Download or read book Igniting the Invisible Tribe Designing an Organization That Doesn t Suck written by Josh Allan Dykstra and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is it that so many of us toil away in jobs we hate, being treated like machines, doing things that will eventually ruin the planet? Is this really the best we can do with our work and our lives? Concluding a massive research project spanning the fields of behavioral economics, future trend analysis, and management science, Josh Allan Dykstra elegantly shows how the world of work is evolving and that the competitive advantage of business is shifting towards something much more life-giving than where we ve been.
Download or read book A World Gone Social written by Ted Coine and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2014-09-17 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Social Age, companies unwilling to change will play the role of the dinosaurs: destined for extinction. This book gives you the keys to avoid this fate--and lead your organization into this exciting business climate. What does the Social Age mean for your business? Containing stories, analysis of real-world scenarios, and indispensable guidance, this book gives you the tools and information you need to survive and thrive in a business climate in which customers hold all the cards. Jobseekers have the power to easily find out what working at your company is really like and expertise has become more democratic as employees collaborate with each other, as well as with vendors, customers, and even competitors. In A World Gone Social, you'll discover: what the "Death of Large" and "Flat: The New Black" mean for you and your organization, how to build a socially enabled team that puts the customer experience first, how to objectively assess the fitness of your company's current culture and social presence, and what it means to create an "open" network of partners, collaborators, and brand champions. Filled with fascinating stories of success and failure at organizations including Barilla, Zappos, Bank of America, Lululemon, Abercrombie & Fitch, Southwest Airlines, and more, A World Gone Social reveals how to avoid the dangers of insincerity as well as what it takes to become a "Blue Unicorn"--the social leader.
Download or read book Confessions from an Entrepreneur Volume 1 written by Ash Kumra and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-12-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confessions from an Entrepreneur (Volume 1) is an inside look at the world of entrepreneurship. The project features individual and company life lessons from entrepreneurs across all industries, passions, interests, and individual project/pursuit stages. Each contributor was asked the following question: “What is one vital piece of advice you want to give an Entrepreneur?” Featured contributors include: Dave Berkus: Dave is a noted speaker, author, and early stage private equity investor. He is acknowledged as one of the most active angel investors in the country, having made and actively participated in over 87 technology investments during the past decade. Dave is the past Chairman of Tech Coast Angels, one of the largest angel networks in the United States. Brad Feld: Brad has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures, a company that helped launch and operate software companies. Brad is also a co-founder of TechStars. Wing Lam: Wing is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wahoos Fish Tacos; a leading restaurant chain with over 50 locations. Wing is also a sought after speaker and marketing guru whose collaborations many leading action sport stars and celebrities for over 15 years. Scott Painter: For the past three decades, entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of TrueCar, Scott Painter has been on a quest to bring objectivity, truth, transparency and balance to the automotive industry by harnessing never-before-available amounts of big data. Throughout his prolific career as entrepreneur and fundraiser, Painter has started over 37 companies and has raised almost 1.5 billion dollars. Arel Moodie: Arel Moodie (born November 15, 1983) is an American student success self-help motivational speaker. He has been featured in USA Today and Young Money Magazine for his pursuits as an entrepreneur with his first Internet Company. He has also been named a top Generation Y leader in the book Millennial Leaders. He speaks primarily to student audiences across the country but has also been known to speak to entrepreneurs and has represented Youth Entrepreneurs for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Governor's first conference on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Arel Moodie wrote the best-selling book Your Starting Point For Student Success. Thomas Tadlock: Thomas has been recognized as one of the top 5 trainers in the USA, with his first personal training company, Epiphany Fitness Studio, winning the “Best of Award” 5 years in a row. He was MTV’s 2003 Hottest Body, and is currently the Founder and CEO of Express Results Boot Camp, the largest indoor fitness boot camp in Orange County. He has also been sought after and has worked with top personal trainers of celebrities like Britney Spears and professional sports teams like the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to name a few. He is an inventor and patent holder, creating the world’s first patented boot camp training system. He is an internationally recognized trainer educator, and has authored the weight loss programs for the fitness equipment company behind the hit TV show, “The Biggest Loser.” And many more! Confessions from an Entrepreneur is a must read for any student or veteran of entrepreneurship.
Download or read book How Performance Management Is Killing Performance and What to Do About It written by M. Tamra Chandler and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2016-03-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethink, Redesign, Reboot. Most people associate performance management with the annual review, which is universally dreaded by employees, management, and HR professionals alike. It's a cookie-cutter, fear-based, top-down approach that emphasizes negatives over positives and stifles healthy career conversations. It's never been shown to motivate anyone to do anything but try to avoid it, but nobody feels like they have any alternative. Tamra Chandler has one—and it works. Actually, Chandler doesn't offer a single alternative—she offers an infinite number of them. Each organization that uses her Performance Management Reboot is able to develop its own unique version since it doesn't make a lot of sense for organizations with different cultures, in different industries and sectors, to do things exactly the same way. Grounded in the latest scientific findings about motivation, it's a transparent, employee-driven process that values collaboration over competition and rewards people for acquiring new skills and increasing their contribution instead of hitting arbitrary benchmarks. Chandler lays out the general principles and then walks you through each step in creating a performance management process that employees will actually embrace rather than avoid and that will help you meet the three objectives of great performance management: developing your people, rewarding them equitably, and driving your organization's performance. It's the first comprehensive, step-by-step guide to creating a performance management solution that's tailored to your organization's needs and goals and that places the emphasis squarely on your greatest asset: your people.
Download or read book Rethinking Performance Management Enhanced Executive Edition written by M. Tamra Chandler and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The video enhanced executive edition of How Performance Management is Killing Performance – and What to Do About It was created with the busy leader in mind. Offering targeted information and insight, and with over 26 minutes of videos and animations throughout, Rethinking Performance Management – A Leader's Guide has been adapted from the original edition to focus on only the points that you, as a leader of an organization, need to know. This means it's much shorter than the original with more of a focus on the big picture theory and less on the step-by-step. Most people associate performance management with the annual review, which is universally dreaded by employees, management, and HR professionals alike. In this short guide, author Tamra Chandler lays out the key points of creating a performance management process that is not only tailored to your organization's needs and goals, but that employees will actually embrace. Each of the six condensed chapters include short animations or video featuring Tamra herself to sum up the major takeaways for leaders. For those of us who need to be on the cutting edge of this emerging subject, but don't have as much time as we'd like, Rethinking Performance Management – A Leader's Guide offers the perfect framework to provide insight to the benefits of evolving performance management systems, a process which must be led, championed by the leaders in the organization.
Download or read book The Invisible Leader written by Zach Mercurio and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best Leaders Aren't People Instead, innovative and emerging research shows that a compelling and other-centered authentic purpose--The Invisible Leader--may be the most powerful influencer of our behaviors, attitudes, and motivation in organizations, work, school, and life. Yet despite the increasing evidence of purpose's power, many of the organizations, systems, and institutions which dominate human life aren't built to elicit and leverage the fundamental human search for purpose and meaning. In this must-read book for anyone who considers themselves a leader, international speaker, trainer, and organizational performance scholar Zach Mercurio shows business leaders, educators, students, athletes, and parents how to AWAKEN, CLARIFY, and DELIVER their reason for existence--their authentic purpose. Personal, researched, and even mind-shifting, the tools in the The Invisible Leader will help you lead with authentic purpose and build a life and organization that matters. "Zach Mercurio has written a compelling book filled with powerful stories, cutting-edge research, and practical tools that shows us how to lead with purpose..." - Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO at Thrive Global, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution. "If you are seeking both practical guidance and powerful inspiration to unlock the power of purpose in your life or organization, The Invisible Leader is for you. Through vivid storytelling and compelling research, Zach Mercurio proves yet again that the pursuit and achievement of a world-bettering purpose is the most powerful driving force in life and work." - Aaron Hurst, National Bestselling Author of The Purpose Economy, CEO at Imperative "At KPMG, our purpose-driven culture inspires us to make a tangible difference for our clients, our people, and society. In The Invisible Leader, Zach Mercurio explains why bringing purpose into the workplace is a business imperative and shares valuable insights on how to unleash its power within yourself and your organization." - Lynne Doughtie, U.S. Chairman & CEO, KPMG "Nothing inspires or motivates people more than purpose - to know that our lives and our work can make a difference. The Invisible Leader is a profoundly practical guide to empowering people with purpose so that your organization can make the greatest possible impact." - Andrew Ripley, Co-Founder & CEO, PurposeMatch.com "A compelling, research-based case for elevating a shared "why" to its rightful place: as the invisible leader that pulls us all forward. Zach is a clear leader in the #lovework Revolution; get this book and join him in the movement!" - Josh Allan Dykstra, CEO at Strengthscope U.S. & Author of Igniting the Invisible Tribe: Designing An Organization That Doesn't Suck
Download or read book The No Asshole Rule written by Robert I. Sutton and published by Business Plus. This book was released on 2007-02-22 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to working with -- and surviving -- bullies, creeps, jerks, tyrants, tormentors, despots, backstabbers, egomaniacs, and all the other assholes who do their best to destroy you at work. "What an asshole!" How many times have you said that about someone at work? You're not alone! In this groundbreaking book, Stanford University professor Robert I. Sutton builds on his acclaimed Harvard Business Review article to show you the best ways to deal with assholes...and why they can be so destructive to your company. Practical, compassionate, and in places downright funny, this guide offers: Strategies on how to pinpoint and eliminate negative influences for good Illuminating case histories from major organizations A self-diagnostic test and a program to identify and keep your own "inner jerk" from coming out The No Asshole Rule is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Business Week bestseller.
Download or read book Designing Virtual Worlds written by Richard A. Bartle and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2004 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a comprehensive treatment of virtual world design from one of its pioneers. It covers everything from MUDs to MOOs to MMORPGs, from text-based to graphical VWs.
Download or read book Joyful Militancy written by Carla Bergman and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Absolutely what we need in these days of spreading gloom." —John Holloway, author of Crack Capitalism "A guide to a fulfilling militant life." —Michael Hardt, co-author of Assembly "Rigid radicalism" is the congealed and debilitating practices that suck life and inspiration from the fight for a better world. Joyful Militancy investigates how fear, self-righteousness, and moralism infiltrate and take root within liberation movements, what to do about them, and ultimately how tenderness and vulnerability can thrive alongside fierce militant commitment. Carla Bergman co-edited Stay Solid: A Radical Handbook For Youth. Nick Montgomery is an organizer and writer currently at Queen's University.
Download or read book Winning written by Jack Welch and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A champion manager of people, Jack Welch shares the hard-earned wisdom of a storied career in what will become the ultimate business bible With Winning, Jack Welch delivers a wide-ranging, in-depth, no-holds-barred management guidebook about the tough strategic, organizational, and personal challenges that face people at every stage of their careers. Loaded with candid personal anecdotes, hard-hitting advice, and invaluable dos and don’ts, Jack explains his theory of business, by laying out the four most important principles that form the foundation of his success. Chapters include: How to Get Promoted, How to Think about Strategy, How to Write a Budget that Works, How to Work for a Jerk, How Find Work-Life Balance and How Start Something New. Enlivened by quotes from business leaders that Welch interviewed especially for the book, it’s a tour de force that reflects Welch’s mastery of execution, excellence and leadership.
Download or read book The Art of Being Human written by Michael Wesch and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropology is the study of all humans in all times in all places. But it is so much more than that. "Anthropology requires strength, valor, and courage," Nancy Scheper-Hughes noted. "Pierre Bourdieu called anthropology a combat sport, an extreme sport as well as a tough and rigorous discipline. ... It teaches students not to be afraid of getting one's hands dirty, to get down in the dirt, and to commit yourself, body and mind. Susan Sontag called anthropology a "heroic" profession." What is the payoff for this heroic journey? You will find ideas that can carry you across rivers of doubt and over mountains of fear to find the the light and life of places forgotten. Real anthropology cannot be contained in a book. You have to go out and feel the world's jagged edges, wipe its dust from your brow, and at times, leave your blood in its soil. In this unique book, Dr. Michael Wesch shares many of his own adventures of being an anthropologist and what the science of human beings can tell us about the art of being human. This special first draft edition is a loose framework for more and more complete future chapters and writings. It serves as a companion to anth101.com, a free and open resource for instructors of cultural anthropology. This 2018 text is a revision of the "first draft edition" from 2017 and includes 7 new chapters.
Download or read book To Life written by Linda Weintraub and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z, presenting a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns, from Ant Farms anti-consumer antics in the 1970s to Marina Zurkows 2007 animation that anticipates the havoc wreaked upon the planet by global warming.
Download or read book Future Shock written by Alvin Toffler and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The classic work that predicted the anxieties of a world upended by rapidly emerging technologies—and now provides a road map to solving many of our most pressing crises. “Explosive . . . brilliantly formulated.” —The Wall Street Journal Future Shock is the classic that changed our view of tomorrow. Its startling insights into accelerating change led a president to ask his advisers for a special report, inspired composers to write symphonies and rock music, gave a powerful new concept to social science, and added a phrase to our language. Published in over fifty countries, Future Shock is the most important study of change and adaptation in our time. In many ways, Future Shock is about the present. It is about what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change. Change affects our products, communities, organizations—even our patterns of friendship and love. But Future Shock also illuminates the world of tomorrow by exploding countless clichés about today. It vividly describes the emerging global civilization: the rise of new businesses, subcultures, lifestyles, and human relationships—all of them temporary. Future Shock will intrigue, provoke, frighten, encourage, and, above all, change everyone who reads it.
Download or read book Inadequate Equilibria Draft Version written by Eliezer Yudkowsky and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seeing Systems written by Barry Oshry and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about seeing systems. It is about overcoming system blindness and seeing our part in the context of the whole, and the present in the context of the past. It is about seeing ourselves in relationship with others and creating satisfying and productive partnerships in these relationships. It will enable us to create systems with extraordinary capacities for surviving and developing. "Oshry weaves a remarkable explanation for the subtle, and largely unseen ways in which our structures influence our behaviour."Marvin Weisbord, author Productive Workplaces.
Download or read book Jackson Pollock written by Pepe Karmel and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 1999 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to accompany the exhibition Jackson Pollock held the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from 1 November 1998 to 2 February 1999.
Download or read book Hacker Hoaxer Whistleblower Spy written by Gabriella Coleman and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate book on the worldwide movement of hackers, pranksters, and activists collectively known as Anonymous—by the writer the Huffington Post says “knows all of Anonymous’ deepest, darkest secrets” “A work of anthropology that sometimes echoes a John le Carré novel.” —Wired Half a dozen years ago, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman set out to study the rise of this global phenomenon just as some of its members were turning to political protest and dangerous disruption (before Anonymous shot to fame as a key player in the battles over WikiLeaks, the Arab Spring, and Occupy Wall Street). She ended up becoming so closely connected to Anonymous that the tricky story of her inside–outside status as Anon confidante, interpreter, and erstwhile mouthpiece forms one of the themes of this witty and entirely engrossing book. The narrative brims with details unearthed from within a notoriously mysterious subculture, whose semi-legendary tricksters—such as Topiary, tflow, Anachaos, and Sabu—emerge as complex, diverse, politically and culturally sophisticated people. Propelled by years of chats and encounters with a multitude of hackers, including imprisoned activist Jeremy Hammond and the double agent who helped put him away, Hector Monsegur, Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy is filled with insights into the meaning of digital activism and little understood facets of culture in the Internet age, including the history of “trolling,” the ethics and metaphysics of hacking, and the origins and manifold meanings of “the lulz.”
