Arts Management

Cindy Sherman, American painter and fotografer: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise.

Mastering the Art of Management is a comprehensive guide to building leadership skills and achieving success as a manager. The book provides a step-by-step approach to developing the core competencies required for effective management, including communication, team-building, decision-making, and problem-solving.

I am comedian/author/dudeman Marshall Chiles, and I will show you step-by-step proven methodologies to help add humor to your presentations in order to increase your persuasion and maximize your impact.

It’s time to implement a new plan to maximize your valuable time, position yourself as both a leader and a trusted ally, use charisma as the secret formula to your business solutions, rewrite your organizational narrative, and ignite change champions to set your vision on fire. It’s time to approach even your personal life with smart strategies that have the power to transform your relationships, your family, and your future.

Este libro permite conocer la práctica de Mindfulness y comenzar a ejercitarla aprendiendo a fomentar un estado de consciencia caracterizado por la atención sin distracción, y el estar presentes en el presente con una actitud de indagación, recepción, paciencia y apertura; observando los estados internos y todo lo que ocurre a nuestro alrededor, como si lo percibiéramos por primera vez. Mindfulness es una enseñanza que proviene del budismo.

Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince is history’s greatest guide to attaining and keeping power; Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Power has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it; and it may be said that no greater work on the subject of military theory exists than Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. Abridged and introduced by PEN Award-winning historian Mitch Horowitz, these exquisitely brief and faithful condensations on leadership will mark a true turning point in your life and career.

This is a business book about the business of life. In his motivational and insightful book, executive coach and conflict negotiator Timothy Dobbins examines and teaches innovative techniques to use when making decisions that matter.

"The Art of War" may be an old book, but there is a reason why it is still considered a must-read for today's business warriors. Sun Tzu uses short, powerful sentences to drive home his point - and his observations on military strategy are as impressive today as they were in the past!

Musicians may just hold the keys to innovation in business. They don’t think like we do, and in the creative process, they don’t act like we do. It’s no coincidence that some of the world’s most respected creators are also entrepreneurs. In Two Beats Ahead, Panos A. Panay, senior vice president for strategy at Berklee College of Music, and R. Michael Hendrix, global design director at IDEO, interview some of the nation’s top musicians and business leaders about how they approach innovation differently.

The Agile methodology is a project management methodology that uses short development cycles (called "sprints") to focus on continuous improvement in the development of a product or service. It consists of a family of methods (including Scrum, extreme programming (XP), test-driven development (TDD), and feature-driven development (FDD), each of which has the objective to provide a better product in less time, avoiding development of useless functions and overcoming errors that a traditional planning method could result in, both for big and small projects.

Friedrich Schiller, frisches Mitglied der "Deutschen Gesellschaft", einer Vereinigung, die sich um die deutsche Sprache bemühte, wollte sich 1784 um die Stelle des Sekretärs der Gesellschaft bewerben. Er hielt bei seiner Bewerbung eben diese Rede über die "Schaubühne als moralische Anstalt." Seiner Meinung nach diente die Bühne als eine moralische Anstalt, eine Schule praktischer Weisheit, als gesellschaftspolitische Anstalt, als Instrument der Aufklärung und nicht zuletzt als ästhetische Bildungsanstalt.

Welcome to the ultimate survival guide for the modern workplace - where productivity isn’t always about what you do, but how busy you look doing it. This book isn’t just a witty commentary on office culture; it’s a step-by-step guide to mastering the fine art of appearing productive without breaking a sweat. Whether you’re dodging pointless meetings, perfecting the fake phone call, or crafting the world’s vaguest email, this guide has you covered.

The day you started your business, you wore at least 15 different hats. But as time passes, it becomes essential for you to pass on the roles to others, so that they can free up your time and continue the hard work in your stead. What’s at risk? Your time, your life, and your sanity. Delegation is not just a solution, it’s a boon that keeps on giving. Discover how to ease your burden and delegate effectively.

In Creative Conflict, negotiation experts Bill Sanders and Frank Mobus use a dynamic, dialectical approach to show how negotiations are driven by competition and cooperation at the same time. They believe that when we tiptoe around conflict, we negotiate in a halfhearted way that limits our results. By contrast, creative negotiators probe and push until they hit a wall of disagreement, and then they figure out how to get past it.

Alles zu schnell, alles zu viel - jeden Tag hetzen wir durch unser Leben. Nie genug Zeit für die wichtigen Dinge des Lebens und immer darauf erpicht, so viel Zeit wie möglich einzusparen. Aber was machen wir mit der gewonnen Zeit? Wieso ist "schnell" sexy und "langsam" so erotisch wie Fußpilz? Ständig sind wir unzufrieden mit der Zeit, meist vergeht sie zu schnell, dann langweilen wir uns wieder und die Zeit gibt uns das Gefühl stehen zu bleiben. Aber wie verhält es sich mit der Einstellung zur Zeit, wenn man plötzlich merkt, dass sie auch bald ablaufen könnte?

Douze techniques efficaces pour améliorer ses prises de parole, savoir convaincre et négocier, désamorcer les conflits... Comment réussir à surmonter son anxiété pour captiver et convaincre un auditoire ? Quelles techniques adopter pour pitcher une idée, éveiller l'intérêt de ses interlocuteurs et susciter l'adhésion ? Quels réflexes acquérir pour instaurer et entretenir des échanges constructifs avec ses collaborateurs ou son manager ?

In the unprecedented complexity of our time, "Inception Mindset" emerges as a transformative compass for leaders and individuals navigating the intricate web of modern challenges. Authored by Dr. Robert Radi, this groundbreaking book delves deep into the art and science of thriving amidst perpetual complexity.

Xolani Mthembu is an accomplished Leader, Pastor and Life and Business Coach with over 12 years of experience in the mining industry. Xolani shares his knowledge and expertise with his listeners, offering practical strategies and advice for becoming a more effective and inspiring leader.

The first edition of Curators and Collections, published in 1997, was based on interviews and features published in the quarterly review, Cv Journal of Art and Crafts (1988-1991). These recorded the launch of the Irish Museum of Modern Art in 1991, the construction of Tate Modern in 1997, as well as exploring special collections at the National Gallery, Courtauld Gallery, The British Museum, and Royal Photographic Society.

Say goodbye to overpacking and wearing the same jeans and T-shirts on your trip. "Travel With Style" is here to transform the way you pack for your trips, taking you from "What do I pack?" to knowing exactly how to look and feel your best wherever you go. Anastasia, a former travel blogger and entrepreneur who lived in nine countries across four continents and travelled to over forty, transformed her expertise in looking like a local into a handy guidebook.