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Your Brain at Work, Revised and Updated

Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

by David Rock ...

A researcher and consultant burrows deep inside the heads of one modern two-career couple to examine how each partner processes the workday—revealing how a more nuanced understanding of brain science can allow us to better organize, prioritize, recall, and sort our daily lives.Emily and Paul are the parents of two young children, and professionals with different careers. Emily is the newly ... Read more

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A researcher and consultant burrows deep inside the heads of one modern two-career couple to examine how each partner processes the workday—revealing how a more nuanced understanding of brain science can allow us to better organize, prioritize, recall, and sort our daily lives.Emily and Paul are the parents of two young children, and professionals with different careers. Emily is the newly
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That's Not What This Book Is About

by Joanna Johnson ...

Embark on an emotional journey with Joanna Johnson as she navigates life's twists and turns, encountering remarkable individuals and absorbing life-changing insights along the way. Prepare to dive into your own memories, finding solace and inspiration in the enduring forces of love, strength, and human bonds that resonate throughout this captivating story!Learn more about Joanna Johnson at www ... Read more

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Embark on an emotional journey with Joanna Johnson as she navigates life's twists and turns, encountering remarkable individuals and absorbing life-changing insights along the way. Prepare to dive into your own memories, finding solace and inspiration in the enduring forces of love, strength, and human bonds that resonate throughout this captivating story!Learn more about Joanna Johnson at www
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The Shift to Student-Led

Reimagining Classroom Workflows with UDL and Blended Learning

by Catlin Tucker, Katie Novak ...

Your Guide to Student-Led LearningCatlin Tucker and Katie Novak have worked with too many educators who are frustrated and disillusioned with the teaching profession. They know that teachers are drowning in work and unrealistic demands. Many are mentally and emotionally exhausted by the uncertainty and constant change created by the pandemic. In this follow-up to UDL and Blended Learning, the ... Read more

$14.29 CAD

Your Guide to Student-Led LearningCatlin Tucker and Katie Novak have worked with too many educators who are frustrated and disillusioned with the teaching profession. They know that teachers are drowning in work and unrealistic demands. Many are mentally and emotionally exhausted by the uncertainty and constant change created by the pandemic. In this follow-up to UDL and Blended Learning, the
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The 4 Disciplines of Execution for Educators

Helping Schools and Districts Achieve Their Wildly Important Goals

by Sean Covey, Lynn Kosinski, Betsy Wierda, Maria B. Fleming ...

From bestselling author Sean Covey, a revolutionary operating system that helps educators achieve their most wildly important goals by focusing on what matters most, even amid the daily whirlwind of urgent demands—based on the groundbreaking 4 Disciplines of Execution framework.In education, setting goals is easy—but achieving them is hard. It’s easy to understand why. Every day, educators face an ... Read more

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From bestselling author Sean Covey, a revolutionary operating system that helps educators achieve their most wildly important goals by focusing on what matters most, even amid the daily whirlwind of urgent demands—based on the groundbreaking 4 Disciplines of Execution framework.In education, setting goals is easy—but achieving them is hard. It’s easy to understand why. Every day, educators face an
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Good to Great

Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

by Jim Collins ...

Series Book 1 - Good to Great
The ChallengeBuilt to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning.But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?The StudyFor years, ... Read more

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The ChallengeBuilt to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning.But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?The StudyFor years,
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The Three-Minute Classroom Walk-Through

Changing School Supervisory Practice One Teacher at a Time

Edited by Carolyn J. Downey, Betty E. Steffy-English, Fenwick W. English, Larry E. Frase, William K. Poston ...

Change the entire school culture with this collaborative method of supervision!For years, the classic supervision model has frustrated both principals and teachers by fostering superior-subordinate relationships, focusing on teacher conformity rather than growth, or producing checklist data that is irrelevant to the curriculum. ***The Three-Minute Classroom Walk-Through***offers a practical, time ... Read more

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Change the entire school culture with this collaborative method of supervision!For years, the classic supervision model has frustrated both principals and teachers by fostering superior-subordinate relationships, focusing on teacher conformity rather than growth, or producing checklist data that is irrelevant to the curriculum. ***The Three-Minute Classroom Walk-Through***offers a practical, time
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Leadership Lessons of Abraham Lincoln

Strategies, Advice, and Words of Wisdom on Leadership, Responsibility, and Power

by Abraham Lincoln ...

What is it about Abraham Lincoln that, 146 years after his death, continues to inspire us? Was it his commitment to honesty and his unfailing integrity? Was it his courage to stand up against the injustices of his day? Was it his ability to lead the American people through the perils of war and unify the country through the conviction of his ideals?In Leadership Lessons of Abraham Lincoln, the ... Read more

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What is it about Abraham Lincoln that, 146 years after his death, continues to inspire us? Was it his commitment to honesty and his unfailing integrity? Was it his courage to stand up against the injustices of his day? Was it his ability to lead the American people through the perils of war and unify the country through the conviction of his ideals?In Leadership Lessons of Abraham Lincoln, the
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The Future of Tutoring

Lessons from 10,000 School District Tutoring Initiatives

by Liz Cohen ...

The inspiring story of the high-impact tutoring movement and its revitalization of the post-pandemic classroomPublic education isn’t a sector known for quick change, but the COVID-19 pandemic turned schools into labs of innovation nationwide. By the pandemic’s end, a remarkable number of K–12 classrooms had come to embrace tutoring, particularly “high-impact tutoring” and its adaptable design. In ... Read more

$22.39 CAD

The inspiring story of the high-impact tutoring movement and its revitalization of the post-pandemic classroomPublic education isn’t a sector known for quick change, but the COVID-19 pandemic turned schools into labs of innovation nationwide. By the pandemic’s end, a remarkable number of K–12 classrooms had come to embrace tutoring, particularly “high-impact tutoring” and its adaptable design. In
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The Age of Identity

Who Do Our Kids Think They Are . . . and How Do We Help Them Belong?

by Dennis Shirley, Andy Hargreaves ...

There’s more to all of us than what meets the eyeA perfect storm is upon us and educators are in the middle of it. Identity issues often incite and divide us, but they are actually our way out of the storm. No one should be oppressed or have to hide who they are, and young people need to be prepared for a future where they can learn to live together and help others belong.In their beautifully ... Read more

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There’s more to all of us than what meets the eyeA perfect storm is upon us and educators are in the middle of it. Identity issues often incite and divide us, but they are actually our way out of the storm. No one should be oppressed or have to hide who they are, and young people need to be prepared for a future where they can learn to live together and help others belong.In their beautifully
... Read more
Impact Players

How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact

by Liz Wiseman ...

Thinkers50 Top 10 Best New Management Books for 2022Why do some people break through and make an impact while others get stuck going through the motions?In every organization there are Impact Players—those indispensable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situations and who consistently receive high-profile assignments and new opportunities. Whether they are on center stage or behind the ... Read more

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Thinkers50 Top 10 Best New Management Books for 2022Why do some people break through and make an impact while others get stuck going through the motions?In every organization there are Impact Players—those indispensable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situations and who consistently receive high-profile assignments and new opportunities. Whether they are on center stage or behind the
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Histoires de leadership

by Isabelle Marjorie Tremblay ...

Pour son dixième anniversaire, l’Institut de leadership présente les récits inspirants de 16 de ses formateurs-experts : Sylvie Bernier, Francoise Bertrand, Pierre Bruneau, Jean Charest, Guy Crevier, Amina Gerba, Jean-René Halde, Jessica Harnois, Pierre Marc Johnson, Hubert T. Lacroix, Pierre Lavoie, Monique Leroux, Pauline Marois, Lorraine Pintal, Bruny Surin et Kim Thúy. Que signifie vraiment ... Read more

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Pour son dixième anniversaire, l’Institut de leadership présente les récits inspirants de 16 de ses formateurs-experts : Sylvie Bernier, Francoise Bertrand, Pierre Bruneau, Jean Charest, Guy Crevier, Amina Gerba, Jean-René Halde, Jessica Harnois, Pierre Marc Johnson, Hubert T. Lacroix, Pierre Lavoie, Monique Leroux, Pauline Marois, Lorraine Pintal, Bruny Surin et Kim Thúy. Que signifie vraiment
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Reaching Beyond Boundaries

A Navy SEAL's Guide to Achieving Everything You've Ever Imagined

by Don Mann, Kraig Becker ...

For the last decade, decorated Navy SEAL, accomplished athlete, and bestselling author Don Mann has been traveling across the country giving motivational talks and in the process inspiring hundreds with the secrets behind his awe-inspiring achievements. In Reaching beyond Boundaries, Mann brings his much sought-after wisdom to the page.As an elite Navy SEAL, Mann performed seemingly impossible ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

For the last decade, decorated Navy SEAL, accomplished athlete, and bestselling author Don Mann has been traveling across the country giving motivational talks and in the process inspiring hundreds with the secrets behind his awe-inspiring achievements. In Reaching beyond Boundaries, Mann brings his much sought-after wisdom to the page.As an elite Navy SEAL, Mann performed seemingly impossible
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Professional Capital

Transforming Teaching in Every School

by Andy Hargreaves, Michael Fullan ...

2014 Winner of The Grawemeyer Award in EducationThe future of learning depends absolutely on the future of teaching. In this latest and most important collaboration, Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan show how the quality of teaching is captured in a compelling new idea: the professional capital of every teacher working together in every school. Speaking out against policies that result in a ... Read more

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2014 Winner of The Grawemeyer Award in EducationThe future of learning depends absolutely on the future of teaching. In this latest and most important collaboration, Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan show how the quality of teaching is captured in a compelling new idea: the professional capital of every teacher working together in every school. Speaking out against policies that result in a
... Read more
Making Change Stick: A Practical Guide to Implementing School Improvement

by James Mannion ...

Implementing change is a complex undertaking, and most school improvement initiatives fail to meet their stated aims. But it doesn't have to be this way.Drawing on a decade of research and development in schools around the world, Dr James Mannion introduces the Making Change Stick programme, a groundbreaking approach to implementing sustainable school improvement.This practical guide draws ... Read more

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Implementing change is a complex undertaking, and most school improvement initiatives fail to meet their stated aims. But it doesn't have to be this way.Drawing on a decade of research and development in schools around the world, Dr James Mannion introduces the Making Change Stick programme, a groundbreaking approach to implementing sustainable school improvement.This practical guide draws
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Peak

Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

by Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool ...

“This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about.”—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin**“Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read [Peak]. Rest assured that the book is not mere theory. Ericsson’s research focuses on the real world, and he explains in detail, with examples, how all ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

“This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about.”—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin**“Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read [Peak]. Rest assured that the book is not mere theory. Ericsson’s research focuses on the real world, and he explains in detail, with examples, how all
... Read more
Quiet Voice Fearless Leader - 10 Principles For Introverts To Awaken The Leader Inside

by Terrance Lee ...

Learn The Secrets To Leading Successfully As An IntrovertHave you ever wondered if being an introvert is keeping you from becoming a great leader? Do you desire to grow in your career or business without compromising who you are?At times it can feel like society labels people with introverted personalities as at least one of the following: quiet, shy, reserved, or timid. While at the same time ... Read more

$11.19 CAD

Learn The Secrets To Leading Successfully As An IntrovertHave you ever wondered if being an introvert is keeping you from becoming a great leader? Do you desire to grow in your career or business without compromising who you are?At times it can feel like society labels people with introverted personalities as at least one of the following: quiet, shy, reserved, or timid. While at the same time
... Read more
Students First

Equity, Access, and Opportunity in Higher Education

by Paul LeBlanc ...

2022 Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature, University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)Paul LeBlanc has reimagined higher education, with a focus on the most fundamental of functions: student learning. In Students First, he advocates for an entire higher education ecosystem in which students have the flexibility to gain, assess, and certify their knowledge on their own ... Read more

$27.19 CAD

2022 Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature, University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)Paul LeBlanc has reimagined higher education, with a focus on the most fundamental of functions: student learning. In Students First, he advocates for an entire higher education ecosystem in which students have the flexibility to gain, assess, and certify their knowledge on their own
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Street Data

A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation

by Shane Safir, Jamila Dugan ...

Radically reimagine our ways of being, learning, and doingEducation can be transformed if we eradicate our fixation on big data like standardized test scores as the supreme measure of equity and learning. Instead of the focus being on "fixing" and "filling" academic gaps, we must envision and rebuild the system from the student up—with classrooms, schools and systems built around students’ ... Read more

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Radically reimagine our ways of being, learning, and doingEducation can be transformed if we eradicate our fixation on big data like standardized test scores as the supreme measure of equity and learning. Instead of the focus being on "fixing" and "filling" academic gaps, we must envision and rebuild the system from the student up—with classrooms, schools and systems built around students’
... Read more
Your Brain at Work

Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

by David Rock ...

In Your Brain at Work, David Rock takes readers inside the heads—literally—of a modern two-career couple as they mentally process their workday. This fascinating book uses their story to reveal, through grounded brain science, how we can better organize, prioritize, and process our daily lives for improved productivity. Rock, the author of Quiet Leadership and Personal Best, shows how it’s ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

In Your Brain at Work, David Rock takes readers inside the heads—literally—of a modern two-career couple as they mentally process their workday. This fascinating book uses their story to reveal, through grounded brain science, how we can better organize, prioritize, and process our daily lives for improved productivity. Rock, the author of Quiet Leadership and Personal Best, shows how it’s
... Read more
Craig & Fred

A Marine, A Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other

by Craig Grossi ...

The uplifting and unforgettable true story of a US Marine, the stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield, and how they saved each other and now travel America together, "spreading the message of stubborn positivity."In 2010, Sergeant Craig Grossi was doing intelligence work for Marine RECON—the most elite fighters in the Corps—in a remote part of Afghanistan. While on patrol, he spotted a young ... Read more

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The uplifting and unforgettable true story of a US Marine, the stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield, and how they saved each other and now travel America together, "spreading the message of stubborn positivity."In 2010, Sergeant Craig Grossi was doing intelligence work for Marine RECON—the most elite fighters in the Corps—in a remote part of Afghanistan. While on patrol, he spotted a young
... Read more
The Emergency Teacher

The Inspirational Story of a New Teacher in an Inner-City School

by Christina Asquith ...

The Emergency Teacher is Christina Asquith’s moving firsthand account of her year spent teaching in one of Philadelphia’s worst schools. Told with striking humor and honesty, her story begins when the School District of Philadelphia, faced with 1,500 teacherless classrooms, instituted a policy of hiring emergency certified” teachers to fill the void. Asquith, a twenty-five-year-old reporter for ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

The Emergency Teacher is Christina Asquith’s moving firsthand account of her year spent teaching in one of Philadelphia’s worst schools. Told with striking humor and honesty, her story begins when the School District of Philadelphia, faced with 1,500 teacherless classrooms, instituted a policy of hiring emergency certified” teachers to fill the void. Asquith, a twenty-five-year-old reporter for
... Read more
The Gift of Failure

How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed

by Jessica Lahey ...

The New York Times bestselling, groundbreaking manifesto on child development during the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the disappointment and frustration that occur from life’s inevitable problems so that they can grow up to be successful, resilient, and self-reliant adultsModern parenting is defined by an unprecedented level of ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling, groundbreaking manifesto on child development during the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the disappointment and frustration that occur from life’s inevitable problems so that they can grow up to be successful, resilient, and self-reliant adultsModern parenting is defined by an unprecedented level of
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The Essential Enneagram

The Definitive Personality Test and Self-Discovery Guide -- Revised & Updated

by David Daniels, Virginia Price ...

The First Scientifically Determined Enneagram Personality Test and GuideA centuries-old psychological system with roots in sacred tradition, the Enneagram can be an invaluable guide in your journey toward self-understanding and self-development. In this book, Stanford University Medical School clinical professor of psychiatry David Daniels and counseling psychologist Virginia Price offer the only ... Read more

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The First Scientifically Determined Enneagram Personality Test and GuideA centuries-old psychological system with roots in sacred tradition, the Enneagram can be an invaluable guide in your journey toward self-understanding and self-development. In this book, Stanford University Medical School clinical professor of psychiatry David Daniels and counseling psychologist Virginia Price offer the only
... Read more
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?

Leading a Great Enterprise Through Dramatic Change

by Louis V. Gerstner Jr. ...

In 1990, IBM was a corporate dinosaur on the brink of extinction, with the business world watching what looked like the final chapter of an American icon.The company was paralyzed by its own bureaucracy, losing billions, and had completely lost touch with its customers. The consensus was clear: IBM was too big, too slow, and had to be broken up to survive.Then Lou Gerstner was brought in as CEO. ... Read more

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In 1990, IBM was a corporate dinosaur on the brink of extinction, with the business world watching what looked like the final chapter of an American icon.The company was paralyzed by its own bureaucracy, losing billions, and had completely lost touch with its customers. The consensus was clear: IBM was too big, too slow, and had to be broken up to survive.Then Lou Gerstner was brought in as CEO.
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