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Princeton University Press
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[2024]
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"Thomas Seeley has spent his career unraveling the mysteries of honey bee behavior. His goal has been to understand how the 30,000 or so bees in a colony work together as a unit to accomplish such things as finding and occupying a snug nest cavity, furnishing it with beeswax combs, filling these combs with brood and food, and keeping themselves well nourished, comfortably warm, and safe from intruders. In this book, Seeley's goal is to illuminate...
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In "Organizational Management", explore the fundamental concepts and strategies that drive successful organizational management. This concise and comprehensive guide delves into the theories of organizational management, examining the different types of behaviors and the biographical characteristics, abilities, and learning that shape them.Gain insight into the importance of attitudes and job satisfaction in creating a positive work environment, and...
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Niall Downey, a cardio-thoracic surgeon who retrained as a commercial airline pilot uses his expertise in healthcare and aviation to explore the critical issue of managing human error. With examples from business, politics, sport, technology, finance, education and other fields, Downey makes a powerful case that by following some clear guidelines, any organisation can greatly reduce the incidence and impact of making serious mistakes.
While acknowledging...
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Blurb: Harmony Within - A Journey to WellnessEmbark on a transformative odyssey toward holistic well-being with "Harmony Within." Authored by Leonardo Guiliani , this book is more than a guide; it is a gentle companion on your personal journey to self-discovery, emotional resilience, and spiritual enlightenment.In the soothing pages of "Harmony Within," [Author's Name] explores the intricate dance of mind, body, and spirit, offering practical insights,...
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"As a thorough guide to helping substance abusers find help, this makes a valuable addition to the self-help shelves."-PublishersWeekly (starred review)
A powerful, groundbreaking book that shows you, in concrete steps, how to help a loved one stop from engaging in self-destructive behavior.
Is your husband drinking himself to death? Is your brother losing it all to gambling? Do you need to get your kid off drugs before it's too late? Or make...
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The first and only guide to diagnosing and dealing with the hidden or covert factors that can ruin even the most meticulously planned change processes.
Organizational change initiatives often fail because they focus exclusively on the rational, overt aspects of change, overlooking the powerful role played by concealed or irrational factors. It's well known that these covert processes-such as hidden agendas, blind spots, office politics, tacit assumptions,...
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Leadership Competencies That Enable Results explores the essentials of great leadership and establishes the principles that underpin the ability to coach, lead, and achieve high levels of organizational performance. Laying the groundwork for the competencies introduced over the course of the series, this book guides you in building a leadership roadmap for yourself and others to follow on the journey to enabling great results.
The SCOPE of Leadership...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2024]
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"Meet best friends Nelli and Worthi. Like all tiny succulents, Nelli and Worthi have VERY busy schedules--napping in the sun, sipping on water drops, and filling the days doing nothing. But one morning, Nelli wonders: Is there more? Have you ever heard of a purpose? Hmm . . . Is it a baked potato? That doesn't sound right. So what is it? Join two curious best friends as they embark on the ultimate adventure to answer big philosophical questions: What...
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Understanding Your Fearful, Reactive, or Aggressive dog, and Strategies and Techniques to Make Change Are your dog walks a nightmare?Lunging, barking, pulling you over, and putting on a blood-curdling display of aggression? You love your dog - a perfect peach at home - so why on earth is she doing this? Using entirely force-free proven methods, developed through extensive study and working with thousands of dog-owners - and a very readable, jargon-free...
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Self: Setting the Example sets the foundation for the ability to lead others by developing the competencies of great self-leadership. Effective leaders possess intrinsic passion, character, courage, and confidence that others respect and want to follow. When you lead yourself well, operate productively, and think strategically, others notice and are motivated to attain the higher standards you demonstrate.
The SCOPE of Leadership book series teaches...
11) Fetch It!
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Teach Your Brilliant Family Dog to Catch, Fetch, Retrieve, Find, and Bring Things Back! Having a dog who will retrieve his ball or frisbee and bring it back to be thrown again, is for many people the essence of a dog walk! But your dog may have other ideas … perhaps he takes the toy and runs off with it, or lies down and chews it, or even shows no interest whatever - leaving you to go and hunt for the toy yourself. This can all be changed! You just...
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Strategies and Techniques for Your Fearful, Aggressive, or Reactive dog Struggling with your reactive, aggressive, anxious dog? Through her force-free work with thousands of dogs, professional positive dog trainer Beverley Courtney can show you a new way ahead in these readable, jargon-free books! • In Book 1 you learned WHY your dog is doing what she does.• Book 2 showed you WHAT you can do to start to make big changes.• Now in Book 3 you're...
13) Competitive Advantage: Create Continuing Education That Is Profitable, Sustainable, and Impactful
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Competitive Advantage helps leaders create a reliably profitable and sustainable learning portfolio that generates the sought-after impact.
Based on a proprietary 25-driver Scoreboard created by Tracy King CAE, Competitive Advantage helps clients develop a profitable and sustainable business that makes a measurable impact on the industries they represent. Workforce disruptions, new technologies, and tight budgets place enormous pressure on professional...
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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 dangerous affluenza can be. Now in its third edition, this book can safely be called prophetic in showing how problems ranging from loneliness, endless working hours, and family conflict to rising debt, environmental pollution,...
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Generalized anxiety disorder, OCD, social anxiety disorder (social phobia), PTSD, panic disorder...The current worldview of these problems is driven by the medical model and the belief that they are (mental) illnesses caused by something going wrong in our brain and that the answer lies in 'fixing' the thing that has gone wrong.However, take the man in his early twenties, whose father constantly put him down and criticized him with such venom as a...
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A nonprofit leadership consultant offers a blueprint for success in this guide to healthy governance and executive communication.
All nonprofit organizations start with a noble mission, but good intentions alone are no guarantee of success. All too often, nonprofit boards are hampered by political and functional challenges that negatively impact operations. Conflicts between the board and the CEO can greatly inhibit effectiveness despite everyone's...
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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), social anxiety disorder (social phobia), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), simple and complex phobias, severe depression… Not diseases, disorders or mental illness, anxiety and depression problems involve natural survival instincts common to us all – normal self-protective thoughts, feelings and behaviours that become over-sensitive and intensified, grossly exaggerated...
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USA Today Bestseller: A top social media strategist explores how human connection drives success.
Technology continues to evolve and make our lives busier and more complicated, but it can never replace true human connection-our fundamental need to share information, stories, and emotions. Shareology explores the history, art, and science of sharing, and why sharing gives us a unique competitive advantage as individuals and brands.
For entrepreneurs...
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A practical guide to community organizing that gathers the accumulated lessons, strategies, and secrets a veteran activist's forty-four years of experience.
This latest work by legendary activist, musician, and author Si Kahn is a different kind of community organizing book. As with other books, including some by Kahn himself, it does describe many of the practical tactics organizers use. But it's also about community organizing as a way of thinking...
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As communist regimes denigrated Western countries for widespread unemployment and consumer excess, socialist Eastern European states simultaneously legitimized their power through their apparent ability to satisfy consumers' needs. Moving beyond binaries of production and consumption, the essays collected here examine the lessons consumption studies can offer about ethnic and national identity and the role of economic expertise in shaping consumer...
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