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Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
Dan Lyons · Hachette Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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"Wildly entertaining ... Lyons has injected a dose of sanity into a world gone mad."--Ashlee Vance, New York Times-bestselling author of Elon MuskFor twenty-five years Dan Lyons was a magazine writer at the top of his profession--until one Friday morning when he received a phone... |
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How to Work With & Lead People Not Like You
KELLY MCDONALD · Wiley
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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If you're in a diverse team, you know employee differences can cause miscommunication, lower trust, and hurt productivity. . . It doesn't have to be this way! The people you work with may be from a different generation, different culture, different race, different gender, or just... |
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You Don't Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie's Dark Side
Orly Lobel · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 271
Format: Hardcover
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Are your ideas your own or does your employer own them? This is the question that set off the greatest toy war of our time.When Carter Bryant began designing what would become the billion-dollar line of Bratz dolls, he was taking time off from his job at Mattel, where he designed outfits... |
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The Art of People: 11 Simple People Skills That Will Get You Everything You Want
Dave Kerpen · Crwon Business
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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What does it take to win success and influence? Some people think that in today's hyper-competitive world, it's the tough, take-no-prisoners type who comes out on top. But in reality, argues New York Times bestselling author Dave Kerpen, it's actually those with the best people... |
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Post-Truth: Peak Bullshit - and What We Can Do About It
Evan Davis · Little, Brown
Pages: 347
Format: Paperback
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Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to companies that tell us 'your call is important to us'. How did we get to a place where bullshit is not just... |
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Power Your Happy: Work Hard, Play Nice & Build Your Dream Life
Lisa Sugar · Dutton
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Lisa Sugar has an amazing job. She spends her days creating content about pop culture, must-have handbags and makeup, healthy recipes, and Instagram-worthy sweets. She manages an enormously successful, growing company with employees who love what they do. And her life is just as great at home.... |
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Work Pause Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood without Killing Your Career
Lisen Stromberg · Benbella Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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In today's work-first culture, career women with children are told they have two options: lean in or opt out. Pouring all your energy into work can mean compromising your commitment to your family. Leaving your job can mean sacrificing the career you've spent years cultivating.Work... |
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Managing the Millennials: Discover the Core Competencies for Managing Today's Workforce
Chip Espinoza · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 214
Format: Print book
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Praise for Managing the Millennials "If you're going to run a successful organization in the future, you'll have to learn how to manage the Millennial generation--that thundering herd of young people whose numbers exceed the Baby Boomers. They will push you and frustrate you, but they... |
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Running Virtual Meetings
Harvard Business Review Press · Harvard Business Review Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book
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Whether you're hosting a conference call or running a WebEx meeting, virtual meetings are ripe for problems. Poor call quality, people forgetting to mute, people staying muted rather than participating - the list of things that can and do go wrong is endless. But you can prepare and lead... |
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Rethinking America's Highways: A 21st-Century Vision for Better Infrastructure
Robert W Poole · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Americans spend hours every day sitting in traffic. And the roads they idle on are often rough and potholed, their exits, tunnels, guardrails, and bridges in terrible disrepair. According to transportation expert Robert Poole, this congestion and deterioration are outcomes of the way America... |
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Start Your Own Child-Care Service: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success
The Staff of Entrepreneur Media · Entrepreneur Press
Pages: 206
Format: Paperback
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START YOUR OWN CHILD-CARE SERVICE AND GET PAID TO CARE FOR KIDSAs the number of working parents grows the number of children who need quality childcare grows along with it. That need is creating a tremendous entrepreneurial opportunity for people who love children and want to build a business... |
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Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict
Heather Boushey · Harvard University Press
Pages: 324
Format: Print book
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Employers today are demanding more and more of employees' time. And from campaign barbecues to the blogosphere, workers across the United States are raising the same worried question: How can I get ahead at my job while making sure my family doesn't fall behind?Heather Boushey argues... |
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