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Beyond Collaboration Overload

How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being

by Rob Cross ...

Organizations are addicted to collaboration as the default mode of work and they assume it's good. It's not. Collaboration overload plagues us in ways that prevent us from being our best selves at work and in our lives. But there is an answer: Precision collaboration. The top 10% of workers who now how to work with others intentionally and effectively gain back 18-24% of their time—a full workday ... Read more

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Organizations are addicted to collaboration as the default mode of work and they assume it's good. It's not. Collaboration overload plagues us in ways that prevent us from being our best selves at work and in our lives. But there is an answer: Precision collaboration. The top 10% of workers who now how to work with others intentionally and effectively gain back 18-24% of their time—a full workday
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Great Man is Dead, The

A new philosophy for leadership

by Rob Cross ...

Narrated by Rob Cross ...

Unabridged

2 hours 58 min

In an age where the pace and complexity of change is accelerating, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact we’re all just human beings, leading other human beings.Rob’s groundbreaking new book challenges the status quo, helping us realize that leadership is no longer about being the all-seeing, all-knowing heroic character that we’ve been told is the answer to all our prayers. Using stories drawn from ... Read more

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In an age where the pace and complexity of change is accelerating, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact we’re all just human beings, leading other human beings.Rob’s groundbreaking new book challenges the status quo, helping us realize that leadership is no longer about being the all-seeing, all-knowing heroic character that we’ve been told is the answer to all our prayers. Using stories drawn from
... Read more
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Beyond Collaboration Overload

How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being

by Rob Cross ...

Narrated by Brian Holden ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

Companies have no idea if collaboration benefits corporate performance, individual productivity, or employee well-being.Collaboration, that seemingly Good Thing all companies encourage, is creating an epidemic of overload and burnout. It crushes our vitality and well-being, prevents us from being innovative, and blocks our companies from being the most successful organizations they could be.To ... Read more

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Companies have no idea if collaboration benefits corporate performance, individual productivity, or employee well-being.Collaboration, that seemingly Good Thing all companies encourage, is creating an epidemic of overload and burnout. It crushes our vitality and well-being, prevents us from being innovative, and blocks our companies from being the most successful organizations they could be.To
... Read more

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The Microstress Effect

How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do about It

by Rob Cross, Karen Dillon ...

How a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it.There's a force we encounter every day that we aren't aware of—and it threatens to derail otherwise promising careers and lives: microstress.This hidden epidemic of small moments of stress has insidiously infiltrated both our work and our personal lives with invisible but devastating effects. Microstress doesn't trigger the ... Read more

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How a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it.There's a force we encounter every day that we aren't aware of—and it threatens to derail otherwise promising careers and lives: microstress.This hidden epidemic of small moments of stress has insidiously infiltrated both our work and our personal lives with invisible but devastating effects. Microstress doesn't trigger the
... Read more

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, Vol. 2 (with bonus article "Be Your Own Best Advocate" by Deborah M. Kolb)

by Harvard Business Review, Deborah M. Kolb, Rob Cross, Joseph L. Badaracco, Laura Morgan Roberts ...

Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
Position yourself for success.Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you stay engaged, be productive, and continue to grow throughout your working life.With insights from leading experts including ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Position yourself for success.Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you stay engaged, be productive, and continue to grow throughout your working life.With insights from leading experts including
... Read more
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The Microstress Effect

How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems—and What to Do about It

by Rob Cross, Karen Dillon ...

Narrated by Chloe Cannon ...

Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

There is a force in our everyday lives that we aren't even aware of—and it's so powerful it threatens to derail otherwise promising careers and lives: microstress.It's the hidden epidemic of small moments of anxiety that infiltrate both our work and personal lives. Because each individual microstress is so small, it doesn't trigger the normal stress response in our brains to help us deal with it. ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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There is a force in our everyday lives that we aren't even aware of—and it's so powerful it threatens to derail otherwise promising careers and lives: microstress.It's the hidden epidemic of small moments of anxiety that infiltrate both our work and personal lives. Because each individual microstress is so small, it doesn't trigger the normal stress response in our brains to help us deal with it.
... Read more

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Plant Names

A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature

by Roger Spencer, Rob Cross ...

Plant Names is an invaluable guide to the use of scientific, commercial and common names for plants and the conventions for writing them. Written by horticultural botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, this book covers the naming of wild plants, plants modified by humans, why plant names change, their pronunciation and hints to help remember them, along with updated sections on ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Plant Names is an invaluable guide to the use of scientific, commercial and common names for plants and the conventions for writing them. Written by horticultural botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, this book covers the naming of wild plants, plants modified by humans, why plant names change, their pronunciation and hints to help remember them, along with updated sections on
... Read more
Ask 3 Questions

How to live well in a distracted world

by Rob Cross ...

Do you feel fulfilled… like you’re living your best life?Too many people spend their days just getting by existing rather than living.Nothing is wrong. But something isn’t quite right.Life is decent. And yet beneath the surface there’s a quiet unease a subtle emptinessfuelled by a feeling that there must be more to life than this.In an age of constant distraction, life can feel like it's happening ... Read more

$7.99 USD

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Do you feel fulfilled… like you’re living your best life?Too many people spend their days just getting by existing rather than living.Nothing is wrong. But something isn’t quite right.Life is decent. And yet beneath the surface there’s a quiet unease a subtle emptinessfuelled by a feeling that there must be more to life than this.In an age of constant distraction, life can feel like it's happening
... Read more
Sustainable Gardens

Edited by Rob Cross, Roger Spencer ...

The third title in the CSIRO Gardening Guide series, Sustainable Gardens by Roger Spencer and Rob Cross shows how horticulture can contribute towards a more sustainable future. Written for home gardeners, professional horticulturists, landscapers, and all those passionate about cultivated landscapes, this book examines the steps we can take towards harmonising gardening activity with the cycles of ... Read more

$18.99 USD

The third title in the CSIRO Gardening Guide series, Sustainable Gardens by Roger Spencer and Rob Cross shows how horticulture can contribute towards a more sustainable future. Written for home gardeners, professional horticulturists, landscapers, and all those passionate about cultivated landscapes, this book examines the steps we can take towards harmonising gardening activity with the cycles of
... Read more
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Fleetwood Mac's Tusk

by Rob Trucks ...

Narrated by Pete Cross ...

Series series 33 1/3
Unabridged

3 hours 19 min

After Rumours became the best-selling single album of all-time, Fleetwood Mac asked Warner Brothers Records to buy them a studio (the label refused, costing both Warner Brothers and the band significant cash in the long run) and then handed the reins to their guitarist and resident perfectionist Lindsey Buckingham. “You know,” Buckingham said, “we had this ridiculous success with Rumours. We were ... Read more

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After Rumours became the best-selling single album of all-time, Fleetwood Mac asked Warner Brothers Records to buy them a studio (the label refused, costing both Warner Brothers and the band significant cash in the long run) and then handed the reins to their guitarist and resident perfectionist Lindsey Buckingham. “You know,” Buckingham said, “we had this ridiculous success with Rumours. We were
... Read more

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Cirque du Slay

by Rob Osler ...

Narrated by Pete Cross ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Hayden and Friends Mystery Series
Unabridged

7 hours 38 min

Pint-sized Seattle middle-school teacher and gay dating blogger Hayden McCall and his best friend Hollister are invited to a fundraiser for Bakers Without Borders. The celebrity performer, Kennedy Osaka, is the artistic director of Mysterium, an upscale circus arts show combining magic, acrobatics, and a Michelin-star dinner. But Kennedy is a no-show—until she’s found dead in her hotel suite. When ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Pint-sized Seattle middle-school teacher and gay dating blogger Hayden McCall and his best friend Hollister are invited to a fundraiser for Bakers Without Borders. The celebrity performer, Kennedy Osaka, is the artistic director of Mysterium, an upscale circus arts show combining magic, acrobatics, and a Michelin-star dinner. But Kennedy is a no-show—until she’s found dead in her hotel suite. When
... Read more

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Devil's Chew Toy

by Rob Osler ...

Narrated by Pete Cross ...

Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

Seattle teacher and part-time blogger Hayden McCall wakes up sporting one hell of a shiner, with the police knocking at his door. It seems that his new crush, dancer Camilo Rodriguez, has gone missing, and they suspect foul play. What happened the night before? And where is Camilo? Determined to find answers, pint-sized, good-hearted Hayden seeks out two of Camilo’s friends—Hollister and Burley ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Seattle teacher and part-time blogger Hayden McCall wakes up sporting one hell of a shiner, with the police knocking at his door. It seems that his new crush, dancer Camilo Rodriguez, has gone missing, and they suspect foul play. What happened the night before? And where is Camilo? Determined to find answers, pint-sized, good-hearted Hayden seeks out two of Camilo’s friends—Hollister and Burley
... Read more

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