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Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time
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Chip Heath, Dan Heath · 308 pages
Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? The primary obstacle is a conflict that's built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller Made to Stick. Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems--the rational mind and the emotional mind--that compete for control
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler · 256 pages
The New York Times Bestseller!Learn how to keep your cool and get the results you want when emotions flare.When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation badly and suffer the consequences; or read Crucial Conversations and discover how to communicate best when it matters most. C
Principles
Ray Dalio · 592 pages
Bridgewater Associates founder, Ray Dalio, offers a five-step process to getting what you want out of life, which involves systemizing everything to run like a machine — which can then be fine-tuned.
What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Marshall Goldsmith · 256 pages
Principle-Centered Leadership
Stephen R. Covey · 334 pages
How do we as individuals and organizations survive and thrive amid tremendous change? Why are efforts to improve falling so short in real results despite the millions of dollars in time, capital, and human effort being spent on them? How do we unleash the creativity, talent, and energy within ourselves and others in the midst of pressure? Is it realistic to believe that balance among personal, fam
The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene · 378 pages
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well explicated laws. As attention--grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some
The Fred Factor
Mark Sanborn · 128 pages
Seize the chance to be extraordinary.Who has made the biggest difference in your life? Whose words and actions have uplifted and motivated you to excel? Chances are it was someone like Fred the postman--so outstanding in his service that Mark Sanborn realized this mail carrier could be an example for any person wanting to be extraordinary.The "Fred factor" is summarized by four principles that wil
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg · 240 pages
Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women's voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root ca
The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance
Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes, Catherine McCarthy
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
The Arbinger Institute · 199 pages
This phenomenal bestseller * over 700,000 copies sold * changes readers? lives and helps them transform their organizations. In this new edition, the text has been updated and revised throughout to make it even more readable and powerful and a new section has been added that details the many different ways that people are using the book.
Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves · 192 pages
In today's fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack. By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction—it's no secret that EQ is critical to your success. But knowing what EQ is and knowing how to use it to improve your life are two very d
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink, Leif Babin · 325 pages
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Through difficult months of sustained combat, Jocko, Leif and their SEAL brothers learned that leadership -- at every level -- is the most important thing on the battlefield. They started Echelon Front to teach these same leadership principles to companies
Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope and Compassion
Richard E. Boyatzis · 304 pages
Becoming a Resonant Leader: Develop Your Emotional Intelligence, Renew Your Relationships, Sustain Your Effectiveness
Annie McKee · 256 pages
The Leader In You: How to Win Friends, Influence People and Succeed in a Changing World
Dale Carnegie, Stuart R. Levine · 250 pages
Redefines the message of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" for the 1990s.
The One Minute Manager
Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson · 111 pages
Details a simple, yet effective management system based on three fundamental strategies for earning raises, promotions, and power in business.
Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness
Chade-Meng Tan · 288 pages
Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends
Tim Sanders, Gene Stone · 224 pages
Argues that the key to business success is to use one's knowledge, network, and compassion to support colleagues and encourage their growth, offering tips on learning from books, developing a network of contacts, and becoming kinder.
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen · 250 pages
From the Harvard Negotiation Project, the organization that brought readers "Getting to Yes, Difficult Conversations" provides a step-by-step approach to having those tough conversations with less stress and more success. This edition includes a new chapter.
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink · 256 pages
From Daniel H. Pink, the author of the groundbreaking bestseller A Whole New Mind, comes his next big idea book: a paradigm-changing examination of what truly motivates us and how to harness that knowledge to find greater satisfaction in our lives and our work.We've been conditioned to think that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is through external rewards like money—the carrot-and-th
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Adam M. Grant · 336 pages
""Reading Originals made me feel like I was seated across from Adam Grant at a dinner party, as one of my favorite thinkers thrilled me with his insights and his wonderfully new take on the world."--Malcolm Gladwell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outliers and The Tipping Point "Originals is one of the most important and captivating books I have ever read, full of surprising and powerful
The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable
Patrick Lencioni · 134 pages
Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy
Patrick Bet-David · 275 pages