Moki loved the sweet smell of Mama's fresh baked pies. It was so good that it made Moki wiggle! The pies were for something special, but Moki just wanted a taste. That's all. Will Moki eat the pie when he knows he's not supposed to? What will Moki's mama say?
Once the world’s most admired company, Coca-Cola went as flat as last night’s glass of soda as the new century began. Called from retirement, Neville Isdell drew the short straw to direct a comeback. How he did it makes an inspiring story and holds lessons for any company in need of a turnaround, beginning with shock therapy. It was an offer most people would have been able to refuse. In 2004, Neville Isdell was in his third year of retirement, happily golfing in Barbados, indulging his love of wildlife photography, and running a small investment fund. Now his old company, Coca-Cola, wanted him to come back and take charge. But the corporation was floundering. U.S. and European sales were tailing off, the stock was plunging, and executives were quitting in a hailstorm of negative press, failed product launches, environmental scandals, and even a race discrimination lawsuit. Isdell had been in the running to succeed the legendary Roberto Goizueta as Coke’s CEO when Goizueta died unexpectedly in 1997. But this time he wasn’t even third choice; several high-profile candidates had turned down the job. What’s more, his wife, Pamela, wanted no part of a return to the business wars. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
Nelson Mandela was born into a royal family, attended elite schools, became a lawyer, and could have settled into a comfortable life as a member of South Africa’s black middle class. But his sense of dignity and injustice was fierce, and he dedicated himself to the struggle for freedom and democracy. He paid a heavy price for his choice, often putting his life in danger and spending 27 years in prison, away from his family, barely knowing his children. Guided by a deep pragmatism, he evolved into one of the greatest leaders in modern history, a man who inspired and uplifted the world. His story offers valuable lessons for leaders everywhere. Nelson Mandela is a fierce opponent of injustice, a proponent of nonviolent resistance, a moral beacon for the world, a man who changed the course of history and created today’s South Africa. He occupies a place in the Parthenon of great leaders--a symbol of the struggle for freedom and human rights, an inspiration to us all. But his has been a complicated life, filled with nuance and ambiguity. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, yet he once advocated the violent overthrow of South Africa’s apartheid government and was instrumental in creating a guerilla army dedicated to that end. A child of privilege born into a royal family, he benefitted mightily from his family’s connections but was suspended from college and ran away to the slums of Johannesburg to avoid an arranged marriage. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
Henry Ford’s vision of a car for Everyman and a living wage for his employees created the middle class and forever changed America. But the deeply flawed genius got lost in his own new world. Among the lessons you can learn from his life: Make yourself stand out. If you find a diamond, don’t throw it away. Don’t neglect your opportunities no matter how remote. Understand your weaknesses. When you do recognize your mistakes, don’t punish the world for them. Henry Ford was far from the only inventor chasing the horseless carriage at the turn of the century, and it took him three decades after his encounter with the road roller in 1876 to roll out the Model T in 1908. Even then, he had to outmaneuver his financial backers to pursue his vision of building a car for everyone. Sooner or later, of course, someone else might well have done it. But the world is what it is because of Ford’s patient, dogged determination. If you have a big idea, don’t give up on it. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
Katharine Graham was suddenly forced to take charge of The Washington Post after her husband’s suicide. With no leadership training, she overcame timidity, mastered constant crises, and eventually made national history in journalism, business, and politics. In one lifetime, she experienced nearly all the pains and pleasures of self-renewal, American style. Here are the lessons from her experience that you can apply to your life and career. Katharine Graham’s story would probably make a bad movie, but it definitely made a good life. The movie would drag a poor little rich marionette through glib scenes of high living, low loving, suicide, and redemption--a Cinderella knockoff with a too-happy ending. Katharine Graham’s real life evoked something far bigger, the ever surprising power of human potential. She was born Katharine Meyer in New York City on June 16, 1917. Her father, Eugene Meyer, came from a prosperous Alsatian Jewish family living in San Francisco. He moved east as a young man and became one of New York’s most golden investment bankers. Known for taking big risks, Meyer actually never invested in a company without exhaustive research confirming he was making a surefire bet. J. Pierpont Morgan said of him, “Watch out for this fellow Meyer because if you don’t he’ll end up having all the money on Wall Street.” By 1915 Meyer’s fortune matched his age times a million. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
How do you rejuvenate a tired brand with a world-wide franchise? McDonald’s comeback offers lessons for leaders everywhere in focusing on what their customers really want. McDonald’s hit bottom early in 2003. Sure, it was still the biggest fast-food provider in the world. But the stock collapsed after the company reported its first-ever quarterly loss. Battered by critics, nibbled at by new competitors (Subway, Sonic, Quiznos), undermined by overbuilding and a failure to adapt to changes in consumer habits and tastes, the giant was out of breath and sagging over its belt. Behind the scenes, though, a turnaround had begun. A new team of leaders was out to rejuvenate the core brand, shed irrelevant activities, and adjust McDonald’s operations to what the customer really wanted. The story of how they did it holds copious lessons for any business faced with bringing new life to a lagging brand. It demanded changes in every phase of a worldwide enterprise with $23 billion in sales, 31,000 restaurants, and fully 1.6 million employees. But the new McDonald’s team had patience, determination, and a “Plan to Win”.... New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
Born the youngest of four sons in America’s “royal family,” Edward M. Kennedy was considered the least likely to succeed. His early years seemed to bear out this prognosis. But after being elected to the United States Senate, facing almost unspeakable tragedy, and owning up to his mistakes, Kennedy grew into one of the greatest senators in American history. He was a leader who understood how to forge alliances, build consensus, and get results. The lessons of his life are essential for any leader. The life of Edward “Ted” Kennedy reads like a gripping novel about a man who transforms himself in the crucible of tragedy and emerges triumphant. Ultimately it is a story of redemption, of a man who grew into himself–and became one of the most effective, powerful, and revered leaders in American history. Born February 22, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts, Edward Moore Kennedy was the youngest of nine children in what is often referred to as America’s “royal family.” He had politics in his blood–both his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, and his mother, the former Rose Fitzgerald, came from prominent Irish-Catholic families long involved in the rough-edged world of Democratic politics in Boston and Massachusetts. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
Here we begin with a paradox: United Parcel Service, good old “Brown,” is seemingly a mighty bore yet actually a mighty innovator, one of America’s most creative companies. Constantly finding new ways to capitalize on change, it has escaped corporate complacency and flourished in hard times. Now it’s coping with global recession by reinventing itself yet again--this time with a whole new sideline, supply chain management. By reputation, UPS is a conservative, inward-looking company with no visible yen for dramatic reinvention. Promotions typically go to lifers: Many executives started as drivers. Employees must behave according to strict standards. Those who meet the public are trained to be pleasant but tightly efficient, their every move optimized by time-and-motion experts. You don’t expect UPS to be so nimble. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
It would be difficult to overstate the impact Sam Walton had on American business, specifically retailing. The standalone box stores he pioneered have quite literally changed the nation’s landscape. His innovations in supply-chain management and distribution totally reshaped the relationship between suppliers and retailers, and, for the most part, took wholesalers out of the equation. His insistence on low prices altered customers’ expectations of what they will have to pay for everything from socks to soda. Like few business leaders before or since, Sam Walton changed the world. Saturday, August 14, 1964 was a broiling hot day in Harrison, Arkansas--but the heat was the last thing on Sam Walton’s mind. For the 46-year-old Walton, this was a big day: the grand opening of his second Wal-Mart. He was going to make damn sure it was a big success. He’d planned everything. In the parking lot, he’d had two truckloads of watermelons delivered and hired a donkey to provide rides for the kids. He headed outside to greet his first customers. What he saw would make most entrepreneurs lose their cool: The watermelons had burst, and donkey dung littered the lot. Walton’s reaction was emblematic of his ability to rise above any challenge. He ignored the mess, smiled, walked up to the crowd, stuck out his hand, and said, “Welcome to Wal-Mart.” That focus on customers is Walton’s prime leadership lesson. But there are many others, beginning with his obsession with low prices--just the first step in a mission to deliver unbeatable value.... New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
The tenth book in the Six-Word Memoir series tells the story of a world we never expected to be in and can't stop talking about. Told through the lens of students, teachers, and parents around the world, A Terrible, Horrible, No Good Year offers hundreds of inspirational, playful, and profound takes on life during the pandemic. For some, this book will be a window. For others, a mirror of their own experience. For all of us, A Terrible, Horrible, No Good Year is a time capsule to be read, shared, and discussed and is certain to prompt friends, family, and neighbors to ask each other: "What's your six-word pandemic story?
First Lady Michelle Obama, the direct descendant of slaves, now lives in a house that was built by slaves. This daughter of a nurturing if demanding family grew up on Chicago’s South Side, where she developed discipline and diligence, two traits that carried her to Princeton and then Harvard Law School. She turned her back on wealth and prestige to follow her idealism into the public sector, where she was immediately successful. A young beauty with many suitors, she finally settled on a man named Barack Obama. Together they formed a formidable team that accomplished the seemingly impossible--electing the first African-American President of the United States. Her fascinating story is an inspiration to the world. It’s the summer of 1860 on the Friendfield plantation in Georgetown, South Carolina--coastal low country whose snake- and mosquito-infested fields produce half of America’s rice crop. A young African slave by the name of Jim Robinson is working in the rice fields. Owned by another man, Robinson has no freedom, no choices, no opportunities. It’s hard to imagine his dreams include a vision of his great-great-granddaughter as First Lady of the United States, living in the White House, hosting state dinners, an inspiration to her own country, and one of the most admired women in the world. But it happened. Her name is Michelle Obama–and we can be sure that Jim Robinson would be as proud of his descendant as she is of him. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
With U.S. soda sales flagging, Coca-Cola resurgent, and the world in recession, PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi has found ways to cope with each challenge. She has also moved PepsiCo toward a greater commitment to health and the environment, a strategy that has inspired employees, attracted customers, and aided overseas operations. Meet a rabid New York Yankees fan named Indra Nooyi. Apart from adoring the 2009 World Series champions, Nooyi is stunningly different from the men who head up most of America’s biggest corporations. She was born 54 years ago in Madras, India. She often wears saris to work at her New York office. She is smart, ebullient, determined, and successful. As Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, Inc., she runs the biggest U.S. corporation headed by a woman. Pepsi is booming, largely because Indra Nooyi has transformed its mission, refocusing the company on the world’s rising demand for healthier foods and the soaring need for environmental action. Here is a major global company simultaneously doing good and doing well--thanks to a charming, indomitable Indian woman. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
Bottom (and top) line: To turn Home Depot around, Frank Blake restoked employee morale, zeroed in customer needs, and focused on the core business. Best of all, he wasn’t Bob Nardelli. What can you learn from Blake’s story? Sell the project, not the product. Jump without a (golden) parachute. And never hold yourself above your people. At Home Depot, the days of caviar and roses are past. The CEO with the huge salary and outsized ego is gone. The world’s largest home-improvement retail chain has slowed its once-relentless pace of expansion almost to a halt. It has sold its 34 Expo Design Centers, 14 specialty stores, and other grandiose, empire-building acquisitions. What remains is a company with roughly 350,000 employees, 2,238 stores around the world, and sales of more than $71 billion annually. After two years on the job, Home Depot’s unlikely savior is still almost anonymous enough to pose as a shopper when he visits his stores. The story of how Frank Blake and his colleagues turned the company around is a tale with lessons for us all. It’s as if Blake had stopped an explosion in mid-blast and turned it around, nestling all the fragments gently back into place. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
For JetBlue, the ice storm of 2007 was a nightmare come true. Thousands of passengers were stranded, many of them locked for hours in planes on runways. How the airline handled the public relations damage, fixed the problems, and rehabilitated its image is a model of disaster control. Here’s what JetBlue did right and what you can learn from their experience. For JetBlue’s more than 100,000 stranded passengers, the February 14 ice storm of 2007 was the Valentine’s Day Massacre: a bloodbath of endless lines, waiting in airports for days on end, or--even and--being held hostage for as long as ten and a half hours in grounded airplanes. The ice storm hit JetBlue’s operational center, JFK airport, but delays soon spread to all 56 of its destinations. It took six full days to get back to normal. More than 1,000 flights were canceled, in excess of 100,000 passengers were stranded, and 2,500 bags went astray--many of them piling up in a huge mountain at JFK. Media coverage was relentless. JetBlue, which had soared from its founding to become the nation’s eighth largest airline in just eight years by providing top-flight service as well as low fares, immediately flew into action. Its founding CEO, David Neeleman, flagellated himself on a media tour of mea culpas. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
From soda jerk to billionaire restaurateur, Ray Kroc exemplified American entrepreneurship at its best. In a fascinating career of building McDonald’s into the world’s biggest human food chain, Kroc adhered to certain virtues he considered indispensable for success--passion, persistence, simplicity, trust in frontline employees, partnering with suppliers. Plus: Smile, smile, smile. Here’s what you can learn from his amazing record. You may not want to share this information with your teenagers: Ray Kroc--the visionary behind McDonald’s and one of the most successful entrepreneurs in American history--was a high school dropout. And the man who changed the way the world eats didn’t open his first restaurant until he was in his fifties. Clearly, Kroc didn’t follow the book--he wrote a new one. The saga of his ascent from paper cup salesman to one of Time magazine’s 100 most important people of the twentieth century is a vivid lesson in leadership, drive, and common sense. Ray Kroc was born on October 5, 1902, in Oak Park, Illinois, just outside Chicago. His family originated in Bohemia, now a major region of the Czech Republic. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
When Irene Rosenfeld took the reins at Kraft Foods in 2006, she found a company weakened by excessive cost cutting and a hidebound, inward-facing management structure. She wanted to move decision-making closer to Kraft’s individual business units and their customers, but that meant she would have to make wholesale changes. Here are the lessons that apply not only to her business but yours: Get the facts. Get real. Get holistic. Get your people involved. Get the incentives right. Get local. And get organized. In the beginning, it was all about cheese, sold door-to-door in Chicago from a horse-drawn wagon operated by one James Lewis Kraft, a.k.a. J.L. Kraft. That was in 1903, and by 1914 his company was selling 31 kinds of cheese all around the country. As of the 1930s, the cheese no longer stood alone--salad dressing, ice cream, and margarine products were added to the Kraft cabinet of brands. And through a series of mergers and acquisition, the company was transformed over the following four decades into a global powerhouse. Then, in 1988, Philip Morris came calling. The tobacco giant, its internal growth stifled, had begun to compensate by way of acquisition. It had bought General Foods three years earlier, and now it paid $12.9 billion to take over Kraft. In 2000 it purchased Nabisco and merged it with Kraft, and by 2003, when Philip Morris renamed itself Altria, the company had put together a major food conglomerate under the Kraft label. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
At Intuit Inc., the path to innovation and domination in financial software has been paved with customer feedback. To ferret out problems and test progress on products in development, the company sends its engineers out for face-to-face encounters with consumers and entrepreneurs. But the company has struggled to adapt its business from software sold on disks to online financial services. Perhaps the most valuable feedback: Intuit relies on volunteers for improvements and new product ideas. For almost an hour, the 14 Canadian entrepreneurs–owners of businesses ranging from a bakery to a hip-hop clothing manufacturer–sat around a table venting about their problems. “Finding distribution channels,” they said, and “partnership and collaboration,” and “cutting costs,” and “the time suck of social media.” Running the session in Toronto in October 2009 was a slight, professorial, 57-year-old Silicon Valley legend named Scott Cook. He had assembled the group because he wanted to hear their problems first-hand so that Intuit, the business he founded, could come up with profitable solutions. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
Netflix creates loyalty with every conceivable tool of friendly persuasion, from high-tech market analysis to low-tech phone banks manned by people famous for coaxing smiles out of grumps. Result: a vibrant, highly successful enterprise that has beaten off numerous competitive threats and built an ever more credible promise of future growth. Face it: America is a rich country with mediocre services. What happens when one of your electronic gizmos dies in action? Does the manufacturer instantly send you a personal apology, plus a reimbursement offer, plus a special phone number to call for further help? Of course not. But then there’s Netflix.... New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
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Imagine that it’s the 1950s, and you are in charge of developing the U. S. interstate system. There are countless roads already in use. The system can go in numerous different directions. Where do you begin? Starting to transform your business with SAP NetWeaver is that daunting. NetWeaver is both an application platform and an integration platform. It integrates your current IT systems to enable portals, collaboration, data management, and development environments. To grasp the complexities and possibilities of SAP ASAP, dig in with SAP NetWeaver For Dummies and explore: MySAP Business Suite SAP Enterprise Planning Resource (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Human Capital Management (HCM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), and more Mobile Infrastructure that performs like a universal translator for mobile interfaces, including laptops, wireless phones, and PDAs Master Data Management, including using the content consolidation technique to “clean up” data, master data harmonization to distribute it, and central master data management to maintain a data repository Web Application Service and NetWeaver Developer Studio—tools that let you integrate and create your own customized applications Written by Dan Woods, former CTO of The Street.com and CapitalThinking, and Jeffrey Word, the Director of Technology Strategy for SAP, this guide features real-life stories from businesses and examples of typical uses to help you cut through the complexities and get up and running. It includes a CD-ROM with: Detailed white papers and product overviews Stores from customers using SAP NetWeaver today Demos that show SAP NetWeaver in action A directory of resources for additional information Like that interstate system, SAP NetWeaver doesn’t have to be integrated all at once. You choose the applications that have the most potential to benefit your company’s operations and bottom line. SAP NetWeaver For Dummies even gives you recommendations for rolling it out and suggests practical ways to get started and get quick returns on your SAP investment. Then you’re going full-speed ahead on the road to success!
Was Sulla before Spartacus or vice versa? Nero – before or after Caligula? What are the dynasties of the Habsburgs and the Hohenzollerns, what role did they play at the founding of the Second Reich? How many tanks went into battle near Prokhorovka? When the Yom Kippur War broke out and who won it? Why did the great USSR collapse? Let’s remember everything that once touched us, we will look through the film of time, frame by frame, so that to make everything right today.
Always living time in biographies of famous personalities. What do you want to ask them, what to explain? Why are there so many poor people in the richest Russia? What do we all lack to build Paradise on Earth? The correct answer is found
In Time, Life, and Fortune, Henry Luce invented three entirely new forms of journalism. They changed our country, largely for the better, and made Luce a very wealthy man. But his patriotic zeal and his obsessions with China, Communism, and Republican Party politics led him to ignore and distort inconvenient facts to make his case, irreparably tarnishing his legacy. His stunning successes, and his self-inflicted wounds, hold lessons for every leader. He invented the modern news magazine and named it Time, revolutionized the coverage of business with a publication he called Fortune, captured the world in pictures and christened it Life. His publications were read by fully a quarter of the U.S. population, and his ideas about journalism and the significance of American values left an indelible imprint on the history of the United States and the world. He was Henry Robinson Luce. Luce was America’s most powerful mass communicator for more than 40 years. Yet, he was an odd, contradictory man with few real friends and talents that were both more and less than they seemed. His private life was largely a failure, and his missionary zeal was never quite realized. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.
“Chapter to chapter, I was able to deepen my understanding of process and concepts in ways that will strengthen the professional development of any nursing team.” –Heather E. Norman, MBA, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CNL, CCHP-RN Chief Nursing Officer, Wellpath “Staff Educator’s Guide to Clinical Orientation provides an insightful look into the onboarding needs of our healthcare environment . . . This guide would be a fantastic resource for a new or established onboarding program.” –Veronica Gurule, MSN, RN, CCRN Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse Cook Children’s Hospital “Staff Educator’s Guide to Clinical Orientation is a must-read for anyone who is involved in onboarding new, experienced, and temporary staff nurses in a clinical setting.” - Paula Levett, MS, RN, CCRN Former Nursing Practice Leader Pediatric Intensive Care Unit The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital With all the changes in staffing in the past few years due to the pandemic, a high-quality onboarding process is even more important for retention and ensuring a new nurse’s success. In this fully revised third edition of Staff Educator’s Guide to Clinical Orientation, authors Robin Jarvis, Amy J. Word-Allen, and Alvin Jeffery provide readers with all the tools they need to successfully develop a nursing and healthcare workforce. Whether someone is new to leading orientation efforts or a seasoned nursing staff development specialist, this book will help readers: · Understand the role of the preceptor in clinical orientation activities · Incorporate regulatory and legal issues · Understand and use the ADDIE model · Analyze, design, and implement an orientation program · Evaluate an individual’s competency · Conduct surveys and focus groups · Manage orientee errors and personality conflicts TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Important Considerations for Onboarding and Orientation Chapter 2: Analysis and Design of an Onboarding Program Chapter 3: Developing and Implementing an Orientation Program Chapter 4: Evaluating an Individual’s Competency Chapter 5: Working With Orientees Chapter 6: Evaluating an Orientation Program Chapter 7: Temporary Employees and Students Chapter 8: Regulatory Considerations Chapter 9: Practical Tips for Staying Organized Appendix: Essential Orientation Materials for Your Office
Summerville Park A Centennial History tells the story of the development of a community on the outskirts of Rome, Georgia, on the occasion of the neighborhood's 100th anniversary. Established in 1913 on the northern edge of Rome, Summerville Park has grown to include over 300 homes. Designated a Heritage Neighborhood in 2011, Summerville Park was and is an ideal community in which to raise a family. This book captures the spirit of the neighborhood through the stories of the people who have called Summerville Park home.
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