I WAS THE FITTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM.AND I WAS DYING.At 52, top-ranked tennis pro Mark Kaplan had a heart attack on the court. He was the picture of health. Or so he thought.In 1989, Arthur Ashe handed him a trophy at the US Open for Division 1 college player of the year. Neither of them knew they shared the same genetic disease. Arthur had a heart attack at 36 on a tennis court. He died at 49. Mark had a heart attack at 52 on a tennis court. He survived. His 16-yea...

What if parenthood wasn't seen as a professional pause-but as a leadership accelerator?The Parenthood Advantage challenges long-standing workplace assumptions, revealing how becoming a parent sharpens the very skills modern companies need most: resilience, empathy, focus, crisis management, and a long-view perspective.Through powerful stories, real-world research, and actionable insights, this book invites leaders to reimagine working parents not as a liability-but...

J. L. Austin is famous for writing as if he thought it a condition, on the adequacy of what we say while doing epistemology, that it accord faithfully with what we would say in ordinary circumstances. A durable consensus formed after Austin's death that his pursuit of epistemology faithful to 'ordinary language' was fundamentally misguided. While critics saw his methods as resulting from a failure properly to understand the nature of the epistemologist's project, Mark Kaplan argues that th...

In today's increasingly diverse, global, interconnected business world, diversity and inclusion is no longer just the right thing to do, it is a core leadership competency and central to the success of business. Working effectively across differences such as gender, culture, generational, race, and sexual orientation not only leads to a more productive, innovative corporate culture, but also to a better engagement with customers and clients. The Inclusion Dividend provides a framework to t...

One of the biggest challenges for organizations over the past forty years has been integrating inclusiveness into practical day-to-day leadership. In the authors’ first book, The Inclusion Dividend, they made the case for inclusive leadership as a measurable asset to an organization; it shows up in the bottom line and in other measurable results. In SET for Inclusion, Donovan and Kaplan take that one step further by guiding leaders through the application of a framework to lead inclusively...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships” (Lev Grossman, Time “One of the Best Books of the Decade”)—now featuring never-before-published deleted scenesONE OF TIME'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME, ONE OF CNN'S MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE, AND ONE ...

Explore an array of natural cures that can help prevent and alleviate common health issues, including supporting your immune system, optimizing heart health, balancing your hormones, and enhancing digestive health.Over the Counter Natural Cures demystifies the world of holistic medicine and natural remedies, offering clear, scientifically supported information about the effectiveness of commonly found herbs and supplements. You'll discover how to source hi...

Every organization is looking for ways to improve employee participation, loyalty and engagement; which most scholars believe could help with the organization' performance. We all know that leading with character is a good management skill for any leader that wants to be successful and effective. In this book, the following are seen as some characteristic behaviors that could distinguish a competitive and skillful leaders from others. When you are visible in the organization, know how ...

No matter how you view philosophy, regardless of what you think it is, this series from The Independent will give you a strong sense of the life and work of the very best thinkers in the philosophical neighbourhood, dealing carefully and rationally with the most human of questions, the hardest questions, the questions which matter most.William James, in his last great work Some Problems of Philosophy, wrote that philosophy 'sees the familiar as if it were strange, and the strange a...

About the Book "If you love your stricken one, this is your Bible." said Denzel Koh of Brisbane, Australia after he healed his daughter's cancer using the information in a previous edition of this book.A cancer diagnosis always causes fear. All of us have seen relatives and friends destroyed by conventional cancer treatment. Now, thanks to books like this one and the Internet, you can quickly learn what you need to know. You can heal the cancer using natural, non-toxic substances t...

A Forbes Best Business Book“Vital reading for today’s and tomorrow’s leaders.” —Arianna Huffington“Burnout seems to be everyone’s problem, and this book has solutions. As trailblazers in burnout research, Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter didn’t just clear the path to study the causes—they’ve also discovered some of the cures.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Think Again

Is your workplace toxic?Toxic workplaces take many forms. Whether you're dealing with a narcissistic boss, a backstabbing colleague, endless microaggressions, or a culture of overwork and burnout, it can feel impossible to know what to do. Should you address the issue directly, play office politics, go to HR, or just keep your head down?The HBR Guide to Navigating the Toxic Workplace will help you set boundaries and change what you can whil...