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This 8 min. read saves you up to 56 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 13 getAbstract summaries (10 books with a total of 2787 pages and 3 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 3337 minutes (about 56 hours). Learn more.

Purpose Problems

The search for meaning at work: A more delicate issue than often admitted.

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New Work

How-to-Guides: A Fast Track to Current Business FAQs and the Best Answers from Our Library.

How to Set Up a Mentoring Program (and Why)

How to Offer Effective Feedback

The Main Requirement of Hybrid Work

How to Measure the Success of Training

How to Survive the Labor Shortage

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New Work

Interviews: getAbstract in Conversation with Experts and Professionals.

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

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

“If You’re Good at Coaching, You’ll Eventually Become Obsolete to the Person.”

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SOFT SKILLS

Soft Skills Series: Here's What You Need to Get along with Others and Lead People More Effectively.

TOP SUMMARIES

New Work: Our Selection from getAbstract's Library

Rory M. McDonald and Christopher Bingham

Productive Tensions

New theories on how to maximize innovation amid complexity and uncertainty.

MIT Press

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Giovanni Dienstmann

Mindful Self-Discipline

Live your life in harmony with what you deem important, and focus on realizing your potential, goals and dreams.

Giovanni Dienstmann

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Michael Bungay Stanier

How to Begin

Embark on an ambitious, inspiring personal challenge to make a difference for yourself and your community.

Page Two Publishers

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Ruchika Tulshyan

Inclusion on Purpose

Avoid “casual” racism and sexism in the workplace.

MIT Press

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Minda Zetlin

Career Self-Care

Self-care is key for advancing your career.

New World Library

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Jason Sperling

Creative Directions

You think working as a creative is hard? Try managing creatives.

HarperCollins Leadership

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FOCUS: WELLBEING

How to Help Your Employees Stay Healthy

Interview

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 456 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 538 minutes (about 9 hours). Learn more.

“Meditation Trains Your Mind.”

Author, coach and long-time meditator Giovanni Dienstmann explains why the benefits of a daily meditation practice go beyond relaxation – and how mindful awareness can help you realize your goals.

READING LISTS:

This 10 min. read saves you up to 42 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 12 getAbstract summaries (8 books with a total of 2078 pages and 4 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2484 minutes (about 42 hours). Learn more.

How to Heal from PTSD

Both people and organizations experience traumatic events. Here’s how to move past them.

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

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

How healthy optimism makes you more resilient.

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This 7 min. read saves you up to 26 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 7 getAbstract summaries (5 books with a total of 1278 pages and 2 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1527 minutes (about 26 hours). Learn more.

Leading for Well-Being

A healthy workforce is a productive workforce. From sponsoring exercise programs to creating a values-based work culture, there is a lot you can do as a leader to help your employees thrive.

Those who sleep better (and often, more) are healthier, in a better mood and perform better. Time for more accurate sleep leadership in your organization!

In moments of acute stress, the brain engages a fight or flight response. Learn how to snap out of it.

INTERVIEWS:

“Well-Being Doesn’t Just Mean Switching Off. It Is About How You Burn Your Light.”

This 8 min. read saves you up to 6 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 304 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 357 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.

“Well-Being Doesn’t Just Mean Switching Off. It Is About How You Burn Your Light.”

Nicolai Chen Nielsen and Nicolai Tillisch explain how to make ambition work for you.

British psychologist Audrey Tang discusses how introducing small nuggets of mindfulness into your workday can lead to powerful changes over time.

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INTERVIEWS

In Conversation with Experts and Professionals

“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…

“If You’re Good at Coaching, You’ll Eventually Become Obsolete to the Person.”

This 13 min. read saves you up to 6 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 2 getAbstract summaries (one book with a total of 294 pages and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 340 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.

“If You’re Good at Coaching, You’ll Eventually Become Obsolete to the Person.”

Master Coach Marion Franklin on asking the right questions, waiting patiently for answers, and the number one problem with coaching-style leadership.

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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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FEATURES

A Dozen Books, Summarized in a Handful of Abstracts – in One Story: Our Longreads

CREATIVITY

This 4 min. read saves you up to 34 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 16 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 1692 pages, 4 articles, 4 videos and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2027 minutes (about 34 hours). Learn more.

Creativity Is a Journey, Not a Destination

A Reading List to Get the Creative Juices Flowing

TEAMWORK

The great ideas are out there waiting for the patient and the bold to find them.

SLEEP

This 6 min. read saves you up to 24 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 16 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1197 pages and 12 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1431 minutes (about 24 hours). Learn more.

How to Sleep

Those who sleep better (and often, more) are healthier, in a better mood and perform better. Time for more accurate sleep leadership in your organization!

HABITS

This 7 min. read saves you up to 55 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 14 getAbstract summaries (9 books with a total of 2733 pages and 5 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 3273 minutes (about 55 hours). Learn more.

Biohacking for Beginners

Tweaks to sharpen your thinking and increase your energy

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CUSTOMER INSIGHTS

Urgent Questions from the Business World – Answered Promptly

NEW ARTICLES

Emotional Leadership Versus Virtual Distance

This 3 min. read saves you up to 8 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 3 getAbstract summaries (3 books with a total of 394 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 470 minutes (about 8 hours). Learn more.

Emotional Leadership Versus Virtual Distance

A few tricks can work wonders when it comes to virtual leadership.

Do Your Team Members Feel Safe Enough to Ask for Help?

How to promote safety and a culture of dialog in your team – and thus set the course for the future.

Is Our Desire to Be the Best More Important than Our Mental Health?

Are We Too Focused on Teaching Leaders to Lead Others…

What Can We Do to Support Our Project Managers?

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FAVORITE READ

Our Favorite Thinkers and Leaders Share Their Favorite Reads

MEREDITH TAGHI

What difference can an individual make? “A really big one”, says Meredith Taghi, VP Group Learning, Talent and HR Platforms at Deutsche Post DHL. “That is, if the right people are given the opportunity to get things done.” Meredith says it was Michael J. Arena’s Adaptive Space that opened her eyes to the potential of perfect job/people matches. Read our summary of the book!

SUMMARY

Michael J. Arena

Adaptive Space

Disrupt your competitors, or the boldest of them will disrupt you. For “disrupt,” read “kill.”

McGraw-Hill Education

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