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Why do some teachers thrive under pressure while others quit? What kinds of skills can empower teachers to effectively deal with the challenges they face both in and out of school?The Teacher's Ultimate Stress Mastery Guide shows teachers how to build resilience and emotional strength to prevent str... More

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.... More

People often associate effective leadership with certain leadership attributes, but leadership capability must be put to appropriate, purposeful use. This chapter describes the perils of developing leadership attributes only, without connecting these attributes to results.... More

Ultimately, the results-based leader succeeds because the next generation of leaders exceeds the results of the current generation. This chapter provides leaders with a road map for building a deep leadership bench and suggests innovative ways to invest development dollars most effectively to upgrad... More

This chapter addresses how any person currently in a leadership position can modify his or her leadership behavior to better focus on results and take charge of his or her own leadership development to become a more effective results-based leader.... More

Results-based leaders must demonstrate an ability to make decisions and act in ways that build investor confidence. This chapter offers suggestions to leaders in publicly traded firms for increasing shareholder value.... More

If a firm's customers don't appreciate or value what the firm offers, customer results will fall short. This chapter explores ways to create customer results through firm equity, demonstrating how to maintain a distinctive relationship with customers while remaining profitable.... More

Leaders can and should deliver organization results and help others develop the skills they need to make that happen. This chapter addresses the questions: Do I have the right organization? and What can I do to ensure my organization has the capabilities required to achieve results?... More

Leaders achieve employee results when human capital increases over time and consistently meets the needs of the organization. This chapter focuses on how to build employee capability and commitment to achieve desired results in this important stakeholder area.... More

This chapter outlines the reliable criteria leaders need to consistently pay attention to in order to attain their short- and long-term objectives, along with a set of tools to make sure that leadership attributes translate into the right results.... More

Build emotional strength to prevent stress and/or burnout by discovering how stress affects health, how to boost your psychological immunity, and how to maintain your teaching effectiveness!... More

Otiginally published in 1976. This investigation focuses on the ideology of the radical press during the French Revolution. Events, individuals, and institutions were important, but they were reported in such a manner as to make them subordinate to ideas. In their descriptions of the people and inst... More

For a month in the fall of 2002, a series of sniper attacks suddenly dominated the headlines in the nation's capital. Beginning in the Washington suburbs, these crimes eventually stretched over one hundred miles along I-95 to Richmond. More than a thousand law officers would pursue the perpetrators-... More

This is the book everyone has been waiting for--an inspiring celebration of the joy, challenges, and triumphs of being African American.Combine Ilyana Vanzant and Terry McMillan, then include a dash of E. Lynn Harris, and you've got Chicken Soup for the African American Soul. This book captures the ... More

This is the book everyone has been waiting for--an inspiring celebration of the joy, challenges, and triumphs of being African American. Combine Ilyana Vanzant and Terry McMillan, then include a dash of E. Lynn Harris, and you've got Chicken Soup for the African American Soul. This book captures... More