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(Paperback)

Deciding who to hire is a perennial challenge for every executive. Will the person be a good fit Will they perform up to expectations How can you predict just who will succeed This book presents an insight into how some of the world's top business leaders tackled both the uncertainty of hiring and the difficult task of letting someone go.

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With an overview on topics such as recruiting the right people, cultivating the right culture, avoiding employee burnout, and calculating employee turnover, this book offers managers an understanding of how to hire and increase retention. It is aimed at managers and human resource professionals.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Laying Off Employees

(Hardback)

Uses stories from a range of top companies to illustrate why building loyalty is more important than ever - and how to do it.

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(Paperback)

Designed for a senior-level or first-year MBA course on organizational behaviour and human resource management, this text examines contemporary issues facing management such as drugs in the workplace, ethnic diversity, family and career and women in management.

(Hardback)

Describes the opportunities that a rapidly expanding older workforce offers employers, the challenges that stand in the way of full engagement and productivity particularly with respect to their younger managers, and the specific strategies and practices that organizations and managers can adopt to manage older workers more effectively.

(Hardback)

Far-reaching changes in attitudes and family structures have been redefining the workforce over the years - yet the workplace has remained much the same. During this time, many companies have learned that personalising the customer experience is good for business. The authors argue to extend this concept to the workplace.

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Argues that the relationship between employees and employers - an association that both defines and drives the American workplace - is in a state of profound transition. This book explores various developments in employment relationships and causes us to rethink our long-held assumptions about managing people.

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A coaching guide to teach four personal self-management skills to employees and managers in need of workplace behavior improvement.

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This workbook teaches four personal self-management skills with numerous exercises for employees and managers in need of workplace behavior improvement.

(Hardback)

What can companies do to attract and retain the large number of professional women who are forced off the career highway This work answers this critical question. Working closely with companies such as Ernst and Young, Goldman Sachs, Time Warner, General Electric and others, it identifies what works and why.

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This up-to-the-minute manual clearly explains the technical side of drug testing as well as how workers can exercise their legal rights to decline tests or dispute results.

(Hardback)

Highlights the various sources of emotional energy unique to organizations and the discipline companies need to follow their chosen paths. This book provides guidelines for managers seeking to reshape their practices to achieve better performance from their own workforces and gain the resulting competitive edge.

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Designed to provide advice, personal coaching, background information, and guidance on the relevant topics in business. This title is suitable for managers seeking to expand skills and a professional looking to broaden knowledge base, and helps them prepare for a formal performance meeting with a direct report, and create a development plan.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

The scale and speed of change is unprecedented in our lifetime. When the SHIFT Hits Your Plan exposes how massive change will impact the way work gets done and how organizations recruit, manage, and retain talent. The book will inspire new ideas and challenge assumptions about business and help lay out a game plan to make change work.

(Hardback)

Drawing on examples from companies including Google, Disney, IBM, and Microsoft, this title explains six business tools leaders use, and shows how HR can apply these tools to talent management. It is suitable for HR professionals seeking to sharpen their decision-making prowess.

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(Hardback)

Rocked by a flurry of high-profile sex discrimination lawsuits in the 1990s, Wall Street was supposed to have cleaned up its act. It hasn't. This work serves as an indictment of how America's financial capital has swept enduring discriminatory practices under the rug.

(Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition)

Shows managers how to recognise The set-up-to-fail syndrome (SUTFS) relationships, and how to reverse them before it's too late. This book also shows how managers can stay balanced and prevent this dysfunctional set-up-to-fail dynamic from the start, triggering positive performance spirals with their employees.

(Hardback)

The question for all managers the one that separates great managers from the rest is how to get the most from your people. This book offers a five step process that leads to peak performance. It gives managers a simple framework for getting the best out of people: Selection; Connection; Play; Progress; and, Recognition.