Organisational Behaviour Leadership

A new generation of business leaders is turning to mindfulness as a cutting-edge leadership tool. Scientific research suggests that the practice of mindfulness (a technique for learning to live in the present moment) can help individuals to gain clarity, reduce stress, optimize performance, and develop a greater sense of well-being. In The Mindful Leader, Michael Carroll explains what mindfulness is and how to develop it in the hectic and often stressful environment of the twenty-first century workplace.

Tribes are groups of people aligned around an idea, connected to a leader and to each other. Tribes make our world work, and always have. The new opportunity is that it's easier than ever to find, organize, and lead a tribe. The Web has enabled an explosion of all kinds of tribes - and created shortage of people to lead them. This is the growth industry of our time. Tribes will help you understand exactly what's at stake, and why YOU can and should lead a tribe of your own.

Team Topologies is a practical, step-by-step, adaptive model for organizational design and team interaction based on four fundamental team types and three team interaction patterns. It is a model that treats teams as the fundamental means of delivery, where team structures and communication pathways are able to evolve with technological and organizational maturity. In Team Topologies, IT consultants Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais share secrets of successful team patterns and interactions to help listeners choose and evolve the right team patterns for their organization.

Eileen Sharp and Vic Hightower were frustrated. After years of profitable, predictable growth, Swan Services was in a rut. Meetings were called and discussions held, but few decisions were made and even less got done. People were pointing fingers and assigning blame, but nothing happened to solve Swan’s mounting problems. It felt as though they were working harder than ever but with less impact. The company Eileen and Vic had founded and built for 10 years was a different place. It just wasn’t fun anymore.

According to studies, we all work for the same thing--and it's not just money. It's meaning. Through our work, we seek a sense of purpose, contribution, connection, value, and hope. Digging down to the meaning of work taps our resilience in hard times and our passion in good times. That's the simple but profound premise behind this groundbreaking book by renowned management expert Dave Ulrich and psychologist Wendy Ulrich.

When it comes to recruiting, motivating, and creating great teams, Patty McCord says most companies have it all wrong. McCord helped create the unique and high-performing culture at Netflix, where she was chief talent officer. In her new book, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, she shares what she learned there and elsewhere in Silicon Valley.

Pour agir et décider, nous mobilisons des croyances et du savoir. Dans ce jeu où se glisse parfois la discrimination, des drames humains, le racisme, etc. un acteur silencieux s'entend à contrôler nos pensées et influencer nos actes. Cet acteur, c'est le stéréotype. En une lumineuse suite de vidéos, Patrick Scharnitzky nous montre que s'il est impossible de ne pas avoir de stéréotypes, il convient de les expliciter et d'en prendre conscience pour ne pas leur donner le contrôle de nos vies.

"J'aime l'Allemagne, j'aime tellement l'Allemagne que je me réjouis chaque jour qu'il y en ait deux ", disait François Mauriac qui avait une conception très personnelle de la charité. L'Allemagne est la première économie d'Europe et le premier partenaire de la France. C'est dire qu'une stratégie internationale ne saurait faire l'impasse sur nos cousins germains si germains. Il se dit que les organisations économiques des deux pays ne sont pas les mêmes et que la compréhension mutuelle n'est pas toujours d'une fluidité parfaite.

Robert Jackall's Moral Mazes offers an eye-opening account of how corporate managers think the world works, and how big organizations shape moral consciousness. Based on extensive interviews with managers at every level of two industrial firms and of a large public relations agency, IMoral Mazes takes the reader inside the intricate world of the corporation.

O ciclo de vida das corporações é muito similar ao ciclo humano—há fases singulares de crescimento e de declínio. Por isso, assim como precisamos aprender a lidar com os estágios da vida, as empresas também devem se adaptar a momentos de transformação. Com base em décadas de estudos com o objetivo de desmistificar as finanças corporativas, o professor Aswath Damodaran, maior especialista do mundo em valuation, nos mostra que é possível otimizar a gestão e as decisões de investimentos.

Many organisations are diverse – but that doesn’t make them inclusive. Many teams are made up of high-performing individuals – but that doesn’t turn them into high-performing teams. Many leaders work hard and take care of their people – but that doesn’t mean they’re great leaders. Let Go Leadership will show you how to share power, harness the diversity of your teams and become a better, more inclusive leader, so that you can realise the untapped potential within your organisation.

Transform your workplace culture by elevating everyday actions that build trust, connection, and lasting productivity. In Leading the Culture Journey: Elevating Everyday Actions to Create Extraordinary Workplaces, workplace culture experts Natalie Johnson and Rebecca Johnson deliver an inspiring and practical discussion about how to build a work environment that energizes you and your team.

Schon in der Steinzeit, der letzten Etappe der Urgeschichte, dem Pleistozän, schlossen sich Menschen zu Gruppen zusammen, um sich vor Gefahren zu schützen. Nachts kuschelten sich die Steinzeitmenschen aneinander, um durch Körpernähe die fehlende Wärme zu ersetzen. Die Primatenforschung zeigt, dass das Verhalten freilebender Affen von Kooperation sowie Geben und Nehmen bestimmt ist. Die Pyramide von Gizeh, der Kölner Dom, die Chinesische Mauer: Die größten Errungenschaften entstanden schon immer dann, wenn Menschen sich verbanden, um etwas zu erschaffen, das größer war als sie selbst.

La libertad de los trabajadores desata el éxito de las empresas. Existe una fórmula para que las empresas aumenten la productividad, las ganancias y el crecimiento que, sorprendentemente, no cuesta ni tiempo ni dinero. Se basa en la creencia de que, cuando las personas actúan con libertad por el interés de su empresa, los resultados se vuelven espectaculares. Freedom, Inc. revela los secretos de un paradigma empresarial exitoso basado en un entorno liberador, no jerárquico y de confianza que es el de empresas tan diversas como The Richards Group, Sun Hydraulics y Harley-Davidson.

Leaders in nearly every industry have learned to keep a professional “distance” between themselves and the people who report to them - to avoid getting too close or too personal. This unwritten rule of leadership is pervasive and quietly destructive, and, little by little, keeping ourselves at arm’s length destroys trust, collaboration, and the very fabric of organizations. When Tom Gartland became president of Avis Budget Group, North America, he wanted the corporate culture to become more "open and connected" - so he started with himself. As he grew closer and connected more with those he was leading, he became a more effective leader.

Why do four in every five employees quit their job? According to research, it's because they don't feel appreciated. Maybe this employee is you. Or maybe you're a manager wanting to hold on to good people. Either way, appreciation is the key to a workplace people care about. Dr. Paul White, a psychologist and leading workplace authority, unpacks the obstacles holding you back from authentic appreciation.

Auch in diesem Hörbuch befasst sich Patrick Lencioni mit seinem Lieblingsthema: Teamwork. Sie erfahren hier, welche gefährlichen Verhaltensweisen gute Teamarbeit zerstören können und welche drei unverzichtbaren Tugenden, die einen idealen Teamplayer ausmachen. Neben der gewohnt unterhaltsamen und fesselnden Business-Fabel erhalten Sie ein praxisbezogenes und nützliches Framework und anwendbare Tools für die Identifikation, Einstellung und Entwicklung von idealen Teamplayern.

Survival fact: The people who will succeed today are those who figure out how to benefit from, or take advantage of, continuous disarray, disorder and disruption. Welcome to the age of continuous personal disruption. When even the most basic daily routines get swept up in a storm of ambiguity. When nothing is certain. When there is no perfect decision to be made. That’s why author Bill Jensen identified the 25 habits most necessary for success in today’s crazy world.

Desta vez, Lencioni conta a história de Jeff Shanley, que assume o comando da empresa da família em meio a um turbilhão de problemas. Ele acredita que só conseguirá salvar o negócio se consolidar uma cultura empresarial forte de contratação e desenvolvimento de pessoas com base nessas virtudes. Para isso, arrisca-se a perder pessoas talentosas que não sabem trabalhar em grupo e precisa convencer um executivo de que, mesmo sob pressão, não vale a pena admitir profissionais abaixo dos padrões da organização.

Aufgewachsen in einer Zeit von "no future", Jeans und Parka, Persching II und kaltem Krieg hat Gunnar Barghorn Egoismus und Ellenbogen als toxische Elemente erlebt. Der kalte Krieg fand nicht nur draußen, sondern auch in seiner Familie statt - hautnah. Das hat ihn geprägt anders mit Menschen umzugehen, Macht, als die Freiheit zu entscheiden, stets positiv und immer mit Leichtigkeit einzusetzen. Vor allem hat es ihn geprägt, jeden Menschen den sein oder werden zu lassen, der dieser gerne sein möchte.