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  Mindful Leadership - The 9 Ways...

  Maria Gonzalez

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  Since the fall of 2008 we have seen trillions of dollars disappear  from the North American economy. Never in recent history have we  had so much and lost so much. At the same time, many have been  deeply disappointed in their leaders, whether they are business  leaders, government leaders, celebrities, or top athletes. It seems  as if the demands of this new world order are beyond the ability of  most who occupy leadership positions.            At times like these, anyone in a  leadership position is scrutinized and put under a microscope.  There are countless resources advocating different leadership  styles, but these styles tend to be faddish. Leaders searching for  solutions often adopt whatever style is currently in vogue;  however, then they cease to be authentic. This inevitably leads to  inconsistent decisions, confusion, and unhappy employees who  recognize that the leader is hiding behind a facade.       Mindful Leadership introduces  you to Mindfulness Meditation, a tool that you can use anytime,  anywhere-no chanting or patchouli required-to achieve focus,  clarity, authenticity, and the presence of mind to face the reality  of any situation. Mindfulness enables a leader to respond to a  situation as it arises, to respond to the reality of constant  change from a place of deep calm and focus, and to communicate  clearly.       Seriously, meditation and business do  mix, and Mindfulness is taking over boardrooms everywhere.  Companies such as Google, Apple, AOL, Xerox, Toyota, Volvo, IBM,  Aetna International, RBC, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, and Ford  already encourage their employees to use meditation to help them  become calmer and more effective. Benefits of Mindfulness  Meditation in the worlds of business and leadership include:    Greater focus and concentration  Improved time management  Improved judgment and decision making  An enhanced ability to anticipate and serve client needs  Enhanced team effectiveness  Greater innovation and inspiration  Greater productivity  Better planning for the future while competing in the  present  Increased ability to deal effectively with stress         Mindful Leadership explains the 8  ways in which leaders can incorporate Mindfulness into every aspect  of their lives, allowing them to reduce stress, to maintain  awareness and focus, and to optimize their effectiveness and  decision making, both personally and professionally.

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  The Happy Index

  James Timpson

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  Discover the secrets of upside-down management and doing the right thing with James Timpson's The Happy Index. 
  With over 2,000 locations across the UK and overseeing multiple operations daily for the past two decades, it’s fair to say that the CEO of the family-owned Timpson business knows a thing or two about running a successful company. 
  What makes James Timpson’s approach to collaboration, profit and success is simple: let the people you hire run your business. 
  That might seem like a simple concept to a CEO, manager or director but if you think about the hundreds of meetings, hours lost from your day by responding to emails, signing off on projects and more, you will notice that you are still working in a traditional, top-down mindset. Doing this means the team you work with only see themselves as a cog in the machine instead of the trusted, valued colleagues that they are. 
  The Happy Index is structured into lessons that will equip you and the people you work with, with the tools and tactics to re-evaluate the ways you manage your business. Offering insight into the ways in which James has overseen the family business, he firmly believes that you will see the benefits of working with an upside-down mindset, not only for financial success but also your team’s wellbeing and happiness. 
  Really, though, it’s easy. Turn up on time. Trust your team. Do your work. 
  In The Happy Index, James Timpson offers a fresh, new perspective on leadership and workplace behaviour. His insights into the economics of organisational culture are a testament to his best writing, making this book a must-read for anyone interested in business management. 
  For fans of Adam Grant (Give and Take), and Wes Streeting (One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up). 
  HarperCollins 2024

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  Effective Email - Concise Clear...

  Natasha Terk

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  In today's fast-paced, competitive business environment, we all need to communicate clearly and use our time productively. Even seasoned writers will find tips, tools, and ideas in this audiobook that can improve the quality—and reduce the quantity—of email in the workplace. This audiobook will help you write concise, clear emails that advance your business needs:Explore how social media is and is not a helpful guide for business emailUse email to improve project management as a team leader or team memberAdapt email for mobile devices and keep attachments user-friendlySave everyone time with concise, clear language.

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  Turn Enemies into Allies - The...

  Judy Ringer

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  "An essential addition to the conflict resolution toolkit." —Marshall Goldsmith, #1 New York Times bestselling author of TriggersIn today's workplace, managers, leaders, and HR professionals often believe they don't have the time to help employees navigate conflict. More often than not, however, it takes more time not to address conflict than to constructively intervene. But before you can successfully guide others in managing disagreements, you must be able to manage yourself--your mindset, presence, and behaviors.Turn Enemies into Allies offers a way of working with clashing employees that is deliberate and systematic--one that draws on the author's expertise in conflict and communication skill-building and a decades-long practice in mind-body principles from the martial art aikido.Following the author's step-by-step guide, you will:•Acquire the skill and confidence to coach conflicting employees back to a professional, effective working relationship, while simultaneously changing their lives for the better.•Restore control and peace of mind to the workplace.•Increase your leadership presence.

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  The Small Business Owner's...

  Joe Kennedy

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  An Owner's Manual provides fast, practical, and direct advice and that's what you get with this book! The Small Business Owner's Manual is useful for newly minted entrepreneurs as well as seasoned business owners and can be read from cover-to-cover or to quickly look up information in the midst of a crisis. For example:Choose among 13 ways to get new financing and the 17 steps to building a winning loan package.Weigh the pros and cons among 8 legal structures, from corporations to  LLCs.Write winning ads and analyze 16 advertising and marketing alternatives including the latest in Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization.Develop a powerful business plan in half the time.Learn to sell products and services by considering 10 possible sales and distribution channels.Discover the latest trends to quickly and inexpensively set up a website and e-store.Get taxes paid on time, collect from deadbeats, protect the business from litigation, and get legal agreements with teeth by effectively finding and partnering with CPAs and attorneys.Get a quick overview of the 14 top forms of business insurance including workers comp and medical.Looking to lease? Exploit a comprehensive review of the top 18 critical factors used to evaluate locations and 24 of the most important clauses in lease agreements.Understand the legal side of hiring, firing, and managing employees and contractors.Minimize taxes by learning the ins-and-outs of business income taxes, the top 5 payroll taxes, sales and use taxes, common tax dodges, and the latest loopholes for business owners. Filing schedules, form names, form numbers, and download links are also included.Credit cards are critical these days, so learn how the system really works and minimize chargebacks, disputes and headaches. Includes 35 important definitions and 12 ways to minimize fraud and lots more too!Joe Kennedy has more than twenty years of experience in operating and working with hundreds of small businesses, a degree in finance and an MBA. He knows how entrepreneurs think and their drive to get to the essence of an issue, make the right decision, and quickly move on. Impatient business owners will prefer this book since only the most relevant information is provided. A few bigger books are out there but this one is not puffed out with clutter and other information you already knew. With years of experience in the IT industry, Joe knows a lot about the Internet too so the content here is better than web-based searches.The Small Business Owner's Manual is great for those starting a business, operators of existing enterprises, or as a gift.

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  This Is What Inequality Looks Like

  Teo You Yenn

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  NATIONAL BESTSELLER 
   
   
  This New Edition of This Is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo You Yenn features a new Afterword by the author, and a Foreword by Kwok Kian Woon, Professor of Sociology at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 
   
  What is poverty? What is inequality? How are they connected? How are they reproduced? How might they be overcome? Why should we try? 
   
  The way we frame our questions shapes the way we see solutions. This book does what appears to be a no-brainer task, but one that is missing and important: it asks readers to pose questions in different ways, to shift the vantage point from which they view ‘common sense,’ and in so doing, to see themselves as part of problems and potential solutions. This is a book about how seeing poverty entails confronting inequality. It is about how acknowledging poverty and inequality leads to uncomfortable revelations about our society and ourselves. And it is about how once we see, we cannot, must not, unsee.

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