Download or read book Behind Your Boss s Door written by Richard E. McDowell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Today's Leadership While Developing Your Own Anyone who desires to become a leader, a manager, or team builder (however you wish to term it) has a plethora of resources at his disposal. He can choose from hundreds of colleges and universities to study at; there are seminars and conferences given by professional speakers; and he can also turn to his bosses and peers. However, he'll soon find himself buried in more information and theories and "secrets" than he knows what to do with-and much of it conflicting! So, what is he to do? The truth is that true leadership comes from within, and what an aspiring leader or an established leader desiring to increase his successes really needs is to push aside all the excess of unnecessary clutter and get to the heart of the matter! What is the essence of true leadership? Is it the special techniques a leader uses? Is it a "power nap"? Is it psychological tricks a leader uses while gazing into a mirror in the morning? Does he need twenty-five laws of leadership (and if so, why not forty)? So much information abounds on this subject-some of it nonsense and some of it legitimate-that I felt it was time that a book was written that kept things real and explained the realities of true leadership while not overcomplicating things. Herein you will find just that. It's time to get back to the bread and butter of leadership!
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 The at Risk Child written by David Butler and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his mother died, eight-year-old David Butler's life changed forever. Expectations for his future disappeared along with his mother's warm presence, but the days ahead still held promise. David set his own bar high, and this at risk child never let go of the idea that he would become something greater. Laughed at by his family when he announced his plan to go to college, David received little support for his dreams. But he never stopped asking himself whether he could really have that life, whether it was possible to transcend his current circumstances and reach higher. Do our limits stop us from achieving or just provide opportunities to push past them? Young David used his natural optimism to keep working, and he made it to college. Today he holds a bachelor's degree and an MBA, and he has found a fulfilling career. One important lesson was that he was never really alone; the teachers and mentors who helped him along the way were a constant source of inspiration. This profound story shows how personal strength can overcome adversity. And it shows how the challenges we face in life can be our greatest teachers in the end.
Download or read book Ask For It written by Linda Babcock and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-01-27 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the authors of Women Don’t Ask, the groundbreaking book that revealed just how much women lose when they avoid negotiation, here is the action plan that women all over the country requested—a guide to negotiating anything effectively using strategies that feel comfortable to you as a woman. Whether it’s a raise, that overdue promotion, an exciting new assignment, or even extra help around the house, this four-phase program, backed by years of research and practical success, will show you how to recognize how much more you really deserve, maximize your bargaining power, develop the best strategy for your situation, and manage the reactions and emotions that may arise—on both sides. Guided step-by-step, you’ll learn how to draw on your special strengths to reach agreements that benefit everyone involved. This collaborative, problem-solving approach will propel you to new places both professionally and personally—and open doors you thought were closed.
Download or read book The Set up to fail Syndrome written by Jean-François Manzoni and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation.
Download or read book Help Your Boss Help You written by Ken Kousen and published by Pragmatic Bookshelf. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop more productive habits in dealing with your manager. As a professional in the business world, you care about doing your job the right way. The quality of your work matters to you, both as a professional and as a person. The company you work for cares about making money and your boss is evaluated on that basis. Sometimes those goals overlap, but the different priorities mean conflict is inevitable. Take concrete steps to build a relationship with your manager that helps both sides succeed. Guide your manager to treat you as a vital member of the team who should be kept as happy and productive as possible. When your manager insists on a course of action you don't like, most employees feel they have only two options: you can swallow your objections, or you can leave. Neither option gets you what you want, which is for your manager to consider your interests when making decisions. Challenging your boss directly is risky, but if you understand what really matters to your manager, you can build a balanced relationship that works for both sides. Provide timely "good enough" answers that satisfy the immediate need of the boss to move forward. Use a productive solution to the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma to structure your interactions with management, going along when necessary and pushing back where appropriate, without threatening the loyalty relationship. Send the two most important messages to your boss: "I got this" and "I got your back," to prove your value to the boss and the organization. Analyze your manager's communication preferences so you can express your arguments in a way most likely to be heard and understood. Avoid key traps, like thinking of the boss as your friend or violating the chain of command unnecessarily.
Download or read book All Creation Waits written by Gayle Boss and published by Paraclete Press. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open a window each day of Advent onto the natural world.
Download or read book Executive Presence written by Joel Garfinkle and published by JAG Press. This book was released on 2022-08-17 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Executive presence matters. When 400 CEOs were asked how they choose next-level leaders, 89% of them said they looked for one critical trait-executive presence. This quality is crucial for professional success. In Executive Presence, Joel Garfinkle shows you how to step into your power, convey confidence, and lead with conviction. As you rise in your organization, your executive presence must keep pace with your growth. The higher the stakes, the more you need that power and presence. Using extensive original research gleaned from studying executive presence for more than 15 years, Joel has uncovered the 9 essential qualities of executive presence. His 3x3 Executive Presence Model doesn't just explain executive presence for the modern leader-it walks you step by step through exercises and strategies for cultivating each essential element. Methodically explaining how to master each one, he equips you with a personalized plan for growth, demystifies what executive presence is, and debunks misconceptions that hold you back. This book provides the blueprint for how to master 3 key executive presence domains. 1. Radiate gravitas. 2. Act with authority. 3. Express yourself fully. In Executive Presence, you'll learn how to: - Radiate the commanding, self-assured presence of a high-level leader. - Bring power, conviction, and a strong point of view to your presentations. - Move from passivity and self-doubt to self-assurance and bold decision-making. - Exude a professional magnetism that influences others at every level. - Cultivate and leverage charisma in all your interactions. - Communicate in a clear, crisp, and concise way. Maybe you've come across the term "executive presence" in HBR, but you couldn't adequately define it-let alone begin to grow it. This book will change that. As you delve into the lessons from Executive Presence, you'll join top-ranking organizational leaders who know how to influence others and drive extraordinary results. Whether you're a rising star or CEO, Executive Presence will guide you in leading a high-performing team. Moving from passivity and self-doubt to self-assurance and bold decision-making, you'll become the high-impact leader who propels your organization forward. Executive Presence is for women, people of color, and other employees from marginalized groups who are too often underappreciated, which causes companies to miss out on their full range of talent. By cultivating executive presence, women and any overlooked employees can smash through the glass ceiling and gain the recognition they deserve. If you're in one of these demographics, growing your executive presence will allow you to leap over the barriers you may encounter in your career. What's the key differentiator between this Executive Presence book and its competitors (Sylvia Ann Hewlett's Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success, Paul Aldo's Understanding Executive Presence, Debra A. Benton's Executive Presence for the Modern Leader, and Harrison Monarth's Executive Presence, Second Edition)? The 3x3 Executive Presence Model provides a clear, structured blueprint for developing the most important facets of executive presence. Learn about the 3 domains - gravitas, authority, and expression - that act as the foundational pillars holding up the 9 executive presence competencies.
Download or read book Yes Master Rise of the Witch written by Jason Kondrath and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeanie had long suffered her families, Mental, Emotional, Psychical, and Sexual abuse. She summoned the "Powers of Darkness" for help, and they did... for a price. They not only gave her protection, but vengeance. And no one was spared. In the aftermath, Jeanie met Mark, a man she loved more than life itself, and soon, she found herself pregnant. The two planned to wed, but Jeanie never told her fiancee about her past debts...
Download or read book Failure to Communicate written by Holly Weeks and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your stomach's churning; you're hyperventilating -- you're in a badly deteriorating conversation at work. Such exchanges, which run the gamut from firing subordinates to parrying verbal attacks from colleagues, are so loaded with anger, confusion, and fear that most people handle them poorly: they avoid them, clamp down, or give in. But dodging issues, appeasing difficult people, and mishandling tough encounters all carry a high price for managers and companies -- in the form of damaged relationships, ruined careers, and intensified problems. In Failure to Communicate, Holly Weeks shows how to master the combat mentality, emotional maelstrom, and confusion that poison difficult conversations. Drawing on her many years as a consultant and coach to leaders and executives, the author explains: · Why we turn to ineffective tactics when the heat is on · How to avoid the worst pitfalls of difficult conversations, and how to pull yourself out if you fall in · Ways to regain your balance and inject respect into stressful conversations, even when you've been confronted, infuriated, or wronged · Strategies for mitigating aggression and defensiveness, and for clearing the fog of misconceptions · How to get through the hardest conversations with your reputation and relationships intact Using proven techniques paired with detailed real-life examples, Weeks equips you with the strategies and practices you need to transform even the toughest conversations.
Download or read book Social Q s written by Philip Galanes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of whimsical essays by the New York Times "Social Q's" columnist provides modern advice on navigating today's murky moral waters, sharing recommendations for such everyday situations as texting on the bus to splitting a dinner check.
Download or read book Bad Bosses Crazy Coworkers Other Office Idiots written by Vicky Oliver and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you confronted any of these coworkers or bosses recently? The Grumpy Martyr The Boss's Pet The Credit Snatcher Bad Bosses, Crazy Coworkers & Other Office Idiots is designed to help people with all their office issues, from an exasperating coworker to a boss from hell. This book helps readers quickly pinpoint their problems and implement immediate tactics to resolve them. Vicky Oliver has helped more than 5,000 working people at different levels in different fields resolve their work problems. Bad Bosses, Crazy Coworkers & Other Office Idiots is a direct result of what she has learned as a career expert who has made herself available to help people in their times of need. With this book in hand, readers will have the answers to all their difficult work issues and will see their job satisfaction skyrocket.
Download or read book HBR Guide to Office Politics written by Karen Dillon and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every organization has its share of political drama: Personalities clash. Agendas compete. Turf wars erupt. But you need to work productively with your colleagues-even the challenging ones-for the good of your organization and your career. This guide will teach you how to: Build relationships with difficult people, gain allies and increase your sphere of influence, wrangle resources, move up without alienating your colleagues, avoid power games and petty rivalries, and claim credit when it's due.
Download or read book Bound by the Boss s Baby written by Nina Singh and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Nina Singh’s latest romance, a nanny falls for her billionaire boss and his precious little boy. Could they be the family she’s always longed for? UNDERCOVER NANNY AND THE TYCOON After her own difficult upbringing, Fallon needs to know her foster sister’s sweet baby boy is being cared for. Her plan: get his father to employ her as a nanny! The bond that property magnate Enrique has with his son quickly reassures Fallon. What’s unsettling is the chemistry igniting with her far-too-gorgeous boss. But Enrique’s been betrayed before, so he won’t easily forgive her for concealing how she really knows little Lucas. Yet it soon becomes impossible to resist their attraction… Or the feeling that this unexpected family could be the home she’s always dreamed of! From Harlequin Romance: Be swept away by glamorous and heartfelt love stories.
Download or read book Not the Boss of Me written by Sarah Kimberly and published by Oliver Street Books. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He thinks she’s his assistant. She thinks he’s a fraud. What if they’re both wrong? Claire McCarthy is in a rut. And if the Cheeto caught in her hair is any indication, it isn’t pretty. Her boyfriend dumped her, she had to move in with a stranger, and—most painful of all—her dream of becoming a well-known investigative journalist seems further away than ever. But she has a plan. Claire just has to write a career-defining story to get her life back on track, and Elliot Blake is the perfect subject. All she needs to do is pretend to be her roommate and pose as Elliot’s new assistant. With access to the elusive billionaire and his hedge fund, Claire can finally prove New York’s golden boy is actually tarnished brass. But when the line between deception and honesty blurs, Claire struggles to stick to her story and resist her attraction to her temporary boss. If she doesn’t tell Elliot who she really is, they’ll never have a chance. But if he finds out her true identity, she’ll be ruined. Should she choose the man she’s falling in love with or the career she’s always wanted? Not the Boss of Me is a steamy, opposites-attract romantic comedy with a grumpy billionaire boss and workplace shenanigans. It’s a standalone book that’s the first in the Park Avenue Billionaires series. (The books can be read in any order.)
Download or read book The Boss s Demand written by Jennifer Lewis and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful oil tycoon Elan Al Mansur neverwanted Sara Daly as his new assistant. Herlush curves and alluring scent would onlyprove a distraction to what mattered most tohim: business. But one night in the desertElan gave in to his desires, seducing thewoman he'd sworn never to touch. Four months later, his secretary revealed shewas carrying his baby. Suddenly the sternbusinessman discovered he didn't want Saragone at all. But would she agree to her boss'sdemand that she become his wife?
Download or read book Loves Journey written by and published by Stokie Lee. This book was released on with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
