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In this practical, provocative and inspiring guide, Lisa Witter and Lisa Chen of public relations powerhouse Fenton Communications offer social change organizations key recommendations for leveraging the untapped power of women for positive change through fundraising, advocacy and the ballot box.
In this new paperback reissue of bestselling and award-winning book (hardcover edition sold 25,000 copies sold; Wall Street Journal Bestseller; Silver Medal Winner Axiom Business Book Awards for Best Business Book Fable), Noah Blumenthal shows workers and managers how abandoning our victim stories and embracing our heroic potential can both increase employee engagement and productivity and accelerate professional success.
Building on the success of her classic, bestselling book, Change Your Questions, Change Your Life (over 100,000 copies sold), Marilee Adams shows in this new book how teachers and other education professionals can change their own and their students' lives by developing an active, inquiring mindset and igniting a lifelong love of learning.
By bestselling author Ken Blanchard (whose 40+ books have sold over 18 million copies), KNOW CAN DO! tells the story of how a well known author learns to bridge the gap between what we all know-all the advice we've taken in from books, seminars, etc.-and how we actually use that knowledge.
The Arivind Eye Care System treats 2.7 million patients a year in the developing world for blindness and other eye problems and seems to violate every rule of business. Patients pay what they want (if they pay at all, which most don't), it deliv-ers services for one percent of the cost of comparable care in developed countries, functions at many times the volume with a lower complication rate, and is com-pletely self-sustaining. This book is the first to tell its extraordinary story.
Combining the talents of a professor of religion and an expert on workplace dynamics, this book continues the tradition begun by its bestselling predecessor, What Would Buddha Do (more than 30,000 copies sold), as yet another perfect tool for bringing bite-size chunks of Buddhist wisdom to give meaning to and resolve common conflicts found in everyday work.
Resiliency--the ability to adapt to life's changes and crises--is key to a healthy, productive life. Based on his deep knowledge of the new science of resiliency, Dr. Al Siebert explains how and why some people are more resilient than others and how resiliency can be learned at any age. Through anecdotes, exercises, and examples, Dr. Siebert details a unique five-level program for becoming more resilient.
A new and thoroughly revised edition of marketing and positioning genius Mark Levy, which helps readers unleash their inner creativity, problem solving skills, while also generating content. This is The Artist's Way for business people and social media people. Accidental Genius uses a similar methodology of freewriting to create business plan, find solutions, and generate new content. Over 10,000 of the original edition sold.
This is the 20th anniversary revised and updated edition of a classic in the field of human resources-over 70,000 copies were sold of the previous two editions. This book revolutionized the HR field by demonstrating the vital importance of linking HR solutions to achieving specific business goals.
This is a brand new edition of the classic book that introduced a concept that has since become a cornerstone of the human resource, learning, and organizational development fields: training and HR solutions do not take place in a vacuum but must be tied to an organization's business goals. This means partnering with clients to identify what specific kinds of solutions will help them achieve these goals. Performance consulting is a strategic process that produces measurable business results by maximizing performance of people and organizations.
This 20th anniversary edition features four new chapters as well as new examples and has been updated throughout. Much of the new material focuses on measuring the results of performance consulting-there is extensive treatment of two-sided accountability, data collection, development of precise objectives, measurement of success, and sustainable improvement. And this remains a profoundly practical book, filled with tips and techniques, as well as downloadable tools, checklists, and graphics at the end of every chapter.
This is a brand new edition of the classic book that introduced a concept that has since become a cornerstone of the human resource, learning, and organizational development fields: training and HR solutions do not take place in a vacuum but must be tied to an organization's business goals. This means partnering with clients to identify what specific kinds of solutions will help them achieve these goals. Performance consulting is a strategic process that produces measurable business results by maximizing performance of people and organizations.
This 20th anniversary edition features four new chapters as well as new examples and has been updated throughout. Much of the new material focuses on measuring the results of performance consulting-there is extensive treatment of two-sided accountability, data collection, development of precise objectives, measurement of success, and sustainable improvement. And this remains a profoundly practical book, filled with tips and techniques, as well as downloadable tools, checklists, and graphics at the end of every chapter.
Thoroughly revised and updated new edition of the bestselling guide to implementing the popular change methodology, Appreciative Inquiry, in organizations of all sizes and sectors. 20,000 of the 1st edition sold.
WE ARE ALL in the people business because we deal with other people all the time. But do you sometimes reach out to others only to find your efforts misunderstood or rejected? Do you wish your relationships with people close to you were more harmonious and fulfilling? PeopleSmart is a practical guide for anyone who asks these questions, which means most of us at some time or other. It reveals a powerful plan for making your relationships more productive and rewarding-whether they are with a supervisor and coworkers or a spouse, relatives, and friends-by developing your interpersonal intelligence.
Part Alice in Wonderland and part business fable, this creatively illustrated work about the adventures of a new hire's introduction to the fantastical company of Zenobia (and its elusive Room 133A) helps business leaders and entrepreneurs find energy in risk, opportunity in the unknown, and possibility in the people all around them-to believe in something that is not yet there.
War and peace are the two main ways that people try to solve our toughest group, community, and societal conflicts. Kahane shows why neither approach works and offers a different, better way – combining love and power – to solve these conflicts.
A revised and updated edition of an acknowledged classic of the Organizational Development literature. Over 30,000 of first and second editions sold.
