In the wake of COVID-19 and the massive damage it inflicted, author Gautham Pallapa offers a soothing prescription for healing in the workplace. This book summary, Leading with Empathy: Understanding the Needs of Today’s Workforce, explores empathy as a skill that can be cultivated through practice and attentiveness. Empathy is today’s business leader’s power skill. …
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The Handbook of Strategic 360 Feedback is a guide to the pros and cons of 360 Feedback, including detailed guidance on how to implement the process as well as how to avoid pitfalls such as unconscious bias or people who try to game the system. Understand the value of 360 feedback and what happens if …
Getting Along (2022) describes the importance of workplace interactions and their effects on productivity and creativity. Introduction: How a work frenemy can be your career’s biggest problem – or an asset. Think of your work bestie. They might be the person who grabs an extra caffe latte for you on their way to the office, …
The 6 Types of Working Genius (2022) is an illuminating guide to matching the right talent with the right task in the workplace. It also shows how to elevate your relationships with your colleagues – and provides concrete ways to transform your organization into a place people want to work for. Introduction: Unleash your individual …
The Adaptation Advantage (2020) explores how to navigate the future of work – without worrying about the robots taking over. It provides actionable insights on how to tap into uniquely human attributes like adaptation to excel. Technology is transforming the world of work faster than ever. At the current crossroads, you face a choice: to …
Management Mess to Leadership Success (2019) is a guide to renovating and polishing your management skills. Through relatable, personal anecdotes of fumbles, missteps, and what not to do, it offers applicable challenges for you to revamp your team by providing a step-by-step guide on how to lead yourself and others and deliver results. Recommendation Executive …
Workplace Learning (2019) argues that learning and development professionals have to offer more than the usual array of courses and seminars. If you want to help your company compete in today’s fast-moving world, Nigel Paine believes, you have to start building the right kind of organizational culture. That culture rests on two pillars: open communication …
The Learning and Development Handbook (2022) is a practical guide for human resources experts who want to upgrade how people learn in their organization without slavishly following new fads. So what’s their best bet? Michelle Parry-Slater thinks companies’ can benefit from the digital revolution, but only if they embed professional development in wider cultures of …
The Human Edge (2019) is a guidebook to help you learn skills that will set you apart and safeguard your career in the digital economy. In a world where Artificial Intelligence can perform some tasks faster and more efficiently than we can, this summary will show you how to develop your human superpowers and thrive …
Radical Candor (2017) is a roadmap for leaders looking to establish the best possible relationship with their employees. Its insightful approach to management shows how to create a working environment where great ideas emerge, individuals reach their full potential, and employees are proud to follow their boss. Genres Management, Leadership, Corporate Culture, Business Culture, Workplace …
