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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In too many industries and organizations, the business world is a cutthroat environment that seems to care much more about profits than about the employees who deliver the actual results. And yet, organizations can and do change the world--but never without a great culture. Leaders and managers play the crucial role in shaping and modeling a culture that motivates and inspires every employee to give their best."--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In finite games, like football or chess, the players are known, the rules are fixed, and the endpoint is clear. The winners and losers are easily identified. In infinite games, like business or politics or life itself, the players come and go, the rules are changeable, and there is no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers in an infinite game; there is only ahead and behind. The more I started to understand the difference between finite...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Leadership is hard. But how do you balance compassion for your people with effectiveness in getting the job done? A global pandemic, Depression-level unemployment, civil and political unrest. From New York to Barcelona to Hong Kong, it feels as if the world as we know it is faltering. Economies are unwinding; jobs are disappearing. Through it all, our spirit is being tested. Now more than ever, it's imperative for leaders to demonstrate compassion....
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Redefine the expectations for women in leadership roles with this #1 New York Times bestselling volume of inspiring advice by the former communications director for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Framed as an empowering letter from former Hillary Clinton Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri to the first woman president, and by extension, to all women working to succeed in any field, Dear Madam President is filled with forward-thinking, practical...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Make Your Bed, a short, inspirational book of advice and leadership lessons that Admiral McRaven collected over his four decades as a Navy SEAL"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Presents a portrait of five extraordinary figures--Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson--to illuminate how great leaders are made in times of adversity and the diverse skills they summon in order to prevail.
Author
Language
English
Description
The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history's towering leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of "the Greatest Generation." In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two men who piloted the free world to victory in World War II. It was a crucial friendship, and a unique one--a president and a prime minister spending...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"Is it more effective to lead through influence or control? Is delegation the key to productivity? How do you deal with different personalities? Drawing on the latest theories and practices, this book shows you the secrets to better communication, negotiation, leadership, and project management. With striking graphics and clear, accessible language -- and packed with fascinating facts -- How Management Works explains everything you need to know to...
Author
Language
English
Description
The world is on fire and in desperate need of volunteer firefighters. If you’ve ever wondered if you have a purpose, if there’s a place in the world in need of your unique genius, the answer is yes. And the right time to step into your purpose and explore the path of your potential is now. But you don’t have to do this work alone—and you shouldn’t do it without taking care of yourself first. Burnout rates in the helping professions are off...
Author
Publisher
13 Ways Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Second edition.
Language
English
Description
"Whether you are a municipal councillor, a business owner, a volunteer or a citizen-at-large this book will provide you with easy and direct strategies to help your community, while also showing you the prevalent attitudes that sabotage success and what to do to overcome those attitudes. It doesn't matter if you want to make improvements in community healthcare, education, infrastructure, economic development, youth or seniors quality of life, or...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Amplify Your Influence uses applied neuroscience to help readers enhance communication effectiveness, critical thinking, cultural awareness, and other leadership skills. The book, based in the author's proprietary AMPLIFII system that has educated over 100,000 leaders, provides the practical understandings, thinking frameworks, guided practice, and application exercises builds new and lasting behaviors to create a positive impact in life and work....
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
""We spend more time working than doing anything else in life. It's not right that the experience of work should be so demotivating and dehumanizing." So says Laszlo Bock, head of People Operations at the company that transformed how the world interacts with knowledge. This insight is the heart of WORK RULES!, a compelling and surprisingly playful manifesto with the potential to change how we work and live. Drawing on the latest research in behavioral...
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club (Graphic novels) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a fight breaks out among the members of the Baby-sitters Club, timid Mary Anne finds herself becoming more assertive as a babysitter and in her relationships with her father and friends.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Does power corrupt, or are corrupt people drawn to power? Are entrepreneurs who embezzle and cops who kill the result of poorly designed systems or are they just bad people? Are tyrants made or born? If you were suddenly thrust into a position of power,would you be able to resist the temptation to line your pockets or seek revenge against your enemies? To answer these questions, Corruptible draws on over 500 interviews with some of the world's top...
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