Best-Sellers from AMACOM

The Optimistic Workplace: Creating an Environment that
Energizes Everyone

by Shawn Murphy

This is not just another feel-good book. Drawing on the latest research from social science and organizational psychology, it offers detailed examples from companies large and small that have created positive workplaces. It gives you real tools to help you identify and measure the attributes not just of a theoretically ideal workplace, but of your ideal workplace.

People Styles at Work. . . . and Beyond

By Robert Bolton and Dorothy Grover Bolton

The book reveals the strengths and weaknesses of four different people styles, providing practical techniques that work both on the job and off. Now including all new material on personal relationships, parenting, and more, this is the ultimate guide anyone can use to enhance even the most difficult relationships.

Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to
Absolutely Anyone

By Mark Goulston

Barricades between people become barriers to success, progress, and happiness; so getting through is not just a fine art, but a crucial skill. Just Listen gives you the techniques and confidence to approach the unreachable people in your life, and turn frustrating situations into productive outcomes and rewarding relationships

Lead with a Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives
That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire

By Paul Smith

Stories do much more than entertain—they actually engage your audience’s brains, creating an experience in which they learn a lesson, share a belief, and envision results as if they were there. This enormously practical and inspiring book lets you in on one of the most important leadership techniques that exists, and shows you how to use it naturally and effortlessly in every area of your work.