Knowing how to work effectively in and through groups may be the single most important skill anyone can develop in today's collaborative, team-based workplace. Unfortunately, all of the resources available on teamwork put the emphasis on group process and ignore the role of-and benefits to-the individual. But effective teamwork isn't only a group skill set; it's an individual skill set as well. Teamwork Is an Individual Skill shows readers how to develop the skills to thrive on any team, u...

Learning to work with others is the most important skill in the knowledge economy and this guide reveals how to be successful on any team.Knowing how to work effectively in groups may be the single most important skill anyone can develop in today's collaborative, team-based workplace. Unfortunately, all of the resources available on teamwork put the emphasis on group process and ignore the role of—and benefits to—the individual. But effective teamwork isn't only a ...

Each year, hundreds of thousands of high school seniors compete in a game they'll play only once, whose rules they do not fully understand, yet whose consequences are enormous. The game is college admissions, and applying early to an elite school is one way to win. But the early admissions process is enigmatic and flawed. It can easily lead students toward hasty or misinformed decisions.This book--based on the careful examination of more than 500,000 college applications to fourtee...

Each year, hundreds of thousands of high school seniors compete in a game they’ll play only once, whose rules they do not fully understand, yet whose consequences are enormous. The game is college admissions, and applying early to an elite school is one way to win. But the early admissions process is enigmatic and flawed. It can easily lead students toward hasty or misinformed decisions.This book—based on the careful examination of more than 500,000 college applications to fourteen...

Hit the road with Bud in this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy on a journey to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud’s got a few things going for him:He has his own suitcase full of special things.He’...

The first graphic novel in an explosive new series based on the smash-hit RPG YouTube series by Dingo Doodles and Felix Irnich.Have you ever sung karaoke so badly that you unleashed the apocalypse? Well, that’s an average day for the Fool’s Gold crew: a group of traveling magical rejects. Join the chaos of experiencing tabletop role-playing games with this group of chaotic friends and their even more chaotic characters as they dare to take on the world’s deadliest ...

An all-new graphic novel in the explosive fantasy series based on the smash-hit RPG YouTube series by Dingo Doodles and Felix Irnich!Have you ever saved an entire city with a hairbrush? If you have, you might be a member of the Fool’s Gold crew! The gang returns in this thrilling graphic novel—and so do their past mistakes—as alternative timelines collide in an all-new adventure!Can these misfits navigate the realm of souls? Avoid a dragon’s wrath? Get thro...

Build your ability to discuss tough topics at work.At times in our careers, we face conversations that bring out tense emotions. Our instinct may be to avoid them entirely, but engaging in challenging conversations can create opportunities to build stronger work relationships, teams, and organizations.This book will help you learn how to communicate productively under stress, offer and accept critical feedback, and ensure teams walk away from challenging co...

Francesca Riley thinks she's going home for Christmas with a fiancé. Instead, two nights before her trip, she gets dumped over dessert. And the cherry on top of the top of that fruit cake is that the whole thing happens in front of her ex-boyfriend, Cary—the one who got away—and his very intriguing friend.When a blizzard hits DC and snows the three of them in at Cary's townhouse, one night becomes more. And feelings get involved. When their lust melts the snow enough to go outside,...

A hockey player with a bounty on his virginity. A sarcastic bartender with no time for shenanigans.Leftwinger Anders Sorenson's life-long focus on hockey came with a price—a price he never minded paying until reaching a crossroads in his career and meeting Dahlia Clarno. The eccentric bartender is hot, she doesn't care about his fame, and she has no idea about the bounty his teammates have on his virginity. She's the total package for a vacation fling.Dahlia has no use for ...

Tracey Livesay continues her fun-filled Girls Trip series with this romance that will tug at your heartstrings.Sometimes faking it can lead to the real thing…Driven and focused, Dr. Nicole Allen is an accomplished surgeon. With a tough past, Nic’s gone above and beyond everyone’s expectations. But when she disciplines an intern—a powerful donor’s son—a prestigious fellowship she’s awaiting is placed in jeopardy.Coming from a successful fami...

USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday concludes her beloved royal Christmas series with an unforgettable romance about a confident American woman and the strait-laced royal advisor who falls hopelessly in love with her.Matteo Benz has spent his life serving at the pleasure of the Eldovian crown. His work is his life and his life, well...he doesn’t have much of one. When he is tasked to aid a management consultant who has been flown in to help straight...