A contrarian challenge to the status quo, this book vigorously champions healthy skepticism in management theory and practice. Several common management maxims — often taken for granted as truisms — are examined and debunked with evidence-based arguments. The constant repetition of these flawed tropes perpetuates their mythological status and limits personal and organizational performance. Far from a business as usual business book, Deconstructing Management Maxims has been researched with...

A contrarian challenge to the status quo, this book vigorously champions healthy skepticism in management theory and practice. Several common management maxims — often taken for granted as truisms — are examined and debunked with evidence-based arguments. The constant repetition of these flawed tropes perpetuates their mythological status and limits personal and organizational performance. Eleven management maxims are rebuked using empirical data, original scholarship, literature reviews, ...

Essential Information about Algorithms and Data StructuresA Classic ReferenceThe latest version of Sedgewick’s best-selling series, reflecting an indispensable body of knowledge developed over the past several decades.Broad CoverageFull treatment of data structures and algorithms for sorting, searching, graph processing, and string processing, including fifty algorithms every programmer should know. See algs4.cs.p...

Leadership with a Servant's Heart: Your Role as a Leader in Your Family is book number 3 of a five-book series on the timely topic of servant leadership. More specifically, leading others with a servant's heart. Nowhere throughout any of these books do I reference it as an easy task or responsibility. However, I know that through practical application, persistence, faith, patience, and intentionality, leading with a serv...

A book-length selection from Kevin Killian's legendary corpus of more than two thousand product reviews posted on Amazon.com.An enchanting roll of duct tape. Love Actually on Blu-ray Disc. The Toaster Oven Cookbook, The Biography of Stevie Nicks, and an anthology of poets who died of AIDS. In this only book-length selection from his legendary corpus of more than two thousand product reviews posted on Amazon.com, sagacious shopper Kevin Ki...

Leadership first, location secondAs more organizations adopt a remote workforce, the challenges of leading at a distance become more urgent than ever. The cofounders of the Remote Leadership Institute, Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel, show leaders how to guide their teams by recalling the foundational principles of leadership.The authors' “Three-O” Model refocuses leaders to think about outcomes, others, and ourselves—elements of leadership that remain un...

Just Jesus helps people put on their spiritual glasses so that they can gain a true perspective of Jesus. Each chapter allows us to see different aspects of the person and life of Jesus. Knowing Jesus for who He truly is will make a profound difference in your life.

Design and cultivate remote work teams that actually work.From the experts who brought you The Long-Distance Leader and The Long-Distance Teammate comes the proven and practical guide for leaders to consciously design teams, define and create their desired culture, and encourage and nurture employee engagement-all from a distance.Team design and culture are often presented as separate concepts when they are in fact...

Named a Notable Book in the 21st Annual Best of Computing list by the ACM!Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne’s Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach is the ideal modern introduction to computer science with Java programming for both students and professionals. Taking a broad, applications-based approach, Sedgewick and Wayne teach through important examples from science, mathematics, engineering, finance, and commercial computing.The book de...

In The Next Level of Cryptocurrency Investing acclaimed investment author Wayne Walker offers advanced and powerful investment strategies for Ether, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This book is for those who are beyond the basics and are ready to step up to learning about next level risk management for your existing or future cryptocurrency portfolio. You will be exposed to unique, proven and profitable asset allocation techniques.By the end of the book you will among the most ...

Leadership is a spiritual gift from God (Romans 12:6-8). His Word reminds us that "Every good and perfect gift is from above... (James 1:17)." Unfortunately, it's a gift that, from time to time, is misused and abused by some in positions of power and authority. As a result, leaders at all levels, across multiple venues, cause those who they are entrusted to lead to walk away. People don't leave organizations. They leave because of poor leadership (people).Leadership wi...

This book is Part I of the fourth edition of Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne’s Algorithms, the leading textbook on algorithms today, widely used in colleges and universities worldwide. Part I contains Chapters 1 through 3 of the book. The fourth edition of Algorithms surveys the most important computer algorithms currently in use and provides a full treatment of data structures and algorithms for sorting, searching, graph processing, and...