'A must read for anyone interested in the 4-day week' - Heejung Chung, professor at the University of Kent and author of The Flexibility Paradox 'This invaluable book offers a clear way forward: we don't need to burn ourselves out, we can work less and get more done' - Rebecca Seal, author of SOLO: How To Work Alone (And Not Lose Your Mind) The 4-day week is no longer just an idea. Following successful trials in countries as far apart as New Zealand and the United Kingdom (where nearly all companies involved opted to continue beyond the pilot), research now shows that a shorter workweek benefits both companies and employees, increasing productivity, wellbeing and staff retention. Work Less, Do More offers a practical framework for making the 4-day week a reality in your business, whatever its sector and size. Top expert and Silicon Valley-based consultant Alex Pang helps you: -Identify the best pattern for your company -Assemble your team -Define what success looks like -Think through worst-case scenarios and troubleshoot potential difficulties -Put your plan into action So whether you are a founder who wants to make the 4-day week a reality, an employee who needs to make the case for a shorter working pattern to your board, or a manager who wonders whether this could give your team an extra edge, this is the only book you need to make the 4-day week work for you.

GMAT Official Guide Verbal Review 2023-2024, Focus Edition: Includes Book + Online Question Bank + Digital Flashcards + Mobile App Practice with purpose with 200+ additional Verbal Reasoning questions and detailed answer explanations to master reading comprehension and critical reasoning. The GMAT Official Guide Verbal Review provides focused practice to master the Verbal Reasoning section of the exam with more than 200 questions that are not included in the main Official Guide 2023-2024. Book: Tackle 200+ Reading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning questions from the Verbal Reasoning section of the GMAT Focus Edition Learn from detailed answer explanations that go in-depth on how the GMAT constructs questions Gradually improve your performance with questions organized in order of difficulty from easiest to hardest Pinpoint your studying with a question index that outlines practice questions by page number, subject area, and level of difficulty GMAT Online Question Bank: Focus your Studying – Bonus: included with purchase! Create custom practice sets based on question types, difficulty level, and more options Switch seamlessly between devices Master the reasoning behind the answers with detailed answer explanations Review and retry practice questions to improve performance, including an exam mode Analyze key performance metrics to help assess focus area and track improvement Use flashcards to master key concepts, also accessible on the mobile app. The Online Question Bank is accessible through your mba.com account.

Change is happening at breakneck speed: the competition is tougher, the customer is more sophisticated, margins are shrinking, entire industries are disappearing, and everybody is downsizing-trying to do more with less.

Leading authorities in the field of change and human performance, Drs. Kriegel and Brandt show you how to keep ahead of these light speed changes, not just keep up. You'll learn how to:

• Round up sacred cows—outdated beliefs and practices—that cost you time and money and stop you from taking advantage of exciting new opportunities.
• Develop the seven traits of Change-Ready people and teams.
• Gain the competitive edge not by competing but by changing the game.
• Create a Change-Ready environment that will encourage innovation and cutting-edge thinking.
• Motivate people to feel excited and positive about change.
• Create "out of the box" solutions for your company and clients... and much more.

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An essential resource for managers at every level of any organization A management book written by managers for front-line managers, The Effective Manager, 2nd edition, is a concise, practical, and incisive take on what to do and say to get the best results possible from your co-located or remotely distributed team. The book's concrete advice will improve your relationships with your team members, increase your chances of being promoted, and generate trust amongst those you lead. You'll learn why managing remote teams is so much harder than managing one in a single location and how to meet that challenge head-on. You'll also discover how to introduce your ideas to your team, counter their concerns and pushback, and ensure your instructions are followed. In the place of vague bromides about being "impactful" or "candid," you'll get hands-on guidance on how to behave in the situations that managers find themselves in on a daily basis. The authors also offer: Data- and evidence-driven advice that's been proven to work in the real world over the last 30 years Ground-level, real-world tips on getting the best work out of your team without burning them out Four critical manager behaviors that build success: Know your people, talk about performance, ask for more, and push work down A book for every manager at every level, The Effective Manager shows you what you can do now, today, with your team members to improve their performance, increase personnel retention, and get better results.

Nearly everyone harbors a secret dream of starting or owning a business. In fact, 1,000,000 businesses start in the United States every year. Many of them fail, but enough succeed so that small businesses are now adding millions of jobs to the economy at the same time that the Fortune 500 companies are actually losing jobs.

Paul Hawken -- entrepreneur and best-selling author -- wrote Growing a Business for those who set out to make their dream a reality. He knows what he's talking about; he is his own best example of success. In the early 1970s, while he was still in his twenties, he founded Erewhon, the largest distributor of natural foods. More recently, he founded and still runs Smith & Hawken, the premier mail-order garden tool company. And he wrote a critically acclaimed book called The Next Economy about the future of the economy.

Using examples like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream, and University National Bank of Palo Alto, California, Hawken shows that the successful business is an expression of an individual person. The most successful business, your idea for a business, will grow from something that is deep within you, something that can't be stolen by anyone because it is so uniquely yours that anyone else who tried to execute your idea would fail. He dispels the myth of the risk-taking entrepreneur. The purpose of business, he points out, is not to take risks but rather to get something done.

‘This book was absolutely tremendous!...this mystery is definitely a five-star read!’ ����� Reader Review A murder in a locked room… can Nancy and Jane find the key to the case? Nancy Hunter is on a mission to find her mother. Samantha Hunter walked out on her family and left the village of Dedley End over twenty years ago. For two decades, Nancy has thought her mother was dead…until she discovered she was spotted at a party at a country estate five months ago. As Nancy delves into the mystery in her own family, the village of Dedley End is rocked by the appearance of Sebastian Holmes, recently released from a long stretch in prison for his part in a jewellery robbery in London. And when someone is found murdered in the local church, it seems that there may be more danger hiding in their sleepy Cotswold village… Nancy and her grandmother Jane, Dedley End’s resident amateur sleuths and owners of a crime fiction bookshop, set about trying to solve the mystery of just who could be the killer, and how they managed a murder in a locked room – but what they don’t know is that finding the murderer might just bring them closer to finding Samantha. But does she want to be found? And what made her hide away for so many years? A twisty and unputdownable cozy mystery featuring a grandmother and granddaughter detective duo – if you’re a fan of The Bingo Hall Detectives, Robert Thorogood or The Thursday Murder Club, you’ll love this! Readers are loving Murder at the Village Church: ‘Brilliantly written and many twists and turns right to the end. Loved this series and the characters.’ ����� Reader Review ‘What a read! Just enough romance and a mystery that keeps you on the edge of your seat.’ ����� Reader Review ‘This grandmother/granddaughter duo is absolutely everything you want! Filled with so much love, joy, heartache, and truth, you won’t want to put this book down!’ ����� Reader Review ‘A cozy mystery that was a fun read… I enjoyed the quirky characters.’ ����� Reader Review ‘Heartwarming but cosy crime… Really kept you guessing. I was totally gripped.’ ����� Reader Review ‘There were some really good twists in this novel. A truly fun cozy mystery series.’ ����� Reader Review ‘Will keep you guessing until the very end.’ ����� Reader Review ‘A page-turner of a book that keeps you hooked.’ ����� Reader Review Praise for the Dedley Ends Mystery series: ‘Superb sleuthing! I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Dedley End and can’t wait to go back!’ Heidi Swain ‘I loved this brilliant cozy read…it felt very Christie-esque. Nancy and Jane were fab, I loved their relationship. And I can’t wait for more.’ ����� Reader Review ‘Fabulous cosy murder/mystery with an unforgettable crime-fighting trio. Thoroughly enjoyable and highly recommended.’ Angela Marsons ‘A perfect read!…Will entice even the most seasoned mystery reader. If you’re a fan of Agatha Christie and M.C. Beaton, you can’t miss this series.’ ����� Reader Review ‘This. Is. Brilliant. Could not put it down. I really hope there’s more Dedley End adventures!’ ����� Reader Review ‘Absolutely loved this book!…The characters were great and the story flowed along nicely. I read the book in a day, I couldn’t put it down!’ ����� Reader Review ‘If you are a fan of cosy crime then I 100% recommend this series. You will not be disappointed!’ ����� Reader Review

Build your own successful online business—the Dummies way Etsy is the premiere online marketplace for distinctive handmade and vintage crafts and goods. Starting an Etsy Business For Dummies, Fourth Edition provides you with the information and tools you need to start selling successfully on Etsy. This comprehensive resource and guide will show you how easy it is to set up shop and start generating income. There are millions of people out there looking to purchase unique products, and more and more shoppers are opting for one-of-a-kind sources over big-box stores. There’s never been a better time to open your own Etsy shop, and there’s never been an easier way than with this book. This updated edition covers all the latest changes to the site, plus shows you how to take captivating photos and short-form videos of your products, write appealing descriptions, and set up your Etsy shop in a way that motivates buyers to click that “add to cart" button. With helpful information, tips, tools, and tricks, this book is your ultimate guide to building your own Etsy shop. Learn the ins and outs of running a successful Etsy shop Get tips and advice for marketing and pricing your products competitively Break through the new shop barrier and start showing up in search results Improve your sales on Etsy with expert info on finding your customers This book is great for small business owners, artists, and entrepreneurs looking to build an online craft business on the Etsy platform.

A human-centric guide to solving complex problems in engineering management, from sizing teams to handling technical debt. There’s a saying that people don’t leave companies, they leave managers. Management is a key part of any organization, yet the discipline is often self-taught and unstructured. Getting to the good solutions for complex management challenges can make the difference between fulfillment and frustration for teams—and, ultimately, between the success and failure of companies. Will Larson’s An Elegant Puzzle focuses on the particular challenges of engineering management—from sizing teams to handling technical debt to performing succession planning—and provides a path to the good solutions. Drawing from his experience at Digg, Uber, and Stripe, Larson has developed a thoughtful approach to engineering management for leaders of all levels at companies of all sizes. An Elegant Puzzle balances structured principles and human-centric thinking to help any leader create more effective and rewarding organizations for engineers to thrive in.

What can you learn from a Silicon Valley legend and a pantheon of iconic leaders? The key to scaling a successful business isn't talent, network or strategy. It's an entrepreneurial mindset - and that mindset can be cultivated. Behind the scenes in Silicon Valley, Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn, investor at Greylock) is a sought-after advisor to heads of companies and heads of state. On his podcast Masters of Scale, he sits down with an all-star list of visionary founders and leaders, digging into the surprising strategies that power their growth. In this book, he draws on their most riveting, revealing stories - as well his own experience as a founder and investor - to distil the counterintuitive secrets behind the most extraordinary success stories of our times. Here, Hoffman teams up with Masters of Scale's executive producers to offer a rare window into the entrepreneurial mind. They share surprising, never-before-told stories from leaders of the world's most iconic companies, including Apple, Nike, Netflix, Spotify, Starbucks, Google, Instagram and Microsoft, as well as the bold, disruptive startups - from 23andMe to TaskRabbit, from the Black List to the Bevel razor - solving the problems of the twenty-first century. Through vivid storytelling and straightforward analysis, Masters of Scale distils their collective insights into a set of counterintuitive principles that anyone can use. How do you find a winning idea and turn it into a scalable venture? What can you learn from a 'squirmy no'? When should you stop listening to your customers? Which fires should you put out right away, and which should you let burn? And can you really make money while making the world a better place? (Answer: Yes. But you have to do the work to keep your profits and values aligned.) Based on more than 100 interviews, and incorporating new material never aired on the podcast, Masters of Scale offers a unique insider's guide, filled with insights, wisdom, and strategies that will inspire you to reimagine how you do business today.

Magnify your real-world impact as you lead others in a social change organization In Management In a Changing World: How to Manage for Equity, Sustainability, and Results renowned social changemakers Jakada Imani, Monna Wong, and Bex Ahuja deliver an effective and practical how-to guide for the equitable management of nonprofit and social change organizations. In the book, you'll learn how to multiply your impact by using the authors' insightful strategies for delegation, goal setting, and team culture-building. You'll also discover how to fairly exercise power in an environment that spans racial, generational, gender, and other identity divides. Management In a Changing World shows you how to: Create work-life balance for your team members in an age when we have virtually unlimited access to our colleagues' attention and time Support team members through life's challenges while still meeting the demands your social change organization faces Bridge the gap between your intentions and your real-world impact with actionable advice, tools, and resources An essential resource for rookie and veteran managers, executive directors, and CEOs, Management In a Changing World will also earn a place on the bookshelves of organizers managing teams of volunteers.

LEARN THE BASICS OF MARKETING WITH MANGA FOR SUCCESS! Do you want to increase sales? Improve customer satisfaction? Or are you looking for a basic understanding of marketing to ace your class or improve your outlook in the job market? Whatever your reason for picking up this book, Marketing: Manga for Success makes essential concepts easy to understand using practical examples and situations. You'll learn about: Branding, viral marketing, and advertising and promotions The importance of customer relationships The 4 "P"s of marketing The story follows Marimo, a young woman who wants to help her aging parents save their specialty pastry business. There isn't much she can do but she wants to help them find new opportunities. Just then, she meets two mysterious characters who teach her how to rebuild the family business through marketing, step-by-step. Find out why the Manga For Success series--now available in English for the first time--is so popular in Japan, Korea, and beyond.

This unofficial compilation reviews the 100 best TED talks about innovation from great minds worldwide. With quirky graphics and memorable quotes, Great TED Talks: Innovation will challenge your thinking, open your mind to new perspectives, and ignite your passion for innovation. Learn how to unlock that elusive idea from masters like Bill Gates or Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. Be open to new ways of thinking and discover how Sir Richard Branson has been wowing his customers with innovative experiences since before it became a trend. Find inspiration in unusual places, and explore new ways to collaborate with your team. Authenticity is key to your business; find out how Sheryl Sandberg stepped out of her comfort zone to find her voice, and how you can do the same. There are thousands of TED talks to navigate—this book curates the most inspiring and provides a commentary on the top 100 ways to boost your inventiveness, find new avenues to explore, and overcome your fears to unleash your full potential.

Taking a global and critical perspective, this textbook presents the concepts, theories and applications from the field of intercultural communication in a lively and easy-to-follow style. Covering all the essential topics, from immigration and intercultural conflict, to intercultural health communication and communication in the workplace, this cutting-edge 4th edition: Explains the key theories and concepts you need to know. Brings theory to life with a range of global case studies. Ties key ideas and debates to the reality of intercultural skills and practice. Adds a new chapter on intercultural communication and business. Expands coverage of topical areas such as health and crisis communication and virtual communication in the workplace. Introducing Intercultural Communication is the ideal guide to becoming a critical consumer of information and an effective global citizen. It is essential reading for students of intercultural communication across media and communication studies, and international business and management. 

Award-winning journalist and editor-in-chief Cate Sevilla has survived the messy, stressy and sometimes bizarre world of work - just.

In How to Work Without Losing Your Mind, she gives an unflinchingly honest account of the bad bosses, the time spent crying in work loos, the hell and humiliation of her working life but, most importantly, she reveals the solid self-belief, the sage advice and the hard-won lessons that got her through.

Filled with humour, wit and supportive words, this book is your essential guide to fixing your relationship with your work. Press it into the hands of every womxn who is sinking in a toxic work environment, battling burnout, recovering from redundancy or trying to find the right career fit.

A Washington Post Bestseller Three Principles for Managing--and Avoiding--the Problems of Growth Why is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment: find an attractive market, formulate the right strategy, win new customers. But when Bain & Company's Chris Zook and James Allen, authors of the bestselling Profit from the Core, researched this question, they found that when companies fail to achieve their growth targets, 90 percent of the time the root causes are internal, not external--increasing distance from the front lines, loss of accountability, proliferating processes and bureaucracy, to name only a few. What's more, companies experience a set of predictable internal crises, at predictable stages, as they grow. Even for healthy companies, these crises, if not managed properly, stifle the ability to grow further--and can actively lead to decline. The key insight from Zook and Allen's research is that managing these choke points requires a "founder's mentality"--behaviors typically embodied by a bold, ambitious founder--to restore speed, focus, and connection to customers: * An insurgent's clear mission and purpose * An unambiguous owner mindset * A relentless obsession with the front line Based on the authors' decade-long study of companies in more than forty countries, The Founder's Mentality demonstrates the strong relationship between these three traits in companies of all kinds--not just start-ups--and their ability to sustain performance. Through rich analysis and inspiring examples, this book shows how any leader--not only a founder--can instill and leverage a founder's mentality throughout their organization and find lasting, profitable growth.

Marketing Interaction & Technology takes an interactionist perspective to study the relationship between marketing, interaction and technology. Current thought and research in marketing and associated fields like consumer research are still pervaded by behaviorist concepts that simplify the relationship between human action and the environment. By analysing clear illustrative cases Marketing Interaction & Technology will explicate the complexity and contingency of social relationships. The cases in this volume examine discussions of technology used to facilitate and support marketing activities in networks, for the building of reputation, for the promotion of products and service and the engagement with consumers, the involvement of consumers in innovation and production as well as new developments in consumer research and their ethical implications and the opportunities offered by technology to conduct social marketing campaigns. Marketing Interaction & Technology then ends with a re-evaluation of the relationship between marketing and technology and how it can be reshaped in line with contemporary debates in other areas of the social sciences. Aimed at academics, researchers and policy makers in the fields of marketing, consumer behavior and psychology, the observations from the analysis will inform the development of new concepts of technology in marketing and consumer research and reinvigorate debate between sociology and marketing scholars.

What can you learn from a mouse? When that mouse has been delighting and entertaining hundreds of millions of people for decades - it turns out there is plenty to learn. Dennis Snow's Lessons From the Mouse provides ten no-nonsense, practical principles that anyone, anywhere can apply. He entertains while he educates with chapters like 'What Time is the 3:00 Parade?' Is Not a Stupid Question.The mouse is very candid here - no Disney pixie dust blinds the reader. Backstage snafus, onstage errors, and occasional chaos emerge in all their drama, humor, or irony. At its heart, though, Lessons From the Mouse presents ten lessons that guide readers in applying excellence in their own organizations, careers, and lives. Whether being used as a tool for increased organizational effectiveness or a pocket guide for the college grad or new entrepreneur, Lessons From the Mouse offers timeless, straightforward advice.

Written in the 6th century BCE, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still used as a book of military strategy today, as well as being extremely popular among politicians. Napoleon, Mae Zedong and Douglas MacArthur all claimed to have drawn inspiration from it. And beyond the world of war, modern-era business and management gurus have also applied Sun Tzu's ideas to politics and corporate strategy. In this Chinese-bound journal, each spread page has ample space for your thoughts and notes, and features a key, insightful quote from Sun Tsu's famous and much-read work. The book is robust enough to be unpacked and repacked. You could fill the pages of this journal while sitting on a mountaintop, on a railway platform, in your office lunch hour or in the privacy of your own home. Beautifully made with traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques, this is more than a hardwearing book. It is something exquisite to be cherished. The Art of War Journal is the perfect place for you to record your thoughts - and be inspired by ancient Chinese military wisdom.