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The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. Team Building: "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." --Henry Ford The Team ...

In High Ten: An Inspiring Story About Building Great Team Culture, Martin Rooney draws from his extensive experience developing top-level teams around the world to help leaders of all kinds foster and sustain winning cultures. This engaging parable shows you that every business, sports team, and family has a culture.

All through the election, the world marveled that Trump could possibly be the leading republican candidate. That a socialist could challenge Hillary. They marveled that the UK was leaving the EU. What could possibly cause such dynamic shifting in the political landscapes. Here I explore my theory that it is the silencing of disent and the removal of free speach that has cause this rise of Nationalism and Populism, both at home and abroad.

What if you could turn raw data into powerful, responsible intelligence without a PhD in computer science? Building a Comprehensive AI Model is your roadmap to designing, training, fine-tuning, and deploying cutting-edge AI systems. From your very first classifier to state-of-the-art Large Language Models and Generative AI with a peek at DeepSeek. Marc Stanford demystifies the entire workflow, enabling you to create technology that ethically transforms industries. Inside, you'll master: • Collecting & cleaning data like a pro; no more 'garbage in, garbage out.' • Choosing the right ...

Pornography may seem inescapable, but God can free us from its destructive power. The gospel replaces the dehumanizing lies of pornography with this surprising truth: God created us as royalty. How then can we reclaim our God-given identity to take a stand against - and ultimately starve - the predatory porn industry? In The Death of Porn, Ray Ortlund writes six personal letters, as from a father to his son.

Whether you are building a small business from the ground up or managing a multinational company, you can learn the seven key traits for leadership success from one of the greatest business innovators and creative thinkers of the 20th century: Walt Disney. Whether you know him as the first to produce cartoons in Technicolor, the mastermind behind the theme park Disneyland, or the founder of the largest entertainment conglomerate, Walt's story of creativity, perseverance in spite of obstacles, and achieving goals resonates and inspires as much today as it ever has.

Our government organizations face political fallout, media scrutiny, reduced funding, and the many challenges involved in motivating large, multi-layered and highly regulated organizations. It's no surprise that many government organizations report that their employees are less engaged than ever and that leaders feel helpless to change the situation. In many cases, employees and government leaders are caught in a vicious cycle. Performance declines, scrutiny increases, and employee paralysis ensues. How do you break this cycle and begin building successful government?

In Building Spiritual Habits in the Home, entrepreneurs and dads, Chris Pappalardo and Clayton Greene, show how that can change. Chris and Clayton share the six key shifts that translate good intentions into actual practice. They reveal how their homes changed—and how yours can too. Looking to the wisdom of Scripture, these dads teach you how to apply lasting faith practices to your family, your home, your life.

Are you ready to transform your outdoor space into a stunning oasis? Look no further than this comprehensive wood deck building cheats, hacks, hints, tips, and tricks book.

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.

Now is the perfect time to discover the versatility and potential of ETFs — the cornerstone of modern investing. Financial experts like Warren Buffett, John Bogle and Ramit Sethi praise ETFs for their low cost... simplicity... and ability to outperform most actively managed funds over the long term. In fact... studies show that ETFs have become the go-to investment vehicle for both beginners and experienced investors, with over $9 trillion in assets under management globally.

Peter Voogd, author of 6 Months to 6 Figures and founder of the prestigious Game Changers Academy, talks with the leaders of multimillion-dollar brands about the importance of disrupting the industry and finding what makes your brand unique compared to the competition. Learn about the importance of maintaining momentum and finding confidence in not only your brand, but yourself as well.

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 Building Relationships That Last a Lifetime, Ron Rice reveals the secrets he has learned in his fascinating, entrepreneurial journey to success. He examines the key strategies he used to identify, develop, and maintain both professional and personal relationships over the course of his career. Beginning as a traveling salesman, Rice navigated up through business opportunities and relationships to obtain the American dream for himself and his family.

Managing up helps you build the sort of relationships that foster more communication, collaboration, cooperation, and understanding between people at different levels of power, with a variety of perspectives and skills. Managing Up is your personal manual for building this vital skill so you can begin building your best future. Real-world strategies give you a set of actionable steps, supplemented by expert advice from a top leadership consultant that helps you get on track to advancement.

Waking up after a plane crash is bad. Waking up with a glitchy blue HUD only you can see? That's a whole new level of messed up. Alex Thorne thought the worst was over when he dragged himself ashore onto a deserted island paradise. Then the System messages started. Starving, injured, and fighting for every scrap, Alex realizes survival isn't just about finding food and water—it's about leveling up. [Urgent Quest: Survive!] Rewards: Continued Existence. Failure: Don’t. With a snarky System tracking his every stat, assigning quests, and doling out skills for everything from [Crawling (...

Lucy Wallace is just trying to make ends meet while caring for her nephew. She lives in a terrible part of Chicago on rent assistance, working in a dead-end job, while trying to find someone to help pay for her nephew's cancer treatment. Adrian and Lucy unwittingly embark on a journey to love ever after that's fraught with psychic rage incidents, sick kids, family antics, a strong desire for a puppy, and a severe lack of dinner leftovers.

This guide will walk you step by step through all the essential phases of starting a successful construction based business. To profit in a new construction business, you need to consider the following questions: What business am I in? What do I sell? Where is my market? Who will buy? Who is my competition? What is my sales strategy? How much money is needed to operate my firm? How will I get the work done? What management controls are needed? How can they be carried out? And many more. This guide will help you answer all these questions and more. Here's what’s in the book: ~ Things to ...

Dr. Faith, author of the best-selling Unf*ck Your Brain and Unf*ck Your Intimacy, tackles one of the toughest emotional topics there is with her trademark mix of neuroscience, gentle encouragement, and no-nonsense language. This book isn’t about getting rich quick (or necessarily at all) - it’s about figuring out your own economic values and baggage, and learning to be the person in the world you know you have it in you to be.

Employees that don't take ownership of their work. Friction between departments. Inconsistent results. These are the top challenges that face most businesses today. These common issues create high turnover and force managers into crisis mode where they're consumed putting out daily fires. Over time, the very nature of the business changes and a new culture emerges; one shaped by the lowest level of acceptable behavior.