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Presents a roadmap for helping readers define their personal success and reach their potential that covers a critical series of issues that must be addressed in order for them to set and achieve their ultimate goals.

This book is made up of profiles of women including information from interviews and in their own words. Among those women included are several famous examples such as Diane Warren, Leslie Stahl, and Stockard Channing.

"Chick-fil-A's former HR operations manager helps you create a work life you love from recruitment to retirement, including how to prepare and interview for jobs, develop strong relationships, keep a job, and grow your career"--

See the stories of four teachers in different areas of the country, revealing the frustrating realities of today's teachers, the difficulty of attracting talented new educators, and why so many of our best teachers leave the profession altogether. Can we re-value teaching and turn it into a prestigious, financially attractive, and desirable profession? With almost half of American teachers leaving the field in the next ten years, now is the time to...

Enthusiastic employees outproduce and outperform. They step up to do the impossible. They rally each other in tough times. Most people are enthusiastic when they're hired: hopeful, ready to work hard, eager to contribute. What happens to dampen their enthusiasm? Management, that's what. This book draws on 30 years of research and experience to show you exactly what managers do wrong and what they should do instead. Drawing on detailed case studies...

Nurses typically go in to the profession of nursing because they want to "care" for patients, not knowing that the inherent stresses of the work environment put them at risk for developing psychological disorders such as burnout syndrome, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Symptoms of these disorders are often debilitating and affect the nurse's functioning on both a personal and professional level. While environmental and/or...

"Keeping Score ensures that you look at the right measurements. The author contends that your measurements must focus on the past, present, and future and be based on the needs of customers, shareholders, and employees. Measuring everything is more damaging than measuring nothing - pinpointing the vital few key measures is the key to success." "Following a Baldrige approach, Mark Brown shows you how to evaluate your current approach to measurement...