Through a six-step, six-week experience, bestselling author Buckingham outlines how to seize control of personal assets and put them to use at work. As part of the book's program, there is a short online questionnaire, a companion film, and structured exercises.
From the author of the long-running number 1 bestseller "StrengthsFinder 2.0" comes a landmark study of great leaders, teams, and the reasons why people follow. Nearly a decade ago, Gallup unveiled the results of a landmark 30-year research project that ignited a global conversation on the topic of strengths. More than 3 million people have since ...
A "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" for musicians, this wise and useful book transforms a sometimes frustrating, monotonous, and strenuous labor into an exhilarating and rewarding experience. 40 photos. 4 line drawings.
Performance anxiety is taboo. The pressures of performing music are so intense, so daunting, that few in the business dare even broach the topic. But a musician faces a lifetime of auditions, competitions, recitals, solos, and premieres, and debuts. It's a workplace in which the slightest slip of the finger or quiver of the vocal chords can sour ...
Classical bassist Barry Green, author of THE INNER GAME OF MUSIC, returns with advice to musicians from musicians--including Dave Brubeck, Joshua Bell, and the members of the Harlem Boys Choir. He then extrapolates 10 characteristics that are necessary for all successful musicians.
The authors offer quick yet meaningful meditations for shifting out of negative states of mind along with simple focus phrases for activating one's full awareness and potential.
The goal of this book is to characterize the nature of abilities, competencies, and expertise, and to understand the relations among them. The book therefore seeks to integrate into a coherent discipline what formerly have been, to a large extent, three separate disciplines. Such integration makes both theoretical and practical sense, because ...
"Performance" has become one of the key terms for the 21st century, but what do we mean by it? In today's world it can refer to experimental art; productivity in the workplace; and the functionality of technological systems. Do these disparate fields bear any relation to each other? In "Perform or Else" Jon McKenzie asserts that there is a ...
Performance is just one part of an employee's overall development as a professional and as a leader. This crucial development depends on the employee's emotional intelligence and the ability of the manager to encourage and increase it. "Coaching for Emotional Intelligence" provides a carefully planned strategy to help managers address the issues ...
Can such techniques as sleep learning and hypnosis improve performance? Do we sometimes confuse familiarity with mastery? Can we learn without making mistakes? These questions apply in the classroom, in the military, and on the assembly line. "Learning, Remembering, Believing" addresses these and other key issues in learning and performance. The ...
The archer stands and pulls back the bow, visualizing the path of the arrow to the target. Does this mental exercise enhance performance? Can we all use such techniques to improve performance in our daily lives? "In the Mind's Eye" addresses these and other intriguing questions. This volume considers basic issues of performance, exploring how ...
You're On! provides guidance and advice for consulting with performers in the pursuit of excellence. Whether these clients are performing artists, businesspeople, physicians, lawyers or in high-risk occupations, they must learn to focus, cope, and excel in highly stressful situations. Based on extensive interviews with notable performers and ...
Korean edition of A COMPLAINT FREE WORLD: How to Stop Complaining and Start Enjoying the Life You Always Wanted by Will Bowen who has appeared on Oprah and The Today Show discussing his challenge of a simple, effective way that makes a life changing result - stop complaining. It is the most direct way to become happier. He has issued a challenge; ...
Increasingly, it is becoming evident that those involved in socio-musical studies must focus their investigative lens on musical practice and articulation of the self, on music and community involvement and on music as a social medium for social relationships. What motivates people to be involved in musical performance, and how do they articulate ...
Well-researched and well-written, A Lean Guide to Transforming Healthcare demonstrates the application of lean principles to the current healthcare environment. Offering a practical and sound understanding of the concepts and application for lean and the principles of Six Sigma melded with an insider's familiarity with healthcare delivery, the ...
Throughout time, people have explored the ways in which they can improve some aspect of their performance. Such attempts are more visible today, with many working to gain an 'edge' on their performance, whether it is to learn a new language, improve memory or increase golf handicaps. This book examines a range of techniques that are intended to ...
Accident investigation and risk assessment have for decades focused on the human factor, most notably in the form of 'human error'. Countless books and papers have been written about how to identify, classify, eliminate, prevent and compensate for 'human error'. This preoccupation with failure is near universal and can be found in all fields of ...
"Emotional Intelligence Coaching" examines how emotions and habits can impact on performance. Emotional intelligence is about recognising how the attitudes we have prevent us from reaching our potential and replacing them with more useful attitudes, feelings and thoughts. The authors present the various models and tools which coaches can use to ...
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