Essentialism

2014-04-15 Business & Economics

Author : Greg McKeown
Release : 2014-04-15
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 390/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Essentialism by : Greg McKeown

Download or read book Essentialism written by Greg McKeown. This book was released on 2014-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE LIFE-CHANGING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD • Now in a 10th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction and bonus 21-day challenge. “Essentialism holds the keys to solving one of the great puzzles of life: How can we do less but accomplish more?”—Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think Again Essentialism isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done. Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Are you often busy but not productive? Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked? If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist. Essentialism is more than a time-management technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter. By forcing us to apply more selective criteria for where to spend our precious time and energy, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices, instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us. Essentialism is not one more thing to do. It’s a whole new way of doing less, but better, in every area of our lives. Join the millions of people who have used Essentialism to change their outlook on the world.

Hire Slow Fire Fast

2018-06-21

Author : Grant Styles
Release : 2018-06-21
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Book Rating : 627/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Hire Slow Fire Fast by : Grant Styles

Download or read book Hire Slow Fire Fast written by Grant Styles. This book was released on 2018-06-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So my story in brief - I got caught with my pants downI am a lot like a lot of you - it will never happen to me "I Thought" errrrrrr "Wrong"The fact is it could happen to you as it did me and remember I am in the industry and teach this stuff to my clients.I have had a toxic staff member that I had to terminate - I ended up in a consultation with Fair Work Australia - I followed the process or so I thought - I left out one little piece "Procedural Fairness" and paid the priceI had a complaint from a casual staff member that went before the Fair Work Commission under the "General Protections and adverse action" sections of the act - I did not know what these pieces of legislation were all about, but I do now - I paid the priceI had one of my casual staff sustain a serious injury on a site and under the work health and safety act was responsible for his rehabilitation and retraining - 3 years in the making and several hundred THOUSAND dollars later. Believe me - I paid the priceI have been audited by the state payroll tax commissionI Have been audited by the statutory bodies for workers compensationWe have been accused by a certain union of certain untruths and had to defend ourselvesWe have had employees steal and do the wrong thing and had to performance manage them out of the businessWe have had at one stage of our business life a toxic culture to which we had to completely turn around and now we have one of the best - I paid the price by losing great talent in the processWe have had four clients go bankrupt collectively owing us over one hundred thousand dollars and yet we worked through the challenge - I paid the priceYou name it - we have had more that our fair share of battles and we for the most part were covered with our internal systems & processes but we took some heavy financial hits along the way - But we learnt and built a framework to teach our clients.I thought I was safe - Nobody isThis book will give you the blueprint for building a solid foundation around the common HR Principles that every business owner is challenged with on a day to day basis. This book may just save you from a fraction of the battles I went through - Enjoy

Who

2008-09-30 Business & Economics

Author : Geoff Smart
Release : 2008-09-30
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 194/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Who written by Geoff Smart. This book was released on 2008-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this instant New York Times Bestseller, Geoff Smart and Randy Street provide a simple, practical, and effective solution to what The Economist calls “the single biggest problem in business today”: unsuccessful hiring. The average hiring mistake costs a company $1.5 million or more a year and countless wasted hours. This statistic becomes even more startling when you consider that the typical hiring success rate of managers is only 50 percent. The silver lining is that “who” problems are easily preventable. Based on more than 1,300 hours of interviews with more than 20 billionaires and 300 CEOs, Who presents Smart and Street’s A Method for Hiring. Refined through the largest research study of its kind ever undertaken, the A Method stresses fundamental elements that anyone can implement–and it has a 90 percent success rate. Whether you’re a member of a board of directors looking for a new CEO, the owner of a small business searching for the right people to make your company grow, or a parent in need of a new babysitter, it’s all about Who. Inside you’ll learn how to • avoid common “voodoo hiring” methods • define the outcomes you seek • generate a flow of A Players to your team–by implementing the #1 tactic used by successful businesspeople • ask the right interview questions to dramatically improve your ability to quickly distinguish an A Player from a B or C candidate • attract the person you want to hire, by emphasizing the points the candidate cares about most In business, you are who you hire. In Who, Geoff Smart and Randy Street offer simple, easy-to-follow steps that will put the right people in place for optimal success.

High Velocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant

2017-04-07 Business & Economics

Author : Scott Wintrip
Release : 2017-04-07
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 487/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book High Velocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant written by Scott Wintrip. This book was released on 2017-04-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Win the war for talent by building an army of ready-to-deploy candidates An employee leaves and you post the open position. Resumes trickle in. You interview a few candidates. No one fits the bill. The next thing you know, three months have passed and that desk is still empty . . . Nothing drives business success like a staff of talented, productive employees. So why accept a hiring process that fails you time and time again? Well, there’s one person who doesn’t: Scott Wintrip. And in High-Velocity Hiring, he provides the tools and systems for creating a hiring process designed for today’s fast-paced, talent-deficient landscape. Using the proven methods Wintrip has applied at some of today’s more forward-thinking companies, you’ll hire top employees faster—and smarter. High-Velocity Hiring replaces the old, worn-out way of hiring with the simple but revolutionary approach of actively cultivating top talent before positions open. The old way is slow and inefficient. Wintrip’s way is dynamic and proven-effective. You’ll enrich and maintain a flow of high-quality candidates, harness this flow by identifying the most talented people, and channel it into a pool of ready-to-hire prospective employees. More than ever, hiring the best people requires foresight, planning, alertness, and decisive action. With High-Velocity Hiring, you have everything you need to seize the high-ground in the war for talent and maintain it for long-term growth and profitability.

Ask a Manager

2018-05-01 Business & Economics

Author : Alison Green
Release : 2018-05-01
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 822/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green. This book was released on 2018-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

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