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Be excellent at anything : the four keys to transforming the way we work and live / Tony Schwartz ; with Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy.

By: Schwartz, Tony, 1952-Contributor(s): Gomes, Jean | McCarthy, Catherine, 1968- | Schwartz, Tony, 1952-. Way we're working isn't workingMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Free Press, c2010Edition: 1st Free Press trade pbk. edDescription: xii, 334 p. : ill ; 22 cmISBN: 9781451610260 (pbk.); 1451610262 (pbk.)Subject(s): Performance | Work -- Psychological aspects | Organizational effectiveness | Personnel managementDDC classification: 658.3128 LOC classification: HF5549.5.P37 | S3 2010
Contents:
A new way of working. More and more, less and less ; We can't change what we don't notice ; We're creatures of habit -- Sustainability/physical. Feeling the pulse ; Sleep or die ; Making waves ; Use it or lose it ; Less is more ; Creating a culture that pulses -- Security/emotional. The war between the states ; If you ain't got pride, you ain't got nothin' ; The facts and the stories we tell ; A new value proposition -- Self-expression/mental. A poverty of attention ; One thing at a time ; Cultivating the whole brain ; Autonomy for accountability -- Significance/spiritual. Who are you, and what do you really want? ; We're all in this together ; Purpose for passion -- The big ideas.
Summary: Offers strategies for enabling sustainable high performance by systematically investing in employee health and happiness, citing the vulnerabilities of common business practices while offering examples of effective leadership.
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Previously published as "The way we're working isn't working"

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-315) and index.

A new way of working. More and more, less and less ; We can't change what we don't notice ; We're creatures of habit -- Sustainability/physical. Feeling the pulse ; Sleep or die ; Making waves ; Use it or lose it ; Less is more ; Creating a culture that pulses -- Security/emotional. The war between the states ; If you ain't got pride, you ain't got nothin' ; The facts and the stories we tell ; A new value proposition -- Self-expression/mental. A poverty of attention ; One thing at a time ; Cultivating the whole brain ; Autonomy for accountability -- Significance/spiritual. Who are you, and what do you really want? ; We're all in this together ; Purpose for passion -- The big ideas.

Offers strategies for enabling sustainable high performance by systematically investing in employee health and happiness, citing the vulnerabilities of common business practices while offering examples of effective leadership.

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