In most organizations nearly everyone is doing a second job no one is paying them for—covering their weaknesses, trying to look their best, and managing other people’s impressions of them. What if a company did everything in its power to create a culture in which everyone could overcome their own internal barriers to change? Robert [...]
A recent study showed that when doctors tell heart patients they will die if they do not change their habits, only one in seven will be able to follow through successfully. Desire and motivation are not enough: even when it is literally a matter of life or death, the ability to change remains maddeningly [...]
After decades of research, Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in almost every area of human endeavor can be influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe [...]
In The Influential Mind, neuroscientist Tali Sharot takes us on a thrilling exploration of the nature of influence. We all have a duty to affect others―from the classroom to the boardroom to social media. But how skilled are we at this role, and can we become better? It turns out that many of our [...]
Improving the performance of your employees involves one of the hardest challenges in the known universe: changing the way they think. David Rock has proven that the secret to leading people (and living and working with them) is found in the space between their ears. “If people are being paid to think,” he writes, [...]
Consciousness is the main source of organizational greatness. Conscious business means finding your passion and expressing your essential values through your work. A conscious business seeks to promote the intelligent pursuit of happiness. It produces sustainable and exceptional performance through its community and its each member. Conscious Businesspresents breakthrough techniques to help you achieve unconditional [...]
The way we manage organizations seems increasingly out of date. Survey after survey shows that a majority of employees feel disengaged from their companies. Organizations suffer from power games played at the top and powerlessness at lower levels, from infighting and bureaucracy, from endless meetings and a seemingly never-ending succession of change and cost-cutting [...]
We have entered an age of disruption. Financial collapse, climate change, resource depletion, and a growing gap between rich and poor are but a few of the signs. Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer ask, why do we collectively create results nobody wants? Meeting the challenges of this century requires updating our economic logic and [...]
Leadership and the New Science launched a revolution by demonstrating that ideas drawn from quantum physics, chaos theory, and molecular biology could improve organizational performance. New science enables us to deal successfully with change and uncertainty in our organizations and our lives. It describes a world where chaos is natural, where order exists ”for [...]
You might think you are a people person. But do you really treat others well? And how can you improve your dealings with those around you? Through a series of entertaining stories, this astonishing book will show you how most of us are not fulfilling our potential – in our personal lives and at [...]
