The Six Questions

Author : Patrick M. Lencioni
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118266106

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The Advantage by Patrick M. Lencioni Pdf

There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerful than any other. Is it superior strategy? Faster innovation? Smarter employees? No, New York Times best-selling author, Patrick Lencioni, argues that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre ones has little to do with what they know and how smart they are and more to do with how healthy they are. In this book, Lencioni brings together his vast experience and many of the themes cultivated in his other best-selling books and delivers a first: a cohesive and comprehensive exploration of the unique advantage organizational health provides. Simply put, an organization is healthy when it is whole, consistent and complete, when its management, operations and culture are unified. Healthy organizations outperform their counterparts, are free of politics and confusion and provide an environment where star performers never want to leave. Lencioni’s first non-fiction book provides leaders with a groundbreaking, approachable model for achieving organizational health—complete with stories, tips and anecdotes from his experiences consulting to some of the nation’s leading organizations. In this age of informational ubiquity and nano-second change, it is no longer enough to build a competitive advantage based on intelligence alone. The Advantage provides a foundational construct for conducting business in a new way—one that maximizes human potential and aligns the organization around a common set of principles.

Author : Christopher Phillips
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780393341201

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Six Questions of Socrates: A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery through World Philosophy by Christopher Phillips Pdf

How people around the world grapple with the great questions posed by Socrates. What is virtue? What is moderation? What is justice? What is courage? What is good? What is piety? Socrates thought that understanding the perspectives of others on these six great questions would help him become a more excellent human being. Following in Socrates's footsteps, Christopher Phillips—"Johnny Appleseed with a master's degree" (Utne Reader)—investigates these same questions, beginning in the marketplace of modern-day Athens. He goes on to investigate the timely responses and outlooks of people from different cultures and backgrounds around the world: from Greece and Spain to Japan and Korea, Mexico City, and Chiapas, where the region's indigenous people struggle for fundamental human rights. Phillips also traveled throughout the United States, holding dialogues in diverse communities from New York City to the Navajo Nation. Introducing us to less familiar thinkers in non-Western traditions who were kindred spirits of Socrates, Phillips enlarges our perspectives on life's fundamental questions, creating an innovative world survey of philosophy.

Author : Taylor Jenkins Reid
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385692182

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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Pdf

NATIONAL AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2019 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR HISTORICAL FICTION A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • Esquire • Glamour • CBC • NPR • Marie Claire • Real Simple • Good Housekeeping • Parade • Shelf Awareness • BookRiot • E! News • Mental Floss • Paste "I devoured Daisy Jones & The Six in a day, falling head over heels for it. Daisy and the band captured my heart." —Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick) A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup. Everyone knows Daisy Jone & The Six: The band's album Aurora came to define the rock 'n' roll era of the late seventies, and an entire generation of girls wanted to grow up to be Daisy. But no one knows the reason behind the group's split on the night of their final concert at Chicago Stadium on July 12, 1979 . . . until now. Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock 'n' roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she's pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road. Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend. The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.

Author : Julie Edmonds,Michell Smith
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781614482246

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The Six Questions by Julie Edmonds,Michell Smith Pdf

We knew you existed. . .we knew we weren’t the only ones. There are so many of us. . .all after the same thing. . . The challenge we all face is that in our search for 8 million answers we often spend time asking too many of the wrong questions. Both of us have spent over 20 years, working on figuring ourselves out, all the while searching for direction. The biggest navigation tool we found was discovering the right questions to ask ourselves first---"The Six Questions." Find your Answers. Love your Life. Get it Right.

Author : Daniel Nagrin
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1997-06-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780822971788

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The Six Questions by Daniel Nagrin Pdf

Writing in Dance Research Journal, Joellen A. Meglin of Temple University called The Six Questions, "a nerve-hitting, nitty-gritty, accept-nothing-bogus, action-painted account of the dance performance process based on a lifetime of creative performance, choreography, and teaching." Nagrin's second volume focuses on the theory of acting technique for dance performance and includes a workbook of exercises.

Author : Paul Borthwick
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830816852

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Six Dangerous Questions to Transform Your View of the World by Paul Borthwick Pdf

Paul Borthwick challenges us to closely examine how we view other cultures and how we act on our faith.

Author : Kristin Sterling
Publisher : LernerClassroom
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761366850

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Teaching Guide for Six Questions of American History by Kristin Sterling Pdf

TEACHING GUIDE FOR SIX QUESTIONS OF AMERICAN HISTORY SERIES

Author : Gordon T. Smith
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830899180

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Consider Your Calling by Gordon T. Smith Pdf

What on earth is God doing? Who are you? What is your stage of life? What are your circumstances? What is the cross you will have to bear? What are you afraid of? We ask these six critical questions—and then we ask them again—at points of transition in our lives. They all lead us to the one core question: What is the good work to which I am called? Gordon T. Smith, author of Courage and Calling, writes: "It is a good question because our work matters to us, to others and, of course, it matters to God. Work itself is good. It is vital to our human identity; and we are most ourselves, most who God calls us to be, living in what it means to know the salvation of God, when we know the grace of work well done." However, Smith acknowledges that this is not a simple question to answer in the midst of our very complicated lives. That's why he has written this brief and accessible book—to offer the support and insight we need as we ponder these six core questions in community with God and others. As a steward of your life, in attentiveness to the calling of God, how is God inviting you to engage the world?

Author : Gregory Stock
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780761178682

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The Book of Questions by Gregory Stock Pdf

The phenomenon returns! Originally published in 1987, The Book of Questions, a New York Times bestseller, has been completely revised and updated to incorporate the myriad cultural shifts and hot-button issues of the past twenty-five years, making it current and even more appealing. This is a book for personal growth, a tool for deepening relationships, a lively conversation starter for the family dinner table, a fun way to pass the time in the car. It poses over 300 questions that invite people to explore the most fascinating of subjects: themselves and how they really feel about the world. The revised edition includes more than 100 all-new questions that delve into such topics as the disappearing border between man and machine—How would you react if you learned that a sad and beautiful poem that touched you deeply had been written by a computer? The challenges of being a parent—Would you completely rewrite your child’s college-application essays if it would help him get into a better school? The never-endingly interesting topic of sex—Would you be willing to give up sex for a year if you knew it would give you a much deeper sense of peace than you now have? And of course the meaning of it all—If you were handed an envelope with the date of your death inside, and you knew you could do nothing to alter your fate, would you look? The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges—and even changes—the way you view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own.

Author : Lord Leverhulme
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351819275

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The Six-Hour Day and Other Industrial Questions by Lord Leverhulme Pdf

In this title, first published in 1918, Lord Leverhulme explores the ideas of co-partnership, piece-work, housing, and the benefits of shorter hours of labour. The most notable of these discussions, collected by Stanley Unwin, with a Preface by Lord Haldane, advocates a six-hour day, with two shifts, in all industries in which the overhead charges are equal to or larger than the cost of weekly wages. Lord Leverhulme's view is that the employees work better in a short working day and might produce as much in six hours as in eight hours, and that in any case the machinery could be utilized more profitably by running for the double shift of twelve hours than for the single shift of eight hours. This seminal work will be of interest to students of business studies and human resource management.

Author : Peter Weill,Stephanie Woerner
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633692718

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What's Your Digital Business Model? by Peter Weill,Stephanie Woerner Pdf

Digital transformation is not about technology--it's about change. In the rapidly changing digital economy, you can't succeed by merely tweaking management practices that led to past success. And yet, while many leaders and managers recognize the threat from digital--and the potential opportunity--they lack a common language and compelling framework to help them assess it and guide them in responding. They don't know how to think about their digital business model. In this concise, practical book, MIT digital research leaders Peter Weill and Stephanie Woerner provide a powerful yet straightforward framework that has been field-tested globally with dozens of senior management teams. Based on years of study at the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), the authors find that digitization is moving companies' business models on two dimensions: from value chains to digital ecosystems, and from a fuzzy understanding of the needs of end customers to a sharper one. Looking at these dimensions in combination results in four distinct business models, each with different capabilities. The book then sets out six driving questions, in separate chapters, that help managers and executives clarify where they are currently in an increasingly digital business landscape and highlight what's needed to move toward a higher-value digital business model. Filled with straightforward self-assessments, motivating examples, and sharp financial analyses of where profits are made, this smart book will help you tackle the threats, leverage the opportunities, and create winning digital strategies.

Author : Howard E. Wasdin,Stephen Templin
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250017499

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I Am a SEAL Team Six Warrior by Howard E. Wasdin,Stephen Templin Pdf

When the Navy sends their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six—a secret unit made up of the finest soldiers in the country, if not the world. This is the dramatic tale of how Howard Wasdin overcame a tough childhood to live his dream and enter the exciting and dangerous world of Navy SEALS and Special Forces snipers. His training began with his selection for Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S)—the toughest and longest military training in the world. After graduating, Wasdin saw combat in Operation Desert Storm as a member of SEAL Team Two. But he was driven to be the best of the best—he wanted to join the legendary SEAL Team Six, and at long last he reached his goal and became one of the best snipers on the planet. Soon he was fighting for his life in Africa, hunting the Somalian warlord Aidid. But the mission fell apart when his small band of soldiers found themselves cut off from help and desperately trying to rescue downed comrades during a routine mission. The Battle of Mogadishu, as it become known, left 18 American soldiers dead and 73 wounded. This is Howard Wasdin's story of overcoming numerous obstacles to become an elite American warrior.

Author : William Hesketh Lever Leverhulme (Viscount)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Hours of labor
ISBN : NYPL:33433007427333

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The Six-hour Day & Other Industrial Questions by William Hesketh Lever Leverhulme (Viscount) Pdf

Author : Shawn Coyne
Publisher : Black Irish Entertainment LLC
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781936891368

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The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne Pdf

WHAT IS THE STORY GRID? The Story Grid is a tool developed by editor Shawn Coyne to analyze stories and provide helpful editorial comments. It's like a CT Scan that takes a photo of the global story and tells the editor or writer what is working, what is not, and what must be done to make what works better and fix what's not. The Story Grid breaks down the component parts of stories to identify the problems. And finding the problems in a story is almost as difficult as the writing of the story itself (maybe even more difficult). The Story Grid is a tool with many applications: 1. It will tell a writer if a Story ?works? or ?doesn't work. 2. It pinpoints story problems but does not emotionally abuse the writer, revealing exactly where a Story (not the person creating the Story'the Story) has failed. 3. It will tell the writer the specific work necessary to fix that Story's problems. 4. It is a tool to re-envision and resuscitate a seemingly irredeemable pile of paper stuck in an attic drawer. 5. It is a tool that can inspire an original creation.

Author : Russell Mcguire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1393015921

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Six Questions by Russell Mcguire Pdf

Business success requires making hard decisions. Making hard decisions well requires a depth of understanding about the business and its environment that, unfortunately, many business leaders lack, or at least they haven't formulated their understanding of the business into a framework that makes it easy to consistently and confidently apply. In this book Russell McGuire asks six simple questions that any leader should be able to answer about their business. The answers to those six questions provide a mental framework that can help leaders navigate the challenges their organizations will undoubtedly face. But more than simply asking the questions, McGuire provides the tools and approaches leaders can use to thoughtfully develop the answers to those questions.