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 Silent Noise written by Lisa Williams and published by Lisa Williams. This book was released on 2019-01-26 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is all about taking risks and accepting new challenges... right? For Jackson Whitman, a 42-year-old, challenge- seeking, logistics manager, she did just that on a recent job promotion that took her from Charlotte North Carolina to upstate New York. What was supposed to be a new and exciting beginning in her career within her company of eleven years was turning out to be one of the worst decisions she could have ever made while struggling with the tough decision on whether to stay or leave her new home and even her company. Her decision may be made easier once signs arise of abuse of power by underhanded management staff as well as abuse and belittlement of the hard-working employees that worked within the branch. Jackson sacrificed many things for her own personal achievement, one including putting off plans with the love of her life, Gail Wilson to relocate to Florida to start a new life of their own as planned. However, one thing Jackson will not sacrifice is her dignity, self-worth, and integrity. As true colors continue to rear their ugly faces between her own corporate department along with her new, deceitful, and disgraceful branch manager, Jackson’s window is closing around her, and decision time is now. What does the future hold for Jackson in her new world? What decisions will be made with her prominent career as well as life as she knew it in North Carolina? Will she stick it out in the uncertain, cold world of upstate New York or will she make the ultimate, risky, and brave move to call it quits and return to the love of her life and back to her home in Charlotte? And if she does, will she and Gail finally make it to the sunny skies of Florida as the two had originally planned? This new and exciting eye-opener, which teaches an important lesson will keep you attached until the very last page!

Download or read book Banking Humour written by H B Subrahmanyam and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a banker for over three decades, is aggrieved with the common aphorism that Bankers are neither humorous nor receptive to humour. The general perception is that one cannot be humorous while counting cash and handling sensitive monetary instruments. ‘Banking Humour’ is an attempt to nullify that wrong belief. Bankers indeed generate humour, though unwittingly, which is better than just being humorous. The forty-three episodes narrated in this book are empirical and true in essence. The author opines that bankers occupy a pivotal position in society. They, like all competent men, should laugh at themselves and publicise their endearing attributes without giving others the chance to laugh at them.

Download or read book Double Standards written by Richard Bingy Brown and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the center of this intricate fable that sizzles with sex and Brown s signature blend of fact and fi ction, are men and women who dare to examine the deepest chambers of the heart and psyche. There is strong-willed, 29-year-old Soneyah; the feisty Sylvia; Shevaughn, whose love and devotion to her husband did not spare her 10-year marriage from the pain of infi delity; Asia, a 24-year old single mother of two and Rosemary, whose adolescence marred by sexual abuse makes it almost impossible for her trust men. These women are uniquely different but they are bound to one another by their negative experiences with men and their determination to give their male counterparts a taste of their own medicine. On another layer of the story are four men, Rayman, Luke, Knuckles and Hives, who will not let anything get in the way of their faithlessness and womanizing- even their own partners. The end of their odyssey of discovery will reveal to each character unexpected destinies and a stunning truth about themselves and those they love. Witty, sharp and thoroughly engaging, Double Standards is a searing story of life peopled by broken yet real souls on the road to discovering redemption and what it truly means to love.

Download or read book The Renegade written by Rob Sinclair and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2024-07-28 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preorder the intense action thriller from million copy bestseller Rob Sinclair This mission will test him to his limit... When a simple surveillance mission goes awry and the key target is kidnapped in broad daylight in a busy London square, James Ryker, a veteran intelligence agent now working for the secretive Joint Intelligence agency, knows he has his work cut out. Ryker is tasked with figuring out what went wrong. But when his good friend Sam Moreno disappears without a trace, the mission becomes more personal than he could have imagined. Torn between toeing the government line, and finding the answers he needs, Ryker realises there’s only one way to find those responsible and to punish them... His way. A fast-paced thriller filled with twists, turns, and intrigue that will grip fans of Mark Dawson and the Jason Bourne novels. Praise for Rob Sinclair: 'A real page-turner, impossible to put down' Publishers Weekly 'A must-read for fans of Lee Child and Robert Ludlum' Chelle’s Book Reviews 'An adrenaline shot right to the heart' The Best Thriller Books 'Action-packed, fast-paced, thrilling with many plot twists' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book is a wonderful read and is one you won't want to put down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'To say the book is action-packed is an understatement - it is full of the stuff' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Lots of action and subterfuge and the characters play off each other' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Action-packed and incredibly thrilling' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A real page-turner' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Download or read book The Kind Leader written by Karyn Ross and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kindness and leadership aren’t often synonymous. Ask someone to describe "good leadership" to you and you will hear many adjectives used: authentic, bold, challenging, charismatic, decisive, empowering, fearless, goal-oriented, humble, inspiring, original, passionate, role-model, strategic and transparent, to name of a few. And though there are many more that come to mind, kindness isn’t one of them. And here’s the problem with that. Leaders lead. And the way a leader leads – how they do what they do – influences those they lead. From the president of the country, to the president of a company, from middle managers, right down to front-line supervisors, what a leader models – how they think, speak and act – influences the people they lead. Leaders who think, speak and act unkindly give legitimacy and permission to those they lead to think, speak, and act in exactly the same unkind ways. Today, in a world where a leaders’ words and actions travel quickly through social media channels such as Twitter, their influence – unkind or kind – is amplified through repeated views and sharing. In an increasingly fragmented, polarized and divided world, we need leaders who will bring people together not divide them. Leaders who value and model cooperation and collaboration over competition. And who model ways to think kindly, speak kindly and act kindly. We need kindness to become synonymous with good leadership. So that when someone is asked to describe the traits of a good leader, kindness will be the first word that comes to mind. Essentially, the purpose of this book is to teach leaders how to lead with kindness so they can influence the people they lead to create kinder workplaces, organizations and the world. Each chapter contains a mixture of theory, case studies and reflections from leaders and the people they influence. As well, the book follows the fictional stories of Kay’La Janson and Kevin Landrell, as they become leaders in a failing organization that is ultimately turned around through kind leadership. Between chapters there are a series of practical exercises based on concepts presented in the previous chapter with space to record outcomes and reflections on the practice process. This book gives you a deep theoretical understanding of the importance of leading with kindness and also provides practical exercises for you to use to turn theory into practice. Because "change means doing things differently," and because we only really "learn by doing" to create kinder organizations, kinder communities and a kinder world, leaders must be able to begin practicing kindness right away. By the time you finish the book, you will feel confident in your ability to lead with kindness and also to address organizational problems at work, at home and in the community, with kindness.

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Download or read book To Be A Phoney written by Don Hatwell and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Here is a skimming, not chronological, of 50 years’ wordwork.” Following the publication in 2012 of his autobiography, Reporting a Life, Don Hatwell, now 87, has chosen for this miscellany pieces from his letters, diaries and newspaper articles. They range between music, money, theatre, Paul Cézanne, Francis Bacon, a visit to Prague, cigarettes, Sir Thomas Beecham, gout, and the death of his wife Joyce. “As the London editor of a big provincial I had a gorgeously wide remit, from high politics to low comedy, from thoughtful leaders to quick news stories, theatres, music, art, travel. I have never consciously aimed at achieving a ‘style’. Samuel Butler said he never knew a writer who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable. My material has taken different shapes. The newspaper stuff was usually written fast for an evening paper with narrow columns and, usually, short sentences. For bigger efforts – letters, diaries, think-pieces – there was more time and space, and I beavered at clarity, immediacy, good length, lightness in thick woods. “Le style est l’homme même,” said Leclerc de Buffon.” There are interviews with Maggie Smith, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Judith Kranz and Art Blakey. Also included are comments on the politics of Margaret Thatcher, Nigel Lawson, Jim Callaghan and Rupert Murdoch. It makes a lively, highly readable, thoughtful bedside book and will appeal to fans of Reporting a Life, and those interested in the arts and journalism.

Download or read book Cute Baby s Mommy Wants Love written by Su Miliang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her husband was cheating, the man he mistakenly provoked was a legend in Banyan City. He had monstrous wealth and power, and his appearance was beauties. She was a man with a special relationship with her ... — She was arranged to go on a blind date. The two little bun cried as they called her: "Dad is hitting us, help!" She rushed over with a head full of sweat. The man was rewarding the two little bun who had performed well ... She angrily said, "Mu Zhan Qian, my blind date has been destroyed by you!" The man said in a low voice, "If you want to remarry, why do you need to go so far? My child father, shouldn't he be the first choice? "

Download or read book Fired Up or Burned Out written by Michael L. Stallard and published by HarperCollins Leadership. This book was released on 2009-03-22 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indisputable evidence reveals that the greatest threat to America’s economy isn’t off-shoring labor, the need for downsizing, or unethical corporate practices--it’s employee disengagement. This widespread malady is the cause of billions of dollars lost, hours of dissatisfaction, and work lives lacking true value. In this game-changing guide, author Michael Stallard shares the three essential leadership actions necessary to transform even a lethargic, disconnected organization or office into an impassioned, innovative, and thriving workplace. By teaching readers what motivates their teams, providing essential tools for effective leadership, and analyzing the methods of twenty of the world’s greatest leaders, Fired Up or Burned Out offers everything you need to influence, motivate, and inspire your team to achieve greatness. Complete with a twenty-day learning plan and an assessment that will help you determine the health of your organization’s culture, this must-read book provides the key to establishing a happier, healthier workplace that’s not only good for business--it’s invigorating to the people who make it happen.

Download or read book Master Shen s Sweet Love written by Mu Qi and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-10 with total page 887 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone in the Imperial City knew that the richest person in the world, Shen Yenan, had been clean and unobtrusive for many years, but when he gave an interview to a reporter, he confessed deeply.As for the accused Bai, Qiao Xi was completely confused. Before he could finish digesting it, he was stopped by the great demon king at the bathroom door."Do you agree? "If you don't agree, then I'm going in."Qiao Xi wanted to cry but had no tears. "Shen Ye An, you're despicable.""Yes, I am despicable."With that, he opened the door and disappeared in a flash. Qiao Xi frantically covered his body and hugged him in his arms."You're mine for the rest of my life. I'll be responsible for you.""Shen Ye An, you bastard."If he could be a big scoundrel and fall in love with her, he would be a big scoundrel for the rest of his life.

Download or read book Quantum of Nightmares written by Charles Stross and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique blend of espionage thrills and Lovecraftian horror, Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross's Laundry Files continues with Quantum of Nightmares. It’s a brave new Britain under the New Management. The avuncular Prime Minister is an ancient eldritch god of unimaginable power. Crime is plummeting as almost every offense is punishable by death. And everywhere you look, there are people with strange powers, some of which they can control, and some, not so much. Hyperorganized and formidable, Eve Starkey defeated her boss, the louche magical adept and billionaire Rupert de Montfort Bigge, in a supernatural duel to the death. Now she’s in charge of the Bigge Corporation—just in time to discover the lethal trap Rupert set for her long ago. Wendy Deere’s transhuman abilities have gotten her through many a scrape. Now she’s gainfully employed investigating unauthorized supernatural shenanigans. She swore to herself she wouldn’t again get entangled with Eve Starkey’s bohemian brother Imp and his crew of transhuman misfits. Yeah, right. Mary Macandless has powers of her own. Right now she’s pretending to be a nanny in order to kidnap the children of a pair of famous, Government-authorized superheroes. These children have powers of their own, and Mary Macandless is in way over her head. Amanda Sullivan is the HR manager of a minor grocery chain, much oppressed by her glossy blonde boss—who is cooking up an appalling, extralegal scheme literally involving human flesh. All of these stories will come together, with world-bending results... "For all of Stross's genuine ability to spook and dismay, The Laundry Files are some of the most tremendously humane books I've ever read." —Tamsyn Muir, author of Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Download or read book Mastering the Power of You written by Lalit Johri and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of the 2020s is complex and demanding. We are faced with a myriad of difficult decisions about our present and future, driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic downturn, rising unemployment and inequalities, digital disruption, uncertain political environments, and climate change. In this book, leaders from around the world share their experiences in adapting to the changing world and the lessons they have learnt. They offer advice on mastering a diverse range of leadership concepts, skills, and behaviours to prepare for the challenges of the 21st century. The easy-to-follow format is grouped around the core concepts of Leadership, entrepreneurship, and volunteering; Purpose and values; Authenticity, trust and presence; Strategising, thinking, and decision-making; Mentoring and development; Mental resilience; Diversity and inclusion; Negotiating and collaborating; and Social and environmental impact. Each of the 32 chapters takes you on a voyage of discovery to a wide range of "powers" and inspires you to use them to open new opportunities in your life and workplace. If you are a recent graduate aspiring to gain meaningful employment in a rapidly transforming workplace, or a mid-career professional whose job may soon change or disappear with increasing automation, this book is for you. If you are a consultant, coach, mentor, or trainer, looking for new approaches, this book will provide valuable guidelines. If you are a seasoned professional navigating the new norms, this book will give you many inspiring insights.

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Download or read book The Exhibitor written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some issues include separately paged sections: Better management, Physical theatre, extra profits; Review; Servisection.