Organisational Behaviour Management

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.

In this path-breaking and genre-defying book, Parmesh Shahani - vice president at Godrej Industries Ltd - draws from his decade-long journey in the corporate world as an out and proud gay man to make a cogent case for LGBTQ inclusion and lay down a step-by-step guide to reshaping office culture in India.

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.

The Center for Talent Innovation's new study, Mission Critical: Unlocking the Value of Veterans in the Workforce, reveals how companies can ensure their veteran talent thrives in the corporate world.

“Un libro dedicato a chi vuole migliorarsi, a chi non dà niente per scontato, a chi è pronto ogni giorno ad ascoltare le proprie intuizioni Non importa che tu sia titolare di un'impresa, manager intraprendente, team leader o persona in evoluzione. Ricorda sempre che il cambiamento conta su di te.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

The only thing you can rely on in today’s workplace is uncertainty. Between mergers and acquisitions, layoffs and team shuffles, pandemics and recessions, only the nimble survive. Change on the Run is your secret weapon to navigating it all. Change on the Run provides a laser-focused guide to navigating your way through disruption, without any time-consuming fluff or theory. Change-management expert Phil Buckley gives you 44 tried-and-true survival strategies for responding to transitions and disruptions as quickly as possible.

Ervaar je onmacht door verschuivende fundamenten van identiteit en organisatie? Ontdek hoe individuen en leiders worstelen met deze complexe veranderingen en de impact op hun rol en beslissingen.

Given the turbulence of the world we now live in, clear and effective leadership has never been more important. But equally, there has never been greater pressure on leaders to perform and to provide inspirational leadership for their teams and organisations. If people are to step up into challenging leadership roles and succeed in inspiring others, their first priority must be to find ways in which to discover that inspiration for themselves. The Inspired Leader will help them to do just that.

Crisis Management: Recovering the Social License by Corporate Conformance expands the literature on crisis management by drawing on criminological concepts such as individual and corporate deviance by misconduct convenience. Gottschalk discusses a variety of crisis management situations, and crisis management readiness is emphasized.

In today’s changing world, where business leaders must navigate industry disruption, entrepreneurs struggle to push beyond initial success, and activists tackle hard challenges like climate change, there is a need for a more powerful way to do innovation. Too many innovators are trapped by the limits of common innovation practices. The way we’ve been taught to create and innovate for the past two decades is failing us. It’s time for a paradigm shift. To unlock the secrets to doing bigger things, this book introduces the pioneering concept of ecosystem innovation.

Le meilleur guide de management de l’année 2024 inspiré par l’expérience de plus de 400 managers ! Sur un ton décontracté, Ludovic Girodon propose une approche dynamique des relations au travail et des astuces concrètes. Ce kit pratique fera de vous un manager performant, humain et efficace dans toutes les situations.

Passer à la semaine de quatre jours, allonger le congé paternité, recruter des profils atypiques, se passer de bureau, instaurer un club de lecture dans votre entreprise... Et si toutes ces idées étaient la clé pour faire grandir votre entreprise et vos employés ? Attirer et développer les meilleurs talents ? Faire face aux défis managériaux d'aujourd'hui, avec des solutions faciles et pratiques ?

In Future Ready: Your Organization’s Guide to Rethinking Climate, Resilience, and Sustainability, a team of business leaders with deep expertise in engineering, planning, finance, project, program implementation and advisory consulting perspective delivers an essential guide for executives, managers, and other business and infrastructure organization leaders to set and implement a resilience, sustainability and ESG strategy in complex project and operating environments.

Results and relationships—managers and leaders no longer have to prioritize one over the other to build a culture of exceptional accountability. You don’t have to choose between being the hard-charging task master and being the easy-going people pleaser. By expanding your awareness to create deliberate intentions, take informed actions, and be responsible for your impact, you can achieve better business outcomes and experience greater satisfaction in doing so.