Work Performance

ABIA AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 - HIGHLY COMMENDED LONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 A SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 'MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2021' 'In this novel, the project of living is...

You can train your brain to pay attention more effectively. Acclaimed neuroscientist Dr Amishi Jha has dedicated her life's work to understanding the science of attention at every level - from brain-imaging studies in the lab to field testing soldiers, firefighters and athletes. Her mission has been to scientifically determine how we can harness the full power of our attention to better meet all that life demands. 

Most of us want to make a lasting and meaningful difference at work and in our personal lives. But we’re daunted by the size of the challenges, afraid of the cost or commitment, and quite frankly, unsure of where to start. This book uncovers eight steps to unlocking high performance and the life you want to lead. Immediately after listening this book, you will be compelled to abandon the baggage of traditional hierarchy and adopt a new approach that creates freedom, results, and satisfaction.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Twelve seconds. That's how long Maya went blank in front of eleven senior executives, watching her promotion quietly slip away in real time while her mind simply refused to supply the next word. She'd known the answer. Her nervous system just wouldn't...

Virtue is more than a word: it's a way for us all to live, a way to flourish as human beings. And when applied to organizational life, virtue serves to enhance engagement, strengthen relationships, and foster success in business. Picking up where the acclaimed Exception to the Rule left off, Better Humans, Better Performance connects the classical Greek virtues—Trust, Compassion, Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and Hope—with authoritative science that can help you achieve the highest performance.

Conducting performance reviews can be stressful. But these conversations are critical to your employees' development, allowing you to formally communicate with them about their accomplishments relative to their goals. Performance Reviews guides you through the basics.

Being a manager is no easy task. You must set and meet team goals that match business objectives while also ensuring growth and development opportunities for your people. You have to be the voice of authority and a key decision-maker while simultaneously giving your employees autonomy and flexibility. How do you navigate these tensions?

The practical guide that gives you the tools to improve your people-management skills. Discover how to improve your skills by learning how to motivate staff, improve performance, and create positive relationships. Learn to build confidence, communicate clearly, and establish trust for navigating...

What happens when you let performance define your identity? The old bargain with work is gone. People who do everything right still get laid off, and AI is reshaping the tasks that people once built careers on. If you've ever questioned your relationship with ambition, struggled with work and self-worth, or felt that work performance demanded too much while offering too little, this book offers a sharper, more human way to think about work, identity, and success.

Why professionals are judged on not just effort but the results of that effort.

In Organize Tomorrow Today (OTT), two of the top minds in human performance come together to deliver the pathway to extreme success: Doing more is not the answer, and Selk and Bartow walk you through how to achieve more by doing less. Dr. Jason Selk helps well-known professional and Olympic...

Many organizations approach the issue of employee engagement and motivation by tapping into age, gender and other stereotypes. Motivation and Performance challenges these notions, bringing together evidence that group differences are often exaggerated and that getting to the heart of what really motivates individuals is what's most important. This book is a practical guide to ensuring that organizations consider all motivators - job security as well as the need for personal growth - to improve employee satisfaction, boost organizational productivity and reduce staff turnover.

Many of us are striving to reach our full potential at work and beyond—to achieve our goals, rise to challenges, and connect well with others. But how can we develop our performance while also taking care of our well-being? The Performance Curve is a bold new holistic guide that effectively tackles this challenge, providing practical insights into how you can develop and sustain a productive and fulfilling life. This book explores not only how you can improve individual performance, but also how to build relationships and environments that bring out the best in others.

The World Health Organization estimates that American businesses lose more than $300 billion a year due to stress experienced by employees, and recent research by Harvard Medical School found that more than 95 percent of leaders felt at least somewhat burnt-out. For individuals and organizations who want to thrive in today's high-pressure, 24-7 business environment, working even longer is not the solution. To maximize your performance and well-being over the long-term, you need to work stronger.

Burnout is not a failure of character. It is a failure of biology. You know the feeling. The sharpness that used to come easily now doesn't. Brain fog that won't lift. Afternoons that feel like wading through cement. The 3am wakeup with vague, unlocatable dread. You've been telling yourself it's...

A new and fully updated edition of DK's practical guide to effective people management The practical guide that gives you the tools to improve your people-management skills. Discover how to improve your skills by learning how to motivate staff, improve performance, and create positive...

If you are an executive who has worked long hours, risen to every challenge, and built a strong reputation for yourself, then why haven't you reached the highest levels of leadership? Here's a reality check: Your business achievements and functional skills alone aren't enough to help you get where you want to go. What's likely missing is a skill that the world's best corporate leaders have developed - mastery of the people side of the equation.You must become a leader that others want to work for. How do you do that? Let go of being an expert. Become a leader of experts.

Some people are born with a natural 'go-get-'em' approach. For most of us, however, selling does not come naturally. This book demystifies the art of getting people to buy - whether it is as simple as convincing your friends to agree to your restaurant recommendation, or as complex as getting people to buy your million- dollar proposal at work. The book is a toolkit for self-exploration, analysis, learning and action plan development framed in a 5-week programme for building your unique sales self.

Christine Cashen, America's Top Humorista and internally acclaimed speaker, delivers an action-packed, content-rich read that will energize your life and totally crack you up. The Good Stuff is jammed with practical ideas that are hilarious and relevant! Bad boss? Crazy kids? Stressed-out? She's got you covered - and then some. So if you're looking for the holy grail- that magic pill that will transform you for the better...fu-getta-bout-it.