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Kids who start ahead, stay ahead : what actually happens when your home-taught early learner goes to school / by Harvey, Neil,Dr.(CARDINAL)381771;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-170) and index.

Subjects: Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential.; Educational acceleration.; Gifted children; Home schooling; Mainstreaming in education;

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The advantage : why organizational health trumps everything else in business / by Lencioni, Patrick,1965-(CARDINAL)272177;

The case for organizational health -- The four disciplines model. Discipline 1: Build a cohesive leadership team -- Discipline 2: Create clarity -- Discipline 3: Overcommunicate clarity -- Discipline 4: Reinforce clarity -- The centrality of great meetings -- Seizing the advantage."There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerful than any other. Is it superior strategy? Faster innovation? Smarter employees? No, New York Times best-selling author, Patrick Lencioni, argues that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre ones has little to do with what they know and how smart they are and more to do with how healthy they are. In this book, Lencioni brings together his vast experience and many of the themes cultivated in his other best-selling books and delivers a first: a cohesive and comprehensive exploration of the unique advantage organizational health provides.Simply put, an organization is healthy when it is whole, consistent and complete, when its management, operations and culture are unified. Healthy organizations outperform their counterparts, are free of politics and confusion and provide an environment where star performers never want to leave. Lencioni's first non-fiction book provides leaders with a groundbreaking, approachable model for achieving organizational health--complete with stories, tips and anecdotes from his experiences consulting to some of the nation's leading organizations. In this age of informational ubiquity and nano-second change, it is no longer enough to build a competitive advantage based on intelligence alone. The Advantage provides a foundational construct for conducting business in a new way--one that maximizes human potential and aligns the organization around a common set of principles"--

Subjects: Organizational effectiveness.; Associations, institutions, etc.; Success in business.; Well-being.; Organization.;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8

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Race horse men : how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack / by Mooney, Katherine Carmines,author.(CARDINAL)399834;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-305) and index.Prologue : The loss of the stirrup has won the race -- The glory of the four-mile horse -- Knowed a horse when he seed him -- A storm is approaching -- These are the verities -- The only practical means of reunion -- I ride to win -- I have got that nigger beat -- Epilogue : He didn't go in no back doors!"Recaptures the vivid sights, sensations, and illusions of nineteenth-century thoroughbred racing, America's first mass spectator sport. Inviting readers into the pageantry of the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney conveys the sport's inherent drama while also revealing the significant intersections between horse racing and another quintessential institution of the antebellum South: slavery. A popular pastime across American society, horse racing was most closely identified with an elite class of southern owners who bred horses and bet large sums of money on these spirited animals. The central characters in this story are not privileged whites, however, but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who sometimes called themselves race horse men and who made the racetrack run. Mooney describes a world of patriarchal privilege and social prestige where blacks as well as whites could achieve status and recognition and where favored slaves endured an unusual form of bondage. For wealthy white men, the racetrack illustrated their cherished visions of a harmonious, modern society based on human slavery. After emancipation, a number of black horsemen went on to become sports celebrities, their success a potential threat to white supremacy and a source of pride for African Americans. The rise of Jim Crow in the early twentieth century drove many horsemen from their jobs, with devastating consequences for them and their families. Mooney illuminates the role these too often forgotten men played in Americans' continuing struggle to define the meaning of freedom."--Book jacket.

Subjects: African American horsemen and horsewomen; African American jockeys; Horse racing; Horse racing;

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Work rules! : insights from inside Google that will transform how you live and lead / by Bock, Laszlo,author.(CARDINAL)408440;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-396) and index.Preface: a guidance counselor's nightmare -- Why Google's rules will work for you -- Becoming a founder -- "Culture eats strategy for breakfast" -- Lake Wobegon, where all the new hires are above average -- Searching for the best -- Don't trust your gut -- Let the inmates run the asylum -- Why everyone hates performance management, and what we decided to do about it -- The two tails -- Building a learning institution -- Pay unfairly -- The best things in life are free (or almost free) -- Nudge a lot -- It's not all rainbows and unicorns -- What you can do starting tomorrow -- Afterword for HR geeks only: building the world's first people operations team.""We spend more time working than doing anything else in life. It's not right that the experience of work should be so demotivating and dehumanizing." So says Laszlo Bock, head of People Operations at the company that transformed how the world interacts with knowledge. This insight is the heart of WORK RULES!, a compelling and surprisingly playful manifesto with the potential to change how we work and live. Drawing on the latest research in behavioral economics and with a profound grasp of human psychology, Bock also provides teaching examples from a range of industries -- including companies that are household names but hideous places to work, and little-known companies that achieve spectacular results by valuing and listening to their employees. Bock takes us inside one of history's most explosively successful businesses to reveal why Google is consistently rated one of the best places to work in the world, distilling 15 years of intensive worker R&D into delightfully counterintuitive principles that are easy to put into action, whether you're a team of one or a team of thousands. Cleaving the knot of conventional management, some lessons from WORK RULES! include: Take away managers' power over employees Learn from your best employees - and your worst Only hire people who are smarter than you are, no matter how long it takes to find them Pay unfairly (it's fairer!) Don't trust your gut: use data to predict and shape the future Default to open: be transparent, and welcome feedback If you're comfortable with the amount of freedom you've given your employees, you haven't gone far enough WORK RULES! shows how to strike a balance between creativity and structure, leading to success you can measure in quality of life as well as market share. Read it to build a better company from within rather than from above; read it to reawaken your joy in what you do. "--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Google (Firm); Leadership.; Corporate culture.; Management.;

Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 14

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Music and mind : harnessing the arts for health and wellness / by Fleming, Renée,editor.(CARDINAL)357355;

Includes bibliographical references and index."World-renowned soprano and arts/health advocate Renee Fleming curates a collection of essays from leading scientists, creative arts therapists, educators, healthcare providers and artists about the powerful impacts of music and the arts on health and the human experience A compelling and growing body of research has shown music and arts therapies to be effective tools for addressing a widening array of conditions, from providing pain relief, to enhancing speech recovery after stroke or traumatic brain injury through singing, to improving mobility of individuals with Parkinson's disease using rhythm. In Music and Mind Renee Fleming draws upon her own experience as an advocate to showcase the breadth of this booming field, inviting leading experts to share their discoveries. In addition to describing therapeutic benefits, the book explores evolution, brain function, childhood development, and technology as applied to arts and health. Much of this area of study is relatively new, made possible by recent advances in brain imaging, and supported by the National Institutes of Health, major hospitals, and universities. This work is sparking an explosion of public interest in the arts and health sector. Fleming has presented on this material in over fifty cities across North America, Europe, and Asia, collaborating with leading researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners. With essays from known musicians, writers, and artists, as well as leading neuroscientists, Music and Mind is a groundbreaking book and the perfect introduction and overview of this exciting new field"--

Subjects: Music therapy.; Art therapy.; Music; Music;

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The present illness : American health care and its afflictions / by Shapiro, Martin F.(Martin Frederick),1948-author.(CARDINAL)883017;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Beyond political posturing and industry quick-fixes, why is the American health care system so difficult to reform?Health care reform efforts are difficult to achieve and have been historically undermined by their narrow scope. In The Present Illness, Martin F. Shapiro, MD, PhD, MPH, weaves together history, sociology, extensive research, and his own experiences as a physician to explore the broad range of afflictions impairing US health care and explains why we won't be able to fix the system without making significant changes across society. With a sharp eye and ready humor, Shapiro dissects the ways all groups participating-clinicians and their organizations, medical schools and their faculty, hospitals and clinical corporations, scientists and the National Institutes of Health, insurers and manufacturers, governments and their policies, and also patients and the public-shape and reinforce a dysfunctional system. Shapiro identifies three major problems stymieing reform: commodification of care; values, expectations, unmet needs, attitudes, and personal limitations of participants; and toxic relationships and communication among these groups.Shapiro lays out a sweeping agenda of concrete actions to address the many factors contributing to the system's failings. Highlighting the interconnectedness of both the problems and potential solutions, he warns that piecemeal reform efforts will continue to be undermined by those who believe they have something to gain from the status quo. Although overhauling our health care system is daunting, Shapiro nonetheless concludes that we must push forward with a far more comprehensive effort in all sectors of health care and throughout society to create a system that is humane, effective, and just"--

Subjects: Medical care; Health services administration; Health care reform.; Commodification.; Medical policy.; Medical care.;

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A survey of sustainable development : social and economic dimensions / by Harris, Jonathan M.(CARDINAL)265871; Tufts University.Global Development and Environment Institute.(CARDINAL)268317;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-387) and index.Alternatives to the International Monetary Fund / Robert S. Browne -- The World Bank and poverty / Carlos A. Heredia -- Assessing the the impact of NGO advocacy campaigns on World Bank projects and policies / Jonathan Fox and David Brown -- Coping with ecological globalization / Hilary French -- The United Nations environment programme and the United Nations development programme / Alexandre Timoshenko and Mark Berman -- Conflicts of global ecology: environmental activism in period of global reach / Vanadan Shiva.Foreign investment, globalization, and environment / Daniel C. Esty and Bradford S. Gentry -- Globalization and social integration / Dharam Ghai and Cynthia Hewitt de Alcantara -- Reconciling economic reform and sustainable human development: social consequences of Neo-liberalism / Lance Taylor and Ute Pieper -- Impacts of structural adjustment on the sustainability of developing countries / David Reed -- The corporate accountability movement: lessons and opportunities / Robin Broad and John Cavanagh -- Socially responsible investing: doing good while doing well / Peter D. Kinder, Steven D. Lydenberg, and Amy L. Domini -- Corporate social responsibility / George A. Steiner and John F. Steiner -- Toward a new conception of the environment-competitiveness relationship / Michael E. Porter and Claas van der Linde -- Civil associations and toward a global civil economy / Severyn T. Bruyn.Government action, social capital, and development: reviewing the evidence on synergy / Peter Evans -- Good government in the Tropics / Judith Tendler -- View from the periphery: encountering development / Philip W. Porter and Eric S. Sheppard -- Global ecology and the shadow of development / Wolfgang Sachs -- Biodiversity: a third world perspective / Vandana Shiva -- Global warming in an unequal world: a case of environmental colonialism / Anni Agarwal and Sunita Narain -- Lifestyle is the problem / A. Atiq Rahman -- Enclosing the global commons: Global environmental negotiations in a North-south conflictual approach / Alain Lipietz -- Government, population, and poverty: a win-win tale / Nancy Birdsall -- An ecologist view of the Malthusian conflict / C.S. Holling -- Accelerated resource degradation by agriculture in developing countries?: the role of population change and responses to it / Michael Lipton.Materialization and dematerialization: measures and trends / Iddo K. Wenick, Robert Herman, Shekhar Govind, and Jess H. Ausubel -- Material use and sustainable affluence / Frank Ackerman -- Balancing China's energy, economic, and environmental goals / John M. Byrne, Bo Shen, and Xiuguo Li -- Environmental quality, energy efficiency, and renewable energy / Peter Fox-Penner -- The costs of climate protection: a guide for the perplexed / Robert Repetto and Duncan Austin -- Equity and discounting in climate-change decisions / Robert C. Lind and Richard E. Schuler -- Globalization: threat or salvation? / Paul Streeten -- From adjustment to sustainable development: the obstacle of free trade / Herman E. Daly -- Ecological distribution, agricultural trade liberalization, and in situ genetic diversity / James K. Boyce -- Multinational corporations and the Neo-liberal regime / James R. Crotty, Gerald Epstein, and Patricia Kelly.Natural capital and sustainable development / Robert Costanza and Herman E. Daly -- Environmental economics, ecological economics, and the concept of sustainable development / Giuseppe Munda -- On the problem of achieving efficiency and equity, intergenerationally / Talbot Page -- Economics and "sustainability": balancing trade-offs and imperatives / Michael A. Toman -- From political economy to politicalecology / Juan Martinez-Alier -- Green accounting and economic policy / Salah El Serafy -- Are we saving enough for the future? / Kirk Hamilton and Michael Clemens -- Progress on the environmental Kuznets curve? / David I. Stern -- The human development paradigm / Mahbub ul Haq -- Sustainable livelihoods: the poor's reconciliation of environment and development / Robert Chambers -- Market, citizenship, and social exclusion / Charles Gore -- Gendered poverty and well-being / Shahra Razavi.People and environment: what is the relationship between exploitation of natural resources and population growth in the South? / Sara J. Scherr -- Population and urbanization in the Twenty-First Century: India's megacities / Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel -- Mexico City: our common future? / Priscilla Connolly -- Reinventing cities for people and the planet / Molly O'Meara Sheehan -- Food security and sustainable use of natural resources: a 2020 vision / Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Rajul Pandya-Lorch -- Sustainable agriculture / Gordon Conway -- Environmental risks posed by Transgenic crops / Jane Rissler and Margaret Mellen -- Population extinction and saving biodiversity / Paul R. Ehrlich and Gretchen C. Daily -- Rocking the boat: conserving fisheries and protecting jobs / Anne Platt McGinn -- The world's forests: problems and potentials / Norman Myers.Sustainability and the accountable corporation / Allen L. White -- A theory of Government intervention in late industrialization / Alice H. Amsden -- An idea whose time has come / M. Jeff Hamond, Stephen J. DeCanio, Peggy Duxbury, Alan H. Sanstad, and Christopher H. Stinson -- From class struggle to class compromise: redistribution and growth in a South Indian State / Patrick Heller -- New strategies for rural sustainable development: Popular participation, food self-sufficiency, and environmental regeneration / David Barkin -- African development that works / Peter G. Veit, Adolfo Mascarenhas, and Okyeante Ampadu-Agyei -- Challenges to community-based sustainable development / Melissa Leach, Robin Mearns, and Ian Scoones -- What is micro-enterprise development for women? Widening the agenda / Linda Mayoux.Summaries of essays on sustainable human and economic development. Topics include: Population and the demographic transition; Agriculture and renewal resources; Energy and materials use; Globalization and corporate responsibility; Local and national strategies.

Subjects: Sustainable development.;

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