An innovative and insightful 7-part guide to heartfelt and collaborative actions that transform the reader into a generous leader. Leading successfully in a world full of disruption means building more than technical skills. Yes, you must deliver results, but to run a successful business you need people-and people today want leaders who can and will work to see beyond themselves and only the bottom line-you must learn to lead with your heart. Being vulnerable with your staff is intimidating, but when connecting with people not only will you grow as a leader and a person, but your business will grow as well. Bringing your authentic self to your leadership takes courage and commitment, but you reap profound benefits from heart-led generous acts. This book presents 7 ways to give of yourself for everyone's gain: 1. Generous Communication: Be real to build deep connections 2. Generous Listening: Be sincerely curious about another's perspective 3. Generous Inclusion: Be inclusive to invite collaboration and show respect 4. The Generous Ally: Take chances to make chances for others 5. Generous Development: Validate strengths and success, identify expansive opportunities 6. Generous Moments: Make small acts of acknowledgment in important moments to make a big impact 7. Give up the Mask: Be emotionally accessible with authenticity and vulnerability Through unvarnished and unforgettable stories, the author and CEOs of well-recognized companies reveal experiences and mistakes that informed their success and share actions that make the shift to more heart less scary, more satisfying and incredible personal. As you build your skills with the guidance from this trusted reference, success will spread from your generosity to the people you work with, to your organization, to your own career and even society. There is no more powerful leader than a generous leader.
Joe Baxter Davis tells the story of his family who lived on a farm in Equality Alabama. Daddy worked in town as an auto body man and painter. Some of the time Mama taught school across the county and only was home only on the weekends. So my older brother Winston and my younger brother Michael and I did the farm work. We raised food to eat and to trade at the local store for things we could not raise. We took care of the animals, built fences, cut wood to heat the house, milked the cows and all the other chores. Even though we were young boys, we were farmers. Mama and Daddy depended on us. It may be hard to understand today what our farm life was like in the 1940s, but we all worked very hard to provide for our family, it was our way of life. When I was eight, I had to have surgery on my leg for osteomylitis, a bone disease. After a long time in the hospital I went back to the farm, but I was on crutches and could not do the farm work with my brothers. But guess what Mama and Daddy had a plan. They asked me to be the family cook. So in 1945 I became the full time cook. I was so happy. I had always loved to watch Mama cook but now it was my job. I would get up early in the morning and help build fi res in the fireplace and in the little kitchen stove, then I would make home made biscuits and cook bacon and sausage and eggs for the family. I was the full-time cook. I enjoyed cooking so much and my brothers and Mama and Daddy acted like they really enjoyed the food. Maybe they were just hungry. the Little Boy Cook is a collection of good old county recipes and memories from the past and recipes from family and friends.
Falling Forward is the first nationally published work of Rev. Joe Davis (Snellville, GA) . This book is a unique blend of biography, Bible history, and most of all, inspiration. In this book, Rev. Davis presents a message of hope and second chances that explores the lives of many heroes of the Bible who "fell" in their walk with God, including King David and the apostle Simon Peter. Examine how God restored them and used them for His purposes, despite their past failures and shortcomings. Rev. Davis goes on to share personal insights, including how God turned his own "darkest days" into his "divine destiny." This book encourages those struggling with guilt over their past to see that God is not finished with them. Whether or not you consider yourself a Christian, this is a book that gives hope to all and reminds us that there is a God that both loves us and has great plans for us.
Childish Parents is a compilation of historical quotes and quips in conjunction with Biblical verses and a combination of personal philosophical and theological views plus humble and humorous stories. For you it may be an eye opening revelation or just a simple comparison but either way it is metaphor that we often miss. In our efforts to search out God's meaning and find a better understanding, we overlook what's right under our noses. This book will take you through various stages of your own life on a roller coaster of "ah-ha" and "uh-oh" moments. It will give you another view on life and God in a more personal yet simple way. Joe Davis comes from a deeply accredited background of intense study. This high recognition is granted because of his years of activity as a child to his parents and a parent to his children. Yes, that's all the credentials he holds. Does it sound like yours? Well then good, you picked up the right book.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are one of the most storied franchises in all of sports, with enduring legacies both on and off the diamond. Chief among the hallmarks of the organization is an unparalleled pitching dominance; Dodger blue and white brings to mind brilliance on the mound and the Cy Young Awards that followed. In Brothers in Arms: Koufax, Kershaw, and the Dodgers' Extraordinary Pitching Tradition, acclaimed Dodgers writer Jon Weisman explores the organization's rich pitching history, from Koufax and Drysdale to Valenzuela and Hershiser, to the sublime Clayton Kershaw. Weisman delves deep into this lineage of excellence, interviewing both the legends that toed the rubber and the teammates, coaches, and personalities that witnessed their genius.
The purpose of this book is to give the reader some new, never-before-seen information about the James Davis and Nancy Pierce family, and to discuss some controversial and/or inaccurate information that has been printed or shared with one another.
Louisa Moore, a wealthy middle-aged widow, sold her home in Mobile, AL, and purchased Seymour Plantation in Spanish Fort, on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. She was told the house was haunted and that no family had spent more than two months in the house during the past 15 years. After moving into the house, she began to hear strange noises, to find furniture moved, and to catch quick glimpses of a man inside her house. One night she woke up to see the silhouette of a man standing over her. Not one time did her security alarm go off; the man never came through her doors or windows. Louisa began to take the ghost rumors seriously and decided to have a face-to-face encounter with her ghost. Her fearless investigations revealed hidden secrets about Seymour Plantation as she solved the mystery surrounding her ghost. More than two chapters of the book are devoted to a discussion of the Battle of Mobile Bay and the surrender of Mobile.
Opening Day is a 2012 Indie B.R.A.G. medallion recipient. Young girls are coming through a pastoral Upstate New York fishing village...but, they aren't all coming out--alive Following a close brush with death as an NYPD homicide detective, Matt Davis has taken early retirement, and accepted a position as Chief of Police in Roscoe. While out fly-fishing for trout on his favorite stream, he stumbles across the remains of a body, barely recognizable as human, killed approximately six months earlier. With no physical evidence, no identification, and no clues, it's up to Matt to not only find the murderer, but to discover the identity of the victim. However, the big question is: Are there others? Opening Day is the second in the Matt Davis Mystery Series, and picks up where As the Twig is Bent left off. It is a 2012 Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree. The third in the series is Twice Bitten, available now.
The Nine-Diamond Ring is the second novel in the Louisa Moore Mysteries series, following The Accidental Detective. Louisa Moore and Sam Goff have been dating regularly for about a year; Louisa is hoping that Sam will soon ask her to marry him. Two weeks before Christmas, Louisa's cousin Estelle Hartley sees Sam in a jewelry store and overhears him talking to a salesman about the nine-diamond ring he had just purchased for a very special friend. After Estelle tells Louisa that Sam will surprise her with a nine-diamond engagement ring on Christmas Day, Louisa begins thinking about and preparing for her marriage to Sam.
When the body of Maggie McFarland, an 86-year-old widow, is found among the rubble of the once-famous landmark Artemis Hotel, leveled by fire nearly seventy years ago, residents of Roscoe are shocked. Maggie has been killed by a bullet to the heart, fired at close range. Who would want to kill this kind, gentle woman? That is the mystery that confronts Matt Davis in one of the most baffling cases of his career.
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