Build a high-performance workforce by abandoning skills-based hiring practices and focusing on employee attitudeHiring for Attitude offers a groundbreaking approach to recruiting, assessing, and selecting people with both tremendous skills but, more importantly, an attitude that aligns with the organization’s culture.Murphy cites his own company’s research and examines recent scientific studies about the practical effects a person’s attitude has on...

Drum Kit Fills Volume 2 is the second book in a series of publications designed to develop the ability to play fills around the drum kit. Volume 2 contains 16th note, 12/8, 32nd note, triplet and double bass drum fills. It also contains 5 solo pieces. The content is suitable for intermediate through to advancing drumming levels.The fills are not merely development exercises; they can all be used in practical situations, whether that be rehearsing with a band, performing li...

The New York Times–bestselling author of Hundred Percenters and Hiring for Attitude shows you how to build the most successful teamThe conventional wisdom is wrong about how great teams are built. Effective leaders worry less about cohesion and more about assembling the right group of people with complementary talents and personalities. No amount of teambuilding, trust, or cohesion can overcome having the wrong mix of people in the room.

After a decade's worth of Android app development, 2018 debuted the second generation of Android app development techniques, highlighted by Jetpack and the AndroidX family of libraries.This book follows in the footsteps of "The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development", to introduce developers to Android app development, focusing on Jetpack. Here you will learn how to set up an Android app for Java or Kotlin, create a user interface, and more!In particular, it covers Andro...

A riveting suspense thriller, perfect for fans of Greg Iles and John Hart, about the disappearance of a brilliant surgeon and how the search for her killer could tear her southern town apart.A highly regarded surgeon has gone missing. Will the search for her whereabouts tear a community apart?Dr. Janie O’Connor’s disappearance from her Savannah estate, Rose Dhu, has shocked the town to its core. Her former fiancé, Phillip Carruthers—once th...

From New York Times bestseller Mark Murphy comes the definitive guide to managing difficult people! Do you ever have to deal with giant egos, blamers, or people who find drama in every little thing? Do you have to work with anyone who always sees the negative in any situation?This book gives you the research-backed scripts to manage the most difficult personalities on your team! You'll discover how to mana...

Many books — such as Elements of Android Jetpack, — present programming topics, showing you how to use different APIs, tools, and so on.This book is different.This book has you build an app from the beginning. Whereas traditional programming guides are focused on breadth and depth, this book is focused on "hands-on", guiding you through the steps to build the app. It provides a bit of details on the underlying concepts, but it relies on other resources — such as Elements of...

The New York Times–bestselling author of Hundred Percenters and Hiring for Attitude shows you how to build the most successful teamThe conventional wisdom is wrong about how great teams are built. Effective leaders worry less about cohesion and more about assembling the right group of people with complementary talents and personalities. No amount of teambuilding, trust, or cohesion can overcome having the wrong mix of people in the room.

Drum Kit Fills Volume 3 is the third book in a series of publications designed to develop the ability to play fills around the drum kit. Volume 3 contains 32nd note, linear, tuplet, odd time and polyrhythm fills. It also contains 1 solo piece. The content is suitable for advanced drummers .The fills are not merely development exercises; they can all be used in practical situations, whether that be rehearsing with a band, performing live, creating a drum pa...

A gay friendly guide to purchasing and profiting from real estate, and attaining self reliance and financial security in the process.While this book was written for the queer folk, you don’t have to be, “that way”, or “a bit funny” or “on the bus” or “batting for the other team” to read it, or learn from it, or enjoy it. Much of the content is true for everyone. It’s just that the stories, examples, asides, humor and point of view are tilted toward those wearing the lighter loafers...

Drum Kit Fills Volume 1 is the first book in a series of publications designed to develop the ability to play fills around the drum kit. Volume 1 contains 8th note, 16th note, 3 stroke, flam and triplet fills. It also contains 6 solo pieces. The content is suitable for beginners through to intermediate drumming levels.The fills are not merely development exercises; they can all be used in practical situations, whether that be rehearsing with a band, performing live, creati...

For years, Mark Murphy has commanded large audiences, informing them of the ins and outs of entrepreneurship, garnering wealth and growing it for the benefit of generational progeny. After years of sharing the same advice on repeat with different people across nearly every sector and industry, he decided to consolidate his best practices in the form of this book. In it, he unveils the key attributes of entrepreneurship and creating a winning culture, how leadership and emotional fitness pl...