What do you do when stress takes over your life, and nothing you do to feel better seems to work?When you...Melt down over the smallest thingsGet angry at the people you loveChoke under pressureFeel tense and worried all the timeProcrastinate or give up in the face of a crucial deadlineUse food, alcohol, gambling, or other addictions to copeDwell on the past when you just want to mov...

What do you do when stress takes over your life, and nothing you do to feel better seems to work?When you...Melt down over the smallest thingsGet angry at the people you loveChoke under pressureFeel tense and worried all the timeProcrastinate or give up in the face of a crucial deadlineUse food, alcohol, gambling, or other addictions to copeDwell on the past when you just want to mov...

The classic international bestseller, updated for the hybrid work world, including a new chapter on virtual communication.Excellent communicating skills have always been crucial to success in leadership and management roles—and that’s one of the reasons the first edition of this book, Mastering Communication at Work, has been an international bestseller taught at universities and referred to by leading CEOs. In the years since it was first published, it’s ...

Excellent communicating skills have always been crucial to success in leadership and management roles—and that's one of the reasons the first edition of this book, Mastering Communication at Work, has been an international bestseller taught at universities and referred to by leading CEOs. In the years since it was first published, it's been the go-to "communication playbook," helping leaders develop strategic responses and communication tactics with clear, actionable advice.

Mastering Communication at Work is based on 45 years of research and working with over half-a-million clients around the world. From leaders of countries to leaders of companies to people just starting out in their career, Becker and Wortmann teach techniques that start with the essential wisdom of Aristotle and include the best practices in today’s global organizations.The book includes interviews with leaders who reveal the inside story of the communication secrets at:

BE THE KIND OF LEADER PEOPLE WANT TO WORK WITH“Do you want an engaged and best efforts culture? Do you want to attract and retain the best people? If your answers to those questions are yes and yes, then I highly recommend you read and you practice The Three Commitments of Leadership.”—DOUG LENNICK, CEO, Lennick Aberman Group and author of the internationally acclaimed Moral Intelligence“In The Three Co...

Improve your life fearlessly with this essential guide to kaizen—the art of making great and lasting change through small, steady steps—from psychologist and kaizen expert, Dr. Robert Maurer."A peaceful and simple way of handling all the difficulties in our lives. You will breathe a sign of relief as you read it!" —Susan Jeffers, Ph.D., author of Feel the Fear and Do It AnywayThe philosophy is simple: Great change ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and new tools to make the work your own.For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a mov...

Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See.In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows young ...

New York Times and USA Today BestsellerWith the dead of a bitter Vermont winter closing in, evil is alive and well . . .Frank Rath thought he was done with murder when he turned in his detective's badge to become a private investigator and raise a daughter alone. Then the police in his remote rural community of Canaan find an '89 Monte Carlo abandoned by the side of the road, and the beautiful teenage girl who owned the car seems to have disappea...

From the acclaimed bestselling author and self-help legend'She's so good, Brené Brown, at finding the language to articulate collective feeling' Dolly Alderton'A wonderful book: urgent, essential and fun to read. I couldn't put it down, and it continues to resonate with me' - Seth GodinEvery time we are faced with change, no matter how great or small, we also face risk. We feel uncertain and exposed. We feel vulnera...

THE RUNAWAY GLOBAL BESTSELLER'Gripping, enthralling - a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read.' SJ Watson, bestselling author of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEPRachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as...