Make Enterprise Great Again
♥♥♥This book will blow away your preconceptions of the almighty American Empire and its Enterprises. I guarantee it!♥♥♥This book takes its title from the 1980 comedy film "The Gods Must Be Crazy," in which an empty Coca-Cola bottle is dropped from a plane onto a community of African bushmen. The bottle is thought to be a gift from the Gods, but after it incites bitter fighting amongst the villagers, the tribal leader decides to return it to the Gods, embarking upon a journey to the end of the world. Through my own metaphorical coke bottle, I visualize the dawn of a daunting new Empire. This book serves as both a testament to the past glories of the current American Empire and a guidebook to restoring Capitalism and Enterprise - before it is too late.Steve Hilton: " A lot of people say that China wants to replace the US as the superpower ..., Do you believe that that's their intention?"Trump: "Yes, I do. Why wouldn't it be? They're very ambitious people. They're very smart. They're great people. It's a great culture." - Fox News interview (05-19-19)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It's halftime America!Ay Yi Yai Yi! We are in the middle of The New World Order!Empires rise, decline, and fall. History has witnessed this cycle with the Romans, the Ottomans, and the British. They have all toppled, and if we are not careful, the US will be the next.Many of today's enterprises are a gaggle of debt-addicted extreme financial engineering frogs floundering in tepid snake oil. Unfortunately, many will find their demise in the clutches of IP vultures.If we don't play our trump cards right, the next voracious Empire - the Middle Kingdom of China - will consume us; sending their errand boys to collect bills from the US and over a hundred other countries that it has economically and digitally colonized since the Economic Tsunami of 2008, through "Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI) to its "Digital Silk Road" (DSR)."Make Enterprise Great Again" digs into the foundations of capitalism and traces the ideals, triumphs and zeitgeist of the Roosevelt years in order to "Build Back Better" - and to save us from the impending Fourth Reich.Yeah! It's halftime, America!
Resourcing Higher Education in the Flemish Community of Belgium
The report on Resourcing Higher Education in the Flemish Community of Belgium is the first in a series of publications produced by the OECD's Resourcing Higher Education Project. This project aims to develop a shared knowledge base for OECD member and partner countries on effective policies for higher education resourcing through system-specific and comparative policy analysis. The review of resourcing in the Flemish Community of Belgium has a strong focus on the funding of operating costs, teaching and research in Flemish higher education institutions. It also analyses financial support for students, system-level frameworks governing human resources policy in higher education and key trends in higher education that will impact future higher education resourcing policy. Alongside analysis and comparison of Flemish resourcing policy approaches, it provides recommendations to support future refinement of policies.
Improve Writing Skills for Adults
The English language, whether written or spoken, is created upon grammar. Grammar is the set of rules that will control the pattern that is spoken so that everyone understands what is being said. Grammar is what tells us that we say "I went to school" instead of "I school to went" or "School went to I" when you are trying to get something across. Primarily in English, you can expect to see four types of sentences that we will go over now. Before we get into the sentence structures themselves, let's talk a bit about English. English syntax, the order that words are given, tells us the order to put our words. In English, syntax usually tells us that we need to speak in subject-verb-object form. This isn't as complicated as it sounds. Let's break down those three words briefly. Subject refers to the person that does the action. It is the doer-it is the noun that the sentence is based on. For example, if you see the sentence, "I went to school," the word "I" is the subject. I am the one that is doing the thing. Verb refers to the action, as we have gone over. It is the thing that is done. Object is the thing that I acted upon. It is the receiver of the verb. Not all sentences will have this. For example, "I play" doesn't have an object, but the sentence "I play ball" does. In that instance, "ball" is the object. Of course, other modifiers can go into the sentence, such as the adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions, but for the most part, all sentences will typically have the subject, verb, and object.
Deep Learning in Practice
Deep Learning in Practice helps you learn how to develop and optimize a model for your projects using Deep Learning (DL) methods and architectures.Key features: Demonstrates a quick review on Python, NumPy, and TensorFlow fundamentals. Explains and provides examples of deploying TensorFlow and Keras in several projects. Explains the fundamentals of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). Presents several examples and applications of ANNs. Learning the most popular DL algorithms features. Explains and provides examples for the DL algorithms that are presented in this book. Analyzes the DL network's parameter and hyperparameters. Reviews state-of-the-art DL examples. Necessary and main steps for DL modeling. Implements a Virtual Assistant Robot (VAR) using DL methods. Necessary and fundamental information to choose a proper DL algorithm. Gives instructions to learn how to optimize your DL model IN PRACTICE. This book is useful for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as practitioners in industry and academia. It will serve as a useful reference for learning deep learning fundamentals and implementing a deep learning model for any project, step by step.
Corporate Sustainability in Practice
​Chapter 1. How environmental and social issues affect business strategy.- Chapter 2. The Sustainable Development Goals: A Framework for Business.- Chapter 3. Thinking in Systems: The Long-Term Impacts of Short-Term Business Growth.- Chapter 4. A. Modern Definition of Corporate Sustainability.- Chapter 5. Sustainability Facts.- Chapter 6. The Link Between Sustainability Investing and Financial Returns: An Asset Management's Perspective.- Chapter 7. Sustainable Finance - Integrating sustainability into corporate banking.- Chapter 8. Business' Challenging Quest to Deliver the Future We Want .- Chapter 9. How to Approach the Development of a Corporate Sustainability Strategy.- Chapter 10. Change Management for Sustainability.- Chapter 11. The Evolution of Sustainability Reporting: Integrated Reporting and Sustainable Development Challenges.- Chapter 12. Sustainable Supply Chain Management.
The Mailroom Mentor
Three key principles for success in any position in any workplace are - be your own CEO, - crush it where you are, - and always be learning.Throughout history, successful individuals have embraced these three principles and honed their skills to become the best in their field, and you can too.Meet the Mailroom Mentor. Christopher was the CEO of a successful company, who in retirement takes a job in the mailroom of a different company. In his daily rounds with the mail cart, Christopher meets three young employees of the company who are unsure of their success and are longing for meaning in their careers.An unofficial mentoring relationship is begun, and Christopher teaches and encourages his young mentees in the three timeless business principles that have influenced his own success in his business career.Learn what it means to be your own CEO, to crush it where you are, and to always be learning. The Mailroom Mentor offers wise and practical advice, real-life stories of success, and simple action items to help you take control of your career success, starting today.
AI and the Future of Skills, Volume 1
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are major breakthrough technologies that are transforming the economy and society. The OECD's Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Skills (AIFS) project is developing a programme to assess the capabilities of AI and robotics, and their impact on education and work. This volume reports on the first step of the project: identifying which capabilities to assess and which tests to use in the assessment. It builds on an online expert workshop that explored this question from the perspectives of both psychology and computer science. The volume consists of expert contributions that review skills taxonomies and tests in different domains of psychology, and efforts in computer science to assess AI and robotics. It provides extensive discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches, and outlines directions for the project. The report can therefore be a resource for the research community of multiple fields and policy makers who wish to obtain deeper insight into the complexity of machine capabilities.
The Mailroom Mentor
Three key principles for success in any position in any workplace are - be your own CEO, - crush it where you are, - and always be learning.Throughout history, successful individuals have embraced these three principles and honed their skills to become the best in their field, and you can too.Meet the Mailroom Mentor. Christopher was the CEO of a successful company, who in retirement takes a job in the mailroom of a different company. In his daily rounds with the mail cart, Christopher meets three young employees of the company who are unsure of their success and are longing for meaning in their careers.An unofficial mentoring relationship is begun, and Christopher teaches and encourages his young mentees in the three timeless business principles that have influenced his own success in his business career.Learn what it means to be your own CEO, to crush it where you are, and to always be learning. The Mailroom Mentor offers wise and practical advice, real-life stories of success, and simple action items to help you take control of your career success, starting today.
How Successful People Think
When you have a clear idea of what you want in life, it becomes easier to achieve somehow. When you visualize yourself doing something, you automatically tend to get the results better. You can imagine your success in your mind before you even reach it so that it gives you a sense of comfort. You get the confidence that you can do whatever you desire. You complete your task more quickly because you have already done it once in your mind before even starting it. It relaxes us so we can interpret the outcome. You dream about your goals and remind yourself almost every day what you genuinely want or need. You become goal-oriented just by imagining your outcomes and results. Your brain tends to provide you with every possible option of opportunity you can have by visualizing. By this, you can take your dreams and desire into the real world and achieve them by knowing the possible outcome already. Every action of you is your mind. Every word you speak is your mind talking.
Success Book For Men
In the words of Aristotle, we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit. An act that we repeat eventually becomes ingrained in us; it forms part of our culture and lifestyle. We speak, think and act out of the abundance of our hearts. Knowledge is power. Amass yourself as much of it as possible. Read newspapers and lifestyle magazines to catch up with the fast-moving world, read inspirational and motivational blogs and articles to be inspired to dream bigger, and read business magazines to be at par with innovations that will blow up your mind. Nothing is stagnant in the current world. Walk with the changes lest you be left behind. Adapt to new practices in your industry fast enough before most people do. Your flexibility will bring something to the table and you will attract greatness.
Inclusive Teams & Workplaces
Don't allow a restricted cultural vision keep you from recognising the potential of all of the employees in your workplace-this will cause you to overlook them as assets. Instead, create a resilient, agile business by expanding your cultural literacy, learning how to engage and support all your staff and thus actualizing the progress of your business on a global front.In Inclusive Teams & Workplaces, Gloria Tabi reveals the 10 blind spots every manager needs to be aware of as they work to cultivate a diverse workplace. In this book, you'll view cross-cultural communication in action and its possibilities for creating more substantial, inclusive business relations.
SimpLEASEity(TM)
When it comes to leasing commercial real estate, the landlord is the seasoned pro and you, the typical business owner, are a rank amateur. If you're a business owner, doctor, lawyer, dentist, mortgage lender, dance studio owner, or entrepreneur and you treat leasing office or warehouse space like you're renting an apartment, you are courting disaster. The problem is, you don't know what you don't know until it's too late. SimpLEASEity(TM) gives you the tools to even the odds with a sure-fi re 11-step guide to leasing office, medical, industrial, and retail space. Presented in layperson's language that respects your intelligence, this book is packed with money-saving tips for finding the perfect location, negotiating favorable terms, and protecting your long-term interests. Every chapter offers practical, proven money-saving tips and shows you how to do the often complex commercial real estate math-step by step. Read this book, follow the advice, and you will become a winner in the game of commercial real estate.
Success Principles Workbook
A good lifestyle leads to a good life. The important choices we make throughout our lives impact our future in numerous ways. The need to make ourselves better in every aspect of life and the primary ability to perform such a routine can be a lifestyle. There is no proper way to live written in a book; however, through our shared knowledge and our comprehension, we can shape a lifestyle that can be beneficial and exciting at the same time. Though there is no doubt that falling into a specific routine can be difficult but, maintaining a proper state is more critical for a successful life. A man's habits are as good as his lifestyle. Some habits are akin to successful people. The path to greatness is less traveled and the habits to success may be difficult for some people to sustain. The road to success is narrow and occasionally thorny because habits that will make you successful are uncomfortable and difficult to adapt. Similar to Charles Darwin's theory of survival for the fittest, only those who manage to trim their excesses and shape their habits will eventually be successful.
Islamic Finance and Global Capitalism
Focuses on the challenge that Islamic finance poses to traditional financeJuxtaposes Islamic finance with traditional finance orthodoxiesFurthers current public policy debates regarding the efficacy of the market economy as a consequence of the repercussions from the 2008 financial crisis
Worldviews, Ethics and Organizational Life
This book provides an innovative way to revisit the depth and scope of our moral/post-moral worldviews, while undertaking an ontic reflection about organizational life. The ontic dimension of life refers to existing entities' lived experiences. It has nothing to do with psychological and relational processes. The ontic level of analysis mirrors a philosophical outlook on organizational life. Unlike moral worldviews, post-moral worldviews oppose the existence of Truth-itself. Post-moral worldviews rather imply that dialogical relationships allow people to express their own truth-claims and welcome others' truth-claims. The purpose of this book is to explain the philosophical implications of moral and post-moral worldviews and the way to move from a moral to a post-moral worldview. Moreover, this book explores the possibility to transcend the moral/post-moral dualism, through moral deliberation processes and a reinterpretation of the Presence of the Infinite in all dimensions of human life. This book could eventually help to better grasp the basic philosophical challenges behind ethical reflection about organizational issues.
Introducing The Ten Terrains Of Consciousness
Discover The 10 Paradigms In Our World! The Ten Terrains Of Consciousness are the 10 fundamental operating systems running on our planet. They create all our thoughts, beliefs, values, actions, choices and behaviors. In this fascinating and groundbreaking book, you will learn all about the Ten Terrains Of Consciousness and how you are moving through them on your spiritual journey of evolution. Understand yourself better: Understand other people better: Understand our world better: Filled with beautiful graphics, helpful tables and practical examples, this easy-to-read book will help you to apply the Ten Terrains Of Consciousness to all areas of your life.
Introducing The Ten Terrains Of Consciousness
Discover The 10 Paradigms In Our World! The Ten Terrains Of Consciousness are the 10 fundamental operating systems running on our planet. They create all our thoughts, beliefs, values, actions, choices and behaviors. In this fascinating and groundbreaking book, you will learn all about the Ten Terrains Of Consciousness and how you are moving through them on your spiritual journey of evolution. Understand yourself better: Understand other people better: Understand our world better: find out what is truly driving politics, economics & history Filled with beautiful graphics, helpful tables and practical examples, this easy-to-read book will help you to apply the Ten Terrains Of Consciousness to all areas of your life.
Promoting Education Decision Makers’ Use of Evidence in Flanders
The introduction of standardised tests in Flemish schools aims to generate regular, reliable data for educators and policy makers. At an early stage of development, this report uses a research-based framework to engage stakeholders in thinking about the opportunities standardised tests could bring for their work. It builds on feedback from key stakeholders regarding their perceptions, hopes and concerns about the introduction of standardised tests. Feedback was gathered during a series of structured discussions and a stakeholder reflection seminar. The report identifies ways to strengthen the opportunity, capability and motivation of decision makers at all levels of the education system to use evidence effectively for their respective practice - including teaching and quality assurance. The report identifies lessons learnt to support the further development of standardised tests. The publication is part of OECD work on strategic education governance, which supports countries in identifying the best ways to achieve national objectives in a context of multi-level governance structures and complex environments. The work identifies and promotes effective governance processes in the domains of accountability, capacity, knowledge governance, stakeholder involvement, strategic thinking and adopting a whole-of-system perspective. This publication will be of interest to policy makers, education leaders, the education research community and all those interested in education governance.
We Are So Much More
Succeeding in business and in life as a woman is a challenge. Many women, especially women of color, have sacrificed relationships, interests, personal growth, and even their health to advance their careers. Aster Angagaw is an Ethiopian-American Black woman who put herself through college and eventually became CEO of Healthcare North America at Sodexo and then President of ServiceMaster Brands-both multibillion-dollar companies. We Are So Much More features eighteen other remarkable female executives across ten countries from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America-global leaders from Adidas, Herman Miller, Mars Inc., Amgen, Sodexo, CBS, General Electric, and more. All share their stories and speak openly about their choices, setbacks, and regrets. This book integrates these amazing stories, including Aster's own, and distills their collected global wisdom around seven essential dimensions that hold the key to having it all. Across countries, class, and color, when we live with intention, We Are So Much More.
Nfts
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have been in the news a lot recently. They are a relatively new thing and people are already capitalizing on the craze. People want to know more about NFTs and how they can profit from them and this guide provides all of the information and advice that you need. In this powerful book, you will learn what NFTs are and what they are not. You will also learn how NFTs work and how you can easily create them. You will also discover the best ways to promote NFTs and how to find investing and flipping opportunities for profits. You must approach NFTs in the right way to get the best results. A lot of people are making mistakes with NFTs and you will learn how to avoid these. Everything that you need to know about NFTs and how to profit from them is in this powerful guide.
Nightmare Success
As Brent Cassity stood at the gate of Leavenworth prison to voluntarily surrender his freedom for the next five years of his life, a million thoughts flooded through his mind. But, the one thought he couldn't push away is this: How did the thing I most feared...the one thing I told myself would never happen...happen to me?Nightmare Success is for the person who has lost hope, to show that a second chance is possible. Brent shares survival tools that helped him adapt to prison that can be used in everyday life for those who are stuck and fearful of continuing to step forward. There are business lessons shared about how to build a national company, and minefields to avoid. Brent coined the phrase, "Nightmare Success" because everything you want is on the other side of fear. What key will unlock the prison of your mind and set you free?
Practical Microsimulation Modelling
The purpose of this book is to bring together, for the first time, a description and examples of the main methods used in microsimulation modelling used in the field of income distribution analysis. It is structured to develop and use the different types of models used in the field, with a focus on household targeted policy. The book aims to provide a greater degree of codified knowledge by providing a practical guide to developing and using microsimulation models. At present, the training of researchers and analysts that use and develop microsimulation modelling is done on a relatively ad hoc basis through occasional training programmes and lecture series, built around lecture notes. Practical Microsimulation Modelling enables a more formalised and organised approach. Each chapter addresses a separate modelling approach in a similar consistent way, describing in a practical way the key methodological skills for each approach.
We Are So Much More
Succeeding in business and in life as a woman is a challenge. Many women, especially women of color, have sacrificed relationships, interests, personal growth, and even their health to advance their careers. Aster Angagaw is an Ethiopian-American Black woman who put herself through college and eventually became CEO of Healthcare North America at Sodexo and then President of ServiceMaster Brands-both multibillion-dollar companies. We Are So Much More features eighteen other remarkable female executives across ten countries from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America-global leaders from Adidas, Herman Miller, Mars Inc., Amgen, Sodexo, CBS, General Electric, and more. All share their stories and speak openly about their choices, setbacks, and regrets. This book integrates these amazing stories, including Aster's own, and distills their collected global wisdom around seven essential dimensions that hold the key to having it all. Across countries, class, and color, when we live with intention, We Are So Much More.
Performance Measurement in Shared Services
Shared Service Organizations (SSOs) are of growing relevance in research and corporate practice since they combine a number of benefits for multinational corporations, such as cost reductions and an improved risk management. However, managers voice concerns about potential negative impacts on the firm's effectiveness due to a lower service quality. A major reason for the ongoing controversy of the SSOs' outcome is closely related to the shortcoming of measuring their performance. This study analyzes Performance Measurement System (PMS) design in SSOs and sheds light on its effectiveness. Furthermore, the findings reveal which determinants increase PMS effectiveness. This empirical analysis yields practical design recommendations for practitioners working in a shared service environment.
The Gold Mind
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes," philosopher, William James.Changing the way, you think is easy in theory, but in practice can be a little more tricky. Many of us go through life simply existing, hoping for good things to happen to us, and for change to happen automatically and without effort.It's time to stop living passively and take action. It is time to create opportunities and make things happen. It is time to live a happier, healthier lifestyle, and set reachable, sustainable goals. The Gold Mind will tell you how to do that. It will tell you how to change your perspective on your future, family and friends, and even your finances. By altering our perspective from negative to positive, we invite into our lives only positive things. We're able to identify opportunities, and look at our failures as lessons. By employing a positive attitude, we become more pleasant to be around, and we even start to change the people close to us, for the better. We can build confidence, and build our potential.Whatever your situation, The Gold Mind will help you master your own mind, take matters into your own hands, and improve your life."To change your reality, you have to change your mentality "
Awaken Your Emotional and Financial Independence
In her break-out book, Awaken Your Emotional and Financial Independence, Carolina Billings offers women a step-by-step roadmap to success in all aspects of life. This book speaks to women who are: - ready to become financially independent.- seeking a deeper understanding of women's empowerment.- on a quest for their life's purpose and their personal mission.- ready to stop playing it small. - prepared to stop compromising.- done apologizing to those who judge them.- ready to break free.No more apologies to anyone by any woman ever again. Especially never apologize for being yourself and for going after what you want. For being a fierce defender of your happiness. ★ For honoring yourself the way nobody else will. For putting yourself first and loving every bit of yourself unconditionally...★ As Women we were taught to get good grades, go to university, get a job, get a car, get married, have children, get a mortgage, cook, clean, go to work, take care of the kids, grocery shop, go on family vacations, take care of your parents, take care of everyone but yourself. ★ Lucky for us times have changed.★ Lucky for us we are the change that is propelling women to find out their greatest gifts and learn to put themselves first so they can be the best unique version of themselves to the world.★ Unapologetically, Carolina M. Billings
How To Be Happy, Successful, And Free
This book gives you a simple step-by-step guide.As you go through the pages and begin to honestly assess yourself, you will find your insight expanding and your ability to discern sharpening. This guide challenges your perceptions and faulty beliefs, as well as highlighting characteristics that need to be strengthened. This awareness, along with the tools, skills, and strategies provided, creates the unique engine that enables you to transform your dreams into reality. This is not just for the elite few. Fulfilling our full potential and becoming self-actualized is our birthright. All it takes is a brain, a heart, and courage!
30 DAYS to SUCCESS PLANNER & GUIDE
We are what we consistently do. Change is not about giving things up but embracing new habits to move towards a better life.The 30 Days to Success Planner & Guide offers you real strategies for long-lasting change. This planner written by and for women explores new strategies to create better habits and make significant life improvements in as little as 30 days. Each author adds her insight as to how they have managed to overcome challenges while sharing their personal strategies for success in positive and inspiring ways.The authors are: Women who have overcome challenges sharing how they achieved their goals.Women who have faced challenges just like yoursWomen who are building a life by design and want others to do so as well.Our hope for this book is to help you and women all over the world take back their power as these powerful women have.Written by Carolina M. Billings With Co-Authors Amber Trail, Hailey Patry, Karen Porter, Leona Krasner, Dr. Linda Potts, Marianne Bjelke, Mindy Gillis, Piper Dominguez, P.S. Perkins, and Tammy Spitzer.
Guidelines for Teaching Contracts
What happens to your teaching business when students don't pay or don't pay on time? There aren't any rules unless you put them into place yourself. Set the rules at the first meeting because a freelance teacher's income is jeopardised when they are not paid on time, and their bills cannot be paid. And that is why you should always set payment rules from the outset. A regular income - a steady cash flow - keeps your teaching business alive. Remember, 80 per cent of businesses fail because they run out of money. Make sure you have a teaching service contract detailing your payment policies: when students are expected to pay and what happens when payment is late when customers sit before you. Teaching service contracts secure a legally sound footing for freelancers when making payment claims. It is their only legal and binding proof a teaching payment agreement exists between them and their students. In fact, should their relationship with one of their student turn sour, and they need a lawyer, the first thing they will be asked is: Do you have a contract? Contracts are simple reality checks to decide whether freelancers can work with a customer. If both sides respect the contract, they can work together. A lawyer is the best person to guarantee a contract is made correctly. On the other hand, they are expensive. For most teaching freelancers, a lawyer is a luxury they cannot afford - so a self-made contract must suffice. A self-made teaching service contract is better than none. If you have never prepared a business contract before, you may be quite daunted by the prospect of creating one. For example: 禮 What details must be written into contracts? 禮 What elements are usually forgotten in agreements (absenteeism, etc.)? 禮 Situations when a lawyer must check the wording in contracts For this purpose, freelancers can use a teaching service agreement example as a basis for creating their own contracts. The contract example presented is for educational
Organizational Law
The book titled "Organizational Law - The A-Z of Indian Corporate Law" is all about various business laws which regulate the interaction of various corporates with its shareholders and the stakeholders. Corporate law or Business Law is a body of law which governs the rights, relations and behavior of different organizations towards its employees, customers, shareholders, investors and its supply chain like wholesaler, retailer and distributors.In today's ever-changing world, business has become very challenging. The sentence "survival of the fittest" is very much apt for today's corporates. The business environment and the country's law are changing so rapidly that it is very difficult for everyone to keep a track of the same. This book consists of 8 important and interesting chapters and caselets without which corporate law is nothing. The chapters are as follows: - The Indian Contract Act, 1872- The sale of Goods Act, 1930- The Negotiable instrument Act, 1881- The Indian Partnership Act, 1932- The Consumer Protection Act, - The Company's Act, 1956 and 2013- The Intellectual Property Right Act, 1972- The IT Act, 2000Nowadays, corporate laws are also important for MBA, BBA, BCOM, CA foundation and other entrance examinations. I am sure after reading this book, readers would be masters in corporate law and would be successful in entrance examinations.
What's So Special About You?
What's So Special About YOU?Everyone wishes for happiness and success, but most of us spend our days locked in survival mode because we don't believe that our dreams can come true. We're just not special enough. On a deeper level, we are too afraid to believe in our true potential. We hide behind distractions or excuses and live second-rate lives as "nothing special", yet deep inside us burns a profound desire to be more of who we truly are. "What's so special about YOU?" compiles and presents a surprisingly fresh perspective revealed through 77 winning qualities, strategies and principles used consistently by the world's most successful people, that transforms lives from ordinary to extraordinary. Now, this empowering knowledge is available for you to cultivate the richness and happiness you deserve.So, open the book on the 77 life-changing qualities of the world's most successful people, and learn why they are so successful at being so successful. Then take the self-assessment success challenge within and see how you rate with the best, because now is the time to discover what's so special about YOU!What's in this book!- 77 qualities, strategies and principles from the world's most successful people to help change your life - Real life (adversity to success) inspirational examples - Take the "ten-rounds" of success by design challenges and see how you rate with the world's best- Activities to help you overcome fears, procrastination, negative self talk, apply self-discipline, take action, transform your mind, encompass healthy living of body, mind and spirit - Lifting yourself from feeling "self-defeated" to being fully empowered - Fantastic stories of success from people who were less than successful, to inspire you on your journeyA catalyst to your life's rewards!This life-changing book is the result of coaching specialist Christopher Healy's twenty year study into human behavior, drama therapy and teaching students from all over the world about confidence, leadership, overcoming fears, and achieving personal success; and he does it all through his non-traditional Dramatic Arts courses. Christopher Healy reveals unexpected insights and learning from 17-21 year old students courageous enough to go through his dynamic and intensive 9 week course. His course tested and pushed the students beyond their perceived limits and fears, and into discovering their true identities. What was so special about each one of them that they could, in return, offer their "specialness" to the world? Whether you are an entrepreneur, an executive, a manager, a sales clerk, or just a "regular" person, and yes, even if you want to be an actor; you will be empowered by how relevant and poignant the sharing of their struggles, their failures, and their achievements are to your own success. It's time to discover...What's so special about YOU?"I felt that Healy handed me keys to the 77 doors leading to success. Brilliant!" Andrew Terry Pasieka, Editor-in-Chief, SMJ Magazine."Authentic, Authoritative, Awesome - the book is that good!" Steve Perpich - Management Consultant - New York City Event Insider."Groundbreaking." H.T Wilson - Professor of Law / Business Management.
When Work Doesn’t Work Anymore
For every worn out, emotionally depleted female professional who has ever sighed, "there has got to be a better way!," here is a groundbreaking audiobook by Elizabeth Perle McKenna--a former publishing executive--that explores women's relationship with work.For decades, women have succeeded at traditional male jobs, but now, deep in the second stage of the feminist movement, they want lives that are integrated and whole. Based on original research and containing hundreds of interviews with prominent working women, this audiobook exposes the inherent conflict between the way work is traditionally structured and rewarded, and what women desire and value in their lives. More important, it suggests new ways for women to identify their values, reclaim their identities, and define success on their own terms. Any woman who has been working for more than a few years will identify strongly with the issues raised here, and will be rewarded by the insights she will glean from this insightful work.
Protecting the Brand
Protecting the Brand, Volume I: Counterfeiting and Grey Markets is a handbook for law practitioners as well as business executives.It is a unique perspective of best practices in addressing issues around counterfeiting and grey markets - from a legal as well as a business point of view. The authors explore the threats posed by counterfeiting and grey markets to a variety of industries and illuminate what problems these may cause. Before setting forth the range of legal strategies for remedying incidents of counterfeiting and grey markets, the authors outline preventive measures businesses can take to combat the threats, and showcase some of the emerging technologies that can serve as enablers of Brand Protection's 3 IPR's (3 I's= Intelligence, Investigation, Innovation; 3 P's= Protection, Perseverance, Perpetuation; 3 R's= Remedy, Recovery, Rehabilitation).
Spiritual Capital
'Spiritual Capital'' presents a new vision of capitalist society that transcends the greed, materialism, and meaninglessness so rampant today. It offers an idea of wealth, profit, and capital that's about more than simply money.
Story Intelligence
Story Intelligence-SQ-helps you become a master of your story, a pursuit indispensable to personal and professional success. By developing your SQ, you'll amplify and unleash every aspect of your intelligence, including your IQ and EQ. In this book, you'll also learn how you're wired for story and the ways it can set a positive trajectory for every facet of your life journey. Developing this level of mastery is imperative today because four in ten Americans have not discovered a satisfying life purpose. Nearly a quarter of us-about one hundred million people-do not have a strong sense of what makes our lives meaningful. We need more than ever ritual fires where we can gather to create new stories that transcend the old metanarratives that no longer enrich and satisfy the yearnings of our hearts and souls. Story is a potent medicine that can re-enchant our lives. By re-storying ourselves, consciously building it into everyday living, we can make space to hear ourselves better, listen more deeply to each other, and discern the tales the earth is quietly whispering in our ears. Hopefully, Story Intelligence will help you stoke a new kind of fire, assisting you in illuminating what the Japanese call "ikigai"-translated loosely as "that which most makes one's life seem worth living." Through mastering story, we believe you can build a more durable source of meaning and personal fulfillment, as well as have a broader impact for good in your community and the world. In this book, you'll also learn how to: harness the power of story to live with greater efficacy; become a more influential communicator; solve complex challenges using story-based solutions; transform your workplace and community; heal old wounds, change dysfunctional beliefs, and bridge differences by resolving deeply seated conflicts; and, acquire the narrative tools to craft a more desirable future.
Story Intelligence
Story Intelligence-SQ-helps you become a master of your story, a pursuit indispensable to personal and professional success. By developing your SQ, you'll amplify and unleash every aspect of your intelligence, including your IQ and EQ. In this book, you'll also learn how you're wired for story and the ways it can set a positive trajectory for every facet of your life journey. Developing this level of mastery is imperative today because four in ten Americans have not discovered a satisfying life purpose. Nearly a quarter of us-about one hundred million people-do not have a strong sense of what makes our lives meaningful. We need more than ever ritual fires where we can gather to create new stories that transcend the old metanarratives that no longer enrich and satisfy the yearnings of our hearts and souls. Story is a potent medicine that can re-enchant our lives. By re-storying ourselves, consciously building it into everyday living, we can make space to hear ourselves better, listen more deeply to each other, and discern the tales the earth is quietly whispering in our ears. Hopefully, Story Intelligence will help you stoke a new kind of fire, assisting you in illuminating what the Japanese call "ikigai"-translated loosely as "that which most makes one's life seem worth living." Through mastering story, we believe you can build a more durable source of meaning and personal fulfillment, as well as have a broader impact for good in your community and the world. In this book, you'll also learn how to: harness the power of story to live with greater efficacy; become a more influential communicator; solve complex challenges using story-based solutions; transform your workplace and community; heal old wounds, change dysfunctional beliefs, and bridge differences by resolving deeply seated conflicts; and, acquire the narrative tools to craft a more desirable future.
Contemporary Management Education
"Why are we so important?"; "What value do we add?"; and "What good do we create?" These are the opening questions posed to management educators in this book. This is followed by uncomfortable questions about colonization (Who is in the centre and whose knowledge counts?) and inequality (Whom do we exclude?). After questioning the easy adoption of technology (What are we embracing?) and the challenge posed by global warming (Can management education help stop climate change?), the author ends by sketching some leadership lessons required for the future: "What lessons can we learn in a black swan event?" Mixing philosophical analyses with anecdotes from experience, the author does not shy away from discussing controversial views to give direction to current debates. Tracing eight such crucial questions and providing well-researched perspectives, this book is an engaging read for anyone interested in the future direction of business schools in particular and management education in general. "There are many books and articles on business education, but few as deep and insightful as Contemporary Management Education. I enthusiastically recommend it to anyone who seeks to understand and improve the training of business leaders." Peter Tufano, Sa簿d Business School, University of Oxford "An amazing read. Piet Naude is eclectic and sparkling. He applies his talents to the wicked maze of management education in society. No issue is more important for global business. No writer is better qualified." Thomas Donaldson, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania "A powerful, persuasive, and superbly compelling book. Contemporary Management Education serves as an invaluable and informative reference to the essential issues that are shaping the future." Sherif Kamel, Dean, School of Business, The American University in Cairo
We're All Porn Stars
According to social media we're all porn stars, find out why this isn't as funny as it often first appears and also pick up lots of other must know tips to stay cyber safe.This little book is designed to be an easy to access primer on the vast subject of cybersecurity, it's aimed at anyone who uses a phone, tablet or a computer who connects to Wi-Fi or has a social media account. It's based on the successful TEDx Talk on the subject which is a 16-minute key point rundown of hugely important a topic. The book is not intended to be exhaustive, but it is an easily accessible for everyone and it's a great eyeopener which incites important conversation both in the home and workplace.
Everyday Struggle
The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. From a looming pay gap that doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon, to dealing with micro aggressions, blatant harassment and racism, black women in America endure a lot just to make a living in this country. This anthology shares the toxic work stories of thirteen black women trying to navigate and survive the nine to five rat race in America.
Ethical Consumption
Increasingly, consumers in North America and Europe see their purchasing as a way to express to the commercial world their concerns about trade justice, the environment and similar issues. This ethical consumption has attracted growing attention in the press and among academics. Extending beyond the growing body of scholarly work on the topic in several ways, this volume focuses primarily on consumers rather than producers and commodity chains. It presents cases from a variety of European countries and is concerned with a wide range of objects and types of ethical consumption, not simply the usual tropical foodstuffs, trade justice and the system of fair trade. Contributors situate ethical consumption within different contexts, from common Western assumptions about economy and society, to the operation of ethical-consumption commerce, to the ways that people's ethical consumption can affect and be affected by their social situation. By locating consumers and their practices in the social and economic contexts in which they exist and that their ethical consumption affects, this volume presents a compelling interrogation of the rhetoric and assumptions of ethical consumption.
Defining Wealth for Women
From the outside, you have it all: the advanced degree and fulfilling career, the loving family and nice home. But inside, it's a different story. Student loans and credit card debt still follow you around, and living paycheck to paycheck feels like you've missed an important memo only your financially free counterparts received. You're relying on the next promotion and big raise to feel better about your finances, but what if making more money isn't the solution you need? What if you could have all the money you want with a few simple adjustments?Changing your financial status-like many things in life-is mind over matter: The way you think about money impacts the amount of money you have.In Defining Wealth for Women, Bonnie Koo, MD, shows you why everything you've ever learned about money is probably wrong. She reveals the common misconceptions and limiting beliefs that many professional women have when it comes to money, helping you see what's possible when you break through the self-imposed ceiling. Even if you've never struggled with finances, this book helps you take your financial status to the next level and make your money work for you.
Why can't we stop!
Logic can be met with logic, while illogic cannot-it confuses those who think straight. The Big Lie and monotonously repeated nonsense have more emotional appeal in a cold war than logic and reason. While the enemy is still searching for a reasonable counter-argument to the first lie, the totalitarians can assault him with another." ― Joost A.M. Meerloo Why Can't We Stop? We're under threat. A threat that, left unnoticed, will culminate in mass hysteria. It's time to bridge the gap and question this threat of menticide because if left to seep into our subconscious and we don't understand how to tackle it, our voices will diminish. One by one. From the Bible and best practice to hundreds of company turnarounds, psychological analysis and a summary of the strategic shifts of the 2020-2021 crisis, the author draws on an eclectic range of sources to summarise his message for further consideration. The intention of this book is not to brainwash you into the author's way of thinking. Rather, the purpose of this pragmatic and practical book is to highlight the dire crisis society faces, encourage intelligent debate and provide you, the reader, with the knowledge to take back control. So what are we facing? Are people simply becoming increasingly stupid? Or is tech getting cleverer? Are the boundaries between logic and illogic becoming so blurred we can't think straight? How do can we handle the tyrannical views and shallow ideologies that swamp the media? Are we looking high enough up for our answers? Let's start the debate.
Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management
This book advances educational understanding and practice in Organisation Studies and HRM.
Higher Education Improving Higher Education in the Slovak Republic
Higher education helps learners acquire the knowledge and skills they need to lead productive working lives, and it sparks the innovation that fosters economic growth and social progress. However, creating higher education systems that operate at a high level of research and teaching quality, with responsiveness to social and labour market demands, requires effective public policies and institutional practices. This report, which focuses on funding and governance reforms to improve higher education in the Slovak Republic, is a collaboration between the European Commission's Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM), the Institute for Strategies and Analysis in the Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic and the OECD's Directorate for Education and Skills. Building on stakeholder engagement and comparative analysis, the report offers an international perspective on the performance of the Slovak higher education system and provides an action plan focused on governance and funding reforms, placing special emphasis on implementation planning to support reform success.
Defining Wealth for Women
From the outside, you have it all: the advanced degree and fulfilling career, the loving family and nice home. But inside, it's a different story. Student loans and credit card debt still follow you around, and living paycheck to paycheck feels like you've missed an important memo only your financially free counterparts received. You're relying on the next promotion and big raise to feel better about your finances, but what if making more money isn't the solution you need? What if you could have all the money you want with a few simple adjustments?Changing your financial status-like many things in life-is mind over matter: The way you think about money impacts the amount of money you have.In Defining Wealth for Women, Bonnie Koo, MD, shows you why everything you've ever learned about money is probably wrong. She reveals the common misconceptions and limiting beliefs that many professional women have when it comes to money, helping you see what's possible when you break through the self-imposed ceiling. Even if you've never struggled with finances, this book helps you take your financial status to the next level and make your money work for you.
Higher Education Supporting the Digital Transformation of Higher Education in Hungary
Digital technologies have transformed the way people interact, work and learn. The emergency transition to online teaching and learning necessitated by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a serious challenge to instructional routines of higher education systems across OECD countries. The pandemic has demonstrated the ability of higher education institutions to ensure continuity in teaching and learning, but it has also revealed that much work remains to be done to ensure digital technologies are effectively used to promote quality, efficiency and equity in higher education. This report, which focuses on the digital transformation of higher education in Hungary, is a collaboration between the European Commission's Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM), the Hungarian Ministry for Innovation and Technology and the OECD's Directorate for Education and Skills. Building on stakeholder engagement and comparative analysis, the report offers an assessment of the current state of digitalisation in higher education in Hungary, identifies policy recommendations to strengthen the current policy framework supporting digitalisation, and provides suggestions to help Hungarian authorities and stakeholders develop a monitoring framework and indicators to measure the digitalisation of the higher education system.
Create Contracts Clients Love
Discover how to craft delightful legal documents that will save you time, delight your clients, and elevate your brand experience.Maybe you're frustrated or embarrassed by your current contracts or you've tried automation before and it was a huge time suck with no tangible results.Inside this jam-packed book, you'll learn how to design readable, digital contracts your clients will love. Stay ahead and stand out with flexible digital contractsSpeed up your process and get your contracts working as hard as you doBoost your brand with contracts that elevate your customer experience Bonus: Access to contract templatesWant to supercharge your contract design and get your online contracts up and running faster? This book comes with a suite of editable templates and examples ready to get you started sooner. Meet your contract crafting sidekick, Verity Hey there, I'm Verity! I'm the Founder and Chief Contract Enthusiast here at Checklist Legal and the author of the Create Contracts Clients Love. After 9+ years as a commercial lawyer, I've seen first-hand the struggles faced by lawyers, legal teams and business owners when it comes to contracts.So, I designed this book and resources to give you the tips and tricks to get you on the road to faster, user-friendly contracts.Expect tonnes of practical strategies, clear methods and useful frameworks to radically redesign your contract documents and processes to work as hard as you do... oh and fun along the way!!Ready to start designing delightful contracts? Let's do this!
Potential - The 5th P of Leadership
Within the covers of this outstanding book, you will find simple, practical and effective ways to 'unleash your future'. The greatest loss is untapped potential! Potential is the difference between what we are today and what we could become in the future. Many people underestimate their capabilities regarding what all they can achieve in life and hence live truncated lives even though they can choose to live a better one. Unleashing potential is a process of liberating yourself from what is holding you back from the life you want and helping you set yourself up for success - whatever success means to you. Potential is often confused with other competencies and traits that may have made certain people successful in the short to medium term, but may still not represent true potential. If we allow our creativity and energy to flow, not only will we be happier but we will be more productive professionally too, contributing more effectively to the bottom line of the organization and advancing our careers. The role of Purpose, Performance, Perception and Personality in defining 'Potential' is not clearly understood by most people. One can choose to live up to their true potential only by aligning the 4Ps that constitute true potential.
