Coherence: The Science of Exceptional Leadership and Performance (Watkins Alan)(Paperback)

Coherence: The Science of Exceptional Leadership and Performance (Watkins Alan)(Paperback)

Business leaders are faced with impossible decisions and demands every day which will eventually take a damaging toll on their overall health and energy levels. Explore and understand how to overcome the obstacles inhibiting performance and unlock the potential that lies within every business

4D Leadership: Competitive Advantage Through Vertical Leadership Development (Watkins Alan)(Paperback)

Today's leaders need to change radically to meet the challenge of complex organizations in business landscapes that are in flux. This requires a step-change in development in three fundamental dimensions: how you do things, who you are, and how you relate to other people. 4D Leadership is what

The Lead Learner: Improving Clarity, Coherence, and Capacity for All (McDowell Michael)(Paperback)

To make a lasting impact, redefine your leadership. Discover a new model of educational leadership, one that ensures growth for all students in both core academic content and 21st-century skills. With practical examples, stories from the field, and numerous activities and reflective questions,

Corporate Leadership and Its Role in Shaping Organizational Culture and Performance (Bejaoui Azza)(Paperback)

Investigates the influence of corporate leadership on the organisational culture and performance of a company and ways in which this understanding can improve firm effectiveness, nurture entrepreneurial behaviour and practices, and establish innovative

Leverage Leadership 2.0: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools (Lemov Doug)(Paperback)

Cut through the mystique to learn the real drivers of great school leadershipLeverage Leadership 2.0 answers the basic question: what do great school leaders do that separates them from the rest? Rooted in the observation and training of over 20,000 school leaders worldwide, Leverage Leadership 2.0

ABC of Clinical Leadership (Swanwick Tim)(Paperback)

The ABC of Clinical Leadership explores and develops the key principles of leadership and management. It outlines the scope of clinical leadership, emphasising its importance in the clinical context, especially for improving patient care and health outcomes in rapidly changing health systems and

Coaching for Performance: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership (Whitmore John)(Paperback)

Coaching delivers high performance in you, your team, and your organization. 'Coaching for Performance is the proven resource for all coaches and pioneers of the future of coaching.' - Magdalena N. Mook, CEO, International Coach Federation (ICF) 'Shines a light on what it takes to create high

Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice (Wallace B. Alan)(Paperback)

A radical approach to studying the mind. Renowned Buddhist philosopher B. Alan Wallace reasserts the power of shamatha and vipashyana, traditional Buddhist meditations, to clarify the mind's role in the natural world. Raising profound questions about human nature, free will, and experience versus

Precarious Lives (Watkins Jean)(Paperback / softback)

Jean Watkins' second collection, celebrates the diversity of wildlife, landscape, art and human

The Lactate Revolution, Volume 1: The Science of Quantifying, Predicting, and Improving Human Performance (Grady Shannon)(Paperback)

Turing's Vision: The Birth of Computer Science (Bernhardt Chris)(Paperback)

An accessible and fascinating exploration of how Alan Turing's mathematical theory gave rise to modern computer science and applications--from the desktop to cell phones In 1936, when he was just twenty-four years old, Alan Turing wrote a remarkable paper in which he outlined the theory of

Play on: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age (Bercovici Jeff)(Paperback)

A lively, deeply reported tour of the science and strategies helping athletes like Tom Brady, Serena Williams, Carli Lloyd, and LeBron James redefine the notion of 'peak age.' Season after season, today's sports superstars seem to defy the limits of physical aging that inevitably sideline their

Essential Primary Science (Cross Alan)(Paperback / softback)

The book is an essential textbook for primary science modules and provides teachers, trainers and tutors with a practical and accessible introduction to the fundamental aspects of teaching and learning primary

Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis (Oliver Dean)(Paperback)

Journey 'inside the numbers' for an exceptional set of statistical tools and rules that can help explain the winning, or losing, ways of a basketball team. Basketball on Paper doesn't diagram plays or explain how players get in shape, but instead demonstrates how to interpret player and team

What is This Thing Called Science? (Chalmers Alan)(Paperback / softback)

A new edition of a classic text in the philosophy of science illuminating the major developments in the

Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work (Rock David)(Paperback)

Improving the performance of your employees involves one of the hardest challenges in the known universe: changing the way they think. In constant demand as a coach, speaker, and consultant to companies around the world, David Rock has proven that the secret to leading people (and living and

Palestinian Costume (Weir Shelagh)(Paperback / softback)

The traditional costumes of the Palestinian villagers and Bedouin are of exceptional beauty and diversity. This book surveys male and female fashions from the early 19th century to the end of the 20th century, and describes the regional styles of costume, their materials and ornamentation, against

If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating (Alda Alan)(Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Award-winning actor Alan Alda tells the fascinating story of his quest to learn how to communicate better, and to teach others to do the same. With his trademark humor and candor, he explores how to develop empathy as the key factor. 'Invaluable.'--Deborah Tannen, #1 New

Sustainable Leadership (Hargreaves Andy)(Paperback)

In Sustainable Leadership, Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink address one of the most important and often neglected aspects of leadership: sustainability. The authors set out a compelling and original framework of seven principles for sustainable leadership characterized by Depth of learning and real

The Leadership of Teams: How to Develop and Inspire High-Performance Teamwork (Brent Mike)(Paperback)

Teams are everywhere - business, industry, schools, hospitals and government. There are executive, management and cross-functional teams, as well as teams formed for specific tasks and projects. But when a team can succeed or fail on the quality and effectiveness of its leader, everyone will have a

Iron Maiden The Reading Performances (Daniels Neil)(Paperback / softback)

With a large collection of photos by Alan Perry and memorabilia from the gigs plus narrative from Iron Maiden biographer Neil Daniels, this book is a wonderful celebration of Maiden's unforgettable appearances at the Reading Festivals of 1980, 1982 and

Of Men and Mary: How Six Men Won the Greatest Battle of Their Lives (Watkins Christine Anne)(Paperback)

A Good Book, in Theory: Making Sense Through Inquiry, Third Edition (Sears Alan)(Paperback)

This highly original and compelling book offers an introduction to the art and science of social inquiry, including the theoretical and methodological frameworks that support that inquiry. The new edition offers coverage of post-modernism and Indigenous ways of knowing, as well as a discussion of

Science and the Humanities (Prior Moody E.)(Paperback)

Contains five lectures concerning the discussion of the relation of science and the humanities, focusing on the work of thinkers such as James B. Conant and C.P