Do you know what it takes to be the top promotional candidate?Getting a promotion involves so much more than being great at your current job. The skills that make a person great at their present rank, are not necessarily the same skills that will make a person successful at the next level. This book clearly describes what a police chief is looking for in a first line leader and guides the reader, step by step, along the path to promotion success.Nobody is born with the know...

A fictional, newly promoted police Sergeant takes a journey of leadership discovery through a series of dreams. As he encounters challenges along the way, Sergeant Newstripe comes to understand the role of a leader and what it takes to lead people. In fourteen lessons he learns that leadership is a responsibility, not a title; and the most important person to lead, is himself. Sgt. Newstripe comes to understand the value of a trusted mentor; and that, to be successful, he will need to cont...

Do you ever cry out for God’s attention? Like the blind man who called out for Jesus’s healing, have you ever hoped for a miracle if only you could get God’s attention, hoping that he might turn your way and send you relief from life’s burdens? But what happens when we call out to God and hear no answer or receive no miracle? Has God passed us by, or are we missing something else with our blindness?In Tears on the Church House Floor, author Dan Pratt shares a deeply personal story ...

START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel-- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK?With the savvy of foreign policy insiders, Senor and Singer examine the lessons of the country's adversity-driven culture, which flattens ...

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking (MSHT) are global crimes impacting local communities. Vulnerable people are exploited through labour, sex and forced criminality. Churches and communities are increasingly encountering these victims and survivors, and consequently need to develop more effective engagement. The book will highlight that churches and communities are in a unique position to partner towards slavery-free communities. Beginning with the narratives of survivors who experienced ...

The Breakfast Club meets The Silver Linings Playbook in this powerful, provocative, and heartfelt novel about twelve strangers who come together to make the most of their final days, from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author J. Michael Straczynski.Mark Antonelli, a failed young writer looking down the barrel at thirty, is planning a cross-country road trip. He buys a beat-up old tour bus. He hires a young army vet ...

Finish Strong, it's more than a statement, it's an attitude. The Finish Strong mindset is a powerful platform for achievement personally, professionally, and spiritually. Finish Strong is packed with motivational and inspirational stories of individuals who overcame adversity to Finish Strong.Dan Green has written twenty engaging chapters guaranteed to give you a quick shot of inspiration and motivation. A must hear for students, athletes, profes...

The thrilling, unlikely story of Barack Obama's first presidential campaign, as told by the volunteers and staff who propelled the longshot candidate to the presidencyIn the year leading up to the Iowa caucuses, few thought a freshman senator named Barack Hussein Obama would be able to win the Democratic nomination--not to mention become the most popular leader in the world.But something was stirring. Hundreds of young people from all over the country began...

Finish Strong Teen Athlete is Dan Green's follow up to his best-selling book Finish Strong (the book and the mantra the New Orleans Saints used along their journey to become the 2009 Super Bowl Champions). Finish Strong Teen Athlete identifies 16 key principles for developing the champion within, and no matter which sport is played, any teen athlete (male or female) can learn from it. With "quick hit chapters" and visually stimulating graphics, teens will benefit from this inspiring collec...

Take your gamification efforts to the next levelWhen The Economist covered Kevin Werbach and Dan Hunter’s new book For the Win in 2012, they referred to gamification as a “management craze.” Since then, gamification has proved to be much more than a fleeting fad: it is a global movement. For the Win has been published globally in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish, and more than a quarter of a million people have taken Werbach’s gamification course on Coursera...

A small boy named Austen is whisked away on a time-traveling adventure with the Romans. Will he be able to get back home again?