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Archive for 'Current Reading'

Personality and intelligence at work

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on August 18, 2008 
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Personality and Intelligence at Work by Adrian Furnham examines the increasingly controversial role of individual differences in predicting and determining behaviour at work. It combines approaches from organisational psychology and personality theory to critically examine the physical, psychological and psycho-analytic aspects of individual differences, and how they impact on the world of work.

Beyond Bullsh*t - Straight Talk at Work

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on August 8, 2008 
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Academia seems to have acquired some courage from Stanford University’s Robert Sutton (author of The The No Asshole Rule) when it comes to choosing eye-catching titles for their latest literary effort. Management professor and consultant, Sam Culbert, has just released Beyond BULLSH*T - Straight Talk at Work

The sway of irrational behaviour

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on July 7, 2008 
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Yes, it is yet another book on irrational thinking. There must be money to be made in explaining the science of our faulty thinking in an easy to understand manner. In a new book, Sway: The Irressistible Pull of Irrational Behaviour, the authors Ori and Rom Brafman outline a series of irrational behaviours that remind us just how often decisions are made not on sound reasoning but on emotional impulses that can have critical consequences.

Why work sucks

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on June 19, 2008 
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If only my job could be like this. Picture an office where no meeting is mandatory and employees can come and go as they please as long as they get the job done. Too good to be true! Well, Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke–the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific suggests that this results-only work environment (ROWE) actually works.

Escape from Corporate America

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on June 2, 2008 
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You will search far and wide to find someone who doesn’t hate their job. Yes, the majority of us truly hate what we do, and only continue working because we can’t afford not to. Pamela Skillings looks at people in that predicament and offers them a way out in her book Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams.. It’s a well-written book that should give you all the help you need to start making choices and decisions to change your current situation.

Nudging in the right direction

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on May 12, 2008 
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Every day we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools for our children to the meals we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. Nudge is the latest in a series of books that detail the many ways in which our decision making is irrational, and what we can do about it.

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