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Fish Sticks (फिश स्टीक्स)
रत एकदा फिश फिलॉसॉफीचं महत्त्व अधोरखित करणारं हे पुस्तक आहे. ऱ्होंडा ही गुड समारिटन हॉस्पिटलमध्ये नर्स म्हणून काम करत असते. तिची वरिष्ठ असलेल्या मॅडेलीनने त्या हॉस्पिटलमध्ये फिश फिलॉसॉफीचा अवलंब केलेला असतो. त्यामुळे हॉस्पिटलचं वातावरण चैतन्यमय झालेलं असतं; पण मॅडेलीन ते हॉस्पिटल सोडून जाते आणि त्या हॉस्पिटलची धुरा ऱ्होंडाच्या खांद्यावर येते. मॅडेलीनच्या वेळेला असणारा फिश फिलॉसॉफीचा प्रभाव आता कमी झाल्यामुळे स्टाफची कार्यक्षमता घटलेली असते. या गोष्टीसाठी ऱ्होंडा स्वत:ला जबाबदार धरत असते आणि त्यामुळे चिंतित असते. अशा वेळेला तिची मैत्रीण मार्गो तिला ‘ताकारा टू’ या लोकप्रिय रेस्टॉरंटची मालकीण मिसेस ईशीहाराचं प्रेरणादायी उदाहरण देते. ईशी ऱ्होंडाशी बोलून तिचं मनोबल वाढवते. ऱ्हीडा कर्मचाऱ्यांमध्ये चैतन्य आणणण्यासाठी प्रयत्न करायला सज्ज होते; पण त्याच वेळेस हॉस्पिटलमध्ये नर्सिंग विभागाची व्हाइस प्रेसिडेंट म्हणून आलेली मेबेल स्कालपेल फिश फिलॉसॉफीला सक्त हरकत घेते. हॉस्पिटलचा डायरेक्टर असलेल्या फिललाही नाइलाजाने तिला दुजोरा द्यावा लागतो. त्यामुळे ऱ्होंडा नाराज होते. दरम्यान, ऱ्होंडाची मुलगी अ‍ॅन हिचा दुर्दैवी अपघाती मृत्यू होतो आणि त्यावेळेला स्कालपेल ऱ्होंडाला मानसिक आधार देते आणि मग तिलाही फिश फिलॉसॉफीचं महत्त्व पटतं. हॉस्पिटलसारख्या ठिकाणी रुग्णाबरोबरच हॉस्पिटलच्या स्टाफचंही मनोबल चांगलं असणं आवश्यक असतं. फिश फिलॉसॉफी माणसाच्या मूलभूत भावनांना कशी साद घालते, याचा प्रत्यय घेण्यासाठी हे पुस्तक वाचलं पाहिजे.
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Destination Work
Imagine a company where people are excited about coming to work and giving their best efforts every day. In this innovative and engrossing business parable, harry Paul and Ross Reck show managers at all levels how they can immediately and easily increase productivity by tapping into the discretionary effort of the people who work for them. Starting from the most basic aspect of business reality - that people intentionally regulate the amount of effort they put into their jobs based upon how they feel they’re being treated - authors point out that the most important part of the job of every manager, team leader, supervisor and executive is to treat people in such a way that they become excited about applying all their discretionary effort toward performing their jobs. At the book’s center is the story of Nancy Kim, a human resources director at a magazine that is struggling with all the problems associated with unhappy employees - low productivity and morale along with high absenteeism and turnover. After she openly challenges the CEO’s new management-by-the-numbers system, she’s charged with turning the situation around immediately. Filled with real-world studies, Destination Work! shows anyone how to turn the workplace into a destination- a place where working hard feels like hardly working because it’s engaging, enjoyable and fulfilling. About The Author Harry Paul, specializes in helping create a culture where people get excited about going to work and working hard. A culture that meets the challenges of today’s complex workplace. He’s funny. He’s bold - high-spirit- ed with sincerity that connects with audiences on an “I get it now” level. He’s the most interactive, high-impact, yet down to earth transformational artist you’ll find - talking with your team instead of at your team. Ross Reck, received his Ph.D. from Michigan State Uni- versity in 1977. From 1975 to 1985 he served a Profes- sor of Management at Arizona State University. During his career at ASU he was the only two-time recipient of the prestigious “Teaching Excellence in Continuing Education” award and was identified by the university as an “Outstanding teacher”