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From the director, executive producer, and star of IT ENDS WITH US Justin Baldoni, a gripping, deeply honest, fearless personal and societal exploration of masculinity and what it means to be a man. The effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social...

From a young age, Cobie Galloway made a career of playing the girl-next-door on the silver screen. Only, she's not a teenager anymore. Pop star Lila Wilder built a multimedia empire by always having her finger on the pulse of what's hot. However, as she struggles to produce her next smash hit record, she's finding it hard to keep her name in the public eye. Both women tentatively agree to a headline-grabbing fauxmance, with two simple rules: Always stick to the script, and never forget that on the stage of public perception, nothing is real.

Why read this strategy book? Understand business from a strategic perspective. Senior executives routinely share and discuss strategy with marketing directors, operations chiefs, and other direct reports. But how much do those managers really understand about strategic thinking, planning, implementation, and measurement? A recent investigation into this question concluded most managers don't understand enough about strategy to be useful. Asked to take a basic strategy exam—a test that any CEO or senior manager should easily ace—a representative sample of U.S. managers from C-level ...

When Nicholas Meyer was asked to direct the troubled second Star Trek film, he was something less than a true believer. A bestselling author and successful director, he had never been a fan of the TV series. But as he began to ponder the appeal of Kirk, Spock, et al., he realized that their...

Is this book for you? Are you someone who: sees a need and are taking action wants to know more about how the best nonprofit organizations (NPOs) get things done believes we are responsible for the world together, or is willing to consider the idea And, if your organization is a startup or is in the more-than-70% of nonprofits that are struggling with fundraising, I wrote this book with you in mind. My first 10 years in the nonprofit sector were spent helping start and build St. John of Kronstadt Orthodox Christian School. I don’t know why I was asked to help, but seeing the need, I ...

Sustainable supply chain management has become a strategic imperative, not a compliance exercise. This book provides a rigorous analytical framework for addressing resilience, decarbonization, and transparency as an integrated system rather than competing priorities. - Understand the structural interdependencies between supply chain resilience, decarbonization, and transparency and why optimising one in isolation undermines the others - Analyze disruption typologies, vulnerability architecture, and the adaptive capacity mechanisms that distinguish resilient supply chains from fragile ones -...

Chambers do not fail because of competition or changing markets. They fail when boards refuse to think like business owners. The chamber is not a membership organization. It is a leadership organization with a membership business model. A board that understands it governs differently, prices differently, and builds differently. A board that does not keeps designing for the wrong members and wondering why growth stalls. ChamberThink gives chamber executives and board members the frameworks to close that gap — the board composition, revenue architecture, and governance disciplines that ...

Victoria Alonso takes listeners on her journey from Argentina to America to Hollywood and illuminates the ways everyone can live in a heightened state of possibility and use their voice for change. “If it has been done, you can do it. But if it hasn’t been done, you should.” It was these words from Victoria Alonso’s mother that imbued in her the power of possibility. First as a young person in Argentina living through a dictatorship, then as a nineteen-year-old alone in America, saying yes to possibility again and again laid the path for Victoria to become who she is today.

Your Team Just Got a New Co-Worker Who Never Sleeps, Never Complains, and Never Asks for a Raise. AI can now draft the reports, analyze the data, write the code, and handle the tasks your team used to spend all week on. The question every manager is asking — whether they admit it or not — is: what exactly am I managing now? Here's the truth nobody at the leadership offsite will say out loud: the old management playbook is dead. You can't lead by knowing more than your team when AI knows more than all of you. You can't manage by overseeing execution when machines execute faster. And you ...

In today’s fast-paced and complex business environment, the role of a Board member has become increasingly pivotal in shaping an organization's trajectory. For newly appointed Board members, the first 100 days represent a crucial period for establishing credibility, understanding organizational dynamics, and laying the groundwork for impactful contributions. This book, "The Board Member's First 100 Days: Establishing Effective Leadership and Strategic Influence," serves as a comprehensive guide to help new Board members navigate this transformative phase with clarity, confidence, and ...

Pre-order this outrageously fun, laugh-out-loud rom-com now! 'A proper rom-com with a hugely appealing heroine; warm, funny, romantic and very, very, charming' ANNA JAMES 'This book had me laughing, crying and relating so much to the main character I felt I was reading about myself'...

Foreword read by Melissa McCarthy and featuring the voices of Stephen, Margaret, and Flynn Falcone. A funny and intimate look at fatherhood from the actor and writer/director of The Boss and Tammy that combines stories about his own larger-than-life dad and how his experiences raising two...

Become a Better Theatre Teacher and Director with the BEST Must-Have Resources for Every High School Theatre Educator! Stop wasting time and money blindly purchasing resources hoping to find what you need! This book provides a list of the absolute must-have books and online resources with detailed information about what you will get and how you can use it to better your instruction and your theatrical practice. Inside you will find the only resources you ever need for… Drama Games for the Classroom with Educational Insights Purposeful Drama Games for Rehearsals Acting Theory & Practice ...

BUILD A PROFITABLE CONSTRUCTION OR TRADES BUSINESS THAT WORKS FOR YOU. In Build and Grow , Alison Warner shares her proven BUILD system which enables tradespeople and construction business owners to get 'off the tools' and develop a profitable and rewarding business.

After a stressful week, TV reporter Cora Baxter is ready for a quiet weekend. What she isn't counting on is witnessing the shocking death of a young woman on her way home. Cora discovers that 17-year-old Leanne has been protesting against a new housing development, angering the powerful establishment. Leanne’s death is ruled a suicide, but when puzzling information comes to light, Cora decides to investigate further.

The leadership playbook that built the last era will not lead you through this one. The rules have changed. Strategy cycles have collapsed. Boundaries between functions, generations, and machines are dissolving faster than most leaders can adapt. The frameworks that produced yesterday's executives — predictable, hierarchical, function-bound — are quietly failing in boardrooms and team rooms around the world. And the leaders who sense it are asking the same uncomfortable question: what does it actually take to lead now? ELITE Leadership is the answer. Built on pattern recognition across ...

Here is the Amazon product description, ready to paste into KDP: The machine is the finest analyst you will ever hire — and the only one whose word means nothing. AI now drafts our documents, builds our models, and answers our questions — brilliantly, instantly, and in a voice that sounds exactly as sure when it is wrong as when it is right. Every leader now faces the same three questions: What do you hand to the machine? What do you check? And what must never leave your hands? George Bickerstaff has spent half a century signing pages that had to be right — six chief financial officer...

I’d done my time as an entrepreneur and corporate CEO. I wanted a change, to spend the rest of my career advising and supporting the next generation of great companies. But when I started this journey, I could find no definitive literature on how to get started as an NED in the private sector. It was all about PLCs staffed by city grandees. Books, courses, and qualifications were all about governance and best practice.

In Singing in the Moment, Dr. Plaag looks at the nuances of relating with others using fifty short stories that reflect lessons learned from his experience with volunteer choirs and his own spiritual journey.

Experience the dramatic evolution of live performance, from ancient sacred rituals to modern theatrical rebellion. Whether you are seeking a deep dive during a focused commute or looking to satisfy a craving for cultural history, this sweeping narrative brings centuries of stagecraft to life...