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The 12 Week Year

Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months

by Michael Lennington, Brian P. Moran ...

Narrated by Tom Pile ...

Unabridged

5 hours 17 min

You cant succeed without making a plan. Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a twelve-month execution cycle. The authors have found that annual goals and plans create unforeseen barriers to achieving the best results. This is too short. Instead, a 12 Week Year captures the energy of year-end, and avoids the pitfalls of low productivity annualized ... Read more

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You cant succeed without making a plan. Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a twelve-month execution cycle. The authors have found that annual goals and plans create unforeseen barriers to achieving the best results. This is too short. Instead, a 12 Week Year captures the energy of year-end, and avoids the pitfalls of low productivity annualized
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Coven

A Graphic Novel

by Soman Chainani ...

Narrated by Krysta Gonzales, Gail Shalan, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Mark Sanderlin, Cathi Colas, Gary Tiedemann, Ramon de Ocampo, Shaan Dasani, Maria Marquis, Tom Pile ...

Unabridged

58 min

Need your magical crime solved?Call the Witch Coven.Hester, Anadil, and Dot are legendary across the Endless Woods as vigilante detectives and protectors of the peace. The famed trio are not only talented witches but also ride-or-die friends who’ve never left a case unsolved.That is, until the Coven answers a call for help from a mysterious new world—Red Isle, where the Light and Dark Lands are on ... Read more

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Need your magical crime solved?Call the Witch Coven.Hester, Anadil, and Dot are legendary across the Endless Woods as vigilante detectives and protectors of the peace. The famed trio are not only talented witches but also ride-or-die friends who’ve never left a case unsolved.That is, until the Coven answers a call for help from a mysterious new world—Red Isle, where the Light and Dark Lands are on
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Collective Genius

The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation

by Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, Kent Lineback ...

Narrated by Tom Pile ...

Unabridged

10 hours 31 min

You might think the key to innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help—but there's only one way to ensure sustained innovation: you need to lead it—and with a special kind of leadership. Collective Genius shows you how.Preeminent leadership scholar Linda Hill, along with former Pixar tech ... Read more

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You might think the key to innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help—but there's only one way to ensure sustained innovation: you need to lead it—and with a special kind of leadership. Collective Genius shows you how.Preeminent leadership scholar Linda Hill, along with former Pixar tech
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Music in the Halls

The Heart and Heartbreak of Teach- ing at a High-Poverty School in Washington, DC

by Bernard Jankowski ...

Narrated by Tom Pile ...

Unabridged

3 hours 45 min

Through vignettes, essays, snapshots, portraits, and poems, Music in the Halls reveals the inner workings of a high-poverty District of Columbia Public School. In it, Jankowski brings to light the visceral and emotional nature of childhood poverty and trauma and how it not only impacts a student’s ability to learn but also how it restricts their ability to live a full life. Uncovering the ... Read more

$18.00 USD

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Through vignettes, essays, snapshots, portraits, and poems, Music in the Halls reveals the inner workings of a high-poverty District of Columbia Public School. In it, Jankowski brings to light the visceral and emotional nature of childhood poverty and trauma and how it not only impacts a student’s ability to learn but also how it restricts their ability to live a full life. Uncovering the
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Leading the Life You Want

Skills for Integrating Work and Life

by Stewart D. Friedman ...

Narrated by Tom Pile ...

Unabridged

7 hours 41 min

You're busy trying to lead a "full" life. But does it really feel full—or are you stretched too thin? Enter Stew Friedman, Wharton professor, adviser to leaders across the globe, and passionate advocate of replacing the misguided metaphor of "work/life balance" with something more realistic and sustainable. If you're seeking "balance" you'll never achieve it, argues Friedman. The idea that "work" ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

You're busy trying to lead a "full" life. But does it really feel full—or are you stretched too thin? Enter Stew Friedman, Wharton professor, adviser to leaders across the globe, and passionate advocate of replacing the misguided metaphor of "work/life balance" with something more realistic and sustainable. If you're seeking "balance" you'll never achieve it, argues Friedman. The idea that "work"
... Read more
Genius at Scale

How Great Leaders Drive Innovation

by Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards, Jason Wild ...

Innovation doesn't just happen. You need to lead it. Discover the three critical roles leaders must play in driving—and scaling—innovation.Constant tech disruption. Unrelenting economic volatility. Radically shifting demographics and work norms. More than ever, we need to innovate amid these daunting global challenges. But do we have the leadership it takes to make this innovation happen ... Read more

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Innovation doesn't just happen. You need to lead it. Discover the three critical roles leaders must play in driving—and scaling—innovation.Constant tech disruption. Unrelenting economic volatility. Radically shifting demographics and work norms. More than ever, we need to innovate amid these daunting global challenges. But do we have the leadership it takes to make this innovation happen
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The 12 Week Year

Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months

by Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington ...

The guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to twelve weeksMost organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a twelve-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking. This book redefines your "year" to be 12 weeks long. In 12 weeks, there just isn't enough time to get complacent, ... Read more

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The guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to twelve weeksMost organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a twelve-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking. This book redefines your "year" to be 12 weeks long. In 12 weeks, there just isn't enough time to get complacent,
... Read more
The School for Good and Evil

Now a Netflix Originals Movie

by Soman Chainani ...

Illustrated by Iacopo Bruno ...

Series Book 1 - School for Good and Evil
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL will soon be a major motion picture from Netflix—starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophie Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Earl Cave, Kit Young, and more!The New York Times bestselling School for Good and Evil series is an epic journey into a dazzling new world, where the only way out of a fairy ... Read more

$8.99 USD

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THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL will soon be a major motion picture from Netflix—starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophie Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Earl Cave, Kit Young, and more!The New York Times bestselling School for Good and Evil series is an epic journey into a dazzling new world, where the only way out of a fairy
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Collective Genius

The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation

by Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, Kent Lineback ...

Named one of "10 Management Classics for 2022" by Thinkers50Why can some organizations innovate time and again, while most cannot?You might think the key to innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help—but there’s only one way to ensure sustained innovation: you need to lead it—and with a ... Read more

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Named one of "10 Management Classics for 2022" by Thinkers50Why can some organizations innovate time and again, while most cannot?You might think the key to innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help—but there’s only one way to ensure sustained innovation: you need to lead it—and with a
... Read more

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Becoming a Manager

How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership

by Linda A. Hill ...

Harvard Business School professor and leadership guru Linda Hill illuminates what it takes to make the most crucial transition in your career – going from individual performer to competent manager.A powerful framework and argument for understanding the transition from individual performer to manager.Real-life stories and voices of managers as they make the transition.Substantial research and ... Read more

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Harvard Business School professor and leadership guru Linda Hill illuminates what it takes to make the most crucial transition in your career – going from individual performer to competent manager.A powerful framework and argument for understanding the transition from individual performer to manager.Real-life stories and voices of managers as they make the transition.Substantial research and
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Beasts and Beauty

Dangerous Tales

by Soman Chainani ...

Illustrated by Julia Iredale ...

You think you know these stories, don’t you?You are wrong.You don’t know them at all.Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life . . . and death.A prince has a surprising awakening . . .A beauty fights l... ... Read more

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You think you know these stories, don’t you?You are wrong.You don’t know them at all.Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life . . . and death.A prince has a surprising awakening . . .A beauty fights l...
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Being the Boss, with a New Preface

The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader

by Linda A. Hill, Kent Lineback ...

The indispensable guide to making the transformation from becoming a first-time manager to actually being an effective manager and leader--to being the boss.Wisdom from HBS leadership professor Linda Hill, the preeminent authority on the crucial transition into the management role.Takes the next step after Hill's classic book, Becoming a Manager, showing what it takes to go from first time manager ... Read more

$25.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The indispensable guide to making the transformation from becoming a first-time manager to actually being an effective manager and leader--to being the boss.Wisdom from HBS leadership professor Linda Hill, the preeminent authority on the crucial transition into the management role.Takes the next step after Hill's classic book, Becoming a Manager, showing what it takes to go from first time manager
... Read more