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Decisions, decisions! The interactive Scenarios series gives you the opportunity to make important choices for the characters. Will your choices lead to a happy ending?
Dont be mistaken. This is not your typical audit book. If you are looking for a traditional example of how to improve your sampling technique, your risk assessment methodology, or your annual audit planning, then this is not the book for you. But if you want to be excellent at your position, then this book will show you how to expand your circle of influence through learning the keys of excellence. As a result, your professional career will be unsurpassed, and you will obtain excellence in your career. Learn how to develop a circle of experts that can provide you up to the minute advice that will strengthen your audit arguments. Read about the difference between insight and foresight and why it is important to develop both skills. Explore the new approach to writing and communication that will build credibility in your final product and throughout your process. Also, see practical examples of when not to stop analyzing results so your issues are more meaningful and provide the powerful impact you desire. Most important of all, use the keys of excellence to your personal advantage and be the best auditor that you can possibly be.
Boys will be boys and girls will be girls? Not in this book. The follow-up to Ben Brooks's New York Times bestselling Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, this book offers more extraordinary true stories of amazing people who broke the mold and changed the world for the better. The resulting message? Be yourself, and your dreams might come true. With the help of Quinton Winter's striking full-color illustrations, Brooks offers an accessible compilation of 76 famous and not-so-famous influencers from the past to the present day, every single one of them a rule-breaker and stereotype-smasher in his or her own way. Entries include Emma Gonzalez, Andy Warhol, Bjork, Hans Christian Andersen, Sally Ride, and so many more -- heroes from all walks of life and from all over the world.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead. Don’t miss the five-part Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! ONE OF BLOOMBERG’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential. When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it’s necessary to do good work. But daring leadership in a culture defined by scarcity, fear, and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human. The irony is that we’re choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the exact same time as we’re scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines and AI can’t do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection, and courage, to start. Four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? In Dare to Lead, Brown uses research, stories, and examples to answer these questions in the no-BS style that millions of readers have come to expect and love. Brown writes, “One of the most important findings of my career is that daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable. It’s learning and unlearning that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with your whole heart. Easy? No. Because choosing courage over comfort is not always our default. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and our work. It’s why we’re here.” Whether you’ve read Daring Greatly and Rising Strong or you’re new to Brené Brown’s work, this book is for anyone who wants to step up and into brave leadership.
"A long and happy marriage." It sounds like the end of a fairy tale--an illusion that modern times have exposed. And it is, if marriage depends on a constant stream of romantic emotion, or even on copious amounts of time or money. Thank the Lord, none of those are necessary. Two thousand years ago, Paul gave women the key to a successful marriage, and it can be summed up in two words: unconditional respect. It's not popular. It doesn't sound fair. It can be hard to imagine. But it works. Nina Roesner has led countless women through this practical and life-changing journey, and in The Respect Dare she offers you the hope that so many others have found. Day by day, true stories and thought-provoking questions will help you apply biblical wisdom to the most important relationship in your life. The book is filled with stories of struggle and success, and many practical applications of respect that have dramatically impacted marriages. Give it forty days. Experience the intimacy God intended and discover what he can do in your heart and in your marriage when you choose to show respect his way.
The basic idea behind this volume is to probe the nature of grammaticalization. Its contributions focus on the following questions: (i) In how far can grammaticalization be considered a universal diachronic process or mechanism of change and in how far is it conditioned by synchronic factors? (ii) What is the role of the speaker in grammaticalization? (iii) Does grammaticalization itself provide a cause for change or is it an epiphenomenon, i.e. a conglomeration of causal factors/mechanisms which elsewhere occur independently? (iv) If it is epiphenominal, how do we explain that similar pathways so often occur in known cases of grammaticalization? (v) Is grammaticalization unidirectional? (vi) What is the nature of the parameters guiding grammaticalization? The overall aim of the book is to enrich our understanding of what grammaticalization does or does not entail via detailed case studies in combination with theoretical and methodological discussions.
The ability to manage this diversity successfully has become a basic strategy for corporate survival. Beyond Race and Gender supplies a sorely needed Action Plan, extensive case studies, and a series of tough questions and answers to get readers thinking deeply about what elements are blocking the full use of the human talent available. In this visionary work, R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., rouses organizations to face the facts and embrace the challenges--because it is the only efficient way for America to compete and prosper.
Are you curious to find out the story of a company that went from a static platform to winning the Best Business Transformation Project in the World?Why another book about business transformation? The answer is simple: because it is needed. We have seen business transformation projects fail and being abandoned and forgotten by those who initiated them. In some business communities, these projects are perceived as an 'inevitable evil'. Therefore, many organizations seem to oppose, avoid or at least try to delay it. This 'inevitable evil' paradigm is just a misconception. Understanding how to use business transformation as a strategic tool is more powerful than any fears. And it pays off.This book is a book of layers. It is born out of an outstanding collaboration between professionals of rather different personalities, expertise and expe¬rience. It is about leaders who went all in to achieve a 21st century organizational model, a snapshot into the work of more than 2.000 people as they went above and beyond trying to change their fate for more than 4 years.This book tells the story of a Project that has been designed from the start with the quest for exce-llence as an objective - it was envisioned to be globally recognized as one of the best business transformation initiatives, not just within the utilities sector, but across all industries.Some early reviews: "I've witnessed several presentations of the Project and in all of them my first impression was that the precise construct of the new organization, the description of each new role, and the risk analysis conducted to ascertain the risks of such an undertaking, all had an extraordinary level of detail. Of particular interest to me was the amount of people involved from the organization undergoing the change. That speaks well not only of the level of commitment of the leadership, but also of the level of enthusiasm and engagement of the workforce. I attribute this to the dedication of the Company's Leadership and Project's Leadership to deploy such an initiative. About the next steps: I am eager to know how this effort is being replicated across the Veolia family, and what challenges and opportunities are being captured and learned from in these future deployments. I recommend the book to all Managers looking to transform their Companies to meet the 21st Century challenges." Hugo Ashkar, Risk Manager - Global Projects Organization BP"Corporations, especially the bigger ones, constantly undergo organizational changes. Unfortunately, they do not remember the basics. The basics are that the organization of companies has to follow the processes, which follow the priorities, which follow the goals, which follow the vision and mission of the company. Getting all of this right, with all its consequences, is key to organizational change. Organizational Structure follows processes and processes follow purpose. This is exactly what Veolia did, and they did it right. The Project and the book are an inspiration for any Organizational Journey." Alexander Breskvar, Corporate VP of Quality Management - Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy"Cristian Matei and the leadership team of Veolia impressed the judges at the Global OPEX Awards 2019 with the extensive and strategic work they've done to turnaround the Veolia businesses, so much that they won the "Best Business Transformation Project" Category that year! They have also shared the journey and the transformation methodologies behind this winning story at the event and the audience were inspired by the depth of the transformation and the game-changing methodologies that completely reinvented the company DNA. It was my tremendous pleasure to have worked with Cristian and his team in the past few years, sharing their successes with our PEX Community, and couldn't be prouder to see their work published, so as to provide insights and positive influence for an even wider audience." Cathy Gu, Event Director, PEX Network & OPEX Week
Survive placements and practice with this essential guide for all student nurses. Providing words of wisdom and advice from real-life student nurses, Communication Skills for Nurses is a handy, portable, and fun introduction to the key communication and interpersonal skills you’ll need on placement and as a registered nurse. Special features: Developed by students, for students Clear, straightforward, and jargon-free Explains how to use your interpersonal skills effectively, communicate with patients with specific conditions, and handle both criticisms and compliments Features tips and advice from real life nursing students Examples and questions based on real life nursing and healthcare situations
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of six International Workshops held as parallel events of the 17th IFIP WG 12.5 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, AIAI 2021, virtually and in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, in June 2021: the 6th Workshop on 5G-Putting Intelligence to the Network Edge, 5G-PINE 2021; Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering and Informatics Workshop, AI-BIO 2021; Workshop on Defense Applications of AI, DAAI 2021; Distributed AI for Resource-Constrained Platforms Workshop, DARE 2021; Energy Efficiency and Artificial Intelligence Workshop, EEAI 2021; and the 10th Mining Humanistic Data Workshop, MHDW 2021. The 24 full papers and 16 short papers presented at these workshops were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. The papers presented at 5G-PINE focus on the latest AI applications in the telecommunication industry and AI in modern 5G-oriented telecommunications infrastructures. The papers chosen for AI-BIO 2021 present research on the subject of AI, in its broadest sense, in biomedical engineering and health informatics. The DAAI 2021 papers aim at presenting recent evolutions in artificial intelligence applicable to defense and security applications. The papers selected for DARE 2021 address a variety of pertinent and challenging topics within the scope of distributed AI for resource-constrained platforms. The papers presented at EEAI 2021 aim to bring together interdisciplinary approaches that focus on the application of AI-driven solutions for increasing and improving energy efficiency of residential and tertiary buildings and of occupant behavior. The MHDW papers focus on topics such as recommendation systems, sentiment analysis, pattern recognition, data mining, and time series.
