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Leadership is language : the hidden power of what you say-- and what you don't / by Marquet, L. David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the acclaimed author of Turn the Ship Around!, former US Navy Captain David Marquet, comes a radical new playbook for empowering your team to make better decisions and take greater ownership. You might imagine that an effective leader is someone who makes quick, intelligent decisions, gives inspiring speeches, and issues clear orders to their team so they can execute a plan to achieve your organization's goals. Unfortunately, David Marquet argues, that's an outdated model of leadership that just doesn't work anymore. As a leader in today's networked, information-dense business climate, you don't have full visibility into your organization or the ground reality of your operating environment. In order to harness the eyes, ears, and minds of your people, you need to foster a climate of collaborative experimentation that encourages people to speak up when they notice problems and work together to identify and test solutions. Too many leaders fall in love with the sound of their own voice, and wind up dictating plans and digging in their heels when problems begin to emerge. Even when you want to be a more collaborative leader, you can undermine your own efforts by defaulting to command-and-control language we've inherited from the industrial era. It's time to ditch the industrial age playbook of leadership. In Leadership is Language, you'll learn how choosing your words can dramatically improve decision-making and execution on your team. Marquet outlines six plays for all leaders, anchored in how you use language: Control the clock, don't obey the clock: Pre-plan decision points and give your people the tools they need to hit pause on a plan of action if they notice something wrong. Collaborate, don't coerce: As the leader, you should be the last one to offer your opinion. Rather than locking your team into binary responses ("Is this a good plan?"), allow them to answer on a scale ("How confident are you about this plan?") Commit, don't comply: Rather than expect your team to comply with specific directions, explain your overall goals, and get their commitment to achieving it one piece at a time. Complete, not continue: If every day feels like a repetition of the last, you're doing something wrong. Articulate concrete plans with a start and end date to align your team. Improve, don't prove: Ask your people to improve on plans and processes, rather than prove that they can meet fixed goals or deadlines. You'll face fewer cut corners and better long-term results. Connect, don't conform: Flatten hierarchies in your organization and connect with your people to encourage them to contribute to decision-making. In his last book, Turn the Ship Around!, Marquet told the incredible story of abandoning command-and-control leadership on his submarine and empowering his crew to turn the worst performing submarine to the best performer in the fleet. Now, with Leadership is Language he gives businesspeople the tools they need to achieve such transformational leadership in their organizations"--
Subjects: Transformational leadership.; Communication in management.; Teams in the workplace.;
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Brisingr, or, The seven promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular / by Paolini, Christopher.;
The further adventures of Eragon and his dragon Saphira as they continue to aid the Varden in the struggle against the evil king, Galbatorix.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Eragon (Fictitious character from Paolini); Dragons; Imaginary wars and battles;
© c2008., Alfred A. Knopf,
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The Change A Novel [electronic resource] : by Miller, Kirsten.aut; CloudLibrary;
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK  "The Change is like a guttural rage scream (and somehow a soft, tearful hug) of a book, and I couldn't have loved it any more." --Emily Henry Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick—a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers—putting them on a collision course with the evil that lurks in their wealthy beach town.  "A roar of rage, a pacy page-turner, I loved it with all my broken heart. Read it. You’ll love it."--New York Times bestselling author Marian Keyes "Miller triumphs...THE CHANGE is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A pointed, punchy, and potent thriller...wry and clever, serious and exacting, and masterfully suspenseful."--Booklist (starred review) In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment… After Nessa James’s husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she’s left all alone in a trim white house not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn’t take long for Nessa to realize that the voices calling out to her belong to the dead—a gift she’s inherited from her grandmother, which comes with special responsibilities. On the cusp of 50, suave advertising director Harriett Osborne has just witnessed the implosion of her lucrative career and her marriage. She hasn’t left her house in months, and from the outside, it appears as if she and her garden have both gone to seed. But Harriett’s life is far from over—in fact, she’s undergone a stunning and very welcome metamorphosis. Ambitious former executive Jo Levison has spent thirty long years at war with her body. The free-floating rage and hot flashes that arrive with the beginning of menopause feel like the very last straw—until she realizes she has the ability to channel them, and finally comes into her power. Guided by voices only Nessa can hear, the trio of women discover a teenage girl whose body was abandoned beside a remote beach. The police have written the victim off as a drug-addicted sex worker, but the women refuse to buy into the official narrative. Their investigation into the girl’s murder leads to more bodies, and to the town’s most exclusive and isolated enclave, a world of stupendous wealth where the rules don’t apply. With their newfound powers, Jo, Nessa, and Harriett will take matters into their own hands…
Subjects: Electronic books.; Magical Realism; Contemporary; Contemporary Women; Ghost; Women Sleuths; Occult & Supernatural; Horror; Suspense; Crime;
© 2022., HarperCollins,
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Seven / by Doctor, Farzana,author.;
'Seven' is a rich, soulfully written novel about inheritance and resistance that tests the balance between modern and traditional customs. Farzana Doctor is the author of 'All Inclusive' and 'Six Metres of Pavement', which won the 2012 Lambda Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award. Doctor is one of CBC Books Ten Canadian Women Writers You Need to Read Now and the recipient of the Writers Trust of Canadas Dayne Ogilvie Grant. She lives in Toronto, ON.
Subjects: Female circumcision;
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The Good Place. [videorecording] / by Bell, Kristen,1980-actor.; Harper, William Jackson,1980-actor.; Holland, Dean,film director.; Jamil, Jameela,1986-actor.; Miller, Beth McCarthy,film director.; Scanlon, Claire,film director.; Shout! Factory (Firm),publisher.;
Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil.From Executive Producer Michael Schur comes a smart, unique new comedy about what makes a good person. The showfollows Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife and, thanks to some kind of error, is sent to the Good Place instead of the Bad Place, which is definitely where she belongs. At the end of Season 2, Michael (Ted Danson in an Emmy Award-nominated performance) and Janet (D'Arcy Carden) appeared in front of the Judge (Maya Rudolph, also Emmy Award-nominated) to argue that the humans may have been judged unfairly and deserve a second chance. With a snap of her fingers, the Judge sent the humans back to Earth, in a new timeline where they never died.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Future life; Neighbors; Paradise; Women and death;
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Diving into forever / by Greer, Laurel,author.;
"To complete his beloved late sister's bucket list, chef Kellan Murphy needs to triumph over his fear of deep water. Enter American dive instructor Sam Walker, as kind as he is electrifying to every fiber of Kell's being. Sam's soon nudging his way into the Irishman's heart. But with Kellan's dive certification comes an inheritance ... and the restaurant of his dreams a continent away. Is Kellan's future really on Oyster Island-with Sam?"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Cooks; Diving; Gay men;
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Judgment at Nuremberg. by Kramer, Stanley,film director.; Lancaster, Burt,actor.; Widmark, Richard,actor.; Tracy, Spencer,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Spencer TracyOriginally produced by MGM in 1961.Winner of Two Academy Awards® including Actor in a Leading Role (Maximilian Schell), JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG is considered by many as one of the greatest films of all time. American judge Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy, "Inherit The Wind") presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood to make the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion Pictures.; Drama.; War films.; Motion pictures.;
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Blood legacy : reckoning with a family's story of slavery / by Renton, Alex,1961-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.When British Caribbean slavery was abolished across most of the British Empire in 1833, it was not the newly liberated who received compensation, but the tens of thousands of enslavers who were paid millions of pounds in government money. The descendants of some of those slave owners are among the wealthiest and most powerful people in Britain today. Alex Renton explores what inheritance - political, economic, moral and spiritual - has been passed to the descendants of the slave owners and the descendants of the enslaved.
Subjects: Renton, Alex, 1961-; Compensation (Law); Distributive justice.; Slavery; Slavery; Slavery; Slavery;
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Scooby-Doo and the haunted house [videorecording] / by Barbera, Joseph,creator.; Cohn, Mindy,1966-voice actor.; DeLisle, Grey,voice actor.; Hanna, William,1910-2001,creator.; Kasem, Casey,voice actor.; Messick, Don,voice actor.; Welker, Frank,voice actor.; Hanna-Barbera Productions,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.;
Voices: Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Frank Welker, Patricia Stevens, Heather North.Home is where the mystery is. An eccentric millionaire includes Scooby-Doo in his will in A Night of Fright is no Delight. Now Scooby and his ghost-chasing cohorts must spend the night in a haunted manor to receive his inheritance. In What the Hex Going On?, the Mystery Inc. Crew explores Kingston Mansion in search of their friend's uncle and finds a ghost instead. And in Haunted House Hang-Up, the gang is stranded near a creepy southern mansion.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Scooby-Doo (Fictitious character); Criminal behavior; Criminal investigation; Haunted houses; Detectives; Ghosts; Great Dane; Monsters;
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Sanctuary. by Wigon, Zachary,film director.; Abbott, Christopher,actor.; Qualley, Margaret,actor.; Mongrel Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Christopher Abbott, Margaret QualleyOriginally produced by Mongrel Media in 2022.A tense psychological drama starring Christopher Abbott as Hal, a wealthy heir who becomes entangled in a manipulative power struggle with his long-time dominatrix, Rebecca (Margaret Qualley). On the eve of his inheritance, Hal attempts to end their transactional relationship, but Rebecca has other plans, demanding more than he ever anticipated. Their encounter spirals into a twisted game of dominance and submission, where trust and control blur dangerously. Now, both must confront their true desires as the line between victim and perpetrator dissolves.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Romance.; Horror films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).;
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