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The Trusted Executive

Nine Leadership Habits that Inspire Results, Relationships and Reputation

by John Blakey ...

SHORTLISTED: CMI Management Book of the Year 2017 - Commuter's Read Category (previous edition)***The Trusted Executive***helps leaders deliver outstanding results, create inspiring relationships and provide a positive contribution through the power of trustworthy leadership.In the shifting world of business, affected by trends involving robotics, AI, data privacy, the #metoo movement, climate ... Read more

$31.99 USD

SHORTLISTED: CMI Management Book of the Year 2017 - Commuter's Read Category (previous edition)***The Trusted Executive***helps leaders deliver outstanding results, create inspiring relationships and provide a positive contribution through the power of trustworthy leadership.In the shifting world of business, affected by trends involving robotics, AI, data privacy, the #metoo movement, climate
... Read more
Force for Good

How to Thrive as a Purpose-Driven Leader

by John Blakey ...

SHORTLISTED: The Leadership Book of the Year Award 2024Inside each leader is a force for good and a force for bad. Which one wins? The one you feed.As more and more organizations become purpose-driven and commit to the triple bottom line of profit, people and planet, leaders need to practise a new set of behaviours to stay motivated, authentic, resilient and master winning behaviours.Force for ... Read more

$29.99 USD

SHORTLISTED: The Leadership Book of the Year Award 2024Inside each leader is a force for good and a force for bad. Which one wins? The one you feed.As more and more organizations become purpose-driven and commit to the triple bottom line of profit, people and planet, leaders need to practise a new set of behaviours to stay motivated, authentic, resilient and master winning behaviours.Force for
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Challenging Coaching

Going Beyond Traditional Coaching to Face the FACTS

by John Blakey, Ian Day ...

Challenging Coaching is a real-world, timely and provocative book which provides a wake-up call to move beyond the limitations of traditional coaching. Based on the authors' extensive experience working at board and management levels, they suggest that for far too long coaching approaches have shied away from adopting a more challenging stance - a stance that can provoke greater performance and ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Challenging Coaching is a real-world, timely and provocative book which provides a wake-up call to move beyond the limitations of traditional coaching. Based on the authors' extensive experience working at board and management levels, they suggest that for far too long coaching approaches have shied away from adopting a more challenging stance - a stance that can provoke greater performance and
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Challenging Coaching

Going beyond traditional coaching to face the FACTS

by John Blakey, Ian Day ...

Narrated by Dana Hickox ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

Based on the authors' extensive experience working with international Board level teams, Challenging Coaching suggests that for too long coaches have shied away from adopting a more challenging stance in their work - a stance that can provoke greater performance and unlock deeper potential in business leaders and their teams. In particular, the authors offer a new coaching approach, FACTS, to help ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Based on the authors' extensive experience working with international Board level teams, Challenging Coaching suggests that for too long coaches have shied away from adopting a more challenging stance in their work - a stance that can provoke greater performance and unlock deeper potential in business leaders and their teams. In particular, the authors offer a new coaching approach, FACTS, to help
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Black Cat Weekly #154

by Paul Di Filippo, Claudio Chillemi, SJ Rozen, Albert Tucher, James Blakey, John S. Glasby, Hal Charles, Nelson S. Bond, Hamilton Edmond, James French Dorrance ...

This issue, we have original mysteries by Albert Tucher (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and James Blakey, plus a modern tale by SJ Rozan (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman). For our mystery novel, we have a Golden Age tale set in the Canadian Northwest Territories, The Long Arm of the Mounted, by James French Dorrance. Rounding out the section is a solve-it-yourself puzzler ... Read more

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This issue, we have original mysteries by Albert Tucher (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and James Blakey, plus a modern tale by SJ Rozan (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman). For our mystery novel, we have a Golden Age tale set in the Canadian Northwest Territories, The Long Arm of the Mounted, by James French Dorrance. Rounding out the section is a solve-it-yourself puzzler
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The Legend of Icarus O'Toole, The Incredible Naked Flying Man of Achill

by John A. Blakey ...

Narrated by John A. Blakey ...

Unabridged

7 hours 43 min

The Legend of Icarus O'Toole is a satirical love story about an innocent child of nature, who falls victim to his own eccentric, even slapstick ways. Born on the beautiful and wild Achill Island off the west coast of Ireland, free as a bird, with a predilection for chasing about naked on the high cliffs of Croaghaun, his carefree life slowly gathers momentum, then races around like an out of ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Legend of Icarus O'Toole is a satirical love story about an innocent child of nature, who falls victim to his own eccentric, even slapstick ways. Born on the beautiful and wild Achill Island off the west coast of Ireland, free as a bird, with a predilection for chasing about naked on the high cliffs of Croaghaun, his carefree life slowly gathers momentum, then races around like an out of
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Words Can Change Your Brain

12 Conversation Strategies to Build Trust, Resolve Conflict, and Increase Intimacy

by Mark Robert Waldman, Andrew Newberg M.D. ...

Narrated by Mark Robert Waldman ...

Unabridged

7 hours 20 min

In our default state, our brains constantly get in the way of effective communication. They are lazy, angry, immature, and distracted. They can make a difficult conversation impossible. But Andrew Newberg, M.D., and Mark Waldman have discovered a powerful strategy called Compassionate Communication that allows two brains to work together as one. Using brainscans as well as data collected from ... Read more

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In our default state, our brains constantly get in the way of effective communication. They are lazy, angry, immature, and distracted. They can make a difficult conversation impossible. But Andrew Newberg, M.D., and Mark Waldman have discovered a powerful strategy called Compassionate Communication that allows two brains to work together as one. Using brainscans as well as data collected from
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Immunity to Change

How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization

by Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

A recent study showed that when doctors tell heart patients they will die if they don't change their habits, only one in seven will be able to follow through successfully. Desire and motivation aren't enough: even when it's literally a matter of life or death, the ability to change remains maddeningly elusive.Given that the status quo is so potent, how can we change ourselves and our organizations ... Read more

$16.99 USD

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A recent study showed that when doctors tell heart patients they will die if they don't change their habits, only one in seven will be able to follow through successfully. Desire and motivation aren't enough: even when it's literally a matter of life or death, the ability to change remains maddeningly elusive.Given that the status quo is so potent, how can we change ourselves and our organizations
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Executive Presence

The Missing Link Between Merit and Success

by Sylvia Ann Hewlett ...

Narrated by Rosalind Ashford ...

Unabridged

6 hours 17 min

Are you “leadership material?” More importantly, do others perceive you to be? Sylvia Ann Hewlett, a noted expert on workplace power and influence, shows you how to identify and embody the Executive Presence (EP) that you need to succeed.You can have the experience and qualifications of a leader, but without executive presence, you won't advance. EP is an amalgam of qualities that true leaders ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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Are you “leadership material?” More importantly, do others perceive you to be? Sylvia Ann Hewlett, a noted expert on workplace power and influence, shows you how to identify and embody the Executive Presence (EP) that you need to succeed.You can have the experience and qualifications of a leader, but without executive presence, you won't advance. EP is an amalgam of qualities that true leaders
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The Organized Mind

Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

by Daniel J. Levitin ...

Narrated by Luke Daniels ...

Unabridged

16 hours 19 min

New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we’re expected to make more—and faster—decisions about our lives than ever before. No wonder, then, that the average American reports frequently losing ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we’re expected to make more—and faster—decisions about our lives than ever before. No wonder, then, that the average American reports frequently losing
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Time to Think

Listening to Ignite the Human Mind

by Nancy Kline ...

Narrated by Nancy Kline ...

Unabridged

8 hours 30 min

Most people think they listen well, but they rarely do - not at this level. Listening this way is a radical act.The power of effective listening is recognised as the essential tool of good management. In this book, Nancy Kline describes how we can achieve this, and presents a step-by-step guide that can be used in any situation.Whether you want to have more productive meetings, solve business ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Most people think they listen well, but they rarely do - not at this level. Listening this way is a radical act.The power of effective listening is recognised as the essential tool of good management. In this book, Nancy Kline describes how we can achieve this, and presents a step-by-step guide that can be used in any situation.Whether you want to have more productive meetings, solve business
... Read more

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To Sell Is Human

The Surprising Truth About Moving Others

by Daniel H. Pink ...

Narrated by Daniel H. Pink ...

Unabridged

6 hours 6 min

**#1 New York Times Business Bestseller#1 Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller#1 Washington Post bestsellerFrom the bestselling author of Drive: the insightful and pragmatic book that explores the powerful role selling plays in our lives.**According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in nine Americans works in sales. Every day more than fifteen million people earn their keep by ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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**#1 New York Times Business Bestseller#1 Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller#1 Washington Post bestsellerFrom the bestselling author of Drive: the insightful and pragmatic book that explores the powerful role selling plays in our lives.**According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in nine Americans works in sales. Every day more than fifteen million people earn their keep by
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