Don't Quit Your Day Job

Author: Aliza Knox
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0730396606
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 211

Book Description
Learn how to survive and thrive within organisations In Don’t Quit Your Day Job, former Google and Twitter executive Aliza Knox delivers hands-on, practical steps for achieving career success. Driven by Knox’s four decades working in and leading some of the world’s most celebrated firms, and featuring candid accounts of other people’s successes and missteps in global tech, consumer goods, healthcare, academia, social services and more, this book is an essential guide to integrating your professional and personal goals to build a fulfilling, complete life. The book also includes: Invaluable advice to power up your people skills and soft skills, and how to care for your career like you would any other relationship. Effective perspectives to help balance your working life and personal life and to build stamina for the long haul. A global outlook that reveals how to excel in today’s hybrid, often dispersed world of work. Whether you’re just starting your first job or you’re ready to rise to the C-suite, Don’t Quit Your Day Job will help you advance and flourish in the workplace.

Don't Quit Your Day Job, Learn to Love It

Author: Carrie Nelson M. S. Ph. D.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440152853
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description
It's tough to be an employee in today's job market. You are expected to keep yourself organized and focused on your work while meeting deadlines, communicating effectively, dealing with difficult people, getting along with co-workers, making your boss happy, and also having enough time at the end of the day to focus on your personal life too. It is enough to drive anyone mad. Employees want to feel useful, appreciated, challenged, and have opportunities for advancement. Companies want employees who are organized, efficient, reliable, effective, and team-oriented. They even pay large sums of money for various training programs in each of these topics. This book was created to bridge that gap and offer a comprehensive training tool for employees to learn all of the skills their employer wants them to know so that those employees can be happier, more fulfilled, and more successful in the process.

Designing Your New Work Life

Author: Bill Burnett
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593467450
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 401

Book Description
From the authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Designing Your Life comes a revised, fully up-to-date edition of Designing Your New Work Life, a timely, urgently needed book that shows us how to transform our new uncharted work life into a meaningful dream job or company. With practical, useful tools, tips, and design ideas that show us how to navigate disruption (global, regional, or personal) and create new possibilities for our post-COVID work world and beyond. Bill Burnett and Dave Evans successfully taught graduate and undergraduate students at Stanford University and readers of their best-selling book, Designing Your Life ("The prototype for a happy life." —Brian Lehrer, NPR), that designers don't analyze, worry, think, complain their way forward; they build their way forward. And now more than ever, we all need creative and adaptable tools to cope with the chaos caused by COVID-19. In Designing Your New Work Life, Burnett and Evans show us how design thinking can transform our present job, and how it can improve our experience of work in times of disruption. All disruption is personal, write Burnett and Evans, as with the life-altering global pandemic we are living through now. Designing Your New Work Life makes clear that disruption is the new normal, that it is here to stay and that it is accelerating. And in the book's new chapters, Burnett and Evans show us step by step, how to design our way through disruption and how to stay ahead of it—and thrive. Burnett and Evans's Disruption Design offers us a radical new concept that makes use of the designer mindsets: Curiosity, Reframing, Radical collaboration, Awareness, Bias to action, Storytelling, to find our way through these unchartered times. In Designing Your New Work Life, Burnett and Evans show us, with tools, tips, and design ideas, how we can make new possibilities available even when our lives have been disrupted (be it globally, regionally, or personally), giving us the tools to enjoy the present moment and allowing us to begin to prototype our possible future.

The Joy of Work

Author: Bruce Daisley
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 147356073X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
__________________________ ‘Bruce Daisley is on a mission to change the world of work.’ The Times __________________________ From the creator of hit podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat comes a revolutionary re-envisioning of how to enjoy your job. Do you want to get more done, feel less stressed and love your job again? Sometimes having a job can feel like hard work. But between Monk Mode mornings, silent meetings and crisp Thursdays, the solutions are at your fingertips. Bruce Daisley knows a thing or two about the workplace. In the course of a career that has taken him from some of the world’s biggest media companies to Twitter, via Google and YouTube, he has become a leading expert on how we work now. And in his hugely popular podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat, he has explored ways to fix it. Now he shares 30 brilliant – and refreshingly simple – tips on how to make your job more productive, more rewarding – and much, much more enjoyable. ‘With just 30 changes, you can transform your work experience from bland and boring (or worse) to fulfilling, fun, and even joyful.’ Daniel Pink, author of When and Drive __________________________ "This is a warm, wise and funny book which provides a terrific summary of some of the science - and stories - behind what makes work a positive part of people’s lives. From the importance of lunch to the value of laughter, this book gives witty and practical advice. I loved it and I’ve already started changing some of the things I do at work, as a result!" - Professor Sophie Scott "Don't quit yet! In this book, Bruce shares remarkable advice that may well have you laughing while you work and truly loving your job." - Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder “Bruce Daisley’s The Joy of Work is a joy to read. It translates the best of workplace psychology research into practical ways of establishing creative and liveable cultures at work—a must read for all of us 9-5ers!” - Professor Sir Cary Cooper, ALLIANCE Manchester Business School, University of Manchester “Bruce’s The Joy of Work is an important reminder of simple everyday practices to improve how we all work together, which will lead to greater team and individual happiness and performance. Great results will follow.” - Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square "With just 30 changes, you can transform your work experience from bland and boring (or worse) to fulfilling, fun, and even joyful. Bruce Daisley has pulled together threads of research and woven them into a tapestry of strategies that actually work, and that don't depend on the CEO's sign-off for implementation. You can begin changing your work culture today at the individual, team, and organisational levels with these tactics that increase creativity, productivity, and satisfaction.” - Daniel Pink, author of WHEN and DRIVE

Think and Thrive

Author: James Irvine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789811160790
Category : Happiness
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Do you think about quitting your job? Starting your own business? Becoming an internet marketer, consultant, speaker, writer, artist - anything but your day job? Do you think that in order to find power, happiness and success you need to leave corporate life and run your own show? What we don't realise is that power, happiness and success are an inside job. They have less to do with the nature of our work and more to do with how we think, and therefore how we feel and act. Leaving corporate life may change your environment, but if you are still running the same thinking patterns, nothing much will change about how you feel and act. The well-trodden success strategies - find your passion, set big goals, become more assertive - will not work if you don't first gain mastery over what goes on inside, in your mind. This is the source of all your results, good and bad. In this game-changing book, James Irvine shows you how to turn inside and take control over the way you think about: * Your identity * Your performance * Your success * Your relationships * Your communication * Your decisions James doesn't just tell you to change your thinking; he shows you exactly how to do this, supported by action steps that enable you to change ineffective thinking patterns into powerful ones. With 25 years' experience as an international banker and corporate trainer, and qualified as an MBA and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, James Irvine has an in-depth understanding of corporate life as well as what it takes to create positive change in your life. Based in Singapore, today he writes and speaks on taking back control of you career and your life for those who feel stuck and powerless. A new identity, a new way of dealing with people, and a new level of performance are all within your grasp as you turn the pages and learn how to play the game by your own rules.

Shine

Author: Chris Barez-brown
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9780241257388
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
We all have good days and bad days at work. Some days you feel bullet proof. People listen to you, your meetings run like clockwork, and you keep having new ideas. Other days are like wading through quick sand. You can't get anything done, and when the printer jams (again) you want to quit. Wouldn't it be great if every day went your way? If you jumped out of bed every morning ready for anything? You can stand out, break the rules and make things happen. You can be a bit more 'Elvis'. You can love every minute. The only limit is you: your energy, your belief, your perspective.

Unequaled

Author: James A. Runde
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119081459
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
The real secret to career success and what it takes to get ahead is EQ UNEQUALED is the client service professional's guide to getting ahead and achieving professional goals. You're smart and hard working, but guess what—so is everyone else. So how do you stand out? You need to distinguish yourself in order to get ahead, but simply being good at your job is not enough. Moving up is about soft skills, networking, client connections, emotional intelligence, and your personal reputation. This book is a frank and candid guide to what it really takes to succeed in the field, packed with insights, stories, and actionable tips based on the author's 40 years at Morgan Stanley. You'll learn how to lead, when to follow, and how to build the reputation you need to get ahead in a competitive field. This book shows you how to step up your relationships, strengthen your soft skills, and build your brand for success. Differentiate yourself and expand your career Build relationships through planning and preparation and deliver commercial results Lead effectively, increase productivity, and build a better work environment Build, enhance, and leverage your personal brand to support your own success Network effectively to find mentors and sponsors Realizing your career goals means being visible, having influence, and crafting a reputation as a valuable contributor while delivering outstanding results. UNEQUALED shows you how to adapt yourself, collaborate with colleagues, influence clients, and become an excellent boss.

Taking the Stage

Author: Judith Humphrey
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118870255
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
Many women today wonder: what will it take to get that seat at the boardroom table? Earn that coveted promotion? Or simply have their voices heard? Taking the Stage provides a comprehensive, proven approach that enables women to come forward into the spotlight and speak up, stand out, and succeed. Based on a program from the Humphrey Group that has been delivered to over 400,000 women worldwide, Taking the Stage shows women—no matter their age, rank, or profession—how to communicate with courage and confidence in every situation, from formal speeches to brief hallway conversations. Judith Humphrey provides the inspiration and practical advice for women to “take the stage” mentally, verbally, vocally, and physically. Women can make the most of every opportunity by understanding how best to: Speak up confidently, even when others don’t agree; Convey their accomplishments without self-doubt; Be assertive but not aggressive; Deliver clear and convincing messages; Move beyond “minimizing” language and apology; Find their own powerful and authentic voice; Achieve confident body language and a leadership presence. By applying these techniques and others to every communication— whether making a presentation, speaking at meetings, conducting an elevator conversation, or selling themselves in job interviews—women will be recognized as the leaders they are and attain positions of influence. For women at all stages of their career, and for managers and executives committed to supporting and guiding women on their leadership journeys, Taking the Stage is the practical, broad-based solution that will allow women to speak up confidently, gain respect, earn the promotions they deserve, and secure their places at the boardroom table.

The Carpenter

Author: Jon Gordon
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470888547
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 163

Book Description
Bestselling author Jon Gordon returns with his most inspiring book yet—filled with powerful lessons and the greatest success strategies of all. Michael wakes up in the hospital with a bandage on his head and fear in his heart. The stress of building a growing business, with his wife Sarah, caused him to collapse while on a morning jog. When Michael finds out the man who saved his life is a Carpenter he visits him and quickly learns that he is more than just a Carpenter; he is also a builder of lives, careers, people, and teams. As the Carpenter shares his wisdom, Michael attempts to save his business in the face of adversity, rejection, fear, and failure. Along the way he learns that there's no such thing as an overnight success but there are timeless principles to help you stand out, excel, and make an impact on people and the world. Drawing upon his work with countless leaders, sales people, professional and college sports teams, non-profit organizations and schools, Jon Gordon shares an entertaining and enlightening story that will inspire you to build a better life, career, and team with the greatest success strategies of all. If you are ready to create your masterpiece, read The Carpenter and begin the building process today.

The Finch Effect

Author: Nacie Carson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118238656
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Evolve your work strategy and thrive in today's high-pressure economy As Darwin famously observed, the beaks of each generation of Galapagos Island finches change to accommodate shifting food resources, allowing the birds to survive by adapting their capabilities to the new environment. Today's business people should take note: In the post-crisis economy, traditional career strategies spell professional extinction, but the fluid new "gig economy" offers tremendous potential for anyone willing to adapt. Based on her popular blog and drawing on her leadership development experience, Nacie Carson explains what it takes to make it in today's world of work. Outlines and explains five steps for ensuring professional success: adopt a gig mindset; identify your value; cultivate your skills; nurture your social network; and harness your entrepreneurial energy Builds on Carson's experience as a popular blogger on Portfolio.com and author of the popular website The Life Uncommon (thelifeuncommon.net) Features a Foreword from Craigslist founder Craig Newmark The Finch Effect offers the information professionals need to earn big, achieve their potential, and remain at the top of the work food chain.