INTERPERSONAL relations

INTERPERSONAL relations

 
Managing the Generation Mix Martin, Carolyn A. | Tulgan, Bruce HRD Press , 2006 Diversity

Generational diversity in the workplace can help companies capitalize on employees’ unique abilities and experiences, but it also creates challenges for managers charged with leading this generational mix. Conflict...

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The Upside of Irrationality Ariely, Dan HarperCollins Publishers , 2010 Personal Growth, Relationships

In The Upside of Irrationality, Dan Ariely draws on his background in behavioral economics to examine irrational human behavior and how it affects decision making in the workplace and in human...

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The Power of Presence Hedges, Kristi AMACOM , 2012 Personal Growth, Relationships

Presence, the ability to command attention and inspire commitment plays a defining role in people’s relationships, their ability to garner buy-in, and even their compensation. Those described as having charisma,...

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The Circle Way Baldwin, Christina | Linnea, Ann Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2010 Relationships, Teams

The circle not only symbolically represents a different way of meeting as a group, but it also physically changes the way that people interact with one another. When entering a circle, people immediately understand...

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Smart Networking Lynch, Liz McGraw-Hill , 2009 Personal Growth, Relationships

Networking events make many people uncomfortable. In Smart Networking, author Liz Lynch confesses to feeling so small and overwhelmed at her first networking event that she only lasted five minutes....

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The Art of Convening Neal, Craig | Craig, Patricia | Wold, Cynthia Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2011 Communication, Management

What if a meeting could change your life? In The Art of Convening, authors Craig and Patricia Neal offer a recipe for taking any meeting, gathering, or conversation and making it transformational. It...

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Right Relationship Brown, Peter G. | Garver, with, Geoffrey | Helmuth, Keith | Howell, Robert | Szeghi, Steve Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2009 Social Responsibility

The right relationship that people must seek is “between the human economy, and the earth’s commonwealth of life,” write authors Peter G. Brown and Geoffrey Garver in Right Relationship. In the Quaker...

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Networking for People Who Hate Networking Zack, Devora Berret-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2010 Communication, Relationships

People who are introverts often hate to network. While extroverts, socially-oriented people who excel in group situations, are typically right at home at networking events, introverts, reflective and reclusive people,...

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Helping Schein, Edgar H. Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2009 Management, Relationships

In Helping, Edgar H. Schein draws not only on his career expertise but from personal life experiences to establish a “general theory of helping” that holds true no matter what the social dynamics of...

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How Successful People Think Maxwell, John C. Center Street , 2009 Personal Growth

In all aspects of life, from the professional world to family interactions, good thinkers help solve problems. In How Successful People Think, Maxwell discusses the 11 skills that good thinkers exhibit...

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