Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Download or read book Joan Garry s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership written by Joan Garry and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonprofit leadership is messy Nonprofits leaders are optimistic by nature. They believe with time, energy, smarts, strategy and sheer will, they can change the world. But as staff or board leader, you know nonprofits present unique challenges. Too many cooks, not enough money, an abundance of passion. It’s enough to make you feel overwhelmed and alone. The people you help need you to be successful. But there are so many obstacles: a micromanaging board that doesn’t understand its true role; insufficient fundraising and donors who make unreasonable demands; unclear and inconsistent messaging and marketing; a leader who’s a star in her sector but a difficult boss… And yet, many nonprofits do thrive. Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership will show you how to do just that. Funny, honest, intensely actionable, and based on her decades of experience, this is the book Joan Garry wishes she had when she led GLAAD out of a financial crisis in 1997. Joan will teach you how to: Build a powerhouse board Create an impressive and sustainable fundraising program Become seen as a ‘workplace of choice’ Be a compelling public face of your nonprofit This book will renew your passion for your mission and organization, and help you make a bigger difference in the world.

Download or read book The Artful Manager written by E. Andrew Taylor and published by Arts Axis LLC. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if we fundamentally misunderstood what it meant to run arts organizations "like a business"? What if our management metaphors actually contribute to the problems we hope they will solve? In these 50 "field notes" from his first quarter century of teaching, research, and consulting in arts and cultural management, E. Andrew Taylor reframes and reimagines the ways we think and work in the arts. "Andrew Taylor has an uncanny ability to find the small things that make a big difference and provokes his large readership to think outside their own areas of expertise. Doubtful there is anyone blogging on the arts who is more respected and beloved." Barry Hessenius

Download or read book That s My Truck I Think written by Stephan R. Hutchinson and published by Stephan R Hutchinson. This book was released on 2008-05-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man just our of the military buys a big rig truck and goes out over the road to earn his living without first properly investigating the trucking industry. Normally, this means failure but this resourceful individual knows how to fight, and fight them he does. This includes crooked truck brokers, dispatchers, and shippers and receivers alike who are plain unethical. Will he survive?

Download or read book I Am Tommy written by Tom Wilson and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The uncensored Insider Story of Three Decades in the Canadian Music Business. I was in a unique position. I was a musician who recorded hit songs and performed on stage in front of millions of fans. I was also an agent who met, booked and performed with many of Canada’s and the world’s rock stars. I AM TOMMY!

Download or read book 50 Case Studies for Management Supervisory Training written by Alan B. Clardy and published by Human Resource Development. This book was released on 1994 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managers and supervisors will sharpen their analytical and decision-making skills with this new collection of fully reproducible case studies. Based on actual, real-life situations, these exercises prepare supervisors and team leaders for the challenging problems they face in today's complex workplace. Each case study includes: Summary of the case; Discussion questions which evoke thought and analysis; Suggested solutions to the problems presented. Training Objectives: Improve participant's listening skills; Empower employees to negotiate; solutions fairly; Provide opportunities for participants to practice new skills in a supportive environment; Illustrate the skills needed to respond productively to complex issues. Activities Cover: Performance appraisal; Managing effectively; Sexual harassment/discrimination; Managing disruptive employees; Coaching/counseling employees; Hiring the right person

Download or read book Ministry Mess Management written by Steve M. Cohen & Richard M. Biery and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ministry Mess Management is directed principally at Christian ministry leaders and presumes that Christian ministry leaders subscribe to biblically based principles and Christ-centered management. It is our humble attempt to examine ministry failures and malperformance rooted in breeches of one or more of those biblical principles. We will demonstrate the close link between biblical principles and wise management, indeed a linkage based in God's reality. They go hand in hand. Necessary management decisions, including gritty and distasteful ones such as terminations, should be as much grounded in biblical principles as good management principles, not simply pragmatism or financial need. Furthermore, we invite you to think, and to frame, organizational behavior (and failure) within these values and wisdom. We wish to encourage, even urge, Christ-centered boards and managers to discerningly understand, detect and courageously be able to expeditiously act, yet with grace, out of a sense of biblical necessity in an organizational context when danger signs based both in biblical and sound management principles are flashing warnings. Governing and executive leadership are sobering responsibilities with, we believe, transcendent effects.

Download or read book The Effective Manager written by Mark Horstman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The how-to guide for exceptional management from the bottom up The Effective Manager is a hands-on practical guide to great management at every level. Written by the man behind Manager Tools, the world's number-one business podcast, this book distills the author's 25 years of management training expertise into clear, actionable steps to start taking today. First, you'll identify what "effective management" actually looks like: can you get the job done at a high level? Do you attract and retain top talent without burning them out? Then you'll dig into the four critical behaviors that make a manager great, and learn how to adjust your own behavior to be the leader your team needs. You'll learn the four major tools that should be a part of every manager's repertoire, how to use them, and even how to introduce them to the team in a productive, non-disruptive way. Most management books are written for CEOs and geared toward improving corporate management, but this book is expressly aimed at managers of any level—with a behavioral framework designed to be tailored to your team's specific needs. Understand your team's strengths, weaknesses, and goals in a meaningful way Stop limiting feedback to when something goes wrong Motivate your people to continuous improvement Spread the work around and let people stretch their skills Effective managers are good at the job and "good at people." The key is combining those skills to foster your team's development, get better and better results, and maintain a culture of positive productivity. The Effective Manager shows you how to turn good into great with clear, actionable, expert guidance.

Download or read book Corporate Fraud Handbook written by Joseph T. Wells and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Put the brakes on fraud. It is much more cost-effective to prevent fraud than to punish it. Providing an insider's look into the most prevalent fraud schemes used by employees, owners, managers, and executives, Corporate Fraud Handbook, Fourth Edition provides you with a systematic approach to stop fraud in its tracks before it happens. Sharing his four decades of experience in the field of fraud detection and deterrence, author Dr. Joseph T. Wells founder and chairman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners brings each scheme to life by using real case studies submitted to the ACFE by the fraud examiners who investigated them. Written for anyone responsible for reducing fraud losses and mitigating the risk of fraud, Corporate Fraud Handbook features: Tips and techniques for quantifying financial losses from fraud schemes Observations and conclusions in each chapter to help you devise prevention and detection strategies Real-life case studies that provide a view inside the mind of a fraudster The fraud tree, a systematic classification of the various types of occupational fraud Statistics from the ACFE's 2012 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse From sophisticated investment swindles to petty theft, false overtime to bribery, discover how to prevent and detect corporate fraud with the expert guidance found in Corporate Fraud Handbook, Fourth Edition.

Download or read book Principles of Fraud Examination written by Joseph T. Wells and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accountants have historically had an important role in the detection and deterrence of fraud. As Joe Wells’ Principles of Fraud Examination 4th edition illustrates, fraud is much more than numbers; books and records don’t commit fraud – people do. Widely embraced by fraud examination instructors across the country, Principles of Fraud Examination, 4th Edition, by Joseph Wells, is written to provide a broad understanding of fraud to today’s accounting students – what it is and how it is committed, prevented, detected, and resolved. This 4th edition of the text includes a chapter on frauds perpetrated against organizations by individuals outside their staff—a growing threat for many entities as commerce increasingly crosses technological and geographical borders.

Download or read book Urgent Care written by Jeremy Rubin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes, life can get boring and you have to look a little harder to be entertained. Perhaps working in a candy-filled dungeon-like wharehouse, attending a NASCAR race in the pouring rain or even melting action figures and setting fire to a public park is where you might find some sought after fun. In an unforgiving search for laughs, Urgent Care details how one Iowan found these events, as well as snowblowing his elderly neighbor's driveway, discussing Hitler with his five year-old daughter and having drinks with a rodeo cowgirl can be both exciting and humorous ways to pass the time. After reading the author's essays of coffee addiction, his early fascination with Wheel of Fortune and adventures in returning Christmas gifts to J.C. Penney, you may also be in need of some Urgent Care.

Download or read book Crossroads written by Ellie Connelly and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told in raw detail from her childhood years and spanning five decades, Crossroads shares the story of author Ellie Connelly's life as it unfolded, growing up in a household that deviated from the norms of social behavior. From her birth in December 1956 in Manhattan, New York, Connelly suffered through a harrowing childhood, one filled with emotional abuse at the hands of her parents. She stood up to her family who showed her no love, and she literally fought her way into becoming a courageous young girl in order to prove herself to everyone. This memoir shares how Connelly eventually became a confident business executive in the real estate industry and a writer of inspirational poems who has dedicated herself to living her life to the fullest. With candor and compassion, Crossroads narrates the riveting and sometimes shocking life story of Connelly as she was forced to be tough. Step by step, she shares her journey that brought her an abundance of friendships, happiness, love, and passion, but also pain and dishonesty.

Download or read book Advanced Safety Management Focusing on Z10 and Serious Injury Prevention written by Fred A. Manuele and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to improve the effectiveness of safety and health management systems by adopting ANSI Z10 provisions and avoid serious workplace injuries. This reference addresses specific provisions, including risk assessment methods and prioritization; applying a prescribed hierarchy of controls; implementing safety design reviews; and more. It also explains how to integrate best practices for the prevention of serious injuries in your workplace. See how implementing the ANSI Z10 standard can enhance your company’s productivity, cost efficiency, and quality.

Download or read book A Twin Set written by Terry Gooch Ross and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janet Westmore, J to her friends, lived the perfect life in the Eastern Sierra ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes, Calif. She had a solid reputation as a management consultant; an ideal relationship with the man of her heart, Ross; and, a beloved twin, Mary, happily married to Bob, whom she frequently visited at their home in the San Francisco Bay area or in Mammoth. It was on one of those trips that J’s world shattered into pieces. Bob and Mary’s plane crashed as they were flying J back to Mammoth. J woke up in a hospital room, broken, frightened, and unsure of what had happened, but comforted when she saw Mary sleeping in a chair next to her bed. Every time she regained consciousness, Mary was there. But on the first day J was fully awake, Mary had disappeared, and a doctor told her she was the only survivor. J knew that was a lie, even when Ross tried to tell her of Mary and Bob’s deaths. But time and news stories, finally convinced her, and she resigned herself to a twin-less life. Depression and anger at God consumed her, until one day a simple piece of Godiva chocolate told her Mary and Bob were still with her. Life changed after the reappearance of Mary and Bob in her life. J’s daily life, including consulting assignments, frequently turned into encounters with kidnappings, extortion, bombings, and attempted murders. At times Mary and Bob sent those with troubles to J without warning, knowing she would take care of them. Although out of her depth, she tackled these challenges head on, because Mary and Bob had her back, even if sometimes it was at the very last minute. J learned that when she was patient, the same observation, logic, and objectivity skills required of a consultant were also good tools to pursue solutions to the problems she faced. Unfortunately, she sometimes found it challenging to keep her feelings out of the way, placing her in some precarious situations. In A Twin Set, book 4 of Gooch Ross’s High Sierra mystery series, a routine assignment at Mammoth’s new eco-hotel, Couloir, places her smack in the middle of systematic defamation, anonymous attacks and murder attempts. While she seeks to uncover who is causing the mayhem, Mary and Bob distract her more than help her, and Ross decides he wants more from their relationship. It’s a mystery solved with plenty of food, wine, ingenuity, and love.

Download or read book Principles of Agribusiness Management written by James G. Beierlein and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managers in all areas of the agri-food system must be competent, flexible, and informed. Principles of Agribusiness Management provides the vital insights and information necessary to achieve success in a collaborative and interactive manner. The authors present the material clearly with a step-by-step approach that focuses on strategic planning and management. In conjunction with learning objectives and end-of-chapter highlights and quizzes, each chapter features two case studies that highlight the current trends and practices of agribusiness. The fifth edition includes three exciting, powerful learning tools: Discussion Starters, Strengthen Your Skills, and Start Your Business. Timely and provocative, these features facilitate in-class discussion, develop entrepreneurial skills, and explore key topics affecting the agri-food system. Globalization, leadership, competitiveness, technology, and planning are only some of the areas that are examined within the context of the changing world of agribusiness.

Download or read book Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book My Childhood Love written by Wei Liang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Zhongli Li, you're mine." "Even Ouyang Xuan's confession was so domineering." Ah, don't tease me. "Zhong Li sneered, his gaze falling on his protruding abdomen." There is a small life here, and it belongs to another man. He knew his ex-husband, who had been in love for five years, could betray him, let alone this foppish young master in the eyes of everyone in Xi City. How could Zhong Li believe him? How could he dare to believe it!