wiley apr 2014 (151 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Meet the challenges of life and master your futureDo you ever feel like you're just floating through life with a lack of direction Or get that nagging feeling that things could be better Then it's time you thought about your life plan.Our lives can be thought of as stories - as narratives and adventures - and nearly all classic stories share certain universal characteristics. Our lives should be seen as a hero's journey, a quest filled with challenges, turbulence and adventure.By appreciating this pattern, and understanding where you are on your own personal journey, you'll get the perspective needed to write your own life story and set yourself on the right path.Be the hero of your own lifeIn Your Life Plan, Erica Sosna shows you how to choose and live a life that is truly meaningful, exciting and adventurous. Having a life project - a dream or goal that feels like a real challenge, can give you focus, energy and purpose.This book offers practical solutions and guidance for dealing with difficult personal challenges and becoming the victorious hero who achieves happiness and fulfilment.Go. Stand for something. Take up the charge and move into a purposeful and positive future.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This new, revised edition of the bestselling Speed Mathematics features new chapters on memorising numbers and general information, calculating statistics and compound interest, square roots, logarithms and easy trig calculations. Written so anyone can understand, this book teaches simple strategies that will enable readers to make lightning-quick calculations. People who excel at mathematics use better strategies than the rest of us; they are not necessarily more intelligent. With Speed Mathematics you'll discover methods to make maths easy and fun. This book is perfect for students, parents, teachers and anyone who enjoys working with figures and even those who are terrified of numbers!

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Run engaging, productive group sessions with practical guidance and expert adviceRunning Great Workshops & Meetings For Dummies delivers the tools managers need to facilitate engaging and rewarding group sessions. Written by two highly experienced leadership and coaching consultants, this book provides practical, hands-on instruction that can help you turn your meetings and training sessions around. Boost productivity by engaging attendees from the start, scheduling with time and energy levels in mind and keeping to a clear agenda. You'll learn the skills that will help you get the most out of every group session and discover which seemingly small details can have a huge impact on outcomes.The current global recession has increased the emphasis organisations place on skills development and training throughout the world. While specialised service organisations exist, many companies lack the means to outsource their training needs or invest in specially trained staff to get the job done. Running Great Workshops & Meetings For Dummies presents a solution by providing clear group leadership instruction with immediate applications to employees in any department. Regardless of the type of meeting, training session or workshop you're running, this book provides the information you need.\* Learn to align outcomes and objectives, establish an agenda and schedule and manage pre-work for attendees\* Discover how to connect with the group, establish expectations and set ground rules\* Find out how to set the pace, manage challenges and objections and troubleshoot issues\* Effectively evaluate the session, ensure accountability and maintain momentumRunning Great Workshops & Meetings For Dummies provides practical advice you can put to work today.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Multiply the effectiveness of your campaigns with marketing automationMarketing automation technology has been shown to dramatically increase lead conversions and average deal sizes as well as improving forecasting and customer segmentation. A subset of CRM, it focuses on defining, scheduling, segmenting, and tracking marketing campaigns. This friendly book demystifies marketing automation in straightforward terms, helping you leverage the tools and handle the processes that will enable a seamless integration with your CRM program. Learn to establish a buyer profile, assess your needs, select tools, create a lead scoring model, and much more.\* Marketing automation is a next-generation, CRM-related tool for increasing lead conversions and improving forecasting and customer segmentation\* This book provides an easy-to-understand introduction to the tools and technology, helping you evaluate your current processes, choose the appropriate tools, and follow best practices in making the most of them\* Written by Mathew Sweezey, Marketing Automation Evangelist at Pardot (ExactTarget), a leading provider of marketing automation solutions\* Covers working with the marketing lifecycle, evaluating your assets, integrating marketing automation with CRM and with other processes, nurturing your leads, and using marketing automation to reach buyers via e-mail, social media, and moreMarketing Automation For Dummies is the ideal guide to get you up and running with marketing automation, putting your business on the cutting edge and enhancing your competitiveness.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Get up to speed quickly on the latest in user experience strategy and designUX For Dummies is a hands-on guide to developing and implementing user experience strategy. Written by globally-recognized UX consultants, this essential resource provides expert insight and guidance on using the tools and techniques that create a great user experience, along with practical advice on implementing a UX strategy that aligns with your organisation's business goals and philosophy. You'll learn how to integrate web design, user research, business planning and data analysis to focus your company's web presence on the needs of your customers, gaining the skills you need to be effective in the field of user experience design.Whether it's the interface, graphics, industrial design, physical interaction or a user manual, being anything less than on point can negatively affect customer satisfaction and retention. User experience design fully encompasses traditional human-computer interaction design, and extends it to address all aspects of a product or service as perceived by users. UX For Dummies provides comprehensive guidance to professionals looking to understand and apply effective UX strategies.\* Defines UX and offers assistance with determining users and modelling the user experience\* Provides details on creating a content strategy and building information architectures\* Explores visual design and designing for specific channels\* Delves into UX testing and methods for keeping your site relevantThe UX field is growing rapidly as companies realise that meeting your business goals requires a web presence aligned with customer needs. This alignment demands smart strategy and even smarter design. Consultants, designers and practitioners must all be on board if the result is to be cohesive and effective. UX For Dummies provides the information and expert advice you need to get up to speed quickly.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses neue Buch beginnt dort, wo das vorherige Buch, 'Zero Limits', endete. 'Zero Limits' präsentierte einen einmaligen Selbsthilferatgeber, welcher gestressten, überarbeiteten Menschen half, Hindernisse in ihrem Leben zu überwinden und ihre Ziele zu erreichen. Es war das erste Buch, welches die uralte hawaiianische Heilmethode Ho'oponopono erklärte, und lehrt, Verantwortung für uns und andere zu übernehmen. Es weist jedem Leser den Weg zur Vollkommenheit.'Das letzte Geheimnis von 'Zero Limits'' führt Ho'oponopono weiter, erzählt neue Geschichten, offenbart neue Prozesse, zeigt neue Erlebnisse auf und enthüllt die vierte Stufe des Erwachens. Es lehrt die spirituelle Reinigung, um den Geist von unwichtigen Gedanken zu befreien, und wie man durch die im ersten Buch gelehrten Mantras 'Es tut mir leid', 'Bitte verzeih mir', 'Ich liebe dich' und 'Ich danke dir' jede Herausforderung des Lebens meistern kann.Ergänzt ist 'Das letzte Geheimnis von 'Zero Limits'' durch zahlreiche Bonusanhänge, wie Fragen und Antworten zu Ho'oponopono, einem ausführlichen Interview mit Joe Vitale und Antworten auf Fragen, die das erste Buch aufgeworfen hat.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Plan your perfect wedding, at home or abroad.Planning a wedding doesn't have to be hard work. Take the pain out of the preparation and let Wedding Planning For Dummies help you design your dream wedding day - while saving time and money! Whether you're planning a traditional church ceremony, a quiet family celebration or a romantic destination wedding, this book offers all the budgeting tips, essential checklists and more that you need to make sure your special day runs smoothly.Content includes:\* Budgeting for the big day.\* Keeping it legal - getting all the legalities in place in plenty of time.\* Preparing a guest list - who to invite, and where to draw the line.\* Planning the schedule for the day, and any surrounding events (next day brunch, weekend plans).\* Advice on choosing your dress, photographer, music, flowers, cake, wedding rings and more.\* Destination weddings - the pros and cons of taking the plunge abroad.

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Use the science of motivation with the power of game design to unlock motivation and drive progress in your organisation.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Learn to:\* Build your skills playing scales\* Play arpeggios with confidence\* Master chord forms and progressionsPractise makes perfect with this hands-on resource for mandolin players of all skill levelsFor mandolin players, practise makes perfect! Use this hands-on resource to get the most out of your practise sessions. Get hundreds of exercises in various keys and positions, use drills to help practise time, build your technique like a pro, practise scales and full-length pieces, and much more. Take your mandolin playing to the next level today!\* Get ready -- pick up an overview of the fundamentals, use exercises to limber up, and much more\* Explore arpeggios -- dive into the major and minor arpeggios with triad patterns, then move on to major 7th and minor 7th patterns\* All about chords -- practise major and minor inversions, and get groovy with major 7th chord inversions\* Get on the scales -- start up with the major scales, then move on to mastering the minor scales with practise exercises\* Tips and tricks -- get tips to help you practise better, including using a metronome, playing with recordings, and moreOpen the book and find:\* A full review of the basics and reading music\* Warm-ups specific to mandolin players\* Major and minor scale patterns\* Practise exercises for chords and scales\* Tips and exercises for connecting scale patterns\* Tricks for chord progressions, along with practise notes\* Ten tunes to practise everything at once.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The A to Z Facebook guide for users, marketers, and developers alikeFacebook has more than a billion users worldwide. Whether you enjoy spending time on Facebook every day, use it to advertise and market your product, or develop Facebook apps, this go-to guide has something you need. Its six minibooks cover creating a personal timeline, connecting with others, connecting Facebook to other social media, building a fan page, marketing a business on Facebook, and developing Facebook apps. It's fully updated to cover the latest Facebook changes, including Graph Search, mobile apps, Timeline enhancements, and news feed redesign.\* Facebook has more than one billion active users who share more than 30 billion pieces of content each month\* More than 37 million brands have Pages on Facebook\* This complete guide has been fully updated to cover Facebook's latest changes, including Graph Search, mobile apps for both users and Page managers, a redesigned news feed, and enhancements to the Timeline\* Minibooks cover creating a personal timeline, connecting with others, connecting Facebook to other social media, building a fan page, marketing a business on Facebook, and developing Facebook appsFacebook All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition is packed with helpful information, great ideas, and ways to help you get even more out of Facebook.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Bestselling author and successful entrepreneur Chris Brogan has created a real-world business playbook for everyone out there who simply doesn't fit in. In recent years, the business world has changed dramatically, and there have never been more opportunities for the freaks, weirdos, and misfits among us who are unwilling to conform to traditional business structures and career paths. Disruption has become the norm in business. But this doesn't always mean massive and world-changing disruption. Sometimes, it just means that the world is a bit more open to conducting business the way you'd prefer to do it these days. The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth turns conventional business wisdom upside down and shows the freaks among us exactly how to make their entrepreneurial dreams a reality.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Cities in Relations advances a novel way of thinking about urban transformation by focusing on transnational relations in the least developed countries.\* Examines the last 20 years of urban development in Hanoi, Vietnam, and in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso\* Considers the ways in which a city's relationships with other places influences its urban development\* Provides fresh ideas for comparative urban studies that move beyond discussions of economic and policy factors\* Offers a clear and concise narrative accompanied by more than 45 photos and maps.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A passionate, detailed, quantified argument for state-level tax reformAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States explains why eliminating or lowering tax burdens at the state level leads to economic growth and wealth creation. A passionate argument for tax reform, the book shows that even states with small populations can benefit enormously with the right policies. The authors' detailed exposition evaluates the impact state and local government policies have on a state's relative performance and economic growth overall, backed up with economic data and analysis.Facts don't lie. But they do point clearly to the failure of so-called progressive tax schemes designed more to curry favor with selected constituencies than to create an economic system that leads to individual wealth as the reward for hard work and entrepreneurial risk taking. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States is a detailed and critical look at income taxation across the nation, and drills down into an analysis of the economic growth or malaise that results from tax policy. Arguing eloquently that a state cannot tax itself into prosperity, just as the impoverished cannot spend themselves into wealth, the authors point out what many inherently know but often fear to say out loud. The book provides detailed quantitative analysis, and discusses the policy variables that can have enormous effects on the financial well-being of states and individual residents, such as:\* Personal and corporate income tax rates\* Total tax burden as a percentage of personal income\* Estate and inheritance taxes\* Right-to-work lawsAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States shows everyone how to evaluate state-level fiscal and economic policies to become more competitive.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the Somme to Gallipoli to the home front, First World War For Dummies provides an authoritative, accessible, and engaging introduction to the War to End All Wars. It takes a global perspective of this global conflict, proving insight into the actions and motivations of the participants and how each nation's story fits into the wider one.Coverage also includes:\* The origins of the war and a snapshot of what the world looked like at the beginning of the 20th century\* The battles of Western Europe, and action in the Southern and Eastern Fronts\* The war at home -- the civilian war, propaganda, opposition, politics, protests, and more\* 1918: The German spring offensive, the Allied success and the beginning of the end\* The Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, and the effect on the futureFirst World War For Dummies is the go-to source for readers seeking to learn more about the fundamental event of the 20th century.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Make loads of money without ever swinging a hammer or dealing with tenantsWholesaling is by far the quickest and easiest way to make a killing in the world of real estate investing. Think of it as the 'day trading' of real estate, except it is far simpler and less risky. In fact, when you learn how to do it the right way, you won't take on any risk at all. The Real Estate Wholesaling Bible teaches you everything you need to know to profit from real estate wholesaling, without any money, credit, or experience to get started. This rapidly expanding business is simple, profitable, and perfect for today's real estate market. Plus, it's an ideal system for making money even in the toughest of real estate markets. All you will need to get started is a computer, an Internet connection, this book, some passion, and a lot of curiosity.\* Teaches the mechanics of how to wholesale real estate, including exactly how to find, analyze, finance, and sell wholesale deals like clockwork\* Explains how to actually build a business and develop systems that are not dependent on you as the business owner\* Shows how to develop a turn-key, systems-dependent business that serves as a vehicle to all the people it touches: the owners, employees, and the communityMany real estate investors idea of success focuses squarely on profitability. Author Than Merrill believes success happens when your real estate investment business is not only profitable, but also gives you the time to enjoy your life and fulfill your passions and dreams.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Make Microsoft's Surface work--and play--just the way you want it toMicrosoft's Surface tablet has the features and personality you're looking for, with a robust environment for business computing that doesn't skimp on fun. Surface for Dummies, 2nd Edition explains how Windows 8.1 Pro and Windows RT differ, and helps you decide which Surface model is best for you. Step by step, this book walks you through both the hardware and software features of the Surface, including the touch cover and type cover, Windows RT and Windows 8.1 Pro operating systems, and the coveted Office Home & Student 2013 software suite that's bundled with the Surface. Written by bestselling author Andy Rathbone, this easy-to-access book is filled with information on how to use the tablet, figure out the operating system, navigate the app environment, and take advantage of your exciting new Surface.The book is your personal guide to one the fastest, sleekest, and most powerful tablets on the market. Surface is designed to be thin, light, and with hours of battery life so you can power through your day with ease. With this handy reference, you'll be able to make quick work of your to-do list and have fun all at the same time!\* Create: release your inner artist with Fresh Paint, a touch-based art app\* Share: Multiple accounts offer privacy and security so you can share your Surface, but not your stuff\* Enjoy: Snap apps side by side to multi-task on the vivid HD screen\* Discover: New apps in the Windows Store so you can work efficiently and get more doneWith Surface For Dummies, 2nd Edition you can navigate and enhance your entire Surface experience!

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Harness 'Code Halos' to gain competitive advantage in the digital eraAmazon beating Borders, Netflix beating Blockbuster, Apple beating Kodak, and the rise of companies like Google, LinkedIn, and Pandora are not isolated or random events. Today's outliers in revenue growth and value creation are winning with a new set of rules. They are dominating by managing the information that surrounds people, organizations, processes, and products--what authors Malcolm Frank, Paul Roehrig, and Ben Pring call Code Halos. This is far beyond 'Big Data' and analytics. Code Halos spark new commercial models that can dramatically flip market dominance from industry stalwarts to challengers. In this new book, the authors show leaders how digital innovators and traditional companies can build Code Halo solutions to drive success. The book:\* Examines the explosion of digital information that now surrounds us and describes the profound impact this is having on individuals, corporations, and societies;\* Shows how the Crossroads Model can help anticipate and navigate this market shift;\* Provides examples of traditional firms already harnessing the power of Code Halos including GE's 'Brilliant Machines,' Disney's theme park 'Magic Band,' and Allstate's mobile devices and analytics that transform auto insurance.With reasoned insight, new data, real-world cases, and practical guidance, Code Halos shows seasoned executives, entrepreneurs, students, line-of-business owners, and technology leaders how to master the new rules of the Code Halo economy.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - With the demands of technology, transparency, and constant connectedness, and calls for higher performance, leaders from the front line to the C-suite face complex dilemmas that cannot be easily denied or postponed. These perplexing, recurring issues are familiar to anyone in a leadership role today, including:\* How do I balance my functional or business unit goals with the needs of my peers and the whole company \* How do I support and promote others while still advancing my own career \* How do I emphasize teamwork and still reward the 'stars' \* Can I really devote enough time and energy to both family and work These are not 'problems' but paradoxes--situations in which there will never be a single correct solution--and while they make many leaders feel overwhelmed and challenged, this remarkable book provides help. The Unfinished Leader is a modern handbook for recognizing, facing, and inspiring others to expose the real issues that underlie paradoxes in modern organizations. Leaders must first recognize situations they will never be able to 'solve' and understand how to confront the barriers--in their own heads and their organizations--that push them towards seeking ultimate solutions that don't exist. Leading through complexity requires giving up the illusion of control, consistency, and closure, while embracing the reality of being permanently 'unfinished.'Drawing from interviews with 100 CEOs and top leaders from a wide range of companies--such as Avon, Nike, Colgate, DeutschePost DHL, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, and many more--The Unfinished Leader provides the mindsets and tools to recognize contradictory requirements, understand competing demands, and still be able to take action. No one can find or even should look for perfect solutions to impossible situations. The Unfinished Leader will help leaders at all levels understand and excel at their true task: guiding themselves and their teams through ongoing paradoxes, reconciling competing outcomes, continually changing and adapting, and thereby building lasting success.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Of the over one hundred new publications on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), this one truly stands out! In the second edition of Building Academic Language, Jeff Zwiers presents a much-needed, comprehensive roadmap to cultivating academic language development across all disciplines, this time placing the rigor and challenges of the CCSS front and center. A must-have resource!' --Andrea Honigsfeld, EdD, Molloy College'Language is critical to the development of content learning as students delve more deeply into specific disciplines. When students possess strong academic language, they are better able to critically analyze and synthesize complex ideas and abstract concepts. In this second edition of Building Academic Language, Jeff Zwiers successfully builds the connections between the Common Core State Standards and academic language. This is the 'go to' resource for content teachers as they transition to the expectations for college and career readiness.' --Katherine S. McKnight, PhD, National Louis UniversityWith the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by most of the United States, students need help developing their understanding and use of language within the -academic context. This is crucially important throughout middle school and high school, as the subjects -discussed and concepts taught require a firm grasp of language in order to understand the greater complexity of the subject matter. Building Academic Language shows teachers what they can do to help their students grasp language principles and develop the language skills they'll need to reach their highest levels of academic achievement.The Second Edition of Building Academic Language includes new strategies for addressing specific Common Core standards and also provides answers to the most important questions across various content areas, including:\* What is academic language and how does it differ by content area \* How can language-building activities support content understanding for students \* How can teachers assist students in using language more effectively, especially in the academic context \* How can academic language usage be modeled routinely in the classroom \* How can lesson planning and assessment support academic language development An essential resource for teaching all students, this book explains what every teacher needs to know about language for supporting reading, writing, and academic learning.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What Does it Take to Get Ahead Now--And Stay There High performance has always required shrewd strategy and superb execution. These factors remain critical, especially given today's unprecedented business climate. But Rich Karlgaard--Forbes publisher, entrepreneur, investor, and board director--takes a surprising turn and argues that there is now a third element that's required for competitive advantage. It fosters innovation, it accelerates strategy and execution, and it cannot be copied or bought. It is found in a perhaps surprising place--your company's values.Karlgaard examined a variety of enduring companies and found that they have one thing in common; all have leveraged their deepest values alongside strategy and execution, allowing them to fuel growth as well as weather hard times. Karlgaard shares these stories and identifies the five key variables that make up every organization's 'soft edge':\* Trust: Northwestern Mutual has built a $25 million dollar revenue juggernaut on trust, the foundation of lasting success. Learn how to create an environment that engenders trust and propels high performance.\* Smarts: In most technical fields your formal education quickly becomes out of date. How do you keep up Learn how the Mayo Clinic, Stanford University women's basketball team, and others stay on top by relentlessly pursuing an advantage through smarts.\* Teamwork: Since collaboration and innovation are a must in the global economy, effective teamwork is vital. Learn how global giant FedEx stays focused and how nimble Nest Labs relies on lean teams with cognitive diversity.\* Taste: Clever product design and integration are proxies for intelligence because they make customers feel smart. But taste goes further into deep emotional engagement. Specialized Bicycles calls it 'the elusive spot between data truth and human truth.' How can you consistently make products or services that trigger these emotional touch points \* Story: Companies that achieve lasting success have an enduring and emotionally appealing story. What's your company's story How do you tell it your way Gain the ability to create a powerful narrative in a world where outsiders often exercise the louder voice.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - How innovative leaders create meaningful cultures that attract and retain top talentBuilding a culture of purpose is one of the greatest challenges facing modern leaders, as today's best minds are looking for meaning, not just jobs. More than any other single factor, cultures of purpose power winning organizations, attracting the smartest, most creative, most passionate talent.For leaders building cultures of purpose, the commercial pursuit of sustainability provides the most reliable blueprint. While sustainability has been commonly misconstrued as a description of a set of problems, Christoph Lueneburger shows that it is really a solution to problems, capable of inspiring people and forging cultures.Sharing his exclusive, in-depth dialogues with chief sustainability officers, CEOs, and board chairmen, Lueneburger reveals how sustainability works at places where it works best, including Chrysler, Unilever, TNT, Walmart, and Bloomberg. Featuring a clear three-phase process that helps leaders assess the talent needed to develop organizations characterized by energy, resilience, and openness, A Culture of Purpose offers leaders the right questions to ask in order to:\* Tap and Nurture Your Current Corporate Strengths: Learn how to recognize, cultivate, and leverage the competencies of your current talent to develop your leadership team.\* Hire the Right Team: Ask the right questions to identify the innate personality traits in potential new hires, regardless of level and function, to bring on board those most likely to succeed in and shape your organization.\* Craft Your Culture: Create an environment that unleashes these competencies and traits and pushes them to the fore. Shape how people relate to one another and collectively go for what would be out of reach to them individually.Many books have described the 'what' and the 'how' of sustainability, but this is the first to reveal the 'who.' Lueneburger changes dated preconceptions to show that sustainability is not an ideological mindset but a cultural trait of a resilient business. For leaders ready to build and strengthen a winning business, A Culture of Purpose is an education, a revelation, and an invitation to the next generation of success.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Project Management Leadership: Building Creative Teams is a comprehensive guide to the human side of project management. It addresses the key leadership skills and managerial styles needed to effectively manage a project team, encompassing a number of key topics:

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Embrace strategies for improving your business and reaching your organization's goals'I wholeheartedly agree with Patrick Stroh: Good leaders understand strategy and good strategists need to be good leaders. Make this book a strategic tool for improving your business strategy.' -- Harvey Mackay, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten AliveIn today's fast-moving and competitive business environment, strong leadership, insightful strategy, and effective innovation are critical links to staying ahead of your competition. Getting your business house in order can often be complicated, but does it really have to be How do you take MBA 101 lessons, great models, and exceptional concepts and put them into play in the real world Business Strategy: Plan, Execute, Win! strives to answers these questions in an educational and entertaining format. Working as a Fortune 20 practitioner with C-level executives, author Patrick Stroh has a keen understanding of the role played by current day strategists.With 5 chapters following the format of 'All I Ever Needed to Learn About Business Strategy I Learned.' At the Movies, On the Farm, On Shark Tank, On Hell's Kitchen, and From the Bible, readers will gain valuable strategic insight regardless of industry, business maturity, or current business turbulence and how to apply these insights based on the factors impacting their own business. Each chapter ends with a One Chapter Conclusion, Two Gold Nuggets the reader is to write down and Three Additional Resources/Tools for more information, offering a practical roadmap to simplifying your success.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Let Hadoop For Dummies help harness the power of your data and rein in the information overloadBig data has become big business, and companies and organizations of all sizes are struggling to find ways to retrieve valuable information from their massive data sets with becoming overwhelmed. Enter Hadoop and this easy-to-understand For Dummies guide. Hadoop For Dummies helps readers understand the value of big data, make a business case for using Hadoop, navigate the Hadoop ecosystem, and build and manage Hadoop applications and clusters.\* Explains the origins of Hadoop, its economic benefits, and its functionality and practical applications\* Helps you find your way around the Hadoop ecosystem, program MapReduce, utilize design patterns, and get your Hadoop cluster up and running quickly and easily\* Details how to use Hadoop applications for data mining, web analytics and personalization, large-scale text processing, data science, and problem-solving\* Shows you how to improve the value of your Hadoop cluster, maximize your investment in Hadoop, and avoid common pitfalls when building your Hadoop clusterFrom programmers challenged with building and maintaining affordable, scaleable data systems to administrators who must deal with huge volumes of information effectively and efficiently, this how-to has something to help you with Hadoop.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - PRAISE FOR ANGEL INVESTING'The world of entrepreneurial startups is where the most exciting and creative action is happening in today's business world, which is why I was a strong supporter of the JOBS Act of 2012. No wonder millions of people are wondering how they can get involved as investors. There's no better place to start than by reading David S. Rose's Angel Investing.' --U.S. SENATOR CHARLES E. SCHUMER, Senate Finance Committee'From the best methods for finding and picking tomorrow's big winners to proven techniques for adding value to any business you invest in, Angel Investing provides readers with everything they need to know to get started in this fascinating, fun--and lucrative--business arena.' --DAVID BACH, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Automatic Millionaire and Start Late Finish Rich, Angel Investor'As an angel investor and a long-time fan of David S. Rose, I was delighted to hear he finally captured his wit and wisdom in the pages of a book. David's witty stories and angel investing principles -- as well as his unsurpassed knowledge of his field -- are teaching me so much more about investing than I've learned over the years doing it!' --BARBARA CORCORAN, Real Estate Mogul, Shark Tank star, Angel Investor'This is the most comprehensive and readable guide to angel investing ever written. The chapter on valuation and expectations lays out a clear framework for understanding one of the least well-known pitfalls in the angel world. And its emphasis on creating a win-win relationship with the entrepreneur is at the heart of being a long-term successful angel--and continuing to see the best deal flow. I recommend this book to anyone even thinking about making or receiving angel investments.' --HOWARD L. MORGAN, Founding Partner, First Round Capital'Angel Investing is an engaging, easy read, full of real stories and hard numbers, actual cases and a whole lot of good advice. David S. Rose brings tons of real-world knowledge to the subject that makes this required reading for every new angel.' --TIM BERRY, Author of Business Plan Pro, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor'Anyone with a checkbook can be an angel investor, but it takes insight to do it well. David S. Rose has written a terrific new book that will help would-be angels make money, rather than lose it. From explaining the value of diversification, to tips on evaluating deals, to offering up plans to attract good deals, Angel Investing will help you move from a money-losing amateur to a money-making professional angel. And if you're an entrepreneur looking for angel money, you should read this book too. It will help you understand what knowledgeable angels are seeking and how they will evaluate you.' --SCOTT SHANE, author of Fool's Gold The Truth Behind Angel Investing in America.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Make your school soar by escalating trust between teachers, students, and familiesTrust is an essential element in all healthy relationships, and the relationships that exist in your school are no different. How can your school leaders or teachers cultivate trust How can your institution maintain trust once it is established These are the questions addressed and answered in Trust Matters: Leadership for Successful Schools, 2nd Edition. The book delves into the helpful research that has been conducted on the topic of trust in school. Although rich with research data, Trust Matters also contains practical advice and strategies ready to be implemented. This second edition expands upon the role of trust between teachers and students, teachers and administrators, and schools and families.Trust Matters: Leadership for Successful Schools also covers a range of sub-topics relevant to trust in school. All chapters in the text have questions for reflection and discussion. Engaging chapters such as 'Teachers Trust One Another' and 'Fostering Trust with Students' have thought-provoking trust-building questions and activities you can use in the classroom or in faculty meetings. This valuable resource:\* Examines ways to cultivate trust\* Shares techniques and practices that help maintain trust\* Advises leaders of ways to include families in the school's circle of trust\* Addresses the by-products of betrayed trust and how to restore itWith suspicion being the new norm within schools today, Trust Matters is the book your school needs to help it rise above. It shows just how much trust matters in all school relationships--administrator to teacher; teacher to student; school to family--and in all successful institutions.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A roadmap for understanding the business challenges and opportunities in ChinaBy 2025, China and India will be two of the world's four largest economies. By then, economic ties between them should also rank among the ten most important bilateral ties worldwide. Their leaders are well aware of these emerging realities. In May 2013, just two months after taking charge, Premier Li Keqiang left for India on his first official trip outside China, a clear signal of China's foreign policy priorities.The Silk Road Rediscovered is the first book ever to analyze the growing corporate linkages between India and China. Did you know that:\* India's Mahindra is the fifth largest tractor manufacturer in China \* Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover unit is the fastest growing luxury auto seller in China \* India's NIIT is the most influential IT training brand in China \* China's Huawei has its second largest R&D center in Bangalore and employs over 5000 people in India \* Shanghai Electric earns its largest revenues outside China from India As these developments illustrate, pioneering Indian and Chinese companies are rediscovering the fabled Silk Road which joined their nations in ancient times. Winning in each other's markets is also making them stronger and whetting their appetite for further global expansion.This book examines how Indian companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, Mahindra Tractors, NIIT, Tata Motors/Jaguar Land Rover and Sundaram Fasteners have figured out how to win in China. Their experiences may inspire and offer lessons to other Indian companies. The book also examines how Chinese pioneers such as Lenovo, Huawei, TBEA, Haier and Xinxing have made a strong commitment to India and are beginning to realize the fruits of this commitment. The key lessons that emerge from these analyses are: the odds of success go up dramatically when executives adopt a global rather than local-for-local perspective and are skillful at learning on the ground.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Common Core Literacy for ELA, History/Social Studies, and the Humanities.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - ABC of Dementia is a practical guide to help healthcare professionals develop knowledge, skills, confidence and an understanding of dementia, in order to support those with dementia to live well.