High Performance Management

Demand is exceeding our capacity. The ethic of "more, bigger, faster" exacts a series of silent but pernicious costs at work, undermining our energy, focus, creativity, and passion. Nearly 75 percent of employees around the world feel disengaged at work every day. The Way We're Working Isn't Working offers a groundbreaking approach to reenergizing our lives so were both more satisfied and more productive, on the job and off.

For decades, alarms have sounded about declining engagement. Yet companies continue to struggle with toxic cultures, and the low productivity and unhappiness that go with them. Why is "culture" so difficult to improve? What makes so many good employees check out? Neuroscientist Paul Zak shows that innate brain functions hold the answers. It all boils down to trust. When someone shows you trust, a feel-good jolt of oxytocin surges through your brain and triggers you to reciprocate.

High achievers are at the top of their game because of the discipline they have during the unseen hours. They have made a commitment to establish, tweak, and repeat positive habits in everything they do. Raise Your Game examines the top leaders in sports and business and proves that success is a result of the little things we do all the time.

Employees that don't take ownership of their work. Friction between departments. Inconsistent results. These are the top challenges that face most businesses today. These common issues create high turnover and force managers into crisis mode where they're consumed putting out daily fires. Over time, the very nature of the business changes and a new culture emerges; one shaped by the lowest level of acceptable behavior.

Introducing "Leading with Excellence," your pivotal companion on the journey to optimal project management and team leadership. This eBook dives deep to provide invaluable insights into how successful teams function and how you, as a leader, can uplift your team's performance to new heights. "Leading with Excellence" handily breaks down the fundamentals of project management before seguing seamlessly into the premise of fostering high-performance teams. Savor the chance to explore varied aspects of team dynamics, understand their nuances, and master how to bring out the best in your team ...

Ideal for every manager who wants to understand and move past their own preconceived ideas, The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias explains that bias is the result of mental shortcuts, our likes and dislikes, and is a natural part of the human condition. And what we assume about each other and how we interact with one another has vast effects on our organizational success - especially in the workplace. Teaching you how to overcome unconscious bias, this book provides more than 30 unique tools, such as a list of ways to reframe your unconscious thoughts.

How many audiobooks have you listened to on project management? On leadership? Too many, right? But no other book combines the practice of project management and leadership into one balanced approach with practical examples—except this book. You don’t even need Project Manager in your title to employ these lessons. You can be any person on any team who has stepped up to take a leadership role on a critical initiative. You’ll learn what it takes to become the binding agent—the glue—that creates cohesive, engaged, high-performing project teams.

16X Best-Selling & Award-Winning Author and Podcaster; Leadership, HR, Innovation, Future of Work, Diversity and Inclusion, and Workplace Culture Global Thought Leader; Chair/Professor of Organizational Leadership; Change/OD/HR/Social Impact Consultant; Ranked in the top 20 of global researchers in the following topic areas - "Future of Work," "Global Leadership," "Organizational Development, "Public Service Motivation," and "Social Impact" (Google Scholar); ScholarGPS has ranked him the #18 scholar in the world for job satisfaction research. In his latest work, Building High-Performing ...

Dive into the enthralling world of financial mastery with "Market Mastery," your new go-to resource for navigating the intricacies of market analysis. Whether you're a seasoned investor seeking to refine your strategy or a novice keen on understanding the forces that drive financial markets, this compelling eBook delivers comprehensive insights that transcend the ordinary. Embark on a profound learning journey, beginning with the Foundations of Market Analysis. Uncover how market psychology and historical trends play crucial roles in shaping investment strategies. Gain the ability to ...

“Nothing happens until somebody sells something.” This is a quote attributed to many successful leaders from Henry Ford to Peter Drucker; and it’s a quote that should drive the priorities of your business. This book was written for those personally leading sales teams and for every leader who has salespeople anywhere in their organizational chart. This includes owners, company presidents, vice presidents, general managers, and everyone else with “manager” in their title. Ridiculously Simple Sales Management lays out, in plain language, everything a sales leader needs to quickly ...

The job of a Chief Technical Officer is broad, ever-changing, and hard to define. Is the CTO an engineer, an architect, a people manager, or an executive? Turns out, in most cases, it’s all of the above—and even the most experienced “techies” often find themselves feeling underprepared for the human and logistical sides of this pivotal role.

During his 35-year career in the Army, Rick Lynch led 25,000 of our country’s best to victory in “The Surge” in Iraq. He came home to take command of Fort Hood, Texas, the largest Army Installation in America. He rose up to take charge of every Army Installation on Earth, leading 120,000 mostly civilian employees through the restructuring of a $20-billion budget, under unimaginable pressure from the Pentagon.

Few business topics have aroused more skepticism in recent years than the notion of corporate purpose, and for good reason. Too many companies deploy purpose, or a reason for being, as a promotional vehicle to make themselves feel virtuous and to look good to the outside world. Some have only foggy ideas about what purpose is and conflate it with strategy and other concepts like “mission,” “vision,” and “values.” Even well-intentioned leaders don’t understand purpose’s full potential and engage half-heartedly and superficially with it....

In this book, Mike Robbins dives deep into the ways great businesses build trust, collaborate, and operate at their peak level. As an expert in teamwork, leadership, and emotional intelligence, Mike draws on more than 20 years of experience working with top companies like Google and Microsoft, as well as his baseball career with the Kansas City Royals. And, while each team and organization have their own unique challenges, goals, and dynamics, there are some universal qualities that allow teams to truly come together and thrive.

How High-Level Leaders Reclaim Clarity, Prioritize What Matters, and Lead with Lasting ImpactYou’ve achieved what others only dream of: power, influence, and performance at the highest levels. But behind the full calendar and impressive résumé is a quieter question: “Is all this motion creating meaningful momentum?” In The Executive’s Guide to Getting Things Done, book creation strategist Candace Sinclair invites C-suite leaders, executive entrepreneurs, and high-performing experts into a more intentional way of working and living. This isn’t a productivity hack or time-blocking...

Being a great leader - one who drives massive passion, commitment and engagement - is within your reach. Follow the step-by-step plan in Employee Engagement 2.0 and prepare to be a great place to work.

Written for real estate agents, teams, brokerages, and franchise owners, The High-Performing Real Estate Team is an indispensable resource that will guide you toward growth while providing you with the resources to reach your goals faster.

The new female manager’s encyclopedia - how to lead like a pro and spin teamwork into value, even with little experience! If you’ve been newly appointed to a managerial position with a few years of experience under your belt…you may struggle to get used to your peers calling you “boss”. However, it would help if you weren’t afraid to embrace leadership roles - you earned every right to excel, and your boss must have noticed something exceptional in you, so don’t downplay yourself.

Based on his years as a successful basketball performance coach — training superstars like Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, and Kobe Bryant — and a speaker and trainer to major companies like Pepsi and Amex, Alan Stein brings you the keys to lasting, unimaginable success. The secret? Return to the basics. They're simple, but they're not easy. But the truth is that more connected, productive, and influential leaders and teammates find long-lasting success not with big flashy changes, but with the accumulated of the little things.

Why were the American POWs imprisoned at the Hanoi Hilton so resilient in captivity and so successful in their subsequent careers? This book presents six principles practiced within the POW organizational culture that can be used to develop high-performance teams everywhere. The authors offer examples from both the POWs’ time in captivity and their later professional lives that identify, in real-life situations, the characteristics necessary for sustainable, high-performance teamwork.