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Inspiring Leadership
Do you consider yourself to be a successful leader, or do you aspire to be so? If so then this book is for you. Do you wish to lead your teams in the most effective and energising way? Are you a follower seeking to be well led? Are you in the business of helping others to improve their performance? If you answer yes to any of these questions then you'll find much to help you in these pages. From the authors own practical experience, from his observation of other leaders and from his wide research he found that people who have become highly respected usually display the eight characteristics described within the inspiring leadership philosophy. Employing these qualities is how they manage to ...
Masculinity and Student Success in Higher Education
This practical resource identifies complex issues associated with masculinity in higher education, providing administrators and faculty with research-based strategies for supporting the success of this student group. Grounded in interdisciplinary social science theories and representative case studies, this book unpacks the experience of college men while simultaneously addressing the various identities they embrace or are assigned. Masculinity and Student Success in Higher Education shares strategies on increasing enrollment, engagement, and persistence of men in higher education across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic distinctions. By successfully interrogating their own campus practices, readers can better address issues of diversity while also supporting and engaging the social and academic factors that contribute to student success.
Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal Communication: An Applied Approach teaches students the fundamentals of nonverbal communication by making connections between the principles they learn and the everyday communication they perform and interpret. Award-winning teacher and author Jonathan M. Bowman uses a narrative style and an applied approach that is informed by the important theories and research-driven knowledge of this interdisciplinary area of study. The approach encourages students to understand the relevancy of nonverbal codes by exploring applications sooner rather than in the latter half of their course. Bowman brings in a unique focus on culture and social justice, demonstrating how nonverbal communication ...
Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal Communication: An Applied Approach teaches students the fundamentals of nonverbal communication by making connections between the principles they learn and the everyday communication they perform and interpret. Award-winning teacher and author Jonathan M. Bowman uses a narrative style and an applied approach that is informed by the important theories and research-driven knowledge of this interdisciplinary area of study. The approach encourages students to understand the relevancy of nonverbal codes by exploring applications sooner rather than in the latter half of their course. Bowman brings in a unique focus on culture and social justice, demonstrating how nonverbal communication ...
Interconnections: Interpersonal Communication Foundations and Contexts
With its intriguing anecdotes, current research and storytelling narrative, Bowman's INTERCONNECTIONS illustrates the relevance of interpersonal communication to readers' everyday lives. It is written specifically for readers whose lives are increasingly mediated via Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. The text integrates issues of social diversity throughout, while boxed features offer in-depth coverage of technology, diversity and ethics. It also includes self-assessment via both journal activities and research-based questionnaires to help readers analyze their own communication style--and equips them with the tools to change it, if they want. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
The Promise That Changes Everything
'The lessons and practices here will shift a sense of chaos to one of clarity and a mindset of fear to one of hope' Margaret Heffernan, bestselling author of Wilful Blindness ___________________________________________________________________________________ How often do you interrupt? How often do people interrupt you? Can you remember the last time someone listened to you all the way through your thinking? In a time when communication is more challenging than ever and relationships need to be nurtured, listening to one another could not be more important. In her new book, Nancy Kline, bestselling author of Time To Think, suggests that for us to radically improve our communication we should...
Starfish
"Dazzling" - Bustle "This book is a gem" - Book Riot "The best YA debut novel of the year" - Paste Magazine 26 of the best books to read this summer 2018 - Cosmopolitan "Utterly uplifting" - Stylist Magazine Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she's thinking. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a half-Japanese heritage she doesn't quite understand, Kiko prefers to keep her head down, certain that once she makes it into her dream art school, Prism, her real life will begin. But then Kiko doesn't get into Prism, at the same time as her abusive uncle moves back in with her family. So when she receives an invitation from her childhood friend to leave her smal...
American Public Service
Understanding the effects of radical change on public personnel systems is critically important both now and in the future to all those interested in the quality of American democracy. Civil service reform is occurring at all levels of government both in the United States and abroad. American Public Service: Radical Reform and the Merit System is a collection of papers that examine the innovations, strategies, and issues found in the contemporary civil service reform debate. Offering diverse perspectives from expert contributors, this book presents matters concerning radical reform and the merit system at the federal, state, and local levels of government. This volume offers fresh insight in...
Achieving Competencies in Public Service: The Professional Edge
The new context and character of public service - shifting values, entrepreneurship, information technology, and multi-sector careers - require a 'skills triangle' of technical, ethical, and leadership abilities. This concise and readable work focuses on these three essential skills, and describes what it means to be a consummate professional public servant. Essential reading for both professionals and students, "Achieving Competencies in Public Service: The Professional Edge" sets standards for anyone who conducts the public's business, and links them with performance management, human resource administration, and information technology skills. Filled with original illustrative examples, case studies, and exemplar profiles, the book is an ideal supplement for any introductory course in Public Administration.
Jonathan James Says, "I Can Help"
Jonathan the rabbit learns that being a helper includes more than just working with his mom and dad to clean house.
