If you want to increase team productivity, relieve stress, and be happier at work, you could hire a bunch of workplace consultants, invest in scream therapy, and put Pharrell Williams on repeat--or you could just read Humor That Works. Written by Andrew Tarvin, the world's first Humor Engineer, this a business book on humor. No, that's not an oxymoron. It really is a business book and it really is about getting better results by having more fun. Because people who use humor in the workplace are more productive, less stressed, and happier. No joke; sources included. The goal is not to make you funnier--though that may be a side effect--but to make you effective-er. You'll learn to develop a personal humor habit that's not about spitting wisecracks or telling the funniest stories, but a way of seeing work in an energizing new way. You'll build on some of the most important business skills for today's work environment, develop techniques for leveraging humor, and take action to improve your work immediately. And you'll have fun doing it. There will be stories about grandmas who text, multiple mentions of milkshakes, and exactly seven references to zombies. Oh, and there will be puns. (You've been warned.) Looking for success and happiness at work? Discover the missing skill of Humor That Works.

Had enough of meetings where it's all you can do to get through them? Want to bring more impact to your presentations, and enjoy them more? And what if you could stop the overload of information you and your colleagues put up with every day? If you're happy to think a little differently, and stop being a corporate robot, this book's for you. 'Kill The Robot' invites you to start thinking more independently about your communication. In a handful of short, punchy chapters, we'll explore half a dozen provocative communication principles which can make everything different. Packed with personal examples and anecdotes, and chock full of practical tips on how to make use of these simple ideas, you'll quickly work out how to increase your impact and your effectiveness. So, if you want to be more of an individual again, enjoy making presentations or make meetings more productive, let's get on...

As a manager, it's your role to achieve the highest possible return on the physical, emotional, and mental efforts your people put forth. A return on investment is a return on energy. How do you light a fire under each employee when most of them are working at only a fraction of their potential? In this essential guide, business leadership expert Brian Tracy shows you how to unlock superstar potential from everyone on your work team. Based on decades of research and thousands of hours maximizing personal and organizational performance, Tracy shares the hard and fast secrets of what you can do (and what you should stop doing) to inspire your employees to reach peak performance. In Full Engagement!, you will learn how to: create a high-trust work environment drive out the fears that hold your people back set clear goals and objectives unlock the potential of each person motivate and inspire employees to greater height trigger the "X Factor" that maximizes productivity recognize, reward, and reinforce their efforts that energizes each team member Your ability to channel the human energies of your staff into higher levels of productivity and performance is the yardstick by which your ability as an executive will be measured. In these tough economic times, everyone is expected to produce more with less. The only way to succeed is to consistently inspire your people to perform at their absolute best.?Full Engagement! provides you with the keys to unlocking not just the hidden drive and abilities that exist within every one of your people but also your own.