Personal Growth

Personal Growth

 
Make Your Brain Work Brann, Amy Kogan Page Limited , 2013 Personal Growth, Productivity

In Make Your Brain Work, Amy Brann draws on principles of neuroscience to explain how the brain works. Understanding how the brain functions can help people work more efficiently, productively, and...

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The Google Resume Laakmann McDowell, Gayle John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2011 Human Resources, Personal Growth

Many recent college graduates dream of the opportunity to work at a top tech company. But relatively few make the cut and get hired by firms like Apple, Microsoft, or Google. In The Google Resume,...

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Professional Presence Stevens, Peggy Noe Greenleaf Book Group LLC , 2012 Personal Growth

The world is full of brands identified strongly with certain positive characteristics. In Professional Presence, Peggy Noe Stevens shows people how to create their own personal brands and associate...

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What’s Stopping You? Kelsey, Robert Capstone Publishing , 2012 Personal Growth

In What’s Stopping You?, Robert Kelsey warns that fear of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. This common, yet rarely addressed condition alters behaviors in ways that make failure a...

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I’d Rather Be in Charge Beers, Charlotte Vanguard Press , 2012 Personal Growth

Leadership is a buzzword that means to guide, direct, or take charge. It is a journey of self knowledge, learning from the past, creating a self portrait, and being afraid, according to Charlotte Beers. As the first...

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Success Under Stress Melnick, Sharon AMACOM , 2013 Personal Growth, Productivity

In today’s work environment, most people are faced with too much to do and too little time to accomplish everything. With a constant barrage of emails and texts and network access 24/7, stress has become the new normal...

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More Time for You Tator, Rosemary | Latson, Alesia AMACOM , 2011 Personal Growth, Productivity, Relationships

In a world that bombards people with information every second of every day, it can be difficult to not feel overwhelmed and overstressed. In More Time for You, Rosemary Tator and Alesia Latson show...

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Pushback Rezvani, Selena Jossey-Bass , 2012 Communication, Personal Growth

Negotiation is an accepted and fundamental part of the business world, yet women initiate negotiations four times less often than men. The result is that women receive less of what they want and deserve: promotion...

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Who Says It’s a Man’s World Bennington, Emily AMACOM , 2013 Human Resources, Leadership Development, Personal Growth

There are more women than ever entering the top echelons of management, but that does not mean it has become easier to advance. In fact, career-transition consultant Emily Bennington has found that ambitious women...

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Quitter Acuff, Jon Lampo Press , 2011 Personal Growth

In Quitter, Jon Acuff challenges the idea that work is just what people do to finance the rest of their lives. Rife with personal anecdotes and pop-culture references, and aimed at readers in their 20s...

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