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Forcing compliance is easy. Anyone can 'make' another do a task or a job. It will get done, but when, and to what standard? High performance and, more importantly, sustained high performance can only come from engagement with and commitment to the job in hand. This book will introduce you to the art of compassionate leadership - the art of getting the best for and out of people through the fulfilment of self-worth. It will show leaders how to give their teams a real sense of purpose and direction in order to motivate and inspire them to perform at a high level. To illustrate his message, author Manley Hopkinson draws on his background as a board member of companies including ATLAS Consortium and Hewlett Packard Defence UK, his career as an inspirational speaker and his adventure experiences as skipper in the BT Global Challenge (a round the world yacht race) and The Polar Race (an expedition style race to the Magnetic North Pole).
Leadership is hard. How can you balance compassion for your people with effectiveness in getting the job done? A global pandemic, economic volatility, natural disasters, civil and political unrest. From New York to Barcelona to Hong Kong, it can feel as if the world as we know it is coming apart. Through it all, our human spirit is being tested. Now more than ever, it's imperative for leaders to demonstrate compassion. But in hard times like these, leaders need to make hard decisions—deliver negative feedback, make difficult choices that disappoint people, and in some cases lay people off. How do you do the hard things that come with the responsibility of leadership while remaining a good ...
Mireille Gansel grew up in the traumatic aftermath of her family losing everything—including their native languages—to Nazi Germany. In the 1960s and 70s, she translated poets from East Berlin and Vietnam. Gansel’s debut conveys the estrangement every translator experiences by moving between tongues, and muses on how translation becomes an exercise of empathy between those in exile.
The executive chairman and former CEO of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins reflects on the unique, results-oriented discipline he's developed over decades of leadership, which provides a blueprint for any organization to achieve prosperity. We live in an era in which successful organizations can fail in a flash. But they can cope with change and thrive by creating a culture that supports positive pushback: questioning everything without disrespecting anyone. Nigel Travis has forty years of experience as a leader in large and successful organizations, as well as those facing existential crisis-such as Blockbuster as it dawdled in the face of the Netflix challenge. In his ten years as CEO and ...
This book does what it 'says on the tin' - stating the corpus of tort law as a body of principles. Undertaken for the first time in English tort law, this book describes the law of tort concisely, accessibly, and accurately, and with both depth and detail.
What You Need To Know About “The Leadership Dozen” The Leadership Dozen are 12 specific skills and qualities that are embedded in a leadership perspective that embraces a people approach through “people skills.” Because of the importance of influence in leadership, connecting with people through relationships (with “strong people skills”) is critical to leadership effectiveness and success. The Leadership Dozen are the tools that a leader can use to strengthen their ability to influence and build strong “people skills.” More important, the 12 skills and qualities are learnable and can be developed further through continuous practice. All one needs to do is to invest time, ene...
Fulfilling a lifetime's ambition is fun, satisfying and gives a wonderful feeling of achievement. Would you like to do things differently? Do you have a dream that you have always wanted to achieve? You are never too young, or too old to get started. Catch the Wave is written for everyone who has a dream, or a desire to do something different with their life. It may be a very specific ambition, or it may be a feeling that you want to get more out of your life, but you are not sure which direction to take. Whatever your starting point this book will help you to take positive steps towards achieving your dream. This book is designed around a number of key steps to help you identify, plan and achieve your ambition. There are also inspiring case studies of people who have achieved, or who are actively working towards their ambition. Discover how to: Find your ambition Get to know the real you Set your goals Develop new skills Create your own personal action plan Identify sources of support Keep going when the going gets tough. Celebrate your success.
Goodbye Phone, Hello World features 65 bite-size, device-free activities scientifically proven to promote true happiness. With wit, wisdom, and warmth, bestselling author Paul Greenberg presents practices for connection, mindfulness, conversation, creativity, and well-being. Reconnect to life's enduring pleasures: friendship, family, romance, laughter, food, books, music, sleep, nature, art, and so much more. • Teaches tricks to cut down on phone use—the average person spends 1,400 hours per year on their phone • Filled with colorful, meditative artwork throughout For anyone who needs a break from their device, Goodbye Phone, Hello World is a rousing call to reclaim the precious hours ...
This text is a workable solution that allows trainers and staff developers to integrate online learning within a broader range of more traditional learning techniques. It aims to provide an ideal guidebook to creating a new style of training.
In a global climate of increasing complexity and uncertainty, there have been calls for a more responsible form of leadership in business and society. The relationship between kindness and leadership is therefore a topic of fundamental importance for our well-being as individuals, for the success of our organisations, and for the future of our global community. Kindness in Leadership is one of the first books to explore both the concept and practice of kindness in leadership and consider them in different societal and organisational settings. Its uniqueness lies in combining an innovative mix of personal views from leaders with explorations of organisational philosophies and practices. It op...