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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships , FranklinCovey's Chief People Officer Todd Davis explains that an organization's greatest asset isn't its people; rather, it's the relationships between its people that is the greatest predictor of personal effectiveness. In the end, employees' ability to build and sustain great relationships is an organization's ultimate competitive advantage. Ideal for professional people at all...
Author
Series
Monkey and Elephant volume 2
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Monkey and Elephant are very good friends who have a lot in common. They both like morning time. They both like shiny rocks. And they both like to hear their own voices: "TAH. TAH. TAH." But Monkey is Monkey and Elephant is Elephant. They are not exactly the same. So when Elephant starts to sneeze--achoo!--Monkey has her own ideas of what will make him feel better. And when Monkey gets the sniffles, Elephant has his own ideas of what will make her...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A good night's sleep is important for your physical, mental, and professional health. This course shows you how to get a better night’s sleep so that you can be your best each day.
A good night’s sleep is important not only for your health and well-being, but also for your personal and professional performance. This course is designed to help you get a better night’s sleep, so that you can be your very best each day. First, learn how to practice...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Solo el 36% de las madres adolescentes amamantan a sus bebés. Este programa cuenta con un elenco de madres adolescentes que demuestran una buena posición y el agarre asimétrico. Al mostrar cómo funciona la lactancia materna, disipar mitos y abordar problemas comunes, puede alentar a las adolescentes a amamantar. Los temas incluyen: cómo funciona la lactancia materna, prenderse y posicionarse, cuándo alimentar a su bebé, cuánto es suficiente,...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In her down-to-earth and helpful debut book, A Better Life: Slowing Down to Get Ahead, Rebecca Smith - the founder of Better Life Bags - shares her story of how God can use even the smallest decisions in our lives to lead us into big adventures as we love others right where we are.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In this warm, wise, and witty overview, Jonathan Rauch combines evidence and experience to show his fellow adults that the best is yet to come." -Steven Pinker, bestselling author of Enlightenment Now This book will change your life by showing you how life changes. Why does happiness get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump when you're successful? Where does this malaise come from? And, most importantly, will it ever end? Drawing on...
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The sequel to the bestselling book about leaving the UK for a new life in the Yukon, Dorian and his growing family get gold fever, start to stake land claims and prospect for gold. Follow them along the learning curve about where to look for gold and how to live in this harsh climate. It shows that with good humor and resilience life can only get better.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Find out how to get better results and greater overall satisfaction from the conversations you have.
Effective communication is a learned skill, not something that you are naturally born with. In this course, communication coach TJ Guttormsen helps you to understand the fundamentals of centered communication and equips you with practical techniques to build conversations that are more likely to yield great results professionally and privately. TJ...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
My wife drives me crazy sometimes. My husband should already know what I need. Is our marriage in trouble if we fight all the time? Is it possible to learn how to fight? For the last several years, Penn and Kim Holderness have done the hard maintenance and the research. With the help of their marriage coach Dr. Christopher Edmonston, they break down their biggest (and in some cases, funniest) fights. How did a question about chicken wings turn into...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this final course in the Agile at Work series, explore the singular value of conducting an agile retrospective at the conclusion of every sprint.
Designed to help increase the pace and quality of a team’s work, agile retrospectives utilize a structured format to gather insights, identify challenges, create a more agile mindset, and make a team more productive and successful. Author Doug Rose outlines the five phases of a successful retrospective:...
14) Why Poverty?
Series
Pub. Date
[2013], c2012
Language
English
Description
Every year 130 million babies are born, but their outcomes in life depend on where, how, and to whom they are born. In Cambodia, new arrivals are likely to belong to a family that scavenges the streets to survive, while in Sierra Leone, chances of making it past the first year of life are half those of the worldwide average. American babies fare much better, although there are now more than 1.6 million homeless children in the U.S. and the country's...
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Daniel's Winter Adventure—Daniel, Dad, Prince Wednesday and Prince Tuesday are all going sledding! But once they get to the hill and see how tall it is, Daniel and Prince Wednesday get scared. Dad assures them that if they try it a little bit at a time, they might surprise themselves and have a great time. Later, Daniel goes ice skating for the first time. When he tries it a little bit at a time, he realizes it is not so hard. / Neighborhood Nutcracker—Daniel...
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In 1949, as postwar Texas was steadily becoming more urban and calls for education reform were gathering strength throughout the state and nation, State Representative Claud Gilmer and State Senator A. M. Aikin Jr. sponsored a bill designed to increase salaries for Texas schoolteachers. Also tied to the bill, however, were provisions related to sweeping changes in school funding and access to education for minorities. In To Get a Better School System,...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The 40th anniversary edition of a groundbreaking teen classic. When the grandmother who raised him dies, Davy Ross, a lonely thirteen-year-old boy, must move to Manhattan to live with his estranged mother. Between alcohol-infused lectures about her self-sacrifice and awkward visits with his distant father, Davy’s only comfort is his beloved dachshund Fred. Things start to look up when he and a boy from school become friends. But when their relationship...
Series
Pub. Date
[2006], c2003
Language
English
Description
How far should people be allowed to go in trying to have better babies? And whose definition of "better" should prevail? This Fred Friendly Seminar moderated by Dateline NBC correspondent John Hockenberry considers the ethical dilemmas facing individuals and society that grow out of prenatal testing and genetic options that may be available in the future - such as cloning. Panelists include Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research...
Series
Language
English
Description
Write a Business Plan is a simple course to help you get started with your business plan. A business plan is a written document describing an organization's core business activities, objectives, and plans to achieve its goals. Your business plan should outline your goals for your business, and how you intend to achieve them. It is a blueprint for growing your business. A business plan is a valuable roadmap for resourcing and marketing your business...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Listening to My Body is an engaging and interactive picture book that introduces children to the practice of paying attention to their bodies. Through a combination of story, and simple experiential activities, it guides them through the process of noticing and naming their feelings and the physical sensations that accompany them so that they can build on their capacity to engage mindfully, self-regulate and develop a deeper sense of well-being.
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