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In Institution Building in Weak States, Andrew Radin argues that the international community's approach to building state institutions needs its own reform. This innovative book proposes a new strategy, rooted in a rigorous analysis of recent missions.

Understand the dynamics of all different types of teams. Beyond Team Building: How to Build High Performing Teams and the Culture to Support Them represents the latest in thinking about creating effective teams. The authors present a new "Five C" framework that focuses on the core aspects of team building. The book helps the listener assess how his/her team is performing on each of the 5Cs - context, composition, competencies, change, and collaborative leadership - and discusses options concerning how to improve team performance along each of these dimensions.

For more than a decade, Matthew Kelly has been traveling the world inspiring people to become the best version of themselves. During this time, he has been amazed at how regularly he is asked: How do I encourage my children to embrace this message? How does your message apply to a family? Now, for the first time, Kelly shares with us remarkable insights and sensible everyday strategies for transforming the family into what it should be: a place where each of us can become the best version of ourselves.

Create a Wonderful, Beautiful, and Happy Marriage Filled with Forgiveness, Acceptance, and Freedom Discover the game-changing approaches that will transform your marriage from a place of pain and resentment to one of love and grace. Get the ultimate guide to rebuilding a fulfilling and happy marriage in W. Austin Gardner’s insightful new book. This book emphasizes forgiveness, love, and grace, making restoring emotional and physical connection with your spouse possible. Rebuilding trust and restoring intimacy in the marriage Discover the joyful, blissful, happy union you’ve always ...

What does it take to make a strong bridge? Gather some supplies and try it out for yourself! Discover tips and ideas on how to build the best bridge around!

Simplify Your Life: $3 Solutions to Big Problems - Building Self-Confidence Edition Discover the secrets to unlocking your inner strength and building unshakable self-confidence with this practical and affordable guide. This $3 eBook provides actionable strategies and proven techniques to help you reframe negative thoughts, set achievable goals, and step outside your comfort zone to achieve personal growth. Inside, you’ll learn how to: Start small and celebrate your wins to build momentum. Reframe self-defeating thoughts into empowering beliefs. Surround yourself with positive influences ...

By now, you've already heard all of the nutty get-rich-quick schemes and the fiscal diet fads that leave you with a lot of quirky ideas but not a penny in your pocket. If you're tired of the lies and sick of the false promises, Dave is here to provide practical long-term help. The Total Money Makeover is the simplest, most straightforward game plan for completely changing your finances. And, best of all, these principles are based on results, not pie-in-the-sky fantasies. This is the financial reset you've been looking for.

If you're considering building a new house, you'll want to listen to this first! You're about to discover how to successfully navigate the planning, design, permitting, bidding, contract-signing, and construction process. This book was written by Two Licensed Architects, Mother and Daughter, with years of varied experience in Residential Construction on opposite sides of the Country. We will demystify the entire process, and help you become more comfortable with what's ahead in order to avoid common mistakes that can cost big bucks during construction.

Victor W. Hwang and Greg Horowitt propose a radical new theory to explain the nature of innovation ecosystems: human networks that generate extraordinary creativity and output. They argue that free market thinking fails to consider the impact of human nature on the innovation process. This ambitious work challenges the basic assumptions that economists have held for over a century.

In this book, you will learn how to create a wealthy relationship magnet plan and the mindset of wealthy relationships. The need to discover your values and talent as you will as well understand reasons to create your dream relationship. Networking in the real world will let you know how your network is your net worth. It is important to know how to forgive anything, creating your unshakable love, getting to know how to transform your relationship, and road map to the relationship. I am sure you would like to know the six wealthy power couples on how they make it work, the powerful secrets ...

Unlock the mysteries of the cosmos from your own backyard with "Building a Low-Cost Radio Telescope." This comprehensive eBook invites hobbyists, science enthusiasts, and curious minds to delve into the fascinating world of radio astronomy with a practical, hands-on approach. Embark on an astronomical adventure that demystifies the allure of invisible radio waves and their celestial sources, revealing how they help us explore the universe. Begin your journey by understanding the fundamentals of radio waves and their propagation through the vastness of space. From there, discover the ...

Multi-Unit Leadership: The 7 Stages of Building Profitable Stores Across Multiple Markets explores the art and science of 21st-century multiunit leadership, performance, and profitability. This best seller details the seven stages that high-performing area directors, regional managers, and multiunit franchisees must master as they grow from managing a single unit to leading multiple units.

Building Inclusion: A Practical Guide to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Architecture and the Built Environment is just that—a manual to support and provide essential guidance to the profession on these key issues. Acknowledging that the existence of EDI procedures does not necessarily ensure their use, it focuses on demonstrating behaviors that help create, implement, and enforce policies, procedures, and practices to deliver inclusion.

Building the House of God: A Journey of Faith, Purpose and Our Calling in God that will stand the Test of Time. In a world where distractions abound and faith often feels elusive, Building the House of God invites you to embark on a transformative journey towards deeper spirituality and authentic Christian living. This inspiring guide is your blueprint for constructing a life rooted in faith, purpose, and community. Drawing on timeless biblical principles and personal anecdotes, this book empowers men, women, and families to cultivate a strong spiritual foundation. Discover how to navigate ...

When small-time architect John Gowan awakes in hospital with amnesia, he learns he is the designer of a world-famous building, replacing one destroyed by terrorists. But his world becomes a nightmare when a spiralling darkness stops him from seeing or remembering anything about the building, threatening his very existence if his secrets are exposed. Expected to fulfil his responsibilities with the media, his client, his own company and personal relationships, he desperately seeks the truth before it’s too late.

Get tools for renovating your relational space in this new book from Gary Chapman and Shannon Warden.

What entrepreneur or founder doesn't aspire to build the next Amazon, Facebook, or Airbnb? Yet those who actually manage to do so are exceedingly rare. So what separates the start-ups that get disrupted and disappear from the ones who grow to become global giants? The secret is blitzscaling: a set of techniques for scaling up at a dizzying pace that blows competitors out of the water.

Think you've had a bad day at work? Marcus definitely takes the cake. First, he had a horrible customer during his shift. Then he got fired by his boss. And after that, he got shot to death during a robbery. To top it all off, he awakened within the body of a weak and strange creature in a fantasy world full of deadly monsters. And that's just Monday!

William Bernstein's commonsense approach to portfolio construction has served investors well during the past turbulent decade - and it's what made The Four Pillars of Investing an instant classic when it was first published nearly a decade ago. This down-to-earth book lays out in easy-to-understand prose the four essential topics that every investor must master: the relationship of risk and reward, the history of the market, the psychology of the investor and the market, and the folly of taking financial advice from investment salespeople.

These days, many of us find it easier to avoid face-to-face contact in favor of technological shortcuts. Why take the trouble to meet someone in person when we can simply send an email or a text? But as Michael Gelb argues in this compelling book, the meaningful relationships that come from real interaction are the basis of success. In The Art of Connection, Gelb offers listeners seven methods of developing better rapport in their professional and personal lives.