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1) Musefood
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Winner of the 2012 IP Picks Best Poetry Award, musefood is modern, savvy and sharp-tongued verse at its best.
Ruckert's musings on women in contemporary life explore a subject not often visited through verse. What could have easily been flighty or frivolous is instead a witty and honest social commentary, intertwined with varying shades of comedy and poignancy.
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When Liam's sister dies, his world turns grey. He spends hours watching clouds crossing the wintry skies, hoping that Cassie is out there somewhere.
On the night before Liam's birthday, Cassie sails the Sky Dreamer to their home and drops anchor in a ghost gum tree. She invites Liam to climb aboard, and together the children go sailing through the Milky Way. But there are lessons Liam must learn before the Sky Dreamer returns home.
The Sky Dreamer...
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Bestselling author of Who Do We Want to Be gives visionary leaders the tools to create organizations that foster generosity, creativity, and kindness in a chaotic world.
We are living in chaotic and contentious times. Tensions between people are reaching dangerously hateful proportions. Margaret Wheatley calls on leaders to resist, to forge communities that protect people from the destructive dynamics so prevalent today and rediscover and reawaken...
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As a leader, you already know that designing DEI initiatives that have a measurable impact is imperative. However, you also know that the path toward an anti-racist, purpose-driven culture is riddled with potential pitfalls that can lead to DEI programs that are, at best, ineffective or, at worst, harmful. Throwing more money at the same old programs and initiatives will not lead to achieving racial equity or addressing anti-Black racism, and will...
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In "Generational Harmony: Winning Through Diversity," author explores the importance of understanding and embracing generational differences in the workplace. The book delves into the impact of historical events on each generation, their values and beliefs, and their preferred communication styles. It provides practical strategies for building a multigenerational team, fostering effective communication, adapting leadership styles, managing generational...
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Three Weeks' Notice, is a realistic job drama that mixes the millennial vibe of non-commitment to one job and the stigma of mental health within the young adult community.
This person has multiple personality disorder and ADHD helps cope with his diagnosis by helping others' in their job write the proverbial three weeks' notice for his coworkers and neighbors in the community. It includes all job quitting letter examples from the teacher to the barista...
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Lead With Empathy: Transforming Ordinary Management Into Extraordinary Leadership
Discover the Secret Sauce of Modern Leadership
In an era where remote work, rapid change, and digital interactions dominate, the lines between management and leadership are more blurred than ever. But Pete Srodoski's "Lead With Empathy" boldly redefines those boundaries.
While other guides only scratch the surface, this book dives deep into the heart of true leadership:...
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"Remote Teams, Real Results" is your roadmap to unlocking the full potential of remote work. This comprehensive guide goes beyond buzzwords, giving you proven strategies from the world's most successful remote companies. Master communication, leadership, culture, and tech to build a distributed team that delivers exceptional results while fostering individual wellbeing."Remote Teams, Real Results" is your blueprint for transforming remote work from...
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In Zen Buddhism, a KOAN is a saying or mantra designed to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning for achieving enlightenment.
The KOAN concept is also a helpful framework for imagining new models for living and organizing in Kind, Open, Adaptive, Networks.
Rooted both in ancient wisdom, and cutting-edge research, the KOAN method gives us an alternative model for evaluating and evolving how we come together as humans to solve the important...
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Transcending Agile with Ruthlessness and Grace is the first book in the Innovation Elegance series. Although software is not what makes innovation difficult, innovators rely on software-centric methodologies. What makes innovation difficult is people: how we interact, govern, collaborate, or fail to collaborate. A people-centric methodology isn't shocking or revolutionary. It's just overdue.
This book explains how to adopt the metaphors of an...
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A critical figure in America's Cold War intelligence operations, Peter Earnest knows the surprising similarities between what the Central Intelligence Agency does to coordinate operations and protect the country and what any smart organization can do to protect its bottom line. Now, in this unprecedented book, he's partnering with bestselling author Maryann Karinch to demonstrate what you and your organization can learn from how the CIA does business....
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The #1 book for managers.
Have you ever managed people who don't follow through on their commitments? Virtually every manager has grappled with this issue, and knows how difficult, frustrating, and time-consuming it can be.
Luckily, you don't actually need to manage people.
You need to manage their promises.
Micromanagement is what happens when you manage the person instead of their promises. When we honor our promises and ensure others do...
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If your company strives to be "green" and to meet the triple bottom line of not just profit but people and the planet, then communicating more frequently and more clearly about your organization's sustainability efforts and interests is critical. In addition to the positive effect it has on the environment, your local community, and society at large, the benefits of better sustainability communication include improvements in:
But how do you get there?
In...
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Are you tired of feeling stuck in your professional journey? Do you constantly find yourself facing roadblocks and obstacles that prevent you from reaching the top? It's time to rise above the mediocrity and maximize your angles, allies, and advantages to achieve the success you deserve!In today's competitive world, it's no longer enough to merely aspire to professional success. You need to have the right strategies and tools in place to overcome...
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In a world overcrowded with labels, don't allow your identity to be defined by other people. Learn how to take back your power, choose to feed the aspects of your identity that serve you, and let go of those that don't.
You Belong Here offers a new framework for individuals to define how they want to be seen, heard, and valued on their own terms. Further, it serves as a launchpad for organizational leaders and culture builders to create safe spaces...
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Leaders are responsible for helping their teams meet and advance organizational goals while nurturing intuition and growing talent. Drawing on considerable experience assembling and nurturing cutting-edge teams at Corning Inc., author Linda Echeverria shows how leaders can serve as a team catalyst through which new ideas come to fruition. The results apply well beyond traditional creative domains--propelling innovation across entire organizations....
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Co-published with SHRM. Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a strong indicator of individual, team, and organizational success. But stocking up on emotionally intelligent employees isn't enough: you need a concrete plan for putting this valuable resource to work. The EQ Difference offers an array of self-assessment tools and team-focused exercises that will help increase and leverage emotional intelligence both in individuals and in groups. It's filled...
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Do you need your team or organization to be more engaged, innovative, competitive, agile, collaborative and productive? Can you contribute anything to a positive culture at work? Well, you can do more than you might think, as shown both by research and practice! Whether you are a leader, a consultant, or an employee.
That's what Marcella Bremer shows in her book "Developing a Positive Culture where People and Performance Thrive".Positive organizations...
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"An essential addition to the conflict resolution toolkit." -Marshall Goldsmith, #1 New York Times bestselling author of TriggersIn today's workplace, managers, leaders, and HR professionals often believe they don't have the time to help employees navigate conflict. More often than not, however, it takes more time not to address conflict than to constructively intervene. But before you can successfully guide others in managing disagreements, you must...
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Business expert Brian Tracy has worked with more than 1,000 companies in 52 countries. In this award-winning book, he leverages that experience to reveal the strategies used by top executives and business owners around the world to achieve astounding results--even in difficult markets against the most determined competition. How the Best Leaders Lead builds on this knowledge by providing a series of practical, proven ideas and techniques leaders and...
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