Leadership Studies

What will the world look like in 2020? Paul Cornish and Kingsley Donaldson guide us through a maze of global uncertainty in this fascinating look at the future. With the world already struggling to contain conflicts on several continents, with security and defence expenditure under huge pressure, it's time to think the unthinkable and explore what might happen

With insights and personal anecdotes from Sheryl Sandberg, Maya Angelou, Gloria Steinem, Nancy Pelosi, Nicholas Kristof, Melissa Etheridge, and many more, this book addresses timely, provocative issues involving women, politics, and power. With a broader goal of encouraging women and girls to be leaders in their lives, their communities, and the larger world, Schnall and her interviewees explore the changing paradigms occurring in politics and in our culture with the hope of moving toward meaningful and effective solutions.

As a proud son of a civil rights leader, Steven L. Reed grew up hearing stories about how his father integrated Montgomery lunch counters and took advice directly from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy. However, it wasn’t until Reed was in the fourth grade and received a death threat against his father that he began to understand more fully the importance of the lessons his father was trying to impart. At this pivotal moment, his father explained, “My job is to prepare you to be a cross-bearer and not just a crown-wearer.

Whether you're preparing for a college entrance exam or a major business presentation, Ron Fry's How to Study Program equips you for a lifetime of learning. Conversational, approachable, and newly revised, this comprehensive program includes the all-time best seller, How to Study, plus six other helpful study guides.

The future is not what it used to be. In this volatile era, with the world changing rapidly, people are more curious than ever to know what lies ahead. Will relentless consumerism end up destroying our planet? Or can science and technology allow us to innovate our way out of trouble? Perhaps a greater social consciousness and community-based living will take over or, conversely, the competition for limited resources may result in everyone fighting for themselves.

Wir sind inmitten einer historischen Zeitenwende - weltweit! Wirtschaft, Politik, Gesellschaft. Nichts wird so bleiben, wie es war. Wir stehen vor großen Verwerfungen und dem größten Vermögenstransfer in der Geschichte der Menschheit. Krisen sind aber auch Chancen: Jetzt werden Vermögen auf Generationen gemacht oder vernichtet. Der fünffache Spiegel-Bestsellerautor Marc Friedrich zeigt mit seinem Hörbuch, wie jeder für sich und wir als Menschheit die Krise als einmalige Chance nutzen können.

Modern presidents engage in public leadership through national television addresses, routine speechmaking, and by speaking to local audiences. With these strategies, presidents tend to influence the media's agenda. In fact, presidential leadership of the news media provides an important avenue for indirect presidential leadership of the public, the president's ultimate target audience. Although frequently left out of sophisticated treatments of the public presidency, the media are directly incorporated into this book's theoretical approach and analysis.

Like a lot of people, Chris Wilson didn’t have an easy start in life. But, unlike many, he has managed to overcome severe setbacks to achieve a life defined by material success and personal meaning. How did he do it? When he committed a fatal crime at the age of 17 and received a devastating prison sentence, incarceration became the unexpected trigger that set Wilson off on a journey of self-improvement - reading, working out, learning languages, and starting a business. Creating a Master Plan for the life he wanted, he worked though it step-by-step to transform his reality.

Investors beware! That's the message in Howard Kurtz's The Fortune Tellers. It reveals what happens when 'Net technology meets stock market hype. Listen to an interview with the author on archive edition of Marketplace.

Given the consistent movement away from God's values in America today, this audiobook provides biblical directives on how believers are to act in a morally corrupt society. It clarifies EVERY believer's duty concerning loving others, while at the same time taking a stand. What makes this audiobook unique is its effort to present a scriptural basis for Christian American citizenship today, rather than the Christian tradition of our nation. With over 185 scripture quotations, the audiobook is unmistakably for those who believe the Bible.

Leadership is about making others better through empowering them to be and do their best. Every business needs strong leaders to guide, inspire, and impact those around them to work together and achieve a common goal. You'll learn how to develop your leadership skills and to be someone that motivates others to be the best versions of themselves.

Tauchen Sie ein in einen umfassenden akademischen Leitfaden, der Ihnen die notwendigen Werkzeuge und Kenntnisse an die Hand gibt, um in der dynamischen Geschäftswelt von heute zu prosperieren.

Our world is constantly buffeted by new and dramatic changes we can't fully grasp. No one is fully prepared for the challenges, crises, and risks that lie ahead. The Extreme Future is a blueprint for what's next and how to navigate these changes.

From vision setting and decision-making to creative thinking and risk-taking, you need to juggle numerous demands at a time to become an effective and thriving leader. This life-changing leadership book will help you better understand the concept of leadership and discover the leader hidden in you.

The world's eyes were on Mississippi during the summer of 1964, when civil rights activists launched an ambitious African American voter registration project and were met with violent resistance from white supremacists. Sue Sojourner and her husband arrived in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the wake of this historic time, known as "Freedom Summer". Thunder of Freedom unites Sojourner's personal experiences with her insights regarding the dynamics of race relations in the 1960s South, providing listeners with a unique look at the struggle for rights and equality in Mississippi.

These lessons represent Sharon Thompson's personal long-term process of trying to understand the true nature of U.S. foreign and domestic policy. This quest included enrolling in seven college classes-one at Metro State University taught by local peace activist, Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, and six at the University of St. Thomas in their Justice and Peace Studies program under the direction of Rev. David Smith. She also gleaned much valuable information from library books, from Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now! and from various other alternative media. Sharon wrote the original version of these ...

Silicon Valley is imperializing the planet. With nearly bottomless supplies of cash and ambition, a small group of companies have been gradually seizing symbolic and practical civic leadership in America and worldwide. But Silicon Valley does not answer to the electorate; nor have they been voted into office. And the perils of their influence are only now making themselves known.

After a dramatic election amid a raging pandemic, racial violence, economic collapse, and historic national divisions that have threatened our democracy, Joe Biden succeeds Donald Trump as the 46th president of the United States. For Catholics, this is a momentous occasion in US public life, as he is the second Catholic to be elected to the nation’s highest office, joining John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

True leadership is not about being able to control others with threats or coercion, but rather the ability to exert influence by inspiring others. Although it sometimes seems that certain individuals are simply "born leaders", the truth is, leadership is an art form that can be mastered by anyone. The rewards for becoming a person who is able to lead effectively and exert influence are practically endless.

You are no doubt a busy professional with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to read and study for the Project Management Professional test! However, the truth is that the PMP exam is a challenging exam. It is normal to have some anxiety about taking this test. Thorough preparation cannot be overlooked! That is why the author Ralph Cybulski developed the PMP PMBOK exam prep study guide! This edition is a practice questions edition and complete review edition. It comes in text and audio format, so that you can listen to it wherever life takes you!