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What Great Principals Do Differently: Fifteen Things That Matter Most
Todd Whitaker
Eye on Education,, 2002
The Best
I could not put this book down. Out of all the educational leadership books I've read, this was a simple read with the most applicable suggestions. It is a resource that I can read over again and get more out of it.
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The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why
Richard Nisbett
Free Press, 2004
Buy everything in Amazon
This is the first I bought book from Amazon, I am in China, but it still very convenient for me, and very fast. Thank you for Amazon, you are the best.
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Why Mars and Venus Collide: Improving Relationships by Understanding How Men and Women Cope Differently with ...
John Gray
Harper, 2008
Empowering
"The real reason women are tired today is not because they have too much to do. It is because they are not producing enough oxytocin to cope with stress." ~ pg. 81
In "When Mars and Venus Collide," John Gray masterfully guides readers from a place of conflict to a ...
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What Great Teachers Do Differently: Fourteen Things That Matter Most
Todd Whitaker
Eye on Education,, 2003
What Great Teachers Do Differently: Fourteen Things that Matter Most
What a fabulous book to use as a book study with teachers of all levels and experiences! It is a quick-read with ideas that can be implemented as soon as the chapter is done being read. The book lends itself to deep, thought-provoking conversation between staff ...
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What the Customer Wants You to Know: How Everybody Needs to Think Differently About Sales
Ram Charan
Portfolio Hardcover, 2007
On Value Creation Selling
In this short and instructive text on how to move away from commoditization and low price selling, author and respected business advisor Ram Charan uses storytelling, real business situations, and instructional examples to explain Value Creation Selling (VCS).
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Study Guide-What Great Teachers Do Differently: 14 Things That Matter Most
Todd Whitaker, Beth Whitaker
Eye on Education, 2006
Very Useful
I bought a copy for each of my Kindergarten teachers. Very useful in professional development.
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If Disney Ran Your Hospital: 9 1/2 Things You Would Do Differently
Fred Lee
Second River Healthcare, 2004
The Best Book on the Disney Approach...Period
"But I'm not in the hospital business." Neither am I. But I am a Disney Institute alumnus and an avid practitioner of the Disney Approach to People Management, Quality Service, and Loyalty; and I've found "If Disney Ran Your Hospital" more helpful than anything else in ...
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First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman
Simon & Schuster, 1999
First, Break all the rules
Paradigm buster. After you finish this get the rest of the books related to this project: Now Discover your strengths; Strengthsfinder 2.0 and Go put your strengths to work.
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Plight of the Fortune Tellers: Why We Need to Manage Financial Risk Differently
Riccardo Rebonato
Princeton University Press, 2007
Timely and insightful; best of its kind!
In my opinion this is the most valuable book on investment risk management of the past few years. Yet, no equations! However, with cogent arguments and literate prose, Rebonato lays out a case against the unfortunately prevalent misuse of statistical models in risk ...
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Boys and Girls Learn Differently!: A Guide for Teachers and Parents
Michael Gurian
Jossey-Bass, 2002
Return of the Native
I am an educator at a school that separates the genders beginning at the 4th grade level. I have always know instinctively that girls and boys learn differently, and I strongly believe after working at this school for over 3 years that it is the way education should ...
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Permission Granted to Do Church Differently in the 21st Century
Graham Cooke, Gary Goodell
Destiny Image Publishers, 2006
Important Book
I have been disturbed by the increasing trend in American churches to set up a "corporation" model with the pastor as CEO. It feels more and more that the church is a "for profit" corporation plugged into the wrong power source. With all the money pouring out of these ...
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What Great Principals Do Differently: 15 Things That Matter Most
Beth Whitaker, Todd Whitaker, ...
Eye on Education, 2006
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Black Ants And Buddhists: Thinking Critically And Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades
Mary Cowhey
Stenhouse Publishers, 2006
A future teacher
I own this book and used it during my master's classes in education. It is a wonderful text to get you thinking about the different ways social studies and the world can be presented to your students while still meeting standards. I highly recommend it just for the ...
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Chess for Zebras: Thinking Differently about Black and White
Jonathan Rowson
Gambit Publications, 2005
An Important Book That Can Make A Difference
I love chess books and have a large and growing collection, even though I'm a very lowly class player. Most "general" books are filled with conventional advice, repeated over and over; then there are the "specialist" books that concentrate on specific opening lines, ...
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Compel: How to Get Others in Your Organization to Think and Act Differently
Robert D. Gilbreath
Wiley, 2007
I like this book!
I think there's something wrong with the Cover Jacket Design, and probably with the Title! This book deserve more that the few review and (probably) sales! The writer is a very successful speaker, but most probably the not a good marketers? i m not sure, but i think ...
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