Download or read book Cape Spandex Briefcase Leadership Lessons from Superheroes written by David Kahn and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are some people more effective leaders? What makes them more engaging, more influential, and more successful than their peers? In Cape, Spandex, Briefcase leadership expert David Kahn tells the story of a motivated young man who yearns to be successful in his new leadership role. He holds the manager title, but is struggling to become an actual leader. After an especially horrific experience, he is sent to a leadership coach...but why is this "expert" working in a comic book shop? With Superman, Spider-Man and their costumed companions serving as paradigms of what it means to be a leader, this book introduces the "Five Superpowers of Leaders" and presents us with practical tools and skills necessary to motivate teams and earn respect. A few endorsements for Cape, Spandex, Briefcase include: "... The book is spot on for new leaders and those who want to up their skill set. Kahn clearly understands how relationships are the basis of a successful leader." - JOHN BALDONI, Top 50 Inc.com Leadership Expert and author of 13 books including MOXIE: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership "...For anyone who feels overwhelmed or even plateaued at work, pick up Cape, Spandex, Briefcase and prepare to fly!" - MARSHALL GOLDSMITH, Top 50 Thinker and bestselling author of Triggers, MOJO, and What Got You Here Won't Get You There "If you have the courage and conviction to be a great leader you've found the perfect book..." - VERNE HARNISH, bestselling author of Scaling Up:How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) "...Whether you're an entrepreneur who wants to grow your company, a manager trying to up your game, or someone aspiring to be in a leadership role, this book belongs on your desk." - KEVIN KRUSE, bestselling author of Employee Engagement 2.0 "...you'll have unexpected fun and get to the bottom of some of the most important issues for true excellence in anything you do." - TOM MORRIS, Author of such books as If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Superheroes and Philosophy, and The Oasis Within "...This compelling story helps the reader think differently about one's self and others. In the process, Kahn achieves what every great author dreams of, namely, writing a book that drives personal and professional change." - ORRIN WOODWARD, Guinness World Record Holder, Inc Magazine Top 20 Leader and NY Times Bestselling Author

Download or read book Don t Forget Your Cape written by Hugh D. Macphie and published by . This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our world needs more superheroes. And Don't Forget Your Cape! is about inspiring people to achieve greatness, and about building more successful organizations. Hugh MacPhie combines his experience as an advisor to leaders and their teams with his experience as a dad, to make management and leadership theories simple. As we follow the life lessons of Jackson and John MacPhie and their preschool pals, we find that a lot of what we learn around the snack room table also applies around the boardroom table. From change leadership to risk management to building a corporate culture, many of today's most important business concepts come alive in this book through stories, case studies and examples of management theory. But more than anything else, this is a call to excellence. It is a reminder that at one time, each of us believed that we could be a superhero. And we still can.

Download or read book The Legacy Leader as Superhero written by Anthony López and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best leaders strive to accomplish what no superhero in a comic book ever has: They seek to create an army of superheroes who, when properly aligned, directed, and motivated, can achieve feats not even Superman could fathom. But just like the superheroes in comic books, leaders in the real world have weaknesses. In this fifth installment of the Legacy Leader series, readers will explore the traits of some of the most popular superheroes--including female and minority superheroes--to discern the leadership qualities we want leaders to exhibit. Key concepts include: - adhering to a strict moral compass and code of conduct; - remaining humble and having a servant heart; - leveraging talents to make a difference in the world; and - investing in the right tools to achieve goals. We don't expect our leaders to be invincible or immortal, and we certainly don't expect them to wear spandex uniforms or masks. However, we do want them to exhibit superhero-like qualities and inspire us to achieve greatness. Move beyond management theories and grasp the spirit of what it means to be a true leader--and awaken the leader within--with the insights and lessons in LegacyWoman.

Download or read book Flash Forward written by Rose Eveleth and published by Abrams ComicArts. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of potential tomorrows from the host of the massively popular and critically acclaimed podcast Flash Forward Flash Forward: An Illustrated Guide to Possible (And Not So Possible) Tomorrows takes readers on a journey from speculative fiction to speculative "fact." Producer and host of the podcast Flash Forward, Rose Eveleth poses provocative questions about our future, which are brought to life by 12 of the most imaginative comics and graphic artists at work, including Matt Lubchanksy, Sophie Goldstein, Ben Passmore, and Box Brown. Each artist chooses a subject close to their heart--Lambda Literary Award nominee Blue Delliquanti, for instance, will imagine a future in which gender is irrelevant--and presents their chosen future in their own style. Drawing on her interviews with experts in various fields of study, Eveleth will then report on what is complete fantasy and what is only just out of reach in insightful essays following the comics. This book introduces compelling visions of the future and vividly explores the human consequences of developing technologies. Flash Forward reveals how complicated, messy, incredible, frightening, and strange our future might be.

Download or read book Godlike written by Dennis Detwiller and published by ARC Dream Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You are larger than life, but the war is larger than you."Godlike is a tabletop superhero roleplaying game like no other. No bright spandex, no pulp machismo. In the face of a world on fire, ordinary men and women emerge who possess the Talents their times demand -- but who are still as vulnerable, and ultimately as expendable, as ordinary troops in the foxholes.Backed by a deep alternate history, players take the roles of Talents fighting in the greatest conflict of the Twentieth Century.This is an expanded and edited edition of the classic roleplaying game by Dennis Detwiller and Greg Stolze.

Download or read book Shadowrun Data Trails all Things Matrixy written by Catalyst Game Labs and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last great undiscovered country is vast, wild, and weirder than you can possibly imagine. And it's nearby, waiting, accessible by the press of a button, or a simple gesture, or even just a thought. The Matrix holds a whole lot more than selfies and cat videos-it has artificial intelligences, electronic ghosts of people formerly alive (or perhaps still living), and deep wells of pure data that can swallow you whole. Oh, and a copy of every secret ever recorded electronically. The possible rewards of exploration are great, and the dangers are greater.Data Trails is the Matrix sourcebook for Shadowrun, Fifth Edition, offering more options for decker and technomancer characters, including qualities, programs, gear and more. With detailed examinations of hacker culture, information on diving deep into immersive hosts, and briefings on the strange sites hidden in dark corners of the Matrix, Data Trails is a vital resource for any Shadowrun players involved in the omnipresent flow of information. Non-Matrix specialists have chances to get in on the adventures as well, with game details explaining how their skills and expertise translate into the wild virtual world.Data Trails is for use with Shadowrun, Fifth Edition.

Download or read book Marvel Studios Be More Captain America written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash your inner Avenger and make the world a better place! Captain America is a strong and noble leader, an inspiration for others with his bravery, honor, and unrivaled sense of justice. Join the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most famous Super Soldier as he and the Avengers face adversity and encourage those around them to live up to their full potential. When it comes to integrity, principles, and leadership, no other hero comes close to Cap! Packed with iconic movie scenes, inspiring quotes, and helpful lifestyle tips from across nearly a decade of Marvel Studios films, Be More Captain America is the perfect gift for friends, family, and colleagues who need guidance on how to take charge, better themselves, and lead by example! © 2021 MARVEL

Download or read book Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society written by Kevin Evans and published by Last Gasp. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A template for pranksters, artists, adventurers and anyone interested in rampant creativity, this is the history of the most influential underground cabal that has never been exposed by the mainstream media. Rising from the ashes of the mysterious and legendary Suicide Club, the Cacophony Society at its zenith hosted chapters in most major US cities and influenced much of what was once called the 'underground'. Packed with original art, never before published photographs, original documents and incredulous news stories this is an homage to the San Francisco group.

Download or read book Contagious Leadership written by Monica L. Wofford and published by PresentersPlus, Inc. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaders do not have to be born, they can be cultivated. Readers learn how to lead and to become leaders with ten steps. Topics include respect, recognition, growth, forgiveness, mistakes, communication, and action.

Download or read book Don t Step in the Leadership written by Scott Adams and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 1999-03 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of cartoons that explore the world of work in the 1990s, featuring Dilbert, the harassed office employee, and his co-workers.

Download or read book Mutants Masterminds Hero s Handbook written by Stephen Kenson and published by Green Ronin Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2002, Mutants & Masterminds has earned its title as the World's Greatest Superhero RPG, inspiring countless game sessions and winning many awards for excellence. The Mutants & Masterminds Hero's Handbook is the core rulebook of the game's third edition, giving you everything you need to have your own superheroic adventures. The detailed character creation system lets you create the hero you want to play, choosing from a wide range of skills, advantages, and power effects. Customize your hero's powers with modifiers to create an almost endless range of superhuman abilities. Choose the complications your hero must overcome, earning you the hero points to achieve victory. You can also choose from one of more than a dozen heroic archetypes, customize as you like, and be ready to play in just minutes! The streamlined system of game play requires only a single die roll and features easy-to-use rules. Play out an entire heroic adventure in a few short hours without long, drawn-out encounters. Plus, the hero point system allows players to influence the flow of the story and pull off superheroic stunts in the best comic book tradition! Become a hero of legend with the Mutants & Masterminds Hero's Handbook!

Download or read book The Reader of Gentlemen s Mail written by David Kahn and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most colorful and controversial figures in American intelligence, Herbert O. Yardley (1889-1958) gave America its best form of information, but his fame rests more on his indiscretions than on his achievements. In this highly readable biography, a premier historian of military intelligence tells Yardley's story and evaluates his impact on the American intelligence community. Yardley established the nation's first codebreaking agency in 1917, and his solutions helped the United States win a major diplomatic victory at the 1921 disarmament conference. But when his unit was closed in 1929 because "gentlemen do not read each other's mail," Yardley wrote a best-selling memoir that introduced-and disclosed-codemaking and codebreaking to the public. David Kahn de-scribes the vicissitudes of Yardley's career, including his work in China and Canada, offers a capsule history of American intelligence up to World War I, and gives a short course in classical codes and ciphers. He debunks the accusations that the publication of Yardley's book caused Japan to change its codes and ciphers and that Yardley traitorously sold his solutions to Japan. And he asserts that Yardley's disclosures not only did not hurt but actually helped American codebreaking during World War II.

Download or read book Cypher System Rulebook written by Monte Cook and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Organization Man written by William H. Whyte and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regarded as one of the most important sociological and business commentaries of modern times, The Organization Man developed the first thorough description of the impact of mass organization on American society. During the height of the Eisenhower administration, corporations appeared to provide a blissful answer to postwar life with the marketing of new technologies—television, affordable cars, space travel, fast food—and lifestyles, such as carefully planned suburban communities centered around the nuclear family. William H. Whyte found this phenomenon alarming. As an editor for Fortune magazine, Whyte was well placed to observe corporate America; it became clear to him that the American belief in the perfectibility of society was shifting from one of individual initiative to one that could be achieved at the expense of the individual. With its clear analysis of contemporary working and living arrangements, The Organization Man rapidly achieved bestseller status. Since the time of the book's original publication, the American workplace has undergone massive changes. In the 1990s, the rule of large corporations seemed less relevant as small entrepreneurs made fortunes from new technologies, in the process bucking old corporate trends. In fact this "new economy" appeared to have doomed Whyte's original analysis as an artifact from a bygone day. But the recent collapse of so many startup businesses, gigantic mergers of international conglomerates, and the reality of economic globalization make The Organization Man all the more essential as background for understanding today's global market. This edition contains a new foreword by noted journalist and author Joseph Nocera. In an afterword Jenny Bell Whyte describes how The Organization Man was written.

Download or read book Art of He Man and the Masters of the Universe written by Various and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1983, the world was introduced to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. What followed was a cultural sensation that changed the landscape of children's entertainment forever! Join Mattel and Dark Horse in this comprehensive retrospective chronicling He-Man's decades-long epic journey from toy, to television, to film, to a true pop culture phenomenon!

Download or read book The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz written by Mordecai Richler and published by Emblem Editions. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is the novel that established Mordecai Richler as one of the world’s best comic writers. Growing up in the heart of Montreal’s Jewish ghetto, Duddy Kravitz is obsessed with his grandfather’s saying, “A man without land is nothing.” In his relentless pursuit of property and his drive to become a somebody, he will wheel and deal, he will swindle and forge, he will even try making movies. And in spite of the setbacks he suffers, the sacrifices he must make along the way, Duddy never loses faith that his dream is worth the price he must pay. This blistering satire traces the eventful coming-of-age of a cynical dreamer. Amoral, inventive, ruthless, and scheming, Duddy Kravitz is one of the most magnetic anti-heroes in literature, a man who learns the hard way that dreams are never exactly what they seem, even when they do come true.

Download or read book Ultimate Power written by Steve Kenson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ultimate Power is the complete guide to super-powers for the award-winning Mutants & Masterminds Super-hero RPG, written by M&M designer Steve Kenson. Its pages are packed with detailed power descriptions, expanding the material from the M&M rulebook alongside new powers, power modifiers, power feats and applications. Also included are optional rules for more detailed applications of powers and creating your own powers. Ultimate Power makes creating any sort of super-powered hero or villain a breeze: all the work is done for you! Just choose the powers you want your characters to have.