You can tell a real professional from a fake one by the way they act, behave, and dress at work.A skilled craftsman or person provides great service. Trust, conduct, loyalty, discipline, and a desire for excellence are the cornerstones of professionalism.Managers have the power to change the company culture and instill the aforementioned work ideals. Companies with high ethical standards are respected by both customers and ...

Erin Durant's career took a sharp turn when she suffered a devastating burnout while working at one of Canada's largest law firms. Even as a law firm partner, she found herself isolated and with little control over her career. These factors as well as the stresses associated with being a millennial woman in law contributed to her personal crisis. The author describes her personal struggles to manage the riggers of a Big Law practice in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and provides advice...

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Lean In tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Sheryl Sandberg's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg includes:Historical contextChapter-by-chapter summariesProfiles of the ma...

The challenges we face these days are so great that we cannot rely entirely on ourselves, our communities, or our organizations to support us and help us stay on track. We need a small group of people with whom we can have in-depth discussions and share intimately about the most important things in our lives—our happiness and sadness, our hopes and fears, our beliefs and convictions. For the past thirty-five years, Bill George and Doug Baker have found the answer in what they call True Nor...

The proven rewards of a gender-balanced business.Scores of studies have shown the benefits to the bottom line of gender-balanced organizations. A handful of smart companies have tapped into the opportunities of today’s female consumer base and talent pool-yet too many companies still struggle with an outdated and ineffective imbalance of genders, across all levels, functions, and geographies.Now, Avivah Wittenberg-Cox brings a practical, seasoned voice to t...

Culture is the stuff that makes behavior predictable. Like fish being the last to discover water, people often attempt to change work processes and routines without first examining the culture that holds existing patterns in place. Failure happens! Anywhere people congregate, cultures exist and resist change. The issues discussed here provide insights to enhance your success in managing change.`

Moving between cultures has always been a challenge and one that humanity has tried to master by providing dos and don’ts lists for cultures foreign to us, teaching us how to hand over business cards in the appropriate fashion or how to shake hands the right way, but this only helps us to survive. But if we’re going to thrive in the global space we need to move beyond the ethno centric and national centric stereotyping and come to terms with the intercultural melting pot that surrounds us....

Fun Conflict Resolution for the Workplace (SLIMO): Stuff Learning Is Made Of is designed to assist in creating a conflict resolution process for the workplace. This constructive and practical manual deals with gossip to serious issues, and everything in-between. The book begins with information about various kinds of conflict, how to process it and make decisions on whether or not you want such a conflict resolution process in your workplace. Other subjects that are covered in this invalua...

Embrace Diversity and Thrive As An OrganizationIn the rapidly changing business landscape, harnessing the power of diversity and inclusion is essential for the very viability and sustainability of every organization. Talent who feel fully welcomed, valued, respected, and heard by their colleagues and their organizations will fuel this growth. We will only succeed in this transformation if those in leadership pivot from command and control management styles to reinvent how we look a...

Check Mate - The 16 Rules of Leadership is your all in one solution for improving your leadership skills while helping yourself grow to the next level of leadership.This is the step by step guide to the mindset needed to be successful in a leadership position.

Real organizational change isn't brought about by decree, pressure, permission, or even persuasion. Sustained change comes when people are passionately and personally committed to a future that they have helped to shape. If you want to turn your organization's cynics into owners, give them a voice in the decisions that impact their work. Consensus Through Conversation shows how. Consensus is a cooperative process in which all of a group's members develop and agree to actively support a dec...

We all need to involve others to accomplish tasks and achieve our goals, but all too often involving others seems like more trouble than it's worth. You Don't Have to Do It Alone**Alone is the Swiss Army Knife of involvement—a set of tools that can be used in any setting to get you the help you need. The authors lay out a simple, straightforward plan for involving others to get things done, detailing a practical five-step involvement process that begins with five key questions: