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In this timeless guide on maximizing teams to achieve outstanding business success, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who’s Got Your Back, and Never Eat Alone distills his years of experience coaching teams at Fortune 500 companies and startup unicorns to optimize team performance.

In The Employee Advantage, behavioral economist Stephan Meier explains why organizations must value their employees as much as—if not more than—their customers: those that pivot toward an employee-centric model will be more profitable, innovative, and appealing to top talent.

As CEO of the Consumer Technology Association ®, owner and producer of CES ®, Gary Shapiro has had a front row seat to the launch of nearly every recent major technology. He's seen tech companies rise and fall, and bankrupt entrepreneurs become billionaires. After more than four decades in the industry, he knows that the leaders who make it in tech world have one thing in common: they know how to pivot.

With so many forces of change buffeting the business world today, a scary state of flux has replaced any sense of certainty, stability, and familiarity, delivering a wake-up call to make crucial changes happen, make them happen quickly, and make them stick. Traditional approaches to change management fall into one of two categories but neither offer a full picture to what really happens in an organization. Change expert Siobhan McHale offers a third option: organizations are complex ecosystems that require a Hive Mind or Group Intelligence (GQ) to bring about meaningful and lasting change.

Throughout his storied career, Aswath Damodaran has searched for the universal key to demystify corporate finance and valuation. Now, at last, he offers the groundbreaking answer to listeners everywhere. It turns out there is a corporate lifecycle very much like our own—with unique stages of growth and decline. And just as we must learn to act our age, so too must companies.

In his classic book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking approach for tackling the perilous group behaviors that destroy teamwork. Here he turns his focus to the individual, revealing the three indispensable virtues of an ideal team player. In The Ideal Team Player, Lencioni tells the story of Jeff Shanley, a leader desperate to save his uncle’s company by restoring its cultural commitment to teamwork. Jeff must crack the code on the virtues that real team players possess, and then build a culture of hiring and development around those virtues.

Becoming a CEO is a high-stakes moment, whether it's your first, second, or third time in the seat. What you say and how you act in your early days as CEO sets the tone for how you'll be perceived for years to come. Yet, until now, few CEOs have shared their stories on what worked, what didn't, and what they wish they'd done differently. In The New CEO, Dr. Ty Wiggins, an experienced leadership advisor specializing in CEO transitions, explains how to land well as a new CEO, accelerate your impact, and unlock the most affirming experience of your career.

Der Bestsellerautor Cal Newport bietet eine ganz neue Sicht auf produktives und nachhaltiges Arbeiten – und zeigt, wie wir dies ganz ohne Überbelastung, Hektik und Burn-out bewältigen können. Auf Basis der Arbeitsgewohnheiten berühmter Denker – von Galileo und Isaac Newton bis hin zu Jane Austen und Georgia O’Keefe – verfasst Newport seine Philosophie der "langsamen Produktivität", einer nachhaltigen Alternative zur heillosen Überforderung, die unsere heutige Zeit prägt.

Firmen erwarten heutzutage von ihren Mitarbeitern, dass sie Flexibilität zeigen, sich anpassen, weiterbilden, um 180 Grad drehen können und auch ihre Werte und Fähigkeiten wechseln, als wären diese eine Jacke. Die Devise in der Personalentwicklung lautet: Wer nicht passend ist, wird passend gemacht. Menschen sollen zu dem werden, was sie nicht sind. Das kann nicht funktionieren. Axel Koch deckt auf, warum wir mit dem Change-Wahnsinn einem kollektivem Irrtum aufsitzen und wie eine Balance zwischen Stabilität und Veränderung aussehen kann.

Think of your most valuable skill, the thing you can reliably do under pressure to deliver results. How did you learn it? Whatever your job–plumber, attorney, teacher, surgeon–decades of research show that you achieved mastery by working with someone who knew more than you did. Formal learning—school and books—gave you conceptual knowledge, but you developed your skill by working with an expert.

Not all leaders have fancy titles or high-paying jobs. Every human has the power to influence, and, therefore, is primed to be a leader. By coming to terms with our ability to affect others with our energies, words, and actions, we begin to grow in claiming this responsibility instead of remaining blind. Smith and Griffin continue the “I” in Team series journey by helping all humans (all leaders) consider how they will build themselves and others with the power of influence. Through real-life stories and summarized key takeaways, the authors promote out-of-the-box learning.

Business leaders know that the key to competitive success is smart management of scarce resources. That's why companies allocate their financial capital so carefully. But capital today is cheap and abundant, no longer a source of advantage. The truly scarce resources now are the time, the talent, and the energy of the people in your organization—resources that are too often squandered.

Extraordinary times call for exceptional leaders. The Leaders Ecosystem provides nine critical essays and insights that allow a contemporary leader to meet the challenges of our time, including: Building confidence and motivation to lead through uncertainty.

What qualities come to mind when you think about a good leader? Good listener, empathetic, good communication skills, humble, and clear expectations. Whether you're leading a small or large team, How to Be a Leader by former Honeywell CEO David Cote is a resource that will help you become the leader everyone respects and follows.

¿Es miedo lo primero que sientes cuando te despiertas? ¿Trabajas por las tardes y los fines de semana para ponerte al día? ¿Ya venciste el agotamiento una vez y te das cuenta de que vuelve a aparecer? Si respondiste afirmativamente a alguna de estas preguntas, necesita una cura.

Du bist Führungskraft oder Teil eines Teams und suchst nach Möglichkeiten, die Zusammenarbeit noch effektiver zu gestalten? Dann ist "Teamorganisation" genau das Richtige für Dich! In diesem Buch dreht sich alles um die Kunst der Teamarbeit – vom Timeboxing bis zum WIP Limit findest Du jede Menge Anregungen.

When Getting Things Done was published in 2001, it was a game-changer. By revealing the principles of healthy high performance at an individual level, it transformed the experience of work and leisure for millions. Twenty years later, it has become clear that the best way to build on that success is at the team level, and one of the most frequently asked questions by dedicated GTD users is how to get an entire team onboard. By building on the effectiveness of what GTD does for individuals, Team will offer a better way of working in an organisation.

Ifeomasinachi Ike delivers a moving and impactful exploration of why equity is so important, the shortcomings of institutional diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and how we creatively and boldly design cultures centering the expertise of those who know firsthand how inequity has shaped work culture. The book examines the dynamics of normalized institutional oppression, offers real-world case studies, and provides listeners with new practices, key performance indicators (KPIs), and milestones for measuring the success of modern DEI efforts.

Meet The Elephant Hunter and get swept up in a ride-along adventure on organizational safari, hunting, tagging, and tracking a wide variety of elephants in the room. Slog through the organizational waste these creatures excrete and experience how the Elephant Hunters Paraphernalia offers the tools and techniques to free the elephants in the room and liberate their Handlers and Colluders in the room.

Taskmaster Magic is not just another time management guide, but rather a unique, immersive experience. One that promises to reshape your perspective and effectiveness on time and productivity. The program borrows from captivating aviation scenarios that will help you recall and apply your new skills in a practical, no-nonsense, yet enjoyable manner.