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Fiasco
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 370

Fiasco

Translated into English at last, Fiasco joins its companion volumes Fatelessness and Kaddish for an Unborn Child in telling an epic story of the author's return from the Nazi death camps, only to find his country taken over by another totalitarian government. Fiasco as Imre Kertesz himself has said, "is fiction founded on reality"—a Kafka-like account that is surprisingly funny in its unrelentingly pessimistic clarity, of the Communist takeover of his homeland. Forced into the army and assigned to escort military prisoners, the protagonist decides to feign insanity to be released from duty. But meanwhile, life under the new regime is portrayed almost as an uninterrupted continuation of life in the Nazi concentration camps-which, in turn, is depicted as a continuation of the patriarchal dictatorship of joyless childhood. It is, in short, a searing extension of Kertesz' fundamental theme: the totalitarian experience seen as trauma not only for an individual but for the whole civilization—ours—that made Auschwitz possible.

Promotion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 184

Promotion

Have you ever appointed an individual to a key position in your church or ministry, only to realize later on that you made a poor choice? Or perhaps you realized that although the individual had potential, he or she wasn't quite ready to assume the responsibility you had assigned. Such regrets are unfortunate - and they are entirely...

Who Is Ready for a Spiritual Promotion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 246

Who Is Ready for a Spiritual Promotion

An acid test for leadership -- ten guidelines to determine if an individual is compatible with you and prepared to take on more authority and responsibility. These insightful principles and practical guidelines are drawn from the Word of God; therefore, they can be applied to the advantage of any work environment in any region of the world. The author uses both his past mistakes and past victories to illustrate what he has learned not only about becoming ready for leadership but also about moving carefully and more accurately when choosing key members for the inner circle of his team. In addition, his examples offer a checklist for self-examination to help the reader to determine if he or she is actually ready for promotion.

Harvard Business Review on Finding & Keeping the Best People
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 296

Harvard Business Review on Finding & Keeping the Best People

Is your company's top talent jumping ship as good replacements become harder to get? If you need the best practices and ideas for winning the race for talent--but don't have time to find them--this book is for you. Here are 11 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place. This collection of HBR articles will help you: - Look for good people in all the right places - Interview more effectively - Make--and keep--compelling promises to candidates and employees - Mitigate the risks of hiring stars from other companies - Coach and mentor to shore up commitment - Stretch promising employees' responsibilities - Rotate high performers into a variety of teams - Reverse the female brain drain

Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 288

Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model

Revise your game plan--and profit from the change. If you need the best practices and ideas for creating business models that drive growth--but don't have time to find them--this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place. This collection of HBR articles will help you: - Reinvent your business profitably - Set your model up for success with a winning competitive strategy - Test and change your assumptions about customers - Spot trends that could transform your business - Exploit disruptive technologies - Give traditional offerings a shot in the arm - Produce game changers for your industry or market - Build a new business in an established organization