A Shetland travel narrative since Victorian times, in which the author spent weeks exploring scenic landmarks, archaeological treasure troves and remote islands. It is suitable for lovers of lyrical travel writing.
Combines insights of behavioral scientists and business leaders with stories of high-powered influencers from all walks of life. This title helps you learn how to identify high-leverage behaviors that lead to rapid and profound change.
The authors show how to achieve personal, team, and organizational success by healing broken promises, resolving violated expectations, and influencing bad behavior. Behind the problems that routinely plague organizations and families, you'll find individuals who are either unwilling or unable to deal with failed promises. Others have broken rules, missed deadlines, failed to live up to commitments, or just plain behaved badly--and nobody steps up to the issue. Or they do, but do a lousy job and create a whole new set of problems. Accountability suffers and new problems spring up. New research demonstrates that these disappointments aren't just irritating, they're costly--sapping organizational performance and accounting for most divorces. This book teaches you how to deal with violated expectations in a way that solves the problem at hand, and doesn't harm the relationship--and in fact, even strengthens it.--From publisher description.
The New York Times Bestseller! Learn how to keep your cool and get the results you want when emotions flare. When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation badly and suffer the consequences; or read Crucial Conversations and discover how to communicate best when it matters most. Crucial Conversations gives you the tools you need to step up to life's most difficult and important conversations, say what's on your mind, and achieve the positive resolutions you want. You'll learn how to: Prepare for high-impact situations with a six-minute mastery technique Make it safe to talk about almost anything Be persuasive, not abrasive Keep listening when others blow up or clam up Turn crucial conversations into the action and results you want Whether they take place at work or at home, with your neighbors or your spouse, crucial conversations can have a profound impact on your career, your happiness, and your future. With the skills you learn in this book, you'll never have to worry about the outcome of a crucial conversation again.
Learn The Profit-Producing Behaviors That Will Help Your Company And Yourself
Separates fact from fiction for what makes an employee indispensable When trying to move ahead or even just keep a job, there are actions that would be of great advantage to any employee and there are strategies that are just plain stupid. Interestingly enough,the stupid strategies are used twice as frequently in corporate America. Indispensable By Monday goes beyond conventional wisdom to reveal and impart the skills and behaviors that any employee at any level of any organization can implement to bring substantial dollars to the company. Author Larry Myler and organizational performance consulting firm Vital Smarts asked 1,800 corporate leaders to identify the bottom-line behaviors that would make employees essential to their organizations. Now, Myler distills what he learned for every employee and employer.Indispensable By Monday outlines the profit-producing behaviors that distinguish workers who add value from those who don't, such as reducing company costs, increasing income, improving key processes, bringing back lost customers and more.
Nová věda o osobním úspěchu. Všichni si přejeme žít lepší život. A vždy slyšíme, že základem každé osobní změny je silná vůle. Předpokládejme však, že silná vůle není klíčem k vašemu úspěchu, a jediné, co potřebujete, je odhalit vlivy, jež vám brání vymanit se ze svých zlozvyků. Už jste o tom někdy přemýšleli? Kniha Změňte cokoliv definuje na základě nejnovějších vědeckých poznatků průlomové techniky, pomocí nichž mnozí lidé dokázali přestat kouřit, zhubnout nebo zlepšit svůj partnerský vztah. Četná vědecká zkoumání a testování dobrovolníků potvrdila, že znáte-li své limity a okolní podmínky, dokážete prolomit začarovaný kruh a začít žít kvalitnější život. A kdo z nás by nechtěl konečně začít efektivně spořit na horší časy, vylepšit své postavení v práci nebo se zbavit závislosti? Odhalte tajemství šesti zdrojů vlivu, naučte se s nimi účinně nakládat a konečně… změňte cokoliv! Tato kniha vám při tom bude užitečným pomocníkem.
