Amplifying Pupil Voice outlines how to create an environment where high achieving student feedback has a direct and productive effect on the school and classroom environment.Covering topics such as identification, talent hiding, peer collaboration, community relations, the process of creativity, and more, chapters provide real student insights, methods that focus on listening to the needs of learners and guidance on how to respond in a way that nurtures potential and creat...

People increasingly want to support businesses that operate with a moral code; businesses they know, like and trust. The global trend for 'conscious' business has become increasingly important with the palpable shift away from companies, organisations or governments that act unethically. 'Humanistic businesses' are people-focused and conscious of their obligations towards offering value and building positive relationships with all of their stakeholders.This is the first practical b...

Negotiation is an essential skill in all areas of life. It isa series of manoeuvres that we move through in order to get the bestpossible deal for ourselves, our company or organisation. How far wewill go to achieve our goals is where the rub lies.Ideally, negotiations should be a 'win-win' experience. Full ofuseful exercises, case studies and accessible advice, this book willhelp readers achieve their goals by showing them how to...

**Winner of the 2018 Excellence in Financial Journalism AwardFrom Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, “a fast moving, fly-on-the-wall, disheartening look at the deterioration of the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission…It is a book of superheroes” (San Francisco Review of Books).**Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing with impunity? The problem goes beyond b...

**#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • President Donald J. Trump lays out his professional and personal worldview in this classic work—a firsthand account of the rise of America’s foremost businessman.“Donald Trump is a deal maker. He is a deal maker the way lions are carnivores and water is wet.”—Chicago Tribune**“I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: If you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.”—Donald J. TrumpHer...

The retirement crisis facing America-and the road map for a way out-from The New York Times bestselling author of Origins of the CrashIn the last several decades, corporations and local governments made ruinous pension and healthcare promises to American workers. With these now coming due, they threaten to destroy twenty-first- century America's hopes for a comfortable retirement. With his trademark narrative panache, bestselling author Roger Lowe...

Negotiation--whether brokering a deal, mediating a dispute, or writing up a contract--is both a necessary and challenging aspect of business life. This guide helps managers to sharpen their skills and become more effective deal makers in any situation.

Winning from Within by leadership and negotiation expert Erica Ariel Fox presents a contemporary approach for getting more of what you want, improving relationships, and enjoying life’s deeper rewards.With principles developed while teaching negotiation at Harvard Law School and coaching executives in business communication around the world, Fox provides a map for understanding your inner world and a method for sorting yourself out.Fox uses insights from Western ps...

This e-book is about how I was robbed of my money and my mental stability by the auto mechanic industry. My self esteem and quality of life was robbed by a few mechanics who really were only out for profits. In this ebook I share my experience and give good sound advice on what I think you as a consumer should do before choosing a mechanic this book is enlightening.By reading my story if my help you gain a better understand of what not to do when it comes to letting folks work on y...

We're losing patience with bad companies. We're fed up with the greed of Goldman Sachs, sickened by BP's pollution, tired of tainted food, tightfisted employers, and phony "corporate social responsibility." And Laurie Bassi and her co-authors have news: the "bad boy" days are over. We're at the dawn of the Worthiness Era, when doing the right thing is no longer optional--it's the key to success. And they've got the data to prove it. Good Company lays out the convergence of social, economic...

This companion volume to the negotiation classic Getting to Yes explores the negotiation process in depth and presents case studies, charts, and worksheets for blueprinting and personalized negotiating strategy.

The corporate social and environmental responsibility movement, known more generally as corporate responsibility (CR), shows little sign of waning. Almost all large corporations now run some form of corporate responsibility program. Despite this widespread belief that CR can simultaneously improve societal welfare and corporate performance, most companies are largely in the dark when it comes to understanding how their stakeholders think and feel about these programs. This book argues that...