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  • How Performance Management Is Killing Performance - and What to Do About It: Rethink. Redesign. Reboot

    M. Tamra Chandler

    Paperback (ReadHowYouWant, Aug. 31, 2016)
    Most people associate performance management with the annual review, which is universally dreaded by employees, management, and HR professionals alike. It's a cookie-cutter, fear-based, top-down approach that emphasizes negatives over positives and stifles healthy career conversations. It's never been shown to motivate anyone to do anything but try to avoid it, but nobody feels like they have any alternative. Tamra Chandler has one-and it works. Actually, Chandler doesn't offer a single alternative-she offers an infinite number of them. Each organization that uses her Performance Management Reboot is able to develop its own unique version since it doesn't make a lot of sense for organizations with different cultures, in different industries and sectors, to do things exactly the same way. Grounded in the latest scientific findings about motivation, it's a transparent, employee-driven process that values collaboration over competition and rewards people for acquiring new skills and increasing their contribution instead of hitting arbitrary benchmarks. Chandler lays out the general principles and then walks you through each step in creating a performance management process that employees will actually embrace rather than avoid and that will help you meet the three objectives of great performance management: developing your people, rewarding them equitably, and driving your organization's performance. It's the first comprehensive, step-by-step guide to creating a performance management solution that's tailored to your organization's needs and goals and that places the emphasis squarely on your greatest asset: your people.
  • Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories From The Dark Side Of American Immigration

    Ann Bausum

    Paperback (ReadHowYouWant, June 19, 2014)
    The Statue of Liberty's welcoming arms are a symbol held dear to Americans. But the reality is that the issue of immigration, both today and throughout history, has not always been about welcoming; it has also been about keeping out. Often U.S. immigration policy has been less encompassing and more limiting, and sometimes it has even been ruled by racism, prejudice, political concerns, and fear. Immigrants yearning to breathe free have found themselves denied, as when the St. Louis, a ship filled with Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, sought refuge in American ports and was turned away. Immigrants have found themselves detained, as when Japanese Americans during World War II were rounded up and placed in detention centers - regardless of their patriotism - for security reasons. And immigrants have found themselves deported, sometimes for their radical political views, as did Emma Goldman, who after 30 years in the U.S. was rounded up and sent back to Russia after she was branded a dangerous extremist. Ann Bausum examines these immigrant stories from history, the stories of the denied, detained, and deported, so that we can learn from past successes - and past mistakes. Shedding light on the dark side of immigration helps inform one of the most important policy debates of our time. It helps us chart a course true to our past and good for our future. It helps us keep the golden lamp of liberty burning bright.
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  • A White Heron and Other Stories:

    Sarah Jewett

    Paperback (ReadHowYouWant.com, Dec. 12, 2007)
    The sketches in this collection are a brilliant depiction of the life and time to which they belong. In these charming little pieces, Jewett manages to capture the essence of the culture and traditions of her surroundings. Truly Mesmerizing!
  • The Sleepover: Lily the Elf

    Anna Branford

    Paperback (ReadHowYouWant, Nov. 22, 2016)
    Lily has everything ready for Fern's sleepover: books, games and cheesy acorn pie for dinner. Will Lily's first sleepover be the best night ever?
  • Wisdom's Choice

    Kathryn Adams Shapiro

    language (ReadHowYouWant, July 21, 2010)
    Wisdom's Choice is designed to help individuals connect with their own inner wisdom. Think of it as a kind of ''spirit world's little instruction book'' full of simple insights anyone can use on the power of thought, forgiveness, compassion, and unconditional love. This remarkable little book can serve as a pocket companion for spiritual seekers of all faiths or lack of faith, and for anyone trying to walk a more spiritual path or live a more meaningful life. Wisdom's Choice holds the promise of helping readers connect with their own health, well-being, spirituality, and happiness. Counseling us on the need to relinquish fear and doubt, it illuminates the Law of Cause and Effect, and teaches us to pay close attention to the power of our thoughts because they create our life. Offering an abundance of insights, each of the forty passages ends with simple words given by the Source of Life: I Love You.
  • wisdom's choice

    Kathryn Adams Shapiro

    Paperback (ReadHowYouWant, Dec. 28, 2012)
    Wisdom's Choice is designed to help individuals connect with their own inner wisdom. Think of it as a kind of ''spirit world's little instruction book'' full of simple insights anyone can use on the power of thought, forgiveness, compassion, and unconditional love. This remarkable little book can serve as a pocket companion for spiritual seekers of all faiths or lack of faith, and for anyone trying to walk a more spiritual path or live a more meaningful life. Wisdom's Choice holds the promise of helping readers connect with their own health, well-being, spirituality, and happiness. Counseling us on the need to relinquish fear and doubt, it illuminates the Law of Cause and Effect, and teaches us to pay close attention to the power of our thoughts because they create our life. Offering an abundance of insights, each of the forty passages ends with simple words given by the Source of Life: I Love You.
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  • A Plain and Simple Christmas

    Amy Clipston

    Paperback (ReadHowYouWant, Dec. 28, 2012)
    In the tradition of her widely popular Kauffman Amish Bakery series, author Amy Clipston tells the tale of Anna Mae McDonough who was shunned by her family four years ago when she left her Amish community in Lancaster County, PA, to marry an ''Englisher'' (non Amish) man and move with him to Baltimore. Now, eight months pregnant when her first child, she longs to return home for Christmas to reconcile with her family, especially her stern father, who is the religious leader for her former Amish church district. So Anne Mae writes a letter to Kathryn Beiler, her brothers wife, to enlist her help. Kathryn asks her husband, David, if she should arrange Anna Maes visit. David cautions her that a visit would cause too much stress in the family and instead suggests they visit Anna Mae and her husband in the spring. However, Kathryn arranges the visit anyway, believing in her heart that its Gods will for the family to heal. When Anna Mae arrives in Lancaster for Christmas, she doesnt receive the welcome she expects and her world begins to fall apart, leaving her to question her place in her family and her faith in God. A book filled with love, the pain of being separated from ones family, and the determination to follow Gods will regardless of the outcome, A Plain and Simple Christmas is an inspiring page-turner that will keep you guessing what happens next right to the very last page.
  • God's Generals for Kids/Evan Roberts: Volume 5

    Roberts Liardon, Olly Goldenberg

    eBook (ReadHowYouWant, Oct. 23, 2014)
    This exciting book for children shows how God changed the nation of Wales in those days. Preachers, policemen, drunks, miners, and even donkeys felt the effects of this amazing revival, as thousands of people started going to church and crying out to God. As children read about his life of prayer, they will discover how and why Evan was used by God in this great move of His Spirit. They will discover how one person can truly make a difference when they are devoted to the Lord through prayer and commitment.
  • Bronze Bird Tower: Dragonkeeper 6

    Carole Wilkinson

    Paperback (ReadHowYouWant, June 21, 2017)
    Tao and Kai's journey has been long and at last they have arrived at the Dragon Haven - but what they find is not the sanctuary Kai has described. Are they unwelcome? Will they be made to leave? It seems they will be forced straight back into the clutches of the murderous nomad leader Jilong, who is intent on vengeance. How can Tao keep Kai safe? Being a Dragonkeeper is so much more difficult than Tao could have imagined. But when things are at their worst, help can come from the most unexpected places. And the least powerful can become a mighty force. Perhaps there is a place for dragons in this world after all.
  • Coping with Anxiety

    Edmund J. Bourne

    Paperback (ReadHowYouWant, Dec. 28, 2012)
    Want quick, effective and easy-to-learn solutions to problem anxiety? Coping with Anxiety offers the most effective strategies for overcoming the physical, mental, and emotional symptoms of anxiety, distilled into ten clear and simple solutions. Each of the ten solutions includes step-by-step exercises for combating a particular feature of anxiety, written in a concise, reader-friendly style. Each of the strategies provides something you can do in the moment, without having to work through the finer points of the most often used therapies for treating anxiety: cognitive therapy and desensitization.Theoretical text is limited to that information necessary for understanding the goal of the solutions, which include body relaxation, mental relaxation, facing fears, changing diet, turning off worry, and much more.
  • Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Employees Want

    Beverly Kaye and Julie Winkle Giulioni

    Paperback (ReadHowYouWant, Dec. 28, 2012)
    Study after study confirms that career development is the single most powerful tool managers have for driving retention, engagement, productivity, and results. Nevertheless, it's frequently back - burnered. When asked why, managers say the number one reason is that they just don't have time - for the meetings, the forms, the administrative hoops.But there's a better way. And it's surprisingly simple: frequent short conversations with employees about their career goals and options integrated seamlessly into the normal course of business. Kaye and Giulioni identify three broad types of conversations that have the power to motivate employees more deeply than any well - intentioned development event or process. These conversations will increase employees' awareness of their strengths, weaknesses, and interests; point out where their organization and their industry are headed; and help them pull all of that together to design their own up - to - the - minute, personalized career paths.Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go is filled with practical tips, guidelines, and templates, as well as nearly a hundred suggested conversation questions. Illuminated with stories, quotes, and the perspectives of real managers and employees, this book proves that careers are best developed one conversation at a time.
  • The Power to Prevent Suicide: A Guide for Teens Helping Teens

    Nelson

    Paperback (ReadHowYouWant, Dec. 28, 2012)
    'I just don't want to live anymore.'' Those can be scary words to hear from a friend. But what your friend really means is: ''I want help from someone to feel good about living.'' You can be that someone - and this book tells you how. The Power to Prevent Suicide. A Guide for Teens Helping Teens When teens were asked, ''Who would you tell about wanting to commit suicide?'' 90 percent said they would tell a friend first. The Power to Prevent Suicide shows how young people like you can be a friend who cares and knows what to do. In this book, you'll learn: Why someone might want to die? What you need to know about suicide and suicidal people? How to recognize the warning signs of a person who's suicidal? How to reach out to a friend in danger?, How to get help for someone who's suicidal? How to help yourself when you're feeling depressed or overwhelmed? How to get your school and community involved in teen suicide prevention Praise for the original edition of The Power to Prevent Suicide.