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At the start of this thoughtful and revelatory book, Harrison Owen relates the story of how he was lunching with a senior official of the American Society for Training and Development, who observed

Our time is now. We have entered an age of disruption. Financial collapse, climate change, resource depletion and a growing gap between rich and poor are but a few of the signs.

Millions of working Americans talk, act, and vote as if their economic interests match those of the megawealthy, the multinational corporations, and the politicians who do their bidding.

We all want to do the right thing. But determining the right thing to do isn't always easy. Everytime we pick up a newspaper or turn on the TV, someone tells us how we ought to behave.

Networking is not mere socializing—it is a vital personal and professional development skill.

The World Cafe is a flexible, easy-to-use process for fostering collaborative dialogue, sharing mutual knowledge, and discovering new opportunities for action.

Whatever your position, if you influence change in the lives of those around you, you and engaged in an act of leadership.

In this thoroughly updated and expanded edition of the bestselling guide (over 20,000 of the 1st edition sold) to employee recognition, author Cindy Ventrice explores how managers need to adapt the

When a crippling disease shattered his lifelong ambition, Dr. V. Venkataswamy chose an impossible new dream: to cure the world of blindness.

This practical yet thought-provoking book presents a wealth of evidence to show that the two recurrent themes of democracy and enterprise are transforming our institutions.

Stewardship was provocative, even revolutionary, when it was first published in 1993, and it remains every bit as relevant and radical today.

High-heat meetings seem to be happening in more and more organizations these days. Situations where participants are polarized, angry, fearful, confused.

Most businesses spend far too much of their time and energy struggling to get new customers or hang on to existing ones-even customers who are ultimately more trouble than they're worth.

With demographic shifts and globalization transforming the nature of relationships, interactions, and decision making, excellence in diversity management is more important than ever.

Crafting agreements with others is a fundamental life skill. Unfortunately, we were never taught how to do it.