Human Science / Psychology / Industrial & Organizational Psychology

Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work

by Paul Babiak & Robert D. Hare

Let's say you're about to hire somebody for a position in your company. Your corporation wants someone who's fearless, charismatic, and full of new ideas. Candidate X is charming, smart, and has all the right...

Liespotting

by Pamela Meyer

GET TO THE TRUTH

People--friends, family members, work colleagues, salespeople--lie to us all the time.  Daily, hourly, constantly. None of us is immune, and all of us are victims. According to studies by several...

The Design of Future Things

by Don Norman

In The Design of Future Things, best-selling author Donald A. Norman presents a revealing examination of smart technology, from smooth-talking GPS units to cantankerous refrigerators. Exploring the links between...

Remarkable: Resolving your most important business issue

by Randy Ross & David Salyers

Business as usual. It's conventional, operating within the established norms. It's predictable, delivering the expected. It's comfortable, maintaining the status quo. It's...safe. There are millions of organizations...

Creating Contagious Commitment: Applying the Tipping Point to Organizational Change, eBook of 2nd Edition

by Andrea Shapiro & Patricia Zigarmi

Creating Contagious Commitment: Applying the Tipping Point to Organizational Change

Too often, necessary and technically appropriate change initiatives fall short of expected gains because leaders fail to involve...

The Common Excuses of the Comfortable Compromiser: Understanding why people oppose your great idea

by Matt Crossman

Comfortable compromisers block the way of anyone trying to change anything. This is your field guide to their common excuses.