientific investigation to find out if there is any way for fame and happiness to overlap. He attempts to define the word &“fame&”—hint: it's harder than you'd think. He turns back time to identify the first facially-recognizable celebrity (you might know his former BFF Brutus). He digs into the numbers to debunk urban legends associated with stardom (ever heard of the 27 Club?). He talks to other semi-famous people (from K-pop sensations to former child stars) and asks them: Is this fame thing making you happy? If not, why are you doing it? If so, what's your secret? All while recounting funny stories about his own cringy fame-seeking (like his many attempts, and failures, to get onto MTV). Packed with playful diagrams, fascinating insights from celebrities, and embarrassing truths from Josh&’s experience with semi-fame, this is a must-read for anyone who has ever dreamed of becoming famous…or at least going viral on TikTok.Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old?: The Path of Purposeful Aging
By Richard J. Leider, Richard J Leider, David A Shapiro. 2021
Grow old on purpose. This book invites readers to navigate a purposeful path from adulthood to elderhood with choice, curiosity,…
and courage. Everyone is getting old; not everyone is growing old. But the path of purposeful aging is accessible to all—and it's fundamental to health, happiness, and longevity.With a focus on growing whole through developing a sense of purpose in later life, Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old? celebrates the experience of aging with inspiring stories, real-world practices, and provocative questions. Framed by a long conversation between two old friends, the bookreconceives aging as a liberating experience that enables us to become more authentically the person we always meant to be with each passing year.In their bestseller Repacking Your Bags, Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro defined the good life as &“living in the place you belong, with people you love, doing the right work, on purpose.&” This book builds on that definition to offer a purposeful path for living well while aging well.Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity
By Claudia Goldin. 2021
A renowned economic historian traces women's journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued…
struggle to achieve equity between couples at home** A century ago, it was a given that a woman with a college degree had to choose between having a career and a family. Today, there are more female college graduates than ever before, and more women want to have a career and family, yet challenges persist at work and at home. This book traces how generations of women have responded to the problem of balancing career and family as the twentieth century experienced a sea change in gender equality, revealing why true equity for dual career couples remains frustratingly out of reach. Drawing on decades of her own groundbreaking research, Claudia Goldin provides a fresh, in-depth look at the diverse experiences of college-educated women from the 1900s to today, examining the aspirations they formed—and the barriers they faced—in terms of career, job, marriage, and children. She shows how many professions are "greedy," paying disproportionately more for long hours and weekend work, and how this perpetuates disparities between women and men. Goldin demonstrates how the era of COVID-19 has severely hindered women's advancement, yet how the growth of remote and flexible work may be the pandemic's silver lining. Antidiscrimination laws and unbiased managers, while valuable, are not enough. Career and Family explains why we must make fundamental changes to the way we work and how we value caregiving if we are ever to achieve gender equality and couple equity.Girls Make Movies: A Follow-Your-Own-Path Guide for Aspiring Young Filmmakers
By Mallory O'Meara. 2023
Make your own movie from start to finish with this entertaining, practical choose-your-path nonfiction guide to the world of filmmaking,…
from the critically acclaimed author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon. Girls belong in the world of filmmaking. While we see them acting on-screen, there are also countless women working every single job possible behind the scenes as part of the film's crew. Are you a girl who is interested in film making? Do you wonder how you actually make a movie? Well, this is the book for you. Girls Make Movies puts you in the driver'’s seat as you create a fictitious zombie blockbuster and are guided through each stage of production and learn about the processes, techniques, and people involved in making a Hollywood hit. Luckily, every path through this nonfiction book results in the film being made, but you will be asked to make choices that will affect the outcome of the movie. Will you shoot on location or on a studio lot? Use practical or special effects? Hire a greensperson or a someone to do pyrotechnics? The choices are up to you! Written by critically acclaimed author Mallory O'Meara and paired with eye-catching, graphic illustrations by popular comic book artist Jen Vaugh, this unique, practical book provides young girls with advice and inspiration while offering a sense of adventure as they learn how to create a movie!You are more than your job. Optimize your happiness, bank account, personal growth, with this practical playbook to achieve sustainable work-life balance—perfect…
for readers of The Good Enough Job and What Color Is Your Parachute? "An actionable guide to leading a balanced life." — Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and Think Again Pouring yourself into a single full-time job is the riskiest move you can make. Your parents&’ advice to focus on one career path? It doesn&’t work anymore, for reasons ranging from recessions to student loan debt, the gig economy, climate disasters, and a global pandemic (to name a few). We need a dramatically different relationship with work, one that allows us to define ourselves beyond our paid labor. The answer? A Portfolio Life. An anti-hustle, pro-rest approach to work-life balance, a Portfolio Life is built on three tenets: You are more than any one role or opportunity. Diversification will help you navigate change and mitigate uncertainty. When (not if) your needs change, you can and should rebalance. In The Portfolio Life, Harvard professor, serial entrepreneur, and self-described "human Venn diagram" Christina Wallace adapts tried-and-true practices from the business sector to help you eschew the cult of ambition and experience the freedom of building the flexible, fulfilling, and sustainable life you want. Drawing on research, case studies, and her own experience, she walks you step-by-step through the process of designing a strategy for the long haul. Because you deserve rest, relationships, and a rewarding career—not someday, but today. After all, you only live once.How to Be a Digital Nomad: Build a Successful Career While Travelling the World
By Kayla Ihrig. 2024
You don't need to sacrifice your career to travel the world. Join the 35 million digital nomads who are living,…
working and exploring to the fullest. With this book, discover the incredible opportunities of digital nomadism and learn how you can travel the world while also sustaining a successful work-life. How to Be a Digital Nomad gives you everything you need to build a successful career on your terms.This book is both a practical guide and an insightful exploration of this unique lifestyle. It includes interviews with a diverse range of remote workers, telling stories that span five decades of digital nomadism, and highlights the unique opportunities this lifestyle offers you and your career. Whether you're looking for a few months away, a working gap year or an entirely new lifestyle, this book will show you how you can take control of your career while travelling the world.The Joy of Retirement: Finding Happiness, Freedom, and the Life You've Always Wanted
By David Borchard, Patricia Donohoe. 2008
This book shows elderly workers how to reinvent themselves and achieve the kind of fulfillment and meaning in their lives…
they have always dreamed of.Life after work no longer conjures up images of couples wandering the malls, playing golf, and taking endless Caribbean cruises. As baby boomers reach their 50s and 60s, they are redefining what it means to retire. Many of them are still choosing to work or create a whole new life entirely. What they crave is vitality, joy, and meaning in their lives.In The Joy of Retirement, readers can start crafting their future and discovering their passions with advice on topics such as:finding new interests that make the most of their unique talentsplanning their lifestyle at 50+assessing what transitions they are ready and willing to makedefining priorities and goalsestablishing their criteria for successmastering the seven steps to maintaining vitalityRevealing and hopeful, The Joy of Retirement will reshape how people look at the next phase of their lives.Winding Paths to Success: Chart a Career in Uncertain Times
By Nobuko Kobayashi. 2024
An inspirational compilation of stories from successful Japanese professional women In Winding Paths to Success: Chart a Career in Uncertain…
Times, experienced management consultant Nobuko Kobayashi delivers an engaging and insightful discussion of the professional and personal successes of senior Japanese women executives, academics, and entrepreneurs who started their career in the late ‘80s to ‘90s, the dawn of gender equity at work in Japan. You’ll discover how these remarkable people carved out a long and rewarding career in a challenging environment. The author describes the substantial diversity of Japanese professional life, exploring the rich and varied histories of women who are often stereotyped and relegated to a one-size-fits-all story. Their creative navigation amid uncertainties inspires anyone who wishes to establish a career in the highly volatile world of today. You’ll also find: Personal and forthcoming stories from women executives Recommendations for public and private sector employers to further enhance diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace Individual strategies for crafting successful careers from a minority positionPerfect for those building a career, managers, executives, entrepreneurs, founders, and other business leaders, Winding Paths to Success is a must-have resource for aspiring and practicing business leaders in Japan and other countries.Business is Personal: The Truth About What it Takes to Be Successful While Staying True to Yourself
By Bethenny Frankel. 2022
A New York Times bestselling author and successful businesswoman shares the advice she used to build a business and maintain…
balance as a media personality, mogul, and mother. Consider this book your strategic toolbox, full of Bethenny&’s smartest and most practical no-nonsense business principles and tactics, illustrated through her own compelling stories and lessons from the entrepreneurial front and experience building the successful Skinnygirl and Bethenny brands, becoming a successful television and podcast producer, and managing her philanthropic foundation. She also shares wisdom from her conversations with highly accomplished people from Mark Cuban to Hillary Clinton, Candace Bushnell to Matthew McConaughey and many more, on what it takes to be successful at every level in an authentic way. So many women, including stay-at-home moms yearning for more, entrepreneurs, and 9-to-5ers see this time of disruption as an open road. As Bethenny says, the snow globe has been shaken. This is THE handbook to navigate what will come next. Whether you are new to business, a seasoned rainmaker, pivoting from a loss or layoff– or just finding your way– you will find value within these pages. This book will inspire you to act without fear, turn mistakes into masterstrokes, and keep you laughing along the way.Les sentiments c'est quoi? (Philozenfants)
By Oscar Brenifier. 2004
Die Heldenreise einer Führungskraft: Wie du als Leader*in die beste Version deiner selbst wirst
By Patrick Freudiger. 2024
Exzellente Leader*innen sind wahre Helden des Alltags. Sie zeichnen sich durch ein unerschütterliches Engagement für lebenslanges Lernen aus und besitzen…
den Mut, die Grenzen ihrer Komfortzone regelmäßig zu durchbrechen. In ihrer Führungsrolle begegnen sie Ängsten, schlechten Gewohnheiten sowie anderen mentalen Fallstricken. Aber sie haben den Mut, diesen inneren und äußeren Herausforderungen zu begegnen und sie zu überwinden. In seinem neuen Buch nimmt Patrick Freudiger dich mit auf eine Heldenreise - den Weg zu deiner besten Version als Führungspersönlichkeit. Es ist ein Leitfaden, um deine innere Führungsheldin, deinen inneren Führungshelden zu entdecken und zu entfalten. Herausragende Führung erfordert gezielte, situationsgerechte Verhaltenskompetenzen. Damit dies gelingt, bedarf es mehr als nur der Beherrschung von Führungskompetenzen. Es erfordert auch die Entwicklung und Ausübung spezifischer Führungstugenden. Die Heldenreise einer Führungskraft zeigt dir die Zusammenhänge zwischen Führungskompetenzen und -tugenden auf und wie diese auf harmonische und effektive Weise im Alltag eingesetzt werden. Du erhältst präzise Methoden und Handlungsempfehlungen, die dich dabei unterstützen, deine Mitarbeitenden effektiv zu fördern und erfolgreiche Führungsstrategien zu entwerfen. Diese Anregungen sollen dich inspirieren, neue Pfade zu entdecken, die dich zu Erfolg und Erfüllung führen.This book is a guide to taking part in meetings and negotiations, and to the socializing required before and after…
such events. If you are a non-native English speaker, with an intermediate level and above, and you work for a company with international relations, then this book is the solution to all your English problems!Four main topics are covered:1. Meetings2. Negotiations3. Socializing4. How to understand fast-speaking native English speakersThis book is designed to be used like a manual or user guide - you don't need to read it starting from page 1. Like a manual it has lots of short subsections, and is divided into short paragraphs with many bullet points. This is to help you find what you want quickly and also to assimilate the information as rapidly and as effectively as possible. The book concludes with a chapter of useful phrases.There is an introduction for trainers on how to teach the skills required for meetings, negotiations and socializing in Business / Commercial English.This book is intended for anyone whose job involves writing formal documentation. It is aimed at non-native speakers of English,…
but should also be of use for native speakers who have no training in technical writing.Technical writing is a skill that you can learn and this book outlines some simple ideas for writing clear documentation that will reflect well on your company, its image and its brand.The book has four parts:Structure and Content: Through examples, you will learn best practices in writing the various sections of a manual and what content to include.Clear Unambiguous English: You will learn how to write short clear sentences and paragraphs whose meaning will be immediately clear to the reader.Layout and Order Information: Here you will find guidelines on style issues, e.g., headings, bullets, punctuation and capitalization.Typical Grammar and Vocabulary Mistakes: This section is divided alphabetically and covers grammatical and vocabulary issues that are typical of user manuals.