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Globalization means that we need to be prepared to interact with people from a wide range of cultures. But it's impossible to learn the particular customs and traits of every culture you might regularly come into contact with. Cultural Intelligence teaches techniques that will allow you to function effectively in any culture. Instead of providing a laundry list of culturally specific dos and don'ts, Thomas and Inkson show how to pay attention in a mindful and creative way to cues in cross-cultural situations.

Cynthia Albrecht, the executive chef of the Penske-Marlboro racing team and darling of the IndyCar circuit, went missing on October 25, 1992 - the night before her divorce from Michael Albrecht became final...The case went cold for six years until a newly elected prosecutor allowed his deputies to charge Michael Albrecht with murder. But would they be able to prove his guilt?

Anthony Faison was a young Black man living in the crack cocaine-ridden housing projects of Crown Heights in Brooklyn. When a drug dealer and crack addict conspired to frame him, Anthony was wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. During over a decade behind bars, he wrote more than 60,000 letters seeking help in clearing his name.

Street smart is one of those phrases we hear a lot but rarely think about. Everyone wants to be street smart, but as Yaser Qandeel discovered in his experience and research for this book, it means many different, even contradictory, things to different people. How to Be Street Smart clears up the confusion and shows anyone who really wants to be street smart how to go about it step by step. For Yaser, being street smart is more than just a term in the dictionary or a trendy catchphrase.

For 10 years, they exchanged notes, letters, faxes, and phone calls. Stephen Sondheim would contact him, and Paul Salsini, the founder and editor of The Sondheim Review, would respond. And vice versa. Now, Salsini, a Milwaukee journalist, has described his unlikely long-distance relationship with the fabled composer/lyricist. Almost none of the book material has been seen by the general public. To thoroughly understand the great, revolutionary artistry of Stephen Sondheim, Sondheim & Me is indispensable.

Are you looking for highly effective strategies to build your personal brand for explosive growth? If you want your personal brand to be established as one of the big players, then this audiobook will show you how.

Torture in Abu Ghraib prison. Corporate fraud. Falsified records at Veterans Administration hospitals. Teachers pressured to feed test answers to students. These scandals could have been prevented if, early on, people had said no to their higher-ups. In this timely new book, Ira Chaleff goes deeply into when and how to disobey inappropriate orders, reduce unacceptable risk, and find better ways to achieve legitimate goals.The inspiration for the book and its title came from a concept used in guide-dog training.

Burnout is among the most critical topics in healthcare as it deprives us of our most important resource - the talents and passion of those who perform the difficult work of caring for patients and their families. The purpose of this work is to provide not only a taxonomy of burnout within the landscape of healthcare, but also to provide pathways for healthcare professionals to guide themselves and their organizations toward changing the culture and systems of their organization.

To his neighbors, Anthony Sowell was a friendly and helpful former Marine. But they didn't know about his dark side - or the gruesome secret inside his house. Sowell's secret life was revealed to the nation on October 29, 2009, when a Cleveland Police SWAT team entered his house to arrest him for an alleged rape. They didn't find Sowell, but they encountered a nightmarish scene: two decomposed bodies in his third-floor living room. Eight more bodies were hidden throughout the house and buried in the back yard.

In this audiobook, Dr. Roy B. Blizzard explains the ancient origins of tithing, giving, and prosperity from the historical and biblical perspective. He brings to light the laws and customs of tithing throughout history - through to present day. Dr. Blizzard clears up many misperceptions: that the acquisition of material possessions equals prosperity, that one must give in order to receive, that tithing is a requirement of modern day Christianity.

Be Different: How Navy SEALs and Entrepreneurs Bend, Break, or Ignore the Rules to Get Results is the third book in a trilogy of deeply insightful business books by retired Navy SEAL and CEO Marty Strong. Take a journey into the fascinating world of disruptive and divergent thinking, and how leveraging your mind in an open and enlightened way can open the door to incredible creativity and innovation.

In DECEIT v. DECEIT, Vernon Baumrind delves into the harrowing experience of marital infidelity and its devastating impact on families, told through the lens of an extraordinary legal battle. Set in the late 1970s, long before the era of cell phones, this narrative is unique, capturing the raw and unfiltered conversations of the antagonists through a wiretap—a method now nearly impossible in today's technological landscape.

To all outward appearances, he was a hard-working, successful family man with a lavish new house, a devoted wife, and a healthy young son. But he concealed a hidden side of his personality, a dark secret tied to a hunger for blood and the overriding need to kill.

In a time when the Bible has been banned for decades, and the memory of its teachings suppressed, a group of unlikely heroes emerges. Among them are a band of children, forged by the crucible of their desolate reality, and a wise, lonely old man who carries the secret of a lost world within his heart.

You Are a Genius! is a guide to summoning the creative genius within. If you are passionate about stimulating your creativity and kicking it into the stratosphere, this audiobook will show you the way. Whether you are a composer, writer, cake decorator, painter, choreographer, entrepreneur, or graphic designer, the strategies and skills demonstrated in this audiobook will improve your output and accelerate your creativity to the stars and beyond. Get ready for an entertaining audiobook full of both wit and practicum, and prepare to be amazed...with yourself.

In conversations with people all over the world, from government officials and business leaders to taxi drivers and schoolteachers, Blair Sheppard, global leader for strategy and leadership at PricewaterhouseCoopers, discovered they all had surprisingly similar concerns. In this prescient and pragmatic book, he and his team sum up these concerns in what they call the ADAPT framework.

By cultivating executive poise and presence, we not only improve how others see us but enhance our capacity to lead a life of our choosing. While leadership styles may vary, all great leaders are able to connect with others while staying true to themselves. By remaining true to the best aspects of your personality, you, too, will be able to lead effectively in every situation. Leading from Your Best Self delivers a road map for developing the poise, presence, and influence needed to succeed at work and in life.

We all know that IQ, education, knowledge, and technical skills are essential for professionals, but they alone are insufficient for effective leadership. Who you are as a person - your personality and character - drives leadership performance and determines who thrives and who fails. In Personality at Work, psychologist Ron Warren lays out the key personality traits that drive high performance - and the common traits that derail it.

Our current democratic capitalist system is close to imploding. This book is the first to reveal the secret financial system dominating capitalism today and shows how we can create accountability to restore our democracy.

Be Visionary: Strategic Leadership in the Age of Optimization is a self-help, business leadership book that demonstrates to existing and aspiring leaders the positive impact of applying flexibility, creativity and decisiveness to achieve results—even in uncertain times. More importantly, this book helps leaders to understand that while business operations optimization may have value in certain circumstances, it can also adversely affect a leader's management style, his or her message and replace strategic thought with short-term focus and gratification.