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The Cactus and Snowflake at Work

How the Logical and Sensitive Can Thrive Side by Side

By: Devora Zack

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The Cactus and Snowflake at Work

How the Logical and Sensitive Can Thrive Side by Side

By: Devora Zack

This hilarious and profound workplace guide proves the rigorously rational and the supremely sympathetic can meet in the middle and merge their strengths. Readers will discover how blending with their opposite opens the pathway to being their truest selves. Carl Jung's personality typology introduced the distinction that Feelers (who lead with their hearts) put more weight on personal concerns and the people involved, and Thinkers (who lead with their heads) are guided by objective principles and impartial facts. This book calls them Cacti and Snowflakes—each singularly transcendent. But can people with such fundamentally different ways of making sense of and engaging with the world work together? Yes, says Devora Zack! The key is not to try to change each other. Zack says we can directly control only three things: what we say, what we think, and what we do. The best use of our energy is to focus on our own reactions and perceptions rather than try to “fix” other people. This book includes an assessment so readers can learn where they are on the Thinker/Feeler spectrum—and because it's a spectrum, readers might well be a snowcactus or a cactusflake. Then Zack helps them figure out where other people might be, guiding them through a myriad of modes of communication and motivation based on personality type. She includes real-life scenarios that show how to nurture one's nature while successfully connecting with those on the other side. As always, Zack fearlessly and entertainingly dispels myths, squashes stereotypes, and transforms perceived liabilities into strengths. And she once again affirms that, like chocolate and peanut butter, we are better together.

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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1523093374

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Managing for People Who Hate Managing

Be a Success by Being Yourself

By: Devora Zack

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Managing for People Who Hate Managing

Be a Success by Being Yourself

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Uses the "thinker feeler" spectrum to discover natural strengths and guides the development of a management style from that.

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1609945735

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Networking for People Who Hate Networking

A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

By: Devora Zack

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Networking for People Who Hate Networking

A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

By: Devora Zack

Shows how the networking-averse can succeed by working with the very traits that make them hate traditional networking Written by a proud introvert who is also an enthusiastic networker Includes field-tested tips and techniques for virtually any situation Are you the kind of person who would rather get a root canal than face a group of strangers? Does the phrase “working a room” make you want to retreat to yours? Does traditional networking advice seem like it’s in a foreign language? Devora Zack, an avowed introvert and a successful consultant who speaks to thousands of people every year, feels your pain. She found that most networking advice books assume that to succeed you have to become an outgoing, extraverted person. Or at least learn how to fake it. Not at all. There is another way. This book shatters stereotypes about people who dislike networking. They’re not shy or misanthropic. Rather, they tend to be reflective—they think before they talk. They focus intensely on a few things rather than broadly on a lot of things. And they need time alone to recharge. Because they’ve been told networking is all about small talk, big numbers and constant contact, they assume it’s not for them. But it is! Zack politely examines and then smashes to tiny fragments the “dusty old rules” of standard networking advice. She shows how the very traits that ordinarily make people networking-averse can be harnessed to forge an approach that is just as effective as more traditional approaches, if not better. And she applies it to all kinds of situations, not just formal networking events. After all, as she says, life is just one big networking opportunity—a notion readers can now embrace. Networking enables you to accomplish the things that are important to you. But you can’t adopt a style that goes against who you are—and you don’t have to. “I have never met a person who did not benefit tremendously from learning how to network—on his or her own terms”, Zack writes. “You do not succeed by denying your natural temperament; you succeed by working with your strengths.”

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1605099414

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Managing for People Who Hate Managing

Be a Success By Being Yourself

By: Devora Zack

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Be a Success By Being Yourself

By: Devora Zack

Professional success, more often than not, means becoming a manager. Yet nobody prepared you for having to deal with messy tidbits like emotions, conflicts, and personalities—all while achieving ever-greater goals and meeting ever-looming deadlines. Not exactly what you had in mind, is it? Don't panic. Devora Zack has the tools to help you succeed and even thrive as a manager. Drawing on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Zack introduces two primary management styles—thinkers and feelers—and guides you in developing a management style that fits who you really are. She takes you through a host of potentially difficult situations, showing how this new way of understanding yourself and others makes managing less of a stumble in the dark and more of a walk in the park. Her enlightening examples, helpful exercises, and lifesaving tips make this book the new go-to guide for all those managers looking to love their jobs again.

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1609945751

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The Cactus and Snowflake at Work

How the Logical and Sensitive Can Thrive Side by Side

By: Devora Zack

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How the Logical and Sensitive Can Thrive Side by Side

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1523093382

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Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition

A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

By: Devora Zack

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Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition

A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

By: Devora Zack

Would you rather get a root canal than face a group of strangers? Does the phrase “working a room” make you want to retreat to yours? Devora Zack, an avowed introvert and successful consultant who gives presentations to thousands of people at dozens of events annually, feels your pain. She found that other networking books assume that to succeed, you have to act like an extrovert. Not at all. There is another way. Zack politely examines and then smashes to tiny fragments the “dusty old rules” of standard networking advice. She shows how the very traits that make many people hate networking can be harnessed to forge an approach more effective and user-friendly than traditional techniques. This edition adds new material on applying networking principles in personal situations, handling interview questions, following up—what do you do with all those business cards?—and more. Networking enables you to accomplish the goals that are most important to you. But you can't adopt a style that goes against who you are—and you don't have to. As Zack writes, “You do not succeed by denying your natural temperament; you succeed by working with your strengths.”

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1523098546

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Singletasking

Get More Done—One Thing at a Time

By: Devora Zack

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Singletasking

Get More Done—One Thing at a Time

By: Devora Zack

“Can literally double your productivity and performance overnight. This may be the most important book on time and personal management you will ever read.” —Brian Tracy, international bestselling author of Eat That Frog! Your mind can’t be two places at once. Too many of us have become addicted to the popular, enticing, dangerously misleading drug of multitasking. Devora Zack was once hooked herself. But she beat it and became more efficient, and you can too. Zack marshals convincing neuroscientific evidence to prove that you really can’t do more by trying to tackle several things at once—it’s an illusion. There is a better way to deal with all the information and interruptions that bombard us today. Singletasking explains exactly how to clear and calm your mind, arrange your schedule and environment, and gently yet firmly manage the expectations of people around you so that you can accomplish a succession of tasks, one by one—and be infinitely more productive. Singletasking is the secret to success and sanity. “Devora Zack shows us how doing one thing at a time reduces stress, increases efficiency, and produces higher quality results. If you want to work smarter, not harder, read this book!” —Ken Blanchard, #1 New York Times-bestselling coauthor of The One Minute Manager® “Don’t let Zack’s lighthearted tone fool you—Singletasking is backed by hard science, and this book’s pragmatic advice can really change your work and your life.” —David Bach, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Automatic Millionaire “Zack shows readers how they can manage the expectations of others, unplug from technology (at times), and operate in the moment.” —Library Journal

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Networking for People Who Hate Networking

A Field Guide For Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

By: Devora Zack

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A Field Guide For Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

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1523098554

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African Americans in Rutherford County

By: Devora E. Butler

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African Americans in Rutherford County

By: Devora E. Butler

African Americans have heavily contributed to and shaped the unique and vibrant Rutherford County in middle Tennessee. Located 30 miles southeast of Nashville, Rutherford County is at the state's geographical center. This area is home to the Stones River National Battlefield, a national park that was the site of a major Civil War battle--the Battle of Stones River. Tourists come from all over the world to experience this rich cultural and historic venue that once served, although briefly, as the capital of Tennessee. African American men and women have lived, worked, and toiled here for generations.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439622388

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Singletasking

Get More Done—One Thing at a Time

By: Devora Zack

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Get More Done—One Thing at a Time

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Networking for People Who Hate Networking

A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

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A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

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Networking is the art of building and maintaining connections for shared positive outcomes. This field guide begins by politely examining, and then shattering to pieces, traditional networking truisms.

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The Cactus and Snowflake at Work

The Cactus and Snowflake at Work

Managing for People Who Hate Managing

Managing for People Who Hate Managing

Networking for People Who Hate Networking

Networking for People Who Hate Networking

Managing for People Who Hate Managing

Managing for People Who Hate Managing

The Cactus and Snowflake at Work

The Cactus and Snowflake at Work

Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition

Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition

Singletasking

Singletasking

Networking for People Who Hate Networking

Networking for People Who Hate Networking

African Americans in Rutherford County

African Americans in Rutherford County

Singletasking

Singletasking

Networking for People Who Hate Networking

Networking for People Who Hate Networking

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