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“Job Essence Consists of the Actions and Behaviors That Reflect the Higher Purpose of the Job Role.”

Most employees know what to do and how to do it – yet few truly understand the why behind their daily job tasks.

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Improve Company Culture by Instilling a Learning Mindset

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For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 16 getAbstract summaries (11 books with a total of 2581 pages, 3 articles and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 3094 minutes (about 52 hours). Learn more.

Improve Company Culture by Instilling a Learning Mindset

Workplace learning creates not just a better-informed but a better-connected workforce.

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Build a courageous culture with trust and learning at its center

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Gamify Your Training and Marketing for a Win/Win Strategy

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For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 10 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 1855 pages, one article, one video and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2217 minutes (about 37 hours). Learn more.

Gamify Your Training and Marketing for a Win/Win Strategy

Game mechanics in different applications engage employees and customers, leading to greater retention for both.

Leadership Advice for the Heart, Mind and Soul

To grow as a leader, you need more than hands-on advice. You need inspiration.

Through coaching, you help people realize their potential by increasing their self-knowledge, perception and understanding. Leaders at all levels may start with the following six best practices.

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getAbstract's Summaries on the Latest Topics

Ron A. Carucci

To Be Honest

Whatever business you’re in, for your firm to be credible, it should stand for truth, justice and purpose.

Kogan Page Publishers

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Robert C. Pozen and Alexandra Samuel

Remote, Inc.

Learn new remote work skills to enhance your productivity, communication, tech use, meetings and more.

HarperBusiness

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Justyn Walsh

Investing with Keynes

Keynes wasn’t just a great economist; he also was one of the world’s best value investors.

Pegasus Books

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Christopher Mims

Arriving Today

How the global supply chain works, how it can break down, how it will function in the future – and why Amazon will dominate.

HarperBusiness

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Michael Ventura

Applied Empathy

Today’s most innovative, resilient leaders practice empathy. Make it real, and it will work for you.

Atria Books

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Noah Smith

The Japan that Abe Shinzo made

Former prime minister Shinzo Abe changed the face of Japan.

Noah Smith

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Our Independent Book Critiques Are Even Shorter Than Our Summaries

Entrepreneur and award-winning author Romi Neustadt offers a basic, step-by-step program for recognizing and turning your fears and bad habits into positives to help you achieve your dreams.

Russ Sarratt and Rusty Chadwick’s basic guide to the mind-set of successful teams focuses on the emotional connections among team members.

Retired Navy SEAL commander Rich Diviney describes the attributes that make SEALs successful.

Professors Cinzia Arruzza, Nancy Fraser and Tithi Bhattacharya pull no punches in their detailed, heartfelt rallying cry for a new, inclusive feminism.

Political historian John J. Mearsheimer details nations’ paths to hegemony in this compelling description of the sources and applications of state power.

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How to Offer Effective Feedback

Constructive, yet delivered with compassion, feedback is what makes learning cultures thrive.

Stop treating meetings as a necessary evil.

It takes a long time to build it up, yet it can be ruined in seconds: Trust is a delicate thing.

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Gamify Your Training and Marketing for a Win/Win Strategy

Game mechanics in different applications engage employees and customers, leading to greater retention for both.

To grow as a leader, you need more than hands-on advice. You need inspiration.

The simplest. The very best. The one and only. Here are the top seven Single Most Important Things.

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Well-Being Is About More than “An Apple a Day”

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Well-Being Is About More than “An Apple a Day”

It also means managing your time and energy wisely and practicing emotional intelligence.

The Next Killer Investment Might Wipe You Out — Elizabeth Holmes, the chief executive officer and founder of Theranos, a health care technology company, listens as Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., April 17, 2013. (DoD photo by Glenn Fawcett/Released)

Famous Wall Street swindlers from Ponzi to Holmes remind buyers to beware.

Convey calm amidst disruption, foster inclusiveness and bring out the best in people.

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In Conversation with Experts and Professionals

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“Job Essence Consists of the Actions and Behaviors That Reflect the Higher Purpose of the Job Role.”

Most employees know what to do and how to do it – yet few truly understand the why behind their daily job tasks.

“Work Will Never Love Us Back. Other People Will.”

This 10 min. read saves you up to 9 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 432 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 509 minutes (about 9 hours). Learn more.

“Work Will Never Love Us Back. Other People Will.”

We’ve been told that we should look for purpose, joy and fulfillment in our jobs. But that claim is a fraud, says labor journalist and author Sarah Jaffe.

“People Don’t Want to Be Merely Motivated – They Seek Inspiration.”

This 13 min. read saves you up to 31 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 4 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1512 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1802 minutes (about 31 hours). Learn more.

“People Don’t Want to Be Merely Motivated – They Seek Inspiration.”

Trust is the lubricant of the new world of work, says Stephen M.R. Covey – but if you really want to bring your organization forward, you have to be an inspiring leader and put purpose…

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NEW: THOUGHT LEADER PROFILES

Instant Practical Insights into the Thinking of Important Contemporaries

On purpose, leadership and empathy.

On the power of conversations to bring people together.

There are many stories and there are many feminisms.

On the foundations of a growth mind-set, or, why we are “born to learn.”

Yuval Noah Harari, photo by Dirk-Jan Visser/laif

On facing the future as one humanity.

On vulnerability, psychological safety and other leadership skills.

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FAVORITE READS

Our Favorite Thinkers and Leaders Share Their Favorite Reads

JEFF HADEN

My current favorite book is The Power of Regret by Daniel Pink,” says author and Inc. Magazine contributing editor Jeff Haden. “NO REGRETS! makes for a great tattoo, but it’s a terrible philosophy.” In his book, Pink argues that regrets help us learn from mistakes, decide what is truly important to us and make better decisions in the future. “While dwelling on regrets isn’t helpful, learning from them definitely is,” concludes Jeff. He praises Pink for laying out a process for reframing regret into something useful – “something that will make a definite difference in your personal and professional life.” We suggest you follow Jeff’s recommendation and read our summary of Daniel Pink’s argument. You won’t regret it!

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Daniel Pink

‘No Regrets’ Is No Way to Live

Banishing regret from our lives is not just futile, but also, unhelpful.

The Wall Street Journal

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