High Performance Learning

Pryor Learning is one of the nation’s leading corporate training providers, offering in-person and online training to millions of individuals and organizations—from small and mid-sized businesses to governments and nonprofits to Fortune 500s. Their new book, The High Performance Manager focuses on the skills you need to be not just an administrator, but a top-notch manager who brings out the best in your employees. It will arm you with a powerful set of skills, strategies and techniques for dealing with the issues you will encounter as you move forward in your career.

There is a revolution underway in employee workforce development, trending away from face-to-face to digital learning and away from event-based multiday workshops to technology-supported “learning journeys.” This shift is tremendously promising, and it is reshaping the future of learning and development (L&D). However, it represents a considerable challenge and is fraught with risk. Improving Performance Through Learning will help you navigate this revolution but stay true to the mission of impactful workplace learning. Building on Brinkerhoff and Apking’s breakthrough work on High ...

This expanded edition of the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller includes chapters on A.I., nootropics, discovering your brain type, and more. For over 30 years, Jim Kwik, the world-renowned brain coach, has been the secret weapon of success for a diverse range of high achievers...

Optimizing High-Performing Teams presents a standards-based, lifecycle-driven approach to elevating technical program and project teams from pre-initiation through post-shutdown. Organized around the project life cycle, this practical guide offers concrete tools, templates, and tips across ten essential areas—Program Management Office, Business Development, Recruitment, Integration Management, Communication Management, Requirement Management, Solution Development, Security Management, Information Dissemination, and Operations & Maintenance—so teams can perform at their best at every stage.

Award-winning author Stephen Greenblatt is one of the most influential literary thinkers in the world. An acclaimed interpreter of Shakespeare's works, his ideas have changed the way countless people approach the classics. Now Greenblatt's uniquely brilliant voice delivers a magnificent biography of the Bard himself.

Are you looking for a natural ways to improve your athletic performance, boost your immune system, fight erectile dysfunction, manage high blood pressure (hypertension), improve heart health, manage type-2 diabetes, and promote overall health? Look no further than Natural Nitric Oxide Boosters! Nitric oxide is a vital molecule produced naturally in the body that plays a key role in regulating blood flow, immune function, and cellular communication. In this comprehensive guide, you'll learn how to naturally increase your body's production of nitric oxide, unlocking a range of benefits for ...

Leslie Odom Jr. burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical phenomenon Hamilton. Since then he has performed for sold-out audiences, sung for the Obamas at the White House, and won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. But before he landed the role of a lifetime in one of the biggest musicals of all time, Odom put in years of hard work as a singer and an actor.

“Excellent.”—The Wall Street Journal Since its publication ten years ago, businesspeople, investors, doctors, parents, students, athletes, and musicians at every level have adopted the maxims of Talent Is Overrated to get better at what they’re passionate about. Now this classic has been...

"Distributed Machine Learning Systems" is a comprehensive textbook and practical guide designed to navigate the exciting and complex intersection of machine learning and distributed computing. It serves as a one-stop resource for students, academics, and professionals seeking to understand, design, and implement machine learning solutions at scale. Philosophy The core philosophy of this book is to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Machine learning is not merely a collection of algorithms; it is an engineering discipline. Similarly, distributed systems are not just theoretical ...

Nobody wants to fail. But in highly complex organizations, success can happen only when we confront our mistakes, learn from our own version of a black box, and create a climate where it’s safe to fail. 　 We all have to endure failure from time to time, whether it’s underperforming at a...

Procrastination is one of the most well-known issues that humans have. For as long as humans have been around, they have been faced with the habit of delaying, avoiding, and procrastinating on different issues. During humans' more productive moments, when they figure out temporarily how to stop procrastinating, they feel satisfied and accomplished. But those moments don't last forever. You need to know that there exists a way to stop the procrastination problem--a cure that will help you have more productive moments than avoiding them.

Daily observation of classroom teaching can significantly impact the quality of teaching and learning. Organized into 21 chapters designed to be read over a period of 21 school days, Now We're Talking! presents a results-driven approach that far surpasses traditional walkthrough models of feedback for teachers. School leaders will complete two cycles of teacher evaluations while reading the book and establish the necessary foundation for subsequent visits.

As a leader, is it possible to be both successful and humble? Studies show that today's emerging leaders not only prioritize achievement over humility but also see the two as mutually exclusive. Does this signal an existential crisis for healthcare - an industry that, at its essence, is supposed to embody humility and compassion? Thankfully, no, according to Intangibles: The Unexpected Traits of High-Performing Healthcare Leaders, which demonstrates that you can embrace humility and still be excellent at your job.

We want you to be filled with confidence, so that you can ace engine performance first time round. We've professionally narrated more than 100 questions and answers from the official guides—and all of the answers are helpfully explained in detail to give you a holistic understanding. We've included a mix of the 7 different question formats (excluding illustrations), the same that you’ll have on the day of the real exam.

The Substance of Leadership is a concise and practical guide that teaches you how to lead a high-performing team. Based on more than three decades of experience with high-performing teams operating in high-pressure environments from aircraft carriers to combat to TOPGUN to the business world, David Robinson takes you on an experiential journey distilling the complexities of leadership into a simple, enduring framework that will maximize your leadership effectiveness.

You will never come across a business person who wishes for his or her business to end when he or she leaves. If an organization chooses not to embrace change, it will have no customers because people only buy things that meet their needs. For this reason, an organization needs to ensure that it stays ready for what is to come. The way to do this is to continually sharpen own tools by creating a learning environment so that own employees learn all business and change-related tricks to help them maneuver the business world.

Britain's most esteemed scholar of 16th and 17th century literature, Frank Kermode is also a noted author and professor. In this Modern Library Chronicle, he uses the context of the Elizabethan Era to link each of Shakespeare's plays to their probable years of creation. By portraying the bard's England in terms of its society, economy, and arts, Kermode provides an invaluable guide to understanding Shakespeare?s works.

Dive into the exciting world of game development with C++ Game Development. Designed for readers with prior knowledge in C++ programming, this comprehensive guide takes you on a thrilling journey through the fundamentals of game development and beyond. From the basics of game programming to advanced techniques in graphics rendering, physics simulation, and multiplayer networking, this book covers all aspects of game development with clarity and depth. Each chapter is meticulously crafted to provide a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical insights, empowering you to unleash your ...

Animal House, the film adaptation of stories Chris Miller published in National Lampoon about his experiences at a Dartmouth fraternity, is among the most beloved and successful comedies of all time. In fact, its portrayal of college party life is still imitated on campuses across the country: toga party, anyone? Now Chris Miller can finally answer the fans who all want to know one thing: was it really like that? The answer: yes, but much, much more out of control!

This book is designed to help you rise to the challenge and become the game changer your organization needs. Candid insights from dozens of coaches, managers, CEOs, journalists, entrepreneurs, and other elite performers reveal the qualities that make some people stand out, and the underlying theme is mindset. While talent is a great head start, it is merely potential. Undeveloped and erratically-wielded talent holds little value for an organization.