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How to Be a Positive Leader

Small Actions, Big Impact

Edited by Jane E. Dutton, Gretchen M. Spreitzer ...

Positive leaders are able to dramatically expand their people's—and their own—capacity for excellence. And they accomplish this without enormous expenditures or huge heroic gestures. Here leading scholars—including Adam Grant, author of the bestselling Give and Take; positive organizational scholarship movement cofounders Kim Cameron and Robert Quinn; and thirteen more—describe how this is being ... Read more

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Positive leaders are able to dramatically expand their people's—and their own—capacity for excellence. And they accomplish this without enormous expenditures or huge heroic gestures. Here leading scholars—including Adam Grant, author of the bestselling Give and Take; positive organizational scholarship movement cofounders Kim Cameron and Robert Quinn; and thirteen more—describe how this is being
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100 Mandela Moments

by Kate Sidley ...

Narrated by Jane Dutton ...

Unabridged

4 hours 59 min

Here is Nelson Mandela the statesman, the prisoner, the father, sometimes the joker, and occasionally the disciplinarian. Mandela is shown in snapshot, in the memories of old friends like George Bizos, in the words of inspiring legends like Muhammed Ali, leading the Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws, or doing the famous Madiba shuffle to Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Queen Elizabeth II. 100 ... Read more

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Here is Nelson Mandela the statesman, the prisoner, the father, sometimes the joker, and occasionally the disciplinarian. Mandela is shown in snapshot, in the memories of old friends like George Bizos, in the words of inspiring legends like Muhammed Ali, leading the Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws, or doing the famous Madiba shuffle to Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Queen Elizabeth II. 100
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Exploring Positive Relationships at Work

Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation

Edited by Jane E. Dutton, Belle Rose Ragins ...

Series series Organization and Management Series
This edited volume brings together a select group of leading organizational scholars for the purpose of developing a foundation-setting book on positive relationships at work. Positive Relationships at Work (PRW) is a rich new interdisciplinary domain of inquiry that focuses on the generative processes, relational mechanisms and outcomes associated with positive relationships between people at ... Read more

$130.99 CAD

This edited volume brings together a select group of leading organizational scholars for the purpose of developing a foundation-setting book on positive relationships at work. Positive Relationships at Work (PRW) is a rich new interdisciplinary domain of inquiry that focuses on the generative processes, relational mechanisms and outcomes associated with positive relationships between people at
... Read more
Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations

Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation

Edited by Laura Morgan Roberts, Jane E. Dutton ...

Series series Organization and Management Series
In the new world of work and organizations, creating and maintaining a positive identity is consequential and challenging for individuals, for groups and for organizations. New challenges for positive identity construction and maintenance require new theory. This edited volume uncovers new topics and new theoretical approaches to identity through the specific focus on positive identities of ... Read more

$116.99 CAD

In the new world of work and organizations, creating and maintaining a positive identity is consequential and challenging for individuals, for groups and for organizations. New challenges for positive identity construction and maintenance require new theory. This edited volume uncovers new topics and new theoretical approaches to identity through the specific focus on positive identities of
... Read more
Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations

Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation

Edited by Karen Golden-Biddle, Jane E. Dutton ...

Series series Organization and Management Series
How can application of a positive lens to understanding social change and organizations enrich and elaborate theory and practice? This is the core question that inspired this book. It is a question that brought together a diverse and talented group of researchers interested in change and organizations in different problem domains (sustainability, healthcare, and poverty alleviation). The ... Read more

$114.99 CAD

How can application of a positive lens to understanding social change and organizations enrich and elaborate theory and practice? This is the core question that inspired this book. It is a question that brought together a diverse and talented group of researchers interested in change and organizations in different problem domains (sustainability, healthcare, and poverty alleviation). The
... Read more
Awakening Compassion at Work

The Quiet Power That Elevates People and Organizations

by Monica Worline, Jane E. Dutton ...

Caring Is a Competitive AdvantageSuffering in the workplace can rob our colleagues and coworkers of humanity, dignity, and motivation and is an unrecognized and costly drain on organizational potential. Marshaling evidence from two decades of field research, scholars and consultants Monica Worline and Jane Dutton show that alleviating such suffering confers measurable competitive advantages in ... Read more

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Caring Is a Competitive AdvantageSuffering in the workplace can rob our colleagues and coworkers of humanity, dignity, and motivation and is an unrecognized and costly drain on organizational potential. Marshaling evidence from two decades of field research, scholars and consultants Monica Worline and Jane Dutton show that alleviating such suffering confers measurable competitive advantages in
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Awakening Compassion at Work

The Quiet Power That Elevates People and Organizations

by Monica Worline, Jane E. Dutton ...

Narrated by Caroline Miller ...

Unabridged

6 hours 44 min

Renowned scholars and consultants Monica Worline and Jane Dutton offer a new argument for compassion in organizations, showing leaders how to tap their innate ability for compassion to create more effective and humane workplaces.We are living in an epidemic of disengagement and despair that calls us to action. Awakening Compassion at Work answers the call, showing us new ways to enliven the ... Read more

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Renowned scholars and consultants Monica Worline and Jane Dutton offer a new argument for compassion in organizations, showing leaders how to tap their innate ability for compassion to create more effective and humane workplaces.We are living in an epidemic of disengagement and despair that calls us to action. Awakening Compassion at Work answers the call, showing us new ways to enliven the
... Read more

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Gaining Access

A Practical and Theoretical Guide for Qualitative Researchers

by Martha S. Feldman, Jeannine Bell, Michele Tracy Berger, JoAnn M. Brooks, Ann Chih Lih, Marijata Daniel-Echols, Gelaye Debebe, Jane E. Dutton, Ernestine K. Enomoto, Martha Feldman, Ronie Garcia-Johnson, Clare Ginger, Ted G. Jelen, Amaney Jamal, Melanie Manion, Michelle Miller-Adams, Charles T. Myers, Leslie Perlow, Paula Pickering, Michael Pratt, Jodi Sandfort, Brian Schermer, Amy Wrzesniewski ...

Gaining access is a critical part of doing research, not only because one must 'get in' in order to gain information, but also because the quality of access affects what information is available to the researcher. Despite its importance, the literature on qualitative methods has not yet provided an extensive treatment of this issue. Gaining Access fills the void by offering useful, prescriptive ... Read more

$143.99 CAD

Gaining access is a critical part of doing research, not only because one must 'get in' in order to gain information, but also because the quality of access affects what information is available to the researcher. Despite its importance, the literature on qualitative methods has not yet provided an extensive treatment of this issue. Gaining Access fills the void by offering useful, prescriptive
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Relationship-Based Social Work, Second Edition

Getting to the Heart of Practice

by Ravi Kohli, Martin Smith, Clare Parkinson, Linnet McMahon, Robin Solomon, John Simmonds, Andrew Cooper, Jane Dutton, Anna Fairtlough, Jeremy Walsh ...

This comprehensive guide to relationship-based practice in social work communicates the theory using illustrative case studies and offers a model for practice. Updated and expanded, it now includes increased coverage of anti-oppressive and diversity issues, service user perspectives and systemic approaches in social work.The book explores the ranges of emotions that practitioners may encounter ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

This comprehensive guide to relationship-based practice in social work communicates the theory using illustrative case studies and offers a model for practice. Updated and expanded, it now includes increased coverage of anti-oppressive and diversity issues, service user perspectives and systemic approaches in social work.The book explores the ranges of emotions that practitioners may encounter
... Read more
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How to Be a Positive Leader

Small Actions, Big Impact

Narrated by Caroline Miller ...

Unabridged

5 hours 7 min

The field of positive leadership continues to expand. Building on the practical tools and philosophy in Kim Cameron's books (including Positive Leadership, over 30,000 copies sold), this edited volume brings the best research from fourteen scholars and translates it into plain English for organizations. ... Read more

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The field of positive leadership continues to expand. Building on the practical tools and philosophy in Kim Cameron's books (including Positive Leadership, over 30,000 copies sold), this edited volume brings the best research from fourteen scholars and translates it into plain English for organizations.
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Impactful Data Visualization

Hide and Seek with Graphs

by Kavitha Ranganathan ...

Water water everywhere n**or any drop to drink Data data everywhere no time to stop and think! There is scarcely a role that does not require us to understand analyse and present data. Charts graphs and maps are everywhere. However many of these data visuals leave the viewer bewildered confused or (even worse) with an incorrect understanding of the data. In contrast if designed well data ... Read more

$4.99 CAD

Water water everywhere n**or any drop to drink Data data everywhere no time to stop and think! There is scarcely a role that does not require us to understand analyse and present data. Charts graphs and maps are everywhere. However many of these data visuals leave the viewer bewildered confused or (even worse) with an incorrect understanding of the data. In contrast if designed well data
... Read more
How to Be a Saint

An Extremely Weird and Mildly Sacrilegious History of The Catholic Church's Biggest Names

by Kate Sidley ...

Part history lesson. Part sacrilege. An entirely good time.Think you have what it takes to be a saint? Lucky for you, thousands of souls have paved the way to heaven—creating a clear formula for getting the job done while also leaving a rich, disturbing history behind them. And in just five easy-ish steps, you can learn how to secure your own halo!But even if the whole "dying and becoming a saint" ... Read more

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Part history lesson. Part sacrilege. An entirely good time.Think you have what it takes to be a saint? Lucky for you, thousands of souls have paved the way to heaven—creating a clear formula for getting the job done while also leaving a rich, disturbing history behind them. And in just five easy-ish steps, you can learn how to secure your own halo!But even if the whole "dying and becoming a saint"
... Read more

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