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Compassionate Leadership: 16 Simple Ways to Engage and Inspire Your Team at Work (Ignite Reads)
by Paul AxtellLearn how to be a good boss and become the leader everyone wants to work for.People want to work for someone they respect, someone who is on their side. And when employees feel seen, heard, and valued by their supervisors, employee engagement improves, productivity increases, and the entire organization benefits.In his new motivational management book on authentic leadership, award-winning author and personal effectiveness trainer and consultant Paul Axtell reveals sixteen simple steps you can start taking right now to develop your emotional intelligence and leadership skills and become a manager who leads with compassion.This leadership development book is a quick one-hour read and is for any business leader or manager looking to improve their organizational leadership in order to lead high-performing teams that—above all else—feel trusted, respected, and motivated in their work.
Compassionate Leadership: How to create and maintain engaged, committed and high-performing teams
by Manley HopkinsonForcing compliance is easy. Anyone can 'make' another do a task or a job. It will get done, but when, and to what standard? High performance and, more importantly, sustained high performance can only come from engagement with and commitment to the job in hand. This book will introduce you to the art of compassionate leadership - the art of getting the best for and out of people through the fulfilment of self-worth. It will show leaders how to give their teams a real sense of purpose and direction in order to motivate and inspire them to perform at a high level. To illustrate his message, author Manley Hopkinson draws on his background as a board member of companies including ATLAS Consortium and Hewlett Packard Defence UK, his career as an inspirational speaker and his adventure experiences as skipper in the BT Global Challenge (a round the world yacht race) and The Polar Race (an expedition style race to the Magnetic North Pole).
Compassionate Messenger: True Stories from a Psychic Medium
by Carolyn Molnar Benjamin GleisserFor more than thirty years, Toronto psychic medium Carolyn Molnar has been helping people whose friends and loved ones have crossed over. By bringing these people proof of spirit evidence that life continues past the transition we call death she has comforted thousands of clients by showing them that their loved ones are still with them. In this book, youll read positive, life-affirming true stories about the emotions that touch us all. From the ghost of a lost young boy to the mother who desperately wants to live long enough to see her daughter graduate high school, to the courageous young woman whose death is mourned by an entire community, these healing stories and others will demonstrate that even though we pass on, our love never dies.
Compelled to Control: Recovering Intimacy in Broken Relationships
by J. Keith Millerthis exciting book breaks new ground in identifying the major cause of relationship failure as the need to control — in marriages and families, with friends and within organizations. Compelled to Control reflects Miller’s sweeping knowledge as a thinker, a speakers and a writer. Going far beyond “how to control a controller,” Miller speaks from the perspective of experience and personal change. ”When a controller has the sense of life being out of control,” he says, “he or she reacts with an even stronger need to ‘get things under control’…usually with the negative result of alienating the people who matter the most.” Miller tackles this deeply denied, seemingly universal phenomenon with compassion and offers a way out of the dilemma. He tells who to approach broken relationships in new ways, leaving behind destructive patterns of perfectionism and self-justification. Keith miller is one of those rare writers who can combine intellectual acuity with deeply felt insight born of his own struggle for authenticity.Compelled to Control is an impressive contribution to the literature of recovery and personal change.
Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential
by John Neffinger Matthew Kohut'This is not just another pop-psych book: it's the first book to capture and share the insights from all the recent groundbreaking research on how we judge and persuade each other. And it translates that into simple, practical terms anyone can use to build more effective relationships at the office or home' Amy CuddyHOW PEOPLE JUDGE YOU - AND HOW TO COME OUT LOOKING GOOD Everyone wants to know how to be more influential. But most of us don't really think we can have the kind of magnetism or charisma that we associate with someone like Bill Clinton or Oprah Winfrey unless it comes naturally. In Compelling People - now required reading and Harvard Business School - John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut show that this isn't something we have to be born with, it's something we can learn. They trace the path to influence through a balance of strength and warmth. Each seems simple, but only a few of us figure out the tricky task of projecting both at once. Drawing on cutting-edge social science research as well as their own work with Fortune 500 executives, members of Congress, TED speakers and Nobel Prize winners, Compelling People explains how we size each other up - and how we can learn to win the admiration, respect, and affection we desire.
Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential
by John Neffinger Matthew Kohut'This is not just another pop-psych book: it's the first book to capture and share the insights from all the recent groundbreaking research on how we judge and persuade each other. And it translates that into simple, practical terms anyone can use to build more effective relationships at the office or home' Amy CuddyHOW PEOPLE JUDGE YOU - AND HOW TO COME OUT LOOKING GOOD Everyone wants to know how to be more influential. But most of us don't really think we can have the kind of magnetism or charisma that we associate with someone like Bill Clinton or Oprah Winfrey unless it comes naturally. In Compelling People - now required reading at Harvard Business School - John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut show that this isn't something we have to be born with, it's something we can learn. They trace the path to influence through a balance of strength and warmth. Each seems simple, but only a few of us figure out the tricky task of projecting both at once. Drawing on cutting-edge social science research as well as their own work with Fortune 500 executives, members of Congress, TED speakers and Nobel Prize winners, Compelling People explains how we size each other up - and how we can learn to win the admiration, respect, and affection we desire.
Compete, Play, Win: Finding Your Best Competitive Self
by David ApostolicoThis book is a sociological examination of competition and the competitive drive, told from the viewpoint of a competition freak. The author explores the energy and force behind the need to compete, and what the consequence of that need is. In the chapter "Sperm Wars," Apostolico discusses conception as the beginning of the competitive nature of humans, while also discussing the competition for a mate that precedes it. Through this, he sets up the idea of a biological necessity for competition and how evolution has modified and enhanced that drive. In a later chapter called "Competitive Nature," Apostolico participates in as many competitive endeavors as possible (eating contests, drag races, dog shows, etc.) and answers a set of 10 questions about each, concluding with, "Can a competitive junkie ever truly feel satisfied?"
Competency-Based Interviews: How to Master the Tough Interview Style Used by the Fortune 500s (Competency-based Ser.)
by Robin KesslerPeople interviewing for jobs today often fail because they are using yesterday's strategies. Technology is becoming more sophisticated and virtual assessment centers are being used to assess how strong candidates are in key competency areas. Global competencies are being used to help organizations choose people for international assignments or simply to work on diverse international teams. The best employers are constantly changing the way interviews are done. This newly revised edition of Competency-Based Interviews offers you a new and more effective way to handle the tough new interviews so that you will emphasize the knowledge, skills, and abilities that you have and that employers demand. <P><P> Preparing for a competency-based interview will give you the strategy you need to: <li>Be selected for the most competitive positions <li>Win the best job at a new organization <li>Get a great first job or internship <li>Be chosen for that critical promotion in your current organization <li>Take control of your career path <li>Increase your salary <li>Secure more interesting assignments and more interesting work
Competing against Multinationals in Emerging Markets: Case Studies of SMEs in the Manufacturing Sector
by Densil A. WilliamsCompeting against Multinationals in Emerging Markets provides a comprehensive set of lessons which successful small firms have adopted in order to survive and prosper in an increasingly hostile competitive manufacturing sector where large firms are mostly dominant.
Competing: Understanding and Winning the Strategic Games We All Play
by Harvey L. RubenCompetition is an inescapable fact of life. From the nursery to the nursing home, from the bedroom to the boardroom, in politics and business and school and sports and everyday conversation, human beings are in constant competition with each other. We compete for jobs, grades, social position, sex, friendship, money, power, even love. So pervasive is the competitive urge that it frequently governs our behavior even when we are unaware of its influence. From the time we are very small, it is a fundamental aspect of the process by which we develop our self-esteem, our social assurance, our very identity. Competition is unavoidable.
Competition is Killing Us: How Big Business is Harming Our Society and Planet - and What To Do About It
by Michelle MeagherWe live in the age of big companies where rising levels of power are concentrated in the hands of a few. Yet no government or organisation has the power to regulate these titans and hold them to account. We need big companies to share their power and we, the people of the world, need to reclaim it. In Competition is Killing Us, top business and competition lawyer Michelle Meagher establishes a new framework to control capitalism from the inside in order to make it work for the many and not just the few. Meagher has spent years campaigning against these multi-billion and trillion dollar mammoths that dominate the market and prioritise shareholder profits over all else; leading to extreme wealth inequality, inhumane conditions for workers and relentless pressure on the environment.In this revolutionary book, she introduces her wholly-achievable alternative; a fair and comprehensive competition law that limits unfair mergers, enforces accountability and redistributes power through stakeholder governance.
Competitive Debate: The Official Guide
by Richard EdwardsThe bible for debaters and their coaches. Nearly every high school and college in America has a debate club and/or a debate team. There are hundreds of competitions at the county and state level, culminating in heated national competitions. Yet, at many high schools and colleges, coaches are drawn from the history or English departments with little or no experience in the highly structured procedures of this popular discipline. And while competitive debate has been growing each year as a prime academic activity, there have been no popular handbooks to help students and coaches prepare for contests effectively and efficiently. Practical and authoritative, this guide includes not only tips and guidelines for effective preparation and delivery, but full-length, actual transcripts of successful competitions in each format. Endorsed by the two national governing bodies for competitive debate—the National Federation of State High School Associations and the National Forensic League—and priced for the budget-conscious student and high school teacher alike, Competitive Debate: The Official Guide is set to become the instructional &“bible&” for tens of thousands of present and future debaters and their coaches. Inside, Dr. Richard Edwards—award-winning debate coach, professor, former competitive debate judge, and author—leads readers through the three popular formats of competitive debate: • Policy Debate • Lincoln-Douglas Debate • Public Forum Debate
Competências Sociais
by Miguel D'AddarioAs competências sociais (por vezes denominadas como competência social) não têm uma definição única e determinada, uma vez que existe uma confusão conceptual a esse respeito, já que não existe consenso por parte da comunidade científico-social; no entanto, tal poderá ser definido segundo as suas principais caraterísticas, e estas salientam que as competências sociais são um conjunto de condutas adquiridas de forma natural (e que por isso podem ser ensinadas), que se manifestam em situações interpessoais, socialmente aceites (o que implica ter em conta normas sociais e normas legais do contexto sociocultural no qual agimos, bem como critérios morais), e orientadas para a obtenção de reforços ambientais (reforços sociais) ou autoreforços. Não em vão, também são comportamentos associados aos animais, demonstrados nas relações com outros seres da mesma espécie. No caso das pessoas, estas dotam o indivíduo que as possui de uma maior capacidade para cumprir os objetivos que pretende, mantendo a sua autoestima sem ferir a das pessoas que o rodeiam. Estas condutas baseiam-se fundamentalmente no domínio das competências comunicativas, e requerem um bom autocontrolo emocional por parte de quem atua.
Complaint Free Relationships: How to Positively Transform Your Personal, Work, and Love Relationships
by Will BowenA revolutionary approach to improving every relationship in your life, Complaint Free Relationships picks up where the internationally successful A Complaint Free World left off, with all-new methods to help you overcome toxic habits and build strong, successful connections with others. The original Complaint-Free movement has exploded into an international phenomenon, with 5.5 million people in more than 80 countries taking the pledge to create a complaint-free life, as well as national media attention. As this movement expands, it is clear that the real focus of achieving true complaint-free living lies in our relationships. People complain to bond with others. It's easy to feel connected by common annoyances. But most complaining is about people, and this leads to negative and unhealthy foundations for our relationships with others--from family, lovers and friends to our more casual connections with people in our daily lives. Complaint-Free Relationships provides insight and helpful tools to see, understand, and engage in our relationships through the lens of complaint-free living. It incorporates new studies about complaining, inspiring and illuminating stories from Will Bowen's experience both as a minister and founder of the Complaint Free movement, and practical exercises at the end of each chapter. By providing the tools you need to escape the trap complaining creates--feeling unfulfilled and inadequate--Complaint-Free Relationships offers new clarity and encourages you to create happy, stimulating and mutually satisfying relationships.
Complete Confidence: A Handbook: Becoming the Powerful Person You Were Born to Be
by Sheenah Hankin“An invaluable read for anyone looking for answers” that doesn’t focus on long-term medication and self-esteem psychobabble (Ron Howard, Academy Award–winning director).Confident people react positively and successfully to life’s problems and challenges. Those who lack confidence often view themselves as victims—blaming others or bingeing on drugs, sex, food, or alcohol to mask their feelings of shame or worthlessness.In Complete Confidence, renowned psychotherapist Dr. Sheenah Hankin points the way to a confident life free of self-criticism, anxiety, and immature anger. Her Winning Hand of Comfort technique is a clear, concise, and powerful prescription for dealing with everyday situations—from resolving conflicts to ending unhealthy habits like overeating, complaining, and procrastinating. This essential handbook will teach you how to retrain your brain to manage your emotions and put your problems into perspective. You will learn how to calm down, clarify your thinking, challenge your blame habit, comfort your negative feelings, and achieve confidence. That is Dr. Hankin’s promise.“In this snappy self-help manual, the author of Succeeding with Difficult Clients takes a tough-love approach to teaching readers how to move beyond self-pity, shame, anger and anxiety and embrace self-confidence . . . Hankin’s book is filled with sound advice and her no-nonsense tone should particularly appeal to fans of Dr. Phil.” —Publishers Weekly
Complete Dream Dictionary
by Rob Macgregor Trish MacgregorIf you've ever wondered why nightmarish spiders spook you or why you have such vivid dreams of losing your teeth, read on. Filled with detailed background information and an alphabetical listing of symbols, The Complete Dream Dictionary shows you how to pick up on broad context clues as well as decipher the deeper meaning of specific images that appear in your dreams.The Complete Dream Dictionary helps you:Improve your dream recall and incubationSpot the metaphors, puns, and archetypes in your dreamsRecognize common as well as advanced dream typesCreate your own personal journal to record dream detailsUnderstand common dream themes, including flying, being chased, or giving birthExamine particular symbols in your dreams - from flowers to family membersWhether you're delving into recurring themes such as falling, or simply wondering what an apple or an airport means in your dream, The Complete Dream Dictionary shows you how to put these subconscious messages to good use in your waking life.
Complete Essential Oil Diffuser Recipes: Over 150 Recipes for Health and Wellness
by Pam FarleyCraft Your Own Essential Oil Blends! Do you pine for a clean, fresh-smelling home without the dangerous chemicals found in traditional &“air-freshening&” products? Do you want to feel the blissful escape as aromatic scents permeate the air in your workspace? Complete Essential Oil Diffuser Recipes will teach you how to combine, use, and diffuse essential oils so that you can scent your home or workspace and create a peaceful and immersing ambiance. Within this book, you&’ll find descriptions of different oil diffusers that will help you decide which product will help you embark on your journey to serenity. Following these descriptions are more than 150 recipes to create scents that assist you in cultivating mental clarity, relaxation, and sleep, as well provide you with immune support, stress relief, mood enhancement, romantic atmosphere, and much more! Fifty beautiful color photographs accompany the recipes, providing readers with stunning visuals to aid the book&’s instruction. These recipes include: Wake Me UpMama's Little HelperFreshly FocusedNature's BlissMargarita SunriseForest StaycationRespiratory ReliefLove PotionMan CaveHibernateNo More SnifflesMountain RainStress LessPillow TalkSo Many More! These recipes can be used with any brand of essential oil. Start experiencing all of the amazing benefits that aromatherapy has to offer today!
Complete Guide to Tarot Illuminati
by Kim HuggensAn Expanded Companion to the Tarot IlluminatiA companion to the shorter book provided in the Tarot Illuminati boxed kit, this guide provides further instruction into the meanings of the cards. Explore a wealth of hands-on exercises and techniques. Discover breathtaking personal insights. Work with advanced associations that create more profound insights. Integrate the Tarot Illuminati into your life, and let all of your most important questions be answered.Filled with sumptuous images and profound symbols, the cards of the Tarot Illuminati help you make sense of real-world experiences that give meaning to our lives. Whether you are dealing with friends or lovers, family issues or work, these cards draw you in and reveal the light of truth.
Complete Reiki: The All-in-One Reiki Manual for Deep Healing and Spiritual Growth
by Karen FrazierThe complete Reiki reference for a new generation of healersReiki exists in abundance all around us, and everyone can benefit from its warm, loving energy for balance and healing. Learn how to harness this spiritual power with Complete Reiki, the all-in-one Reiki resource for deep healing and spiritual growth.Think of this book as your wise Reiki teacher, guiding you through your Reiki journey to spread healing to others. This comprehensive guide features straightforward and inclusive training that's accessible and approachable by all, with informative illustrations and instruction that make this book perfect for Reiki students of any age or background.With Complete Reiki, you can:Learn the history—Modern Reiki is a mix of Japanese, Western, and nontraditional Reiki; this book will walk you through the history of the practice and its influential figures.Master all levels—Study the three levels of Reiki—First Degree, Second Degree, and Master-Teacher Reiki— and train from novice to adept.Explore illustrated guides—Find visual references for Reiki symbols, hand positions, and physical healing sequences to perform energy healing on yourself and others.The guidance you need is now all in one place, with a Reiki book that covers what any practitioner needs to know.
Complete Spiritual Doctrine of St. Therese of Lisieux
by Fr. François Jamart Walter Van De PutteOver a century ago, there lived a Carmelite nun, Thérèse of Lisieux. Although she was young and seemed to have no authority, she taught “a Little Way very straight and short” which would lead people to perfection. Others had declared that sanctity was hard to attain, but she said that it was easy. Thérèse maintained that in order to become holy, it was not necessary to engage in manifold practices, to perform rigorous penances, or to receive extraordinary graces. What was needed was simply that we acknowledge our “nothingness” and approach God with love and confidence. “Sanctity,” she proclaimed, “is an interior disposition which makes us humble and little in God’s arms, conscious of our weakness and trusting even to audacity in the goodness of our Father.”Thérèse did not reveal new truths, nor did she teach new means for attaining perfection. Her doctrine was not a revelation of a new kind of sanctity, but a new way of revealing sanctity to us. What she teaches flows from the knowledge of God as He is revealed in the Gospel; she invites us to return to evangelical simplicity. The Church has endorsed her doctrine at the highest level: in 1999, Pope John Paul II declared her a Doctor of the Church.In the Complete Spiritual Doctrine of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, he presents her teachings in their original beauty, simplicity, and practicality. According to the judgment of the Carmelite nuns of Lisieux, this work “represents the pure doctrine of Thérèse—without deviation.”Since this book first appeared in French in 1958 and in English in 1961, it has established itself as a classic. Although many fine studies on St. Thérèse have appeared in more recent years, the Complete Spiritual Doctrine of St. Thérèse of Lisieux is still an indispensable guide to the Little Way.
Complete Tai-Chi
by Alfred HuangToday people around the world are discovering the benefits of Tai-chi, an ancient Chinese system of exercise based on calm, graceful movements that condition the body from the inside out. With benefits like reduced stress and anxiety, plus improved flexibility and concentration, Tai-chi has become the ultimate form of exercise for relaxing and strengthening both body and spirit.Master Huang's Complete Tai-chi is the definitive introduction to the Condensed Form of Wu-style Tai-chi, a form that has gained enormous popularity as a healing exercise because it stresses the development of internal energy for self-healing. The 36 postures of this style are beautifu l in their simplicity and completely safe, regard less of one's age or physical condition. Included in this book are a detailed guide to the 36 postures (with more than 250 illustrative photographs), a historical overview of Tai-chi, and translations of classic works by Tai-chi masters.The demands of Tai-chi are small, but the rewards are great. A few minutes each day and a bit of open space are all one needs to find a new path to youthfulness and longevity, and at the same time reach the peak of physical and emotional well-being.
Composing a Life
by Mary Catherine BatesonBateson, an anthropologist among many other roles, analyzes her life and those of 4 other women. She finds that they must constantly improvise and change their ways of living as their environments, their employment, their relationships all evolve over time. Nothing is constant for a lifetime and radical changes do take place. Sometimes they are sought after, sometimes inflicted. There are many gems to be found in this book, regardless of its age.
Composting Basics: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started (How To Basics)
by Eric Ebeling Carl Hursch Patti OlenickFrom bin placement to vermicomposting, learn how to naturally recycle household waste—whether you live in the country, the suburbs, or the city. You don&’t need a science degree or a shed full of sophisticated equipment to make quality compost. What you need to get started is the know-how provided in this basic how-to book along a little elbow grease and the pile of organic materials you regularly throw away. Nature does the rest. Whether you live in a rural or urban home, whether you have a garden or not, you can recycle household waste in an environmentally friendly way and turn it into black gold: compost. You&’ll learn what and how to compost, how to make or buy bins, how to build a compost pile and make compost tea, and how to compost with worms. It&’s simple and easy to do, and the best part is that you&’ll be saving money and helping to save the earth as well.
Composting Our Karma: Turning Confusion into Lessons for Awakening Our Innate Wisdom
by Barbara RhodesEngaging teachings on the core Korean Zen practice of &“don&’t-know mind&” that encourage us to cultivate and apply a clear mind, improve our intuition, feel naturally at ease, and generate compassionate wisdom to face whatever arises.Barbara Rhodes (Zen Master Soeng Hyang) offers the core Korean Zen teaching of don&’t-know mind as an antidote to the over-thinking, overly stimulating modern world that is the cause of so much suffering. In this collection of essays, Rhodes shows us that there are ways we can work with, or &“compost,&” whatever we&’ve got in front of us, digest it into energy that can get us through the rough times, and cultivate a satisfying life. &“Don&’t-know mind,&” Korean Zen&’s foremost teaching, points to our clear enlightened mind before suffering arises based on concepts and judgments of like and dislike. While simple, it is a lifelong exercise, with immediate benefits that get deeper with practice. By applying don&’t-know mind to meditation, everyday existence, and life&’s challenges, readers will learn to work with their own mind&’s reactions to things; trust their intuition; perceive situations clearly; and act with natural courage, compassion, and enthusiasm. Rhodes offers fascinating insights from her professional life as a nurse; her commitment to engaged Buddhism; her life experience as a member of the LGBTQ community; her use of psychedelics on her spiritual path; and more. Readers will appreciate her down-to-earth wisdom, compassion, enthusiasm, and faith in the power of this practice. This book includes an afterword by Dae Bong Sunim, a guiding teacher at Musangsa Monastery in Korea.
Comprehensive Stress Management (Thirteenth Edition)
by Jerrold S. GreenbergComprehensive Stress Management empowers students to learn what stress is, evaluate their level of stress, and apply to their own lives the tools and skills to manage that stress. The book examines a variety of topics relevant to college students such as intrapersonal and interpersonal stressors, physiological reactions to stress, spirituality and stress, occupational stress, and family stress. Lab Assessments at the conclusion of each chapter help students relate what they have learned to their personal lives by encouraging them to identify specific attitudes, behaviors, and coping skills as well as target areas for improvement. The 13th edition incorporates many changes and updates while still retaining the content and features valued by instructors and students over the previous editions.