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"Peggy Orenstein's Girls & Sex broke ground, shattered taboos, and galvanized conversations about young women's right to pleasure and agency in sexual encounters. It also had an unintended effect on its author: Orenstein realized that talking about girls is only half the conversation. To understand girls and sex, we also need to talk about boys and sex. Today's young men are subject to the same cultural forces as their female peers. They are steeped...
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"For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him -- most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. What were they afraid of? In Tremble for My Country, Coates takes readers along on his journey through America's history of race and its contemporary resonances through a series of awakenings -- moments...
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2012
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Francisco Abad reúne, junto a un amplio equipo de autores, cien ideas para impulsar la actividad empresarial ante el cambio demográfico. Empresa y envejecimiento activo nos invita a fomentar el envejecimiento activo, su planificación a lo largo de la vida y su efecto positivo en el bienestar de cada uno de nosotros y de la sociedad en general. Reflexiones en torno a un tema que, a pesar de que muchos consideran antiguo, es una de las grandes...
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[2017]
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Organizations around the world spend billions of dollars every year to awaken and engage their employees. Yet global employee engagement remains fixed-at 13%. The disengagement problem usually begins with the CEO telling human resources to fix it. Unless the CEO or business owner takes charge of engagement, everyone will look over the messenger's shoulders to pick up cues from the top leader. Most workers can't engage because they are overwhelmed...
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2021.
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Your brand is the stories people share about you when you're not in the room. Whether a small, one or two-person company or a large multinational; a not for profit or a Government organisation; a start-up entrepreneur or a corporate institution; a school or a sporting team; a religious institution or a political party; a local café or a global franchise -- everyone has a brand and everyone has a story. The reality is people are already sharing stories,...
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[2013]
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"With more than 80 million in their ranks, the Millennials (aka Generation Y)--born between 1977 and 1995--are the largest generation in American history, outnumbering Generation X by far, and even the Baby Boomers by 1 million. Their direct buying power is estimated at $2 00 billion, and their indirect buying influence at least double that--and now their oldest members are entering their peak earning and spending years. It's time for anyone seeking...
12) Understanding Y
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2014.
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The ultimate expose of the Misunderstood Millennials Understanding Y is a fresh and incisive book that offers a better understanding, appreciation and awareness of the Millennial generation. In this groundbreaking work, author Charlie Caruso has amassed a diverse array of papers, articles and journals from prominent individuals, noted entrepreneurs and bestselling authors who collectively explore how Gen Y thinks, interacts and works. Understanding...
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2013
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This hugely popular A-Z guide provides a comprehensive overview of the issues which characterize post-colonialism: explaining what it is, where it is encountered and the crucial part it plays in debates about race, gender, politics, language and identity. For this third edition over thirty new entries have been added including: Cosmopolitanism Development Fundamentalism Nostalgia Post-colonial cinema Sustainability Trafficking World Englishes. Post-Colonial...
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2023.
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Even in a turbulent environment where employees are facing job insecurity, leadership changes, or reorgs, managers can take steps to give their team members a sense of stability and help mitigate their anxiety. The author suggests seven ways managers can support their teams during times of instability to help restore employees’ sense of control and maintain their motivation.
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©2008
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It's Tuesday morning and Hope walks into her office with puffy eyes, a swollen head and a broken heart. Unfortunately her company, EZ Tech, is in worse shape than she is. The fact that their computer batteries are catching on fire are the least of their problems. Employees have been posting negative comments about management on internet blogs for the world to see, the media is attacking the credibility of the company, morale is at an all time low,...
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©2012
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Including case studies from Microchip; Southwest Airlines; The Ritz-Carlton; Google; and other companies that drive great results by hiring for attitude; this groundbreaking book shows hiring managers how to recognize the attitudinal characteristics to set their companies apart from the competition. --
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"Rebel at Work is a fascinating book that makes you see your workplace in ways you haven't considered before. Natalie's approaches will have immediate impact for anyone trying to 'lead from the trenches' in a positive and productive way." -Jon Gordon, author of The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, and The Power of Positive Leadership Are you tired of leadership that claims to want an innovative culture, but throws up internal roadblocks against any new...
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