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Como lidar com a política no trabalho

by Karen Dillon • 2018

Navigate office politics: disarm bullies, claim credit, turn rivals into allies.

3.57

🏢 Office Politics 🔼 Managing Up ⚔️ Workplace Conflict 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🛡️ Workplace Bullying

Como lidar com a política no trabalho

Navigate office politics: disarm bullies, claim credit, turn rivals into allies.

by Karen Dillon 2018 176 pages

3.57

30 ratings

🏢 Office Politics 🔼 Managing Up ⚔️ Workplace Conflict 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🛡️ Workplace Bullying

Awaken the Leader In You

by Mitesh Khatri • 2013

Energy management, absolute reliability, and radical ownership: leadership is a system, not a gift.

3.88

🧭 Leadership Development 🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🔑 Ownership Mentality ⚡ Energy Management 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Awaken the Leader In You

Energy management, absolute reliability, and radical ownership: leadership is a system, not a gift.

by Mitesh Khatri 2013 188 pages

3.88

49 ratings

🧭 Leadership Development 🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🔑 Ownership Mentality ⚡ Energy Management 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Harry Levinson on the Psychology of Leadership

by Harry Levinson • 2006

Why rewards fail, your best people burn out, and the real drivers are unconscious.

3.76

🏢 Workplace Psychology 🏛️ Executive Leadership 🧠 Psychodynamic Theory 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 📋 Performance Assessment

Harry Levinson on the Psychology of Leadership

Why rewards fail, your best people burn out, and the real drivers are unconscious.

by Harry Levinson 2006 184 pages

3.76

17 ratings

🏢 Workplace Psychology 🏛️ Executive Leadership 🧠 Psychodynamic Theory 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 📋 Performance Assessment

Boreout!

by Philippe Rothlin • 2008

You spend more energy looking busy than working. The diagnosis and the exit strategy.

3.15

🥱 Workplace Boredom 😶 Work Disengagement 🎭 Fake Busyness 😞 Career Dissatisfaction 💣 Workplace Self-Sabotage

Boreout!

You spend more energy looking busy than working. The diagnosis and the exit strategy.

by Philippe Rothlin 2008 141 pages

3.15

26 ratings

🥱 Workplace Boredom 😶 Work Disengagement 🎭 Fake Busyness 😞 Career Dissatisfaction 💣 Workplace Self-Sabotage

The Professor Is In

by Karen Kelsky • 2015

The academic job market is broken: application rules that make committees stop rejecting you.

4.15

2k+

🎓 Academic Job Market 📉 Higher Ed Crisis ✍️ Academic Publishing 🧾 Job Applications 🧑‍🏫 Job Interviews

The Professor Is In

The academic job market is broken: application rules that make committees stop rejecting you.

by Karen Kelsky 2015 576 pages

4.15

2k+ ratings

🎓 Academic Job Market 📉 Higher Ed Crisis ✍️ Academic Publishing 🧾 Job Applications 🧑‍🏫 Job Interviews

From Bud to Boss

by Kevin Eikenberry • 2011

You got promoted over your peers. Now earn their trust without being the boss nobody wanted.

3.71

283

👔 New Managers 🤝 Team Leadership 🔮 Expectation Effects 🔄 Change Management 💬 Communication Styles

From Bud to Boss

You got promoted over your peers. Now earn their trust without being the boss nobody wanted.

by Kevin Eikenberry 2011 320 pages

3.71

283 ratings

👔 New Managers 🤝 Team Leadership 🔮 Expectation Effects 🔄 Change Management 💬 Communication Styles

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