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Au cœur de réformes ou d'innovations, l'on peut être sceptique et douter, face aux résistances et aux manœuvres de gens aux stratégies individuelles sinon individualistes. Et peut alors se dévoiler toute la solitude du manager qui n'est pas forcément appuyé par ceux qui, en cas de réussite, n'y ont pas intérêt. En fait, il y a le cœur et l'esprit. C'est lors de réformes qu'on m'avait confiées, par confiance, je suppose, en butte au...
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The death, injury and stress rate for firefighters and others in public safety service continues to grow. Could the root cause of these conditions be leaders who have failed to learn from past experiences?
This book relates many of the dangers and hazards that have been learned over the years to help those who want to become better public safety leaders. This is a guide for current and future Fire Chiefs and for their families. This book provides...
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A boy at a young age who tried to protect his mom from his father, and at an older age, he did just that many times. He had his own problems with sicknesses and injuries as a young boy. He quit school to help his mom support her family of six children, although she didn't want him to. The young man went to work in the trades. He learned a lot and was taught from many because he showed he wanted to learn. These men knew why he was working at a young...
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César Matos, joven escritor mexicano, obtiene una beca para escribir una novela en España. En su viaje se cruza Celestino Teixeiro, empleado de correos y narrador, quien ha ganado todos los premios literarios de su país y en sus cuadernos construye una ciudad llamada Mariana. De Mariana se fugan: Epígono Velázquez, pintor, Niño Cabrón, escritor, César Matos, becario, una secta de tomistas y una cofradía que adora a un Gran Gato. ¿Es Mariana...
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The fear of the unknown at war with the burning need to see distant shores...In the late 1800s, one man set out across an ocean in an ancient sailing vessel, determined to seek his family's fortune in a new land. What grew from his bravery and triumph is a family saga that spans several generations and countless homelands.
“Paradise on Earth” is the intricately woven story of a family that left its native province of Punjab in the then British...
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A multi-author collaboration that shares inspiring stories about women who have chosen to lead from their heart and change the world.
What does it mean to be a Heart-centred Leader?
This book is a collection of stories for women, by women focused on inspiring purpose, vision and every courage.
Featuring real-life, relatable role-models from all walks of life, these women are leaders in entrepreneurialism, education, conscious living, innovation...
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This book describes the author's journey as a barber and offers inspiration and insight to aspiring barbers and entrepreneurs. The story begins with him not being able to get a haircut to him later becoming a licensed barber. This is also a story of self-reflection and forewarning of what others who desire a successful business may encounter. The author gives a glimpse of the possible future of barbers and barbershop owners while answering questions...
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At a young age, Nigel Bennett was shocked to witness first-hand the real impact of oil spills on our natural world. After almost being, shot down by FARC guerrillas on the Venezuela-Colombia border and being forced to escape Egypt while working for his father's oil spill contingency planning company, he decided to break away and start Aqua-Guard Spill Response. Aqua-Guard now provides equipment and services that protect water, the planet's most precious...
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The Christopher Columbus of the 2000s. - A true and breathtaking story of dedication, perseverance, and innovation in entrepreneurship and alternative living. A testimony of how to push the limits of human curiosity to new boundaries.
What could you possibly learn from over twenty years spent circling around the globe, seventeen of them non-stop as a self-made digital entrepreneur? How much could your life change from exploring every single country...
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Le Globe-trotteur - Une histoire vraie à couper le souffle de dévouement, d'innovation et de persévérance dans le monde de l'entreprenariat et des modes de vies alternatifs. Un témoignage direct qui montre comment repousser les limites de la curiosité humaine vers de nouvelles frontières.
Qu'a-t-on à apprendre de plus de vingt années à barouder dans le monde entier, dix-sept d'entre elles à travailler sans interruption en tant qu'auto-entrepreneur...
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Rarely, has there ever been an insider's account as graphic as The Greed of a Dime.
Hard hitting… gut wrenching… can only begin to describe this mind-boggling trip inside the high stakes journey of this back-yard inventor. From getting past the front door, to the incredible showdown with one of America's high-profile CEO's, this true story will transport you deep inside the inner workings of Honeywell International and its once mighty, Automotive...
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Trotamundos - Una verdadera y asombrosa historia de dedicación, perseverancia e innovación de espíritu empresarial y vida alternativa. Un testimonio de cómo impulsar los límites de la curiosidad humana hacia nuevas fronteras.
¿Qué podrías aprender de más de veinte años dando vueltas alrededor del mundo, diecisiete de ellos sin parar como emprendedor digital saliendo adelante con su propio esfuerzo? ¿Cuánto podría cambiar tu vida al explorar...
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Extreme adventure and elite leadership meet in this spellbinding account of a veteran Fortune 200 executive's quest to conquer the legendary Seven Summits, the highest mountains on every continent.
Are there truly business leadership lessons you can learn at 28,000 feet? Well, put it this way-on the mountain, with hurricane-force gales, extreme exposure, and falling ice-blocks the size of a house, if you don't learn some lessons, and learn them fast,...
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Empli d'humour et de surprises, Maison d'autres relate les tribulations d'une maison d'htes, depuis la genèse du projet jusqu'à sa gestion quotidienne. Derrière cette bâtisse, vous découvrirez les moments de gaieté, de dépit, de colère, de renoncement et de joie intense de nombreux citadins en quête de reconversion.
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At the beginning of his memoir Life Lived Wild, Adventures at the Edge of the Map, Rick Ridgeway tells us that if you add up all his many expeditions, he's spent over five years of his life sleeping in tents: "And most of that in small tents pitched in the world's most remote regions." It's not a boast so much as an explanation. Whether at elevation or raising a family back at sea level, those years taught him, he writes, "to distinguish matters of...
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L'auteur raconte le drame de la destruction du Cambodge mais aussi, et surtout, les immenses efforts de reconstruction.
Comment tout reconstruire quand tout a disparu ? Prendre en main son destin et avancer ?
Un exemple qui vaut pour tout un chacun.
Un témoignage édifiant, une source d'inspiration pour toutes les jeunes générations.
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Le 30 mars 1975, je quitte Phnom Penh. Les Khmers rouges encerclent la ville qu'ils pilonnent de roquettes...
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Une année sur les routes du monde.
4L, Un tour du monde du microcrédit est le récit d'un rêve un peu fou de partir sur les routes du monde pour soutenir et promouvoir l'entreprenariat par le microcrédit. Avec l'expertise de spécialistes internationaux de la microfinance, Nicolas Auber et Matthieu Tordeur ont prêté 25 000 € à cent cinquante micro-entrepreneurs avant leur départ.
Le 1er septembre 2013, âgés de vingt et un ans, ils quittent...
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À une époque o les crises diverses et imprévues se succèdent, les conditions de travail sont un sujet permanent d'interrogations pour les collaborateurs. Pour permettre d'avoir une vision globale du management, Mémoires d'un manager mêle des conseils pratiques et des anecdotes vécues par Nicolas Gusdorf, l'auteur. Comment mettre tous ses atouts de son cté ? Comment éviter les chausse-trappes? Trouvez les réponses à ces questions dans ce...
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Me Caribou Is On Fire is a great read! One can almost taste the camp grub he describes, whether prepared for or by him, smell the scents of the hunting camps and cabins and feel the bitter cold of the 1992 fall hunt or the Delta sheep hunt snowstorm. The descriptions of his many hunting experiences make the reader feel like they were there with him in the wild or on a flight to the next adventure. I can't wait for the sequel! Mike Fleagle, Former...
20) The Hippie Guide to Climbing the Corporate Ladder & Other Mountains: How JanSport Makes It Happen
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From small-town Kansas boy to adventure-junkie extraordinaire to respected mountaineer, this funky and funny read traces Skip Yowell's (cofounder of JanSport) unorthodox journey to the top of the outdoor industry.
Full of offbeat details and photos from Skip's adventures around the world, he lets it all hang out as he offers you a rare behind-the-scenes look at the three hippies who built a successful company during the Summer of Love...how their...
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