-- David Allen, author of Getting Things Done
-- Marshall Goldsmith, author of the New York Times and global bestseller What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
-- Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and To Sell Is Human
-- Adam Grant, Wharton professor and author of Give and Take
-- Professor Richard Wiseman, author of 59 Seconds: Think a Little Change a Lot
-- Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice and Practical Wisdom
-- Peter Bregman, author of 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done
-- Keith Sawyer, author of Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity
-- David McRaney, author of You Are Not So Smart
-- Heidi Grant Halvorson, PhD, author of 9 Things Successful People Do Differently
-- Todd Henry, author of Die Empty
-- Edgar H. Schein, Professor Emeritus Sloan School of Management, MIT and author of Organizational Culture and Leadership
-- David Burkus, author of The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas
-- Dean Keith Simonton, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis
-- Stuart Brown, M.D., author of Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
-- Harry Reis, PhD, University of Rochester Professor of Psychology, Past President of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Over the past few decades, advances in behavioral science have produced eye-opening insights into the conditions that help us work more effectively. Yet most of these findings remain trapped in library stacks, collecting dust on university bookshelves.
In THE BEST PLACE TO WORK, award-winning social psychologist Ron Friedman offers a captivating journey through the latest science of workplace excellence, turning thousands of academic studies into practical tips anyone can use to elevate their performance and transform their workplace.
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Ron Friedman, Ph.D., is an award-winning social psychologist who specializes in human motivation.
He has served on the faculty of the University of Rochester, Nazareth College, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and has consulted for some of the world’s most successful organizations. Popular accounts of his research have appeared on NPR and in major newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, The Globe and Mail, The Guardian, as well as magazines such as Men’s Health, Shape, and Allure.
He is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, and Psychology Today.
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