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Book SynopsisPublic policy makers and managers in public administration operate under a unique set of circumstances that differ significantly from those in the private sector. Collaboration through networks is a feature of both sectors, but in the private sector it is often characterized by partnerships and alliances meant to benefit a particular company or industry, whereas collaboration through networks in the public sector involve disparate organizations working toward a common goal and not merely to enhance the performance of one among them. Therefore, much of the work that has been published in the business management literature on collaboration through networks does not apply wholesale, without revisions, to the public sector. Mandell and her contributors fill that gap by bringing together academic and practitioner perspectives into a coherent, holistic examination of the operative processes in public-sector networks and network structures. Networks and network structures by definition imply interactions among many organizations, individuals, or interest groups. The definition is broadened here to include collaborative efforts that take place within different countries as well as those that cross national borders. Going beyond the usual emphasis on the opportunities and promises of collaboration through networks, Mandell and her contributors take a hard look at such pitfalls and constraints as those involving power conflicts between individual and organizational commitments, the dichotomy between the need for flexibility and the need for rules and procedures, the difference between the needs and expectations of a national public and a local public, and accountability issues that arise from the need to satisfy outside regulators as well as the goals of the network. In addition to these unique contributions to the literature on networks and network structures, Mandell addresses the important but often overlooked behavioral (micro) issues--e.g., motivation, change, and communication--that tend to be drowned out by the overriding emphasis in the literature on structural (macro) issues. Reflects the latest thinking in the field and explores up-to-the-minute innovations currently being developed.Table of ContentsPreface Overview by Myrna P. Mandell Models and Typologies for Understanding the Nature and Management of Networks After the Network is Formed: Process, Power and Performance by Robert Agranoff and Michael McGuire From Subnet to Supranet: A Proposal for a Comparative Network Framework to Examine Network Interactions Across Borders by Matthew Mingus Assessing and Modeling Determinants of Capacity for Action in Networked Public Programs by Glenn W. Rainey Jr. and Terry Busson Multiorganizational, Multisector, and Multicommunity Organizations: Setting the Research Agenda by Beverly A. Cigler Behavioral Implications of Networks Environmental Networks: Relying on Process or Outcome for Motivation by Lisa S. Nelson Bringing About Change in a Public School System: An Interorganizational Network Approach by Rupert Chisholm Lessons from the Field: Extending Analytical Findings--Experiences from the United States The Impact of Network Structures on Community Building Efforts: The Los Angeles Roundtable for Children Community Studies by Myrna P. Mandell Creating Networks for Inter-Organizational Settings: A Two Year Follow-up Study on Determinants by Renu Khator and Nicole Ayers Brunson Experiences from the International Arena Cross-Sectoral Policy Networks: Lessons from Developing and Transitioning Countries by . Derick W. Brinkerhoff and Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff Will the People Really Speak? A Networking Perspective on Hong Kong as It Attempts to Build a Democratic Political Infrastructure by Robert W. Gage The New South Wales Demonstration Projects in Integrated Community Care by Michael Fine Lessons from the Field: Views of Practitioners--Views From the U.S. Neighborhood Networks in Worcester: Partnerships that Work by Richard Ford, Laurie Ross and Mardia Coleman Reaching Consensus on the Tampa Bay Estuary Program Interlocal Agreement: A Perspective by Richard Eckenrod Thoughts on Motivational Problems in Networks by Nina Burkardt Views from the International Arena Empowering Communities Through the Use of Place Management by Illana Halliday Getting Things Done Through Networks by Shayne Walker and Catherine Goodyear ISKM (Intergrated Systems for Knowledge Management): A Participatory Framework to Help Communities Identify and Adopt More Sustainable Resource Management Practices by Will Allen, Ockie Bosch, and Margaret Kilvington Index

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Book SynopsisInstructor Resources: PowerPoint slides, additional discussion questions, and web links.Today’s healthcare leaders face constant challenge and change. Even as they cope with a rapidly evolving environment, they also must overcome existing obstacles inherent to running multifaceted operations. A solid value system will anchor leaders as they navigate these daily hurdles. This highly regarded book examines leadership through the lens of such values. It provides a comprehensive overview of leadership principles specific to the healthcare environment and explores both personal and team values that drive appropriate and effective behavior. Case studies, exercises, and self-assessment tools facilitate teaching, dialogue, and self-reflection. A valuable resource for seasoned practitioners and their leadership teams, the book is also used extensively in academic courses in leadership. Updates to this edition include: Expanded coverage of academic theories and popular approaches to leadership A new chapter articulating the need to identify and develop new types of leaders in healthcare A new chapter on the extensive work of researchers who have examined the impact of leadership on organizational outcomes Updated and expanded discussion of servant leadership, change makers, employee engagement, emotional intelligence, and groupthink Fresh examples and cases featuring clinical leaders, including both nurses and physicians

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Book SynopsisNamed a Best Book of the Year by Amazon.com and the Washington Post Three years ago, Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges and award-winning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco set out to take a look at the sacrifice zones, those areas in America that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit, progress, and technological advancement. They wanted to show in words and drawings what life looks like in places where the marketplace rules without constraints, where human beings and the natural world are used and then discarded to maximize profit. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is the searing account of their travels.Trade Review"Sacco's sections are uniformly brilliant. The tone is controlled, the writing smart, the narration neutral... This is an important book." --New York Times Book Review "An unabashedly polemic, angry manifesto that is certain to open eyes, intensify outrage and incite argument about corporate greed... Through immersion reportage and graphic narrative, the duo illuminate the human and environmental devastation in those communities, with the warning that no one is immune... A call for a new American revolution, passionately proclaimed." --Kirkus (Starred Review) "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is a journey through contemporary American misery and what can be done to change the course, interpreted through the eyes of two of today's most relevant literary journalists... The graphics illustrate what words alone cannot, capturing a past as it's told, where there's no longer anything left to photograph." --Asbury Park Press "[T]he radical disjunction between how Hedges and Sacco approach their subjects is fascinating and instructive. Hedges is at ease with the grand, sweeping Howard Zinn--moments of matchbook history... And if sweeping, historical connect-the-dots is your cup of tea, then you will find Hedges deeply moving. But if, like Sacco, you distrust all history that does not have a face, a name, and a voice behind it, you will find more to call you to action in the voices that speak from the decimated landscapes of America's deepest poverty, which we (like Dickens's "telescopic philanthropists") know even less well than we do the sufferings of peoples halfway around the world. Together, Sacco and Hedges might just have created a form that can speak across divides unbridgeable without the supplement of graphic narrative." --Public Books "...a bleak, fist-shaking look at the effects of global capitalism in the United States." --Joe Gross, Austin American-Statesman "This is a book that should warm the hearts of political activists such as Naomi Klein or the nonagenerian Pete Seeger. And cause apoplexy among the Tea Party and its fellow travellers... Sure, it's a polemic, but it's a polemic with a human face." --Globe and Mail (Canada) "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is a harrowing account of the exploited American underclass... It is their stories that shape Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt to be a mesmeric indictment of an America that has failed its populace... From the title alone it is evident that neither Hedges nor Sacco remain objective or shy away from the palpable condemnation of capitalism and the American government. Regardless, they develop an accurate account of the despondency that plagues and divides American culture. This is an imperative read in an era where widespread economic depression and grief reign supreme... Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is powerful and remarkable, arguably one of the best publications of the year." --PopMatters.com "This is an important book." --Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) "It is a fascinating journey... This book hit me in the gut. It will move you to engage in battle." --Ed Garvey "This searing indictment of our unsustainable society is unsettling. To keep our chance for dignity, we must do our part to champion the organizers and whistleblowers, committee members and protesters. Amen. Pass the word." --Brooklyn Rail "[H]arrowing descriptions... Hedges tells the story, not only of the people but of the town, and despite the differences in setting, certain similarities show through: poverty, addiction, violence; but more than that, a long series of broken promises and mounting despair. Sacco illustrates these chapters with his distinctive, careful line drawings... [A]n excellent piece of journalism -- engaging, troubling, and in its own way, beautiful." --TowardFreedom.com "As quixotic as the quest may seem, Days of Destruction brings the rhetoric and the reality into a nobler focus after a very disturbing tour." --The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) "It's rare that a book carries so much courage and conviction, forcing reflection and an urge to immediately rectify the problems." --Bookslut "A powerful social and political exploration." --Midwest Book Review/California Bookwatch "[Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt] is, without question, the most profoundly disquieting (and downright shocking) portrait of modern America in recent years, and one that is essential reading for anyone wanting to comprehend the quotidian struggle of what sociologists called 'the underclass'. To describe the book as Dickensian in its horror-show reports of frontline industrial decrepitude and socio-economic dysfunction is to engage in understatement... Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is unapologetically combative and profoundly J'accuse. And though many a conservative think-tanker could try to punch holes in its arguments no one can remain unmoved or unsettled by its brilliantly documented reportage from the precipice of a society that prefers to turn a blind eye to its nightmarish underside." --The Times (Saturday Review) "[B]rilliant combination of prose and graphic comics." --Ralph Nader "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (Nation) is as moving a portrait of poverty and as compelling a call to action as Michael Harrington's 'The Other America,' published in 1962." --Boston Globe "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is a gripping and thoroughly researched polemic." --Grantland "[R]ead Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt to know what is happening in this country." --Caffeinated Muslim "... a scorching look at communities burned out not by foreign bombs but by American capitalism." --The Stranger (Seattle) "When their narrative culminates in Zucotti Park, readers will feel just as outraged as the protesters portrayed on the page." --Barnes and Noble Review "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt examines how corruption and greed have shaped the history of the United States in an unfortunate way... This is an excellent book for those who actually need a reason to revolt, and should be read by anyone seeking public office." --San Francisco/Sacramento Book Review "Be prepared for an emotional experience without a happy ending. Be prepared to be defensive. Be prepared to be angry. Be prepared to be ashamed... [T]he book is accompanied by sections that are a graphic novel approach to the individual stories of the real people interviewed in these zones of despair. What is so overpowering, and discussable, in these biographies is that they read as much like a confessional as they do a history... Can there be anything more important to discuss?" --Book Group Buzz, Booklist Online "This is indeed an extraordinary, must read book." --OpEdNews.com

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Book Synopsis Most of us are terrified of conflict, says Arnold Mindell, PhD, author of fifteen books and internationally recognized for his innovative synthesis of Jungian therapy, dreams, and bodywork. But we needn''t be. His burning passion is to create groups and organizations where everyone looks forward to group processes instead of fearing them. He calls this the deep democracy of open forums, where all voices, thoughts, and feelings are aired freely, especially the ones nobody wants to hear. Since 1992, one of Mindell''s prime interests has been the bringing of deeper awareness to group conflicts. Conflict work without reference to altered states of consciousness is like a flu shot for someone in a manic or depressed state of consciousness. Most group and social problems cannot be well facilitated or resolved without access to the dreamlike and mystical atmosphere in the background. The key is becoming aware of it. Mindell introduces a new paradigm for working in groups, from 3 to 3,000, based on awareness of the flow of signals and events. You can take the subtlest of signals indicating the onset of emotions such as fear, anger, hopelessness, and other altered states, and use them to transform seemingly impossible problems into uplifting community experiences. As Mindell explains, "I share how everyone--people in schools and organizations, communities and governments--can use inner experiences, dreaming, and mysticism, in conjunction with real methods of conflict management, to produce lively, more sustainable, conscious communities."

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Book SynopsisCommunity journalism has long been a part of the lifeblood of America, but never have the stakes been so high for the people behind it. In Beacons in the Darkness, award-winning journalist Dave Hoekstra interviews the people trying to keep the lights on at community newspapers across the country amid buyouts, declining revenues, fake news, and a pandemic. This book is not another account of the death of local journalism—but rather a celebration of the community ties, perseverance, and empathy that’s demonstrated in community newsrooms from Hillsboro, Illinois, to Charleston, South Carolina, to Marfa, Texas. Hoekstra recounts the sometimes-scandalous but always-industrious stories of the families who built these newspapers and passed them down through generations. Modern publishers and owners describe in their own words their struggles and experiments to stay alive in the digital age, not just for their businesses and their families but also for the communities they serve and the neighbors whose stories they tell in their reporting. Beacons in the Darkness provides an intimate view inside the organizations that still publish photos of the local bowling league and the outlandishly large mushrooms on the edge of town, leaving you with a rekindled fondness for your own community paper—and a renewed appreciation of what we all stand to lose without one.Table of ContentsList of newspapers featured in Beacons in the Darkness, by state:Arkansas Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Eureka Springs Independent California Bakersfield Californian FloridaMiami Times Illinois Champaign News-Gazette Chicago Reader Evanston RoundTable Hillsboro Journal-News Paddock Publications Pana News-Palladium Shaw Media IndianaMadison Courier Iowa Carroll Times Herald Missouri Eldon Advertiser South Carolina Post and Courier Tennessee Tri-State Defender Texas Big Bend Sentinel

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Book SynopsisDiscover the power of relationship-building to enhance your leadership, boost your team’s well-being, and drive organizational success.In today’s dynamic business environment, the success of any organization is deeply rooted in the quality of its internal relationships. In The Relationship-Driven Leader, psychologist and organizational behavior expert Dr. Karen Bridbord offers a revolutionary guide to career success and advancement, regardless of your industry, your company’s size, or your role. This groundbreaking book sheds light on how nurturing strong work relationships can lead to unmatched productivity and greater overall wellness throughout the organization and among its staff. Through compelling research and insightful case studies, Bridbord reveals the detrimental impact dysfunctional relationships can have on both personal and business achievements, and how to come back from “relationship system failure.” By rethinking workplace relationships, you can foster deeper connections within your team, resulting in enhanced cohesion and well-being for all members.The Relationship-Driven Leader explores the profound influence of everyday interactions on team experience and team performance. Bridbord emphasizes the importance of “micro-moments” in leadership to spark significant improvements. This book empowers you to take the first step toward becoming the leader everyone aspires to work with by enhancing your leadership skills, boosting workplace productivity, and mastering innovative conflict-management techniques. By focusing on well-being through relationship-building, you can create a healthier, more engaged, and more productive team. 

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Book SynopsisThere are some very good books available that explain the Lean Manufacturing theory and touch on implementing its techniques. However, you cannot learn "how to be" lean from merely reading the theory. And to be successful in the real-work environment you need a clear comprehension of how lean techniques work, rather than just a remote understanding of what they are. You need to know what does and does not work in different situations. And you need the benefit of practical experience in their implementation.Lean Manufacturing: Tools, Techniques, and How to Use Them gives you the benefit of author and practitioner William Feld's 15 years of hands-on experience - and the lessons he's learned. Feld provides insight into the appropriate use of assessment, analysis, design, and, most importantly, deployment of a successful lean manufacturing program. Packed with practical advice and tips but not bogged down in theory, this book covers how, why, when, and what to do while implementing lean manufacturing. It equips you with the tools and techniques you need along with an understanding of how and why they work. Feld explores why an integrated approach is so much more beneficial in securing sustained improvement. He focuses on the interdependency of the Five Primary Elements: organization, metrics, logistics, manufacturing flow, and process control. He describes a proven, applied approach to creating a lean program using these elements. To keep up globally, and even locally, your manufacturing operation must be responsive, flexible, predictable, and consistent. You must continually improve manufacturing operations and cultivate a self directed work force driven by output based, customer performance criteria. By applying what you learn from Lean Manufacturing: Tools, Techniques, and How to Use Them you can build a workforce - and an organization - with the capacity to satisfy world class expectations now and into the future.Table of ContentsDescription of Lean Manufacturing. The Five Primary Elements. Putting it All Together. Case Studies of Lean Manufacturing Programs and Projects.

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Book SynopsisThis easy-to-understand and fully illustrated handbook teaches essential economic concepts so you can confidently apply economic reasoning in daily situations and discussions. Economics may seem inaccessible and complicated, but in reality, we live in an economy all the time and use economic principles every day. Economic insight and knowledge can easily and quickly solve a curiosity or problem, avoid a minor catastrophe, or even help provide support for your own economic hunch or theory. With Everyday Economics Made Easy, economics comes down from the ivory tower and into the real world. You’ll review the most important basic economic concepts, history, debates, areas, and ways of thinking about economic issues—all while helping you apply these ideas in your everyday life. This book will introduce you to: The tools and theoretical approaches economists use The rich history of economic thought and its continued relevance today The contributions of notable economists The areas of microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis Complete with colorful graphics, intriguing sidebars, and easy-to-follow examples, Everyday Economics Made Easy is a calm and patient tutor to help you appreciate the how and why of economic thinking and analysis, its importance, and its application to common economic dilemmas. Build your skills as an economist with confidence in no time at all! Get a quick review of everything you forgot you knew with the Everyday Learning series from Wellfleet Press. Need a refresher course in topics like grammar and philosophy? Then let these handy reference books be your sidekicks on your journey to higher learning. You’ll learn about timeless global topics, as well as the thought leaders responsible for some of the greatest contributions in the worlds of science, art, and more. Packed with useful information, these portable books are perfect for commuters who want to jump-start their day with useful and fun facts. With the Everyday Learning series, you’ll be an expert in any field in no time. Other titles in this series include: Everyday Economics Made Easy, Everyday Grammar Made Easy, Everyday Mathematics Made Easy, Everyday Philosophy Made Easy, and Everyday Spanish Made Easy. Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION PART I: IN THE BEGINNING CHAPTER 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT CHAPTER 2: ECONOMIC SYSTEMS PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS CHAPTER 3: BASIC ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES CHAPTER 4: THE PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES CURVE PART III: THE ECONOMIC DYNAMIC DUO: MICROECONOMICS AND MACROECONOMICS CHAPTER 5: DEMAND CHAPTER 6: SUPPLY CHAPTER 7: CONSUMER THEORY CHAPTER 8: MACROECONOMICS CHAPTER 9: MONEY, INFLATION, RECESSION, AND DEPRESSION CHAPTER 10: ECONOMIC POLICY CHAPTER 11: THE ECONOMY’S IMPACT ON SOCIETY CONCLUSION GLOSSARY REFERENCES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR INDEX

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Book SynopsisForget the tired argument about "old" versus "new" economy say internationally renowned marketer Philip Kotler and his coauthors Dipak C. Jain and Suvit Maesincee. The Internet, globalization, and hypercompetition are forcing companies to redefine their markets, market offerings, and marketing operations so that they can compete successfully in both the old and the new economies. The scarcity of customers, not products, calls for making marketing the primary driver of strategic planning and infrastructure effectiveness. Marketing can no longer create value by being seen only as a department whose main charge is to dispose of the company's products and services. The authors urge companies to broaden the marketing concept into a holistic framework, one in which companies and their collaborators become proficient at identifying new value creation opportunities and capable of delivering products, services, and experiences that more precisely match individual customer requirements. Thought provoking and comprehensive, this book shows how to build a complete marketing platform around the exploration, creation, and delivery of superior value to customers, collaborators, and the company itself.Table of ContentsContents Preface and Acknowledgments Part One Reshaping Marketing for the Digital Economy 1 Positioning Marketing as the Driver in the Digital Economy 2 Formulating a Market-Renewal Strategy Part Two Creating Competitive Platforms 3 Identifying Market Opportunities 4 Designing Winning Market Offerings 5 Designing the Business Architecture 6 Building the Business Infrastructure and Capabilities 7 Designing the Marketing Activities 8 Designing the Operational Systems 9 Achieving Profits and Growth through Market Renewal Notes Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisWhat would you be willing to do for the rest of your life...? It's a question most of us consider only hypothetically-opting instead to "do what we have to do" to earn a living. But in the critically acclaimed bestseller "The Monk and the Riddle", entrepreneurial sage Randy Komisar asks us to answer it for real. The book's timeless advice - to make work pay not just in cash, but in experience, satisfaction, and joy - will be embraced by anyone who wants success to come not just from what they do, but from who they are.At once a fictional tale of Komisar's encounters with a would-be entrepreneur and a personal account of how Komisar found meaning not in work's rewards but in work itself, the book illustrates what's wrong with the mainstream thinking that we should sacrifice our lives to make a living. Described by Fortune.com as "part personal essay, part fictional narrative and part meditation on the nature of work and life," "The Monk and the Riddle" is essential reading on the art of creating a life while making a living. 'Belongs in a category by itself...The best thing I've read all year' - "San Francisco Examiner". 'A timely book' - "USA Today". 'A self-help manual and business fable rolled into one' - "The Times, London".Table of ContentsPrologue - the monk and the riddle; the pitch; the rules of the game; the virtual CEO; the deferred life plan; romance not finance; the big idea; beyond the bottom line; who will elad?; the whole life plan.

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Book SynopsisCoca-Cola. Harley-Davidson. Nike. Budweiser. Valued by customers more for what they symbolize than for what they do, products like these are more than brands--they are cultural icons. How do managers create brands that resonate so powerfully with consumers? Based on extensive historical analyses of some of America's most successful iconic brands, including ESPN, Mountain Dew, Volkswagen, Budweiser, and Harley-Davidson, this book presents the first systematic model to explain how brands become icons. Douglas B. Holt shows how iconic brands create "identity myths" that, through powerful symbolism, soothe collective anxieties resulting from acute social change. Holt warns that icons can't be built through conventional branding strategies, which focus on benefits, brand personalities, and emotional relationships. Instead, he calls for a deeper cultural perspective on traditional marketing themes like targeting, positioning, brand equity, and brand loyalty--and outlines a distinctive set of "cultural branding" principles that will radically alter how companies approach everything from marketing strategy to market research to hiring and training managers. Until now, Holt shows, even the most successful iconic brands have emerged more by intuition and serendipity than by design. With How Brands Become Icons, managers can leverage the principles behind some of the most successful brands of the last half-century to build their own iconic brands. Douglas B. Holt is associate professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School.

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Book SynopsisIn The Kinfolk Entrepreneur, author Nathan Williams introduces readers to 40 creative business owners around the globe, offering an inspiring, in-depth look behind the scenes of their lives and their companies. Pairing insightful interviews with striking images of these men and women and their workspaces, The Kinfolk Entrepreneur makes business personal. The book profiles both budding and experienced entrepreneurs across a broad range of industries (from fashion designers to hoteliers) in cities across the globe (from Copenhagen to Dubai). Readers will learn how today's industry leaders handle both their successes and failures, achieve work-life balance, find motivation in the face of adversity, and so much more. (The book jacket was updated in May 2022; some customers may receive an earlier version of the jacket.)Trade Review"Scandinavia has long been heralded as a source for inspiration, cutting-edge ideas, and design. Williams, editor in chief of the Copenhagen-based quarterly Kinfolk magazine and author of The Kinfolk Home (2015) and The Kinfolk Table (2013), offers material from these three fronts, and more. An eclectic global selection of entrepreneurs-varied by career, perspective, and background-greets readers through strong narratives and exquisite photographs, explaining their working passions and why they do what they do. A Swedish former-athlete-turned-perfumer, a chocolatier, and the creators of a novel concept in residential brokerage sales are among those 40 entrepreneurs singled out for vision, partnership, and community-building proficiencies. Next up are 7 tips that will be helpful to all business founders, from proper hiring to risk management; a selection of recommended supplies (books, desk essentials, and snack foods, all photographed in the iconic Kinfolk style); and one item of advice each from 10 different company owners." -Booklist, starred review

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Book SynopsisNew York Times BestsellerNamed One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by Essence Named a Best Holiday Gift Book by Real Simple, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, and more Named a Best Gift for Coworkers by Heavy.com Named a Best Mother’s Day Gift by the Seattle Times“I want to rip out every page of this glorious book and hang them on my wall so that I can be surrounded by these incredible women all day long.” —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers Over 100 exceptional and influential women describe how they embraced their creative spirit, overcame adversity, and sparked a global movement of entrepreneurship. Media titans and ceramicists, hoteliers and tattoo artists, comedians and architects—taken together, these profiles paint a beautiful picture of what happens when we pursue our passions and dreams.Trade Review"A triumphant compendium of interviews with more than 100 female entrepreneurs, from activists to designers to bakers. . . . The interviews are accompanied by stunning portraits of the women in their homes and work spaces." --Elle "So inspiring!" --Good Morning America "One of the Ten Most Un-Put-Downable Reads of the Year" --Essence "Surprising, real, and illuminating." --Vogue.com "Bonney continues to inspire as she offers what she calls 'visibility for powerful women in business.' Whether they're artists, chefs, tattoo artists or writers, creative women of all colors, ages, sexualities and experience share their fears, mistakes and successes." --Los Angeles Times "Bonney's quietly radical, profoundly moving project brings together short interviews with a diverse group of women who share insight on their life's work. . . . Gorgeous photographs reveal a kaleidoscope of joyful enterprise. Small business owners and poets, chefs and cartoonists, potters and musicians all give generous, humorous counsel to taking risks and following one's heart. Their creativity is so inspiring that this book should be in every female's possession, especially young girls in need of positive role models and old girls looking for a kick. Seeing women of so many ethnicities, backgrounds, and abilities successfully living their dreams is totally uplifting." --Bust "An invigorating and empowering collection of life-earned wisdom and practical advice." --Brainpickings.com "It's so refreshing to see new faces being featured." --Forbes.com "Learn how to break the glass ceiling from one of the many talented self-starters profiled in Grace Bonney's In the Company of Women. . . . Sage business advice." --Martha Stewart Living "In the Company of Women tells the stories of more than 100 women who work for themselves--artists, writers, designers, chefs, musicians. [Author Grace Bonney] talks to established names like Eileen Fisher and Roxane Gay, and women who are just launching their fledgling careers. . . . [A] beautifully diverse range of voices, all of them weighing in on lessons they've learned, mistakes they've made, traits they're proud of, characteristics they admire in others and so on." --The Chicago Tribune "This inspiring book encapsulates the stories of more than 100 creative women in the areas of design, visual arts, culinary arts, literature, and show business in short Q&As about the lessons they've learned on their journeys to success." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "An excellent source of inspiration for women (and men) of all ages." --Library Journal, starred review "[This book] acts as a source of inspiration for anyone, regardless of gender, who's running a business, or thinking about it." --Booklist, starred review "Give the gift of empowerment with this inspiring compilation of interviews. . . . Wrap this up for a recent grad, creative mind, or anyone looking for a healthy dose of girl power." --RealSimple.com "Grace's excellent book is full of empowering business advice from a diverse group of inspirational and talented women." --Martha Stewart "Grace Bonney has given us our favorite icons, heroes, and bandit queens in one of the oldest living forms of communication: a book. Enjoy, dear readers, for each page turn is a meditation on the power of the Divine Feminine." --Jill Soloway, creator of Transparent "These amazing stories will surely spark something deep within us all: the courage to dream and the fortitude to make those dreams happen." --Joanna Gaines, owner of Magnolia, host of HGTV's Fixer Upper "A joyful book that celebrates both the diversity of beauty and the beauty of diversity: in race, age, size, sexuality, and ways of thinking." --Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times bestselling author of A Little Life "I want to rip out every page of this glorious book and hang them on my wall so that I can be surrounded by these incredible women all day long." --Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers "A world of insight from an array of intriguing, trailblazing women. And the photography is gorgeous!" --Padma Lakshmi, author of Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir "I hope this book becomes an almanac that will continue to expound on the work and the lives of everyday cis, trans, and queer women and women of color who are building and becoming businesses, and that will remind other exceptional women that they are in good company." --Angelica Ross, founder of TransTech and star of Her Story

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Book SynopsisRe-illustrated and re-designed, OUR CALIFORNIA (previously CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME!) is a lively tour of award-winning author Pam Muñoz Ryan''s home state. Spirited poems celebrate California''s major cities and regions. Backmatter includes state symbols and additional information about each place.Bold paintings by illustrator Rafael López capture the spirit of the land.

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Book SynopsisFor every person who reads this text on the printed page, many more will read it on a computer screen or mobile device. It's a situation that we increasingly take for granted in our digital era, and while it is indicative of the novelty of twenty-first-century capitalism, it is also the key to understanding its driving force: the relentless impulse to commodify our lives in every aspect. Ursula Huws ties together disparate economic, cultural, and political phenomena of the last few decades to form a provocative narrative about the shape of the global capitalist economy at present. She examines the way that advanced information and communications technology has opened up new fields of capital accumulation: in culture and the arts, in the privatization of public services, and in the commodification of human sociality by way of mobile devices and social networking. These trends are in turn accompanied by the dramatic restructuring of work arrangements, opening the way for new contradictions and new forms of labor solidarity and struggle around the planet. Labor in the Global Digital Economy is a forceful critique of our dizzying contemporary moment, one that goes beyond notions of mere connectedness or free-flowing information to illuminate the entrenched mechanisms of exploitation and control at the core of capitalism.Trade Review"Ursula Huws is without peer as an analyst of life in contemporary capitalism." - Leo Panitch, York University; editor, Socialist Register

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Book SynopsisWinner of the first Paul A. Baran-Paul M. Sweezy Memorial Award for an original monograph concerned with the political economy of imperialism, John Smith's Imperialism in the TwentyFirst Century is a seminal examination of the relationship between the core capitalist countries and the rest of the world in the age of neoliberal globalization.Deploying a sophisticated Marxist methodology, Smith begins by tracing the production of certain iconic commodities-the Tshirt, the cup of coffee, and the iPhone-and demonstrates how these generate enormous outflows of money from the countries of the Global South to transnational corporations headquartered in the core capitalist nations of the Global North. From there, Smith draws on his empirical findings to powerfully theorize the current shape of imperialism. He argues that the core capitalist countries need no longer rely on military force and colonialism (although these still occur) but increasingly are able to extract profits from workers in the Global South through market mechanisms and, by aggressively favoring places with lower wages, the phenomenon of labor arbitrage. Meticulously researched and forcefully argued, Imperialism in the TwentyFirst Century is a major contribution to the theorization and critique of global capitalism.

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Book SynopsisThe days of boom and bubble are over, and the time has come to understand the long-term economic reality. Although the Great Recession officially ended in 2009, hopes for a new phase of economic expansion were quickly dashed. Instead, growth has been slow, unemployment has remained high, wages and benefits have seen little improvement, poverty has increased, and the trend toward more inequality of incomes and wealth has continued. It appears that the Great Recession has given way to a period of long-term anaemic growth, which Foster and McChesney aptly term the Great Stagnation.This incisive and timely book traces the origins of economic stagnation and explains what it means for a clear understanding of our current situation. The authors point out that increasing monopolization of the economy-when a handful of large firms dominate one or several industries-leads to an over-abundance of capital and too few profitable investment opportunities, with economic stagnation as the result. Absent powerful stimuli to investment, such as historic innovations like the automobile or major government spending, modern capitalist economies have become increasingly dependent on the financial sector to realize profits. And while financialisation may have provided a respite from stagnation, it is a solution that cannot last indefinitely, as instability in financial markets over the last half-decade has made clear.Trade Review("The authors carefully develop a powerful case that the normal state of 'really existing capitalist economies,' increasingly dominated by multinational megacorporations along with associated financialization, is not growth with occasional recession, but rather stagnation with occasional escapes that have diminishing prospects. Hence an 'endless crisis,' endless in both time and space, including China. And a crisis that is heading towards disaster unless there is a radical change of course. This valuable inquiry should be carefully studied and pondered, and should be taken as an incentive to action." -Noam Chomsky) // ("In the distinguished tradition of Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy, Foster and McChesney here combine grim analysis with bleak prognosis, reminding us that monopoly power disappeared from the textbooks but not from real life. This is a useful book for anyone raised on the reflexive American optimism of the post-war years." --James K. Galbraith)

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Book SynopsisExplains the reality of labor markets and the nature and necessity of class struggle For most economists, labor is simply a commodity, bought and sold in markets like any other – and what happens after that is not their concern. Individual prospective workers offer their services to individual employers, each acting solely out of self-interest and facing each other as equals. The forces of demand and supply operate so that there is neither a shortage nor a surplus of labor, and, in theory, workers and bosses achieve their respective ends. Michael D. Yates, in Work Work Work: Labor, Alienation, and Class Struggle, offers a vastly different take on the nature of the labor market. This book reveals the raw truth: The labor market is in fact a mere veil over the exploitation of workers. Peek behind it, and we clearly see the extraction, by a small but powerful class of productive property-owning capitalists, of a surplus from a much larger and propertyless class of wage laborers. Work Work Work offers us a glimpse into the mechanisms critical to this subterfuge: In every workplace, capital implements a comprehensive set of control mechanisms to constrain those who toil from defending themselves against exploitation. These include everything from the herding of workers into factories to the extreme forms of surveillance utilized by today’s “captains of industry” like the Waltons family (of the Walmart empire) and Jeff Bezos. In these strikingly lucid and passionately written chapters, Yates explains the reality of labor markets, the nature of work in capitalist societies, and the nature and necessity of class struggle, which alone can bring exploitation – and the system of control that makes it possible – to a final end.Trade ReviewA high percentage of people in the wealthy centers like the United States see capitalism as doing more harm than good. A rising generation of workers sees system change as our best hope for a livable existence. People want better, more meaningful work that doesn't kill us. Work, Work, Work is exactly what we need. For all of us concerned about how we escape from the racist, sexist, and ecologically destructive, winner-takes-all brutality of capitalism, this book is our indispensable guide and a manifesto for our times." .-- " Hannah Holleman, organizer and professor of sociology at Amherst College" Praise for Can the Working Class Change the World? // It is no small feat to argue for the transformative power of a class whose members often act against their own objective interests and are wrought with seemingly insurmountable divisions. Nevertheless, in six carefully crafted chapters, Yates manages to achieve just this. In a format and style accessible to those in which he places his faith, he explains who the contemporary working class is, why it is capable of changing the world, its victories thus far and the challenges before it, and crucially, provides practical suggestions for its struggle against exploitation and expropriation. --Lucia Morgans, Marx & Philosophy

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Book SynopsisExplores capitalism’s role in creating the current state of climate emergency Over the last 11,700 years, during which human civilization developed, the earth has existed within what geologists refer to as the Holocene Epoch. Now science is telling us that the Holocene Epoch in the geological time scale ended, replaced by a new more dangerous Anthropocene Epoch, which began around 1950. The Anthropocene Epoch is characterized by an “anthropogenic rift” in the biological cycles of the Earth System, marking a changed reality in which human activities are now the main geological force impacting the earth as a whole, generating at the same time an existential crisis for the world’s population. What caused this massive shift in the history of the earth? In this comprehensive study, John Bellamy Foster tells us that a globalized system of capital accumulation has induced humanity to foul its own nest. The result is a planetary emergency that threatens all present and future generations, throwing into question the continuation of civilization and ultimately the very survival of humanity itself. Only by addressing the social aspects of the current planetary emergency, exploring the theoretical, historical, and practical dimensions of the capitalism’s alteration of the planetary environment, is it possible to develop the ecological and social resources for a new journey of hope.Trade ReviewJohn Bellamy Foster has returned Marxism to a serious and sincere engagement with nature. He is as adept at navigating the latest scientific literature as he is comfortable with the immense body of Marxist theory. JBF is a key reference for the elaboration of our political struggles and for the expansion of our political imagination. -- " Vijay Prashad, Director, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research"

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Book SynopsisBullying in the workplace is now a recognised problem, and a cause for major concern. Victims stand to lose their self-esteem, their health and even their careers. Organisations that do not endeavour to put an end to this behaviour lose productivity, profits and their good reputations.Dignity at Work is derived from the author's many years of experience working with organisations of all sizes and at all levels. This book outlines practical guidelines essential to organisations that want to combat bullying in the workplace, and psychologists and professional counsellors working with those organisations. It provides:* the tools to identify bullying behaviour* expertise to create new policies and integrate them into corporate culture* confidence to know when and how to intervene practically and therapeutically* the skills required to know when to seek external help from professional counsellors* psychologists and counsellors with advice on how to transfer their skills to organisations as independent contractorsBullying will no longer be tolerated, and organisations must create environments that do not support mistreatment. This book provides managers, Human Resources staff and professional counsellors with the skills required to be able to recognise when a problem exists, and deal with it effectively.Trade ReviewNot only does Rennie Peyton present the difficulties of bullying in work place settings, she goes one step further and offers solutions as to how to support people and work with this issue. The book title Dignity at Work encourages the reader to look creatively at ways in which the counsellor or psychotherapist can work to create a positive working environment within the area of bullying. Although aimed at counsellors and psychotherapists, I do believe that people who work in Human Resources and other such departments will be most grateful for this book. I highly recommend it for all who have experienced bullying in their work setting. - Terri Spy, Counselling Psychologist and BACP Fellow The book locates bullying as a key strategic issue for organisations in tackling change. It offers a comprehensive, accessible, strategic and practical approach to eradicating bullying in the workplace. It makes the links between organisation culture and values, management styles, strategic leadership and day to day workplace culture, values and behaviour. It takes the reader on a journey from knowledge and information about bullying, the business case, its detrimental impact on the business, issues for organisations in producing and implementing a Dignity at Work policy, dealing with complaints of bullying in a way which is fair to all, and mopping up the aftershock of any incidence of bullying. - Lesley Holland, Angel ProductionsThe book is well structured and easy to read, with the right balance of theories, definitions and practical advice ... this book would be equally useful for everyone in organizations, including those experiencing bullying or harassment, to learn to spot the behaviours and characteristics of bullies so that they are alert to these. It is an excellent example of how theory and commonsense can be used to help those involved in organizational life in a constructive and informed manner. - Wai-yin Hattonin in Organization Studies, July 2004'I would consider this book essential reading for those working as staff counsellors, in-house counsellors and those in EAP's for use as a handbook for policies and procedures which organisations are currently required by law to have in place... I would see this as a valuable resource.' - Mary Berry, Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, March 2005'Anyone who wishes to take bullying at work seriously ought to have this book on their shelf.' - Leadership & Organization Development Journal'Dignity at work is a unique text in offering rather more than a "how to combat bullying" formula ... anyone who wishes to take bullying at work seriously ought to have this book on their shelf.' - Leadership & Organizational Development JournalTable of ContentsPreface - Who this book is for. Part One. Why is Bullying an important issue? A Background to Bullying at Work, Bullying at Work, The Victims of Bullying, Employers, Harassment, Bullying and the Law, Dignity at Work Policies. Harrassment Investigation. Mediation. Conclusions for Part 1. Part Two. Introduction. The Tole of Counsellors/Psychologists in Organisations. Useful Theories. Counselling in Organisations. Working with the Various Parties. The Process of Investigation. Mediation. Other Roles for Counsellors/Psychologists. Taking Care of the Self.

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Book SynopsisDiscussing the roots of Somatic Coaching, this empowering book shows readers how to implement body-oriented somatic practices in order to dissolve habits, behaviors and interpretations of the world that are no longer relevant. Original.

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Book SynopsisWhat if we lived in a world where everyone had enough? A world where everyone mattered and where people lived in harmony with nature? What if the solution to our economic, social, and ecological problems was right underneath our feet? Land has been sought after throughout human history. Even today, people struggle to get onto the property ladder and view real estate as an important way to build wealth. Yet, as the reader will discover through this book, the act of owning land—and our urge to profit from it—causes economic booms and busts, social and cultural decline, and environmental devastation. Land: A New Paradigm for a Thriving World introduces a radically new economic model that ensures a more fair and abundant reality for everyone. It is a book for those who dream of a better world, for themselves and future generations.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Cost of Ignorance1. The Production of Wealth 2. The Value of Location3. The Free Market4. Social Decline5. Business Recessions6. Ecocide7. Earth, Our HomePart II: A New Paradigm for a Thriving World8. Restoring Communities9. Keep What You Earn, Pay for What You Use10. Local Autonomy11. Affordable Housing12. Thriving Cities13. Sustainable Farming14. The Price of Peace15. A New ParadigmEpilogue: A Personal NoteAppendix: The Math Behind the ScienceReferences & Suggestions for Further ReadingEndnotesIndex

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Book SynopsisContains Nearly 100 Pages of New MaterialThe recent financial crisis has shown that credit risk in particular and finance in general remain important fields for the application of mathematical concepts to real-life situations. While continuing to focus on common mathematical approaches to model credit portfolios, Introduction to Credit Risk Modeling, Second Edition presents updates on model developments that have occurred since the publication of the best-selling first edition.New to the Second Edition An expanded section on techniques for the generation of loss distributions Introductory sections on new topics, such as spectral risk measures, an axiomatic approach to capital allocation, and nonhomogeneous Markov chains Updated sections on the probability of default, exposure-at-default, loss-given-default, and regulatory capital A new section on multi-period models Recent developments in structured credit The financial crisis illustrated the importance of effectively communicating model outcomes and ensuring that the variation in results is clearly understood by decision makers. The crisis also showed that more modeling and more analysis are superior to only one model. This accessible, self-contained book recommends using a variety of models to shed light on different aspects of the true nature of a credit risk problem, thereby allowing the problem to be viewed from different angles. Trade Review… this is a concise book for exploring the limitations of credit risk models and, to a lesser degree, asset valuation models. Read this book for a companionable journey through some of the limiting assumptions that make the models tractable. … it may be the first one [book] that wastes no time in getting to the point, and moving on.—Annals of Actuarial Science, Vol. 5, June 2011Bluhm, Overbeck, and Wagner offer help to mathematicians and physicists leaving the academy to work as risk or portfolio managers. For this introduction, they focus on main themes rather than details, and on portfolio rather than single obligor risk. … this second [edition] takes account of problems in the banking industry [from] 2007-09.—SciTech Book News, February 2011Having a valid and up-to-date credit risk model (or models) is one of the most important aspects in today’s risk management. The models require quite a bit of technical as well as practical know-how. Introduction to Credit Risk Modeling serves this purpose well. … it would best fit the practitioner’s needs. For students it can also be of great use, as an introductory course for credit risk models. A great first step into credit risk modeling. … The book provides a nice coherent overview of the methods used in capital allocation. … The book is written in a mixture of theorem-proof and applied styles. … I find this rather pleasing, as it gives the reader the edge of theoretical exposition, which is extremely important. … One really useful side of the book is that it provides step-by-step guide to methods presented. This should be really appreciated in industry and among students. …—MAA Reviews, January 2011Praise for the First EditionThis is an outstanding book on the default models that are used internally by financial institutions. This practical book delves into the mathematics, the assumptions and the approximations that practitioners apply to make these models work.—Glyn A. Holton, Contingency AnalysisThere are so many financial tools available today and numbers are likely to grow in the future. If you work in this field of credit risk modeling, it is worth looking at the theoretical background, and this book is a well-rounded introduction.—Journal of the Operational Research SocietyAs an introductory survey, it does an admirable job. … this book is an important guide into the field of credit risk models. Mainly for the practitioner … It is well written, fairly easy to follow.—Horst Behncke, Zentralblatt MATH… this is a concise book for exploring the limitations of credit risk models and, to a lesser degree, asset valuation models. Read this book for a companionable journey through some of the limiting assumptions that make the models tractable. … it may be the first one [book] that wastes no time in getting to the point, and moving on.—Annals of Actuarial Science, Vol. 5, June 2011Bluhm, Overbeck, and Wagner offer help to mathematicians and physicists leaving the academy to work as risk or portfolio managers. For this introduction, they focus on main themes rather than details, and on portfolio rather than single obligor risk. … this second [edition] takes account of problems in the banking industry [from] 2007-09.—SciTech Book News, February 2011Having a valid and up-to-date credit risk model (or models) is one of the most important aspects in today’s risk management. The models require quite a bit of technical as well as practical know-how. Introduction to Credit Risk Modeling serves this purpose well. … it would best fit the practitioner’s needs. For students it can also be of great use, as an introductory course for credit risk models. A great first step into credit risk modeling. … The book provides a nice coherent overview of the methods used in capital allocation. … The book is written in a mixture of theorem-proof and applied styles. … I find this rather pleasing, as it gives the reader the edge of theoretical exposition, which is extremely important. … One really useful side of the book is that it provides step-by-step guide to methods presented. This should be really appreciated in industry and among students. …—MAA Reviews, January 2011Praise for the First EditionThis is an outstanding book on the default models that are used internally by financial institutions. This practical book delves into the mathematics, the assumptions and the approximations that practitioners apply to make these models work.—Glyn A. Holton, Contingency AnalysisThere are so many financial tools available today and numbers are likely to grow in the future. If you work in this field of credit risk modelling it is worth looking at the theoretical background, and this book is a well-rounded introduction.—Journal of the Operational Research SocietyAs an introductory survey it does an admirable job. … this book is an important guide into the field of credit risk models. Mainly for the practitioner … It is well written, fairly easy to follow.—Horst Behncke, Zentralblatt MATHTable of ContentsThe Basics of Credit Risk Management. Modeling Correlated Defaults. Asset Value Models. The CreditRisk+ Model. Risk Measures and Capital Allocation. Term Structure of Default Probability. Credit Derivatives. Collateralized Debt Obligations. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe HR professional's complete guide to understanding the various ways business relationships end, managing disability and leave issues, properly classifying workers, maintaining an inclusive workplace, increasing retention, and avoiding litigation.

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Book SynopsisWhat do you do well that you don't use at work? In Go Beyond the Job Description, HR professionals and general managers will learn how to increase individual and team contributions by using what they already know and demonstrates in step-by-step style how to increase productivity, motivation, and engagement in individuals with a proven 100-day project called Talent Engagement Optimization (TEO). TEO is using more of what people already have, but are not using, in their jobs. It looks beyond the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities and considers in depth the employee talents, opportunities, and development now and in the future, and incorporates them in practical and meaningful ways that benefits employee and organization. Features include an online assessment to learn your own Talent Engagement Zone, a Development Plan, Strategic Program Transition Plan, and Additional Resources and Tools. A methodical and insightful book with detailed guidelines for any HR manager looking to optimize employee talent and build sustainable engagement, especially those with limited time and funds.Table of Contents Section 1: Introduction: How to Use this Book What is Talent Engagement Why develop Talent Engagement How is it different than Employee Engagement? Purpose of book How to use this workbook How book is laid out – how workbook is organized Best ways to succeed Section 2: Days 1-25: Finding the “What” 1. Get on the Train Getting Exec Buy-in Types of teams – Virtual, Hybrid, Co-located What Matters for Talent Engagement 2. Understanding Change OD explanation – how change management works, what to look for, how to be most successful 3. What cards are in your hand? Using assessments to understand who you have on the team Assessment activities Section 3: Days 26-50: Starting, Resisting, and Becoming “Who” 4. Analyzing the results What you should read from the assessments Finding the trends 5. Build the Action Plan Goals and Employee Strengths Guideline 6. Putting the Action Plan into Place Section 4: Days 51-75: Transforming “How” 7. Checkups 8. Roadblocks Problem section – what you could be seeing 9. Backup: Suggestions, resolution, thoughts, and theories OD, Leadership, Talent, and Information to Support the “Why” Section 5: Days 76-100: Knowing “When” 10. Kaizen for Life Using Kaizens 11. Measuring Success Comparing the Before and After 12. Keeping it Going Getting buy in – again Section 6: References: Complete list of references, definitions, and additional resources

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Book SynopsisWhat motivates great leaders to be great? Based on the works of Abraham Maslow, David McClelland, Carl Jung, and Carl Rogers, this groundbreaking book shows how actualized leaders think, feel, and manage differently and provides practical steps and strategies for developing a more actualized approach to leadership. The first research-based book to operationalize Abraham Maslow's highly influential theory on human motivation for leaders, the book cites nine thinking, feeling, and acting traits common to self-actualized leaders and gives readers an opportunity to develop these traits in themselves as they work through a unique and free self-assessment tool called the "Actualized Leader Profile". Features interviews with some of today's most respected and successful leaders including former Bank of America Chairman and CEO Hugh McColl, Novant Healthcare CEO Carl Armato, Ally Financial CEO Jeff Brown, and a foreword by Orlando Magic Head Coach Steve Clifford.

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Book SynopsisFeaturies tried-and-true, ready-to-use tools, examples, and resources, this guide teaches the nuts and bolts of HR for small businesses and startups and is the perfect desk reference for any organization who may not have the financial resources to invest in a fully-staffed HR department.Guides readers through the HR essentials, including developingpolicies and organizational best practices, managing and measuring performance, driving engagement and cultivating a culture, understanding legal obligations, assessing, risk, and guidance for developing leaders.

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Book SynopsisWhen politics, sex, race, religion, and other polarizing subjects come up in conversation among co-workers, what happens next? SHRM Chief Knowledge Officer Alexander Alonso, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, explains why some topics are taboo while others are not then brings them to life with real-world conversations on taboo topics, such as politics, race, religion, sex and gender. Based on the extensive findings of the “2020 SHRM Survey of Politics and Polarizing Discussions in the Workplace”, Alonso looks into the future of Talking Taboo, delivers proven assessment and guidance tools, and wraps up by showing how to make taboo topics work in your workplace.

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Book SynopsisWho hasn't suffered at one time or another from exhaustion, cynicism, and a lack of effectiveness? But combine them over time and you're flirting with a disaster of catastrophic magnitude – burnout. Elegantly defined as the depletion of personal agency – the apparatus driving our ability to initiate and execute actions – burnout effectively wipes out our ability to be effective, much less engaged. And the cost of burnout is astronomical in all its forms and phases, not to mention the profound and lasting effects it has on employees and workplace cultures. Based on extensive research and full of real-world stories and examples, workplace culture experts Rob and Terri Bogue take a deep dive into the signs, sources, and solutions of burnout and deliver an essential resource that helps anyone identify, prevent, and recover from burnout.

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Book SynopsisKent Plunkett, CCP Kent Plunkett believes paying fairly is themost important thing an organization can do. His company, Salary.comspent the past 25 years innovating to perfect and automate thecompensation discipline. Salary.com consistently wins Best Places toWork awards. Kent is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and aCertified Compensation Professional (CCP). Heather Bussing, JD is a California employment attorney, writer,and law professor who focuses on providing sensible and strategicadvice to employers. Heather regularly speaks, writes, and edits forHR technology companies, is a contributing editor to HRExaminer andwrites a daily column for Salary.com's Compensation and Pay EquityNewsletter.

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