The Literary Lancashire Award is proud to present its 2020 anthology of shortlisted entries. Packed with magnificent and unique short fiction and poetry, this volume celebrates the work of some of the most promising young authors in the county.Sit back and enjoy the wonderful work of Ellen Darbyshire, Nicola Hester, Jana Craddock, Daisy Brown, Khatijah Balu, Abbey Bamford and many, many more!Contents:Prose'Eggshells' by Ellen Darbyshire'The Moth' by Jan...

Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act: Intersections across Identities, Genders, and Cultures offers scholarly research related to work-life balance in today’s environment, with a particular focus on the fields of communication and gender studies. The chapters examine the choices, challenges, and gendered experiences that women and men face as they navigate structures of work, domestic duties, and childcare in search of balance. Underpinning this text is the notion that work-life b...

So You Think You Can Write!Do you really? Do you want to find out?There is a new resource out that might just let you pursue that dream.What's the worse thing that can happen? You might discover that you really have a talent for writing.It really doesn't matter what the genre is, there are basic steps that need to be taken when writing.What do YOU enjoy?What do YOU read?There is alot ...

"Coaching for Performance is the proven resource for all coaches and pioneers of the future of coaching." Magdalena N. Mook, CEO, International Coach Federation (ICF)"Shines a light on what it takes to create high performance." John McFarlane, Chairman, Barclays, Chairman, TheCityUK***C***oaching for Performance is the definitive book for coaches, leaders, talent managers and professionals around the world.

This is the follow up book from the best selling 101 Startup Lessons—An Entrepreneur’s Handbook. These Startup Lessons #102-#202 continue the startup learnings as a comprehensive, one-stop read for entrepreneurs who want actionable learnings about a wide range of startup and digital-related topics from George Deeb, a serial entrepreneur and partner at Red Rocket Ventures. The book is a startup executive's strategic "playbook", with "how-to" lessons about business in genera...

More than 100,000 soldNFL head coach Mike Smith lead one of the most remarkable turnarounds in NFL history. In the season prior to his arrival in 2008, the Atlanta Falcons had a 4–12 record and the franchise had never before achieved back-to-back winning seasons. Under Smith’s leadership, the Falcons earned an 11–5 record in his first season and would go on to become perennial playoff and Super Bowl contenders earning Smith AP Coach of year in 2008 and vot...

How did a Venice Beach T-shirt vendor become television's most successful producer? How did an entrepreneur who started in a garage create the most iconic product launches in business history? How did a timid pastor's son overcome a paralyzing fear of public speaking to captivate sold-out crowds at Yankee Stadium, twice? How did a human rights attorney earn TED's longest standing ovation, and how did a Facebook executive launch a movement to encourage millions of women to "lean in"?

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This book will help you transform your leadership coaching practice.Helping the coach and client deepen their 'mastery of practice', Leadership Coaching for Results propels us into the best possible practices for leadership coaching in the twenty-first century. Leadership now isn't what we considered it in the past - increasingly diverse and decentralised organisational teams, and continuing economic turmoil, demand a different style of leadership development.Starting with a b...

There's a leader inside all of us, yet often we can't see it. Instead we settle for a quiet life on the sidelines. To become a leader who motivates, influences, and inspires others to succeed you need to find that inner leader. You need to develop a LEADERSHIP ATTITUDE.This book offers you insight into your own leadership style and will help you:•Play to your strengths•Find your tribe•Reach out to a mentor•Empower others to lead•Become the leader ...

With a growing demand for psychometric testing in the coaching profession, coaches and practitioners alike need to understand the psychology underpinning the tests as well as how to select and apply them effectively. Published with the Association for Coaching and written by an international team of global coaching practitioners and psychometricians, Psychometrics in Coaching provides an overview of using psychometrics and providing feedback and offers clear expla...

IS YOUR REVIEW PROCESS PERFORMING BELOW EXPECTATIONS?Fix the Performance Review with the Wisdom of Crowds!If you're like most employees and managers, you dread the annual performance review. It's outdated and frozen in time. It's a relic of the way business used to work and doesn't capitalize on the way business works today. Can it be saved?Today's most successful companies are transforming their predictable "one-way" review processes into dynamic...