O'Malley, Ed
Summary: "Leadership is not about position, or authority. It's not about big speeches or grand visions. Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges. Those challenges appear in our professional lives, in our communities, our families--and they seem unsolvable, beyond our ability to see what needs to be done or outside our capacity to make the changes needed. They are not. Because,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bard Press 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 658.409 O'MALGroeschel, Craig
Summary: "Why do we keep making choices we later regret--sometimes even the same bad choices over and over? Drawing on Scripture, story, and cutting-edge research into human behavior, pastor Craig Groeschel reveals the key to making the choices we want to make and experiencing the joy and freedom God has for us. We all want to make great decisions. So what happens between our good intentions and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan Books 2024
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Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a journey to understand the enduring power of puzzles: why we love them, what they do to our brains, and how they can improve our world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2022
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Summary: "Every organization is plagued by destructive friction-the forces that make it harder, more complicated, or downright impossible to get anything done. Yet some forms of friction are incredibly useful, and leaders who attempt to improve workplace efficiency often make things even worse. Drawing from seven years of hands-on research, The Friction Project by bestselling authors Robert I. Sutton...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Summary: "The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world's best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller-now updated with a fresh new package-innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right-yet still lose market leadership....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business Review Press 2013
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Summary: "An art historian and lawyer who uses works of art to teach us how to hone our perceptions and visual intelligence, presents a paradigm-shattering twist on problem solving that helps us find solutions to the problems we face every day. As technology has become essential to our daily lives, our reliance on the internet and our electronic devices has exploded, short-circuiting our brains and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harperwave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.4 HERRegan, Lisa
Summary: "Throughout life, many situations require problem-solving skills. It's never too early to start developing this important skill. Readers will look for clues and use them to find answers to tricky problems. These stimulating brainteasers are fun activities that help strengthen key comprehension and deduction skills. Colorful illustrations and concise text ensure that puzzles are accessible to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 793.8 REGArons, Ron
Summary: This book(let) provides an introduction to the concepts of mind maps, a tool which can take your research skills to new levels you never imagined were possible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1 AronsDu Sautoy, Marcus
Summary: "Do you know where you should always move first in Tic Tac Toe? Understand the betting cube in backgammon? Want to know the best property in Monopoly? Did you know that the African game Mancala might have led one of its players to make an early approximation of the number pi? Or that the nigh-magical Golden Ratio can help you win at Rock Paper Scissors? Around the World in Eighty Games is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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Summary: "The hardest choices are also the most consequential. So why do we know so little about how to get them right? Big, life-altering decisions matter so much more than the decisions we make every day, and they're also the most difficult: where to live, whom to marry, what to believe, whether to start a company, how to end a war. There's no one-size-fits-all approach for addressing these kinds of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 PARWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEIHerold, Benjamin
Summary: "Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates to an affluent suburban enclave, but can't escape the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024
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Summary: The story of the two robot vehicles, Spirit and Opportunity, that were sent to explore Mars, lasting far past their projected lives of 3 months and sending back invaluable images of the environmentally hostile planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2012
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Summary: These creative and fun activities can be used with students in grades 3 to 8 to build skills in problem-solving, decision making, cooperative learning, divergent thinking, and communication.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Pub. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.39 DELEdwards, Betty
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1987
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Summary: Outlines an approach to high-performance problem solving and decision making that draws on insights from survival guides, pop culture, and other sources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 SULVan Slyke, Erik J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMACOM 1999
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Summary: Outlines a breakthrough approach to conflict resolution and creative problem solving that draws on the techniques of thinkers from a broad range of disciplines to explain how to incorporate diverse viewpoints for win-win solutions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 COVMlodinow, Leonard
Summary: Tap into the hidden power of your brain. In this startling and provocative look at how the human mind deals with change, Leonard Mlodinow teaches us to unleash the natural abilities we all possess so we can thrive in these dynamic and troubled times. Truly original minds capitalize when everyone else struggles. And most of us assume that these abilities are innate, reserved for a select few....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2019
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Summary: "For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex, excessive, and inadvisable that no one would ever try it. [This book] is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole." -- From book jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2019
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Contents: The way things never were -- Good ideas and how to generate them -- Problems in search of solutions -- What would croesus do? taking the perspective of an unconstrained consumer -- Why dont you feel my pain? internalizing the external effects of decision making -- Solutions in search of problems -- Where else would it work? looking for idea arbitrage opportunities -- Would flipping it work?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business School Press 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.403 ROAStone, Douglas
Summary: "The bestselling authors of the classic Difficult Conversations teach us how to turn evaluations, advice, criticisms, and coaching into productive listening and learning We swim in an ocean of feedback. Bosses, colleagues, customers-but also family, friends, and in-laws-they all have "suggestions" for our performance, parenting, or appearance. We know that feedback is essential for healthy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014