Performance Culture

In The Performance Culture, leadership expert Khalil Smith and veteran storyteller Chris Weller deliver an authoritative and practical instruction manual for every leader who wants to create healthy, high-performing cultures. The authors explain how to get your employees aligned, engaged, and collaborating with each other using compelling stories and contemporary research.

Peak Performance Culture: The Five Metrics of Operational Excellence is a step-by-step roadmap to achieving optimal organizational development in your company or association. This practical guide helps you accurately evaluate the current state of your company and create a strategy that maximizes its future success. Author Dave Mitchell, building upon concepts introduced in his books The Power of Understanding People and The Power of Understanding, provides new applications, effective real-world tactics, powerful organizational assessment tools, and much more.

In The High Performance Entrepreneur, Subroto Bagchi draws from his own experiences to offer guidance from the idea stage to the initial public offering level. This includes deciding when one is ready to launch an enterprise, selecting a team, defining the values and objectives of the company...

Improving the performance of your employees involves one of the hardest challenges in the known universe: changing the way they think. In constant demand as a coach, speaker, and consultant to companies around the world, David Rock has proven that the secret to leading people (and living and...

Employees that don't take ownership of their work. Friction between departments. Inconsistent results. These are the top challenges that face most businesses today. These common issues create high turnover and force managers into crisis mode where they're consumed putting out daily fires. Over time, the very nature of the business changes and a new culture emerges; one shaped by the lowest level of acceptable behavior.

Eradicate workplace fear and build high-performance cultures where fearless teams speak up without dreading mistakes. Perfect for your morning commute, this actionable management guide tackles the harsh realities of modern leadership. Whether you run a remote crew or a traditional office, you...

From the celebrated film critic and author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, a fascinating look at some of the cinema’s finest actors and how they approach their craft "Open to any page and you’ll become enthralled by the...tales of forgotten film lore, childhood memories, sexy...

Boostez la performance de votre équipe et transformez la culture d'entreprise sans culpabiliser vos collaborateurs. Fini les jugements vagues et les conflits stériles qui freinent vos projets. Adoptez une approche pragmatique axée sur des faits précis et des actions mesurables pour un impact...

Transformez votre routine en un fascinant laboratoire sociologique grâce à l'étude des rituels quotidiens. Parfait pour stimuler votre intellect pendant vos trajets, cet audio captivant décrypte nos interactions avec une clarté remarquable. Apprenez à déchiffrer la culture incarnée qui...

Bâtissez un leadership authentique et une confiance durable pour transformer la performance de vos équipes au quotidien. Fini les valeurs affichées qui sonnent creux, place aux actions concrètes. Ce guide audio décrypte les micro-signaux et les décisions ordinaires qui façonnent un...

Researchers have found that the accelerated pace of modern office life is taking its toll on productivity, employee engagement, creativity and wellbeing. Faced with a relentless flood of information and distractions, our brains try to process everything at once, increasing our stress, decreasing our effectiveness and negatively impacting our performance.

Elevate leadership and workplace culture by driving team accountability without using exhausting micromanagement. Perfect for an empowering commute, this pragmatic guide gives busy managers the exact scripts needed to navigate hybrid work challenges. Stop dreading difficult conversations and...

Discover how to balance learning and performing to bolster personal and team success with this revolutionary guide from a world-renowned expert on growth mindset. “An essential read for fostering learning, performance, and a growth mindset . . . I wholeheartedly recommend it.”—Carol Dweck...

Master the hidden social dynamics of everyday life with this lively guide to human behavior and embodied culture. Whether you are commuting through a crowded city, scrolling past online challenges, or sitting at a family dinner, every human action is a stage waiting to be analyzed. Satisfy your...

Transform unmotivated teams into high-performing units using actionable behavioral science and management strategies. Whether you are navigating the isolation of hybrid work or seeking inspiration during your morning commute, this empowering framework provides the immediate clarity you need...

A bestselling music historian follows Jelly Roll Morton on a journey through the hidden worlds and forbidden songs of early blues and jazz. In Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories, Elijah Wald takes readers on a journey into the hidden and censored world of early blues and jazz...

Do you have what it takes to succeed in any situation? According to a retired commander who ran training for Navy SEALs, true optimal performance goes beyond just skill. It’s all about THE ATTRIBUTES. “Diviney’s incredible book explains why some people thrive—even when things get hard...

Learn to conquer the one real hurdle to scaling your business and recovering the money it is already losing: belief. What your people believe about your business will make or break your results. The secret? It is not about working harder, hiring better people, or running another engagement...

Exception to the Rule links ancient wisdom with contemporary science on high performance, teamwork, and engagement. Building an organizational culture based on classical virtues - of trust, compassion, courage, justice, wisdom, temperance and hope - is both strategically smart and a better way to live. Exception to the Rule walks you through the steps of helping everyone in your organization focus on character defined by virtue. 

Organizations that embed evaluation into their culture and operations can pivot faster, innovate more effectively, and foster a growth mindset. Evaluation thus becomes a tool for learning and continuous improvement. Building a Culture of Evaluation leads you through how to integrate measurement and feedback into your organization’s DNA.