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A Fish Out of Water: 9 Strategies to Maximize Your God-Given Potential

A Fish Out of Water: 9 Strategies to Maximize Your God-Given Potential

by George Barna

Available for the first time in paperback, Barna unveils the results of years of research and hundreds of interviews, and emerges with a new definition of what leadership is--and isn't.

If I'm putting together a project, it's the authors of this book that I want. . . . And failing that I'd settle for people who've read their book." -- Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process--taking a requirement and producing working,... (more)

The 17 Essential Qualities Of A Team Player Becoming The Kind Of Person Every Team Wants

The 17 Essential Qualities Of A Team Player Becoming The Kind Of Person Every Team Wants

by John C. Maxwell

Where can a person go to learn how to become a better team player? Your choices are definitely limited. John C. Maxwell takes the pain out of knowing what makes a team tick. If you want to have a better team, you have to develop better players. Great team players, like great teams, are formed from the inside out. The qualities Maxwell teaches quickly take you to the heart of teamwork. Anybody can understand... (more)

Gung Ho!: Turn on the People in Any Organization

Gung Ho!: Turn on the People in Any Organization

by Ken Blanchard

Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles, co-authors of the New York Times business bestseller Raving Fans, are back with Gung Ho! Here is an invaluable management tool that outlines foolproof ways to increase productivity by fostering excellent morale in the workplace. It is a must-read for everyone who wants to stay on top in today's ultra-competitive business world. Raving Fans taught managers how to turn... (more)

Designing Groupwork: Strategies for the Heterogeneous Classroom

Designing Groupwork: Strategies for the Heterogeneous Classroom

by Elizabeth G. Cohen

This edition features new material on such topics as skill-building for more advanced students and how to use multiple-ability treatments. The book aims to combine easy-to-follow theory with examples and teaching strategies that are adaptable to any situation.

Leading the Team-Based Church: How Pastors and Church Staffs Can Grow Together into a Powerful Fellowship of Leaders A Leadership Network Publication (J-B Leadership Network Series)

Leading the Team-Based Church: How Pastors and Church Staffs Can Grow Together into a Powerful Fellowship of Leaders A Leadership Network Publication (J-B Leadership Network Series)

by George Cladis

A Leadership Network Publication In Leading the Team-Based Church , George Cladis issues a clarion call for ministry teams to embrace a fresh leadership model that is not based on hierarchy, but on a process of collaboration that mirrors the relationship of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He reminds us that today's cultural environment--where authority has basis in trust, innovation reaps rewards, and... (more)

Mastering Virtual Teams: Strategies, Tools, and Techniques That Succeed (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series)

Mastering Virtual Teams: Strategies, Tools, and Techniques That Succeed (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series)

by Deborah L. Duarte

This third edition of the best-selling resource Mastering Virtual Teams offers a toolkit for leaders and members of virtual teams. The revised and expanded edition includes a CD-ROM with useful resources that allow virtual teams to access and use the book's checklists, assessments, and other practical tools quickly and easily. Deborah L. Durate and Nancy Tennant Snyder include updated guidelines, strategies, and... (more)

Learning The Game (Push Fiction)

by Kevin Waltman

Over the hot, Indiana summer, Nate's high school basketball team practices on a local court off a row of fraternities. One day after practice, one of the team members suggests breaking into a frat house and looting its contents. Nate goes along with it -- a move he instantly regrets. Soon all of his loyalties are being tested -- with his brother, a town outcast who might be blamed for the crime; with his... (more)

Beyond Dispute: The Invention of Team Syntegrity

Beyond Dispute: The Invention of Team Syntegrity

by Stafford Beer

Over the last forty years, Stafford Beer has published a steady stream of books and papers in which he has applied cybernetic science to organizational problems. In all of these he has explained underlying principles and developed new theories and recorded a great variety of practical applications. He has now invented and demonstrated Team Syntegrity. Syntegrity is a powerful invention in the organization of... (more)

Dogteam

by Gary Paulsen

On a moonlit winter night, a team of dogs pulls a sled, taking the narrator and readers on a wondrous ride through the snow, into and out of the woods. It is a ride you'll wish would never end. Through this exquisite prose poem, Gary Paulsen shares the joy, the beauty, and the grandeur of the outdoors. With his joyous text and Ruth Wright Paulsen's exuberant and expressive illustrations, Dogteam is a celebration... (more)

Software Engineering Classics

by Steve Maguire, Jim McCarthy, Steve McConnell

In an exclusive limited offering, three revered software development classics get reissued in special boxed edition-just in time for the '98 holiday season! This "Best Practices" triad is the ideal reference set for the software engineer, developer, project leader, or technical manager. It features Software Project Survival Guide by Steve McConnell, Dynamics of Software Development by Jim McCarthy, and Debugging... (more)

Ready

by Lucy Monroe

They’re the good guys fighting the bad guys. They’ll get the job done—if the price is right and so is the cause. And what cause could be nobler than the heart’s desire? Rough and ready, tough and tender—when it comes to love and security, these hunks are definitely for hire... As a writer, Lise Barton is used to coming up with wild scenarios for her characters, but the one that’s playing out for her right now... (more)

Doing Church As A Team

by Wayne Cordeiro

Your church may have many members, but does every member have a purpose? In' Doing Church as a Team', Pastor Wayne Cordeiro underscores that church numbers are insignificant when every individual is not involved. However, if the team members work together as one toward a single, clearly defined goal, anything is possible and everyone shares in the joys and rewards of success! Pastor Wayne Cordeiro shows you how to... (more)

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