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Handbook of Workplace Assessment

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: July 31, 2010
With the trend over the past few years for organisations of all sizes to streamline their workforces and focus on selecting and retaining only the “best and the brightest” employees, effective assessment has become vital to ensuring organisations are able to hire and retain top talent. The Handbook of Workplace Assessment, edited by John Scott and Doug Reynolds, presents evidence-based assessment research and knowledge directed to any organisation using assessment to build their workforce.
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Employee engagement: a roadmap

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: June 3, 2010
How can an organisation create an environment that truly engages its employees in order for the company to flourish? Author and consultant Brad Federman calls it “the big question” for all organisations: “How do we create an environment that encourages connections or mutually beneficial bonds?” The question isn’t about warm and fuzzy feel-good workplaces; it’s about employee performance and tenure and their impact on the organisation and its bottom line.
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Mojo

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: June 2, 2010
Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back if You Lose It, the latest book from executive coach, Marshall Goldsmith, is about that moment when we do something that’s purposeful, powerful, and positive and the rest of the world recognises it
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The psychology of price

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: February 14, 2010
In his book Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It), William Poundstone entertainingly explains the economics, psychology, and intellectual reasoning surrounding the ways in which producers and sellers take advantage of buyers’ lack of knowledge.
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: August 17, 2009
It may have been around for a few years, but The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (J-B Lencioni Series) is worth a second read. A bestseller by Patrick Lencioni, this book explores the fundamental causes of organisational politics and team failure. Like most of Lencioni's books, the bulk of it is written as a business fable.
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