Author: Debbie Mandel
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: joy, spontaneity, life, reclaim, program, stress, woman, addicted
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-09-16
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0470343753
ISBN-13: 9780470343753

In this highly original program for stress reduction, stress management expert and radio personality Debbie Mandel explains that women who are constantly stressed out have forgotten the dreams of the free-spirited girl living inside them before they became somebody’s wife, mother, or workplace colleague. Debbie Mandel offers seven proven steps to help women overcome daily stressors and reclaim a life of joy and spontaneity. Addicted to Stress shows how as the addiction to stress is cured, women find it possible to build up an immunity to outside pressure and become their true core self.

Author: Patrick M. Lencioni
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: fable, leadership, team, dysfunctions, five
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2002-03-19
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0787960756
ISBN-13: 9780787960759

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech’s CEO, faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencioni’

Authors:Leslie Crutchfield, Heather McLeod Grant,
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: nonprofits, impact, practices, six, forces
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-10-19
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0787986127
ISBN-13: 9780787986124

An innovative guide to how great nonprofits achieve extraordinary social impact. What makes great nonprofits great? Authors Crutchfield and McLeod Grant searched for the answer over several years, employing a rigorous research methodology which derived from books on for-profits like Built to Last. They studied 12 nonprofits that have achieved extraordinary levels of impact from Habitat for Humanity to the Heritage Foundation and distilled six counterintuitive practices that these organizations use to change the world. This book has lessons for all readers interested in creating signific

Author: Jane Vella
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: learning, educating, adults, dialogue, power, listen, teach
Number of Pages: 263
Published: 2002-06-15
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 0787959677
ISBN-13: 9780787959678

In this updated version of her landmark book Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach, celebrated adult educator Jane Vella revisits her twelve principles of dialogue education with a new theoretical perspective gleaned from the discipline of quantum physics. Vella sees the path to learning as a holistic, integrated, spiritual, and energetic process. She uses engaging, personal stories of her work in a variety of adult learning settings, in different countries and with different educational purposes, to show readers how to utilize the twelve principles in their own practice with any type of adult

Authors:Marguerite G. Lodico, Dean T. Spaulding, Katherine H
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: methods, research, sciences, social, theory, educational, practice
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2006-04-07
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0787979627
ISBN-13: 9780787979621

Written for students, educators, and researchers, Methods in Educational Research offers a refreshing introduction to the principles of educational research. Designed for the real world of educational research, the book’s approach focuses on the types of problems likely to be encountered in professional experiences. Reflecting the importance of The No Child Left Behind Act , “scientifically based” educational research, school accountability, and the professional demands of the twenty-first century, Methods in Educational Research empowers educational researchers to take an ac

Authors:Glenn M. Parker, Robert Hoffman,
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: meetings, results, lead, tools, excellence, meeting
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-02-03
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0787982814
ISBN-13: 9780787982812

Meeting Excellence is a comprehensive resource that provides a wide range of ready-to-use tools that have been developed and tested by a meeting initiative within Novartis Pharmaceuticals. It is based on years of research observing team meetings, examining existing meeting documents, and conducting a number of intensive individual interviews in the U.S. and Europe. This important book offers the information and tools needed to prepare, facilitate, and follow up on all your meetings. Step by step, Meeting Excellence shows how to Create an action-focused meeting agenda

Author: Marion Blank
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: child, reader, skills, essential, remedy, six, reading
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2006-01-30
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 047174204X
ISBN-13: 9780471742043

It’s shocking but true. Forty percent of children experience significant difficulty in learning how to read. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this groundbreaking new book, internationally recognized developmental psychologist and educator Dr. Marion Blank explains why current reading education is failing our children. She goes on to describe her revolutionary new reading system, Phonics Plus Five, which is based on her forty plus years of experience in teaching children from all backgrounds to read. The Reading Remedy offers step-by-step instructions, reproducible forms, and