Work Behavior

Prepare yourself to join the remote revolution with this comprehensive guide. Thanks to the advantages of technology, and also, unfortunately, the far-reaching effects of a contagion, working remotely has never been more prevalent. But working remotely comes with its own unique set of difficulties. Remote workers struggle with work-life balance, time management, productivity, and loneliness. But it can be sustainable if you know what to expect, prepare yourself to tackle the common challenges, and set your routine to make the transition as smooth as possible.

Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead (2015) by Laszlo Bock describes the unorthodox methods Google uses to hire and retain the most talented employees. Google’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, knew they wanted to create the world’s best search engine.... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

This audiobook provides a platform for improving your day to day life during your 9-5. Challenge your choices on why you're working where you are now. Learn about and implement little daily cheats to make the workday more palatable. Find and define your support networks and how they can contribute to your comfort and confidence levels. This book should help ease the grind of the day-to-day and get you closer to finding happiness and satisfaction in your vocation.

Fachkräftemangel, Überlastung, demographischer Wandel und Klimakrise sind fundamentale Herausforderungen unserer Zeit – und wir können sie nur lösen, wenn wir Arbeit neu erfinden. Elly Oldenbourg analysiert, was uns im Moment bremst und welche Veränderungen – »Workshifts« - wir angehen müssen. Dabei stellt sie die vier Wirkungsfelder Zeit, Kollaboration, Vielfalt und Kennzahlen in den Fokus und bietet konkrete Lösungsansätze für Entscheider:innen persönlich und für Unternehmen als Ganzes.

How to Go to Work is a practical guide to equip you with everything you need to know to choose and achieve the career you want. The world of work is changing faster than ever before and it can feel overwhelmingly competitive out there. That's why Lucy Clayton, a founding CEO, and Steve Haines, an education policy advisor, have compiled and distilled the most valuable advice you can get on how to jump-start your career and shortcut the competition.

It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work (2018) teaches companies and entrepreneurs how to increase productivity and improve work performance by setting reasonable boundaries on the hours spent completing tasks. Authors Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson use their web application company, Basecamp, as an example of a tranquil work environment where calm, steady progress is favored over breakneck speed.... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original. Jason Fried and David Hansson, founders of Basecamp, share some of the radical ideas that have enabled them to create a calm environment within their organization. Infused with wit and inspiring logic, It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work is chock-full of ideas you won’t find anywhere else.

Are we driving off a digital cliff and heading for disaster, unable to focus, maintain concentration, or form the human bonds that make life worth living? Are media and business doomed and about to be replaced by amateur hour? Both visionary and practical, I Live in the Future & Here’s How It Works captures the zeitgeist of an emerging age, providing the understanding of how a radically changed media world is influencing human behavior.

Are you working from home? Then why not discover how to work from home better? Enjoy better results, better outcomes, and become better positioned for success in the changing and increasingly unpredictable future workplace. Based on the writer’s decade of experience working for his London employer from his home office in Australia, the audiobook’s central theme is adaptation and evolution and, as well as helping you to work from home better, it demonstrates how you can really seize this opportunity and enjoy the benefits of a better work-life balance.

Growing numbers of Americans are doing work that they care about and enjoy. But they're frustrated by stagnant wages, shrinking health coverage, shaky pension plans, and company polices that make it more difficult for them to do their jobs well. Corporate executives may be becoming less loyal to their employees, but those same employees still want to be loyal to their company.

Philosophy professor and entrepreneur Stephen Hicks takes a critical look at unquestioned assumptions in the arena of business ethics.

Today, the topic of remote work is everywhere we look. We think, work, and plan remotely. Remote has clearly become a critical success factor in the business world. But still, producing outstanding results with remote work remains a challenge for most executives, managers, and team members. But it does not need to be that way. This book has the answers that will help you master remote work! Inside Surviving Remote Work, you’ll learn the tools, strategies, and tactics to survive and thrive in the remote age.

We deserve to work with and for people we trust. We should be confident we’ll be treated fairly and that the rules will apply consistently to everyone in the organization. We should have no reason to question that our leader will follow through on a commitment, whether it’s documented in our performance agreement or made casually when they pass us in the hallway.

Paying attention to workplace mental health has never been more important. With one in four people experiencing poor mental health right now, we need to start talking about it. Penguin Business Expert James Routledge has worked with CEOs, HR directors, managers and people at all levels on successful mental-health strategies. In this audiobook, he shares his stories, learnings and guidance.

Do you have what it takes to win in the new world of work? Trends that surfaced with the dot-com boom and the Great Recession blossomed during the COVID-19 Pandemic, triggering a transformation in the way we conduct business. Those already embracing this new paradigm will thrive. Those who can’t be nimble will get left behind. Zack Bennett encourages you to find your personal genius and create a work life around it so you can prosper amongst these changes. In the future of work, you are ultimately responsible for your own successes or failures.

In this new age of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and countless other digital platforms, it doesn't matter how many views or followers or clicks you get. The only thing that matters is: Does it Work? Written by Possible's global CEO Shane Atchison and president of the Americas Jason Burby, this revolutionary guide shows how to use the latest digital platforms to create a high-value marketing plan that really works.

In Nature of Work: The New Story of Work for a Living Age, Paul Miller, CEO and founder of Digital Workplace Group (DWG), and Shimrit Janes, DWG's director of knowledge, draw on patterns from forests and the natural world to illustrate a dynamic, vital, and more beautiful world of work that our hearts and minds know is possible.

This book is about doing our best work. Sometimes distractions, personality clashes, and working with people whose working styles are different than ours, can create friction. Some colleagues have work styles that frustrate us and slow down progress. They say we spend 90,000 hours at work during our lifetime. How great would it be if most of those hours were productive, impactful and fulfilling?

We've long been told our ability to succeed depends on our IQ, talent, education level, gender, job title, or when and where we were born. Great Work turns that conventional thinking on its head to reveal that innovation can come from anyone, anywhere.

Eine erfolgreiche und zugleich wertschätzende Arbeitskultur sollte sich an den Bedürfnissen des Hirns eines jeden Einzelnen orientieren. Doch wie lässt sich ein solches Umfeld schaffen in einer Zeit voller Herausforderungen, wie Corona, Digitalisierung, Homeoffice, Fachkräftemangel und Dauer-Burn-Out? In ihrem neuen Hörbuch widmet sich Friederike Fabritius den Themen der Stunde: Führung und Zusammenhalt im Homeoffice, flexible Arbeit, Bindung von Talenten, Schaffen optimaler Arbeitsvoraussetzungen und das große Potential von (neuro-)diversen Teams.