The Loudest Duck: Moving Beyond Diversity while Embracing Differences to Achieve Success at Work

 

Publisher: Wiley (November 16, 2009) | ISBN: 0470485841 | Pages: 192 | PDF | 11,96 MB
A business fable that explains why organizations need to move beyond the old-style diversity efforts to actually benefit from difference

In today's modern workplaces with their many different types of people, cultural and personal differences can be challenges-whether you're a team-member or a business leader. Different cultures teach different values and we carry those values throughout adulthood and into the office environment. Understanding the cultural and gender viewpoints of our colleagues is a major key to healthy, conflict-free work environments.

This fable takes its name from a Chinese children's parable about how "the loudest duck gets shot." It's a parable that contrasts with the American idiom "the squeaky wheel gets the grease." Comparing the two, it's clear that different cultures teach different views, and those views often translate into distinct ways of doing business. In today's global business world, understanding each other-where we come from and what we're taught-is more important than ever.

* A business fable that points out how the old way of approaching diversity will never work, showing us how to understand and navigate the cultural and gender differences that cause conflict in the office
* Perfect for managers and executives faced with leadership challenges in a heterogeneous workforce and who want to make sure their organization is a true meritocracy and a level playing field for everyone
* Ideal for anyone, at any level, who wants more tools in their toolbox to get ahead in business in a global business culture

Doing business today takes understanding and cultural intelligence. The Loudest Duck uses an entertaining story to share important lessons about why diversity efforts are bound to fail unless we really understand how we unconsciously respond to difference and how to move to beyond it.


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Science: The Definitive Visual Guide

512 pages | Publisher: DK ADULT; (October 5, 2009) | English | PDF | ISBN-10: 0756655706 | 118 Mb
This remarkable reference book tells the story of science from earliest times to the present day, taking in everything from ancient Greek geometry to quantum physics, and the wedge to the worldwide web. Exploring science in a thematic, highly approachable manner, each spread takes as its theme a specific event, discovery, invention, experiment, theory, or individual and explains why this subject was so significant in the development of scientific thought and what its impact on history has been. In addition to providing a broad-ranging and comprehensive history of science, the book also explains how science works, employing DK's trademark clarity and visual ingenuity to render tricky scientific subjects easily comprehensible.

Science is structured chronologically with five chapters covering major phases in world history from ancient times to the present day, with an eye to the future. Within these chapters, subjects are arranged in discrete spreads, each of which takes a key scientific concept, event, discovery, or process as its subject. These spreads are framed by "Before" and "After" panels that place the subject in context, revealing the causes and consequences that surround it. Panels and feature spreads highlight key figures and inventions in the history of science, while major scientific breakthroughs are also pulled out as special features. An extensive reference section sets out key scientific principles and formula, and contains essential graphics, such as the periodic table.

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Mathemagics: How to Look Like a Genius Without Really Trying

207 pages | Publisher: Lowell House; 2nd edition | English | PDF | ISBN-10: 0737300086 | 13.9 Mb
Secrets of lightning calculation and how to perform mind-boggling mental feats.
Using proven techniques, this volume shows how to add, subtract, multiply and divide faster than is possible with a calculator or pencil and paper, and helps readers conquer their nervousness about math.

Amaze and mystify your friends! Benjamin has performed his "art of rapid mental calculation" for audiences of all ages and levels of mathematical sophistication, and now he reveals his secrets to you. Actually, most of these calculation and memorization techniques are fairly commonly known, but Benjamin explains how to perform them to great effect. He uses simple algebraic proofs to show how the tricks work and often adds an anecdote about how he "discovered" an interesting trick. This is a book to ignite mathematical confidence and curiosity. A word of warning, though: despite the subtitle, it will take some dedicated practice to master these tricks.

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How to Get Lots of Money for Anything Fast

English | PDF | 226 Pages | 5.5 Mb
From Author
There’s an easy-to-learn method you can use to take any past success you’ve ever had (even if it has nothing to do with money)~ and use it as the springboard to succeed in generating a lot of money for yourself quickly!
Of course~ if you’ve ever made any real money at any time in your life~ then making a lot more (and in a much more comfortable way) will be a piece of cake! Imagine what your life would be like if you mastered that secret! In just a little while~ I am going to tell you just how to do that!

My breakthrough discovery is called Cybernetic Transposition. What it does is to harness the unique, positive creative power of the brain in a way no one else has been able to describe to you - or repeat successfully, over and over - until now.

The most scientific and reproducible wealth-attracting method I''ve ever seen. When Stuart tells you ''everything is possible,'' he''s serious.

"Want more money? Thousands? Millions? Get ready; everything IS possible. This book hands you hard-edged certainty in place of all-too-common double-talk and fuzziness. You''ll learn exactly how to quantify, measure and achieve even the wildest of goals. Do the techniques exactly as Stuart explains them - you WILL get your millions...

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Guide to Economic Indicators: Making Sense of Economics

Bloomberg Press English | ISBN: 1576602400 | 257 pages | PDF | 5.5 MB
A guide that assists in determining where we were in the business cycle. The book is structured like an encyclopedia - analyzing each indicator in detail and in isolation.

It is essential to have a thorough understanding of economic information and to be able to grasp fully the real implications of the economic indicators referred to in business reports and by the media. This guide is, above all, a practical work that clearly explains the underlying economic realities of today's world. Fully updated and revised, this sixth edition is an invaluable reference for those in business, the financial markets, or government, and a necessary resource for students. Written for the nonspecialist, this accessible guide explains how to understand and interpret all that main economic indicators that relate to: GDP and GNI (GNP); Growth, trends and cycles; Population, employment, unemployment; Government; Investment and savings; Industry and commerce; Balance of payments; Exchange rates; and Money and financial markets.

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Cooking the Italian Way: Revised and Expanded to Include New Low-Fat and Vegetarian Recipes

72 pages | Publisher: Lerner Publications; Rev Exp edition | English | PDF | ISBN-10: 0822541130 | 8.7 Mb
Completely revised and updated, the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series serves up tantalizing recipes for countless dishes. Seasoned with vibrant, color photographs and easy, step-by-step directions, many of the recipes are low in fat and call for ingredients you may already have at home. Also included are new vegetarian recipes, complete menu suggestions, and an expanded cultural section highlighting each country or region's people, customs, holidays--and of course, food. Supports the national curriculum standards Culture; People, Places, and Environments; Production, Distribution, and Consumption; and Global Connections as outlined by the National Council for the Social Studies.

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Build Your Own Wicked Wordpress Themes

250 pages | Publisher: SitePoint; (August 6, 2010) | English | ISBN-10: 0980455294 | 21.5 Mb
Wicked WordPress Themes is a step-by-step guide to creating beautiful themes for the world's most popular CMS, WordPress.
By following the book's advice, readers can produce designs that are aesthetically stunning, consistent, and for-purpose -whether it's for their own use, or to drive a high price on the theme marketplace.

All facets of theme design are covered: from design, coding, and deployment, to ensuring readers' designs are ready-to-go as soon as they're installed.
Wicked WordPress Themes teaches readers how to leverage theme design frameworks to dramatically shorten development time, enabling them to enter the theme market faster.


About the Author
Allan Cole is a web designer and developer based in Brooklyn, NY and is widely known as a Thematic framework guru. He specializes in front-end user experience and WordPress customization.

Raena Jackson Armitage is an Australian web developer with a background in content management and training. A former SitePoint technical editor, you’ll find her speaking at some of the more popular geek conferences.

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