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 Books On Happiness And Management: Looking for books on happiness and management? Below you'll find our link to The Happy Manager Bookshop, containing a huge list of titles, from Audio-books to Work-life Balance. First though, look at our selection of recommended "must-reads" - books on happiness and management we refer to throughout our site. If you're not familiar with them, just follow the links for more information. Anyone aspiring to be a happy manager will find them well worth the investment in both time and money. Our "Must-read" Books on Happiness and ManagementOur must read books on happiness and management bring together books which have stood the test of time (classics); those which provide "sense" before it has become "common", books that can give you an edge in how you manage; and books which can help shape the future with a better way to manage, a happier way!7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey) 7 habits is a classic self-development book by Stephen Covey. If you want to take control of your own development, influence others, balance your priorties and build a purposeful life, start here! Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential (Martin Seligman) Authentic Happiness, how to achieve happiness and meaning in life. Seligman challenges traditional psychology's tendency to focus on the negative side of our nature. He asks questions about how we can reach our full potential, using our strengths, and whether happiness be lastingly increased. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Robert Putnam) In this seminal book, Robert Putnam chronicles critical social changes in the US. He concludes that we're becoming more disconnected from family, friends, and neighbours. Time to re-build? Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Life (Mihalyi Csíkszentmihályi) Finding Flow: everyone is capable of reaching a state of effortless concentration and enjoyment. How can we increase the "flow" experiences in our lives, and can "flow" apply at work? First Break All the Rules, a radical look at what great managers do differently. Be prepared to have your management practice challenged! Getting Things Done. How to Achieve Stress-Free Productivity (David Allen) Getting things done. Is work overwhelming you? Have you more to do than there is time to do it - read on! David Allen's deserving best seller can help. Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile (Daniel Nettle) A happiness study combining results from the latest psychological studies, Nettle asks: what is happiness, and what makes us happy or unhappy? In Search of Excellence (Tom Peters and Robert Waterman) In Search of Excellence, one of the best selling business books ever published, still has much to teach the managers of today. Peter Drucker on The Profession of Management (Peter Drucker) Peter Drucker is widely regarded as the father of modern-day management. This book is a collection of his landmark articles with the Harvard Business Review. The 80-20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More with Less (Richard Koch) The 80 20 principle by Richard Koch. What if we could all achieve a lot more by doing a lot less? Is this just wishful thinking, or is it possible that we could be missing something? An essential desktop companion for every manager. An inspirational thought or idea for every day, followed by an action point. "The Daily Drucker is for anyone who seeks to understand and put to use Drucker's powerful words and ideas."? The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organisation (Peter Senge) This book popularised a whole new way of thinking about the way organisations function. Peter Senge's ideas still profer powerful challenges to this day. The Happiness Hypothesis (Jonathan Haidt) The Happiness Hypothesis blends ancient wisdom with modern science: "superbly argued, crystal clear and intelligent.......and....reading it did actually make this reviewer happier." Well worth adding to your books on happiness. The Hungry Spirit (Charles Handy) Places business and capitalism in context and asks important questions about the way we live. "Can capitalism be made more decent and its instrument, business, work more obviously for the good of all, everywhere?" An inspiring book, provocative and controversial, but ultimately full of hope. The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't (Robert Sutton) The No Asshole Rule is a timely rebuff to the mean-spirited of today's working world. How do you identify assholes at work? How do you get rid of them? How can you cope with them if you can't? The One Minute Manager (Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson) The One Minute Manager, already a classic, applies simple but powerful ideas to management. The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (Jack Canfield) Jack Canfield's "The Success Principles" is a classic self-help book: "become the happy, successful person you know you are meant to be - without burning out." Keep looking our "must read" books on happiness and management are continually expanding! The Happy Manager BookshopIf you're looking for more ideas, insights or inspiration, here's a useful tool. Just click on the blue "Happy Manager Bookshop" link (or the red link for UK visitors) at the top of the box below. Once inside you can either click on our lists of recommended books (using the same categories that you'll find on the Happy Manager navigation bar). Or you can surf'n'search the Amazon categories, for thousands of other related titles. Whatever you do, our bookshop is designed to help you become a happy manager - especially as many of these books on happiness and management can be bought for over 30% off list price!!
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