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Make Waves: Be the One to Start Change at Work and in Life
Author Patti Johnson
Make Waves encourages readers to step up and be the one to initiate change in their work and lives. Author Patti Johnson walks readers through the tools and techniques that they can use to create change in their own situations. Johnson elaborates on these tools even....
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Combining Purpose With Profits
Author Julian Birkinshaw , Nicolai J. Foss , Siegwart Lindenberg , Adam M. Grant , Jay Cars
Is it possible for a company to strive for a higher purpose while also delivering solid profits? Some have argued that pursuing goals other than making money means, by definition, spending on things that aren’t profit-maximizing. Others have countered tha....
Release Date 2014/04 -
The Confidence Code - The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know
Author Katty Kay
Confidence. We want it. We need it. But it can be maddeningly enigmatic and out of reach. The authors of the New York Times bestseller Womenomics deconstruct this essential, elusive, and misunderstood quality and offer a blueprint for bringing more of it into our l....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Emerging Technologies and Management of Crop Stress Tolerance
Author Saiema Rasool , Parvaiz Ahmad
Emerging Technologies and Management of Crop Stress Tolerance: Volume 1 - Biological Techniques presents the latest technologies used by scientists for improvement the crop production and explores the various roles of these technologies for the enhancement of crop p....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Your Life Plan: How to set yourself on the right path and take charge of your life
Author Erica Sosna
Meet the challenges of life and master your futureDo you ever feel like you're just floating through life with a lack of direction? Or get that nagging feeling that things could be better? Then it's time you thought about your life plan.Our lives can be thought of....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, 3rd Edition
Author Sam Kaner
Unleash the transformative power of face to face groupsThe third edition of this ground-breaking book continues to advance its mission to support groups to do their best thinking. It demonstrates that meetings can be much more than merely an occasion for solving a p....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Author Paul Irving
The Upside of Aging: How Long Life Is Changing the World of Health, Work, Innovation, Policy and Purpose explores a titanic shift that will alter every aspect of human existence, from the jobs we hold to the products we buy to the medical care we receive - an aging ....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills
Author Michael Kallet
Train your brain for better decisions, problem solving, and innovationThink Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills is the comprehensive guide to training your brain to do more for you. Written by a critical thinking trainer ....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Introduction to Numerical Methods for Time Dependent Differential Equations
Author Omar Eduardo Ortiz , Heinz-Otto Kreiss
Introduces both the fundamentals of time dependent differential equations and their numerical solutionsIntroduction to Numerical Methods for Time Dependent Differential Equations delves into the underlying mathematical theory needed to solve time dependent different....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Author Nilofer Merchant
What people are saying about The New How"How are you going to get rid of your Air Sandwich if you don't even know what it is? Provocative and practical at the same time."--Seth Godin, author of Linchpin"The New How is informative and provides exciting insights beca....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Author Wright Eve
Life at the Speed of Passion will revolutionize the way you think about what your life looks like, what you do for a living and why you do it. Through her meteoric rise in the corporte and sports world, Eve has learned to master the craft of confident decision-makin....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Feel Good: How to Change Your Mood and Cope with Whatever Comes Your Way
Author Graham Law , Shane Pascoe
A practical, inspirational guide to managing your moods, improving your outlook, and beating stress and anxietyFeeling overwhelmed, overstressed, or just plain down about life? This book is the cure for what ails you. Mood can affect every aspect of your life, from ....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Creating Value in Nonprofit-Business Collaborations: New Thinking and Practice
Author James E. Austin , M. May Seitanidi
Collaboration between nonprofits and businesses is a necessary component of strategy and operations.Creating Value in Nonprofit-Business Collaborations: New Thinking & Practice provides breakthrough thinking about how to conceptualize and realize collaborative v....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Making Sustainability Work, 2nd Edition
Author Adriana Rejc Buhovac , Marc J. Epstein
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Most companies today have some commitment to corporate social responsibility, but implementing these initiatives can be particularly challenging. While a lot has been written on ethical and strategic factors, there is still a dearth ....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose, Second Edition
Author David B. Wolfe , Jagdish N. Sheth , Rajendra S. Sisodia
Today’s best companies get it. From retail to finance and industries in between, the organizations who recognize that doing good is good business are becoming the ultimate value creators. They’re changing their culture and generating every form of value that matters....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Own Your Education!: A Student’s Guide to Greater Success in School (and Life)
Author Megan Stone
Success in any endeavor is not a matter of luck, fate, or happenstance. And that is just as true about succeeding at school. This book will help you learn to look at your school experience from a new vantage point, one that allows you to increase your motivation and....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Leadership (The Brian Tracy Success Library)
Author Brian Tracy
Nobody comes into the world a natural leader. But what is it that transforms some people into the kind of magnetic individuals who inspire others to follow? Success expert Brian Tracy has helped thousands of people become exceptional leaders and now, in this co....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Powerful Phrases for Successful Interviews
Author Dr. Phil McGraw , Tony Beshara
The job market is awash with qualified applicants. Yet employers rarely select based solely on merit. Instead, most hiring decisions are gut-level evaluations made in the first few minutes of an interview. What people say determines who lands a job and who does....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Mitch Anthony
Stop making a living and start making a life with The New RetirementalityWhen Mitch Anthony first presented the concept of a new way of thinking about retirement in 2000, it was novel and many critics didn't buy into it. Originally written to get the attention of b....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Decide: Work Smarter, Reduce Your Stress, and Lead by Example
Author Steve McClatchy
How to make better decisions and achieve your goalsWhat shapes a person's career and life, and defines them as a leader? Their decisions. We all want to be more productive and deliver our best results. But doing this effectively—and consistently over time—is a sign....
Release Date 2014/02 -
LinkedIn For Dummies, 3rd Edition
Author Joel Elad
Don't be left out—link up with this fully updated introduction to the Internet's hottest professional networking toolWith more than 225 million members from over 200 countries and territories worldwide, LinkedIn.com is an unbeatable self-marketing tool. LinkedIn F....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say, and Do
Author Kathryn D. Cramer
How to implement effecitve, magnetic leadership by applying asset-based thinking and shifting your mindset from the negative to the positiveLead Positive takes the fundamentals of Asset-Based Thinking (ABT) and turns them into a playbook for successful leadership. A....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Big Data at Work: Dispelling the Myths, Uncovering the Opportunities
Author Thomas Davenport
Go ahead, be skeptical about big data. The author was—at first.When the term “big data” first came on the scene, bestselling author Tom Davenport (Competing on Analytics, Analytics at Work) thought it was just another example of technology hype. But his research in ....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Thomas H. Naylor , David Wann , John de Graaf
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED affluenza, n. a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more. We tried to warn you! The 2008 economic collapse proved how resilient and dangerou....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Not Knowing: The Art of Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity
Author Steven D'Souza , Diana Renner
In order to thrive in these worrying times, this fascinating book proposes we head, uncomfortably, towards the unknown, rather than away from it. By developing a unique relationship with Not Knowing we discover a new way of living, working and succeeding in our modern wor....
Release Date 2014/02 -
The Problem With Online Ratings
Author Sinan Aral
In the digital age, we are inundated with other people’s opinions. We browse books on Amazon with awareness of how other customers liked (or disliked) a particular tome. On Expedia, we compare hotels based on user ratings. On YouTube, we can check out a v....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Quotient Space Based Problem Solving
Author Bo Zhang , Ling Zhang
Quotient Space Based Problem Solving provides an in-depth treatment of hierarchical problem solving, computational complexity, and the principles and applications of multi-granular computing, including inference, information fusing, planning, and heuristic search. E....
Release Date 2014/01 -
How To Change Your Life: Who am I and what should I do with my life?
Author Benjamin Bonetti
Find your purpose.Make a change. If you're not happy, not fulfilled, feel empty and lack motivation, make a change. Don't exist. Live. Turn things around and live a happy, successful, fulfilling life. Go on, you deserve to.Hypnotist and celebrity life-coach Benjam....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Stressaholic: 5 Steps to Transform Your Relationship with Stress
Author Heidi Hanna
A guidebook for the journey from exhaustion to enlightenmentChronic multitasking and ever-increasing demands on our time and energy have caused a neurochemically-based dependence on sources of stress and stimulation to provide fuel for our chaotic lifestyles. While ....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Industrial Problem Solving Simplified: An 8-Step Program
Author Ralph R. Pawlak
Industrial Problem Solving Simplified provides a roadmap for solving manufacturing problems. Containing numerous examples of actual problems and their solutions in various industrial environments, it is for novice as well as experienced manufacturing owners, manager....
Release Date 2014/01