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Book SynopsisTo be successful at work you have to be successful with people. As stress takes an ever bigger toll on people, so the successful organisation is the one that enables its workforce to manage and even harness that stress into productivity and satisfaction. Balance, clear goals and responsibility become more and more important. The bookexamines the challenges that the furious pace of change in today's world have brought and provides every manager with strategies to facilitate a successful, dynamic, creative, effective workforce. Backed by sound, up-to-the minute psychological theory this book is also highly practical and is packed with validated tools and techniques for enhancing life experience and work performance. This book will equip the reader with usable, effective, proven techniques for improving, communication, collaboration and co-operation at work. It will teach the reader how to become a ‘manager coach' and to lead themselves and their team with confidence. Table of Contents Chapter headings 1 Why coaching? Why now? Snapshot of today's corporate culture – how we got here, brief socio-historic overview. Taylorism to now. Realities of today's workplace, pressure, stress, work/life balance, what people want from work. The blurring of the work/life divide War for talent, retention issues, knowledge management. Change forced upon us, but also we need to foster and promote change. Command and control, does it work? Yes sometimes. How to know when it won't work. What to do about it. 2 Where does coaching come from? How can it help? Background in training, therapy, sports coaching, mentoring, but it is none of these. Increasingly managers need to facilitate enhancement of work and life. They need to help people to live a good, satisfying life and get more out of work. There are techniques that are proven. We need to use them. Coaching is not a fad, the name may change but people are the asset of an organisation, managers need to know how to get the best out of them. 3 The medium and the message Dealing with social capital, networking, communication skills. The way we communicate is changing and fast. But the basic human needs do not change. We need to be appreciated, respected, stimulated, listened to, challenged. This is the same as it ever was. There is an argument that the internet is loosening the social fabric of society, making people more alienated from one another. How do we stop doing this? By not using the internet? No it's not going to happen , nor to we want it to. It is a fantastic tool we need use it. The rules of good communication are simple. They are the same whatever the medium. Have something to say, listen, engage in dialogue, be clear stay true to your needs and values, speak with conviction. 4 How do you do it? - Methods and models Outline of coaching techniques and models developed at Sydney: Grow, House of change, etc. 5 Have you got what it takes to be a manager coach? David Clutterbuck competencies, self-assessment, inventory of coaching skills Where are your strengths and weaknesses? Assess yourself, using a variety of tools. Getting feedback from colleagues, coachee etc. 6 What to do if you haven't Based on feedback and assessment the chapter provides practical ways of enhancing personal competencies. Developing exercises, which are fun and motivating to do, have real application and will produce results. 7 Putting it into practice – coaching others Cookbook of recipes – dealing with specific situations. Typical workplace scenarios. 8 Dealing with difficult peopleIt's all very well but what do you do if you have to deal with a complete bastard. Emotional vampire, drama queen, Mr and Mrs Perfect, Its not my job, What do I care, its all too much. Typical personality types you might encounter and what to do about it. How to get them to do what you want. Setting boundaries . Uncovering needs and values. Keeping emotional distance, staying objective. ‘Good fences make good neighbours' Robert Frost 8 Make change in your own lifeYou can't possibly hope to help other people to create and maintain positive change, focus and direction on their own lives unless you can do it yourself. This chapter looks at self-coaching techniques, what they are, how to implement them and why they are important.

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Book SynopsisComplete yet concise, Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder provides an up-to-date analysis of this widespread, multi-faceted disorder. Estimated to be twice as common as any other personality disorder, OCPD is nevertheless both underrepresented in the literature and frequently misunderstood by clinicians and the patients who grapple with its effects. Misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, and ignorance of treatment options are common. This text represents the collective contributions of some of the foremost authorities in the field under the leadership of editors who are determined to raise awareness and educate practitioners and patients alike about the phenomenology, neurobiology, and psychology of this disorder. The book begins with the history and epidemiology of the disorder before proceeding to the clinical features, which are presented using case examples. From there, the text addresses the developmental aspects of OCPD and then considers other related personality disorders that frequently co-occur with or may be mistaken for OCPD. Additional chapters address the developmental aspects of OCPD, the neurobiology and cognitive underpinnings of OCPD, and available treatment approaches. The following coverage is especially noteworthy: • Four chapters focus on common mental health disorders that can be difficult to differentiate from OCPD, with the most common misdiagnoses being obsessive-compulsive disorder and hoarding disorder. OCPD has also been linked with eating disorders, impulse disorders, and aggression, and the book helps the reader understand the relationship between and among these disorders.• Gender and/or cultural factors may influence the presentation of psychiatric disorders, including OCPD, and the book explores the potentially heterogeneous etiology of the disorder and the danger of assuming that one size fits all in terms of treatment.• Both psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatment approaches are examined in detail, including cognitive-behavioral therapies (the rationale behind their use, estimated effectiveness, and limitations of current interventions) and the current state of drug treatment.• OCPD can be trying for family members and others who care about the patient, and the book offers a chapter examining what loved ones can do to help, including how to recognize when a personality trait within the OCPD criteria rises to the level of a disorder.• Although OCPD can be disabling, there can be positive aspects to having an obsessional personality, and the book discusses the situations under which these traits can be advantageous. Down-to-earth, clinically rich, and unique, Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder will help clinicians navigate the thorny OCPD assessment, diagnosis, and treatment path while providing information and comfort to patients and their families.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. History and Epidemiology of OCPDChapter 2. Diagnosis and Clinical Features of OCPDChapter 3. OCPD and Its Relationship to Obsessive-Compulsive and Hoarding DisordersChapter 4. OCPD and Its Relationship to Eating Disorders Chapter 5. OCPD and Its Relationship to Impulsivity and Impulse Control Disorders Chapter 6. OCPD and Aggression Chapter 7. Gender and Cultural Aspects of OCPD Chapter 8. Psychobiology of OCPD Chapter 9. Psychotherapy for OCPDChapter 10. Pharmacological Treatment of OCPD Chapter 11. Impact of Personality Disorders on ParentingChapter 12. Positive Aspects of OCPD Index

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a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

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a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

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Book SynopsisDC Comics take on Mega-City One’s toughest lawman! Launched in late 1994 to coincide with the release of the 1995 Judge Dredd movie, Legends of The Law was a 13-issue series published by DC comics and initially written by Judge Dredd co-creator John Wagner and his (then) writing partner, Alan Grant. This book collects the first seven issues for the first time since their original publication. The madness and majesty of Mega-City One are perfectly captured in these full-colour, all new stories, Judge Dredd is presented with a host of colourful villains, including the organ-harvesting, musical-obsessed Dr. Bliss!

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Book SynopsisThe first reference to bring scientifically proven approaches to the practice of personal and executive coaching The Evidence Based Coaching Handbook applies recent behavioral science research to executive and personal coaching, bringing multiple disciplines to bear on why and how coaching works.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Contributors. Introduction (Anthony M. Grant and Dianne R. Stober). Part I: Single-Theory Perspectives. Chapter 1: Coaching from the Humanistic Perspective (Dianne R. Stober). Chapter 2: People Are Complex and the World Is Messy: A Behavior-Based Approach to Executive Coaching (David B. Peterson). Chapter 3: Adult Development Theory and Executive Coaching Practice (Jennifer Garvey Berger). Chapter 4: Cognitive Coaching (Jeffrey E. Auerbach). Chapter 5: Psychoanalytically Informed Executive Coaching (Seth Allcorn). Part II: Integrative and Cross-Theory Approaches. Chapter 6: An Integrative Goal-Focused Approach to Executive Coaching (Anthony M. Grant). Chapter 7: An Adult Learning Approach to Coaching (Elaine Cox). Chapter 8: Positive Psychology: The Science at the Heart of Coaching (Carol Kauffman). Chapter 9: Coaching from a Cultural Perspective (Philippe Rosinski and Geoffrey N. Abbott). Chapter 10: An Adventure-Based Framework for Coaching (Travis Kemp). Chapter 11: Coaching from a Systemic Perspective: A Complex Adaptive Conversation (Michael Cavanagh). Chapter 12: Toward a Contextual Approach to Coaching Models (Dianne R. Stober and Anthony M. Grant). Appendix: Workplace and Executive Coaching: A Bibliography from the Scholarly Business Literature (Anthony M. Grant). Author Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisImproving urban air quality has become a policy priority for the European Union, national governments and city authorities as more evidence comes to light of the harmful health effects of road traffic pollution. This book clearly illustrates how to work towards effective policies for improved urban air quality.The authors argue that designing and implementing successful policies is not just a matter of deciding on the most appropriate technological solutions. A process of institution building has to take place which works towards consensus among a variety of potentially divergent interests; from the police and highway authorities to business interests and citizens. Making use of policy network theory, this volume presents studies of attempts to build such coalitions, and the factors that have often frustrated them, in countries such as Canada, France, Italy and Switzerland. This book provides a major contribution to the theoretical and empirical understanding of the policies needed to combat road traffic pollution.The Politics of Improving Urban Air Quality will prove invaluable to scholars of environmental studies and public policy.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. When Policy Networks Collide: The Institutional Dynamic of Air Pollution Policy-making in two Canadian Cities 3. ‘Soft’ Institutions for Hard Problems: Instituting Air Pollution Policies in Three Italian Regions 4. Improving Air Quality in Italian Cities: The Outcome of an Emergency Policy Style 5. Shifting Tools and Shifting Meanings in Urban Traffic Policy: The Case of Turin 6. Changing Definitions and Networks in Clean Air Policy in France 7. Lyon’s Urban Transportation Policy and the Air Quality Problem: A Policy Network Approach 8. Clean Air and Transport Policy in Switzerland: The Case of Berne 9. Conclusion: Institution Building for Sustainable Urban Mobility Policies Bibliography Index

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