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Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Spencer Johnson, Kenneth H. Blanchard
Putnam Pub Group (1998)
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| This is a simple parable that reveals profound truths about change. It is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a Maze and look for Cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life - whether it is a good job, loving relationship, money, a possession, health, or spiritual peace of mind. |
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Self Matters Companion: Helping You Create Your Life from the Inside Out
Phillip C. McGraw
Free Press (2002)
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| Dr. Phil McGraw grabbed the attention of the entire country with his phenomenal #1 bestseller Self Matters. In that groundbreaking work, Phil's no-nonsense style forced us to ask those questions we had avoided for too long: Who are we really? Where do the fears, insecurities, and doubts come from that prevent us from becoming who we want to be? And most important, how do we let go of those burdens to rediscover our "authentic self"? |
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| The Anger Habit boldly exposes a common solution to the problems of family discord, anxiety, depression, and loneliness. Illuminates, with case histories, the road to a sense of control without anger. Conquer Your Anger: Learn where your anger comes from; Learn how to keep anger from destroying your relationships, happiness, and productiveness.
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Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee, Richard E. Boyatzis
Harvard Business School Pr (2002)
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| Business leaders who maintain that emotions are best kept out of the work environment do so at their organization's peril. Bestselling author Daniel Goleman's theories on emotional intelligence (EI) have radically altered common understanding of what "being smart" entails, and in Primal Leadership, he and his coauthors present the case for cultivating emotionally intelligent leaders. |
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Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
Free Press (2001)
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| This book is built around a unique vision of the high-performing organization-and the vision is built on a recognition of individual differences and the unique strenghts of each person. A truly important book. |
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Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
Martin E. P. Seligman
Free Press (2002)
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| Positive Psychology focuses on strengths rather than weaknesses, asserting that happiness is not the result of good genes or luck. Seligman teaches readers that happiness can be cultivated by identifying and using many of the strengths and traits that they already possess -- including kindness, originality, humor, optimism, and generosity. |
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| Softcover version of the authorship and style manual for researchers, practitioners, and students of psychology and other behavioral and social sciences. Includes new features on contemporary language issues and publishing standards. |
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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, Charles Burck
Crown Pub (2002)
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| Disciplines like strategy, leadership development, and innovation are the sexier aspects of being at the helm of a successful business; actually getting things done never seems quite as glamorous. But as Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan demonstrate in Execution, the ultimate difference between a company and its competitor is, in fact, the ability to execute. |
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Educational Psychology (Book Alone)
Anita Woolfolk Hoy
Allyn&Bacon (2000)
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| Educational Psychology book continues to offer the best blend of current theory, research, and practice in a completely up-to-date new edition. This book provides an organizational framework that readers can immediately grasp to help them understand complex and ever-evolving theories. |
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Evaluating Interpersonal Skills in the Job Interview
James B. Weitzul
Quorum Books (1992)
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| Positions requiring a great deal of human interaction, such as sales, middle- and executive-staff level, and general management, demand a defined set of skills, and yet little or no documentation exists to assist the interviewer in the evaluation process. Through extensive research that utilizes the results of thousands of interviews, Weitzul has devised a system to measure validly a candidate's interpersonal skills and use it in evaluating a candidate's suitability for a given position |
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| This best-selling text introduces students to twenty-two theories of development. Comparing and contrasting the theories covered, it focuses on theorists who follow the developmental tradition of Rousseau--theorists such as Gesell, Piaget, and Montessori, who believe we grow largely from our inner maturational promptings and spontaneous discoveries. However, Crain also covers theorists in the environmental/learning tradition. The book concludes with a chapter on how developmental theorists anticipated major themes in contemporary humanistic psychology |
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Personality at Work : The Role of Individual Differences in the Workplace
Adrian Furnham
Routledge (1994)
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| Personality at Work examines the increasingly controversial role of individual differences in predicting and determining behavior at work. Adrian Furnham asks whether psychological tests measuring personality traits can predict behavior at work, such as job satisfaction, productivity, absenteeism and turnover. A comprehensive review of the literature from psychology, sociology and management science, this book is the only exhaustive and incisive multidisciplinary work to assess the role of psychological testing in the management of the workplace. As such, this volume is an enormously useful resource for the researcher and practitioner, as well as for students of psychology, management science and sociology |
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Worktypes
Jean M. Kummerow, Nancy J. Barger, Linda K. Kirby
Warner Books (1997)
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| Worktypes can be a very useful tool for understanding how your personality affects your efficiency at work. Strategies for maximizing your strengths and minimizing your weaknesses are offered as well as tips for dealing with personality types other than your own. Unfortunately, the book offers only a brief description of personality types. For readers to get the full value from this book, it is suggested that they read a book with more detailed descriptions of the 16 types. (The authors suggest the 1989 book, Lifetypes, but any number of books focusing on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and psychological type will do.) Without a clear understanding of the 16 psychological types, it is difficult to apply most of the information in the book. However, with an appropriate companion book, Worktypes can be instrumental in your quest to improve your effectiveness at work |
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Games People Play : The Psychology of Human Relationships
Eric, M.D. Berne
Ballantine Books (1996)
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| Dr. Eric Berne, as the originator of transactional analysis, has attained recognition for developing one of the most innovative approaches to modern psychotherapy. Discover how many of these "secret games" you play everyday of your life: Iwfy (If it weren't for you); Sweetheart; Threadbare; Harried; Alcoholic, and many more. A groundbreaking book that bores deep into the heart of all our relationships, GAMES PEOPLE PLAY is a classic that should be read again and again |
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Essential Managers: Dealing With People
Robert Heller
Dale Carnegie (1999)
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| Practical techniques show you how to influence behavior and build positive interpersonal relationships in the workplace.
Learn all you need to know about managing staff -- from understanding why people behave in certain ways to recognizing talents and encouraging creativity. Dealing with People shows you how to communicate constructively and encourage harmonious working relationships. It also provides practical techniques to use when resolving conflicts, appraising staff performance, and dealing with complaints. Power tips help you to handle real-life situations and develop first-class people skills that will enable you to build a committed, motivated team. The Essential Manager have sold more than 1.9 million copies worldwide! Experienced and novice managers alike can benefit from these compact guides that slip easily into a briefcase or a portfolio. The topics are relevant to every work environment, from large corporations to small businesses. Concise treatments of dozens of business techniques, skills, methods, and problems are presented with hundreds of photos, charts, and diagrams. It is the most exciting and accessible approach to business and self-improvement available.
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People Styles at Work : Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships Better
Robert Bolton, Dorothy G. Bolton
AMACOM (1996)
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| With so much diversity in the workplace, it's no wonder people problems abound. Yet it is possible to overcome personality conflicts by understanding other people's differences instead of merely reacting to them emotionally. A sequel to Social Style, Management Style, this book presents a comprehensive behavioral science model for understaning four different "people styles"--driver, analytical, amiable, and expressive |
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| The classic bestseller on performance management is updated to reflect changes in today's working environment. When an employer needs to know how to gain maximum performance from employees, renowned behavioral psychologist--Aubrey Daniels is the man to consult. What has made Daniels the man with the answers? His ability to apply scientifically based behavioral stimuli to the workplace while making it fun at the same time. Now Daniels updates his ground-breaking book with the latest and best motivational methods, perfected at such companies as Xerox, 3M, and Kodak. All-new material shows how to: create effective recognition and rewards systems in line with today's employees want; Stimulate innovations and creativity in new and exciting ways; overcome problems associated with poorly educated workers; motivate young employees from the minute they join the workforce.
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The Inner Game of Work : Focus, Learning, Pleasure, and Mobility in the Workplace
W. Tim Gallwey
Random House (2001)
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| The Inner Game of Work teaches you the difference between a rote performance and a rewarding one. It teaches you how to stop working in the conformity mode and start working in the mobility mode. It shows how having a great coach can make as much difference in the boardroom as on the basketball court-- and Gallwey teaches you how to find that coach and, equally important, how to become one. The Inner Game of Work challenges you to reexamine your fundamental motivations for going to work in the morning and your definitions of work once you're there. It will ask you to reassess the way you make changes and teach you to look at work in a radically new way |
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Executive Eq : Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organization
Robert K. Cooper, Ayman Sawaf
Perigee (1998)
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| Executives, managers, and professionals all across America are praising Executive EQ and are putting the precepts of this book into action for raising emotional intelligence in their leadership and at all levels of their organizations |
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Emotional Intelligence at Work : The Untapped Edge for Success
Hendrie, Ph.D. Weisinger, Hendrie Davis Weisinger,
Jossey-Bass (1997)
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| Book Description
In "Emotional Intelligence at Work", Dr. Hank Weisinger, a leading expert in the application of emotional intelligence, shows the reader how to master the core competencies of emotional intelligence, abilities that include self-motivation, persistence in the face of frustration, mood management, and the ability to empathize, think, and hope, and how to apply them in their everyday work activities. He shows how these competencies can be applied in such things as negotiation, dealing with a difficult co-worker, improving morale and motivation, or adapting to change. Using true life examples, Weisinger demonstrates how individuals can increase and apply their emotional intelligence at work and positively impact their work results |
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Psychological Testing at Work How to Use, Interpret, and Get the Most Out of the Newest Tests in Personality, Learning Style
Edward Hoffman
McGraw-Hill (2002)
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