Mulcahy, Diane
Summary: From Uber to the presidential debates, the gig economy has been dominating the headlines…and for good reason. Today, more than a third of Americans are working in the gig economy—mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. For those who’ve figured out the formula, life has never been better
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMACOM 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 650.1 MULFeiler, Bruce
Summary: America's workforce is at a once-in-a-generation turning point: unprecedented numbers are quitting their jobs, rethinking their routines, breaking away from stifling expectations. The most suffocating iron cage of all is the idea that each of us must follow a linear career" lock into a dream early, always climb higher, never stop until you reach the top. Few ideas have squandered more human...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 FEISeal, Rebecca
Summary: "Like it or not, working alone is now the new normal. The COVID-19 pandemic may have accelerated the process, but the trend is clear--making a living outside the confines of a public workplace is here to stay. For anyone who needs guidance on how to navigate working from a home office--or a home sofa--here is a charming, expert, and genuinely helpful guide to managing a productive career...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3123 SEAPatel, Anjali Bindra
Summary: "In Humanity at Work, Patel provides a step-by-step guide of the Whats, Whys, and Hows of creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. In this book, Patel combines her own experience with lessons from accomplished professionals, such as SPANX founder Sara Blakely, billionaire business owner Janice Bryant Howroyd, entrepreneur Jesse Itzler and countless others. As work transitions from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Degree Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business PatelBurnett, William
Summary: "A book that shows how to find meaning and satisfaction in your work life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 BURKelly, Matthew.
Summary: One of the major issues concerning our lives today is work-life balance. No one has it and everyone wants it. In this book the author suggests that balance is not what we really want. What is proposed by the author is that we all really want satisfaction as opposed to balance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2011
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Summary: Argues that people require satisfaction more than a work-life balance, outlining a system used by the author to promote energy, focus on key priorities, and avoid popular beliefs that compromise personal fulfillment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Street Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 KELFerriss, Timothy.
Summary: Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan--there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, here is the blueprint. This step-by-step guide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009
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Summary: "Vice President of Twitter Europe and host of the top business podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat offers 30 smart, research-based hacks for bringing joy back into our burnt out, uninspired, and unproductive work culture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 DAISalzberg, Sharon
Summary: Real Happiness at Work brings the profound benefits of meditation to an area where people could use it most--the workplace. And it's written by one of the world's leading meditation teachers. A follow-up to Real Happiness, the New York Times bestseller, Sharon Salzberg's Real Happiness at Work is a practical guide to improving work life through mindfulness, compassion, and ingenuity. It's about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 SALSisson, Natalie
Summary: "After eight years of working in the soul-crushing bureaucracy of the corporate world, Natalie Sisson quit her high-paying job and moved to Canada, started a blog, and cofounded a technology company. In just eighteen months she learned how to build an online platform from scratch, and then left to start her own business--which involved visiting Argentina to eat empanadas, play Ultimate Frisbee,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Star Way 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 SISJaffe, Sarah
Summary: "You're told that if you "do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." Whether it's working for "exposure" and "experience," or enduring poor treatment in the name of "being part of the family," all employees are pushed to make sacrifices forthe privilege of being able to do what we love. In Work Won't Love You Back, Sarah Jaffe, a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2021
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Contents: Are you the CEO of your working life? -- Knowing your flexstyle -- Weighing the trade-offs -- Trade-offs of using flexibility for higher work-life integration -- Tradeoffs of compartmentalizing work and personal life -- Trade-offs of volleying between work and family -- Changes everyone can make to improve quality of life -- Tailoring change to your particular flexstyle -- Negotiating a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wharton School Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 KOSFisman, Raymond.
Summary: Describes how the everyday dysfunction inherent in all organizations is actually a necessary part of the organization and uses case studies from McDonald's, Google, and even al Qaeda to prove that red tape, meetings, and management all serve a purpose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 FISLaPorte, Danielle
Summary: Combining motivational observations with practical question-and-answer entries, an empowering guide to personal success draws on the ideas of popular self-help concepts to address such topics as personal goals, pragmatism and courage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 LAPBardwick, Judith M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMACOM 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.314 BARBlanchard, Kenneth H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 BLAHenry, Todd.
Summary: "Most of us live with the stubborn idea that we'll always have tomorrow. But sooner or later all of our tomorrows will run out. Each day that you postpone the hard work and succumb to the clutter that chokes creativity, discipline, and innovation will result in a net deficit to the world, to your company, and to yourself. Die Empty is a tool for individuals and companies that aren't willing to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio Hardcover 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 HENPaxton, Shelley
Summary: "High-flying Harley-Davidson executive Shelley Paxton had an enviable life by most measures - money, travel, excitement. Yet the trappings of success hid a growing discontent, which spiraled into addiction, divorce and despair before a long-overdue breakforced her to face all the fears and dreams she'd been ignoring. She left a 26-year corporate career and took a "Soulbattical" - a deeply...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7 PAXFerriss, Timothy.
Summary: Tim Ferriss is an extraordinary young man on a mission. The twenty-nine-year-old serial vagabond and successful entrepreneur has been teaching a wildly popular course at Princeton University for the past four years: a how-to and why-to guide to throwing out the old methods for success (balancing life and work, retiring well, having a great nest egg) and replacing them with an entirely new way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2009
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 650.1 FERSummary: Severance centers on Mark Scout, leading a team of office workers whose memories are surgically split between work and personal lives. The 'work-life balance' experiment is questioned as Mark faces a mystery forcing him to confront the true nature of his work and himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Pub. 2003
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Summary: "I'm working harder than I ever have, and I don't know if it's worth it anymore." If you're a manager or leader in today's high-speed, high-stress economy, these words have probably run through your mind, maybe more than once. Many people in management positions are feeling fed up, burned out, and unhappy at work: the constant pressure and stress, the unending changes, the politics ... People...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business Review Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 MCKTon, Zeynep.
Summary: " For decades, jobs with good pay and decent benefits in service, manufacturing, and retail have gone overseas, eviscerating America's middle class and setting off a chain reaction of problems for the country as a whole. Up until now, defenders of the new system have argued that American corporations, to stay competitive internationally, must cut wages and benefits and essentially squeeze as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014