Occupational Health

From the cranberry bogs of Massachusetts to the classrooms of Singapore and Finland, from tiny start-ups to global engineering firms and beloved American organizations like Ocean Spray, Eileen Fisher, Gore, and Boston Scientific, Heffernan discovers ways of living and working that foster creativity, spark innovation, reinforce our social fabric, and feel so much better than winning.

The definition of work gamification: “The systematic facilitation of helping team members combine measurement, motivational psychology, and basic fun in existing or improved work processes or activities, with the objective of fostering desired behaviors and results." Game On shares research, case studies and step-by-step processes that will take you on a fun journey of culture evolution success while impacting your teams’ innovation and lives. And with pandemic-ready strategies, you can easily start getting results immediately.

Despite extensive evidence highlighting the influence of genetics in the business world, this critical connection has been glossed over by corporate leaders and management gurus. Now, for the first time, author Scott Shane explains why genes matter, and how an understanding of their relationship to behavior is of vital importance to employers, employees, and policy makers.

As human beings, we are fascinated by what makes us tick. We know that nature gave us certain biological appetites to ensure our survival, among those the need for water, food, sex, and love, but meeting these alone is not enough to ensure happiness. Scientists, and now managers, are realizing that people have a biological need to experience social rewards like praise, the thrill of innovation, and the satisfaction of acquiring new skills.

Written by three career experts, An Intelligent Career is a playbook for the modern knowledge worker, providing a complete guide that will allow workers to take a composite, dynamic view of a life's work in the 21st century.

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.

How confident are you? If you feel like your confidence could do with a bit of a boost to help make personal and professional situations easier Real Confidence will help you take on the confidence robbers, keep track of your confidence daily and incorporate confidence-building habits into your life on a regular basis.

Carl Jung defined the phenomenon of “synchronicity” as “a collaboration between persons and events that seems to enlist the cooperation of fate.” Joseph Jaworski posits you can take advantage of synchronicity, creating the conditions for “predictable miracles” versus being reactionary and a victim of circumstances. Instead of focusing on numbers, reports, and other inanimate objects, Jaworski encourages leaders and managers to look at the world primarily through relationships.

Der Entscheidungsforscher Philip Meissner weiß: Entscheiden kann man lernen. Wenn man es mit Methode angeht, funktioniert es leicht und schnell - gerade bei Entscheidungen von großer Tragweite. In seinem Hörbuch bringt er die Strategien auf den Punkt, die souveränes, nachhaltiges und selbstbewusstes Handeln möglich machen. Egal wie groß die Konsequenzen: Dieses Hörbuch befördert Sie raus aus der Endlosschleife des Abwägens zwischen Für und Wider! In sieben Schritten treffen Sie ab sofort die beste Entscheidung!

How do politicians influence people with their seemingly natural charisma? How do some salesmen earn six-figure incomes, while others struggle to put food on the table? Why do some people seem so friendly despite being total strangers? Every year companies and firms spend millions of dollars a year trying to answer these questions. You have some of these same types of questions about your everyday life.

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.

Auf dem Markt agieren nicht nur rationale und wirtschaftliche Kräfte, sondern auch emotionale und menschliche. Die Unternehmen fokussieren sich immer mehr auf den Faktor Mensch mit seinen individuellen Entscheidungen und Verhaltensweisen. Um diese psychologischen Erkenntnisse zu gewinnen, gibt es die Wirtschaftspsychologie. Sie wollen mehr über dieses Gebiet erfahren und den Tricks der Wirtschaft entkommen? Dann ist dieses Buch genau das Richtige für Sie! Ich möchte Sie auf eine kleine Reise rundum den Bereich der Wirtschaftspsychologie mitnehmen und Ihnen die Eigenheiten präsentieren.

Descubra las profundas conexiones entre mente, cuerpo y sociedad en "Psicología de la salud: comprender la psicología en la teoría y en la práctica". Este libro le guía a través del fascinante mundo de la psicología de la salud y le revela cómo los procesos psicológicos influyen en nuestra salud y viceversa. Desde los fundamentos de la teoría hasta las estrategias tangibles para la práctica, el autor ofrece una guía sólida y accesible que resultará atractiva tanto para el científico como para el profano.

At the highest level of any pursuit, the difference between the two top performers in a contest is always mental. One holds it together - while the other falls apart. The same is true in business. Whether you are confronting a crisis, making a pitch, negotiating a deal, or facing a deadline, your mindset can give you the edge. When the Pressure's On brings peak performance principles to the boardroom, revealing five core mental skills that enable professionals to excel while under duress.

Wie kann mein Team rundum gestärkt aus einer Krise hervorgehen, statt kläglich an ihr zu zerbrechen? Wie können wir auf herausfordernde Ziele nicht nur mühsam hinarbeiten, sondern sie spielend übertreffen? Ganz simpel: Mit einem erfolgsorientierten, positiven Mindset! Und das lässt sich ganz einfach trainieren. Dieses Hörbuch gibt dir innovatives Wissen und leicht umsetzbare Übungen für den Joballtag an die Hand, wie du dich selbst und dein Team zu langfristig leistungsstarken, widerstandsfähigen und glücklichen Menschen entwickelst.

In this latest work, J. Ibeh Agbanyim, in collaboration with Raveen Arora, expands on the precepts of his previous works and addresses the idea of metacognition or mindfulness and the potential within all of us to affect the condition of our immediate social environments.

In Make Your Own Money Again, author Charlotte Friborg shares the knowledge and experience she acquired from 20 years of personal and professional studying. By implementing the right tools and coaching you through the process, Charlotte will teach you to: Find the job or career that fits your lifestyle now, manage your time when you start working, find and integrate habits that will make you feel proud of yourself, overcome fear of failure and what your husband or others will say, and experience the freedom to buy and support what you want.

Bad leadership destroys organizations. How long before well meaning but terrible leadership destroys yours? If your COO or CEO had the time to be your mentor, they'd be telling you not to waste your time on what doesn't work. This book is a light, practical look at leadership and the ways you can identify and avoid ineffective behaviors.

Have you ever found yourself doing or saying something in the heat of the moment that you later regretted? Perhaps, you laid awake all night wondering why you had spoken or acted in this way. Can you recall more than one occasion where you lost control of yourself, and it felt as if something else had taken over you? Don’t worry. You’re not alone. The thing that took control of you was your emotions.

Over the last couple of decades, complexity across work, life and technology has increased. While the emergence of new technologies has simplified life in many ways, it has brought work and life closer together as never before. This leads to surprising outcomes in the way we perceive complex scenarios which impacts our judgments and risk-taking. Now technologist, project manager, and entrepreneur Taz Lake draws on more than 20 years of experience to explore this concept through stories, examples, and industry research.