Career Stress

An alarming 39 percent of workers in high-tech companies believe they are depressed, as reported by PC Magazine in December 2018. Seventy-two percent of people who have daily stress and anxiety say it interferes with their lives - anxiety and stress alone have reduced productivity by 56 percent. Previous generations used to say, "Work harder," but we've now learned we must "work smarter." Polak has practiced and tested his methods in hundreds of opportunities. He feels that every individual and business should have these tools, and will share them with us here.

Ever feel like you’re so busy and stressed that you forget to breathe? Bill Mitchell is here to help. A psychologist who specialises in rebalancing the lives of the overwhelmed, overstressed and overscheduled, in this book Bill brings you tried and tested, practical solutions that will help you protect your energy and prioritise what is most important. Find out how to prevent the drift towards burnout and poor mental health that so many of us suffer from in our busy modern lives. Your family - and your boss - will thank you.

Do you struggle with public speaking or communication in your workplace or personal relations? Have you tried other solutions but find yourself slipping back into old, anxiety-ridden habits? Are you tired of feeling like a wallflower, overlooked or misunderstood when you do speak up? Many individuals struggle with social anxiety, leading to missed opportunities both personally and professionally. But what if you could transform your communication skills, master small talk, and command the room while remaining authentic to who you are?

Is your life chaotic? Are you stuck in overwhelm mode? Are you hungry for advice on how to have the life you dream of? In Get Remarkably Organised, award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author and speaker Lorraine Murphy shares her inspiring lessons with you to show that by being organised you can break your goals down into actionable steps, be laser focused, GSD (Get S--t Done) and give yourself space to think about what your future might look like.

Discover the transformative power of Seven Strategies to Navigate Your High-Stress Healthcare Career, a captivating guide designed to empower healthcare professionals in their pursuit of success and well-being.

Quiet Quit & Fully Live is a thought-provoking exploration of the quiet quitting phenomenon, challenging the negative connotations it often carries. The book explores how stepping back from over-engagement at work can lead to a more balanced life, enhanced personal well-being, and surprisingly, a boost in workplace productivity. It argues that by setting healthy boundaries, individuals can reignite their passion for their roles and bring a renewed sense of purpose to their teams.

Digitale Transformation und digitaler Stress: Für Sozialwissenschaftler David Bausch ist beides untrennbar miteinander verbunden. Digitale Belastungsfaktoren lauern an den unterschiedlichsten Stellen in unserem Arbeitsalltag. Der daraus resultierende Stress kann uns nicht nur stark belasten, er ist auch Gift für unsere mentale Gesundheit. David Bausch beleuchtet die Schattenseiten der digitalisierten Arbeitswelt, die für viele bereits spürbar, aber nur wenigen bekannt sind. Er erklärt, wie das digitale Stress-Bewertungs-System funktioniert und dessen steigende Relevanz für unseren Alltag.

As our workloads expand, attention has never been more valuable. Or more difficult to keep. In Can I Have your Attention?, Curt Steinhorst shows business leaders how to cut through the noise and get their employees back to work. Curt has spent years helping Fortune 500 companies overcome distraction and achieve focus. With technology creating endless opportunities to "improve productivity", people spend so much time responding to the interruptions that they've lost the ability to focus and do their jobs.

This time management book contains proven steps and strategies on how to quickly and effectively organize your life and schedule. You will learn how to stop dragging your feet and get productive, regain balance in your life, develop new habits, and much more.

This book explores and answers 101 dilemmas that we encounter at work, with topics that include time management, goal-setting, conflict, job dissatisfaction, unemployment, and even workplace trysts. The authors emphasize practical learning and coping, not esoteric insights or metaphysics, applying concrete solutions from Buddhist teachings to real problems in easily digestible chunks.

Making a presentation strikes fear into many hearts. It ranks alongside going to the dentist or being put into a cage with a hungry lion or two! Wherever it sits along the fear scale for you, this guide is designed to get through it if not actually reaching the point of enjoying giving a presentation. This guide includes: how to research and prepare a presentation; how to structure a presentation; how to manage information overload; how to use scripts, prompts, visual aids, and handouts; and more.

Lean in. Rise and grind. Work smarter, not harder. Many books for women promise tips and tricks to achieve wealth and success in a business world made by men. But on the way to the top, most women leaders (and many men, too!) struggle with anxiety, stress, guilt, and burnout. Playing by the rules in a male-dominated game isn’t working—for anyone. This Isn’t Working inspires women to reexamine how we do business and shows there are much healthier, more fulfilling ways to succeed in the business world that don’t require sacrificing ourselves.

In Winning the Stress Challenge, you will learn the ways stress can trigger illness and sap your motivation; discover how to counter stress by taking control of emotions; learn how touch, aromas, and balanced breathing can counter stress; learn a stress-recovery workout that will train you to automatically overcome stress; and learn techniques for dealing with toxic relationships.

This exciting guide to the practical application of AI has the solution. Through a hands-on approach and clear, step-by-step guidance, you’ll discover not only the basics of AI, but how to use it to transform your career… and your life.

The Nonprofit Startup Guide will reduce the stress of submitting paperwork and enable you to do so without adding the expense of hiring a professional. You're just a few steps away from legally starting your nonprofit organization. Start now!

Career Break Compass is for mid- to high-level executives who are high achievers and goal-oriented decision makers finding themselves losing momentum and drive from overwork, lack of work-life balance, emotional exhaustion, and more. By telling her own story, the author shows how after recognizing that she was burned out in her career, she decided to take a three-month break.

Do you feel like you’re always busy but never progressing? Unchain yourself from the grip of delay and dive into "Time Management for Procrastinators," the essential guide for those constantly postponing tasks and grappling with the elusive tick-tock of the clock. This transformative book exposes the root causes of procrastination and arms you with practical strategies. Reclaim your work-life balance.

Say "goodbye" to stress-induced headaches, wasted time, wasted energy, and unhappiness. Stress is not a necessary evil. It is not a badge of honor. It is not a way of life. In fact, it's probably leading you to your death, and making people around you miserable. Take control of the pressures at work and at home with actionable strategies and real-world solutions and unlock your potential with Stress-Less Leadership.

Congratulations, the day has finally arrived! You’re officially a first-time manager! But the question is, what’s next? How will you manage a team who works great with each other, meeting all their goals and making every project a success? When trouble arises, what are the proven ways to manage conflict, meet tight deadlines, and still make sure your team feels valued? This book will share with you the proven tips and strategies to help you become an effective and stress-free manager, lead a super successful team, and keep your boss happy.

With greater workplace demands comes greater stress--and it's taking a toll on our productivity and well-being. The standard recommendations are to exercise, meditate, and eat better. But who has time for yoga poses amid nonstop meetings and pressing deadlines? Stress reduction becomes one more thing to do! Executive coach and psychotherapist Aimee Bernstein offers a more effective and realistic approach: Embrace the pressure. See it as an energy source.