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Bird migration : a general survey / by Berthold, P.(Peter),1939-(CARDINAL)321031;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-237)
Subjects: Birds;

The modern management mentor : next-level tools for new managers / by Stone, Christine Sandman,Author(DLC)no2023132178;
Includes bibliographical references and index.With over 50 ready-to-use tools for newly promoted managers, this practical leadership guide illuminates how to successfully build on the workplace skills and accomplishments that earned your reputation as "leadership material" in the first place. Your success earned you the opportunity to lead others-but now your new role is about your team members' performance and results. You need a new and different set of skills. Sure, you've nailed your deadlines or quotas-but how do you set goals for multiple people and help others who aren't on track? You've received excellent performance reviews and had great coaches. . . but now it's your turn to guide unique team members and help them make adjustments to succeed. The Modern Management Mentor is the new manager handbook for fixing this broken rung on the career ladder. Accessible and practical, it provides over 50 proven tools based in management fundamentals for developing your leadership competencies and learning how to manage a team. Use this guide to deliver results as you learn how to navigate new expectations, changing relationship dynamics, and the uncomfortable conversations you may have never led before. Inside this management book for new leaders, discover practical resources including: *checklists for the critical first year as a manager. *the right questions that build credibility with your boss and relationships with your team. *tools for rapidly assessing team workload and team members' unique strengths. *workshop guides for setting objectives and templates for effective one-on-ones. *guidance from setting budgets to attending holiday parties. Christine Sandman Stone has mentored hundreds of professionals and has experience working with elite companies like Dell, McDonald's, Volkswagen, and a large number of start-ups. She pairs her experience with a master's in management and organizational behavior to break down vague "leadership qualities" into actionable management strategies. With the practicality of The First Time Manager and the heart of Brené Brown's Dare to Lead, Christine Sandman Stone demystifies management best practices for those learning while they lead. Whether you're looking to hone your own skills or find an impactful new job gift for someone you're proud of, The Modern Management Mentor is the solution to level up a career. Management isn't an inherent skill--it is a learned, reinforced skill set that is straightforward and within reach.
Subjects: Management.; Personnel management.; Leadership.;

Autism parent handbook : start with the end goal in mind / by Melmed, Raun,author.; Marsh, Wendela Whitcomb,author.; Grandin, Temple,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)184659;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205).Foreword / Temple Grandin, author of "The way I see it" -- part I. First steps: They say it's autism... what does that mean? -- Hearing the news -- Responding to the news -- Looking forward (oh, for a crystal ball) -- part II. Home base: Create an environment that works for everyone ; Home, safe home ; Home, sweet school ; Home, sweet home -- part III. Healthy habits start at home: The right path from day one ; Nutrition needs ; Exercise needs ; Sleep needs ; Stimulation needs ; The well-child checkup -- part IV. Learn to love the parade: Get the most out of your team ; Who are all these people ; What should my child be learning? ; What shouldn't my child be learning? -- part V. Out and about: Venturing forth into the community ; The unwritten rules of the park and the playground ; How to go to the grocery store without going crazy ; Navigating barber shops, dentists' offices, and the rest of the world ; Safety first... but what if they get lost anyway? : prepare first responders to find your child -- part VI: Emotional roller coaster: When there is no emoji to express how they feel ; Negative feelings : anxiety, anger, sadness ; Positive feeings : joy, delight, ecstasy ; Strategies for dealing with overstimulation -- part VII. School days: Navigating the IEP process ; What is an IEP, anyway? ; Transition : vocational -- part VIII. Transitions: Looking the future in the eye without blinking ; Pre-adolescence and the dreaded teen years ; Transition planning : educational ; Transition planning : financial ; Transition : recreation -- part IX: Parents & children in the time of COVID -- Postscript: Congratulations! You are on the right track & moving forward.Once a diagnosis of autism is made, a myriad of questions arises. Why is this happening? What can I do? How will I cope? What will the future bring? Will I ever smile again? A roadmap is needed, a handbook to refer to when all seems overwhelming. The priorities are to begin the healing process and to start treatment. The way to ensure success is to begin with the end goals in mind. It is remarkable how things fall into place once a vision of the future is formulated - a productive, upstanding, and most important, happy adult! The Autism Parent Handbook walks parents through the steps of early intervention by demonstrating ways to achieve the most optimal outcomes. We address the following:Happy adults have a positive outlook, feel valued when their passions are honored and when interest is shown in the things they love. We can help children foster those attitudes in early childhood. Productive adults regulate their emotions, manage their time, cope with change, make wise choices and accept responsibility for their actions. We illustrate how to develop these skills from the outset. Adults perform skills independently and complete tasks necessary for work and home life. Children should be expected to do the same and we outline ways how to do that. Wherever a parent is on their parenting journey, and whatever age the child is, now is the time to look forward and plant seeds for the future, beginning with the end in mind. Our shared goal is to honor the glory that is in all of us, and to enhance each child's journey towards their fullest potential. If you are now confused and overwhelmed, you need a compassionate and optimistic guide for the early years and beyond. Where to start? Right here.
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Self-help publications.; Autistic children; Parents of autistic children.; Parenting.; Autism in children.; Autistic children;

The battle for your brain : defending the right to think freely in the age of neurotechnology / by Farahany, Nita A.,author.(CARDINAL)867132;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-261) and index.Pt. I. Tracking the brain -- The last fortress -- Your brain at work -- Big brother is listening -- Know thyself -- Pt. II. Hacking the brain -- Revving up -- Braking the brain -- Mental manipulation -- Bewilderbeasts -- Beyond human -- On cognitive liberty."A rock star academic explores the final frontier of personal privacy: your mind. Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, thought crimes are punishable by law, and your own feelings can be used against you. Where perfumers create customized fragrances to perfectly suit your emotions, and social media titans bypass your conscious mind to hook you to their products. A world where people who suffer from epilepsy receive alerts moments before a seizure, and the average person can peer into their own mind to eliminate painful memories or cure addictions. Neuroscience has already made all of the above possible today, and neurotechnology will soon become the "universal controller" for all of our interactions with technology. This can benefit humanity immensely, but without safeguards, it can severely threaten our fundamental human rights to privacy, freedom of thought, and self-determination. Companies, governments, and militaries are all in: from contemplative neuroscience to consumer-based EEG technology, there have never been more ways to hack and track our brains. But access is just the beginning. Our brains can be changed with performance-boosting drugs, electrical stimulation, and even surgical interventions. Soon neuro-cinema, neuro-monitoring, and even cognitive warfare will be commonplace--the brain is the next battleground for humanity. The Battle for Your Brain by Nita A. Farahany dives deeply into the promises and perils of the coming dawn of brain access and alteration. Written by one of the world's foremost experts on neuroscience as it intersects with law and ethics, this highly original book offers a pathway forward to navigate the complex ethical dilemmas that neurotechnology presents, which will fundamentally impact our freedom to understand, shape, and define ourselves"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Neurosciences; Neurotechnology (Bioengineering);

Humor, seriously : why humor is a secret weapon in business and life : and how anyone can harness it. even you./ by Aaker, Jennifer Lynn,author.; Bagdonas, Naomi,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index.Gravity and Levity -- The Humor Cliff -- Your Brain on Humor -- The Anatomy of Funny -- Putting Your Funny to Work -- Leading with Humor -- Creating a Culture of Levity -- Navigating the Gray Areas of Humor -- Why Homor is a Secret Weapon in Life."Anyone--even you!--can learn how to harness the power of humor in business (and life), based on the popular class at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Many people understand humor's power intuitively. But when it comes to using it with intention, far fewer know how. As a result, humor is vastly underleveraged in most workplaces today, impacting our performance, relationships, and health, and contributing to a permanent and unsightly frown known as "resting boss face." In fact, research shows that humor is one of the most powerful tools we have for accomplishing serious things. Top executives know this, which is why 98 percent prefer employees with a sense of humor, and 84 percent believe these employees do better work. Studies show that humor makes us appear more competent and confident, strengthens relationships, unlocks creativity, and boosts our resilience during difficult times. That's why Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas teach the popular course Humor: Serious Business at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where they help some of the world's most hard-driving, blazer-wearing business minds build levity into their organizations and lives..."--
Subjects: Wit and humor; Laughter.; Management; Organizational behavior.;

Your new prime : 30 days to better sex, eternal strength, and a kick-ass life after 40 / by Cooper, Craig,1963-(CARDINAL)802806; Heffernan, Andrew.(CARDINAL)404253;
"Feel great and perform at your best in the boardroom, weight room, bedroom, and beyond with this indispensable health and wellness guide: Your New Prime debunks current thinking about men's health and shows how every man can continue to operate at his peak at any age.Getting older may be inevitable, but in Your New Prime, serial entrepreneur and men's health expert Craig Cooper shows men that they don't have to accept the "natural" aging process. Based on the latest scientific research and Cooper's personal experience warding off diabetes, preventing cancer, and naturally increasing his own testosterone, Your New Prime is a comprehensive guide to the questions every man has as he ages. Tailored specifically for the "New Primers," men forty years old and up, the book covers a wide range of vital topics--from improving sexual health and the impact of decreasing testosterone to proper nutrition, preventing memory loss, surviving the "mid-life crisis," and achieving peak physical fitness.Your New Prime provides an indispensable 30-day program designed to help you lose weight, boost energy, and transform eating habits. Divided into easy-to-navigate sections, the book also contains essential information about how to influence "epigenetic" traits and reverse the effects of aging, while quizzes, audits, charts, tables, and callouts help readers determine and address their specific personal needs.Practical, honest, and vitally informative, Your New Prime details a lifelong strategy for maximum health--and will help any man perform his best, no matter what his age"--
Subjects: Men; Physical fitness for men.; Men; Testosterone; Men.; Testosterone.;

Real-time leadership : find your winning moves when the stakes are high / by Noble, David(Writer on industrial management),author.(CARDINAL)868388; Kauffman, Carol(Writer on executive coaching),author.(CARDINAL)868389;
M: Be Mindfully Alert -- O: Generate Options -- V: Validate Your Vantage Point -- E: Engage and Effect Change -- MOVE in a Big New Role -- Drive 10X Change."The best leaders, in the biggest moments, know how to read the situation, overcome their reflexes, and respond in the best way possible. You can too. The hardest part of leadership is mastering the inevitable high-risk, high-stakes challenges you will face. Whether you're making a split-second decision when your business is hit sideways or finding the best strategy to navigate business-critical long-term circumstances, how can you be at your best in the most crucial moments? It starts with overcoming your leadership reflexes and reactions to find the optimal response to any situation, which you can learn to do. Leadership coaching legends David Noble and Carol Kauffman show you how with their innovative new framework-MOVE-which equips you to slow down high-stakes situations before they speed you up. You'll learn to master the moment, generate options, and quickly evaluate them before acting. As you get better and better using the framework, you'll find you can recognize these moments as they arrive, likea great quarterback who can read defenses at the line of scrimmage, or a great conductor who anticipates what's needed to deliver a great performance. Noble and Kauffman are a dream team who bring decades of experience coaching thousands of leaders, along with a deep base of research, to show why their unique 2-on-1 coaching method works and how it's done. The framework comes to life through the personal stories of real leaders dealing with their own crucible moments. It's a compelling and demystifying look at how leadership coaching delivers results. When the stakes are highest, how can you be at your best? Start by learning this powerful and innovative framework so that you can read and respond-and keep moving forward"--
Subjects: Decision making.; Executive coaching.; Leadership.; Success in business.;

The 5 AM club : own your morning, elevate your life / by Sharma, Robin S.(Robin Shilp),1964-author.(CARDINAL)649003;
The Dangerous Deed -- A Daily Philosophy on Becoming Legendary -- An Unexpected Encounter with a Surprising Stranger -- Letting Go of Mediocrity and All that's Ordinary -- A Bizarre Adventure into Morning Mastery -- A Flight to Peak Productivity, Virtuosity and Undefeatability -- Preparation for a Transformation Begins in Paradise -- The 5 AM Method: The Morning Routine of World-Builders -- A Framework for the Expression of Greatness -- The 4 Focuses of History-Makers -- Navigating the Tides of Life -- The 5 AM Club Discovers the Habit Installation Protocol -- The 5 AM Club Learns the 20/20/20 Formula -- The 5 AM Club Grasps the Essentialness of Sleep -- The 5 AM Club Is Mentored on the 10 Tactics of Lifelong Genius -- The 5 AM Club Embraces the Twin Cycles of Elite Performance -- The 5 AM Club Members Become Heroes of Their Lives -- Epilogue: Five Years Later.Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity. Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness. Through an enchanting-and often amusing-story about two struggling strangers who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor, The 5am Club will walk you through: How great geniuses, business titans and the world's wisest people start their mornings to produce astonishing achievements. A little-known formula you can use instantly to wake up early feeling inspired, focused and flooded with a fiery drive to get the most out of each day. A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth. A neuroscience-based practice proven to help make it easy to rise while most people are sleeping, giving you precious time for yourself to think, express your creativity and begin the day peacefully instead of being rushed. ٢Insider-only٣ tactics to defend your gifts, talents and dreams against digital distraction and trivial diversions so you enjoy fortune, influence and a magnificent impact on the world. Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5am Club is a work that will transform your life. Forever.
Subjects: Success; Success in business.; Time management.;

The breast test book : a woman's guide to mammography and beyond / by Jones, Connie(Connie Phillips),1965-author.; Linver, Michael N.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in women and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in American women. Although cardiovascular-related deaths significantly outnumber breast cancer deaths, breast cancer is arguably the most feared diagnosis among American women. Great strides have been made to heighten public awareness of breast cancer, with particular emphasis on early detection with mammography. Breast radiologists regularly witness the extreme anxiety that just the thought of being diagnosed with breast cancer can cause a patient. This anxious anticipation is often heightened by a lack of knowledge about what to expect from the process of breast imaging evaluation, which is frustrating for both patient and practitioner and can negatively affect the experience. Physicians often encounter patients who have little or no understanding of the reasoning behind the examination or procedure about to be performed-sometimes even up to the day of their breast cancer surgery. Furthermore, most women who undergo breast evaluations will not be diagnosed with cancer. The incidence of breast cancer is only 125.3 per 100,000 women (or 3-6 in every 1,000 screenings), however, symptoms of benign breast abnormalities are quite common and impact many more lives. Accurately diagnosing these non-cancerous conditions can alleviate much anxiety, in addition to helping patients towards a correct treatment plan. The Breast Test Book is a straightforward guide to the process of radiologic breast evaluations. Based on the most current scientific research and best standards of clinical practice, it will help debunk myths, shed light on misinformation, and provide clear facts about what women should expect from these screenings. This improved understanding will ultimately allow patients to play more active roles in their own care and, in the event that a diagnosis is made, give them confidence in their treatment. "--Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in women and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in American women. Physicians often encounter patients who have little or no understanding of the reasoning behind the examination or procedure about to be performed. Jones and Linver provide a straightforward guide to the process of radiologic breast evaluations, designed to help debunk myths, shed light on misinformation, and provide clear facts about what women should expect from these screenings.Part I: First Things First. Breast Imaging: Until There's a Cure: The Unknown Frontier in Women's Health ; The Screening Mammogram Guidelines Controversy: What You Absolutely Must Know: Addressing the Elephant in the Room, and the Case for Tomosynthesis -- The Who. You! How You Impact Your Care: Your Responsibilities and Information You Need to Know ; The Breast Imaging Team: Radiologist, Technologists, and Navigator ; The Rulers of Mammoland: MQSA, ACR, SBI, and the Other ABCs of Imaging ; Your Referring Doctor: The Delicate Balance of the Referral-Consult Relationship -- The What. The Tools of Breast Imaging: A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words -- The Why. How It All Works: An Overview: A Bird's-Eye View of the Whole Process ; How It All Works: The Screening Evaluation: Screening the Asymptomatic Population and Saving Lives ; How It All Works: The Diagnostic Evaluation: Symptomatic Patients and the Journey to the Correct Diagnosis ; Breast Urgent-cies: The Cannot Wait Until Tomorrow! ; You Need a Biopsy-Don't Panic!: Image-Guided Needle Biopsy: A Remarkable Advance in Technology and Patient Care ; You Don't Have Breast Cancer: The Value of a Benign Evaluation ; You Have Been Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: The Critical Role of Radiology in Treatment Planning and Follow-up -- Other Considerations. Special Cases: Pregnancy, Lactation, Breast Implants, Lymphoproliferative Disorders and Male Breast Cancer ; How Does Your Report Get to You and To Your Doctor?: No News Is Not Necessarily Good News ; Patients' Questions About the Imaging Evaluation: Leaving More Can Save Your Life -- Breast Imaging Meets the Outside World. Medicolegal Issues and Liability: Can Breast Imaging Survive the Liability Crisis? ; Safety Issues in Mammography and Breast Imaging: Assessing the Risk-Benefit Ratio ; The Breast Density Discussion: Information versus Notification.First things first -- The who -- The what -- The why -- Other considerations -- Breast imaging meets the outside world.
Subjects: Breast; Breast; Tomosynthesis; Breast; Breast; Breast.;

Humor, seriously : why humor is a secret weapon in business and life and how anyone can harness it, even you / by Aaker, Jennifer Lynn,author.(CARDINAL)680771; Bagdonas, Naomi,author.(CARDINAL)846651;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Gravity and Levity -- The Humor Cliff -- This is Your Brain on Humor -- The Anatomy of Funny -- Putting Your Funny to Work -- Leading with Humor -- Creating a Culture of Levity -- Navigating the Gray Areas of Humor -- Why Humor is a Secret Weapon in Life."Anyone-even you!-can learn how to harness the power of humor in business (and life), based on the popular class at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Many people understand humor's power intuitively. But when it comes to using it with intention, far fewer know how. As a result, humor is vastly underleveraged in most workplaces today, impacting our performance, relationships, and health, and contributing to a permanent and unsightly frown known as "resting boss face." In fact, research shows that humor is one of the most powerful tools we have for accomplishing serious things. Top executives know this, which is why 98 percent prefer employees with a sense of humor, and 84 percent believe these employees do better work. Studies show that humor makes us appear more competent and confident, strengthens relationships, unlocks creativity, and boosts our resilience during difficult times. That's why Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas teach the popular course Humor: Serious Business at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where they help some of the world's most hard-driving, blazer-wearing business minds build levity into their organizations and lives. In Humor, Seriously, they draw on findings by behavioral scientists, advice from world-class comedians, and stories from real-life business leaders to reveal how humor works and-more important-how you can make greater and better use of it. Aaker and Bagdonas unpack the theory and application of humor: what makes something funny, how to mine your life for material, and how to craft a joke. They show how to use humor to make a strong first impression, deliver difficult feedback, and foster cultures where levity and creativity can thrive. And they explore the gray areas of humor: how to keep it appropriate-and recover if you cross a line. President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, "A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done." If Eisenhower-the second least naturally funny president ever (after Franklin Pierce)-thought humor was necessary to win wars and build highways, then you might consider learning it too. Seriously"--
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Wit and humor; Laughter.; Management; Organizational behavior.;

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