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Snakes in Suitsby Paul Babiak; Robert D. Hare
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 11.99Let's say you're about to hire somebody for a position in your company. Your corporation wants someone who's fearless, charismatic, and full of new ideas. Candidate X is charming, smart, and has all the right answers to your questions. Problem solved, right? Maybe not. We'd like to think that if we met someone who was completely without conscience -- someone who was capable of doing anything at all if it served his or her purposes -- we would recognize it. In popular culture, the image of the psychopath is of someone like Hannibal Lecter or the BTK Killer. But in reality, many psychopaths just want money, or power, or fame, or simply a nice car. Where do these psychopaths go? Often, it's to the corporate world. Researchers Paul... more...
Driveby Daniel H. Pink
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 12.99The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm—shattering new way to think about motivation. Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink in Drive . In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of... more...
Confidenceby Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Crown Publishing Group 2004; US$ 11.99From the boardroom to the locker room to the living room—how winners become winners . . . and stay that way. Is success simply a matter of money and talent? Or is there another reason why some people and organizations always land on their feet, while others, equally talented, stumble again and again? There’s a fundamental principle at work—the vital but previously unexamined factor called confidence—that permits unexpected people to achieve high levels of performance through routines that activate talent. Confidence explains: • Why the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team continues its winning ways even though recent teams lack the talent of their predecessors • Why some companies are... more...
Working With Emotional Intelligenceby Daniel Goleman
Bantam Books 2011; US$ 11.99Do you have what it takes to succeed in your career? The secret of success is not what they taught you in school. What matters most is not IQ, not a business school degree, not even technical know-how or years of expertise. The single most important factor in job performance and advancement is emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is actually a set of skills that anyone can acquire, and in this practical guide, Daniel Goleman identifies them, explains their importance, and shows how they can be fostered. For leaders, emotional intelligence is almost 90 percent of what sets stars apart from the mediocre. As Goleman documents, it's the essential ingredient for reaching and staying at the top in any field, even in high-tech... more...
The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performanceby K. Anders Ericsson; Neil Charness; Paul J. Feltovich; Robert R. Hoffman
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 61.00This handbook provides comprehensive information about expert performance. It describes the processes, knowledge, and methods by which people climb to the highest possible levels of human performance. It highlights the research techniques and approaches that investigators use to gain insights about such extraordinary performance. more...
Dealing With Difficult Peopleby Dr. Rick Brinkman
McGraw-Hill 2006; US$ 12.95In every workplace there are difficult people who, at best, make life stressful and, at worst,. interfere with project and career goals. This. book delivers a proven approach to finding. common ground and creating a more productive. interaction with difficult people. more...
From Teams to Knotsby Yrjö Engeström
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 24.00A solid research-based analysis of the development of work teams as workplaces change and evolve. more...
Influencer: The Power to Change Anythingby Kerry Patterson; Joseph Grenny; David Maxfield; Ron McMillan; Al Switzler
McGraw-Hill 2007; US$ 26.95An INFLUENCER motivates others to change. An INFLUENCER replaces bad behaviors with powerful new skills. An INFLUENCER makes things happen. This is what it takes to be an INFLUENCER. Whether you're a CEO, a parent, or merely a person who wants to make a difference, you probably wish you had more influence with the people in your life. But most of us stop trying to make change happen because we believe it is too difficult, if not impossible. We develop complicated coping strategies when we should be learning the tools and techniques of the world's most influential people. But this is about to change. From the bestselling authors who taught the world how to have Crucial Conversations comes Influencer , a thought-provoking book that combines... more...
Throwing Sheep in the Boardroomby Matthew Fraser; Soumitra Dutta
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 29.95"If you want to understand why Wikipedia is changing the world, this book is a must read." – Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia "This book is a must read for all - social activists, politicians or managers - who have an interest in understanding how our society is morphing." – Professor C.K. Prahalad, #1 Management Guru and author of Competing for the Future Synopsis The rise of social networks like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo is changing the way we see ourselves, how we interact with each other, how we work and how we do business on a daily basis. Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom explores the powerful forces driving the social networking revolution, the impact of these profound changes, and the far reaching consequences of... more...
The Limits of Expertiseby R. Key Dismukes; Benjamin A. Berman; Loukia D. Loukopoulos
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 39.95The Limits of Expertise reports a study of the 19 major U.S. airline accidents from 1991-2000 in which the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found crew error to be a causal factor. Each accident is reported in a separate chapter that examines events and crew actions and explores the cognitive processes in play at each step. more...









