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Play Your Best Hand

How to Manage the Four Types of Knowledge Workers--and Stack the Odds for Maximum Success

By: Faith Ralston

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Play Your Best Hand

How to Manage the Four Types of Knowledge Workers--and Stack the Odds for Maximum Success

By: Faith Ralston

The number of knowledge workers has doubled in the last decade. Unlike yesterday's workers their value is not measured in hours logged, but in how much quality and innovation they create for your organization. Talent is the new wildcard in today's competitive marketplace. If you want to tap your employee's full potential you have to manage differently. Play Your Best Hand shows you how to align knowledge worker's talents with strategic business goals. Using practical exercises and assessments, managers learn to apply strength-based leadership principles to leverage individual and team talents. Play Your Best Hand also covers: the four employee talent types key challenges of managing knowledge workers - and recommended solutions the five talent-based leadership principles and how to apply them and more! Play Your Best Hand is the innovative leadership approach you need to keep today's knowledge workers motivated and productive!

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Simon and Schuster

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1440517304

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Play to Your Strengths: Games for Leaders and Teams

By: Faith Ralston, Ph. D.

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Play to Your Strengths: Games for Leaders and Teams

By: Faith Ralston, Ph. D.

It's the simple things that derail team progress - poor communication, turf issues, conflicting priorities, and mistrust. Play to Your Strengths Games helps you tackle these issues directly and accelerate results. Easy, interactive games help individuals get to know each other, discover their talents, and work as a team. Four distinctive card decks empower participants to talk openly, give candid feedback, and make shared decisions. Every game you play strengthens teamwork, trust, and communication. Whether you are launching a new team or developing an existing one, Play to Your Strengths Games will transform your team into a powerhouse of performance. Plus, you'll have fun every time you play. Faith Ralston does a fantastic job of helping leaders and employees play to their strengths. She has tremendous knowledge of people and what it takes to make the most of their talents and competencies. Susan Zimmerman, Mindful Asset Planning

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Lulu.com

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0972787569

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9780972787567

A Great Restlessness

The Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen

By: Faith Johnston

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A Great Restlessness

The Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen

By: Faith Johnston

Dorise Nielsen was a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to Canadaís House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940. But despite her remarkable career, until now little has been known about her.From her youth in London during World War I to her burial in 1980 in a heroís cemetery in China, Nielsen lived through tumultuous times. Struggling through the Great Depression as a homesteaderís wife in rural Saskatchewan, Nielsen rebelled against the poverty and injustice that surrounded her, and found like-minded activists in the CCF and the Communist Party of Canada. In 1940 when leaders of the Communist Party were either interned or underground, Nielsen became their voice in Parliament. But her activism came at a high price. As a single mother in Ottawa, she sacrificed a close relationship with her family for her career. As a woman in an emerging political organisation, her authority was increasingly usurped by younger male party members. As a committed communist, she moved to Mao's China in 1957 and dedicated her lifeís work to a cause that went seriously awry.Faith Johnston illuminates the life of a woman who paved the way for a generation of women in politics, who tried to be both a good mother and a good revolutionary, and who refused to give up on either.

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Univ. of Manitoba Press

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0887559921

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9780887559921

Move On!

One Family’s Odyssey Through 400 Years of United States History

By: Faith McClung Kline O'Brien

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Move On!

One Family’s Odyssey Through 400 Years of United States History

By: Faith McClung Kline O'Brien

Author Faith McClung Kline O’Brien’s paternal grandparents, Albert McClung and Mattie Fitzgerald, met at a small, country church in Oklahoma in 1907, the year that territory became a state. Albert’s ancestors included Revolutionary patriots “Saucy Jack” McClung, of Scotch-Irish descent, and Abraham Kuykendall, of Dutch lineage, who, around 1740, relocated from New York to North Carolina, where he settled and accumulated a fortune in gold coins. Mattie descended from two former sea captains who became merchants in Brooklyn, New York—Edward Card from Maine and Nathaniel Grafton from Newport, Rhode Island, whose seafaring ancestors had sailed the Atlantic Ocean since the mid-1600s. In Move On! O’Brien chronicles her extended family’s history, with each chapter focusing on one of Albert’s or Mattie’s seventeen ancestral branches—the Fitzgerald and McClung Clans and their allied lines: the Anthony, Barry, Card, Dods, Forman, Grafton, Kuykendall, Longstreet, Miller, Reid, Thompson, Tidwell, Trigg, Wilbore, and Wyckoff families. Ten of these lines include Revolutionary patriots, and ten have roots in America extending as far back as the 1600s. Move On! tells how descendants of these disparate families met, united in marriage, and eventually became pioneers on the Southwestern prairies. Glimpses of religion in the lives of everyday Americans appear throughout Move On!, which combines genealogical details with personal stories, many taking place during pivotal events in US history. Stories from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries told firsthand by O’Brien’s late grandparents help bring Move On! to life through the eyes of real-life characters, her ancestors.

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WestBow Press

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1664270221

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9781664270220

You Can't Escape

By: Faith Baldwin

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You Can't Escape

By: Faith Baldwin

Linda Wheaton can't seem to leave her bad penny ex-fiancé behind her. After leaving her for her friend, she next catches him flirting with a woman who's engaged to marry the son of a family friend.

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Macmillan Reference USA

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0783884087

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9780783884080

Money and Schools

By: Faith Crampton,R. Craig Wood,David C. Thompson

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Money and Schools

By: Faith Crampton,R. Craig Wood,David C. Thompson

For both aspiring and experienced education leaders in school budgeting, finance, and resource management courses, Money and Schools explains and demonstrates the relationship between money and equality of educational opportunity. Grounded in research and best practices, this book provides a broad overview of school finance, budgeting, and resource allocation, as well as a detailed examination of day-to-day funding operations. This accessible and engaging book offers strong connections to real-world experiences and detailed information on pre-K–12 funding history, concepts, and current operations. New to this edition: • Cutting edge research on the relationship of money and student learning outcomes, alterations to state aid distribution formulas, new federal education initiatives, and a changing landscape in school finance litigation. • New concepts that have gained traction since the last edition of the book, including school choice and privatization, Common Core State Standards, value-added teacher evaluation, and growth of online options at the K–12 level. • Updated end-of-chapter activities and additional resources that are aligned with the key concepts and content of each chapter. • Online instructor resources

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Routledge

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1317687302

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9781317687306

Skyscraper

By: Faith Baldwin

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Skyscraper

By: Faith Baldwin

Lynn is an ambitious young woman who loves her job in the gleaming new Manhattan skyscraper. Soon, Lynn also loves Tom, the young clerk down the hall. They are so in love that if they don’t get married, something improper is bound to happen. But her company has a strict new policy: Any woman who marries will be immediately fired. First published in 1931—the same year the Empire State Building opened its doors—Skyscraper marks the advent of a new kind of romance plot, and Lynn a new kind of heroine. Lynn is facing choices that will determine the course of the rest of her life, but rather than just choose between suitors, Lynn and other working girls like her must decide whether to abandon their careers—or abandon their men. They can’t have both—or can they? Femmes Fatales restores to print the best of women’s writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era. Enjoy the series: Bedelia; Bunny Lake Is Missing; By Cecile; The G-String Murders; The Girls in 3-B; Laura; The Man Who Loved His Wife; Mother Finds a Body; Now, Voyager; Return to Lesbos; Skyscraper; Stranger on Lesbos; Stella Dallas; Women's Barracks.

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The Feminist Press at CUNY

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1558617876

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9781558617872

Money and Schools

By: David C Thompson,Faith Crampton,Craig, R Wood

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Money and Schools

By: David C Thompson,Faith Crampton,Craig, R Wood

In the new edition of this essential, all-inclusive text, the authors provide more important research for future principals and others enrolled in graduate-level school finance courses. Written in a style that is highly readable, the book offers strong connections to real-world experiences. Readers get both a broad overview of funding concepts and a detailed examination of daily funding operations and will come away with a deep understanding of the relationship between money and student achievement. New to this edition:Current research on the impact of money on student learning outcomes, New concepts that are gaining traction, such as sustainability, Current web resources and recommended reading

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1317929950

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9781317929956

Unfuck Your Brain

Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-outs, and Triggers

By: Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN

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Unfuck Your Brain

Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-outs, and Triggers

By: Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN

Our brains are doing our best to help us out, but they can be real assholes sometimes. Sometimes it seems like your own brain is out to get you—melting down in the middle of the grocery store, picking fights with your date, getting you addicted to something, or shutting down completely at the worst possible moments. You already told your brain firmly that it isn't good to do these things. But your brain has a mind of its own. That's where this book comes in. With humor, patience, and lots of swearing, Dr. Faith shows you the science behind what's going on in your skull and talks you through the process of retraining your brain to respond appropriately to the non-emergencies of everyday life. If you're working to deal with old traumas, or if you just want to have a more measured and chill response to situations you face all the time, this book can help you put the pieces of the puzzle together and get your life and brain back.Here's an excerpt from the book:Knowing what’s going on up in your brain is HUGE. So much of how we interact with the world around us is a completely normal response when we take into account our past experiences and how our brains work. • Freaking the fuck out • Avoiding important shit we need to take care of • Feeling pissed off all the time • Being a dick to people we care about • Putting shit in our bodies that we know isn’t good for us • Doing shit we know is dumb or pointlessNone of these things are fucking helpful. But they all make sense.Your brain has adapted to the circumstances in your life and started doing things to protect you, bless it. It’s not TRYING to fuck you over (even though it totally is, at times).As we navigate the world, nasty shit happens. The brain stores info about the nasty shit to try to avoid it in the future. Sometimes these responses are helpful. Sometimes the responses become a bigger problem than the actual problem was. It’s called a trauma reaction.And even if you aren’t dealing with a specific trauma? Adaptive coping strategies, bad habits, and funky behaviors all wire in similar ways. And research is showing that these issues are actually some of the easier ones to treat in therapy … if we address what’s really going on, rather than just the symptoms.

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Microcosm Publishing

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1621060403

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9781621060406

Deschinga Tu Cerebro

Usando La Ciencia Para Superar Ansiedad, Depresión, Ira, Miedos Y Descadenantes

By: Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN

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Deschinga Tu Cerebro

Usando La Ciencia Para Superar Ansiedad, Depresión, Ira, Miedos Y Descadenantes

By: Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN

Nuestros cerebros están haciendo todo lo posible para ayudarnos, pero a veces pueden ser verdaderos imbéciles. A veces parece que tu propio cerebro está tratando de atraparte, alterándose en frente de todo el público, buscando pleito con tu pareja, volviéndote adicto a algo o congelándose por completo en los peores momentos posibles. Ya le dijiste a tu cerebro que en serio no es bueno hacer este tipo de cosas. Pero tu cerebro tiene una mente propia. Ahí es donde este libro llega a ser útil. Con humor, paciencia y muchas palabrotas, Dr. Faith te muestra la ciencia detrás de lo que está sucediendo en tu cráneo y te explica a través del proceso cómo reentrenar tu cerebro para responder adecuadamente a las cosas que no son de emergencia en la vida cotidiana. Si estás trabajando para lidiar con viejos traumas, depresión, ansiedad, enojo, dolor o adicción, o si solo quieres tener una respuesta más calmada y relajada a las situaciones que enfrentas todo el tiempo, este libro puede ayudarte a poner las piezas del rompecabezas juntas y recuperar tu vida y tu cerebro.

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1621062392

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9781621062394

Befriend Your Brain

A Young Person's Guide to Dealing with Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

By: Faith G. Harper

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Befriend Your Brain

A Young Person's Guide to Dealing with Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

By: Faith G. Harper

Do you freak out at small things? Do you yell at people when you don't mean to? Do you cry or get scared and you aren't sure why? Does it feel like your feelings control you? All of these feelings are a normal part of life for everybody, but sometimes they're just too much and it seems like you're the only one on the planet that feels them. Our brains are doing their best to help us out, but sometimes we get hurt instead. And sometimes we hurt people we love, too, because we just don't know what to do with all of our feelings. With humor and patience, Dr. Faith G. Harper shows you the science behind why your brain is acting up and ideas for new ways to respond when you're feeling scared, sad, anxious, or angry. You can train your brain to be your friend and help you live a happy, calm, and healthy life. If you have experienced trauma or if you have a hard time feeling good and getting along with other people, this book can help. This is an adaptation of Dr. Faith's bestselling book (which has an R-rated title), written for tweens, teens, and the adults trying to help them navigate it all.

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1648410391

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Play Your Best Hand

How to Manage the Four Types of Knowledge Workers--and Stack the Odds for Maximum Success

By: Faith Ralston

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How to Manage the Four Types of Knowledge Workers--and Stack the Odds for Maximum Success

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Hidden Dynamics

How Emotions Affect Business Performance & how You Can Harness Their Power for Positive Results

By: Faith Ralston

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Hidden Dynamics

How Emotions Affect Business Performance & how You Can Harness Their Power for Positive Results

By: Faith Ralston

This guide offers practical advice for turning strong feelings into a positive force for building a more vigorous organization and enhancing your own job satisfaction. It's packed with examples, exercises, and tools for training that will help you improve individual and team performance; reduce interpersonal conflict and barriers to cooperation; integrate feelings and facts when making business decisions; develop managerial skills of facilitation, communication, and leadership; and motivate employees to take more responsibility. Emotional needs always express themselves one way or another, even in a business environment, says the author. Understanding the "Eight Principles of Emotions" described here will give you unique insights into why people behave the way they do. Armed with this valuable knowledge, you'll learn to deal with typical workplace issues and situations.

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Amacom Books

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0814402720

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9780814402726

Emotions @ Work

By: Faith Ralston

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Emotions @ Work

By: Faith Ralston

Ralson helps leaders and employees tackle real-life work problems such as performance issues, turf wars, mistrust and low morale. Readers can see just how easy it is to apply practical ideas and replace negative, energy-draining dynamics with positive teamwork, cooperation and results.

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075967423X

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dear God,

By: Dawn Faith

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dear God,

By: Dawn Faith

The true story of how a young woman kept her faith through the darkest season of her life.

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Play Your Best Hand

Play Your Best Hand

Play to Your Strengths: Games for Leaders and Teams

Play to Your Strengths: Games for Leaders and Teams

A Great Restlessness

A Great Restlessness

Move On!

Move On!

You Can't Escape

You Can't Escape

Money and Schools

Money and Schools

Skyscraper

Skyscraper

Money and Schools

Money and Schools

Unfuck Your Brain

Unfuck Your Brain

Deschinga Tu Cerebro

Deschinga Tu Cerebro

Befriend Your Brain

Befriend Your Brain

Play Your Best Hand

Play Your Best Hand

Hidden Dynamics

Hidden Dynamics

Emotions @ Work

Emotions @ Work

dear God,

dear God,

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