Presents guidance on how to inspire others through effective communication, including advice on helping people find clarity, a unique voice, and creativity.
The strategic consultant and author of Talent Unleashed presents a revolutionary blueprint for organizational success in government. Today’s government organizations face political fallout, media scrutiny, reduced funding, and the challenges of motivating large, highly regulated organizations. In many offices, these challenges have led to a vicious cycle of employee disengagement. As performance declines, scrutiny increases, and employee paralysis sets in. Breaking this cycle requires a new approach. As an Executive Vice President at Franklin Covey, Patrick Leddin helped organizations all over the world transform their culture and unleash their potential with five highly effective practices. In Building a Winning Culture in Government, he shows how government organizations can implement these same practices to inspire their employees, revitalize engagement, and become more responsive to the public interest. In Building a Winning Culture in Government, you will learn to: Lead with purpose and find your organization's mission, mantra, or manifesto. Make the 7 Habits of Highly Successful People your organization's operating system. Inspire people to go beyond your expectations. Build trust withing the organization and with the public. Create loyalty with all stakeholders.
Presents facts about the composition, surface, atmosphere, and history of exploration of Earth's moon and features large illustrations and photographs."--
“People are our most important asset." Every company pays lip service to this platitude, but how many companies really embrace it? People are what sustain—or ruin—your brand. If your people are not excited about the company, indifferent, or even alienated from it, your competitive advantage will disappear. In The Ultimate Competitive Advantage, FranklinCovey experts Shawn D. Moon and Sue Dathe-Douglass lay out the steps leaders can take to tap into their companies' most valuable and unique resource: people. When you promote a company of proactive and engaged employees who create a winning culture, sustain it, leverage it, and make it work no matter what comes your way, your business rises above the rest. From the company that brought you The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Ultimate Competitive Advantage offers six highly effective practices that will propel your company to success by unleashing the potential of your people. Each practice in The Ultimate Competitive Advantage is based on fundamental principles that hold true across all industries, from the necessity of being proactive to the importance of building win-win relationships. Implementing these practices is the key to making a distinctive difference in the marketplace. The Ultimate Competitive Advantage will enable your company to achieve remarkable results and become an industry standout by leveraging your most important asset: your people.
Penelope Crumb is not having a very good week. When Grandpa tells Penelope that he sings to the moon when he's having trouble, Penelope grabs onto this plan. But sometimes you need more than the moon to fix things...
Betrayal, lost babies, and terrifying nightmares follow Jade Montgomery to James Island, North Carolina. Damaged and devastated by her third miscarriage and deteriorating marriage, she drives to the strip of sand north of Wilmington to end her life. This was her happy place, the place of childhood vacations and college summers. Desperate for redemption, she walks into the Atlantic seeking solace from her failed pregnancies, unrelenting guilt, and dying spirit. She expected peace as she floated in her watery grave, but in that nanosecond between life and the ever-after she heard a whisper of hope begging her to fight. In DRAWING DOWN THE MOON, Jade survives her suicide attempt and is befriended by Agnes, a mysterious older woman, who uses her own devastation and mystical Wiccan wisdom to help her discover motherhood does not define womanhood. While still reeling from her breakdown, a forgotten reunion brings estranged sorority sisters back to the island of their college summers before suspicions and secrets separated them for decades. Jade's challenge is to uncover her authentic self, confront her demons, and find joy in the journey. This is a story of resilience, finding courage in spite of fear, and accepting that our life never unfolds as we imagine. It celebrates the feminine connection and the tenacity, humor, and spirit needed to uplift each other through the triumphs and tragedies of life.
I wonder if this qualifies as burnout?" Samantha Paige would never have believed she would get fired from her position as Critical Care Coordinator for the hospital. Of course, she never considered the possibility that she would sock a pompous, inept surgeon in the puss, either. But, that's exactly what had happened. Desperate for some peace and quiet, she flees to her loving Uncle Rufus and the beautiful farm nestled in the hills south of Nashville near the historic town of Franklin, Tennessee, where she had spent the happiest moments of her life. Upon her arrival, she comes face to face with TJ Carter, the handsome, driven Civil War historian. He is president of the Civil War battlefield preservation association and is fighting to protect the remains of the Franklin Battlefield from commercial development. Her uncle's farm is the key piece of land wanted by both sides. What neither she nor TJ recognize is the lengths to which the unscrupulous developer, and the nefarious men backing him, are prepared to go to get what they want. The attraction between Sam and TJ is immediate and powerful, and the last thing that Sam thinks she wants or needs. She struggles to resist TJ's assaults on her resistance. As the passion she feels for him spirals out of her control, she finds herself fighting at TJ's side not only for the land, but also for their very lives.
Nathaniel Moon is the Reluctant Messiah. He gained complete consciousness in the womb, and has powers and abilities that define the word "miraculous."And yet, he only wants to live his quiet life in Middle Falls, Oregon, as a hospital janitor, where he helps patients come to grip with their own mortality. When his goddaughter's very life is threatened by a bomb-wielding madman, Nathaniel has to step forward and show the world who he really is, giving up his anonymity. It will change his life and that of everyone he loves, forever. The Final Life of Nathaniel Moon is the fourth book in the Middle Falls Time Travel series. All books in the series can be read as complete and standalone novels.
[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, werewolves, HEA] Tomas Hernandez came to town to attend a New Year's Eve party hosted by a prospective client who wants to win the honor to market Tomas's new wine, Ravish. He was supposed to meet Alexander Kerrigan, a representative of the Ambers Bottling Company, but the man doesn't come forward and make himself known. Tomas doesn't mind since he had his eye on someone who could possibly warm his bed for the night...a gorgeous blond dancing at the back of a conga line. He probably would have spent a delightful night freeing the little dancer of his inhibitions had two drunken men not gotten into a fight and pulled the dark drapes down from the hotel windows. The rays from the moon filter in and turn Tomas, his brothers, and several other men present into beasts. Tomas figures it probably isn't a good time to introduce himself to the blond. Humans have a way of freaking out in the presence of a big black wolf. ** A Siren Erotic Romance
These stories are purely fiction and imaginary. Most of the plots come from dreams and/or the authors fascination with aliens. The book took over two years to write. The author hopes these stories inspire others to write and utilize their imaginations. Some of these stories were connected to the authors sculptures.
Utilize the themes in this book, and the floodgates of peace and understanding can open up to you. You can have peace at work, be happier, calm, and most of all, have a better understanding of why people act the way they do in the workplace. Start reading today. You have nothing to lose and a lifetime of success at work to gain. Here’s what others are saying about Asleep at Work: “Shawn McCann’s ability to identify structural challenges within organizations and applying them to real stories is superb. Wherever you may fall in the organizational chart, Asleep at Work will help with reclaiming your goals, identifying obstacles and challenges to create a better CEO, director, manager and/or employee.” —Jermaine Alexander, Program Manager, Texas A&M University “This book illuminates the simplicity of resolving seemingly complex professional dilemmas by approaching solutions from our personal core values and truths.” —Monica Smith Baisden, Senior HR/OD Consultant, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System “Asleep at Work provides a great blend of reality, wit, and encouragement to break through and be true to ourselves. It prods us to wake up and smell the coffee in our work life …” —Felicia Whitford, Director, Recruiting, Hunter and Sage “Shawn’s analysis is insightful and wise. This book will be of value to veterans in the business world as well as to newcomers. His technique of illustrating with personal anecdotes makes the book easy to read and highly effective.” — Dr. Barbara Huval, Ph.D. Lamar State College
Since the beginning of time, looking up into the heavens has always given life in the universe a sense of complacency and a feeling of purpose. There was nothing within the laws of nature they felt would otherwise change the course of things. Yet when the cosmic riddle they felt was meant for them began to do the unexpected relative to what they truly wanted and desire, it can be as if God is never what you really think it is in the grander scheme of things.
I will not say I am from the streets, but my parents, on the other hand, were all from the good streets of our hometown, Evanston, where we learned to read and write just to join gangs and fight, stay out, be another teen dropout, or keep going to monthly court dates from selling drugs all night. Our hometown, Evanston, was more like living that Chicago life. But walking in my shoes at another view, I was in a private school. They made me kinda book smart, learning different types of information as a younger fool, reading letters out of the encyclopedia, and learning words I didn’t know, which I look up in a dictionary.
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