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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Based on a new study from the Happiness Research Institute, Meik Wiking reveals the main factors that build happiness at work--purpose, trust, relationships, balance, and more--to show how we can reduce stress, increase productivity, and find fulfillment, both in and out of work. It is well known that the Danes have a fantastic work-life balance, that working late is discouraged, parental leave is split equally, and long summer holidays are the norm....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
To the outside world, Imogen is a marketing dynamo. Her colleagues don't know that while her high-achieving professional image is real, the happy childhood stories she spins are as fake as her pretend enthusiasm for Christmas. Working 24/7 has always been her solution to surviving the festive season--until burnout leads to a catastrophic blunder. Suddenly, Imogen is handed a holiday gift she definitely doesn't want: enforced time off work to recuperate....
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
In this classic roadmap to managing your high-tension job, Richard Carlson shows how to stop worrying about the aspects of your work beyond your control and interact more fruitfully and joyfully with colleagues, clients, and bosses. His key insights reveal how to:
How to manage rush deadlines with rushing
How to transform your outlook and prepare for the day ahead
How to enjoy corporate travel
How to have a really bad day . . . and get over it.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
268 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Three caretakers and a single remaining researcher, who keep the Northern Institute in working order in case research ever resumes, find their work upended by a mysterious object that appears in the snow that soon challenges their every notion of what is normal.
In the far reaches of the world, the Northern Institute sits in a vast expanse of ice and snow. Shut down after an unspecified incident, the research facility was evacuated and is now home...
Author
Publisher
HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this timely, provocative book, Jeffrey Pfeffer contends that many modern management commonalities such as long hours, work-family conflict, and economic insecurity are toxic to employees--hurting engagement, increasing turnover, and destroying people's physical and emotional health--while also being inimical to company performance. He argues that human sustainability should be as important as environmental stewardship. You don't have to do a physically...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Dangerous Calling reveals the truth that the culture surrounding our pastors is spiritually unhealthy--an environment that actively undermines the wellbeing and efficacy of our church leaders and thus the entire church body. Here is a book that both diagnoses and offers cures for issues that impact every member and church leader, and gives solid strategies for fighting the all-important war that rages in our churches today. --from publisher description....
Author
Publisher
ASCD
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
131 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mike Anderson explores six key intrinsic motivators essential for teachers and how to build powerful habits so that they can recharge their battery, recover their swagger, rekindle their professional fire, and refresh their spirit to be the best for the students in their care"--
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
ix, 206 pages ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Teachers today are more stressed than ever. It is crucial that teachers develop the tools necessary to keep from falling prey to the potentially destructive effects of stress and burnout. Cultivating Teacher Renewal: Guarding Against Stress and Burnout offers the antidote by providing the knowledge, skills and practices that will keep teachers from surrendering to burnout. Cultivating Teacher Renewal is evidence-based presenting an extensive review...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The CEO of Not So Wimpy Teacher, Jamie Sears, offers a hands-on guide for teachers for setting boundaries, increasing productivity, and finding fulfillment. She draws on the real-life struggles of teachers who have used her tools and strategies to overcome burnout and make the most of their time"--