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The Cure for Burnout by
"An empowering guidebook to combatting burnout . . . Emily Ballesteros's advice is useful and practical, especially for young workers eager to reclaim their time and energy."--Charles Duhigg, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better Is dread the first thing you feel when you wake up in the morning? Are you working in the evenings and on weekends to catch up? Have you already beat burnout once, only to find it creeping back? If you answered yes to any of these, you're in need of a cure for burnout. In The Cure for Burnout, burnout management coach and TikTok influencer Emily Ballesteros combines scientific and cultural research, her expertise in organizational psychology, and the tried-and-true strategies she's successfully implemented with clients around the globe to demystify burnout for our post-pandemic world - and set you on a path toward a life of personal and professional balance. Ballesteros outlines five areas in which you can build healthy habits to combat burnout--mindset, personal care, time management, boundaries, and stress management. She offers clear, easy-to-implement tools to help you find greater balance, energy, and fulfillment, showing you how to: * break burnout habits that keep you in a pattern of chronic overwhelm * create sustainable work/life balance through predictable personal care * get more done in less time while creating forward momentum toward a meaningful life * identify and set your personal and professional limits, guilt-free * master your stress and detach from your stressors. The Cure for Burnout provides a holistic method for burnout management to address the epidemic of our always-on, chronically overextended culture, empowering us to reclaim control of our own lives once and for all.
Call Number: 158.723 BALISBN: 9780593596319Publication Date: 2024-02-13
Student Stress in Higher Education by
In the realm of higher education, the journey to academic success is often accompanied by an array of challenges, particularly in the form of stress and its profound impact on mental health. The multifaceted nature of these challenges, stemming from a variety of factors, has sparked significant interest among scholars and educators alike. Student Stress in Higher Education delves into the intricate interplay between stressors, coping mechanisms, and the psychological well-being of students within higher education institutions. This book addresses a conspicuous gap in existing literature, meticulously examining the dimensions of stress uniquely experienced in higher education settings. As the transition from secondary education to university life proves to be a pivotal juncture, the findings presented in this book carry implications for university management, students, and parents alike. The chapters contained within illuminate various facets of this complex issue. From the barriers obstructing effective stress management to the gender disparities in mental health experiences, each chapter dissects a critical aspect of the overarching theme. Furthermore, the text underscores the significance of adaptive coping strategies while cautioning against maladaptive responses. The insights garnered from these chapters hold potential to reshape institutional approaches to mental health awareness and support. This book serves as a beacon of knowledge for a diverse readership. Scholars seeking to explore the nuanced landscape of student well-being will find this volume to be an indispensable resource. Administrators and counselors entrusted with the welfare of students will discover pragmatic approaches to aid students in acclimating to the challenges of higher education. From gender-specific stress manifestations to the intricacies of institutional mental health provision, this book delivers a holistic perspective. In the fast-paced milieu of higher education, the mental health and wellbeing of students remains a cornerstone of their success. Student Stress in Higher Education not only uncovers the underexplored intricacies of this subject but also extends a guiding hand to those navigating these complexities.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9798369307106Publication Date: 2023-12-07
Mindfulness for the Wandering Mind by
Reduce your stress level and become happier and more productive in work and personal life Written by a monk-turned-leadership-guru, Mindfulness For the Wandering Mind offers unique insight on how you can focus your mind, become more resilient, respond better to conflict, and build stronger professional (and personal) relationships. It's all possible when you begin to understand how your mind works and take control of this complicated mechanism. This book will show you how to identify and close the "apps" that are constantly running in your own mind, so you can eliminate distractions and find greater peace and productivity in your daily life. In this book, you'll find specific meditation processes and actions you can take to help you succeed as you begin or continue your journey. Through presentations and talks across the country, author Pandit Dasa has offered his wisdom on applying mindfulness in the workplace. In this book, he shares his wisdom with you, revealing that, no matter what your external circumstances or environment, you can find the time and space to reflect and unlock the benefits of mindfulness. Reduce stress and anxiety by eliminating unnecessary distractions and closing unused "apps" in your mind Harness the principles of forgiveness, patience, compassion, and selflessness to improve work-life balance and mental health for yourself and your employees Break through the stigma surrounding mental health concerns and identify the obstacles that are keeping you from happiness and fulfilment Complete reflection questions and exercises to develop a deeper awareness of how your mind works--and what you can do to improve it Mindfulness For the Wandering Mind is for anyone who is looking for a solution to the constant feelings overwhelm, distraction, and anxiety that plague us in today's fast-paced, media-saturated world. Teach your brain how to block out the noise and find focus, and observe the radical transformation that mindfulness can make in your life.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781394197637Publication Date: 2023-08-08
The Stress Prescription by
"A preeminent expert sheds light on how to handle the daily hassles of life. It's not just a manual for managing stress--it's a toolkit for preventing it." --Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again From world-renowned psychologist and New York Times-bestselling author Dr. Elissa Epel, a simple yet powerful plan to turn your stress into your strength in just seven days We can't avoid stress. But we can embrace it and transform it. Whether we're facing deadlines, difficulties with family or friends, personal crises, or just the uncertainty of the world--stress is the ocean we swim in. Even our negative thoughts can trigger our body's stress response so we rarely experience periods of ease and deep restoration. In The Stress Prescription, Dr. Epel distills decades of research, infused with wisdom, into a practical yet transformative seven-day plan of science-based techniques that can help you harness stress through more positive challenge and purpose.
Call Number: BF575.S75 E64 2022ISBN: 9780143136644Publication Date: 2022-12-27
Self-Care and Stress Management for Academic Well-Being by
Self-care is a topic that is often challenging in education. Educators are required to learn to teach, advise, and cope with organizational change as well as encourage their students to take responsibility for their actions, say no, identify burnout, establish a network of family and friends, schedule breaks, do things they enjoy, and take care of themselves physically. However, teachers often do not follow these guidelines themselves. It is important that teachers allow themselves the time and space to do the same things that they insist their students do. Moreover, it is important that administrators recognize and support these efforts as well. Self-Care and Stress Management for Academic Well-Being discusses why self-care for educators is needed in order for them to sustain the growth of the students at their institutions. It explores the ways in which educators devote themselves to helping students develop their creativity and their academic voices but do not always give themselves the same permission. Covering a range of topics such as physical care, stress, and self-advocacy, this reference work is ideal for researchers, academicians, practitioners, scholars, administrators, instructors, and students.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781668423349Publication Date: 2022-06-24
Stress Management Through Mind Engineering by
Experiencing stress in our everyday life is only human. Be it altercations with peers, upcoming deadlines or unnerving life events which can't be controlled. There's good stress that motivates us, and there's stress that's unhealthy; it controls our thoughts and feelings, leading to insomnia, heart diseases and even mental health issues. So how do we stop sweating over small things and start living blissfully? Through mind engineering, we can! Stress Management through Mind Engineering takes the readers through the process of mind engineering to help them create a stress-less mind. A mind that can bear the force of the external environment by tapping the power within. Read this book to not only win over stress but also eliminate the risk of burnouts, understand the cause of high stress, reflect on one's actions and behavior and ultimately live a happier, healthier life.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9789354793141Publication Date: 2022-02-14
Practical Stress Management by
Practical Stress Management, Eighth Edition emphasizes a positive approach to stress management, covering topics such as relaxation techniques, coping with anxiety, managing anger, communication skills, exercise and nutrition. In this edition, the authors cover the latest advances in stress management, as well as stress related to the use of technology in education. The context of disasters, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, is also incorporated throughout. The workbook describes some of the surreptitious meditation techniques from India not described before in any text. Worksheets and Thoughts for Reflection boxes help users determine their own level of stress to apply effective stress management techniques. Presents techniques for managing personal distress Covers a range of topics to help manage stress, from meditation to nutrition Includes a companion website with audio guided relaxation techniques, learning modules and a sample syllabus
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9780323986335Publication Date: 2022-02-09
I Didn't Do the Thing Today by
How to release productivity guilt and embrace the hidden values in our daily lives. Any given day brings a never-ending list of things to do. There's the work thing, the catch-up thing, the laundry thing, the creative thing, the exercise thing, the family thing, the thing we don't want to do, and the thing we've been putting off, despite it being the most important thing. Even on days when we get a lot done, the thing left undone can leave us feeling guilty, anxious, or disappointed. After five years of searching for the secret to productivity, Madeleine Dore discovered there isn't one. Instead, we're being set up to fail. I Didn't Do the Thing Today is the inspiring call to take productivity off its pedestal--by dismantling our comparison to others, aspirational routines, and the unrealistic notions of what can be done in a day, we can finally embrace the joyful messiness and unpredictability of life. For anyone who has ever felt the pressure to do more, be more, achieve more, this antidote to our doing-obsession is the permission slip we all need to find our own way.
Call Number: BF575.G8 D67 2022ISBN: 9780593419137Publication Date: 2022-01-11
Mindful Strategies for Helping College Students Manage Stress by
This practical resource offers a much-needed introduction to the why, what, and how of supporting college students through mindfulness and stress-releasing strategies. Higher education professionals are in a unique position to support, coach, and teach strategies with students to manage anxiety and emotional distress and improve well-being. Drawing on experience from the disciplines of Mental Health, Counseling, and Student Affairs, the authors provide evidence-based practices and tangible techniques supported by the latest brain-based research and neuroscience. Full of tools that college students can use daily to assist with their relaxation, meditation, focus, and stress management, this book helps higher education professionals who are not trained mental health practitioners to effectively and confidently incorporate activities to support the whole student.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781000362169Publication Date: 2021-03-24
Burnout by
This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men--and provides a simple, science-based plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions, and live a more joyful life. Burnout. Many women in America have experienced it. What's expected of women and what it's really like to be a woman in today's world are two very different things--and women exhaust themselves trying to close the gap between them. How can you "love your body" when every magazine cover has ten diet tips for becoming "your best self"? How do you "lean in" at work when you're already operating at 110 percent and aren't recognized for it? How can you live happily and healthily in a sexist world that is constantly telling you you're too fat, too needy, too noisy, and too selfish? Sisters Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, are here to help end the cycle of feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. Instead of asking us to ignore the very real obstacles and societal pressures that stand between women and well-being, they explain with compassion and optimism what we're up against--and show us how to fight back. In these pages you'll learn * what you can do to complete the biological stress cycle--and return your body to a state of relaxation * how to manage the "monitor" in your brain that regulates the emotion of frustration * how the Bikini Industrial Complex makes it difficult for women to love their bodies--and how to defend yourself against it * why rest, human connection, and befriending your inner critic are keys to recovering and preventing burnout With the help of eye-opening science, prescriptive advice, and helpful worksheets and exercises, all women will find something transformative in these pages--and will be empowered to create positive change. Emily and Amelia aren't here to preach the broad platitudes of expensive self-care or insist that we strive for the impossible goal of "having it all." Instead, they tell us that we are enough, just as we are--and that wellness, true wellness, is within our reach.
Call Number: 155.904 NAGISBN: 9781984817068Publication Date: 2019-03-26
10% Happier by
Nightline anchor Dan Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable. After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure, involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Eventually, Harris realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had both propelled him through the ranks of a hyper-competitive business and also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out. We all have a voice in our head. It's what has us losing our temper unnecessarily, checking our email compulsively, eating when we're not hungry, and fixating on the past and the future at the expense of the present. Most of us would assume we're stuck with this voice - that there's nothing we can do to rein it in - but Harris stumbled upon an effective way to do just that. It's a far cry from the miracle cures peddled by the self-help swamis he met; instead, it's something he always assumed to be either impossible or useless: meditation. After learning about research that suggests meditation can do everything from lower your blood pressure to essentially rewire your brain, Harris took a deep dive into the underreported world of CEOs, scientists, and even marines who are now using it for increased calm, focus, and happiness. 10% Happier takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America's spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9780062265449Publication Date: 2014-03-11
Success under Stress: powerful tools for staying calm, confident, and productive when the pressure's on by
From overflowing priority lists to power-hungry colleagues to nagging parental guilt, stress is the defining characteristic of most of our lives. Real help is here—an all-encompassing, stress-busting tool kit that goes far beyond breathing exercises and visualization techniques. Such one-size-fits-all methods are no match for the stressors we experience daily in our overcomplicated lives. Whether you have too many projects, your confidence is flagging, or you are clashing with a coworker, Success Under Stress provides a flexible array of strategies. You will learn how to: • Adjust your perspective to see opportunity instead of obstacles • Alter your physiology to get focused when overwhelmed, energized when exhausted, and calm when wired • Change the problem to prevent the stress from returning All in all, Success Under Stress offers a veritable arsenal of “magic bullet” solutions—hundreds of situation-specific, quick-acting tips for defusing stress and boosting productivity. Complete with quizzes, examples, exercises, and more, this practical book helps you gain control, exude calmness and confidence amidst everyday chaos, and achieve the success you richly deserve.
Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9780814432129Publication Date: 2013-01-02
Time Management Essentials: the Tools You Need to Maximize Your Attention, Energy, and Productivity by
A comprehensive, up-to-the-minute approach to time management to help you stop feeling overwhelmed--and spend more time on the things that matters most Good time management skills have always been an important factor in professional success, but between ever-evolving collaboration apps and the more recent pandemic-related workplace shifts, the tools and even the principles behind them have changed. In Time Management Essentials, you'll get the comprehensive, up-to-date information you need to manage your time with a values-based approach. With years of experience in crisis communication and a dedication to helping clients stop feeling overwhelmed so they can spend time on what matters most, time management coach Anna Dearmon Kornick provides a step-by-step roadmap to taking charge of your time. In Part I: The Essentials, she covers everything from task batching and time blocking to avoiding common productivity pitfalls. In Part II: The Essentials Applied, she delivers practical advice on understanding values, creating ideal work weeks and establishing effective planning sessions. Finally, in Part III: Beyond the Essentials, you'll find practical tips to help you get organized, energized, focused and recharged. Filled with assessments, tool kits, actionable advice and more, you'll walk away from Time Management Essentials feeling fully prepared to put your skills into action right away. Key concepts you'll discover include: Time management doesn't begin on the pages of your calendar; it begins with getting clear on what matters to you An ideal week is "ideal" for a reason. It's not the end goal; it's a way to create the best possibility for success How weekly planning sessions enable you to spot obstacles before they happen, identify possible solutions, catch communication breakdowns, and win your week before it starts
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781264988778Publication Date: 2023-06-14
Four Thousand Weeks by
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Provocative and appealing . . . well worth your extremely limited time." --Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks. Nobody needs telling there isn't enough time. We're obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we're deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and "life hacks" to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks. Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern fixation on "getting everything done," Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing how many of the unhelpful ways we've come to think about time aren't inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we've made as individuals and as a society--and that we could do things differently.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9780374159122Publication Date: 2021-08-10
Do What Matters Most by
Time management remains a huge challenge for most people. This book shares the habits and processes used by top leaders worldwide to minimize distractions and maximize accomplishments. In researching more than 1,260 managers and executives from more than 108 different organizations, Steve and Rob Shallenberger discovered that 68 percent of them feel like their number one challenge is time management, yet 80 percent don't have a clear process for how to prioritize their time. Drawing on their forty years of leadership research, this book offers three powerful habits that the top 10 percent of leaders use to Do What Matters Most. These three high performance habits are developing a written personal vision, identifying and setting Roles and Goals, and consistently doing Pre-week Planning. And Steve and Rob make an audacious promise: these three habits can increase anyone's productivity by at least 30 to 50 percent. For organizations, this means higher profits, happier employees, and increased innovation. For individuals, it means you'll find hours in your week that you didn't know were there--imagine what you could do! You will learn how acquiring this skillset turned an "average" employee into her company's top producer, enabled a senior vice president to reignite his team and achieve record results, transformed a stressed-out manager's work and home life, helped a CEO who felt like he'd lost his edge regain his fire and passion, and much more. By implementing these simple and easy-to-understand habits, supported by tools like the Personal Productivity Assessment, you will learn how to lead a life by design, not by default. You'll feel the power that comes with a sense of control, direction, and purpose.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781523092581Publication Date: 2021-05-18
Time Management Training by
Empower workshop participants to reclaim their time. Kitchen fire or time waster? The inability to differentiate robs us of precious time and well-being. Master trainer Lisa Downs has developed a collection of complete workshops and tools you'll need to conduct effective two-day, one-day, and half-day time management workshop programs that teach how to reclaim time and productivity. Empower workshop participants to strategically manage procrastination, negotiate priorities, and exercise control over how they spend their time by helping them develop their time management and productivity skills. Complete with effective training methodologies, this book helps you accelerate learning and leverage technology for maximum efficiency. Workshop programs found in this volume make planning easy and can be tailored for the unique needs of your organization. Supplemental resources are available online and include downloadable and customizable presentation slides, handouts, assessments, and tools.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781607280927Publication Date: 2016-11-01
The Principal's Guide to Time Management: Instructional Leadership in the Digital Age by
Make the most of your time-and your leadership Is your school's vision getting buried under paperwork? Are goals constantly pushed aside for small emergencies? If you spend more time picking up pieces than putting them together, this is your book. Written by seasoned school principals, this plan of action will get you back to the instructional leadership that made you want this job in the first place. As educational technology helps you maximize your efficiency, you'll see improvement where it counts-in teaching, student achievement, morale, and resource management. This comprehensive guide features: . Easy-to-follow, single-topic chapters . Standards-based scenarios and questions . Time management self-assessments . Easily adaptable experiential exercises . Strategies for battling the "silent time thief" Tailor-made for overworked administrators just like you, you'll become the leader you want to be-and promote a positive school culture where teachers and students thrive. "The authors have lived the demanding schedule as school leaders. They provide real advice on how to keep the balance with the demands of school leadership and to give the gift of time to family and self." -Dr. Tricia Pe?a, Professor Northern Arizona University "This book should be a must read for every practicing or aspiring administrator. The authors take a fresh look at time management issues while maintaining a focus on principles of effective leadership and applications of emerging technology." -Chris Hubbuch, Principal Excelsior Springs Middle School, MO.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781544360331Publication Date: 2016
The Organized Mind by
New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details. The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we're expected to make more - and faster - decisions about our lives than ever before. No wonder, then, that the average American reports frequently losing car keys or reading glasses, missing appointments, and feeling worn out by the effort required just to keep up. But somehow some people become quite accomplished at managing information flow. In The Organized Mind, Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how those people excel - and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and time. With lively, entertaining chapters on everything from the kitchen junk drawer to health care to executive office workflow, Levitin reveals how new research into the cognitive neuroscience of attention and memory can be applied to the challenges of our daily lives. This Is Your Brain on Music showed how to better play and appreciate music through an understanding of how the brain works.
The Organized Mind shows how to navigate the churning flood of information in the twenty-first century with the same neuroscientific perspective.
Call Number: BF323.D5 L49 2014ISBN: 9780525954187Publication Date: 2014-08-19
The Secret to Peak Productivity by
In this constantly-connected, do-more-with-less world, being able to increase your productivity is a real advantage. Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®) and productivity expert Tamara Myles has developed a simple model—the Productivity Pyramid—which provides an actionable framework for anyone to achieve better results. Based on a sequence of steps leading to peak performance, the author’s easily adapt able system consists of five levels: • Physical Organization: from decluttering to filing—fool-proof strategies for handling incoming papers and ensuring information remains accessible • Electronic Organization: from dealing with email to electronic file management options such as cloud computing • Time Management: mastering the three P’s—Plan, Prioritize, and Perform • Activity-Goal Alignment: breaking objectives into specific, relevant, and measurable daily tasks • Possibility: identifying new life and business goals that will help you reach your greatest potential Since no single solution will work for everyone, The Secret to Peak Productivity helps you tailor your own personal plan. First, a quick assessment determines your strengths and weaknesses and pinpoints where to focus for immediate results. Then, as you reach each productivity level, you will find a range of potential strategies—allowing you to choose the ones that are right for you for truly remarkable results.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9780814433850Publication Date: 2014-02-06
Time Management by
More than any other practice in your career, your ability to manage time will determine your success or failure. It's a simple equation. The better you use your time, the more you will accomplish, and the greater your rewards will be.This pocket-sized guide reveals 21 proven time management techniques you can use immediately to gain two or more productive hours every day. Featuring the strategies that business expert Brian Tracy has identified as the most effective and that he himself employs, this handy volume reveals how you can:- Handle endless interruptions, meetings, emails, and phone calls- Identify your key result areas- Allocate enough time for top priority responsibilities- Batch similar tasks to preserve focus and make the most of each minute- Overcome procrastination- Determine what to delegate and what to eliminate- Utilize Program Evaluation and Review Techniques to work back ward from the future... and ensure your most important goals are met- And moreFilled with Brian Tracy's trademark wisdom, this book will help you get more done, in less time... and with much less stress."
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9780814433430Publication Date: 2014-01-20
How to Design, Write, and Present a Successful Dissertation Proposal by
How to Design, Write, and Present a Successful Dissertation Proposal, by Elizabeth A. Wentz, is essential reading for any graduate student entering the dissertation process in the social or behavioral sciences. The book addresses the importance of ethical scientific research, developing your curriculum vitae, effective reading and writing, completing a literature review, conceptualizing your research idea, and translating that idea into a realistic research proposal using research methods. The author also offers insight into oral presentations of the completed proposal, and the final chapter presents ideas for next steps after the proposal has been presented. Taking the view that we "learn by doing," the author provides Quick Tasks, Action Items, and To Do List activities throughout the text that, when combined, develop each piece of your research proposal. Designed primarily for quantitative or mixed methods research dissertations, this book is a valuable start-to-finish resource.
Call Number: LB2369 .W39 2014ISBN: 9781452257884Publication Date: 2013-10-17
Slow Fix: solve problems, work smarter, and live better in a world addicted to speed by
A doctor prescribes a pill to treat symptoms of a disease instead of the root cause. The CEO of a corporation takes a shortcut to financial growth. A new mom embarks on a crash diet to get rid of pregnancy pounds. Quick fixes have become the commonly accepted approach to problems in almost every area of our lives. And yet these "instant" solutions don't work, lead to more problems, and end up taking more of our precious time. With The Slow Fix, international bestselling author Carl Honoré doesn't only describe what's wrong with taking the quick or easy route; he shows us a new approach to problem solving that works in any area of life, from health and relationships to business and community. Honoré details a new paradigm for efficient, sustainable problem solving, teaching us how to utilize time to build expertise, take advantage of teamwork, find the right messenger to deliver our message, and much more. The Slow Fix changes our understanding of problem solving. Whether we're negotiating the family chore load at home, addressing a delicate issue at work, or attempting to tackle something on a large scale, Honoré shows us ways to solve problems today that will prove sustainable for years to come.
Call Number: BF449 .H65 2013ISBN: 9780061128820Publication Date: 2013-01-29
The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment by
Time management skills that work! Reboot your entire life in three simple steps Quick Reference Guide included with over 30 online tools and 40 done-for-you routines Is it possible to keep up on life, let alone enjoy it, when you’re overloaded and overwhelmed--with work, with errands, with emails and texts, and with relationship responsibilities? You get things done, but do you get them done well? Do you have enough time for other people--and for yourself? The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment takes you beyond simple time management to provide you with the skills and outlook you need to completely revamp the quality of your life. You''ll learn how to reorient your mindset and use simple routines to accomplish more than you ever dreamed possible. Packed with tips and advice about how to overcome crippling emotions like guilt, let go of the compulsion to be perfect, and overcome the most common obstacles to a life well managed, this powerful, holistic, total-life guide is founded on three powerful principles: Secret #1: Clarify Action-Based Priorities Determine what''s most important to you and define exactly what you will do to invest in those priorities Secret #2: Set Realistic Expectations Shift expectations of yourself and others from the realm of the ideal to the realm of the possible Secret #3: Strengthen Simple Routines Develop healthy habits so the flow of your life moves effortlessly toward your highest goals A renowned authority in her field, Elizabeth Grace Saunders illustrates exactly how her methods work through case studies of time-coaching clients, and she provides a quick-reference guide of real-life example routines on everything from exercising regularly to moving forward on a dreaded project. The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment does more than help you make the best of the time you have. It gives you the tools, insight, and guidance you need to overhaul your entire life. Praise for The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment: "You don''t just need to manage your time, you need to invest it. This book offers key insights on what it means to live life well by getting things done and enjoying the ride." -- Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times bestselling author of MOJO and What Got You Here Won''t Get You There "If you lack grit--which most of us do--read this book. Elizabeth''s practical insights on how to strengthen good time investment habits can help you develop the focus, discipline, and tenacity you need to achieve success." -- Heidi Grant Halvorson, PhD, author of Succeed and Nine Things Successful People Do Differently "I love the main thesis of this book--that time management is less about managing your time and more about managing your emotions. That alone is a good reason to read this book." -- Peter Bregman, CEO of Bregman Partners, Inc., and author of 18 Minutes "From the very phrase ''time investment,'' you know this book is something special. Direct and powerful and easy to implement, Elizabeth has a key ingredient to your success right here." -- Chris Brogan, CEO of Human Business Works and New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Impact Equation “If you are going to go from ordinary to extraordinary success, you need to invest your time in your top priorities. Elizabeth teaches you how to do just that.” --Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council “This book can help you move past your blocks, invest your time wisely, and ultimately transform your life in the process.” --Jenny Blake, author of Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want “This book is magical.” --Ash Kumra, cofounder of DreamItAlive.com; author of Confessions from an Entrepreneur series; and public speaker
Call Number: HD69.T54 S28 2013ISBN: 9780071808811Publication Date: 2013-01-08
Eliminate the Chaos at Work: 25 techniques to increase productivity by
Create office efficiency and business productivity with this helpful book. Eliminate the Chaos at Work increases your business productivity and peace of mind by showing you how to create streamlined information systems, processes and workflows. Laura's proven 25 techniques are easy to implement, realistic and results oriented. Using these techniques, you can take control over your time and information to create workable systems built to reflect how you think and process information. Eliminate the Chaos at Work breaks down the everyday organization and productivity challenges you face at work into four areas: time, paper and information management as well as managing all of the stuff in your office. You'll learn effective time and information management techniques including how to: Produce logical, user friendly information management systems to ensure information is organized and easily retrievable Schedule and manage meetings that aren't total time wasters Implement a system to process and follow up on e-mail Create an organized e-mail filing structure for easy retrieval De-clutter paper files, decide what can be stored, scanned, shredded or recycled Learn what paper management system will work best for you and how to create the filing structure Use the PAPERS method for maintaining efficient paper management systems Determine which task management system is right for your needs and how to manage your tasks and projects daily using the 20-minute rule Use the 10-step process to organize the stuff in your office Imagine working in an office where you feel in control and on top of things, instead of overwhelmed. Setup a comfortable workspace and make yourself and your team's office more productive, supported and in control with Eliminate the Chaos at Work.
Call Number: HF5547 .L49 2011ISBN: 9780470878996Publication Date: 2011-03-22
The Future of Project Management: Adapting to Modern Needs by
Modern project management is different from what it was ten years ago. New methods and tools have been developed, the number of projects and members in project teams has increased, professionalism in project management has generally increased, and projects have become highly complex. Parallel to this, artificial intelligence, automation, information and communication technology, human resources management, and many other areas are being developed, which will continue to impact project management in the future significantly. At the same time, new generations of young people are entering the labour market with different needs and expectations for project work.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781527553743Publication Date: 2023-11-14
Project Management Professional (PMP)® Cert Guide by
Learn, prepare, and practice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam success with this Cert Guide from Pearson IT Certification, a leader in IT Certification learning. Master PMP exam topics Assess your knowledge with chapter-ending quizzes Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks Practice with realistic exam questions Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam Cert Guide is a best-of-breed exam study guide. Author Gregory M. Horine, and author and expert instructor Asad Haque share preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics. The book presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly. Review questions help you assess your knowledge, and a final preparation chapter guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your final study plan. The companion website contains the powerful Pearson Test Prep practice test software, complete with hundreds of exam-realistic questions. The assessment engine offers you a wealth of customization options and reporting features, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most. Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time. This book will prepare you for the PMP® exam, enabling you to Understand the key elements of the PMBOK® Guide that are critical for exam success Learn PMI's approach to project management Streamline your exam preparations via exam insights, tips, and study strategies Improve your exam readiness with a clear understanding of test-taking strategies and PMP exam question types and scenarios Understand how to plan and close projects according to PMI guidelines Master the differences between predictive, agile, and hybrid project approaches Clarify the differences between the roles of the predictive project manager and the agile team facilitator Understand how to collaborate, engage, and motivate teams and stakeholders for successful completion of the project
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9780137918935Publication Date: 2023-04-27
Innovation Project Management by
INNOVATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACTIONABLE TOOLS, PROCESSES, AND METRICS FOR SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING INNOVATION PROJECTS, WITH EXCLUSIVE INSIGHTS FROM WORLD-CLASS ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD The newly revised Second Edition of Innovation Project Management offers students and practicing professionals the tools, processes, and metrics needed to successfully manage innovation projects, providing value-based innovation project management metrics as well as guidance for how to establish a metrics management program. The highly qualified author analyzes innovation from all sides; through this approach, Innovation Project Management breaks down traditional project management methods and explains why and how innovation projects should be managed differently. The Second Edition includes exclusive insights from world-class organizations such as IBM, Hitachi, Repsol, Philips, Deloitte, IdeaScale, KAUST, and more. It includes six all new case studies, featuring a dive into brand management innovation from Lego. Each case study contains questions for discussion, and instructors have access to an Instructor's Manual via the book's companion website. Specific ideas discussed in Innovation Project Management include: Continuous versus discontinuous innovation, incremental versus radical innovation, understanding innovation differences, and incremental innovation versus new product development Identifying core competencies using SWOT analysis and nondisclosure agreements, secrecy agreements, and confidentiality agreements Implications and issues for project managers and innovation personnel, active listening, pitching the innovation, and cognitive biases Measuring intangible assets, customer/stakeholder impact on value metrics, customer value management programs, and the relationship between project management and value With its highly detailed and comprehensive coverage of the field, and with case studies from leading companies to show how concepts are applied in real-world situations, Innovation Project Management is a must-have title for practicing project managers, as well as students in project management, innovation, and entrepreneurship programs.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781119931256Publication Date: 2022-11-21
Project Management Absolute Beginner's Guide by
Succeed as a project manager, even if you've never run a project before! This book is the fastest way to master every project management task, from upfront budgeting and scheduling through execution, managing teams through closing projects, and learning from experience. Updated with more insights from the front lines, including agile approaches, dealing with security and privacy priorities, and leading remote/virtual teams, along with the latest on Microsoft Project and PMI standards and certifications and a special bonus chapter on preparing for the new PMP certification. This book will show you exactly how to get the job done, one incredibly clear and easy step at a time. Project management has never, ever been this simple! This is today's best beginner's guide to modern project management--simple, practical instructions for succeeding with every task you'll need to perform! * Master the key skills and qualities every project manager needs * Learn how to lead projects, not just "manage" them * Avoid 15 most common mistakes new project managers make * Learn from troubled, successful, and "recovered" projects * Apply agile, hybrid, and traditional project management approaches * Learn the differences between a project manager, Scrum master, and product owner * Learn how DevOps and DevSecOps impact the project manager * Set the stage for success by effectively defining your project * Build a usable project plan and an accurate work breakdown structure (WBS) * Create budgets and schedules that help you manage risk * Use powerful control and reporting techniques, including earned value management * Smoothly manage project changes, issues, risks, deliverables, and quality * Manage project communications and stakeholder expectations * Organize and lead high-performance project teams * Manage cross-functional, cross-cultural, and virtual projects * Get started with agile and "critical chain" project management * Gain key insights that will accelerate your learning curve * Learn how to respond to real-life situations, not just what they teach you in school
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9780137646951Publication Date: 2022-03-31
Handbook of Research on Project Management Strategies and Tools for Organizational Success by
Project management tools can be used as an alternative to improve and strengthen a company's position in the market. However, the management of projects has been in constant transformation. Elements such as time, cost, and scope, on which it is based, have been complemented with other trends, such as the project team, change management, knowledge management, good negotiation practices, management of stakeholders, sustainability, etc. In order to improve the competitiveness of their company and increase earned value, managers must remain up to date on these latest transformations and best practices. The Handbook of Research on Project Management Strategies and Tools for Organizational Success is a pivotal reference source that analyzes and disseminates new trends that will allow managers to improve their skills and strengthen the performance of their companies through obtaining better results in the projects undertaken. While highlighting topics such as market growth, risk management, and value creation, this book is ideally designed for project managers, managers, business professionals, entrepreneurs, academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on improving the competitiveness of companies as well as increasing their earned value.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781799819356Publication Date: 2020-01-17
Management Science Operations Research and Project Management Modelling Evaluation Scheduling Monitoring by
Due to its societal and economic relevance, Project Management (PM) has become an important discipline and a concept critical to modern organizations, public and private. With his focus on the quantitative models of Operations Research and Management Science applied to Project Management, José Ramón San Cristóbal Mateo fills the gap between scientific research and the practical application of that research, providing project managers with the tools and methods necessary to manage projects successfully.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781472426444Publication Date: 2015-02-04
Project Management by
Senior executives and project managers from more than 50 world-class companies offer their best practices for successful project management implementation The first two editions of the bestselling Project Management Best Practices helped project managers navigate the increasingly complex task of working within global corporations employing distant and diverse work teams. This new Third Edition includes the same valuable wealth of proven best practices, while following up on case studies from previous editions and offering new case studies on project management practices at large and small companies. The Third Edition offers insight from project managers and executives at more than fifty global companies in all sectors of the market. These industry-leading professionals offer insight and best practices for: Project risk management Project management for multinational cultures and cultural failures Focusing on value, as well as cost and schedule Integrated and virtual project teams Covering the latest developments in the project management field, Project Management Best Practices, Third Edition offers a must-have window into the issues and solutions facing corporate managers, project and team managers, engineers, project team members, and business consultants in today's global market.
Call Number: HD69.P75 K4715 2014ISBN: 9781118657010Publication Date: 2014-03-03
Fail-Safe Management by
The decision to look at failures for answers is a bold one. Policy makers, planners and implementers have a tendency to look through prisms of success in framing working policies, programs and results when justifying them. Despite this, we still tend to address failures indirectly by looking at risk, critical success factors, unintended outcomes or consequences, and negative impacts to name a few. As the authors say, 'while success is desirable and we plan for it, failures are inevitable and we seldom plan to mitigate them.'The authors have clearly emphasized the need to look at failures in an integrated manner by building them into the planning and budget process while at the same time identifying monitoring points for early detection that will provide critical information for timely intervention. Failures are real, and we must plan to face them when they emerge. This book will offer the necessary insight to managers.- Koshy Thomas, Head of the Outcome-based Budgeting Project Team, Ministry of Finance, MalaysiaThis book provides invaluable guidance on how to avoid the failure of interventions, whether for projects, programs, or policies. The authors note that although good design is essential, 'paying attention to details that only happen during implementation is essential in avoiding failure'. The five steps outlined are salutary, and point to the craft needed for good implementation-the range of issues which have continuously to be managed, the environment, stakeholders, resources, systems, and so on. As the authors point out, some elements are beyond the control of a project manager, but all too often it is the things that are controllable that are ignored at our peril. Good management is not sexy, but it usually makes thedifference between failure and success. This book deserves careful study by public and private sector managers and implementers.- Dr. Ian Goldman, Head of Evaluation and Research, Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, The Presidency, South AfricaFail-Safe Management provides much needed guidance aimed at preventing failure in program implementation. Considerable resources and effort are traditionally invested in the development and scientific evaluation of program interventions. Despite the availability of efficaciousinterventions, population-level programmatic impact is difficult to achieve. The gap between the availability of scientifically developed efficacious interventions and the scarcity of population-level programmatic impact is often attributable to inadequate strategic planning and implementation failures. This book promises to be of great help to program managers in avoiding the latter.- Dr Sevgi Aral, Associate Director for Science, Division of STD Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)During the discussions on the Lagos Plan of Action, the late President of The United Republic of Tanzania, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere asked, 'why projects in Africa failed and what can be done to rescue the situation'. The answer was that projects failed because of corruption and greed, and the solution suggested was to set up anti-corruption commissions to root out corrupt practices. Decades later the problem remains. What then is the problem? This book sheds light on why projects fail and provides a critical path on 'how to avoid failure' while addressing inevitable development problems. It outlines five simple steps-that are not rocket science-for development practitioners to understand and apply. Perhaps this book should have written at the time of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and the Lagos Plan of Action. He would have found the right answers in it.- Dr. Simon Muchiru, Director, Oakwood and Associates Consultants, Gaborone, Botswana
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9780821398975Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Successful Project Management by
Successful Project Management, 4th edition, is an essential guide for anyone who wants to improve the success rate of their projects. It will help managers to maintain a balance between the demands of the customer, the project, the team and the organization. Covering the more technical aspects of a project from start to completion it contains practised and tested techniques, covering project conception and start-up, how to manage stake holders, effective risk management, project planning and launch and execution. Also including a brand new glossary of key terms, it provides help with evaluating your project as well as practical checklists and templates to ensure success for any ambitious project manager.
Call Number: HD69.P75 Y69 2013ISBN: 9780749467203Publication Date: 2013-03-28
Naked Project Management by
Books about project management are plentiful. The best of those books are too comprehensive for the person faced for the first time with managing a small and relatively straightforward project, or for the student studying for a degree or business qualification in which project management is only one of several modules. But, at the other extreme too many of the simpler books treat project management lightly, gloss over or ignore some essential processes, and even get the facts wrong and give incorrect examples.Naked Project Management is an introductory guide to the world of project management from one of the world's most accomplished project management authors. Lock has stripped project management down to its bare facts - simplifying everything but trivializing nothing. So there is sound practical advice here on how to organize and manage a small or medium sized project.The book is written in the direct jargon-free style that has become Dennis Locks hallmark. Everything is carefully explained and supported with clear diagrams. It covers all the essential aspect of project management using astonishingly few words. But this book also provides further instruction by means of an entertaining case study project that flows logically through the chapters from beginning to end.Degree and other students for whom project management is an elective or small part of their course will love this compact time-saving and reasonably priced study resource.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781299056473Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Research Project Success by
The undergraduate research project is almost universally treated as the culmination of all previous lecture, lab and tutorial work. The project allows for the development of individuality and confers ownership of a challenge possessing an originality that goes far beyond the communal legacy presented by age old lab scenarios. Central to this is the magical transition of the student from a consumer of knowledge to a producer, yet the journey is often both daunting and perplexing when considering where to start and how to reach the destination using the resources provided and in the allotted time. There are numerous books within the social sciences which provide students with guidance on how to conduct a "successful" project but few can be found in relation to the physical sciences. This can be ascribed to the fact that the former has a very similar structure and procedural methodology whereas the latter can possess a near fractal differentiation into a myriad of sub disciplines and specialisms thereby preventing the provision of a single, expansive catchall text. This book adapts some of the components and ethos of the Projects in Controlled Environments (PRinCE2) project management approach to physical science projects. This is the industry and government standard and was introduced to address the common causes of project failure ie. not delivering projects on time, within budget, within scope or to the right quality. It has rapidly emerged as an international standard and most graduates will doubtless encounter it upon moving outside academia and into the wider world. It is a concise, multilevel resource that provides guidance on the core components common to almost every project within the physical, engineering and life sciences (problem assessment and contextualisation, literature review practices, sources and citation, data presentation, reporting styles, data analysis and error etc). It standardises the delivery of the material but, more importantly, links the components together by outlining a coherent procedural road map that can highlight to the student "what to do", "when to do it" and "how to solve it" procedures. The content of the book is presented through case studies so as to enhance the relevance of the processes, presents examples of good practice and, in keeping with the toolbox approach, can be readily adapted and applied by the students. The book is an accessible reference guide for students, written in a light style, suitable for dipping in and out of as required and the "how to/when to/what if" examples are presented in an often humorous light. It includes flow charts to emphasize the project planning, dissertation components etc and charts to highlight presentation of data, analysis, interpretation and error.
Call Number: TA160 .R487 2012ISBN: 9781849733823Publication Date: 2012-09-14
The New Triple Constraints for Sustainable Projects, Programs, and Portfolios by
The ongoing changes in population, climate, and the availability of energy have resulted in unprecedented threats and opportunities that all project and program managers, portfolio managers, and public planners need to be aware of. The New Triple Constraints for Sustainable Projects, Programs, and Portfolios offers a clear look at how these constraints will impact project undertakings and overlay the current classic constraints of cost, schedule, and performance. The book provides current facts and information on population, climate change, and energy issues--identifying trends and outlining opportunities in the form of a set of overlays (summary conclusions). The overlays are indexed to current changes that collectively represent a major turning point in the way we use resources and our growing need to seek sustainability. Identifying how changes in the new triple constraints will impact long-range planning, the book: Explains the rationale behind population forecasts and the likely impact on global supply and demand Highlights emerging trends in global temperatures and sea level rise, and the impacts on ecology, biology, and the marine environment without political spin Includes SWOT analyses of fossil fuels, nuclear fuel, and renewable fuels to assist in planning programs that depends upon these energy sources Provides expert estimates and forecasts of energy availability and alternatives Discusses the risks of various energy options Contains supporting Appendices and a comprehensive Bibliography Most program life cycles last five to ten years, and infrastructure programs last 40 to 50 years; the text provides a rational basis for approaching the new problems that all program and portfolio managers will soon have to deal with. It will help you identify and recognize these current and projected circumstances and risks so you will understand and be prepared to make the most of the major changes impacting the upcoming decision environment.
Call Number: HD69.P75 H3773 2013ISBN: 9781466505186Publication Date: 2012-07-20
Management in a Changing World by
Magnify your real-world impact as you lead others in a social change organization In Management In a Changing World: How to Manage for Equity, Sustainability, and Results renowned social changemakers Jakada Imani, Monna Wong, and Bex Ahuja deliver an effective and practical how-to guide for the equitable management of nonprofit and social change organizations. In the book, you'll learn how to multiply your impact by using the authors' insightful strategies for delegation, goal setting, and team culture-building. You'll also discover how to fairly exercise power in an environment that spans racial, generational, gender, and other identity divides. Management In a Changing World shows you how to: Create work-life balance for your team members in an age when we have virtually unlimited access to our colleagues' attention and time Support team members through life's challenges while still meeting the demands your social change organization faces Bridge the gap between your intentions and your real-world impact with actionable advice, tools, and resources An essential resource for rookie and veteran managers, executive directors, and CEOs, Management In a Changing World will also earn a place on the bookshelves of organizers managing teams of volunteers.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781394165841Publication Date: 2023-05-11
The Smart Mission by
Why human skills and expertise, not technical tools, are what make projects succeed. The project is the basic unit of work in many industries. Software applications, antiviral vaccines, launch-ready spacecraft- all were produced by a team and managed as a project. Project management emphasizes control, processes, and tools-but, according to The Smart Mission, that is not the right way to run a project. Human skills and expertise, not technical tools, are what make projects successful. Projects run on knowledge. This paradigm-shifting book-by three project management experts, all of whom have decades of experience at NASA and elsewhere-challenges the conventional wisdom on project management, focusing on the human dimension- learning, collaboration, teaming, communication, and culture. The authors emphasize three themes- projects are fundamentally about how teams work and learn together to get things done; the local level-not an organization's upper levels-is where the action happens; and projects don't operate in a vacuum but exist within organizations that are responsible to stakeholders. Drawing on examples and case studies from NASA and other organizations, the authors identify three project models-micro, macro, and global-and their different knowledge needs. Successful organizations have a knowledge-based culture. Successful project management guides the interplay of knowledge, projects, and people.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9780262046886Publication Date: 2022-08-16
Management Mastery and Practice Series by
Management Mastery and Practice Series is suited to a range of managers. You might be a newly promoted manager or about to step into a greater managerial role with increased responsibilities. Or perhaps you have been in a management position for some years' time but have had no formal management training, or you are an executive leader but have simply forgotten some of the basics of leading and managing yourself and others. Whichever length of time you have been managing, this series is to help you deal with people management including cultural diversity issues, systemic issues within the organization in which you work, and to develop effective communication and coaching skills, the ability to manage conflict, difficult situations, company politics and career development.The authors look at how to motivate staff and teams, understand motivation and demotivation, manage stress, build better performance with effective communications and well-run meetings, build great teams, and prepare leaders for the future. Each book includes theory, research, case studies, practical exercises, and tips on how to handle challenges - avoiding the pitfalls that can cause managers to fail. Your effectiveness as a leader-manager depends on what support you can expect from your staff, direct reports, and team members. This series will help you to build your skills and competence, developing your own unique signature as a leader and a manager.Being a leader-manager requires both skills of management and leadership. Everything you ever wanted to know about managing people but were afraid to ask covers essential aspects of both. Identifying and solving your most challenging people problems quickly and motivating your people to perform at their highest potential. Understanding when to lead and when to manage, taking a deeper dive into self-awareness and self-management, delegating to develop your team, broadening your range of communication skills in order to inspire and motivate people and managing difficult people and situations. However, the most important competence that is essential for stepping into being a leader-manager is that of self-awareness, conscious observation and understanding yourself at a deeper level to lead and manage people. It is critically important that you understand and know how your teams 'experience' you - because this is the path towards identifying what change is needed in terms of your own assumptions about yourself and others, and understanding your own thinking, feeling and behaviour at a deeper level. In this book there are clear guidelines, cases studies, practical exercises, and self-assessments to move you into greater competence as a leader-manager.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781869229443Publication Date: 2022-06-13
The Performance Management Playbook by
Highly Commended Award - People, Culture & Management Book at the 2022 Business Book AwardsThe Performance Management Playbook takes the stress out of managing people. This practical book coversthe must-have conversations from daily feedback to annual pay reviews; from dealingwith poor performance to setting challenging expectations.With 15 conversation guides to improve yourconfidence in managing performance, numerous activities to make you and yourteam less stressed, happier and more productive, as well as toolkits to helpyou improve performance now, no matter what appraisal process your organisationhas in place, this book makes it easy to dip in and develop great performanceconversations specific to the challenges you face.Learn from 25 real world examples: from global and local organisations; from 100employees to over a million; from sectors as varied as financial services,transport, technology, central and local government, TV production, mining,healthcare and construction.The Performance Management Playbook will help you move from anxiety-ridden one-off appraisals to morerewarding regular and meaningful conversations about performance.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781292370033Publication Date: 2021-08-22
Level-Up Leadership by
Level Up Leadership is the first book with applied leadership development in one comprehensive read. Sharing knowledge gained by the author for over twenty years, this book will change your way of thinking about leadership in a profound and advantageous way. is the first book with applied leadership development in one comprehensive read, gained by the author over twenty-years. This book will change your way of thinking about leadership in a profound and advantageous way. How? The book is designed to train your mind to think and act as an authentic leader. Your professional demeanor will enhance as you master the six factors covered in this book. There are a plethora of leadership competencies that can be mastered. However, this book focuses on six that every leader must master to be successful. In addition to the seven chapters, four complimentary case studies apply your knowledge and leadership competency. Engaging leaders for success begins with your own personal skill development. Aspiring leaders will learn to develop skills that followers are eager to learn. Do not waste another moment, buy this book and watch your skills increase exponentially. The additional resource materials are expansive. Make this day be the day that you begin to earn the credential of executive leader. After reading this book, you will become a certified leader. Read it then contact me. I guarantee it!
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781951527143Publication Date: 2020-04-30
Managing of People at Work: a New Paradigm for the 21st Century by
The organizational environment in the 21st century is not what it was in the 20th Century. It metamorphosed with bulk outsourcing and computer-based decision support tools, and easily coupled with low-cost PC hardware which has created improvements in the productivity of people, resulting in reduced numbers. Managers of today manage the results expected of the position rather than managing to get things done as it was expected. In the physical sciences, academia leads the industry while in social sciences like management, marketing and economics, industry leads academia. To bridge the knowledge gap that exists between theory and practice, two practitioners from the industry have authored Managing People at Work: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century. Specific new concepts discussed in this book include: Organizational framework for effective management of people Capacity planning to optimize the numbers and the costs Acquisition of Human Resources to take advantage of outsourcing and freelancers Managing people at work or work management Employee relations of geographically spread workforce Motivation and morale detailing only the effective models and a model developed and used effectively by the authors Performance management supplanting the performance appraisals Skill retention and development Attrition management rather than employee retention Roles and responsibilities of different agencies in the organization to ensure effective human resources management Tools used in HRM
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9788770221078Publication Date: 2019-08-30
The Facilitative Leader by
This book is for anyone who has either worked for or been a difficult boss. It will especially benefit those new to management and struggling to figure out how to lead a team without being too controlling. Using the foundational ideas of clear expectations, honest and constructive feedback, and personal accountability, it is possible to manage people's performance without controlling their behaviors. It is a shift in priorities and mindset, but has been proven with such companies like Nike, Microsoft, Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, United Healthcare, and many other Fortune 100 companies.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781631576263Publication Date: 2017-05-01
Fish Out of Water by
Sometimes people just don't fit in. They may not be a member of the dominant group; they may not have figured out the norms of the dominant culture, or members of the dominant culture may not realize that the organization's culture is marginalizing. As advocates for social justice it is important to notice and teach the cultural codes - the house rules - that contribute to success in a particular environment, and to dismantle the codes within those environments that target, marginalize or exclude. This book is helpful for Managers who are working to create and sustain a healthy organization culture Mentors of children who are targeted by their peers or other adults People who want to make a difference in their environment and have not yet figured out the rules for doing that What People are Saying "Fish Out of Water is a great resource for navigating ponds that suffocate the marginalized with dominant norms and values. Linking Cultural Proficiency to decoding an environment provides more tools for code switching, code sharing, and conversations about making students and families feel welcomed, included, and safe in our schools." --Angela Ward, Office of Cultural Proficiency & Inclusion Austin Independent Schools, TX "This book made me think. It is a courageous attempt at the difficult subject of who 'doesn't fit' into the spaces and places we inhabit--and why. But the most valuable part of this book is that it describes what we can do about making our schools, workplaces, and communities more inclusive, and ultimately more effective." --Nicki King, Reducing Mental Health Disparities Project University of California, Davis.
Call Number: HM793 .R63 2016ISBN: 9781506303024Publication Date: 2016-05-10
Talk about the Work by
For more than twenty years, management expert Bruce Tulgan has been asking, "What are the most difficult challenges you face when it comes to managing people?" Regardless of industry or job title, managers cite the same core issues--27 recurring challenges: the superstar whom the manager is afraid of losing, the slacker whom the manager cannot figure out how to motivate, the one with an attitude problem, and the two who cannot get along, to name just a few. It turns out that when things are going wrong in a management relationship, the common denominator is almost always unstructured, low substance, hit-or-miss communication. The real problem is that most managers are "managing on autopilot" without even realizing it--until something goes wrong. And if you are managing on autopilot, then something almost always does. The 27 Challenges Managers Face shows exactly how to break the vicious cycle and gain control of management relationships. No matter what the issue, Tulgan shows that the fundamentals are all you need. The very best managers hold ongoing one-on-one conversations that make expectations clear, track performance, offer feedback, and hold people accountable. For every workplace problem--even the most awkward and difficult--The 27 Challenges Managers Face shows how to tailor conversations to solve situations familiar to every manager. Tulgan offers clear approaches for turning around bad attitudes, reducing friction and conflict, improving low performers, retaining top performers, and even addressing your own personal burnout. The 27 Challenges Managers Face is an indispensable resource for managers at all levels, one anyone managing anyone will want to keep on hand. One challenge at a time, you'll see how the most effective managers use the fundamentals of management to proactively resolve (nearly) any problem a manager could face.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781118725597Publication Date: 2014-09-09
The Leader's Guide to Managing People by
Coaching, motivating, team building and influencing are all essential tools for getting the most out of the people around you. Commonly described as 'soft skills', there's nothing soft about the impact they will have on your business performance. This book is your toolkit for managing yourself, facilitating team performance and surviving and thriving in times of change. Step up your management skills now to get the business results you need.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9780273779452Publication Date: 2013-12-24
Gower Handbook of People in Project Management by
The Gower Handbook of People in Project Management is a unique and rich compilation of over 60 chapters about project management roles and the people who sponsor, manage, work in or are otherwise important to project success.With Lindsay Scott's expert knowledge and experience in this field and Dennis Lock's contributions and meticulous editing, the Handbook is a complete guide to the various human dimensions involved in projects. It covers everyone involved in projects - the stakeholders - including those funding or sponsoring the project and those involved in its delivery; the people-issues that are specific to different sectors of the organization (public, private and third sector); the organization of people, both real and virtual; the different roles associated with projects; the relationship between people and the project environment; the human behaviours and skills associated with working collaboratively; and the HR issues including all aspects of how to manage talent for projects.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781409437864Publication Date: 2013-09-28
Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers by
Many studies have shown that emotional intelligence is a key determinant of success in the workplace. This is the only book available on emotional intelligence for project managers. Clearly and simply, it shows project managers how to apply EI to their project goals. It contains easy-to-use checklists and self-assessments that can be applied to any project. It shows readers how to: set the tone and direction for the project improve listening skills motivate, coach, and mentor team members productively handle stress, criticism, and blame create a positive work environment and more.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9780814400760Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Project Management
Asana is a project management tool that allows teams to work together more effectively. This task based project management tool allows you to assign tasks to yourself and others, create project boards, and track completed tasks through reports over time. You can eliminate the amount of emailing you do with teammates by following and unfollowing certain projects that pertain to you, adding progress notes, attachments, conversation, and subtasks to your projects.
The free version of Asana allows you to create a project board with up to 15 members. College student groups can get the premium version of Asana for free if you request it.
Evernote is a multi-functional tool that allows a user to use it as a digital file-cabinet, note-taking tool, daily journal, task or project management system, recipe-keeper, and more. It has a large capacity that allows you to store pretty much anything you need to store in one place - any type of document, photos, webpages, videos, etc. It will take your physical handwritten notes and decipher the text within the photos. It acts as a digital Reference Tool that makes research collection easier and more effective.
Stress Management
A collection of meditation and guided imagery resources, some of them led by celebrities like Gisele Bündchen and Russel Brand. Insight Timer helps you to build healthy habits by prioritizing your mental wellbeing. The app features 150,000 guided meditations, nature sounds, ambient music, and bedtime stories to help you sleep, and breathing exercises to help bring calm to your life.
Practicing mindfulness can help reduce anxiety and depression, build positive emotions, and alleviate some of the negative impacts of stress on our bodies. Backed by the expertise of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Center, this app helps guide users through the process of mindful meditation to help improve overall health and well-being.