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61) The last castle
Language
English
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Description
General Irwin, a respected three-star tactician whose career ends in disgrace when he's court martialed and sent to a maximum security military prison, The Castle. Irwin quickly butts heads with the facility's autocratic warden, Colonel Winter, who runs his command with an iron fist, even killing prisoners when he deems it necessary. Irwin rallies his fellow convicts into a rag-tag army and leads them in a revolt against Winter, an action that the...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
vii, 294 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A visual exploration of how to embrace emotion at work and become more authentic and fulfilled while staying professional. When it comes to emotions at work, there's rarely a happy medium. In some offices, your boss might send snaps of her weekend getaway in Vegas, or your coworker might send twenty texts about how Susan ate his clearly labeled lunch...again. Other offices are buttoned-up emotional deserts, where crying is only allowed in the bathroom...
Author
Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (5 pages)
Language
English
Description
Even in a turbulent environment where employees are facing job insecurity, leadership changes, or reorgs, managers can take steps to give their team members a sense of stability and help mitigate their anxiety. The author suggests seven ways managers can support their teams during times of instability to help restore employees’ sense of control and maintain their motivation.
Author
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (26786 pages)
Language
English
Description
Want a profit-enhancing Customer Experience? Start with the Employee Experience. The Employee Experience helps organizations attract and retain top talent, and reveals the secrets for building a deeply engaged workforce. With insights into the dynamics of trust and mutual expectations, this book proves that before you can deliver a transcendent customer experience (CX), you must first build a superlative employee experience (EX). It's not about perks....
Publisher
Appalshop
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles nearly a decade of change in Morristown, Tennessee, through interviews with displaced or low-wage Southern workers, Mexican immigrants, and workers and families impacted by globalization.
71) Where am I wearing?: a global tour to the countries, factories, and people that make our clothes
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
xiv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Hunter House Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 132 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Your Life Is Touched by Cancer gently and insightfully addresses the issues that accompany a cancer diagnosis, especially those we think about, but hesitate to bring up. Is it OK to refuse treatment? How old is too old to treat cancer? Is alternative medicine worth pursuing? It is important for those with cancer to figure out what makes sense for them and then to communicate those wishes to loved ones and physicians. The advice in this book...
74) The male factor: the unwritten rules, misperseptions, and secret beliefs of men in the workplace
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Including case studies from Microchip; Southwest Airlines; The Ritz-Carlton; Google; and other companies that drive great results by hiring for attitude; this groundbreaking book shows hiring managers how to recognize the attitudinal characteristics to set their companies apart from the competition. --
Author
Publisher
Hudson Street Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
xiii, 271 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
More than one thousand extraordinary Americans share their stories and the wisdom they have gained on living, loving, and finding happiness. Pillemer interviewed people over the age of sixty-five to seek their counsel on all the big issues-- children, marriage, money, career, aging-- and found that he consistently heard advice that pointed to these thirty lessons for living.
79) Lives well lived
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the incredible wit and wisdom of people aged 75-100, who reveal their secrets for living a meaningful life. Encompassing 3,000 years of collective life experience, diverse people share life lessons about perseverance, the human spirit, and staying positive in the midst of life's greatest challenges.
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The directorial debut of a postal worker's son, Jay Galione, who tells the story of his father, a 30-year postal clerk who was harassed, threatened, and fired for standing up for fellow employees. The documentary reveals how the USPS has been systematically dismantled and privatized by the trillion-dollar mail industry and its politicians who seek to raise prices and lower wages. A moving indictment of the toxic culture and push to downsize, the eye-opening...
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