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Non-obvious guideSummary: "They are IT: basement denizens, banished from the upper floors of Reynholm Industries by unhinged CEO Denholm Reynholm. But at least they have each other. Computer whiz Moss (Richard Ayoade) is all brains and social awkwardness, while his Irish co-worker, Roy (Chris O'Dowd) just tries to coast through the day. Their mutual goal is to fend off as many work requests as possible and stay...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: "In her powerful new book, Christine Porath explores how the rise of technology and modern workplace practices have fractured our communications yet left us always "on" digitally. Through now common practices like hot-desking and remote work (even without the added isolation of social distancing we experienced during the pandemic), our human interactions have decreased, and so too have our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balance 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302 PORHewlett, Sylvia Ann
Summary: While the #MeToo movement has exposed the enormous harm done by sexual misconduct in the workplace, the movement’s full promise has not been fulfilled, Sylvia Ann Hewlett argues. Showcasing new data on the incidence of sexual harassment and assault at work, she reveals how the movement has focused almost exclusively on white women and failed to support other vulnerable groups who are also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3008 HEWKing, Michelle P.
Summary: In her two decades researching organizations, Michelle King has discovered that people who succeed possess a particularly unique skill: They know how workplaces work. More specifically, to get ahead, they do not rely on the often generic and outdated written formal rules that for a century have defined the workplace. Instead, they have learned to gauge how they should behave and perform by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 KINLyons, Daniel
Summary: Examines how the ideas of Silicon Valley and its "new oligarchs" have changed work culture, making employees subject to constant change, dehumanizing technologies, and even health risks, and discusses how to restore the social contract between employers and employees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 658.3 LYOSlaughter, Anne-Marie
Summary: "When Anne-Marie Slaughter accepted her dream job as the first female director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department in 2009, she was confident she could juggle the demands of her position in Washington, D.C., with the responsibilities of her family life in suburban New Jersey. Her husband and two young sons encouraged her to pursue the job; she had a tremendously supportive boss,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.4209 SLAPappalardo, Sarah
Summary: "A biting humor collection about the cult of productivity and the feeling of impending doom that comes with it, from Reductress."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel Universal 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817 PAPCrisman, Chris
Summary: Chris Crisman pairs his award-winning, striking portrait photography of women on the job with poignant, powerful interviews of his subjects: women who have carved out unique places for themselves in a workforce often dominated by men, and often dominated by men who have told them "no."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779.24 CRIBhargava, Rohit
Summary: Presents original insights with advice from over 50 experts to help you improve the skills that matter most when it comes to working remotely.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ideapress Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 BHACooke, Julia
Summary: "A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 387.7Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.7 COOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.7 COOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Travel CookePovich, Lynn.
Summary: Chronicles the sexual discrimination class action lawsuit that women journalists brought against their employer, Newsweek, in 1970.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 331.4 POVCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.481 POVGreen, Alison
Summary: There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 GREWest, Tessa V.
Summary: "For anyone pulling their hair out over an irritating colleague who's not technically breaking any rules, a hilarious guide to getting difficult people off your back from NYU psychology professor Tessa West. Ever watched a coworker charm the pants off management while showing a competitive, Machiavellian side to the lower ranks? The Kiss-Up/Kick-Down coworker doesn't hesitate to throw peers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.7 WESContents: work outing -- Return of the golden child -- Moss and the German -- dinner party -- Smoke and mirrors -- Men without women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ITKellerman, Gabriella Rosen
Summary: "As we sit on the cusp of some of the most turbulent economic changes in history, many of us wonder how we can not only survive but flourish in our careers. Now, Tomorrowmind provides ... plans and actionable advice for facing the uncertain future of work, ... [offering] key skills on everything from resilience and innovation to social connection and foresight"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 KELMonroe, Mary
Summary: Felicia Hawkins has a successful career, money in the bank, a solid future... and is hopelessly in love with her co-worker, widower Richard Grimes. Richard has his hands full juggling pre-Christmas work demands and raising two teen daughters. He is drawn to Felicia's calm spirit and determination, and everything they have in common. With messy, well-meaning matchmaking from family and friends,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MONReina, Dennis S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.7 REIAnnis, Barbara
Summary: "Despite forty years of laws, quotas, diversity training, and legal expenses aimed toward equalizing pay, opportunities, and working conditions between the sexes, the glass ceiling remains firmly intact. For too long, companies have played the "numbers game"--attempting to tackle gender imbalance by forcing affirmative action policies and numeric standards on organizations to increase the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 ANNKondō, Marie
Summary: "The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn't felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks? These are the modern-day hazards of working, and they can slowly drain the joy from work, limit our chances of career progress, and undermine our well-being. There is another way. In Joy at Work, bestselling author and Netflix star Marie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business KondoRavn, Olga
Summary: "Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew becomes strangely and deeply attached to them, even as tensions boil toward mutiny, especially among the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Publishing 2022
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Summary: Whether you work in a traditional office or a corner of your bedroom, staying well at work need not be a luxury. But wellness at work isn't just about staying physically healthy; it's also about reducing stress and improving mood, focus, energy, and productivity. Well at Work reveals how to optimize our workspaces for wellbeing across the seven domains of integrative health: stress and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.38 STEPang, Amelia
Summary: "After an Oregon mother finds an SOS letter in a box of Halloween decorations, a story unfolds about the man who wrote it: a Chinese political prisoner, sentenced without trial to work grueling hours at a "reeducation" camp--manufacturing the products sold in our own big-box stores"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.11 PANStroh, Linda K.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Praeger 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 STRWydra, Nancilee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 2000