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The Catalyst
Jonah Berger
Everyone has something they want to change. But change is difficult. Often, we persuade, push and shove, but nothing moves Could there be a better way? People who achieve successful change know that it's not about pushing harder, or providing more information, but about becoming a catalyst.
- Catalysts remove obstacles and reduce barriers to change. Instead of asking, "How could I change someone's mind?", they propose different questions: "Why haven't they changed already - what's holding them back?"
- In this book you will learn how catalysts succeed in changing the minds of others in the most difficult situations: how hostage negotiators get people to walk out with their hands up, how salespeople get new products to catch on, and how leaders transform organizational culture.
- The Catalyst provides a novel way of thinking and a series of techniques that can lead us to achieve extraordinary results.Whether you are trying to change one person, transform an organization, or change the way an entire industry does business, this book will teach you how to become a catalyst.
ISBN: 978-84-17963-43-9
A World Without E-mail
Cal Newport
New York Times bestselling author Cal Newport offers a bold new approach to freeing workers from the dictatorship of the inbox and unleashing a new era of productivity.
Modern professionals communicate constantly. Their days are defined by an incessant barrage of incoming messages and digital conversations back and forth, a state of constant, stressful verbiage from which no one can disconnect and, as a result, the cognitive bandwidth needed to do productive work is not available.
Based on years of research, in A World Without E-mail, Cal Newport, a writer and professor of computer science, argues that our current approach to work is wrong and lays out a series of principles and concrete instructions for correcting it.
• The author advocates a workplace in which clear processes define how tasks are identified, distributed and reviewed. Each person works on fewer tasks and the increasing burden of administrative tasks is reduced.
• Above all, important communication is optimized, and inboxes and chat channels are no longer central to the work execution process.
• A World Without E-mail will convince you that the time has come to make bold changes and show you exactly how to make them.
ISBN: 978-84-17963-42-2
StrengthsFinder 2.0: With the CliftonStrengths Assessment
Do you have the opportunity to use your strengths every day? Gallup introduces the new and improved version of its popular CliftonStrengths assessment.
The main takeaway from this updated version is that it includes access to the CliftonStrengths assessment. Once you have completed the online assessment, you will have access to customized reports and tools, including a comprehensive strengths development guide based on the assessment results.
The CliftonStrengths assessment included in this book picks up where the original version left off and is designed to provide you with the latest findings and actionable strategies. The 34 talents remain the same, but your assessment is faster and even more effective.
-This guide includes 10 actionable ideas for each of your five dominant themes.
-Build a development plan based on your strengths by exploring how your natural talents interact with your skills, knowledge and experiences.
ISBN: 978-84-17963-48-4
Collision Course
Hans Greimel and William Sposato
This is the story of what is known as the “Ghosn Shock”, the story of Carlos Ghosn, the famous executive who rescued the Nissan company from bankruptcy turning it into a global automobile empire, and his subsequent arrest and consequences.
Carlos Ghosn, one of the world's most famous executives, spent two decades building a colossal alliance between Nissan and Renault. But what seemed like a cutting-edge new business model hid an unstable operation.
After being arrested and imprisoned by the Japanese authorities, Ghosn staged a shocking and daring escape from Japan.
• Journalists Hans Greimel and William Sposato have followed the story closely, with access to key players, including Ghosn himself.
• The book explores the complex hypotheses surrounding who and what were truly responsible for Ghosn's ouster and why one of the world's top executives risked everything in his spectacular escape.
• A fascinating story that tells us about the complexity of doing global business in a world still governed by nationalist interests.
ISBN: 978-84-17963-41-5
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Managing Up. 20 Minute Manager Series
Forge strong ties. Set clear expectations. Promote your ideas.
Your boss plays an important role in your career. So how do you navigate this delicate, significant professional relationship without playing political games or compromising your character?
Managing Up offers concise, expert tips on:
• Understanding your manager's priorities and pressures
• Setting a positive tone for the relationship
• Managing expectations-and egos
• Earning trust and respect
ISBN: 978-84-17963-37-8
Presentations. 20 Minute Manager Series
Improve your message. Convince your audience. Get influence.
Feeling stressed about your upcoming presentation? Whether you're nervous about how you'll organize your thoughts or how you'll articulate them on the big day.
Presentationsprovides the quick guidelines and expert tips you need to:
• Craft your message
• Prepare and rehearse effectively
• Engage your audience
• Manage Q&A sessions
ISBN: 978-84-17963-38-5
Virtual Collaboration. 20 Minute Manager Series
Work from anywhere. Communicate better. Avoid isolation
Working remotely gives you flexibility and independence. But it can pose challenges when you need to team up with colleagues or coworkers.
Virtual Collaboration covers the basics of working productively--and collaboratively--from anywhere. You’ll learn to:
• Communicate clearly over a variety of media
• Bond with colleagues across the wires
• Keep others--and yourself--accountable
• Avoid and mitigate tech glitches
ISBN: 978-84-17963-39-2
Stretch
Scott Sonenshein
A groundbreaking approach to succeeding in business and life, using the science of resourcefulness.
We often think the key to success and satisfaction is to get more: more money, time, and possessions; bigger budgets, job titles, and teams; and additional resources for our professional and personal goals. It turns out we’re wrong.
People and organizations approach resources in two different ways: “chasing” and “stretching.” When chasing, we exhaust ourselves in the pursuit of more. When stretching, we embrace the resources we already have. This frees us to find creative and productive ways to solve problems, innovate, and engage our work and lives more fully.
• Stretch shows why everyone—from executives to entrepreneurs, professionals to parents, athletes to artists—performs better with constraints; why seeking too many resources undermines our work and well-being; and why even those with a lot benefit from making the most out of a little.
• Drawing from examples in business, education, sports, medicine, and history, Scott Sonenshein advocates a powerful framework of resourcefulness that allows anybody to work and live better.
ISBN: 978-84-17963-40-8
Getting Work Done. 20 Minute Manager Series
Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work you need to accomplish? Being pulled in different directions by competing priorities? Getting Work Done runs you through the basics of being more productive at work.
HBR's 20-Minute Manager Series will get you quickly up to speed on the most essential management skills. Whether you need a crash course or a quick refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical manual to help you brush up on a key management topic. Tips you can quickly read and apply for ambitious professionals, from the most trusted source in business.
You’ll learn to:
• Align your schedule with your priorities
• Focus your attention and avoid distractions
• Create effective daily routines
• Set boundaries and learn to say no
ISBN: 978-84-17963-36-1
Finance Basics. 20 Minute Manager Series
Intimidated by corporate finance? The numbers (and the jargon) can feel overwhelming-but you have to understand them to manage effectively.
HBR's 20-Minute Manager Series will get you quickly up to speed on the most essential management skills. Whether you need a crash course or a quick refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical manual to help you brush up on a key management topic. Tips you can quickly read and apply for ambitious professionals, from the most trusted source in business. Finance Basics explains the fundamentals simply and quickly, introducing you to key terms and concepts such as:
• How to navigate financial statements
• How to weigh costs and benefits
• What's involved in budgeting and forecasting
• How to gauge a company's financial health
ISBN: 978-84-17963-34-7
Difficult Conversations. 20 Minute Manager Series
You have to talk with a colleague about a fraught situation, but you're worried that they'll yell, or blame you, or shut down. You fear your emotions could block you from a resolution. But you can communicate in a way that's constructive--not combative.
HBR's 20-Minute Manager Series will get you quickly up to speed on the most essential management skills. Whether you need a crash course or a quick refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical manual to help you brush up on a key management topic. Tips you can quickly read and apply for ambitious professionals, from the most trusted source in business.
This book offers you a series of basic concepts. Difficult Conversations walks you through:
• Uncovering the root cause of friction
• Maintaining a positive mind-set
• Untangling the problem together
ISBN: 978-84-17963-35-4
Lives of the Stoics
Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
The art of living, from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
Instant New York Times Advice & Business Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, and Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller! A New York Times Noteworthy Pick and a “stellar work” by Publishers Weekly From the bestselling authors of The Daily Stoic comes an inspiring guide to the lives of the Stoics, and what the ancients can teach us about happiness, success, resilience and virtue.
Nearly 2,300 years after a ruined merchant named Zeno first established a school on the Stoa Poikile of Athens, Stoicism has found a new audience among those who seek greatness, from athletes to politicians and everyone in between. It’s no wonder; the philosophy and its embrace of self-mastery, virtue, and indifference to that which we cannot control is as urgent today as it was in the chaos of the Roman Empire. More than a mere history book, every example in these pages, from Epictetus to Marcus Aurelius–slaves to emperors–is designed to help the reader apply philosophy in their own lives. Holiday and Hanselman unveil the core values and ideas that unite figures from Seneca to Cato to Cicero across the centuries. Among them are the idea that self-rule is the greatest empire, that character is fate; how Stoics benefit from preparing not only for success, but failure; and learn to love, not merely accept, the hand they are dealt in life. A treasure of valuable insights and stories, this book can be visited again and again by any reader in search of inspiration from the past.
ISBN: 978-84-17963-47-7
The Daily Stoic + The Daily Stoic Journal (Box Set)
Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
THE DAILY STOIC and its JOURNAL offer you the opportunity to find peace and inner clarity in an increasingly hectic and complex world. Have them join you in your next 366 days of reflection and writing about the art of living.
Ryan Holiday's book, 'The Daily Stoic', is a fascinating and accessible guide to passing on Stoic wisdom to a new generation of readers and improving our quality of life. Since its publication, the work has become a publishing phenomenon beyond the literary field. In the Journal, readers will find weekly explanations and quotes to inspire deeper reflection on Stoic practices, as well as daily prompts and a helpful introduction explaining the various Stoic tools of self-management. It features space for notes, along with tips to encourage continued writing and comprehension, day to day, all year long.
ISBN: 978-84-17963-46-0
The Daily Stoic Journal
Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
A beautiful journal to guide your journey in the art of living - and an instant Wall Street Journal bestseller!
For more than two thousand years, Stoic philosophy has been the secret operating system of wise leaders, artists, athletes, brilliant thinkers, and ordinary citizens. With the acclaimed, bestselling books The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy and The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman have helped to bring the Stoicism of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus to hundreds of thousands of new readers all over the world.
- Now Holiday and Hanselman are back with The Daily Stoic Journal, a beautifully designed hardcover journal that features space for morning and evening notes, along with advice for integrating this ancient philosophy into our 21st century lives.
- Each week readers will discover a specific powerful Stoic practice, explained and presented with related quotations to inspire deeper reflection and application, and each day they will answer a powerful question to help gauge their progress. For anyone seeking inner peace, clarity, and effectiveness in our crazy world, this book will help them immensely for the next year—and for the rest of their lives.
ISBN: 978-84-17963-32-3
The Art of War: A New Translation by Michael Nylan
Sun Tzu, translated by Michael Nylan
For the first time in any modern language, a female scholar and translator reimagines The Art of War.
Sun Tzu’s ancient book of strategy and psychology has as much to tell us today as when it was first written 2,500 years ago. In a world forever at odds, his rules for anticipating the motivations and strategies of our competitors never cease to inspire leaders of all kinds. Michael Nylan, in her provocative introduction, sees new and unexpected lessons to be learned from The Art of War—in business ventures, relationships, games of skill, academic careers, and medical practices. Strategy, like conflict, is woven into society’s very roots.
- Nylan’s crisp translation “offers a masterly new evaluation of this classic work, which balances the overtly military content with a profound and thought-provoking analysis” (Olivia Milburn).
- Nylan demonstrates that the teachings of Sun Tzu are more relevant than ever, helping us navigate the conflicts we know and those we have yet to endure.
ISBN: 978-84-17963-30-9
Emotional Intelligence: How emotions influence our work and personal lives
Daniel Goleman, Annie Mckee, Susan David, Amy Gallo, Harvard Business Review
By reading this work you will have up-to-date and rigorous information about the emotional world, you will be able to contemplate situations with greater clarity, in a more honest and effective way, and help those around you to improve their abilities and their well-being.
More than two decades have passed since Daniel Goleman's research showed that emotional intelligence is twice as important as other competencies in achieving well-being. Managing your emotions and relating well to others, explained Goleman, allows you to achieve greater degrees of influence and personal satisfaction. This type of intelligence is not an innate trait: it can be learned. Being more in tune with your emotions allows you to decide how to use those feelings more productively to make stronger decisions, move past negative feelings, control yourself in unstable situations, or understand others when they act in ways that surprise or irritate you.
This book offers a selection of the most important articles from the Harvard Business Review archive. All of them have been written by expert researchers in the field (psychologists, marketing specialists, professors of leadership and organizational change,...), among which the contribution of Daniel Goleman himself stands out.
ISBN: 978-84-17963-33-0
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Emotional Intelligence: How emotions influence our work and personal lives
Daniel Goleman, Annie Mckee, Susan David, Amy Gallo, Harvard Business Review
By reading this work you will have up-to-date and rigorous information about the emotional world, you will be able to contemplate situations with greater clarity, in a more honest and effective way, and help those around you to improve their abilities and their well-being.
More than two decades have passed since Daniel Goleman's research showed that emotional intelligence is twice as important as other competencies in achieving well-being. Managing your emotions and relating well to others, explained Goleman, allows you to achieve greater degrees of influence and personal satisfaction. This type of intelligence is not an innate trait: it can be learned. Being more in tune with your emotions allows you to decide how to use those feelings more productively to make stronger decisions, move past negative feelings, control yourself in unstable situations, or understand others when they act in ways that surprise or irritate you.
This book offers a selection of the most important articles from the Harvard Business Review archive. All of them have been written by expert researchers in the field (psychologists, marketing specialists, professors of leadership and organizational change,...), among which the contribution of Daniel Goleman himself stands out.
ISBN: 978-84-17963-33-0
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Good to Great
Widely regarded as one of the most important business books ever written, Good to Great offers us a whole set of guidelines and paradigms that any company that wants to differentiate itself from the rest must adopt.
After reviewing mountains of data, conducting thousands of interviews, and using rigorous benchmarking tools, Collins and his research team identified the key determinants of excellence in a set of elite companies that have made the leap to extraordinary results and sustainable for at least fifteen years. But how extraordinary? After driving the change, companies that went from good to great generated 15-year cumulative stock returns that were on average seven times higher than the broader market and twice as good as the composite index of the world's largest companies such as Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric and Merck.
The Daily Stoic
Ryan Holiday y Stephen Hanselman
Where can you find happiness? How can you harness the power of reason? What is the true meaning of success? What is the meaning of life? The answers to these and many other questions can be found in the wisdom of Stoic philosophy.
For a long time, the principles of Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Seneca have shone brightly through the centuries as a philosophy for people of action. Why have history’s greatest minds—from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with today’s top performers from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities—embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise. The Daily Stoic offers 366 days of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations from the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the playwright Seneca, or slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus, as well as lesser-known luminaries like Zeno, Cleanthes, and Musonius Rufus. Every day of the year you’ll find one of their pithy, powerful quotations, as well as historical anecdotes, provocative commentary, and a helpful glossary of Greek terms
By following these teachings over the course of a year (and, indeed, for years to come) you’ll find the serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience you need to live well.
The first 90 days
The world’s most trusted guide for leaders in transition.
Transitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the biggest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of acute vulnerability. Missteps made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize or even derail your success. In this updated and expanded version of the international bestseller 'The First 90 Days', Michael D. Watkins offers proven strategies for conquering the challenges of transitions—no matter where you are in your career.
- Watkins, a noted expert on leadership transitions and adviser to senior leaders in all types of organizations, also addresses today’s increasingly demanding professional landscape, where managers face not only more frequent transitions but also steeper expectations once they step into their new jobs.
- By walking you through every aspect of the transition scenario, Watkins identifies the most common pitfalls new leaders encounter and provides the tools and strategies you need to avoid them.
- You’ll learn how to secure critical early wins, an important first step in establishing yourself in your new role. Each chapter also includes checklists, practical tools, and self-assessments to help you assimilate key lessons and apply them to your own situation.
- Whether you’re starting a new job, being promoted from within, embarking on an overseas assignment, or being tapped as CEO, how you manage your transition will determine whether you succeed or fail. Use this book as your trusted guide.
Make time
Make Time is a charming manifesto, a friendly guide that will help us find focus and energy in our daily lives.
It is about dedicating time to what is really important, fostering new habits and rethinking the values acquired as a result of frenetic activity and distraction. Leveraging their experience designing technology products from Gmail to YouTube, the authors spent years experimenting with their own habits and routines, looking for ways to help people optimize their energy, focus, and time.
- It brings together the most effective tactics into a four-step daily framework that anyone can use to systematically design their days.
- It offers a customizable menu of tips and strategies that can be tailored to individual habits and lifestyles.
- It proposes small changes in our environment to free us from constant occupations and distractions.
Hyperfocus
A practical guide to managing your attention - the most powerful resource you have to get stuff done, become more creative, and live a meaningful life.
Our attention has never been as overwhelmed as it is today. Many of us recognize that our brains struggle to multitask. Despite this, we feel compelled to do so anyway while we fill each moment of our lives to the brim with mindless distraction. 'Hyperfocus' provides profound insights into how you can best take charge of your attention to achieve a greater sense of purpose and productivity throughout the day. The most recent neuroscientific research reveals that our brain has two powerful modes that can be unlocked when we use our attention effectively: a focused mode (hyperfocus), which is the foundation for being highly productive, and a creative mode (scatterfocus), which enables us to connect ideas in novel ways. Hyperfocus helps you access each of the two mental modes so you can concentrate more deeply, think more clearly, and work and live more deliberately every day.
Chris Bailey examines topics such as:
- Identifying and dealing with the four key types of distraction and interruption
- Establishing a clear physical and mental environment in which to work
- Controlling motivation and working fewer hours to become more productive
- Taking time-outs with intention
- Learning when to pay attention and when to let your mind wander wherever it wants to
By transforming how you think about your attention, 'Hyperfocus' reveals that the more effectively you learn to take charge of it, the better you'll be able to manage every aspect of your life.
HBR Guide to Emotional Intelligence
Harvard Business Review , Daniel Goleman , Susan David and others
Research by Daniel Goleman, a psychologist and coauthor of "Primal Leadership," has shown that emotional intelligence is a more powerful determinant of good leadership than technical competence, IQ, or vision.
Influencing those around us and supporting our own well-being requires us to be self-aware, know when and how to regulate our emotional reactions, and understand the emotional responses of those around us. In this this guide, you'll learn how to: determine your emotional intelligence strengths and weaknesses; understand and manage your emotional reactions; deal with difficult people; make smarter decisions; bounce back from tough times; help your team develop emotional intelligence.
Authors in this guide: Daniel Goleman, Susan David, Amy Gallo, Alison Wood Brooks, Annie Mckee, Art Markman, Leah Weiss, Andrew Brodsky, Monique Valcour, Andrew Campbell, Jo Whitehead, Sydney Finkelstein, Alison Wood Brooks, Andy Molinsky, Brian Uzzi, and Shannon Dunlap. Sandra L. Robinson and Kira Schabram, Diane Coutu, Christopher Germer, Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan, Manfred FR Kets De Vries, Liane Davey, Sigal Barsade, Olivia A. O'neill.
HBR Emotional Intelligence Series Case: Well-being
The carefully designed case collects in a single pack a copy of three of the best-selling titles of the successful HBR Emotional Intelligence Series (Mindfulness, Resilience and Happiness).
The Series HBR's Emotional Intelligence offers intelligent and essential reading on human development topics that are decisive in professional life. From the story of renowned researchers from Harvard Business Review, each book offers us the keys that show how emotions affect us in our work lives, practical advice to manage difficult people and situations and inspiring essays to help us achieve our emotional well-being in the job.
Focus. HBR Emotional Intelligence Series
Harvard Business Review , Daniel Goleman , Rasmus Hougaard and others
One of the main challenges of leadership is attention. The importance of achieving focus goes well beyond your own productivity. Deep focus allows you to lead others successfully, find clarity amid uncertainty, and heighten your sense of professional fulfillment.
The importance of achieving focus goes far beyond simple productivity. Deep focus allows you to successfully lead others, maintain lucidity in the midst of uncertainty, and increase your sense of professional accomplishment. Yet the forces that challenge sustained focus range from dinging phones to office politics to life's everyday worries.
Focusing constructively on self and others allows leaders to cultivate the core elements of emotional intelligence and gain a broad understanding of how they relate to the rest of the world that enables them to improve their abilities to strategize, innovate and take responsibility.
Authors in this book: Daniel Goleman, Rasmus Hougaard, Heidi Grant, Kandi Wiens, Michael Lipson, Amy Gallo, Monique Valcour, Amy Jen Su, Maura Thomas, Jacqueline Carter, Srini Pillay