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The employee engagement advice book you've been Googling for. Like having coffee with an expert, this book shares irreverent tips and secrets from popular authors and workplace culture experts Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter on how better inspire your team. This book is like a high energy masterclass and brainstorming session all in one - with actionable tips to transform your approach to engaging employees within hours.
The Author: Robert J. Joling, J.D. A World War II veteran of the 20th Air Force, 314th Heavy Bombardment Wing, 19th Bomb Group, 28th Squadron, B-29 group stationed on Guam, Bob was a recipient of the Presidential Unit Citation. Born Lynden, Washington; raised Austinville, Iowa and Kenosha, Wisconsin; Bob attended Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan and Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Licensed to practice law before Wisconsin Supreme Court, Eastern and Western Federal District Courts 1951, & Arizona Federal District Court 1972; 7th Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court 1956. In 1971, he joined the original faculty of the University of Arizona medical school in Tucson, Arizona as Associate Professor of Medical Jurisprudence. Bob returned to trial practice in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1976. After 20 years he left active trial practice being appointed as a Municipal Court Judge, a position he filled for the next 5 years. For more than 50 years, Bob has been active in forensic sciences; is a Fellow (1961), Past President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (1975-76); Founder and Chairperson of the Forensic Sciences Foundation; former Member of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences and an Associate in Law of the American College of Legal Medicine. Published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, The Saturday Evening Post, Argosy Magazine, Bob has appeared in numerous radio and television shows and lectured to educational & professional associations throughout the USA and Europe. The Author: Michael S. Joling, B.A. Michael is referred to as a “renaissance man.” He has more than 15 years of formal Christian education and holds a degree in English from Wisconsin Lutheran College of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He also attended Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota. Michael has worked in a variety of settings including that of a sheet metal mechanic, ironworker, fast food cook, high school and grade school teacher, facility manager, business manager, and paralegal. Michael has studied Christian doctrine and literary theory, authored literary critiques and has studied the effective methodologies for teaching critical thinking. Recently, Michael was certified as paralegal after successfully completing the requirements at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. At the present time, Michael is continuing to work on a Christian philosophy manuscript tentatively titled Readers in the Dark. Michael’s credo is: “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your power. Pray for power equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.”
A GLOBE & MAIL BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented experiment that reshaped white-collar work and turned remote work into a kind of "new normal." Now comes the hard part. Many employees want to continue that normal and keep working remotely, and most at least want the ability to work occasionally from home. But for employers, the benefits of employees working from home or hybrid approaches are not so obvious. What should both groups do? In a prescient new book, The Future of the Office: Work from Home, Remote Work, and the Hard Choices We All Face, Wharton professor Peter Cappelli lays out the facts in an effort to provide both employees and employers with a vision of their futures. Cappelli unveils the surprising tradeoffs both may have to accept to get what they want. Cappelli illustrates the challenges we face by in drawing lessons from the pandemic and deciding what to do moving forward. Do we allow some workers to be permanently remote? Do we let others choose when to work from home? Do we get rid of their offices? What else has to change, depending on the approach we choose? His research reveals there is no consensus among business leaders. Even the most high-profile and forward-thinking companies are taking divergent approaches: --Facebook, Twitter, and other tech companies say many employees can work remotely on a permanent basis. --Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and others say it is important for everyone to come back to the office. --Ford is redoing its office space so that most employees can work from home at least part of the time, and --GM is planning to let local managers work out arrangements on an ad-hoc basis. As Cappelli examines, earlier research on other types of remote work, including telecommuting offers some guidance as to what to expect when some people will be in the office and others work at home, and also what happened when employers tried to take back offices. Neither worked as expected. In a call to action for both employers and employees, Cappelli explores how we should think about the choices going forward as well as who wins and who loses. As he implores, we have to choose soon.
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The Killer Questions Your Company Should Be Asking Generating and executing great ideas is the key to staying ahead in a rapidly changing world. It seems so basic. Why is it so hard to actually get right? According to innovation expert Phil McKinney, the real problem is that we're teaching people to ask the wrong questions about their businesses--or none at all. There has to be a better way. In Beyond the Obvious, McKinney will help you use his proven FIRE (Focus, Ideation, Rank, Execution) Method to dig deeper and get back to asking the right questions--the ones all companies must ask to survive. Full of real-world examples, this book will change the way you operate, innovate, and create, and it all begins with battle-tested questions Phil has gathered on note cards throughout his career. Shared for the first time here, these "Killer Questions" include: What are the rules and assumptions my industry operates under? What if the opposite were true? What will be the buying criteria used by my customer in 5 years? What are my unshakable beliefs about what my customers want? Who uses my product in ways I never anticipated? These questions will reframe the way you see your products, your customers, and the way the two interact. Whether you're a company of thousands or a lean startup, Beyond the Obvious will give you the skills and easy-to-follow plan you need to make both the revolutionary changes and nuanced tweaks required for success. Praise for Beyond the Obvious "Human beings are creatures of habit, so getting ourselves and our teams to think beyond the obvious is a challenge we face all the time. Phil McKinney is an innovation expert, and his killer questions and hit-the-spot anecdotes provide a great way to get out in front of opportunities we otherwise won't see." -- Geoffrey Moore, author of Crossing the Chasm and Escape Velocity "I've always believed that asking the right questions is the essence of design. Phil McKinney proves that point with this wonderful set of killer questions that will jumpstart-or greatly enhance- your innovation efforts." -- B. Joseph Pine II, co-author, The Experience Economy & Infinite Possibility. "Product Innovation is a prerequisite to building great brands. Phil's questions are a prerequisite to building innovative products." -- Satjiv S. Chahil, former global marketing chief, Apple"
Designing the Obvious belongs in the toolbox of every person charged with the design and development of Web-based software, from the CEO to the programming team. Designing the Obvious explores the character traits of great Web applications and uses them as guiding principles of application design so the end result of every project instills customer satisfaction and loyalty. These principles include building only whats necessary, getting users up to speed quickly, preventing and handling errors, and designing for the activity. Designing the Obvious does not offer a one-size-fits-all development process--in fact, it lets you use whatever process you like. Instead, it offers practical advice about how to achieve the qualities of great Web-based applications and consistently and successfully reproduce them. This latest edition updates examples to show the guiding principles of application design in action on today's web, plus adds new chapters on strategy and persuasion. It offers practical advice about how to achieve the qualities of great Web-based applications and consistently and successfully reproduce them.
Business consultant Robert Mano has given many business owners hope. Formally a president of a multi-million dollar company but more importantly a small business owner, he has revitalized businesses with an easily understood concept. Successful businesses use it; most do not realize they are doing it. Once you read, ÒThinking Beyond the Obvious,Ó you will immediately grasp the simplicity of the concept and quickly recognize the driving factors of a successful business like never before. You will have an epiphany. Simply said, you will have that, ÒWow! Why didnÕt I think about that?Ó moment. You will see each business, including your own, through a completely different and savvy pair of eyes. It will be like taking off the blinders. Simple yes. Exciting, absolutely. Thinking Beyond the Obvious will: * Differentiate your business from every other business in the marketplace. * Position your business for success. * Transform your attitude from one of blank to one of ÒWow, I can do this.Ó * Provide simple, proven ideas that you can immediately use to more effectively and efficiently compete in the marketplace. If you are looking for real world illustrations and practical insights on how to supercharge your business, and you are looking for that million-dollar idea to position your business for success, your search is over.
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People want to buy from, work for, and partner with companies that matter. So how do you build a company that matters? Companies and people that matter have successfully become the obvious choice in the hearts and minds of their customers, their employees, and their communities. They elevate themselves by consistently finding ways to solve the most pressing needs their markets face. The result? They create more value year after year and build a sustainable, differentiated organization. In Matter, Peter Sheahan and Julie Williamson show you how to identify the place where you can create the most value—your edge of disruption—at the intersection of old and new, where your existing profits, reach, and reputation enable you to create the markets of the future. This is the place where the most important problems are solved and where the fewest people can solve them. Your edge of disruption is where your opportunity to matter is found. Matter uses extensive case studies of real companies that have successfully become the obvious choice in their markets—from high-profile corporations like Adobe and Burberry to lesser-known brands like Littlefield and BlueShore Financial. Their stories define innovative and impactful approaches to business that you can use to influence and partner with the right customers and clients to win in our radically changing world. Through their journeys, you will find the inspiration and courage to lean in to complexity and solve the higher value problems that matter most. Don't just read this book—use it to identify and act on opportunities to create the most value and accelerate your own journey to becoming a person and a company that matters.