NEGOTIATION, MEDIATION, GOING OUT ON A LIMB, AND BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING
Ask for more. Alexandra Carter. Ask for More shows that by asking better questions, you get better answers—and better results from any negotiation.
The big leap. Gay Hendricks. How to break glass ceilings. The Upper Limit Problem not only prevents happiness, but it actually stops us from achieving our goals. It is the ultimate life roadblock. The Big Leap delivers a proven method for first identifying which of these four fears prevents us from reaching our personal upper limit, and then breaking through that limitation to achieve what Hendricks refers to as our Zone of Genius.
Maybe you should talk to someone. Psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is revolutionary in its candor, offering a deeply personal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them.
The leadership challenge, 6th ed. James M. Koozes; Barry Z. Pozner. The Leadership Challenge is the gold-standard manual for effective leadership, grounded in research and written by the premier authorities in the field.
Words can change your brain. Andrew Neuberg, Mark Waldham. Whether you are negotiating with your boss or your employees, arguing with your spouse, or coping with your kids, Compassionate Communication is a simple and unbeatable way to achieve a win-win dialogue to help you reach your goals
Emotional intelligence. Daniel Goleman. It does not really matter what your vocation or craft is. Emotional Intelligence is a skill that translates in all spheres of life..
Daniel Goleman. Business leaders and outstanding performers are not defined by their IQs or even their job skills, but by their “emotional intelligence”: a set of competencies that distinguishes how people manage feelings, interact, and communicate.
Daniel Goleman. Managers and professionals across the globe have embraced Primal Leadership, affirming the importance of emotionally intelligent leadership. Its influence has also reached well beyond the business world: the book and its ideas are now used routinely in universities, business and medical schools, and professional training programs, and by a growing legion of professional coaches.
Flow. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s famous investigations of “optimal experience” have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life.
Flow and the foundations of positive psychology. The second volume in the collected works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi covers about thirty years of Csikszentmihalyi‘s work on three main and interconnected areas of study: attention, flow and positive psychology.
The power of habit. In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
Take off your glasses. Fernando Lanzer. A collection of witty, provocative articles on management, politics, the economy, culture and life in general. Should be savoured like a box of chocolates: one or two chapters at a time, followed by a pause for digestion… and reflection.
When cultures collide. Richard D. Lewis. Building on his LMR model, Lewis gives leaders and managers practical strategies to embrace differences and work successfully across increasingly diverse business cultures.
Organizational culture and climate. Fernando Lanzer. This is a very practical book, written for graduate and undergraduate students, and anybody interested in understanding workplace culture as something that can be managed and changed.
Leading across cultures in practice. Fernando Lanzer. This is a very practical book, focused on translating academic theory into plain language and how to apply concepts in day-to-day situations.
Exploring culture. Gert Jan Hofstede and his co-authors Paul Pedersen and Geert Hofstede introduce synthetic cultures, the ten “pure” cultural types derived from the extremes of the five dimensions. The result is a playful book of practice that is firmly rooted in theory.
Cultures and organizations. Hoofstede, Hoofstede & Minkow. Based on research conducted in more than seventy countries over a forty-year span, Cultures and Organizations examines what drives people apart—when cooperation is so clearly in everyone’s interest.
Anythingwritten by John C Maxwell. He is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, coach, and author who has sold over 19 million books. Dr. Maxwell is the founder of EQUIP and the John Maxwell Company, organizations that have trained more than 5 million leaders worldwide
COACHING
Break through coaching. Marcia Reynolds. Where mentoring stops and coaching begins.Dr. MarciaReynolds helps global organizations grow their leadership using coaching for accelerated results. Her clients include executives and emerging leaders in multinational corporations, non-profit organizations and government agencies.
