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[2015]
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English
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Serial entrepreneur and business visionary Dale Partridge built a multimillion-dollar company differently than how the typical enterprise is built. He did so using seven core beliefs that he believes are the secret to creating a sustaining world: • People matter • Truth wins • Transparency frees • Authenticity attracts • Quality speaks • Generosity returns • Courage sustains. And now he is not alone. Every day major headlines tell the...
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English
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"By the author of the award-winning To Be a Machine, a deeply considered look at the people and places in confrontation with the end of our days. We're alive in a time of worst-case scenarios: The weather has gone uncanny, volatile. Our old post-war alliances are crumbling. Everywhere you look there's an omen, a joke whose punchline is the end of the world. How are we to live in the shadow of such a grim future? What does the world hold for our children?...
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Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Maverick marketing whiz Mike Veeck offers you his simple, no-fail formula for business success! Drawing on his own experience and the success stories of clients and others who have benefited from his philosophy, Veeck shows how fun, creativity, and passion can bring out the best in an organization and an individual. The "Fun Is Good" philosophy applies to everyone, whether you're the CEO or lower on the totem pole. You'll see how laughter can be the...
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"It seems like people are always talking about the end of the world, doesn't it? Y2K, the Mayan Apocalypse, Blood Moon Prophecies, nuclear war, killer robots, you name it. In Apocalypse Any Day Now, journalist Tea Krulos travels the country to try to puzzle out America's obsession with the end of days. Along the way he meets doomsday preppers--people who stockpile supplies and learn survival skills--as well as religious prognosticators and climate...
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English
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International consultant Adam Kahane teaches us how to work with people whom we might not like or trust. He explains how flexibility and improvisation can lead to what he calls stretch collaboration. He outlines the five misunderstandings that keep people from effectively collaborating with those people and shows readers how they can successfully engage with positive results instead.Collaboration is increasingly difficult and increasingly necessary....
10) Semiautomatic
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Series
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Poetry by Evie Shockley, critiquing daily life as well as responding to race- and gender-based violence"--
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Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Lays out 11 strategies for organizations of all sizes to spur growth, profits, and overall success. This book helps any leader at a smallor mid-sized company increase profits and spur growth by applying the 11 principles of business likeability, such as: listening, authenticity, transparency, adaptability, simplicity, and gratefulness.
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Managing for Happiness offers a complete set of practices for more effective management that makes work fun. Work and fun are not polar opposites; they're two sides of the same coin, and making the workplace a pleasant place to be keeps employees motivated and keeps customers coming back for more. It's not about gimmicks or 'perks' that disrupt productivity; it's about finding the passion that drives your business, and making it contagious. This book...
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In an age of pandemics, climate change, and political unrest, you don't have to be a prepper to worry about the future or to wonder how you can prepare for it. Many of us conjure up images of a post-apocalyptic world where life is simple, our needs and goals clear. We imagine the desolate, barren world of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, where starting fires, building shelters, and even picking locks are our most valuable skills. But as underwater archeologist,...
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