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| Author | : Melody Warnick |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2017-07-04 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 014312966X |
In the spirit of Gretchen Rubin’s megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you live The average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. For Melody Warnick, it was move #6, from Austin, Texas, to Blacksburg, Virginia, that threatened to unhinge her. In the lonely aftermath of unpacking, she wondered: Aren’t we supposed to put down roots at some point? How does the place we live become the place we want to stay? This time, she had an epiphany. Rather than hold her breath and hope this new town would be her family’s perfect fit, she would figure out how to fall in love with it—no matter what. How we come to feel at home in our towns and cities is what Warnick sets out to discover in This Is Where You Belong. She dives into the body of research around place attachment—the deep sense of connection that binds some of us to our cities and increases our physical and emotional well-being—then travels to towns across America to see it in action. Inspired by a growing movement of placemaking, she examines what its practitioners are doing to create likeable locales. She also speaks with frequent movers and loyal stayers around the country to learn what draws highly mobile Americans to a new city, and what makes us stay. The best ideas she imports to her adopted hometown of Blacksburg for a series of Love Where You Live experiments designed to make her feel more locally connected. Dining with her neighbors. Shopping Small Business Saturday. Marching in the town Christmas parade. Can these efforts make a halfhearted resident happier? Will Blacksburg be the place she finally stays? What Warnick learns will inspire you to embrace your own community—and perhaps discover that the place where you live right now . . . is home.
| Author | : Kayte Stokoe |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 191 |
| Release | : 2019-11-19 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0429857748 |
Reframing Drag provides a critical survey of French and Anglo-American queer and feminist theorizations of drag performance, placing these approaches in a dialogue with contemporary drag practice and the representation of drag in three literary texts. Challenging pervasive assumptions circulating in existing queer and feminist analyses of drag performance, the author identifi es and questions three recurring ideas which have shaped the landscape of drag research: the argument that drag performances either uphold or subvert oppressive gender norms, the assumption that drag involves performing as the ‘opposite sex’, and the belief that drag can shed light on gender performativity. Informed by a range of gender and queer theory, this work contends that an intersectional, transfeminist approach to drag performance can provide richer, more nuanced understandings of drag and, unlike the ‘opposite sex’ narrative, acknowledges the gender diversity at work in current drag scenes.
| Author | : Susan Scott |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2004-01-06 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 9780425193372 |
Fully revised and updated—the national bestselling communication skills guide that will help you achieve personal and professional success one conversation at a time. The master teacher of positive change through powerful communication, Susan Scott wants you to succeed. To do that, she explains, you must transform everyday conversations at work and at home with effective ways to get your message across—and get what you want. In this guide, which includes a workbook and The Seven Principles of Fierce Conversations, Scott teaches you how to: • Overcome barriers to meaningful communication • Expand and enrich relationships with colleagues, friends, and family • Increase clarity and improve understanding • Handle strong emotions—on both sides of the table • Connect with colleagues, customers and family at a deep level Includes a Foreword by Ken Blanchard, the bestselling co-author of The One Minute Manager
| Author | : Ijeoma Nwankwo |
| Publisher | : Dog Ear Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 2016-09-16 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1457544059 |
In her first book, From Status Quo to Creativity, Ijeoma Nwankwo encourages her readers to push past complacency and strive for something greater. “The goal here,” she writes, “is to be bold while staying aware of the importance of creativity, which can advance you as an individual and add greater value to the overall work you take part in.” Through a straightforward, step-by-step process, readers explore the keys to creativity, learn how to conquer everyday obstacles, and embrace innovation. With in-depth explanations on ROI, customer—unsung hero, automation, problem solving and SMART goals, From Status Quo to Creativity guides the reader through exercises designed to help everyone from beginners to experts dig deeper and reach higher. For those looking to push ahead in the business world and break through the barriers of the mundane, Nwankwo has a powerful message: “You can do it!”
| Author | : Roger L. Martin |
| Publisher | : Harvard Business Review Press |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2015-09-15 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1633690695 |
Who drives transformation in society? How do they do it? In this compelling book, strategy guru Roger L. Martin and Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally R. Osberg describe how social entrepreneurs target systems that exist in a stable but unjust equilibrium and transform them into entirely new, superior, and sustainable equilibria. All of these leaders--call them disrupters, visionaries, or changemakers--develop, build, and scale their solutions in ways that bring about the truly revolutionary change that makes the world a fairer and better place. The book begins with a probing and useful theory of social entrepreneurship, moving through history to illuminate what it is, how it works, and the nature of its role in modern society. The authors then set out a framework for understanding how successful social entrepreneuars actually go about producing transformative change. There are four key stages: understanding the world; envisioning a new future; building a model for change; and scaling the solution. With both depth and nuance, Martin and Osberg offer rich examples and personal stories and share lessons and tools invaluable to anyone who aspires to drive positive change, whatever the context. Getting Beyond Better sets forth a bold new framework, demonstrating how and why meaningful change actually happens in the world and providing concrete lessons and a practical model for businesses, policymakers, civil society organizations, and individuals who seek to transform our world for good.
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| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Action research in education |
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| Author | : League of Nations |
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| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 1925 |
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| Author | : Lisa Bodell |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 2016-10-21 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1351861530 |
In the ever-changing world of business, we've arrived at a point where process has trumped culture, where the race toward efficiency has left us unable to reach our potential. Stuck in the land of status quo, we've forgotten how to think. The very structures put in place to help businesses grow are now holding us back;; it's time to Kill the Company. This book is a call to arms: to start a revolution in how we think and work. But instead of more one-size-fits-all change initiatives forced upon employees, we need to embrace small changes that create ripple effects throughout the organization. Lisa Bodell urges companies to move from "Zombies, Inc." to "Think, Inc." Thinking can no longer be exclusive to the creative team or lead strategists. A culture of curiosity must be fostered among the ranks to shake up our standard practices, from unproductive meetings to go-nowhere strategic planning. This revolution can and will awaken our ability to think, and ultimately, to innovate and grow.
| Author | : Scott Keller |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2011-06-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1118097467 |
The secret of achieving and sustaining organizational excellence revealed In an ever-changing world where only a third of excellent organizations stay that way over the long term, and where even fewer are able to implement successful change programs, leaders are in need of big ideas and new tools to thrive. In Beyond Performance, McKinsey & Company's Scott Keller and Colin Price give you everything you need to build an organization that can execute in the short run and has the vitality to prosper over the long term. Drawing on the most exhaustive research effort of its kind on organizational effectiveness and change management, Keller and Price put hard science behind their big idea: that the health of an organization is equally as important as its performance. In the book's foreword, management guru Gary Hamel refers to this notion as "a new manifesto for thinking about organizations." The authors illustrate why copying management best practices from other companies is more dangerous than helpful Clearly explains how to determine the mutually reinforcing combination of management practices that best fits your organization's context Provides practical tools to achieve superior levels of performance and health through a staged change process: aspire, assess, architect, act, and advance. Among these are new techniques for dealing with those aspects of human behavior that are seemingly irrational (and therefore confound even the smartest leaders), yet entirely predictable Ultimately, building a healthy organization is an intangible asset that competitors copy at their peril and that enables you to skillfully adapt to and shape your environment faster than others—giving you the ultimate competitive advantage.
| Author | : Susy Flory |
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| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Christian women |
| ISBN | : 9780834124387 |
Susy Flory's Life was a Lot Like Her Couch-comfortable, inviting, and safe. Then she discovered the fascinating stories of nine extraordinary women who willingly sacrificed personal comfort and convenience for a cause greater than themselves. Their inspiring and selfless lives challenged Susy to get off her couch and embark on a quest for something more. Fueled by the desire to shape her life with passion, service, and significance, she ventured into unusual and even dangerous place and found herself working alongside local immigrant farm workers, serving needy children on a secret humanitarian mission to Cuba, feeding the homeless at midnight, and selling her jewelry to fund freshwater wells in Darfur, Sudan. Now, thanks to Rosie, Eleanor, Elizabeth, and Jane, Susy's life will never be the same. These fascinating accounts will challenge you to examine your own life and inspire you to ask, What can I do to get God's work done in the world? Book jacket.
