Professor Toby Salt has worked in some of the hardest, most stress-inducing jobs in the wider education space, as well as juggling a large family. The Juggling Act gives leaders in education and the wider public sector clear advice about how to manage the constant juggling act of professional and personal life.
Advice and Insights for Building a Successful Career
Consulting is one of the fastest growing occupations in the United States. This volume offers basic guidance on the fundamentals of consulting with essays by leaders in the field. It guides readers through a career continuum, beginning with learning about potential employers to creating and maintaining a business and watching it grow and thrive.
Using Self-Assessment to Navigate Contemporary Careers
A guide to managing contemporary careers. Although grounded in theory, it provides an extensive set of exercises and activities that can guide career management over the lifespan.
Speaking Up, Jumping In, Embracing Compassion, and Accepting Life
An engaging guide for cultivating assertiveness to live a happier life. Confidence and decisiveness are critical life skills that many people struggle to develop. For readers who want to take charge of their lives, The Four Paths of Assertiveness provides an indispensable guide to developing and practicing this crucial ability. Youth advocate ......
Focus on what really matters, get stuff done, waste less time
What is uni-tasking, why is it revolutionary and what's it got to do with meditating in the middle of a war zone? Former RAF helicopter pilot Sarah Furness discovered the secret to true productivity while under fire: if you train your brain to uni-task, you can prioritise, focus, stay calm and deliver exceptional results. Sarah has ......
The Complete Guide for Women to Get Ahead in Business
Breaking into the Boys' Club is the ultimate guide to success for women in business. No matter what stage in your career or what job position you hold, this book offers you practical, relatable ways to evaluate your work style and workplace culture in order to better understand behavior that may be holding you back from advancing in your field.
Originally published by Stackpole in 1963 and revised throughout the Vietnam War until its final edition in 1973, Guidelines for the Leader and Commander by Gen. Bruce C. Clarke makes its purpose plain with its prefatory dedication to the combat soldier who is charged with defending the freedoms of his country. What follows is no mere manual for ......
Unlock the Secrets to Understanding Everyone in Your Life--Including Yourself!
Conformity is the new black—there is safety in numbers—so what happens when individuals come into conflict with the “shoe” values they’ve been forced to wear from an early age? They will either submit to the pressure and lose sight of themselves or fight like hell and be socially excommunicated. Too often personality distinctions are disowned ......
Career and work contribute significantly to personal and life satisfaction-and, when they are problematic, to personal unhappiness and stress. In this comprehensive career assessment book, Rodney L. Lowman addresses the three major areas that matter the most for understanding and helping people with their career choices: occupational ......
