Mental Management

A recent survey of CEOs revealed that creativity is considered the most important quality in leadership. Who Killed Creativity? investigates how companies, leaders, managers, and individuals can build (or rebuild) a culture of innovation by fostering creative thinking and problem-solving - finding better solutions faster. By exploring such questions as: Are bully bosses psychopaths in disguise? and Why does the future of civilisation lie in a garbage dump in Mexico?, this book offers a compelling tale with a novel twist.

For so many women, "work-life balance" is a myth. And when you're already juggling a career, personal life, and family - plus your side projects, a smidgen of self-care, and the occasional need to sleep - "mindfulness" can sound like just another thing to do. But if you take five minutes for mindfulness now and then, it may not only save your sanity - but also springboard your success. Let psychotherapist Shonda Moralis coach you through 50 "mindful breaks" ingeniously tied to your hectic schedule

The Backpack: How to Understand and Manage Yourself While Loving Others Along the Way tells the story of Jon, Sofia, and Buddy, whose pathways merge on a life-changing flight. Written by a senior consultant with the Flippen Group (a worldwide leader in self-awareness training), the book brings together an angry passenger, a wise flight attendant, and a down-home cowboy. Their chance meeting leads to the ride of their lives as they fully grasp the importance and meaning of their backpacks. As this engaging story reveals, self-awareness is like a backpack!

Very few families are perfect. But looking from the outside in, through conversations in the grocery store or clicking through social media, often times it seems we are the only ones struggling with raising our kids or aligning with our spouses on parenting. The reality is that so many families struggle. Vicki Hoefle, three-time author, parenting coach, and sought-after speaker, offers a fresh, practical roadmap for achievable family - and marital - harmony and happiness.

This classic resource shows parents how to set clear, concise guidelines to ensure positive and constructive discipline.

In this age of hypercompetition, the Internet constitutes a powerful tool for inventing radical new business models that will leave your rivals scrambling. But as brain scientist and entrepreneur Jeffrey Stibel explains in Wired for Thought, you have to understand its true nature. The Internet is more than just a series of interconnected computer networks; it's the first real replication of the human brain outside the human body.

Most employees feel invisible to their leadership, and many times prefer to stay hidden in the corporate shadow lands. The Invisible Employee, part fable, part business advice, teaches managers how to actively engage employees, and find the way to bring out the best in them.

Properly valuing brain gender diversity in the workplace is one of the biggest and largely untapped sources of competitive advantage for modern businesses. Recent advances in neuroscience provide the key to unlocking it. Leading applied neuroscientists and international corporate coaches Kate Lanz and Paul Brown tell you why and how to access all the brains in your business.

When Özlem Cekic became the first Muslim MP in the Danish Parliament, her email inbox was inundated with hate mail and threats, and her gut reaction was to delete and ignore each abusive message. But eventually, she decided to take a risk. She started replying to each message and inviting the senders to meet and engage in dialogue over coffee. And with time, understanding, and patience, she began to make a difference, both in the lives of those who hated her before even meeting her, and in her own life.

If you're like many parents, you may wonder what's going on inside your child's mind when they throw a temper tantrum, refuse to cooperate, or become overly excited. Written by two experts in child development and education, The Emotionally Intelligent Child offers a groundbreaking approach for understanding your child's behavior in the context of their development, as well as tips for parenting with compassion, and strategies for helping your child build emotional intelligence—a key element of success in today's world.

Achieve the discipline you've been wanting fast, even if you've given up countless times in the past - your solution is just a book away! Are you trapped in a vicious cycle of procrastination and broken goals? Enough is enough. It's time to break free from the chains of indiscipline and unleash the go-getter inside you!

Unity is the most influential factor in team performance and, although it is frequently discussed, it is often misunderstood. This book explains how disunity is the root cause of all team dysfunctions and provides clear instructions on how to define, measure, and increase unity in your organization. Through entertaining and impactful stories, John Ross divides Team Unity into four components—focus, direction, trust, and conflict—and examines how they are related and measured. Notably, Ross introduces The Unity Formula, a simple equation useful for leaders at all levels.

Are you ready to delve into the powerful world of manipulation techniques and dark psychology? Whether you seek to protect yourself from the subtle forces of manipulation or learn how to ethically influence others, this book is your ultimate guide to understanding the depths of the human psyche. Learn the basic psychological principles that underlie all forms of manipulation, including cognitive biases, emotional triggers, and social dynamics.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps improve your mental wellbeing using proven psycho-social interventions. This type of therapy focuses on challenging and changing limiting beliefs and self-destructive behaviors, thereby helping you develop personal stress-coping strategies and improve emotional awareness and regulation. In this simple, yet revolutionary guide, you will be able to stop worrying, increase stress-free productivity, and manage personal and professional pressures better.

Learn powerful, science-based techniques to boost focus, drive, and energy hour-by-hour throughout the day - every day. As leadership consultants and executive trainers, Bonnie St. John and Allen P. Haines have heard the same complaints from clients for years; periodic burnout, lack of focus, and low energy. So they dug into the latest research on neuroscience, psychology, and physiology looking for big answers. Instead they found small answers; proof that small adjustments in daily routines, can fight the forces that sap our energy and store focus and drive.

The biggest threat facing modern business is the sheer complexity of an uncertain future. That, and the fact that everyone is busy. Too busy for progress. Workplace cultures have become cursed with efficiency. And so when it comes to developing strategy, we default to our defaults. We favor quick fixes, easy templates, and familiar approaches, developing 'robust plans' that do little to mitigate strategic risk or generate new value. The result? The future comes, and businesses die.

Popular author Taylor Clark draws on cutting-edge research in this enlightening exploration of stress—and how to tackle it constructively. Using such divergent examples as Russian sub commanders and game show contestants, Clark shows that most people experience stress the same way. Those who understand how to accept it without freezing can accomplish what needs to get done.

The debilitating effects of anxiety can affect your sense of well-being, health, longevity, productivity, and relationships. In The Chemistry of Calm, Dr. Henry Emmons presents his Resilience Training Program - a groundbreaking regimen designed to relieve anxiety and restore physical and mental strength.

Have you ever been in a situation in which you become reckless because there are so many things running in your mind? Do you have problems getting to sleep or do you often worry about the future? If some of these issues are familiar to you, then the information inside this audiobook can certainly help you!

Virtual Distance - the measurable disconnect that arises when we rely on digitally mediated communication - applies to all of us. In the second edition of The Power of Virtual Distance, Karen Sobel Lojeski and Richard R. Reilly showcase 15 years of data to describe their powerful framework for predicting everything from trust, employee engagement, and job satisfaction to bottom-line results.