It's easy to imagine a nightmare scenario in which computers simply take over most of the tasks that people now get paid to do. The unavoidable question—will millions of people lose out, unable to best the machine?—is increasingly dominating business, education, economics, and policy. The bestselling author of Talent Is Overrated explains how the skills and economy values are changing in historic ways and offers a guide to what's next for all workers. Mastering technical skills that have historically been in demand no longer differentiates us as it used to. Instead, our greatest advantage lies in our deepest, most essentially human abilities—empathy, creativity, social sensitivity, storytelling, humor, relationship building, and expressing ourselves with greater power than logic can ever achieve. These high-value skills craete tremendous competitive advantage—more devoted customers, stronger cultures, breakthrough ideas, and more effective teams. And while many of us regard these abilities as innate traits, it turns out they can all be developed. As Colvin shows, they're already being developed in a range of farsighted organizations, including the Cleveland Clinic, the U.S. Army, and Stanford Business School.

Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will

Business & Money

Colvin, Geoff

Job Hunting & Careers

Penguin Publishing Group

This book describes best practices for coping with antisocial behavior patterns among children and youth in school. Designed to enhance educators understanding of the nature, origins and causes of antisocial behavior, this book offers interventions and model programs that can be used in preventing or remediating this growing problem in the schools. .Universal intervention approaches aimed at prevention are offered in Chapters 3, 4, and 5 and cover: 1) establishing a school-wide discipline plan; 2) implementing practices and strategies that contribute to effective schooling and academic achievement; 3) managing teacher-student interactions effectively; and 4) conducting social skills training for entire classrooms of students. Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8 cover selected remediation interventions such as: 1) intensive social skills instruction procedures (a pull out program that may include a small group of normal peers); 2) individualized behavior management and support programs in the classroom that prevent escalated, hostile teacher-student confrontations; 3) a combined social skills training and individualized behavior management program for use on the playground in improving the antisocial students social interactions, peer relations, and ability to abide by playground rules; and 4) procedures for involving parents.

Antisocial Behavior in School: Strategies and Best Practices

Politics & Social Sciences

Walker, Hill M.

Ramsey, Elizabeth

Sociology

Wadsworth Publishing

One of the most popular Fortune articles in many years was a cover story called "What It Takes to Be Great." Geoff Colvin offered new evidence that top performers in any field-from Tiger Woods and Winston Churchill to Warren Buffett and Jack Welch-are not determined by their inborn talents. Greatness doesn't come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades.And not just plain old hard work, like your grandmother might have advocated, but a very specific kind of work. The key is how you practice, how you analyze the results of your progress and learn from your mistakes, that enables you to achieve greatness.Now Colvin has expanded his article with much more scientific background and real-world examples. He shows that the skills of business-negotiating deals, evaluating financial statements, and all the rest-obey the principles that lead to greatness, so that anyone can get better at them with the right kind of effort. Even the hardest decisions and interactions can be systematically improved.This new mind-set, combined with Colvin's practical advice, will change the way you think about your job and career-and will inspire you to achieve more in all you do.

Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Tantor Media, Inc.

One of the most popular Fortune articles in many years was a cover story called "What It Takes to Be Great." Geoff Colvin offered new evidence that top performers in any field-from Tiger Woods and Winston Churchill to Warren Buffett and Jack Welch-are not determined by their inborn talents. Greatness doesn't come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades.    And not just plain old hard work, like your grandmother might have advocated, but a very specific kind of work. The key is how you practice, how you analyze the results of your progress and learn from your mistakes, that enables you to achieve greatness.    Now Colvin has expanded his article with much more scientific background and real-world examples. He shows that the skills of business-negotiating deals, evaluating financial statements, and all the rest-obey the principles that lead to greatness, so that anyone can get better at them with the right kind of effort. Even the hardest decisions and interactions can be systematically improved.    This new mind-set, combined with Colvin's practical advice, will change the way you think about your job and career-and will inspire you to achieve more in all you do.

Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else, Library Edition

One of the most popular Fortune articles in many years was a cover story called "What It Takes to Be Great." Geoff Colvin offered new evidence that top performers in any field-from Tiger Woods and Winston Churchill to Warren Buffett and Jack Welch-are not determined by their inborn talents. Greatness doesn't come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades. And not just plain old hard work, like your grandmother might have advocated, but a very specific kind of work. The key is how you practice, how you analyze the results of your progress and learn from your mistakes, that enables you to achieve greatness. Now Colvin has expanded his article with much more scientific background and real-world examples. He shows that the skills of business-negotiating deals, evaluating financial statements, and all the rest-obey the principles that lead to greatness, so that anyone can get better at them with the right kind of effort. Even the hardest decisions and interactions can be systematically improved. This new mind-set, combined with Colvin's practical advice, will change the way you think about your job and career-and will inspire you to achieve more in all you do.

Tantor Audio

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Talent is Overrated 2nd Edition: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Nicholas Brealey Publishing

One of the oldest myths in business is that every customer is a valuable customer. Even now, many businesses donÂ't realize that some of their customers are deeply unprofitable, and that simply doing business with them is costing them money. Often the top 20 percent of customers generate almost all of a companyÂ's profit, while the bottom 20 percent are actually destroying value. 
 The cutting-edge companies featured in Killer Customers, in industries ranging from retail to manufacturing to financial services, are taking a fundamentally new look at how they treat their best and worst customers. More importantly, they are re-conceiving their companies as portfolios of customers. 
 For corporate leaders, business managers, or small business owners, Killer Customers offers a breakthrough plan to delight their best customers and drive consistently superior results.

Killer Customers: Tell the Good from the Bad--and Dominate Your Competitors

Selden, Larry

Marketing & Sales

Portfolio Trade

Expanding on a landmark cover story in Fortune, a top journalist debunks the myths of exceptional performance. One of the most popular Fortune articles in many years was a cover story called What It Takes to Be Great. Geoff Colvin offered new evidence that top performers in any field--from Tiger Woods and Winston Churchill to Warren Buffett and Jack Welch--are not determined by their inborn talents. Greatness doesn't come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades. And not just plain old hard work, like your grandmother might have advocated, but a very specific kind of work. The key is how you practice, how you analyze the results of your progress and learn from your mistakes, that enables you to achieve greatness. Now Colvin has expanded his article with much more scientific background and real-world examples. He shows that the skills of business, negotiating deals, evaluating financial statements, and all the rest obey the principles that lead to greatness, so that anyone can get better at them with the right kind of effort. Even the hardest decisions and interactions can be systematically improved. This new mind-set, combined with Colvin's practical advice, will change the way you think about your job and career and will inspire you to achieve more in all you do.

Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Portfolio

“Excellent.”—The Wall Street Journal Since its publication ten years ago, businesspeople, investors, doctors, parents, students, athletes, and musicians at every level have adopted the maxims of Talent Is Overrated to get better at what they’re passionate about. Now this classic has been updated and revised with new research and takeaways to help anyone achieve even greater performance. Why are certain people so incredibly great at what they do? Most of us think we know the answer—but we’re almost always wrong. That’s important, because if we’re wrong on this crucial question, then we have zero chance of getting significantly better at anything we care about. Happily, the real source of great performance is no longer a mystery. Bringing together extensive scientific research, bestselling author Geoff Colvin shows where we go wrong and what actually makes world-class performers so remarkable. It isn’t specific, innate talent, nor is it plain old hard work. It’s a very specific type of work that anyone can do—but most people don’t. What’s more, the principles of great performance apply to virtually any activity that matters to you. Readers worldwide have been inspired by this book’s liberating message: You don’t need a one-in-a-million natural gift. Better performance, and maybe even world-class performance, is closer than you think.

Never waste a crisis. Some businesses—and some people—will emerge from today’s economic tumult stronger and more dominant than when it started. Others will weaken and fade. It all depends on critical choices they make right now.Geoff Colvin, one of America’s most respected business jour-nalists, says even the scariest turbulence has an upside. The best managers know that conventional thinking won’t help them in tough times. They’re taking smart, practical steps—frequently unconventional and even counterintuitive—that will not only keep them strong, but will also distance them from the pack for years to come.
The dozens of top-performing leaders Colvin interviewed reject the common view that slashing costs and firing employees are the only effective tactics. They see volatility as a rich opportunity to reinvent their organizations and lay the ground-work for future growth.
Colvin shows us how these strategies really work, using exam-ples of major companies that have successfully applied them.

The Upside of the Downturn: Ten Management Strategies to Prevail in the Recession and Thrive in the Aftermat h

Business Culture

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Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will

Antisocial Behavior in School: Strategies and Best Practices

Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else, Library Edition

Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Talent is Overrated 2nd Edition: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Killer Customers: Tell the Good from the Bad--and Dominate Your Competitors

Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

The Upside of the Downturn: Ten Management Strategies to Prevail in the Recession and Thrive in the Aftermat h