Ellis, Lee
Summary: "Grounded in statistical research and supported by data from millions of clients and more than 45 years of workplace experience, Lee Ellis and Hugh Massie reveal their behavioral assessment process as well as personal stories on how they've successfully helped organizations achieve their goals by applying practical insights on human design. Readers are empowered to: Grow by capitalizing on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: FreedomStar Media 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 ELLSummary: Dissecting the phenomenon of altruism-as well as its mirror image, the instinct of self-preservation-is perhaps best accomplished with real-world case studies. This program does so as it documents the aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami. Following four independent relief workers in the hardest-hit areas of Sri Lanka, the film captures scene after scene in which the most idealistic and pragmatic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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King, Marissa
Summary: "Yale professor Marissa King shows how anyone can build more meaningful and productive relationships based on insights from neuroscience, psychology, and network analytics. Conventional wisdom says it's the size of your network that matters, but social science research has proven otherwise. King explains that the quality and structure of our relationships has the greatest impact on our personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302 KINBurg, Bob.
Summary: Burg offers five simple principles of what he calls Ultimate Influence: the ability to win people to your side in a way that leaves everyone feeling great about the outcome-- and about themselves! He offers a tried-and-true framework for building alliances at work, at home, and anywhere else you seek to win people over.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.13 BURSummary: The war of the sexes, like any war, needs leaders and followers. Using a military-style competition between male and female test subjects, this program examines the different ways in which men and women exercise power, set goals, construct hierarchies, and perform teamwork. A chain of command, incorporating clearly defined roles and responsibilities, quickly materializes among the male...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Cain, Susan.
Summary: This book demonstrates how introverted people are misunderstood and undervalued in modern culture, charting the rise of extrovert ideology while sharing anecdotal examples of how to use introvert talents to adapt to various situations. At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 155.2 CAICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 CAICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 155.2 CAIAlda, Alan
Summary: The actor and founder of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science traces his personal quest to understand how to relate and communicate better, from practicing empathy and using improv games to storytelling and developing better intuitive skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 153 ALDAlda, Alan
Summary: The actor and founder of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science traces his personal quest to understand how to relate and communicate better, from practicing empathy and using improv games to storytelling and developing better intuitive skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 ALDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation AldaSteel, Charlie
Summary: The discovery of gold in California launched a stampede of fortune-seekers across the continent in search of wealth. Willing to face any hardship -- outlaws, hostile Indians, bad weather, thirst, starvation, and the horrors of disease -- they battled fiercely to overcome these challenges and seize their destiny. But sometimes the treasures they found were not the ones they were expecting . . .
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STESummary: Anthropologist Helen Fisher describes love as a universal human drive - stronger than the sex drive; stronger than thirst or hunger; stronger perhaps than even the will to live. In this TEDTalk, Fischer explains the evolution of love, its biochemical foundations, its social importance, and more. Says Scientific American: “In hands as skilled and sensitive as Fisher’s, scientific analysis of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Burns, David D.
Summary: We all have someone we can't get along with--a friend or colleague, a boss, an obnoxious neighbor, a teenager, or maybe a loving but irritating spouse. Here, cognitive therapist Burns presents Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy, a radical new approach that will help you transform troubled, conflicted relationships into successful, happy ones. This book presents an entirely new theory of why we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 BURTenenbaum, Tamara
Summary: "Both an autobiography and a feminist manifesto about how we understand romantic love today, and how the contradictions of inherited traditions and technology affect the way we build relationships." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Compass 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 TENFisman, Raymond.
Summary: Describes how the everyday dysfunction inherent in all organizations is actually a necessary part of the organization and uses case studies from McDonald's, Google, and even al Qaeda to prove that red tape, meetings, and management all serve a purpose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 FISBrafman, Ori.
Summary: A psychological investigation of the forces behind what makes us click with certain people, or become fully immersed in whatever activity or situation we're involved in. These kinds of peak experiences, when our senses are completely focused on the moment, are something that individuals--and companies--strive to achieve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 BRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation BrafmanThompson, Clive
Summary: "From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson, a brilliant and immersive anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers - where they come from, how they think, what makes for greatness in their world, and whatshould give us pause"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005.1 THOPercy, Benjamin
Summary: "The Teen Titans are settling into their new lives in Titans Tower in San Francisco ... even if answering to Damian Wayne takes a lot of getting used to. But Beast Boy, Raven, Starfire and Kid Flash soon have a lot more than an overbearing Robin to worry about--a prison breakout has led to a string of disappearances, and some of them hit close to home. Now, to rescue the kidnapped, the Titans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Marshall, Capricia Penavic
Summary: "President Obama's former White House Chief of Protocol looks at why diplomacy and etiquette matter-and what they can do for you"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 395.5 MARMuñoz, Alicia
Summary: "It's time to stop overthinking your relationship! The four-step approach in this book will help you move beyond excessive rumination, so you can rediscover joy, ease, and meaningful connection with your partner. Rumination-obsessive thinking about an idea, situation, or choice that can interfere with normal life-is a common and destructive issue that can negatively impact romantic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Without remorse or empathy, psychopaths control, even kill, others for personal profit. But every psychopath starts out as a child. Using interviews with forensic psychologists, child psychiatrists, and a 17-year-old named Jonathan who is serving a sentence for first-degree murder, this powerful film elucidates the factors that can transform children into psychopaths. Dr. Elliott Barker,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The "Summer of Love" is remembered today through a haze of nostalgia, hindsight, and hype. But how was the emergence of the youth counterculture actually covered at the time? In this program, selections from the NBC News archives offer an insightful look at the beginning of a cultural shock wave that is still being felt and debated today. Reporter Aline Saarinen offers a reality check as she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Herman, Todd
Summary: Shows how to tap into the human imagination to unleash new versions of ourselves. Presents stories from salespeople, executives, entertainers, athletes, entrepreneurs, creatives, and historical figures to illustrate how to unleash the Heroic Self already nested in each of us.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 HERSummary: According to child behavior experts, one in three people abused as a child will also use physical force on her or his own children. This edition of Primetime spotlights three primary caregivers of one or more young children-a 63-year-old grandmother, a 36-year-old mother, and a 29-year-old father-who are hoping to beat those odds by taking part in a mentoring program for at-risk caregivers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Maestripieri, Dario.
Summary: A primatologist examines unspoken social customs, from jilting a lover to being competitive on the job, to explain how behavioral complexities are linked to humans' primate heritage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.7 MAESummary: Sometime during the close of the 20th century, free play vanished from the lives of American children. Today, a riptide of structured, highly competitive activities fills their waking hours, heightened by parental ambition and anxiety. This program examines the world of scheduled play-dates and ultra-organized sports, searching out the causes and implications of the hyper-managed childhood....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010