Workplace Psychology

Are you unhappy with your directionless life? Discover a road map for navigating your successful, fulfilling future. Struggling to cope with personal tragedy? Worried you'll never live up to your full potential? Best-selling author Roy Huff overcame abuse and abject poverty to become an accomplished teacher and research scientist. His secrets for success have changed countless lives, and now they can help you, too!

Once upon a time, people wrote fables featuring untrustworthy ravens, wicked wolves, insincere monkeys, and power-hungry lions. Told repeatedly through generations and spread throughout the world, classic stories abound in which noble heroes and heroines matched wits with these typically treacherous beasts. But what's that you say? You feel as though you're surrounded by just these sorts of characters at work? Well, you're not alone.

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.

Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to companies that tell us 'your call is important to us'. How did we get to a place where bullshit is not just rife but apparently so effective that it's become the communications strategy of our times? This brilliantly insightful book steps inside the panoply of deception employed in all walks of life and assesses how it has come to this.

Much work-based training is a waste of time and money because the majority of people are neither emotionally ready nor practically inclined to apply their learning to the way they behave. Power Up Your Mind offers a new model of learning which will revolutionise the way you learn and perform.

Teamwork is often the key to success in sports, school, business, and everyday life. If teammates do not respect themselves and one another, they will struggle to achieve their goals. Handling Teamwork and Respect for Others explores teamwork and respect as virtues, discusses contemporary and historic role models of teamwork and respect, and provides practical advice for readers to create successful, respectful teams.

An entertaining and engaging exploration of the invisible forces influencing your life - and how understanding them can improve everything you do. The world around you is pulling your strings, shaping your innermost instincts and your most private thoughts. And you don't even realize it. And you don't even realize it. Every day and in all walks of life, we overlook the enormous power of situations, of context in our lives. That's a mistake, says Sam Sommers in his provocative new book.

Business is personal. A statement on life as a business owner. Being the leader of your own life is the greatest lesson in business. Your business is personal, as it is yours. We live in a fast-paced, overconnected world. Relying on your own instincts and knowing the dreams you hold for your version of success, ambition and happiness will ensure you have the life you want and not the life you compare yourself with.

In Whatever Works, Thalma Lobel explores groundbreaking psychological research on job performance, satisfaction, and creativity. Did you know that just doodling in a certain way can increase your creativity? That looking at something green for forty seconds will improve your attention? That crossing your legs similarly to an interviewer could get you the job? That the mere presence of a smartphone on your desk can lessen your performance, even if it's turned off? These are the invisible factors that nudge our behavior on a daily basis.

Todos nos afectamos mutuamente. "Estamos juntos" incluso sin darnos cuenta. Este audiolibro ayudará a entender por qué las mismas personas, con distintos métodos para ponerse de acuerdo, pueden alcanzar resultados tan diferentes. Este audiolibro es el fruto de más de diez años de investigación, en el que participaron ciento catorce personas. A través de muchos ejemplos, responde a preguntas tan urgentes como: ¿Es posible saber el grado de inteligencia de un colectivo?, ¿qué factores contribuyen a aumentar esa inteligencia?

Post-pandemic, many organizations are now experiencing zombification of their workforce, with some companies at risk of becoming infested. A zombie-infested company is dry with motivation, creativity, and innovation. Welcome to salvation! This audiobook aims to show you how to bring life back into the "Working Dead". You will learn an infectious formula that will transform even the most obstinate zombie horde into a committed team of everyday heroes. It's a unique transformational formula, enabling you to wake the working dead with a clear headshot of inspirational leadership.

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.

Por que continuamos com dor de cabeça depois de tomar um remédio barato, mas a dor vai embora com uma medicação cara? Por que ostentamos em refeições luxuosas, mas queremos economizar vinte centavos em uma lata de ervilha? Sempre acreditamos que nossas escolhas são inteligentes e racionais, mas Dan Ariely joga por terra essas crenças com revelações surpreendentes que mudam a forma como entendemos o comportamento humano.

Equipes brilhantes mergulha em algumas das organizações mais bem-sucedidas em diversas áreas—tecnologia, esportes, arte, educação e segurança nacional—para descobrir como elas funcionam. Contando histórias de empresas e até de uma gangue de ladrões de joias, Daniel Coyle oferece estratégias que estimulam o aprendizado, geram confiança entre as pessoas e inspiram mudanças positivas. Coyle mostra como criar um ambiente onde a inovação tem espaço para florescer, os problemas são resolvidos com facilidade e as expectativas são continuamente superadas.

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.

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.

Dieser Ratgeber nimmt Sie mit auf eine Reise durch die Welt der Neurolinguistischen Programmierung. Das Thema der NLP wird vorgestellt und Sie werden lernen, wie Ihnen die NLP bereits in Ihrem Alltag begegnet und welche Sonnen - und Schattenseiten sie haben kann. Lernen Sie in diesem Hörbuch, wie Sie die NLP für sich und Ihren persönlichen Erfolg und Ihren Weg der Weiterentwicklung nutzen können und welche einfachen Techniken Sie schnell und simpel erarbeiten können. Dieser NLP Ratgeber bietet Ihnen viele praktische Techniken, die Sie einfach selbst ausprobieren können.

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.

Persuasion is an essential tool for professional success. Influence and persuasion are not only for the leaders, they're essential skills that we all must strengthen on the path to career success. Persuasion and influence are your stepping stones toward success, whether at the workplace or in our personal lives. To be a leader, the ability to be persuasive is even more important in the business world. Persuasion is not just for salespeople and their prospects.

Wer seine Mitmenschen für sich gewinnen will, muss die Macht der nonverbalen Kommunikation für sich nutzen! Das Lesen der Körpersprache Ihrer Gesprächspartner ist der geheime Schlüssel für mehr Erfolg im Beruf und Privatleben. In dem neuen Bestseller „KÖRPERSPRACHE - Menschen lesen“ von Julius Loewenstein bekommen Sie spannende Einblicke in die Psychologie des Menschen und es werden Ihnen praxisnahe Methoden auf dem Silbertablett serviert, wie Sie Ihre Mitmenschen nicht nur durchschauen, sondern auch nachhaltig für sich gewinnen!