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HarperCollins Leadership
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Hiring people who have served time in prison is not only a good cause, it should be a crucial part of your hiring strategy if you want to stay competitive.
It's time for businesses everywhere to open their minds to second chance hiring practices. With tens of millions of people in the U.S. with criminal records, companies that successfully implement second chance hiring practices will have a massive competitive advantage over those that do not.
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"America has an urgent need for Latino and Latina executives. This book identifies a path to uplift and amplify their representation in leadership. Latinos and Latinas will account for a third of our workforce by 2050 -- yet they make up only 5 percent of senior roles in corporate America. Dr. Robert Rodriguez and Andrés T. Tapia call this low percentage of Latino and Latina corporate executives today the "5 percent Shame." Inspired by Price M. Cobbs's...
6043) 1,033 Reasons to Smile
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Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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With all the impending doomsday predictions everyone is looking for a reason to smile these days. And why not? Smiling has been shown to relieve stress, boost the immune system, release endorphins, and even make us more attractive. It's the natural drug. So put down the Xanax and pick up a copy of 1,033 Reasons to Smile. Whether it's the sight of baby animals wrestling each other or watching pigeons fight over a Cheeto, there are more than enough...
6044) All the Difference
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English
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Patricia Horvath's transformation from a visibly disabled young woman to someone who, abruptly, "passes" for able-bodied, reveals cultural and personal tensions surrounding disability and creates an arc that connects imprisonment to freedom. What transpires is both suffocating and liberating. Horvath's confinement keeps her from being seen, but also cocoons a deeply personal sense of selfhood and relationship. Horvath's lyric account of her experiences...
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Español
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Técnicas y consejos para lograr un entorno laboral positive. Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para mejorar tu entorno laboral, que te aportará la información esencial y te permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos podrás:
• Analizar mediante ejemplos el impacto en tu día a día de un entorno de trabajo positivo o negativo
• Evaluar la importancia de las señales de reconocimiento, imprescindibles para un entorno más...
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Français
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Un guide pratique et accessible pour apprendre à choisir ses priorités et à gérer les deadlines
Votre travail vous submerge et vous ne savez plus o donner de la tête? Même après une journée de huit heures, vous n'avez pas réussi à boucler vos dossiers et vous les ramenez chez vous pour être certain d'honorer les deadlines. Le week-end, vous ne pensez qu'à la pile de dossiers qui vous attend sur votre bureau. Si de telles situations peuvent...
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Français
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Un guide pratique et accessible pour découvrir comment aménager un environnement de travail sain et serein.
Ce n'est pas un hasard si les grandes entreprises ont décidé d'investir dans l'aménagement de structures colossales à destination de leurs employés: toutes s'accordent sur la nécessité d'offrir aux travailleurs un environnement de travail sain et serein, leur garantissant à la fois épanouissement personnel et efficacité professionnelle.
Ce...
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English
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The must-read summary of Noah Goldstein, Steve Martin and Robert Cialdini's book: "Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways To Be Persuasive".
This complete summary of the ideas from Noah Goldstein, Steve Martin and Robert Cialdini's book "Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive" shows that when it comes to persuading others, sometimes small and subtle changes can have a big impact on your success. The authors highlight 50 strategies that have...
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Español
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Priorización y organización para explotar al máximo tu tiempo
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para gestionar las prioridades y los plazos, que te aportará la información esencial y te permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos podrás:
• Descubrir cómo determinar las prioridades y organizarte para poder explotar lo mejor posible el tiempo dedicado al trabajo
• Identificar los factores que pueden ayudarte a realizar...
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English
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Ganbatte (gan-ba-tay) is a Japanese philosophy focused on doing the best you can with what you have. Though there is no direct translation, "keep going," and "give it your all," embody the sentiments behind the word. Just as wabi sabi shows the beauty of imperfection in life, ganbatte teaches you how to get past obstacles and be motivated to keep moving forward.
In Ganbatte! author Albert Liebermann provides an inspirational, yet practical guide...
6051) Live the Lizzo Way
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English
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Lizzo is a global superstar who has become a beacon of hope for the marginalised as well as the mainstream. Her playfully punchy lyrics and bold anthemic choruses give us the distinct feeling we will be able to conquer the world as soon as we stop singing along. Lizzo is the leader of a joy-filled movement which encourages self-acceptance and self-love, and her strength and positive energy show us how to be inclusive and unapologetic every. single....
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about managing priorities and deadlines with this practical guide.
Whatever your profession or stage in your career, you will invariably have deadlines to deal with on a regular basis. The key to professional success and career progression is being able to handle your priorities so that you get everything done to your satisfaction in the allotted time. This handy guide...
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A funny and touching story about how to deal with the struggles of adulthood, how to live a good life, and how money can complicate it all.
Michael Baughman's hope was to send his oldest grandson off to his first year of college in the fall of 2012 with an informed and thoughtful attitude toward what has long been a powerful American fixation: the frantic quest for money. Complicating the issue was the fact that income disparity in America was increasing...
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about the optimal work environment with this practical guide.
Your working environment has a significant impact on your creativity, stress levels and wellbeing at work. This is increasingly recognised by major companies such as Google, which now favour ultra-modern office spaces and aim to show staff that their contribution is valued. A number of simple steps on both...
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English
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When women are empowered with money, they become "difference makers." They transform not only their own lives but also those of their children, their families, and their communities at large. Author Meriflor Toneatto, an award-winning leadership and coaching executive, shows you how to extend your limits and create the life of your dreams, one that is rich and fulfilling in every way - financially, spiritually, and emotionally. This powerful book...
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When author Lisa Hammond followed her passion, she founded her own company, Femail Creations -- a woman-oriented catalog company that grew into a huge success. Lisa loved shopping, thus the mail-order catalog. Because she's passionate about women making their way in the world, Femail Creations features only items crafted by women artisans. In Dream Big Hammond details how she and her sister entrepreneurs followed their dreams and managed their fears...
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AMACOM
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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What hidden skill links successful people in all walks of life--across cultures, industries, generations . . . all of time? The answer is surprisingly simple: they know how to ask the right questions at the right time. Questions help us break down barriers, discover secrets, solve puzzles, and imagine new ways of doing things. The right question can provide for us not only the answer we need right then but also the ones we'll need tomorrow. Emmy award–winning...
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From the Twitter account @ManWhoHasItAll, a hilariously unforgiving and eye-opening role reversal parody of self-help guides for the working mother. While women have long been bombarded with advice about how to be the perfect mom, keep a perfect job, and have glowing skin-all at the same time-men have been left floundering. Can you be a dad and still feel sexy? Can curvy men truly be happy? Can men be funny? Finally, The Man Who Has It All!, drawn...
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From the early explorers to space travelers and holiday jetsetters, those in transit have acknowledged both the benefits and downsides of life on the go. The Little Blue Book of Travel Wisdom is a collection of these musings on travel, be it for research purposes, business, or vacation, via a plane, a bus, or a train. Just some of the figures cited in the book include:
• Robert Frost
• Mark Twain
• Maya Angelou
• Pat Conroy
• Rick Steves
•...
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• SOUGHT-AFTER PUBLIC SPEAKER: Lindsey's 2017 TedX talk "What trauma taught me about happiness" has been viewed nearly 180k times. She is a frequent keynote speaker and audiences really respond to her engaging style of storytelling.
• PART MEMOIR, PART SELF-HELP: In the vein of Can't Hurt Me and Untamed, this is a story about personal trauma writ large, with takeaways for the reader about plumbing the depths of their own resilience. The book includes...
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