Work Motivation

Inspired by ancient Greek philosophy and traditional Greek village life, and backed by years of research, The OPA! Way offers a breakthrough, practical approach to discovering and reconnecting with the true meaning of our lives and work. Best-selling authors Alex Pattakos and Elaine Dundon, founders of The OPA! Way® and The Meaning Group, share insights, stories, and three core lessons to guide you on your odyssey to meaning.

To succeed in business today, you must be strong, smart, competitive, resilient, tenacious, and fearless. If you want to be heard at work, you must speak up. If you want to drive change, you need an action plan. If you want to keep your job in an increasingly competitive world, you must show on a daily basis how you add value to your company. In short, if you want to succeed, you need good, old-fashioned backbone.

Are your employees feeling exhausted, cynical, or just tuned-out? Do they frequently check their phones in meetings, and seem especially uninterested to hear about the next important organizational change? Ill too often or for too long? These are some of the classic warning signs of disengagement. In a perfect world, work should do so much for us. It should lend us purpose and a sense of meaning, offer us structure and stability. But invariably, something goes wrong - many employees have to pull themselves over the fence each day at a job that is burning them out.

The Hope-Driven Leader is not about feel-good theory or dry data. It's an action guide informed by the thousands of people Gill has coached in both the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds around the globe. Whether you are a rising star or a seasoned leader in your own business, a corporation, or your community, The Hope-Driven Leader offers you a roadmap for instilling positive beliefs and behaviors into the core of your being and the culture of your workplace. Let the journey begin!

For everyone who dreads going to work on Monday mornings, inspiring advice on how to find fulfilling work in an uncertain age. Do you hate Mondays? If so, what's keeping you at your current job? If you said a steady paycheck and the promise of a secure retirement, then you're in for a big disappointment. In today's volatile economy, there is nothing safe about punching the clock for a job you hate.

Every parent hopes their child will develop healthy and happy friendships. However, most parents don't know what to do that will encourage their child to be a friend and attract friends. The author offers clear-cut friendship-making guidelines for parents and their children. Some of the audiobook's recommendations include: Don't overschedule a child's time; guide children to participate in "friend-attracting" activities seek out friends in the neighborhood.

In Inflection Points: How to Work and Live with Purpose, renowned executive coach and speaker Matt Spielman delivers an energizing and hands-on existential navigational tool that walks you through how to identify what really matters in life and how to achieve it.

Nunca teremos tempo para tudo, mas Faça o trabalho que precisa ser feito vai ensiná-lo a identificar a tarefa mais importante e concentrar tempo e energia nela, produzindo o melhor resultado para você e sua empresa. Conheça as práticas e os segredos dos maiores nomes da gestão de tempo, como Stephen R. Covey, David Allen e Heidi Grant Halvorson. Com seu novo nível de produtividade, você vai sair do trabalho a cada dia com a gratificante sensação de que seus projetos progrediram e que sua contribuição para a empresa ganhou outro patamar.

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a strong indicator of individual, team, and organizational success. But stocking up on emotionally intelligent employees isn't enough: you need a concrete plan for putting this valuable resource to work. The EQ Difference offers an array of self-assessment tools and team-focused exercises that will help increase and leverage emotional intelligence both in individuals and in groups. It's filled with practical tips and suggestions for developing your own "emotional quotient," as well as that of your peers, employees, and even senior executives.

Do you drag yourself to work every morning to a job you hate? Do you feel like you’re just going through the motions with no real purpose in life? Do you feel you have a special talent to offer the world but are not even sure what it is? Start your journey to self-discovery and growth in this inspiring book.

When she was five, tragedy prompted her parents to join Kabbalah, a cult-like sect of Judaism. They immersed themselves in it unreservedly–from its peculiar rituals (rolling in the snow naked to purify their sins) to the beauty of belonging to something greater than themselves. She left at eighteen–after years of abuse and living in communes in three countries–devastated and isolated, searching for meaning in her life. Today, that woman is Professor Debbie Haski-Leventhal, who specialises in finding meaning in our personal and professional lives.

This book uses acronyms and a positive attitude to shape how you set and reach your goals, increase a sense of happiness in your life, and add more exercise and peace. The main acronym used throughout the book is WORK: willpower, overcoming, relationships, and kinetics. Learn about yourself while discovering work as your talent, and see how that talent comes in handy throughout every aspect of your life. Not only will this book allow you to grow a sense of awareness of the world around you, but you will take the time to learn how the world works in ways you can understand.

Lebenserfolg ist viel mehr als Titel und Gehalt. Doch wie gelingt uns ganzer Erfolg, d.h. berufliche Karriere, glückliche Beziehungen und persönliche Erfüllung? Johannes Grassl, seit vielen Jahren Führungscoach, kennt die Herausforderungen aus eigener Erfahrung: im anspruchsvollen Alltag passiert es leicht, dass wir die wirklich wichtigen Dinge aus den Augen verlieren und unser Leben einseitig wird.

Arbeit ist das halbe Leben? Das sieht New-Work-Expertin Kira Marie Cremer anders und beschreibt in ihrem Kurzsachbuch die Bedeutung von New Work für die moderne Arbeitswelt. Kira ist Beraterin, Podcasterin und Speakerin. In ihrem ersten eigenen Hörbuch teilt sie praxisnahe Beispiele und spannende Insights aus ihrem beliebten Podcast, indem sie mit Gäst*innen aus unterschiedlichen Branchen über neue Arbeitsmodelle, Unternehmenskultur, Diversity, New Leadership u. v. m. spricht.

For years, Marianne Williamson has been offering weekly lectures based on A Course in Miracles. These lectures are profound, insightful, and compelling with an always-relevant message.

Two years, four years, six years - Who's to say how long it should take to accomplish things is your life? Matthew D'Elia is a first-time author, detailing the eventful past five years of his life. Matthew hasn't paid much attention to traditional societal timelines, he finished his bachelor's degree 11 months after graduating high school, and six months later finished his MBA the week of his 20th birthday.

A 22-year-old college student with a dead-end job, overwhelming debt, and now one credit short of graduation, Chad can feel his anxiety and anger growing as each day passes. His only hope for graduating lies in the hands of Paul, a man who offers Chad more than he bargained for.

With a mix of compelling stories, research from the social sciences and psychology, and real-world insights, Make Change Work for You shows how to reignite your career, rekindle creativity, and fearlessly innovate your way to success by providing the tools needed to master uncertainty and conquer every challenge in life or business.

Learn the key points and lessons of The Practice: Shipping Creative Work by Seth Godin with this summary and discussion by wizer for your self-development or discussion group in 15 minutes, without missing any highlights - guaranteed!

Are you trapped in a never-ending cycle of deadlines and demands, feeling disconnected from the job you once loved? Is your organization turning a blind eye to burnout, despite your colleagues and team experiencing similar struggles? While workplace burnout is gaining recognition, executives remain slow to act, skeptical of the need for change. It's time for you to take meaningful action, not only to prevent burnout for yourself, but also to foster a thriving work environment.