Download or read book The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs written by Bill Jenkinson and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2007-02-09 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an unprecedented look at Babe Ruth's amazing batting power, sure to inspire debate among baseball fans of every stripe, one of the country's most respected and trusted baseball historians reveals the amazing conclusions of more than twenty years of research. Jenkinson takes readers through Ruth's 1921 season, in which his pattern of battled balls would have accounted for more than 100 home runs in today's ballparks and under today's rules. Yet, 1921 is just tip of the iceberg, for Jenkinson's research reveals that during an era of mammoth field dimensions Ruth hit more 450-plus-feet shots than anybody in history, and the conclusions one can draw are mind boggling.

Download or read book The Physics of Baseball written by Robert K. Adair and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending scientific fact and sports trivia, Robert Adair examines what a baseball or player in motion does-and why. How fast can a batted ball go? What effect do stitch patterns have on wind resistance? How far does a curve ball break? Who reaches first base faster after a bunt, a right- or left-handed batter? The answers are often surprising—and always illuminating. This newly revised third edition considers recent developments in the science of sport such as the neurophysiology of batting, bat vibration, and the character of the "sweet spot." Faster pitchers, longer hitters, and enclosed stadiums also get a good, hard scientific look to determine their effects on the game. Filled with anecdotes about famous players and incidents, The Physics of Baseball provides fans with fascinating insights into America's favorite pastime.

Download or read book HBR s 10 Must Reads for HR Leaders Collection 5 Books written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build the workforce of the future. In our volatile and complex era--which boasts a competitive market for top talent--HR's traditional model will fail. Your company needs to adopt the latest skills to successfully manage performance and evaluate potential. HBR's 10 Must Reads for HR Leaders Collection features innovative ideas on how to foster a vibrant, high-performing company culture, spearhead constructive change, and reap the benefits of a diverse workforce. Included in this five-book set are HBR's 10 Must Reads on Reinventing HR, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Building a Great Culture, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Diversity, and HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People. The collection includes fifty articles selected by HBR's editors from renowned thought leaders including Marcus Buckingham, W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, and Sylvia Ann Hewlett, plus the indispensable article "People Before Strategy" by Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey. With HBR's 10 Must Reads for HR Leaders Collection, break free from the traditional HR mindset and learn how to build the workforce of the future. HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

Download or read book The SABR Baseball List Record Book written by Society for American Baseball Research and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the authority on baseball research and statistics comes a vast and fascinating compendium of unique baseball lists and records. The SABR Baseball List & Record Book is an expansive collection of pitching, hitting, fielding, home run, team, and rookie records not available online or in any other book. This is a treasure trove of baseball history for statistically minded baseball fans that's also packed with intriguing marginalia. For instance, on July 25, 1967, Chicago's Ken Berry ended Game Two of a doubleheader against Cleveland with a home run in the bottom of the sixteenth inning -- Chicago's second game-winning homer of the day. The comprehensive lists include Most Career Home Runs by Two Brothers (Tommie and Hank Aaron have 768), Most Seasons with 15 or More Wins (Cy Young and Greg Maddux each have 18), and Highest On Base Percentage in a Season by a Rookie (listing every rookie above .400). Unlike other record books that only list the record holders -- say, most RBI by a rookie, held by Ted Williams with 145 -- SABR details every rookie to reach 100 RBI. Other record books might note the last pitcher in each league to steal home; here SABR has included every pitcher to do it. The book also includes a number of idiosyncratic features, such as a rundown of every player who has hit a triple and then stolen home, or every reliever who has won two games in one day. Many of the lists include a comments column for key historical notes and entertaining trivia (Bob Horner hit four home runs in a 1986 game, but his team lost). This is a must-have for every fan's library. Edited by Lyle Spatz, Chairman of the Baseball Records Committee for SABR

Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

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Download or read book Handbook for Strategic HR written by John Vogelsang and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2013 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of human resources is no longer limited to hiring, managing compensation, and ensuring compliance. Learn the skills HR professionals need to become key partners in leading their organizations.

Download or read book Best Kept HR Secrets 400 Most Powerful Tips for Thriving at Work Making Yourself Indispensable Attaining Outrageous Success in Human Res written by Alan Collins and published by Successinhr.com. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Kept HR Secrets lays out the most powerful advice you'll ever get for attaining outrageous success in Human Resources. This isn't the same old tired, weak, warmed-over corporate-speak that passes for HR job advice in most organizations. This is the real deal...over 400 brutal truths, tips, best practices, inspirations, confessions, and expert insights that practically no one else will sit down and tell you about. Nothing is held back. Nothing is considered taboo. And, nothing is off-limits in this book. If you want to discover the REAL secrets for winning big in your current HR role or skyrocketing your climb up the HR ladder, just spend a few minutes flipping through these pages. You'll discover valuable insights such as: * Twelve dirty little secrets for landing your next job in HR. * 4C's for building tremendous credibility in any HR role. * 14 ways to turn even your toughest clients into your biggest fans. * What you should focus on that matters even more delivering great HR results. * 12 amazingly simple ways to double your personal productivity in HR. * 10 ways to wow your CEO. * How to avoid becoming irrelevant in HR. * The $25,000 formula for managing your time. * How to receive huge amounts of recognition for your accomplishments in HR. * Eight deadly signs that it's time for you leave your job, and find a better HR opportunity. * Twenty BIG goals that will easily put you among the top 5% of all HR professionals. * What you should do if you're a new HR leader on your very first day and in your first week. * How to read your client's mind. * How to give an awesome 30 minute speech. * How to differentiate yourself from the rest of the pack in HR. * 5 simple life lessons every HR professional should embrace. * And much, much more on managing tough HR issues, excelling in your HR role and enhancing your career!

Download or read book The Big Book of HR written by Barbara Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Templates, checklists, and sample forms ... can be easily adapted by any organization"--Cover.

Download or read book Transformational HR written by Perry Timms and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-03 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand and use the latest developments to make an impact on business strategy as well as create a fair, inclusive and progressive working environment with this fully revised second edition of Transformational HR. This is the practical guide professionals need to unlock HR's potential as a powerhouse for organizational success, putting transformational HR in context, exploring what has and hasn't worked until now, and setting out a vision of what HR can be. Alongside critical discussion of the latest developments and business models, including agile and humanist ways of working, Transformational HR provides tools and advice for HR professionals aspiring to become more responsive, forward-thinking and impact-led. This updated edition features brand new case studies from companies who have adopted these models and transformed their workplaces, with examples from all sectors where organisations and their HR teams have used this book as inspiration. It is a blueprint for enabling the HR function to be a driving force for organizational success and create more fulfilling experiences for people.

Download or read book Best Day Ever written by Kaira Rouda and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “FABULOUS.” —B.A. Paris, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors and The Breakdown THE PERFECT MARRIAGE IS THE PERFECT ILLUSION. Paul Strom has the perfect life: a glittering career as an advertising executive, a beautiful wife, two healthy boys and a big house in a wealthy suburb. And he’s the perfect husband: breadwinner, protector, provider. That’s why he’s planned a romantic weekend for his wife, Mia, at their lake house, just the two of them. And he’s promised today will be the best day ever. But as Paul and Mia drive out of the city and toward the countryside, a spike of tension begins to wedge itself between them and doubts start to arise. How much do they trust each other? And how perfect is their marriage, or any marriage, really? Forcing us to ask ourselves just how well we know those who are closest to us, Best Day Ever crackles with dark energy, spinning ever tighter toward its shocking conclusion. In the vein of The Couple Next Door, Kaira Rouda weaves a gripping, tautly suspenseful tale of deception and betrayal dark enough to destroy a marriage…or a life. Praise for Best Day Ever “Highly entertaining and truly surprising!” —Kate Moretti, New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Year “Best Day Ever is a creepy, spine-tingling and utterly addictive tale of domestic suspense.” —Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, bestselling authors of The Good Widow

Download or read book Damn Delicious written by Rhee, Chungah and published by Time Inc. Books. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debut cookbook by the creator of the wildly popular blog Damn Delicious proves that quick and easy doesn't have to mean boring.Blogger Chungah Rhee has attracted millions of devoted fans with recipes that are undeniable 'keepers'-each one so simple, so easy, and so flavor-packed, that you reach for them busy night after busy night. In Damn Delicious, she shares exclusive new recipes as well as her most beloved dishes, all designed to bring fun and excitement into everyday cooking. From five-ingredient Mini Deep Dish Pizzas to no-fuss Sheet Pan Steak & Veggies and 20-minute Spaghetti Carbonara, the recipes will help even the most inexperienced cooks spend less time in the kitchen and more time around the table.Packed with quickie breakfasts, 30-minute skillet sprints, and speedy takeout copycats, this cookbook is guaranteed to inspire readers to whip up fast, healthy, homemade meals that are truly 'damn delicious!'

Download or read book NakedHR The 7 Deadly Sins that Make HR Suck written by Trent Cotton and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered why HR departments suck? When you think of your HR department, do the words innovative, consultative and engaged come to mind? Unfortunately, most executives and employees see HR departments as a necessary evil, not as a valued partner or trusted advisor. The HR industry needs a makeover! The book NakedHR-The 7 Deadly Sins that Make HR Suck addresses seven reasons why most HR departments are viewed as a necessary evil and not a profit-enabling center of excellence. If you are looking for a Chicken Soup for the Soul style book with great little stories about HR, this is the wrong book! The title of the book is NAKED HR; do you really think I plan to dress anything up for you? Learn how to join the revolution in HR to reclaim a seat at the table to design and implement strategies that will make your company profitable. So, with that, LETÕS GET NAKED

Download or read book Best Job Ever written by Dr. CK Bray and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action-based plan for building the career of your dreams Best Job Ever! is the ultimate guide to creating your dream career and increasing your financial success by providing you with valuable and insightful career information, personal stories and examples of others who have successfully created their Best Job Ever! Written by a nationally recognized expert in career development, this book provides you with a concrete, step-by-step blueprint for revolutionizing your career and revamping your life. You'll find the motivation you need to climb out of your daily ruts as you dig deep to discover your personal motivation, financial needs, and career and life goals. This actionable guide gets you started right away as you explore various avenues for improvement—whether that means re-engaging with the job you have, getting that promotion or making a career change. You'll learn how to overcome career fear, beat job boredom, find and follow your passion while advancing your skill sets and building a career and life plan. The stories will help you decide when to forge ahead with your current career, when to change tracks entirely and how to increase your salary while doing it. If a career change is in the cards, you'll learn how to make the transition with minimal disruption to your finances and emotional well being so you can get quickly get back on track to achieving your dreams. Do you currently love your job? Have you ever loved your job? Whether you're in the wrong career or just lost the passion somewhere along the way, this book gives you a clear action plan with step by step guidance to help you build the career and life you want. Discover the principles of career development Create a job that is meaningful and fulfilling Increase Your Career Income Minimize the financial impact of changing careers/What to do when you get laid off or fired. Build the life and career you want and find happiness while doing it The vast majority of employees feel disconnected from their careers and dread going to work. Life is short! Don't waste your days in unfulfilling career when there are options out there to create the Best Job Ever! and find meaningful, fulfilling and financially rewarding work.

Download or read book Beyond HR written by John W. Boudreau and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Beyond HR: The New Science of Human capital, John Boudreau and Peter Ramstad show you how to do this through a new decisions science-talentship. Through talentship, you move far beyond merely reactive mind-set of planning and budgeting for headcount and hiring and retaining talent.

Download or read book Catapult Loading System written by Joey Myers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My son at 10yo (90-lbs) is highly coach-able. I taught him the system in February and he hit well during the season but could only hit the ball around 180'. Then all of a sudden around June he started killing the ball. He was hitting home runs every game and hit a ball at least 250-feet" - Michael Parillo (via email) Sick of struggling to help hitters drive the ball hard with more consistency? Dramatically increase power without sacrificing swing quality. Literally thousands of coaches across the nation are getting predictably positive results with hitters using the CLS system. How? By applying human movement principles validated by REAL science to hitting a ball, and NOT "bro-science." THIS STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO CONSISTENT POWER TEACHES: How to master a handful of human movement principles, so you can slice the "teach hitting" learning curve in half. How to effectively load the body, so your hitters can optimize their batted ball distance potential. How elite-hitters are revealing ways to hit balls with High-Exit-Speeds, swing after swing, using three elements a 4-year-old can understand. Why 'loading and exploding the hips' is bad for lower back, and how to teach hitters a highly effective but SAFE swing. THE NEW EXPANDED EDITION INCLUDES: 'How to practice' section at end of each movement principle Chapter. How to train a 2-year-old to hit a moving ball (proof that NOT only elite hitters can be taught these movements). Why pitchers are taught to pitch around ineffective swing paths, and how to turn their weapon against them. Why coaches MUST focus their hitters' efforts on targeting and elevating pitches low in the zone. How to teach timing and get hitters on-time more often in games.

Download or read book The Second Best Business Book Ever Written written by Tom Marks and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honesty in thought leadership matters. And so does seeing the light. Honesty, in its purest form, is a key characteristic of all thought leaders, so I’m going to hit you with the truth. Many business books today are written for the purpose of winning more business for an author, or acquiring new speaking gigs, and anyone who fits into that camp is A-OK with me. It’s a smart move. But after more than four decades in sales and marketing, I’m beyond those goals. Frankly, it feels great that I’m not anchored to those intentions anymore. I have only one intent in The Second-Best Business Book Ever Written, and that’s to teach the ins and outs of thought leadership to as many people as possible because that’s how corporations, and the individuals who run them, succeed. There’s a process to becoming a thought leader; it’s methodical, detailed, and rewarding. After all, where’s the amusement in being a price-chopper? Or even a technology leader where the tenure is as short as my nephew’s attention span? The greatest thought leaders started sharing their thinking 2,500 years ago through the teachings of my four favorites: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aspasia. I’m going to travel with you down the thought leadership road, known as the Via Egnatia, from the foothills that rise above Athens to the skyscrapers that tower above Madison Avenue. And along the way, I’m going to show you how I did it for Fortune 500 companies, and for small and midsize businesses, with a few wild detours along the way. By all accounts, the Green Bay Packers future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers was born with a rock-solid throwing arm and an annoying chip on his shoulder. I’m no Rodgers fan; after all, I was born and raised in inner-city Chicago and have been a Bears fan since birth, but I recognize greatness, and Aaron Rodgers is a great football player. Some of his other qualities? Not so much. But these aren’t lessons about tackle football. They’re insights about leadership; about what happens off the football field, and on a more important playing field; about greatness in sales, marketing, and business; and about thought leadership, the single most important differentiator in the business playbook. Or, as Plato not so recently said, obviously unaware of Aaron Rodgers’s famous retreat into darkness, “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” I’d like to shed some light on what’s required in business, but frequently misunderstood. What every salesperson needs to know, but doesn’t always know how to achieve it. And what every marketing expert wishes they had in their bag of tricks. To simply say that thought leadership is an essential part of the disciplines of market leaders is like saying a stick is an essential part of a Popsicle. Well, it is, assuming you’re not interested in taste, color, packaging, name, price, quality, and the beat goes on. Tom Marks survived forty-seven years in the advertising business and has lived to write about it. He’s the founder of TMA+Peritus, one of the leading marketing, thought leadership, and corporate ethics firms in North America and has won more than sixty-five American Advertising Awards for his writing. He spent many years on the professional speakers circuit and survived that, too. His thought leadership workshops for Fortune 500 companies have brought him national acclaim and has made him a favorite among the nation’s CEOs.