For some, a job is just a way to pay the bills. For others -- those whose careers fit their passions and personalities -- it is a source of great satisfaction and success. Career Match is designed to help people discover their ideal work. Using the author's revealing ten-minute self-assessment, the book helps readers determine their personality style, then walks them through the range of career choices best for them.--

Step up, get tough, and commit to your decision to lead The Leadership Contract provides the manual that leaders around the world need to step up and make the decision to lead. This edition has been updated, featuring new insights to help you chart your own path to build strong leadership accountability at a personal and organizational level. Great leadership doesn't happen by accident, but it is the only differentiator between an organization's success...

One of our most distinguished scholars offers a bold new view of the theory and practice of effective management. Named one of the best management books of 2009 by strategy+business magazine, the Toronto Globe, and Mail and Library Journal. Winner of the Axiom gold medal in the leadership category. A half century ago Peter Drucker put management on the map. Leadership has since pushed it off. But "instead of distinguishing managers from leaders,"...

The Heart of LeadershipAre you the type of leader people want to follow? You can be--but first, you've got to understand what sets great leaders apart from all the rest. Certainly, leaders need people skills, execution skills, a deep knowledge of industry trends, the ability to articulate a vision, and more--they must be competent--but that's just the tip of the iceberg. What's below the waterline? What's deep inside the best leaders that makes them...

"When it comes to work these days, we're expected to do more with less--but is this nose-to-the-grindstone philosophy the best way to run a business? Alarmingly low employee engagement numbers indicate otherwise. So, if pushing everyone harder isn't the path to productivity, what is? Supported by the latest research, this ... book argues that our best work is the product of a positive environment"--Amazon.com.

Too many of us live our lives trying to shoehorn our many activities and responsibilities into too few time slots available. Increasingly for businesspeople, fathers and mothers, even kids, (ineffectively) managing the myriad of activities has become an all-consuming chore. And we're so stressed that our relationships and job performance suffer. Why? Because we organize our time and our lives poorly: We spend five years of our lives waiting in lines,...

In a world we cannot recognize, how do we find a way forward? In this world we do not understand, how do we know what to do? When so little is comprehensible, what is meaningful work? What is genuine contribution? Bestselling author Margaret Wheatley has summoned us to be courageous leaders who strengthen community and rely on fully engaged people since her 1992 classic book, Leadership and the New Science, and eight subsequent books. In response...

Organizations face problems today that are too messy and complicated for consultants to simply play doctor: run a few tests, offer a neat diagnosis of the 'problem,' and recommend a solution. With the pace of change accelerating and globalization and specialization adding new layers of complexity, there is no time for diagnoses. Canned answers from outsiders have become useless. Well-meaning consultants often end up working on the wrong problem, misunderstanding...

Weary of pink-slip anxiety and the never-ending money squeeze? Join the millions who are starting side-gig businesses, and taking back their financial futures! Do-it-yourselfers and solopreneurs are everywhere, launching eBay stores, artisanal eats, e-books, life coaching services, apps, tutoring businesses--you name it--on top of their regular jobs. They're adding to their incomes, building safety nets, learning new skills, and finding a sense of...

With wisdom, wit, and the authority of his considerable experience as a leadership coach and trainer, Steve Chandler explains how to be the great leader you've always wanted to be. He offers 100 pithy, persuasive alternatives to the usual way most of us try to motivate others--by downloading our anxiety onto theirs. Breakthrough concepts abound including "Don't manage people, manage agreements; tell the truth quickly," stop talking; soften your heart;...