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Best selling title. Takes a three-pronged approach to compensation by focusing on theory, research, and practice. The 14th edition continues to emphasize the importance of total compensation and its relevance for achieving sustainable competitive advantage. Updates reflect new compensation research that has been published since the 13th edition.

Next to food and clothing, achieving personal and professional success is rated at the very top of the hierarchical order of human needs. Everybody wants to be somebody! In this ultimate success book that includes timeless information for generations to come, the author has meticulously chronicled proven skills, strategies and secrets that, if regularly followed, will empower the reader to live the life that they imagine. Just like your car's or phone's GPS, these life navigation skills can get you from where you are to where you want to go in your career. In addition, critically important knowledge and abilities, including job interviewing, must-know people skills, writing, and public speaking, are covered. In this book, the author has scoured the world's literature on these topics and interviewed highly successful people to provide one-stop shopping regarding the most proven and practical recommendations for future career success. He has also peppered the text with personal experiences and motivational/inspirational success stories, as well as testimonials/sage advice/quotes from the world's most successful people --past and present.The key objectives of this book are to: Highlight the foundational factors underlying future career success: love what you do; realize that your behaviors largely determine your luck in life; emphasize that highly successful people take 100% responsibility for their actions and destiny; and that the secret to success involves the selfless serving of others. The rewards return—through a boomerang effect. Provide specific examples and inspirational stories highlighting 10 critical behavioral skills for success. These include: look for the good in people and situations; how to activate the law of attraction; establish goals in writing ('if it's not on paper, it's vapor'); take action (#1 success characteristic); know that persistence pays; ask for things you want; enhance your speaking, writing, and interviewing skills; why it's important to work with and learn from people you want to emulate; the essence of superb people skills (e.g., integrity, making others feel important); and to regularly apply the law of sow and reap. Detail complementary approaches, tactics, and perspectives that can help you achieve your breakthrough (major) life goals. These include: time management skills and the 80/20 rule; looking for greener pastures; showcasing your talents (visibility → opportunities); committing to never-ending improvements in performance, service (or products); embracing discipline/focus/sacrifice; routinely exceeding people's expectations; striving for greater rewards; and seeing an ocean of opportunities before you. In aggregate, these yield BIG rewards in life. Provide a potpourri of related topics, including unlooked-for opportunities; leadership and bringing out the best in those around you; avoiding overcautiousness; volunteering (raising your hand); reframing future commitments; the power (and magic) of an unexpected thank you note; and the disproportionate dividends and good karma that result from giving back and mentoring others.

Learn to leverage your relationships so you can dream bigger, achieve whatever you want, and build a life that makes you happier with each passing day.No greater force for change exists than the people we surround ourselves with. Relationshift explores how the people in your life have colored your worldview, how this limits or expands your options, and what to do about it. Through the stories of British explorer Gertrude Bell, abolitionist hero Frederick Douglass, music icons the Beastie Boys, and many others, this book will help you: Learn how to connect with high-caliber people who can help you go further in life.Understand the rules of life as handed down through countless generations—then learn how to recognize which ones can be bent.Grow in happiness, thankfulness, peace, and contentment while eliminating the power of negative emotions.Explore how our minds reject new concepts like our bodies reject viruses.Build a personal tribe that can help you achieve any goal in work, health, or relationships.Make better choices by learning to see your options more clearly and honing your ability to move quickly with less information.Identify relationships that have the most impact on your wellbeing, for better or worse.Discover and refine the direction of your life by exploring wisdom from twenty experts on purpose. With dozens of illustrations and practical examples, Relationshift will help you take greater control of your life and uncover a path to your best possible future.

This edited work uses the life and biblical teachings of Jesus to examine modern leadership theory. With the Gospel of John as its focal point, it depicts leadership traits such as compassion, empathy, humility, and transparency as essential to the ministry of Jesus. The authors explore concepts related to communication, conflict resolution, mentorship, authentic leadership, servant leadership, transformational leadership, and succession planning to show the applicability of principles espoused in biblical teachings to modern organizations. This book will make a valuable addition to the leadership literature by using the life of Jesus as a case study.

How can you future-proof your organization by making it humanly sustainable? Creating Healthy Organizations answers this question, showing how to forge stronger links between employee well-being and the future success of any organization. The book makes a compelling case for resilient and humanly sustainable businesses by focusing on improving employees'well-being. Employee stress, burnout, work-life conflict, and disengagement remain significant workplace problems. Yet, there are important signs of progress. The healthy organization concept has begun moving into the mainstream of corporate wellness. Scholarly research has advanced beyond making a business case for workplace health promotion to showing how successful interventions are based on a culture of health and closer ties with occupational health and safety. More companies are addressing mental health issues, striving to make workplaces psychologically healthy and safe. Expanded environmental sustainability frameworks provide an opening for the more sustainable use of human resources. As well, extensive tools are now available in many countries to guide actions aimed at developing healthy, safe, and thriving workplaces. These recent workplace trends and resources highlight the need for an updated, concise, integrated, and practical analysis of the challenges of creating a healthier organization, the hurdles that must be overcome along the way, and the key success factors that can guide the improvement process. Creating Healthy Organizations, Revised and Expanded Edition fills this gap in knowledge and practice, guiding those committed to making their organizations healthier.

This book is the first-ever authoritative work on the use and management of humor in the workplace. It is a practical guide for everyone involved: the humorists (‘jokers'), the targets (sometimes ‘victims'), the observers (‘audience') and most of all the managers who have to ‘set the tone'and encourage, control and manage humor. Humor is part and parcel of every workplace. However, while it usually demonstrates and fosters a united, happy workforce, it can at times be deeply damaging and divisive. The authors – academics with vast organizational experience and a research-based understanding of humor at work – bring together state-of-the art knowledge of the topic, making it fun, accessible and readable for all humor participants. The topics include how humor works, humor cultures in organizations, the many forms of workplace humor and their pros and cons, humor rituals at work, digital humor, workplace jokers, the 21st centuryissue of ‘political correctness', and both the ‘bright side'of humor (assisting positive cultures, making work ‘fun'), and its ‘dark side'(where humor offends and humiliates). With over 60 ‘real life'illustrative stories of workplace humor, a self-completion questionnaire to measure the Humor Climate in your organization, end-of-chapter ‘takeaways'and an end-of-book summary advocating ‘best practice', the book is a ‘fun', how-to-do-it guide that will both inform and entertain.

In nur 50 Minuten das Peter-Prinzip verstehenDas von Laurence J. Peter und Raymond Hull in ihrem satirischen Werk The Peter-Principle entwickelte Prinzip basiert auf der Hypothese, dass kompetente Mitarbeiter in einer Organisationsstruktur solange befördert werden, bis sie einen Posten erreichen, für den sie unfähig sind, von dem sie aber auch nicht mehr abgesetzt werden können. Die Hypothesen des Modells werden kontrovers diskutiert, besonders die Aussage, dass die für einen neuen Posten benötigten Kompetenzen nicht von denen des vorherigen Postens abhingen. Allerdings führen auch andere (satirische) Modelle (wie Parkinsons Gesetz oder das Dilbert-Prinzip) in die gleiche Richtung. Zudem konnte das Peter-Prinzip durch eine Computersimulation inzwischen teilweise bestätigt werden.Nach 50 Minuten können Sie:•die Hypothesen des Peter-Prinzips anhand von Beispielen erklären•Unfähigkeit erkennen und Leistung evaluieren•sinnvolle, leistungssteigernde Beförderungsstrategien entwickelnAnhand praktischer Beispiele wird die Theorie leicht verständlich veranschaulicht. So erhalten Sie einen interessanten und praxisorientierten Überblick über das Wesentliche.Der Einstieg in ein neues Kapitel Ihrer Unternehmensgeschichte!Über 50MINUTEN.DE | BUSINESS – MANAGEMENT UND MARKETINGWas bewegt die Wirtschaftswelt? Mit der Serie Business – Management und Marketing der Reihe 50Minuten verstehen Sie schnell die wichtigsten Modelle und Konzepte. Unsere Titel versorgen Sie mit der notwendigen Theorie, prägnanten Definitionen der Schlüsselwörter und interessanten Fallstudien in einem einfachen und leicht verständlichen Format. Sie sind der ideale Ausgangspunkt für Leserinnen und Leser, die ihre Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse erweitern möchten.

Las claves para combatir la incompetencia en el trabajoEste libro es una guía práctica y accesible para entender el principio de Peter, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:• Entender la idea del empleado eficiente que se vuelve incompetente al alcanzar un nivel superior• Identificar los distintos niveles de competencia entre sus empleados y descubrir cómo reconocer los síntomas de la incompetencia• Utilizar el principio de Peter para eliminar la incompetencia en su negocio y alcanzar el éxitoSOBRE 50MINUTOS.COM | Economía y empresa50MINUTOS.COM le ofrece las claves para entender rápidamente las principales teorías y conceptos que rigen el mundo económico actual.Nuestras obras combinan teoría, estudios de caso y múltiples ejemplos prácticos para que amplíe sus competencias y conocimientos sin perder tiempo. ¡Descubra en un tiempo récord las claves para el éxito de su negocio!

Impariamo a farci sostenitori delle nostre idee migliori e scopriamo come i leader possono stimolare negli altri l'originalità di pensiero e di azione. Nel suo nuovo libro Adam Grant, una delle menti più stimolanti e provocatorie della sua generazione, torna a domandarsi come creare un mondo migliore; ma stavolta affronta la questione dal punto di vista dell'originalità: scegliere di andare controcorrente, respingere il conformismo, opporsi alle tradizioni sorpassate. Come possiamo difendere i meriti di nuove idee e nuove prassi senza mettere a repentaglio la reputazione, le relazioni e la carriera? Attingendo a sorprendenti studi scientifici e a esempi tratti dal business, dalla politica, dallo sport e dallo spettacolo, Grant sfata il mito secondo cui gli anticonformisti di successo sarebbero naturalmente portati a esercitare la leadership e ad affrontare il rischio. Essere originali mostra che chiunque può individuare opportunità di cambiamento, riconoscere una buona idea, tenere sotto controllo la paura e i dubbi, alzare la voce senza lasciarsi zittire. Scoprirete quali tecniche hanno decretato il successo di: un imprenditore che promuove le sue startup elencando le ragioni per non investire; una dipendente di Apple che ha sfidato Steve Jobs pur trovandosi tre livelli sotto di lui nella gerarchia aziendale; un'analista che ha ribaltato il dogma della segretezza nella CIA; un miliardario e mago della finanza che licenzia i dipendenti se non lo criticano abbastanza; un produttore cinematografico che, con una sola domanda, ha permesso che venisse realizzato il primo film di animazione Disney basato su una storia originale. Grant insegna a tradurre in azione le idee originali in modo efficace e sostenibile, offrendo suggerimenti pratici per trovare alleati nei luoghi più imprevisti, combattere il pensiero di gruppo e insegnare ai nostri figli a pensare con la loro testa. Opporci al conformismo può migliorare la nostra situazione e darci l'impulso ad agire. Le persone originali vivono le stesse insicurezze e le stesse paure di chiunque altro, ma la differenza Ë che di fronte alle difficoltà non si paralizzano: anzi, si rimboccano le maniche. Essere originali vi darà gli strumenti per realizzare le vostre idee e il coraggio di fare il primo passo.

This book examines a variety of assumptions prevalent in the mental models of undergraduates, parents, educators, higher education leaders, administrators, and policymakers that cause people to fall into a series of mental traps when selecting a major. Divided into three parts, this publication presents a situational analysis on choosing a college major, dissects the mental models and traps people rely on, and offers a variety of assessments that can help increase one's self-awareness prior to declaring a major.

Improve engagement, productivity, and motivation with effective employee recognition Recognizing and Engaging Employees for Dummies gives you the tools and information you need to improve morale, productivity, and personal achievement with a successful employee recognition program. Written by a world-leading authority in employee recognition, this book walks you step-by-step through the design and implementation process and describes the incentives that work, the behaviors to reward, and the mechanisms that must be in place for the program to be effective in the long term. You'll learn how to pinpoint the places where engagement and recognition could improve the bottom line, and how to structure the reward for optimal balance between motivational, financial, and organizational effectiveness. With clear explanations and a fun, friendly style, this book is your quick and easy guide to boosting productivity, profit, and customer satisfaction. Most Americans who leave their jobs cite lack of recognition as the driving factor. When your employees feel appreciated, they stick around, work harder, achieve more, and drive your business onward and upward. This book shows you how to bring that dynamic to your workplace, with step-by-step guidance and helpful advice. Design successful recognition programs Create powerful incentives for employees Reduce turnover, improve engagement, and drive excellence Foster a happier and more productive workplace Happy employees are productive employees. They get results. They innovate. They are the force behind the advancement of industries. Effective employee recognition programs are self-sustaining motivational tools that keep the fire lit. If you're ready to spark the flame, Recognizing and Engaging Employees for Dummies is the ideal guide for designing, implementing, and maintaining the program your employees have been waiting for.

Boost competence and efficiency in your companyThis book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding the Peter Principle, providing you with the essential information and saving time.In 50 minutes you will be able to: • Understand the theory behind the Peter Principle and how it can affect the performance of your company • Identify the different levels of competence among your workers and learn how to recognize signs of incompetence • Recognize the structure of promotions in your company and avoid inefficiencyABOUT 50MINUTES.COM | Management & Marketing 50MINUTES.COM provides the tools to quickly understand the main theories and concepts that shape the economic world of today. Our publications are easy to use and they will save you time. They provide elements of theory and case studies, making them excellent guides to understand key concepts in just a few minutes. In fact, they are the starting point to take action and push your business to the next level.

“This book is an excellent read for college students, recent graduates and mid-career professionals as they navigate their careers and prepare for the next step towards their professional goals.” Pareena Lawrence, PhD, Provost and Dean of the College, Professor of Economics, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois “In the tradition of ‘What Color is Your Parachute'and ‘What Should I Do With My Life?', ‘Marketing Your Value: 9 Steps to Navigate Your Career'is likely to be invaluable to anyone who is entering the job market, considering a change of direction, or advising those who are.” William Pannapacker, PhD, Professor of English, Director of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholars Program in the Arts and Humanities, Faculty Director of the Great Lakes Colleges Association's Digital Liberal Arts Initiative, Hope College. Navigating the chaos in today's global marketing place, including global unemployment and underemployment, the digital revolution, and technological advancements, requires a sophisticated strategy that is built upon the paradigm that professional development is directly linked to personal growth. To grow as a professional, therefore, one must increase their self-awareness, build a compelling brand, and then communicate their message in a clear and consistent fashion. This book explains how professionals can market their value to navigate their career and live a life of purpose. Divided into three sections, this publication offers you an opportunity to assess your personal and professional skills, challenges you to create a compelling personal brand, and helps you develop the communication materials necessary to navigate your career.

Achieving employee engagement is crucial to the success and continued high performance of any organization. But with budgets tighter than ever before, economic struggles and an increasingly stressful workplace for staff, it has become an increasingly difficult task.Aimed at HR practitioners and managers, Employee Engagement offers a complete, practical resource for understanding, measuring and building engagement. Grounded in engagement theory and an understanding of psychology combined with practical tools, techniques and diagnostics, this book will help you assess and drive engagement in your organization. Case studies include British Gas, Capital One, Asda, Ministry of Justice, Mace and RSA.

Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre le principe humoristique de PeterMis au jour en 1969 par Laurence Johnson Peter, éducateur et psychologue canadien, le principe de Peter formule avec humour un postulat pour le moins étonnant : un employé efficace à un certain niveau hiérarchique, s'il se voit promu, tend à gravir les échelons jusqu'à parvenir à un niveau où son incompétence s'impose et l'arrête dans son ascension! Suivant cette logique, les plus hautes fonctions d'une entreprise seraient vouées à être occupées par des incompétents bien installés! Comment contrer ce constat désolant? Ce livre vous aidera à :• Comprendre les synergies au sein des hiérarchies ;• Promouvoir des employés en toute connaissance de cause ;• Prendre du recul par rapport au phénomène de la promotion ;• Rire et sourire face à ce constat fascinant ;• Et bien plus encore!Le mot de l'éditeur : « Avec l'auteur, Gabriel Verboomen, nous avons cherché à présenter aux lecteurs une analyse d'un principe interpellant, qui se vérifie notamment dans les milieux professionnels. Si le livre de Peter traitait de cette thématique avec beaucoup d'humour, celui-ci l'aborde de façon structurée pour en faciliter la compréhension. »- Juliette NèveÀ PROPOS DE LA SÉRIE 50MINUTES | Gestion & MarketingLa série « Gestion & Marketing » de la collection 50MINUTES fournit des outils pour comprendre rapidement de nombreuses théories et les concepts qui façonnent le monde économique d'aujourd'hui. Nous avons conçu la collection en pensant aux nombreux professionnels obligés de se former en permanence en économie, en management, en stratégie ou en marketing. Nos auteurs combinent des éléments de théorie, des études de cas et de nombreux exemples pratiques pour permettre aux lecteurs de développer leurs compétences et leur expertise.

Renewal Coaching Workbook In their groundbreaking book, Renewal Coaching, Douglas Reeves and Elle Allison offered coaches, managers, teachers, and consultants a research-based, sustainable approach to individual and organizational improvement that involved a disciplined and collaborative sequence of information, experimentation, feedback, and support. The proven Renewal Coaching framework consists of these seven elements: Recognition—Finding patterns of toxicity and renewal Reality—Confronting change killers in work and life Reciprocity—Coaching in harmony Resilience—Coaching through pain Relationship—Nurturing the personal elements of coaching Resonance—Coaching with emotional intelligence Renewal—Creating energy, meaning, and freedom to sustain the journey As a next-step resource this workbook includes a wealth of proven strategies and tools designed to help apply the Renewal Coaching approach to advance workplace performance. The workbook includes website access to a variety of helpful resources, assessments, and other tools. Also provided is a Wiki environment for participants to contribute and share their own experiences. The book also contains worksheets and activities focused on sustainable change for executive coaches, teachers, volunteers, or anyone who fits into the role of a'coach.'Praise for the Renewal Coaching Workbook'A wonderful piece of work?filled with important information and exercises guiding the reader to discover and live from all they can be. The book not only provides a new frame of reference through which to look at life, but the skills to do it. This excellent book will become your personal coach to call upon whenever you like. I recommend it highly.'—Brenda Shoshanna, Ph.D., author, Fearless: 7 Principles of Peace of Mind'Life is a wonderful teacher when we take time for reflection. This book provides the structure most of us need to access learning and self-awareness in a thoughtful way.'—Paul Axtell, president, Contextual Program Designs, corporate and university trainer, and consultant'A wonderful resource for individuals who are going through change, and for those helping others through difficult times. A major strength is the [companion] website. At a time when millions of people have to rethink their purpose, careers, and lives, this workbook provides an important tool for their development.'—Patricia Boverie, Ph.D., author, Transforming Work

The forces that are shaping the future of employment are examined in this new book. The author presents a cohesive argument for a fundamental change in attitudes to work, both from policymakers and employers if we are to create a healthier society capable of meeting the expectations and concerns of a developing economy.

Can the workplace be more productive by including avatars, three-dimensional environments, and participant-driven outcomes? This grounded and thought-provoking book by Byron Reeves and Leighton Read proves that it is not only possible, it is inevitable.Implementing components of multiplayer computer games in the workplace will address a host of age-old problems. Games can not only stem boredom and decrease turnover, but also enhancee collaboration and encourage creative leadership. Games require extraordinary teamwork, elaborate data analysis and strategy, recruitment and retention of top players, and quick decision making. Recreating some elements of games - such as positioning tasks within stories, creating internal economies, and implementing participant-driven communication systems - can not only boost employee engagement but overall productivity.Of course, the strong psychological power of games can have both positive and negative consequences for the workplace. That's why it's important to put them into practice correctly from the beginning - and Reeves and Read explain how by showing which good design principles are a powerful antidote to the addictive and stress-inducing potential of games. Supported by specific case studies and years of research, Total Engagement will completely change the way you view both work and play.

Can the workplace be more productive by including avatars, three-dimensional environments, and participant-driven outcomes? This grounded and thought-provoking book by Byron Reeves and Leighton Read proves that it is not only possible, it is inevitable.Implementing components of multiplayer computer games in the workplace will address a host of age-old problems. Games can not only stem boredom and decrease turnover, but also enhancee collaboration and encourage creative leadership. Games require extraordinary teamwork, elaborate data analysis and strategy, recruitment and retention of top players, and quick decision making. Recreating some elements of games - such as positioning tasks within stories, creating internal economies, and implementing participant-driven communication systems - can not only boost employee engagement but overall productivity.Of course, the strong psychological power of games can have both positive and negative consequences for the workplace. That's why it's important to put them into practice correctly from the beginning - and Reeves and Read explain how by showing which good design principles are a powerful antidote to the addictive and stress-inducing potential of games. Supported by specific case studies and years of research, Total Engagement will completely change the way you view both work and play.

“Tribal Leadership gives amazingly insightful perspective on how people interact and succeed. I learned about myself and learned lessons I will carry with me and reflect on for the rest of my life.”—John W. Fanning, Founding Chairman and CEO napster Inc.“An unusually nuanced view of high-performance cultures.” —Inc.Within each corporation are anywhere from a few to hundreds of separate tribes. In Tribal Leadership, Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright demonstrate how these tribes develop—and show you how to assess them and lead them to maximize productivity and growth. A business management book like no other, Tribal Leadership is an essential tool to help managers and business leaders take better control of their organizations by utilizing the unique characteristics of the tribes that exist within.

This provocative book considers the changing status of older workers, the evolution of public policy on age and work and the behaviour of employers. It attempts to answer the critical question: in an ageing society, can older workers look forward to the prospect of longer working lives with choice and security and make successful transitions to retirement? Ageing Labour Forces challenges the current stance of many governments and observers concerning policies to extend working lives. It utilises perspectives and case studies from public policy, employment policy and the attitudes and behaviour of older people. Philip Taylor argues that older workers have been at the forefront of industrialized society's efforts to respond to the crisis facing social welfare systems and the economic threats associated with population ageing. Their involvement has forced the restructuring of economies, adjustments to social welfare systems as well as redefinitions to the actual concept of old age. Containing contributions from leading researchers in a number of countries, this work will appeal to academics and researchers interested in work, ageing and public policy as well as labour economics.

It's a fact of life: birds flock, fish school, people “tribe.” Malcolm Gladwell and other authors have written about how the fact that humans are genetically programmed to form “tribes” of 20-150 people has proven true throughout our species'history. Every company in the word consists of an interconnected network of tribes (A tribe is defined as a group of between 20 and 150 people in which everyone knows everyone else, or at least knows of everyone else).In Tribal Leadership, Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright show corporate leaders how to first assess their company's tribal culture and then raise their companies'tribes to unprecedented heights of success. In a rigorous eight-year study of approximately 24,000 people in over two dozen corporations, Logan, King, and Fischer-Wright discovered a common theme: the success of a company depends on its tribes, the strength of its tribes is determined by the tribal culture, and a thriving corporate culture can be established by an effective tribal leader. Tribal Leadership will show leaders how to employ their companies'tribes to maximize productivity and profit: the author's research, backed up with interviews ranging from Brian France (CEO of NASCAR) to “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams, shows that over three quarters of the organizations they've studied have tribal cultures that are adequate at best.

Karl Albrecht defines social intelligence (SI) as the ability to get along well with others while winning their cooperation. SI is a combination of sensitivity to the needs and interests of others, sometimes called your “social radar,” an attitude of generosity and consideration, and a set of practical skills for interacting successfully with people in any setting. Social Intelligence provides a highly accessible and comprehensive model for describing, assessing, and developing social intelligence at a personal level. This book is filled with intriguing concepts, enlightening examples, stories, cases, situational strategies, and a self-assessment tool – all designed to help you learn to navigate social situations more successfully.

Organization Design looks at how you need to change the ways your organization does things in order to increase productivity, performance, and profit. Providing the knowledge and method to handle the kind of recurring organisational change that all businesses face, those which do not involve transforming the entire enterprise but which necessitate significant change at the business unit, divisional, functional, facility or local levels. The problem lies in knowing what needs to change and how to change it. Taking the organisation as a designed system, it describes four major elements of organizations: the work - the basic tasks to be done by the organisation and its parts, the people - characteristics of individuals in the organization, formal organization - structures eg the organisation hierarchy, processes, and methods that are formally created to get individuals to perform tasks, informal organization - emerging arrangements including variations to the norm, processes, and relationships, commonly described as the culture or'the way we do things round here'. The way these four elements relate, combine and interact affects productivity, performance and profit. Most books on this subject target a wide management audience rather than HR, this is specifically written for HR practitioners and line managers working together to achieve the goal. It clarifies why and how organisations need to be in a state of readiness to design or redesign and emphasises that people as well as business processes must be part of design considerations.

Based on twelve years involvement with more two thousand MBAs, managers and professionals, Maximum Performance is a comprehensive analysis of leading and managing people set against a backdrop of accelerating organizational, business and technological change. It covers traditional topics - such as personal performance and stress management, employee motivation and performance, power and politics, communication skills and leading and managing change, as well as more contemporary issues, such as business ethics in a global economy and leadership in high-tech and virtual organizations. It also looks at how leaders and managers can create cultures to promote essential modern organizational competencies such as creativity and innovation, the effective dissemination and use of knowledge and intellectual capital, and creating systemic intelligent learning capabilities amongst employees.Maximum Performance represents a distillation of the best practical ideas about leadership and people management of recent times, condensed into a form that busy managers and professionals can assimilate and make immediate use of at work in large, medium-sized or small organizations, and in the public or private sector.

News of a merger or acquisition is a big event in the life of a company, which stirs uncertainty, anxiety and fear. The changes, redundancies and so on, that often follow this news, are a further source of turmoil for the employees of both companies involved. There is no magic formula to avoid these effects completely. However, good planning, communication and human resource practice can mitigate the worst of them; keep everyone that matters on board; and ensure that the new organization maintains your reputation for sensitive people management. Get it wrong, on the other hand, and you may lose the very people you were most anxious to keep; put the success of the process at risk and even face employment tribunals or other legal proceedings. In addition, imagine how these processes are complicated by any transnational elements. James F. Klein and Robert-Charles Kahn provide a practical, hands-on guide to successfully integrating HR functions following any merger or acquisition within Europe. The book guides you step by step, providing the methodology, tools, sequence of events and necessary material. It includes comparative tables, tips and stories illustrating the differences, specific issues and pitfalls that are particular to the different European countries. 20 years of human resources experience across companies in continental Europe has gone into creating this blueprint to successfully implementing the people side of successful mergers and acquisitions.

Team building remains a key component to a successful work environment. With The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Team Building, learn:• Quick and easy guidance on making America's newest way of working for your team• Idiot-proof steps for creating a team and getting the most out of it• Down-to-earth advice on training, delegating, communicating, setting goals, and more“Dr. Pell has written a delightfully entertaining ‘how-to'manual that is not only a prime training tool for new team leaders, but a reference guide for all managers, regardless of their level of proficiency and experience... this book is a must-read.”—Franklin C. Ashby, Ph.D., president of Manchester Training

The most successful organizations add a healthy dose of play into their daily or weekly routines. In fact, research has shown that when people actually enjoy their jobs they're more creative, more productive, and more committed to doing their jobs well. Companies like the Colorado Health Sciences Center and Southwest Airlines attest to the positive effect of fun at work. Both trace increased job satisfaction and decreased employee downtime to concerted efforts to make fun a part of their corporate identity. With 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work, Dave Hemsath and Leslie Yerkes offer a complete resource anyone can use to create a dynamic workplace that encourages and inspires fun-and-games camaraderie among employees. It combines thorough research with practical hands-on tools, and features hundreds of ideas real companies have used to lighten up the workplace. The authors surveyed over 1,500 individuals from organizations around the world and received enthusiastic responses that yielded a broad range of ways to spice up the work day. The suggestions in 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work include humorous training films, dress-up and dress-down days, silly job titles, awards for people who go'above and beyond the call of duty'when a coworker is on vacation,'ritual dances'at the completion of a project, a fashion show when it's time to choose a new uniform-even foam dart fights after meetings. Hemsath and Yerkes offer ideas for instilling an element of fun into various business functions-from office environment, to meetings, training, communication, hiring, recognition, team building, and'simple acts of fun.'In addition to the fun ideas in these chapters, a series of side bars, called'fun facts,''fun quotes,'and'fun resources'offer humorous and interesting facts and statements about the effects of fun on workplace performance and job satisfaction, and direct readers to useful sources for products and services to enhance workplace'funativity.'Hemsath and Yerkes show that creating a fun atmosphere in the workplace increases productivity and morale and has a positive effect on the bottom line. Most importantly, they give readers the tools to have more fun at work, no matter where they work, or what position they're in.