Download or read book Workplace Fables written by Mark Price and published by David Fickling Books. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of true stories from one of the UK's most experienced businessmen, demonstrating best practices and common mistakes in business and the work place. After thirty years of life in the John Lewis Partnership Mark Price imparts some wisdom and gentle humour with these workplace fables. A heartwarming and highly instructive look at what you should and shouldn't do in business today. Divided into thirteen chapters, each containing about ten fables, this is a fantastically entertaining selection of Mark Price's real life business experiences - the good and the bad, the inventive and the hilariously stupid - these are the lessons of a lifetime, condensed into one, easy to read, volume.

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Download or read book Angels in the Workplace written by Melissa Giovagnoli and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1998-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Inspiring Guide to Making Life Miraculous "So much has been written about the negative aspects of today's work environments. Angels in the Workplace is an inspiring look at how ordinary people can make an extraordinary difference at their place of work."--Karol Emmerick, corporate director and former vice president and treasurer, Dayton Hudson Corporation Angels do exist and they can transform your workplace. With these enchanting stories, noted business author and consultant Melissa Giovagnoli recounts the tales of ordinary people whose random acts of kindness have generated some extraordinary results. These people are living proof that there are angels among us, and Giovagnoli tells us how we might join their ranks. The author says that to be angels ourselves, we must shape our lives according to seven heavenly tenets: faith, hope, charity, courage, truth, trust, and love. Devoting a chapter to each virtue, Giovagnoli describes the miracles that living angels have performed on the job, and shows how we can put these virtues into practice in our own lives. It?s an inspiring work about renewing hope, creating a stronger sense of community, and redefining the meaning of success.

Download or read book Fables and the Art of Leadership written by Ian I. Mitroff and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-05 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fred Rogers is one of the great icons of American culture and the values and philosophy for which he is famous have stood the test of time. Fables and the Art of Leadership brings those same values and philosophy to the workplace, where they're now needed more than ever. This unique and timely work is for everyone who aspires to become and be a better leader. Mister Rogers didn't expound abstract principles to help children face up to the problems they faced; instead, he created and told countless fables and stories. Ian and Donna Mitroff's book uses those fables to help managers master the most difficult challenges they face: achieving significant change; fostering creativity; curbing rudeness; promoting leadership, managing crises, and many more. It is their new interpretations for the workplace that will make Fables and the Art of Leadership a classic in business studies.

Download or read book Bedtime Stories for Managers written by Henry Mintzberg and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're like most managers and things keep you up at night, now you can turn to a book that's designed especially for you! But you won't find talking rabbits or princesses here. (There is a cow, but it doesn't jump.) Henry Mintzberg has culled forty-two of the best posts from his widely read blog and turned them into a deceptively light, sneakily serious compendium of sometimes heretical reflections on management. The moral here is this: managers need to leave their castles and find out what's actually going on in their kingdoms. And like real bedtime stories, these essays have metaphors galore. So prepare to grow strategies like weeds and organize like a cow. Discover the maestro myth of managing, find the soft underbelly of hard data, and learn why downsizing is bloodletting and your board should be a bee. Mintzberg writes, “Just try not to be outraged by anything you read, because some of my most outrageous ideas turn out to be my best. They just take a while to become obvious.”

Download or read book Stories for Work written by Gabrielle Dolan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the science and master the art of telling a great story Stories for Work walks you through the science of storytelling, revealing the secrets behind great storytellers and showing you how to master the art of storytelling in business. Stories hold a unique place in our psyche, and the right story at the right time can be a game-changer in business; whether tragedy, triumph, tension or transition, a good story can captivate the listener and help you achieve your goals. In this book, author Gabrielle Dolan draws from a decade of training business leaders in storytelling to show you what works, why it works, when it works best and what never works. You'll learn how to create your own stories — authentically yours, crafted to attain your goal — and develop an instinct for sharing when the time is right. In-depth case studies feature real-world people in real-world businesses, showing how storytelling has changed the way they work, motivate and lead — providing clear examples of the power of this enormously effective skill. Storytelling gives you an edge. Whether you're after a promotion, a difficult client, a big sale or leading through transition, a great story can help you smooth the road and seal the deal. This book is your personal coach for masterful storytelling, with expert guidance and lessons learned from real-world business leaders. Learn why storytelling grabs attention and helps your message get through Master the four types of stories used in business settings Infuse your stories with the personal to highlight your vision and values Craft a selection of stories to pull out at pivotal business moments The oral tradition has ancient roots that unite all humans, and despite our myriad modern distractions, we still respond to a well-told story. Stories for Work helps you put this dynamic to work for you in any business scenario.

Download or read book Safety Fables for Today written by Laura J Cahill and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Putting a modern spin on some childhood stories, Safety Fables for Today introduces Zac and the Beanstalk, cautioning against dropped objects and falls from height; a Perilous Porridge Pot, overflowing with oats and useful insights on preventing loss of containment; a Super-Sized Swede presenting big manual handling challenges, and updated versions of many other familiar tales too. In embarking upon this journey, Laura J Cahill draws on the power of storytelling, helped by a liberal sprinkling of fairy dust and the company of some fictional folk along the way, providing fresh thought for those seeking to properly manage their activities, and a gentle bedtime read for anyone else with a passing interest in the field of health and safety. Needless to say, there’s more to these tales and their characters than first meets the eye – not least because of the insights they offer to organisations seeking to control real-world risks, reinvigorate health and safety agendas, and secure happy endings of their own. Through understanding the messages conveyed by these fictional players and addressing these within their own workplace settings, readers can play their part in ensuring that beyond simply living happily, workers remain injury-free, enjoy good health, and live safely ever after too.

Download or read book The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell written by Paul Smith and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW AN OWL (Outstanding Work of Literature) Leadership Award Winner! Every great leader is a great storyteller. As a manager, CEO, or team leader, how can you innovatively engage your employees so that they understand where your organization came from, where it's going, and how you're going to get there? How can you connect with your customers in a way that makes them believe in your company as passionately as you do? Paul Smith is one of the world's leading experts in business storytelling. He teaches people how to be more effective leaders by communicating their company's important mission, inspiring creativity, and earning the trust of valued stakeholders. The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell explores the journey behind success, and breaks down not just the importance of your company's story but how to craft compelling ones of your own.

Download or read book The Three Signs of a Miserable Job written by Patrick M. Lencioni and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bestselling author and business guru tells how to improve your job satisfaction and performance. In his sixth fable, bestselling author Patrick Lencioni takes on a topic that almost everyone can relate to: the causes of a miserable job. Millions of workers, even those who have carefully chosen careers based on true passions and interests, dread going to work, suffering each day as they trudge to jobs that make them cynical, weary, and frustrated. It is a simple fact of business life that any job, from investment banker to dishwasher, can become miserable. Through the story of a CEO turned pizzeria manager, Lencioni reveals the three elements that make work miserable -- irrelevance, immeasurability, and anonymity -- and gives managers and their employees the keys to make any job more fulfilling. As with all of Lencioni?s books, this one is filled with actionable advice you can put into effect immediately. In addition to the fable, the book includes a detailed model examining the three signs of job misery and how they can be remedied. It covers the benefits of managing for job fulfillment within organizations -- increased productivity, greater retention, and competitive advantage -- and offers examples of how managers can use the applications in the book to deal with specific jobs and situations. Patrick Lencioni (San Francisco, CA) is President of The Table Group, a management consulting firm specializing in executive team development and organizational health. As a consultant and keynote speaker, he has worked with thousands of senior executives and executive teams in organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to high-tech startups to universities and nonprofits. His clients include AT&T, Bechtel, Boeing, Cisco, Sam?s Club, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Allstate, Visa, FedEx, New York Life, Sprint, Novell, Sybase, The Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Lencioni is the author of six bestselling books, including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. He previously worked for Oracle, Sybase, and the management consulting firm Bain & Company.

Download or read book Fairly Common Tales written by Glen Sharkey and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairly Common Tales is a delightful and fun collation of short stories in which Glen Sharkey investigates issues we are all too familiar with in both our workplaces and our personal lives: How do we have good relationships? How do we inspire and motivate others? How do we communicate effectively? How do we deal with other people's attitudes? These questions and more are all addressed within these pages. These fun, provocative, and fast paced vignettes hit the spot. If you are leading other people, or managing a workplace, this book could well become the go to book for staff reading. Glen imparts wisdom and insight with an engaging and charming style. These stories, written in fable form, that highlight issues unique to workplace issues. Issues such as: communication, dealing with difficult employees, dealing with teams comprised of very different personalities, creating positive workplace cultures and so on. Each story is presented in a fun, readable format making this brilliant material to distribute widely in a workplace. You will feel confident these stories will be read. Glen Sharkey delivers decades of learning from facilitating leadership development in this very readable format. But don't be fooled by the simplicity of the medium - there is absolute gold in these pages for people who lead, manage, and train others."

Download or read book Stand Up Speak Out Against Workplace Bullying written by National Workplace Bullying Coalition and published by Infinity Publishing (PA). This book was released on 2018-04-11 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Workplace bullying can happen in any industry, and to anyone. For many, the story ends in devastation. But this book changes that narrative, because there are many stories of survival too. We've collected some of them to help you get empowered. Let these stories - told in the survivors' own words - remind you that there is hope, and there is a way out. Each individual will tell you how they navigated their situation, where they are now, and what steps are most important for you to take. Glean from their experiences, and change your situation for the better.

Download or read book Scary Tales written by Glen T. Sharkey and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collation of short stories, Glen Sharkey investigates issues we are all too familiar with in both our workplaces and our personal lives: How do we have good relationships? How do we inspire and motivate others? How do we communicate effectively? How do we deal with other people's attitudes? These fun, provocative, and fast paced vignettes hit the spot. If you are leading other people, or managing a workplace, this book could well become the go to book for staff reading. Glen imparts wisdom and insight with an engaging and charming style.

Download or read book Hard Won Wisdom written by Jathan Janove and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will help you become proactive in learning how to avoid the disastrous scenarios befalling companies every day. For managers, even simple requests or basic expectations can quickly spiral out of control. Seasoned HR expert and employment attorney Jathan Janove helps you anticipate and head off trouble so you don’t get blindsided by people problems. Drawing on years spent untangling tricky situations and fixing mishaps, Hard-Won Wisdom chronicles 46 eye-opening, jaw-dropping stories that show you how to: Defuse angry employees Discipline without inviting legal action Hire the best person for the job Manage high-maintenance people Make airtight promotion decisions Give timely feedback Avoid the penalties of lost trust Protect against harassment and discrimination suits Janove’s long experience in employment law, executive coaching, and management make for some compelling stories. The specific, actionable advice in Hard-Won Wisdom provides is sure to help anyone who wants to avoid career-derailing conflict.

Download or read book The Respectful Leader written by Gregg Ward and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boost morale and productivity by leading with respect The Respectful Leader presents an engaging, thought-provoking lesson for companies seeking off-the-charts performance. Author Gregg Ward draws on 25 years of leadership consulting, coaching and training experience to reveal the secret to great results: respect. In this true-to-life business fable, he shares the story of Des Hogan, a CEO who discovers that disrespectful behavior on the part of his leadership team is eating away at his company's morale, productivity, and profits. At a loss for a solution, he meets Grace—a straight-shooting, self-described "little old lady" in the maintenance department. With her no-nonsense advice, he sets out to revamp the culture and turn his company around; but first, he has to turn inward and realize that his own behavior sets the tone for the company at every level. This enlightening, engaging and honest story will help you recognize and analyze your own behaviors and interactions, and show you how to create a winning culture based on leading with respect. Intimidation, micro-management and insecurity do not drive top-level performance. True success is built on free-flowing, trusted, and open collaboration between departments, levels, and specialties. This book shows you how to build respect among the ranks—from the top down. Learn the key respectful leadership behaviors that significantly impact morale Learn how to adjust your own, and others', attitudes to boost productivity, teamwork, and profits Benefit personally and professionally by leading from a place of mutual respect and consideration People perform best when they feel valued and valuable. And, when they are respected for their experience, talents and skills, they'll become personally invested in outcomes—both short- and long-term—and consistently go the extra mile. Respectful leadership ignites passion, innovation, creativity, and efficiency, while control-based leadership and intimidation breeds complacency and mediocrity. Which environment would better serve your company? The Respectful Leader shows you how to achieve sustainable success with a simple behavioral paradigm shift.

Download or read book Farmer Able A fable about servant leadership transforming organizations and people from the inside out written by Art Barter and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pigs are running the farm. So begins the story of Farmer Able. Everyone on his farm -- people and animals alike – are downright downtrodden by him. He's overbearing and compulsively obsessed with profits and productivity. He's a typical top-down, power-based manager, forever tallying production numbers in his well-worn ledgers. But the more he pushes the hoofs and horns and humans, the more they dig in their heels. That is until one day when he hears a mysterious wind that whispers: "It's not all about me." Can he turn things around and begin attending to the needs of those on his farm, thus improving their attitudes and productivity? Farmer Able is an engaging parable that entertains as it enlightens. It reveals a profound truth about the dysfunction in organizations and how dramatic improvements can be made when leaders liberate employees to operate at their fullest potential and discover the significance in their work. If you're looking to develop a new and profoundly satisfying leadership style, one that advocates serving others and creating ethical, engaging workplaces and innovative environments, this book will set you on your way. If you are tired of "business as usual," this lively story will get you thinking about how to inspire your employees and produce better results.

Download or read book The Dysfunctional Workplace written by Seth Allcorn and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores an aspect of organizational life that is at times difficult to acknowledge and often painful to recall. Stories invite reflection and the development of greater understanding of organizational dynamics. This fresh scholarship provides a theoretical framework for discussion. Throughout this book, Allcorn and Stein utilize a psychoanalytically informed perspective to help readers understand why a leader, colleague or friend behaves in ways that are destructive of others and the organization and provides a basis for organizations to survive and thrive in a dysfunctional workplace.

Download or read book Employees Gone Wild written by Richard Burton and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious and hair-rising true tales of office debauchery from the lawyer who gets paid to clean up the mess. Try to imagine the following workplace scenarios: two employees having hot and heavy sex in an open cubicle in full view of their coworkers. A boss conducting a business meeting while wearing nothing but a strategically-placed towel. Employees using Craigslist to arrange sexual trysts with hookers on company time. Breast-flashing. Oral sex solicitation via office e-mail. Impossible? Unbelievable? Richard Burton has tales you won’t believe actually happened over his decades spent as the attorney hired by companies to protect them when their employees act out. Employees Gone Wild collects some of the most outrageous and absolutely-true stories (names changed to protect the guilty of course) from Burton’s years on the job, along with his indispensible practical advice on how companies and the people that work for them can avoid the same pitfalls. Hilarious and eye-opening in the same breath, dozens of cartoons give Employees Gone Wild a light tone perfect for the coworker with a sense of humor. It’s also a great excuse for anyone that’s received a slap on the wrist from their job: Hey, at least I’m not as bad as that guy!