Rules & Tools for Leaders: From Developing Your Own Skills to Running Organizations of Any Size, Practical Advice for Leaders at All Levels
Rules & Tools for Leaders: From Developing Your Own Skills to Running Organizations of Any Size, Practical Advice for Leaders at All Levels
Rules and Tools for Leaders offers insightful and useful advice that avoids the flavor-of-the-month management theories that are long on speculation and short on practical application.This is a fully revised, updated, and reorganized edition of a classic management handbook. It never loses sight of the big picture of how any company should operate. It provides useful and time-tested advice that can be implemented immediately to the benefit of the entire organization. From defining the qualities of outstanding leaders to putting good leadership skills into practice, from managing yourself and others to handling the difficult tests that leadership brings, this book includes valuable checklists and reviews. In addition, it highlights some of the best leadership programs and presents a host of compelling and instructive anecdotes that illustrate the ideas throughout.
- Brand: Brand: Perigee Trade
- ASIN: 0399163514
Taking Charge: Making the Right Choices
Taking Charge: Making the Right Choices
A practical guidebook for busy, executives who want to sharpen their leadership skills. In well-focused chapters, the author shares the insights he has gained from his many years of experience with international organizations.
- Brand: Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S.
- ASIN: 0895293838
Taking Charge - A Practical Guide for Leaders
Assignment Pentagon: How to Excel in a Bureaucracy, Fourth Edition, Revised
Assignment Pentagon: How to Excel in a Bureaucracy, Fourth Edition, Revised
Since the first edition of Assignment: Pentagon was published in 1988, great changes have occurred in the international environment, the application of U.S. national security strategy, and the manner in which the Pentagon functions. Now in its fourth printing and with a coauthor to lend a different perspective, Assignment: Pentagon remains the best book for anyone who works for the Pentagon, or for any big bureaucracy for that matter. Eminently readable, Assignment: Pentagon is the essential guide for the newly assigned military person, fresh civilian, and interested outsider to the Pentagon’s informal set of arrangements, networks, and functions that operate in the service and joint service world. From the type of wristwatch one needs to how to succeed on the Joint Staff, the book delivers a wealth of practical advice and helpful hints about surviving the pressures and problems of working in “The Building.” If you’ve been assigned to the Pentagon or are starting work for any large company, you need Assignment: Pentagon.
- Brand: Brand: Potomac Books Inc.
- ASIN: 1597970964
Taking charge: a practical guide for leaders
Courage, Compassion, Marine: The Unique Story of Jimmie Dyess
Courage, Compassion, Marine: The Unique Story of Jimmie Dyess
The heroism of Marine Lieutenant Colonel Jimmie Dyess is a story for the ages. I highly recommend this book to young people looking for a positive role model, for veterans of all the military services and for those who love history. Sergeant First Class Sammy Davis, Medal of Honor recipient The story of Jimmie Dyess is both remarkable and unique. He earned the Carnegie Medal for extraordinary civilian heroism when he was a teenager. Sixteen years later, he received the Medal of Honor as a result of his heroism in combat. No other individual has received both awards. This book not only tells the Dyess story, it examines the dimensions of heroism. Walter Rutkowski President, Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. The pattern of the life of Jimmie Dyess was remarkable: an Eagle Scout, a recipient of the Carnegie Medal and the Medal of Honor. Herein you will meet a man of valor and benevolence with a fundamental commitment to service above self. Medal of Honor recipient, Hal Fritz, President, Congressional Medal of Honor Society For his extraordinary bravery in the rescue of a drowning woman, Clemson undergraduate Jimmie Dyess received America's top civilian award for heroism, the Carnegie Medal. Sixteen years later, Marine Lieutenant Colonel Dyess led his battalion into combat. He went behi...
- Brand: Perry Smith
- ASIN: 1491766913
The History of Dartmouth College (Classic Reprint)
The History of Dartmouth College (Classic Reprint)
The imperfectj ecords of all our older literary institutions, limit their written history, in large measure, to a record of the lives and labors of their teachers. To the many friends of the college, and others, who have kindly given their aid, the writer is under large obligations. The following names deserve especial notice :H on. Robert C. Winthrop, Hon. Charles L. Woodbury, Hon. R. R. Bishop, Wm. H. Duncan, Esq., Richard B. Kimball, Esq., Rev. Eden B. Foster, D. D., Hon. James Barrett, N. C. Berry, Esq., Dr. F. E. Oliver, Hon. J. E. Sargent, Dr. C. A. Walker, Hon. A. O. Brewster, Hon. A. A. Ranney, Dr. W. M. Chamberlain, Hon. James W. Patterson, Rev. Carlos Slafter, Hon. J. B. D. Cogswell, Gen. John Eaton, Rev. H. A. Hazen, Rev. S. L. B. Speare, H. N. Twombly, Esq., Caleb Blodgett, Esq., Hon. Benj. F. Prescott, Dr. C. H. Spring, Prof. C. O. Thompson, Hon. Frederic Chase, Rev. W. J. Tucker, D. D., L. G. Farmer, Esq., and N. W. Ladd, Esq. With profound gratitude he mentions also the name of Hon. Nathan Crosby, but for whose valuable pecuniary aid the publication of the work must have been delayed; and the names of Hon. Joel Parker, Hon. William P. Haines, Hon. John P. Healy, Hon. Lincoln F. Brigham, John(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the ...
- Brand: Smith Baxter Perry
- ASIN: 144005813X
Perry Smith Jazz Lessons - Helpful Tips for Jazz Guitar Playing
In this video, jazz guitarist Perry Smith teaches some extremely helpful fundamental tips to help your jazz guitar playing. Check out Perry Smith at http://www.perrysmithmusic.com/
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Capote (9/11) Movie CLIP - Remembering the Murder (2005) HD
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