Tag: Leading

Learning, Leading, and the Best-Loved Self in Teaching and Teacher Education


Free Download Cheryl J. Craig, "Learning, Leading, and the Best-Loved Self in Teaching and Teacher Education "
English | ISBN: 3031119010 | 2023 | 365 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This book explores the concept of the "best-loved self" in teaching and teacher education, asserting that the best-loved self is foundational to the development of teacher identity, growth in context, and learning in community. Drawing on the work of Joseph Schwab, who was the first to name the "best-loved self," the editors and their contributors extend this knowledge further through the collaboration of their group of teacher educators, known as the Faculty Academy, who have been involved in examining teacher education for over two decades.

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Leading with Cultural Intelligence The Real Secret to Success


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English | 2015 | pages: 272 | ISBN: 0814449174, 1400231116 | EPUB | 0,7 mb
Succeeding in today’s global market requires a new set of skills than it did when the pioneers of the twentieth century were making their mark. But don’t let that intimidate you from expanding your business beyond our borders. In order to negotiate with vendors in Japan, it is not necessary to immerse yourself in the Asian culture. To explore potential markets in Africa, you don’t need to take a month-long safari across the jungle to learn what their people are like. The key to taking your business global, and doing so effectively, is all about your CQ-or cultural intelligence. Having done training and consulting for leaders in more than 100 countries, David Livermore, president and partner at the Cultural Intelligence Center, has detailed in Leading with Cultural Intelligence a four-step model for improving your CQ and maximizing your impact in managing across cultures:* Drive-boost your motivation for and confidence in interacting with other cultures * Knowledge-understand the relevance of differences in religion, values, norms, and languages * Strategy-plan ahead for unfamiliar cultural settings, but remain flexible if actual experience differs from expectations * Action-successfully adapt your behavior to each situationFeaturing fresh research, case studies, and statistics on the ROI of improving your CQ, this new edition of Leading with Cultural Intelligence with help you thrive in any business environment-whether it’s across the world or in your own backyard.

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Leading Primary Care Tales from the Leadership Hikers


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032218991 | 197 Pages | PDF (True) | 5 MB
This new book of leadership narratives portrays the reality of driving change within primary care, making it a valuable resource for a broad primary care audience. It empowers both clinicians and non-clinicians by helping them recognise and harness their leadership qualities. The book weaves together stories from diverse primary care practitioners operating at different levels from junior to senior, in both clinical practice and large-scale operations. These narratives showcase how these professionals applied their leadership skills, navigated challenges, and distilled valuable lessons from their experiences.

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Leadership Is Worthless…But Leading Is Priceless What I Learned from 911, the NFL, and Ukraine


Free Download Leadership Is Worthless…But Leading Is Priceless: What I Learned from 9/11, the NFL, and Ukraine by Thom Mayer
English | May 7th, 2024 | ISBN: 1523006153 | 216 pages | True EPUB | 1.84 MB
Practical leadership for difficult times, from a crisis management expert who has led response teams through the 9/11 Pentagon attack, NFL on-field medical emergencies, and the war in Ukraine.

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Beautiful Testing Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software


Free Download Beautiful Testing: Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software (Theory in Practice) by Tim Riley, Adam Goucher
English | December 1, 2009 | ISBN: 0596159811 | True EPUB/PDF | 347 pages | 4.8/3 MB
Successful software depends as much on scrupulous testing as it does on solid architecture or elegant code. But testing is not a routine process, it’s a constant exploration of methods and an evolution of good ideas.

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Learned Excellence Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from the World’s Top Performers [Audiobook]


Free Download Eric Potterat, Alan Eagle, Pete Simonelli (Narrator), "Learned Excellence: Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from the World’s Top Performers"
English | ASIN: B0C4VFN8T3 | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~06:30:00 | 177 MB
Learn how to perform at your very best, from the psychologist who has advised elite military operators, Olympic medalists, big wave surfers, neurosurgeons, cliff divers, first responders, Cirque du Soleil acrobats, professional athletes and coaches, Fortune 500 business executives, and CIA analysts.
Learned Excellence is a comprehensive and practical guide to the mental disciplines of high performance, from the expert who developed the US Navy SEALs mental toughness curriculum and has worked with thousands of top athletes, elite military personnel, business executives, and first responders.
These stars perform across a wide variety of fields, but they all have something in common: when they are at work they know how to think clearly, stay focused, and shrug off setbacks under very high levels of stress. They may have superb physical and intellectual traits, but it is the stuff going on above the neck and between the ears that makes them excellent. The difference between settling and achieving, between good and great, between contentment and fulfillment, is based entirely on their mental approach.

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