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What does it take to lead a global business?What makes being a global business leader today such a complex task? It’s more than mastering your knowledge of various geographies and cultures, though that is essential. But to succeed, you must also master the complex mind-set and competencies needed to lead in today’s fully globalized world. Not an easy assignment.Enter Ángel Cabrera and Gregory Unruh. In Being Global, they pull from their extensive experience as well...
| Автор | Gregory Unruh |
Χρειαζόμαστε μια Οικονομική Τζιχάντ; Τι μπορείτε να πείτε για τις βαρετές κοκορομαχίες μεταξύ των καπιταλιστικών θεοτήτων της εποχής μας; Θα πρέπει να είστε πολύ αηδιασμένοι όσο είμαι και εγώ από αυτές τις εκδηλώσεις κλόουν που απομακρύνονται από την ουσία των διαλόγων για οικονομικές ανισότητες. Άφησα στην τάξη των οικονομολόγων τσαπατσούλικους πνευματώδεις βραδύποδες, να ξεμυτίζουν γύρω από σοβαρά ζητήματα. Αντ 'αυτού, εσύ, ο αναγνώστης, και εγώ θα κολυμπήσουμε ενάντια στο ρεύμα του χείμαρρου....
| Автор | Jo M. Sekimonyo |
The proven rewards of a gender-balanced business.Scores of studies have shown the benefits to the bottom line of gender-balanced organizations. A handful of smart companies have tapped into the opportunities of today’s female consumer base and talent pool—yet too many companies still struggle with an outdated and ineffective imbalance of genders, across all levels, functions, and geographies.Now, Avivah Wittenberg-Cox brings a practical, seasoned voice to the problem of gender...
| Автор | Avivah Wittenberg-Cox |
Where should I live? Is it time to get a new job? Which job candidate should I hire? What business strategy should I pursue?We spend the majority of our lives making decisions, both big and small. Yet, even though our success is largely determined by the choices that we make, very few of us are equipped with useful decision-making skills. Because of this, we often approach our choices tentatively, or even fearfully, and avoid giving them the time and thought required to put our best foot...
| Автор | Howard Raiffa |
If leaders are made, not born, what is the best way to teach the skills they need to be effective? Today's complex times require a new kind of leadership–one that encompasses a mind-set and capabilities that can't necessarily be taught by conventional methods. In this unique leadership book, Sharon Daloz Parks invites readers to step into the classroom of Harvard leadership virtuoso Ronald Heifetz and his colleagues to understand this dynamic type of leadership and experience a...
| Автор | Sharon Daloz Parks |
This is the story of the slow evolution of Goldman Sachs—addressing why and how the firm changed from an ethical standard to a legal one as it grew to be a leading global corporation.In What Happened to Goldman Sachs, Steven G. Mandis uncovers the forces behind what he calls Goldman’s “organizational drift.” Drawing from his firsthand experience; sociological research; analysis of SEC, congressional, and other filings; and a wide array of interviews with...
| Автор | Steven G. Mandis |
Imagine overseeing a workforce so motivated that employees relish more hours of work, shoulder more responsibility themselves; and favor challenging jobs over paychecks or bonuses. In One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees? Frederick Herzberg shows managers how to shift from relying on extrinsic incentives to activating the real drivers of high performance: interesting, challenging work and the opportunity to continually achieve and grow into greater responsibility. The results? An...
| Автор | Frederick Herzberg |
Are your employees like a synchronized "V" of geese in flight-sharing goals and taking turns leading? Or are they more like a herd of buffalo-blindly following you and standing around awaiting instructions? If they're like buffalo, their passivity and lack of initiative could doom your company. In How I Learned to Let My Workers Lead , you'll discover how to transform buffalo into geese-by reshaping organizational systems and redefining employees' expectations about what it takes...
| Автор | Ralph Stayer |
'My Dad's name is Haley. She used to be a he but now she is a she! Last year she did this thing called transition. She grew her hair long, painted her nails in bright colours and started wearing different clothes.'When Mini's cousin accidentally misgenders her dad Haley, Mini explains why misgendering is hurtful and why we need to treat trans people with respect. Mini speaks with confidence about transitioning and gender identity, and helps to educate and empower others with...
| Автор | Sarah Savage |
The rates of bullying, truancy due to lack of safety in schools, and subsequent suicidality for LGBT+ youth are exponentially higher than for non-LGBT+ youth. As a result, many American K-12 students are suffering needlessly and many school leaders are unsure of what to do. This book solves that problem. Setting out best practices and professional guidance for creating LGBT+ inclusive learning in schools, this approachable and easy to follow book guides teachers, educators, administrators, and...
| Автор | Kryss Shane |
Finding and keeping good employees is crucial to the success of every business, but it's not easy. This book will show small-business owners how to develop a human resources plan tailored to their needs. From hiring and orientation to developing company policies and negotiating employment contracts, this book covers the essentials of employee management. Like all the books in the 101 for Small Business series, each topic in the book is explained in simple language and is illustrated...
| Автор | Lin Grensing-Pophal |
<P>In Good Girls and Wicked Witches, Amy M. Davis re-examines the notion that Disney heroines are rewarded for passivity. Davis proceeds from the assumption that, in their representations of femininity, Disney films both reflected and helped shape the attitudes of the wider society, both at the time of their first release and subsequently. Analyzing the construction of (mainly human) female characters in the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio between 1937 and 2001, she...
| Автор | Amy M. Davis |
Tina Horn is a well-known pornographer, counter-culture journalist, and sex worker advocate. Her first book is a refreshing take on sex work memoir – instead of telling her own stories of kinky sex work and queer filmmaking, Tina writes about the extraordinary friends she has made while working in the sex industry.The quirky, yet familiar characters who populate Tina Horn's book allow readers to imagine what it is like to step into a new sexual identity or role or perspective, and have it...
| Автор | Tina Horn |
"[ Bananeras ] is a vital accounting of the struggles still being waged."—Margaret Randall, author of When I Look Into the Mirror and See You: Women, Terror, and Resistance Women banana workers have organized themselves and gained increasing control over their unions, their workplaces, and their lives. Highly accessible and narrative in style, Bananeras recounts the history and growth of this vital movement and shows how Latin American woman workers are shaping and broadly...
| Автор | Dana Frank |
A different look at heterosexuality in the twenty-first century A straight white girl can kiss a girl, like it, and still call herself straight—her boyfriend may even encourage her. But can straight white guys experience the same easy sexual fluidity, or would kissing a guy just mean that they are really gay? Not Gay thrusts deep into a world where straight guy-on-guy action is not a myth but a reality: there’s fraternity and military hazing rituals, where new recruits are made to grab each...
| Автор | Jane Ward |
A fascinating look at the changing role of wives in modern America After a half century of battling for gender equality, women have been freed from the necessity of securing a husband for economic stability, sexual fulfillment, or procreation. Marriage is a choice, and increasingly women (and men) are opting out. Yet despite these changes, the cultural power of marriage has burgeoned. What was once an obligation has become an exclusive club into which heterosexual women with the right amount of...
| Автор | Suzanne Leonard |
<P><B>Winner of the Nebraska Book Award for Poetry (2002)</B></P><P>This elegant and moving collection documents Hilda Raz's experience with breast cancer. The journey, from diagnosis to chemotherapy to mastectomy, from denial to humor to grief and rage, is ultimately one of courage and creativity. The poems themselves are accessible and finely wrought. They are equally testaments to Raz's insistence on making an...
| Автор | Hilda Raz |
According to José Stevens and Lena Stevens, business leaders and shamans share many important traits: the abilities to solve problems, to achieve goals, to see the big picture, and to forecast events. What their previous book, Secrets of Shamanism, did for the growth of the individual, The Power Path does for the growth of business managers and entrepreneurs. On the basis of years of study with shamans, the authors share a new way of thinking about the nature of power. By applying shamanic...
| Автор | José Stevens |
With his one-of-a kind blend of autobiography, pop culture, and plainspoken Buddhism, Brad Warner explores an A-to-Z of sexual topics – from masturbation to dating, gender identity to pornography. In addition to approaching sexuality from a Buddhist perspective, he looks at Buddhism – emptiness, compassion, karma – from a sexual vantage. Throughout, he stares down the tough questions: Can prostitution be a right livelihood? Can a good spiritual master also be really, really bad? And ultimately,...
| Автор | Brad Warner |
In A New Breed of Leader, Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel-global leadership expert, bestselling author, and award-winning speaker-will show readers how to develop the essential qualities needed to become an effective leader: Competence-building purpose Accountability-fostering trust Openness-generating integrity Humility-inspiring authenticity Language-connecting relationships Values-forging community Perspective-establishing balance Power-mastering influenceFilled with stories about and interviews...
| Автор | Sheila M. Bethel, Ph.D. |
Grit Factor combines proven research, real-world experiences, and exercises to help those searching for their grit factor to truly be their best in all phases of life – personal, relational, and professional. Logan Stout has been passionate about personal development since he was given his first personal-growth book at the age of seventeen. His entire career has been focused on helping people “do life better”—and his track record for success speaks for itself. Now, for the first time, Logan...
| Автор | Logan Stout |
As unprecedented waves of young, rural women journey to cities in China, not only to work, but also to “see the world”and gain some autonomy, they regularly face significant institutional obstacles as well as deep-seated anti-rural prejudices. Based on immersive fieldwork, Cara Wallis provides an intimate portrait of the social, cultural, and economic implications of mobile communication for a group of young women engaged in unskilled service work in Beijing, where they live...
| Автор | Cara Wallis |
Whatkind of woman dances naked for money? Bernadette Barton takes us insidecountless strip bars and clubs, from upscale to back road as well as those thatspecialize in lap dancing, table dancing, topless only, and peep shows, toreveal the startling lives of exotic dancers. Originally published in 2006, the product of years of first-hand research in strip clubs around the country, Stripped is a classic portrait of what it’s like for those who choose to strip as a profession. Barton...
| Автор | Bernadette Barton |
Honorable Mention for the 2014 MLA Alan Bray Memorial Award Finalist for the 2013 LAMBDA LGBT Studies Book Award In nineteenth-century America—before the scandalous trial of Oscar Wilde, before the public emergence of categories like homo- and heterosexuality—what were the parameters of sex? Did people characterize their sexuality as a set of bodily practices, a form of identification, or a mode of relation? Was it even something an individual could be said to possess?...
| Автор | Peter Coviello |