Download or read book Embracing Bootstrap Leadership written by Walter August Jr and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most people don't see themselves as leaders. ...Truth is, you are a leader in more ways than one." God has a plan for you to be a follower AND a leader. In Embracing Bootstrap Leadership, Pastor Walter August, Jr. shows you what it takes to be a leader, even from humble beginnings, and illustrates that it's not about where you're from. It's about what you leave behind. Learn how to be a bootstrap leader.
Download or read book Bootstrap Leadership written by Steve Arneson and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arneson was named one of America’s top leadership consultants by Leadership Excellence magazine in 2008 Enables leaders at all levels to design a complete self-directed leadership development program Concise, accessible, practical and flexible Leadership training can be inconsistent in the best of times. In tough economic times it’s often one of the first things that even the most progressive companies cut back on. And you can’t necessarily depend on finding that mentor you’ve been looking for either. Now more than ever, if you’re going to advance your career you need to lift yourself up by your own bootstraps. But not entirely: Steve Arneson is here to give you a boost. In Bootstrap Leadership Arneson, one of America’s top leadership coaches, offers a complete blueprint for designing your own personal leadership development program. In fifty brief, to-the-point chapters he provides practical ideas and techniques that have been proven successful in his work with executives at Fortune 500 companies like AOL, PepsiCo and Capital One. Surprisingly, most of these ideas cost nothing to implement, nor do they require any elaborate equipment or infrastructure—they’re open to anyone with sufficient initiative, drive and ambition. The chapters are entirely self-contained and can be read in any order and at any pace. You can read one a week and you’ll have a comprehensive year-long self-improvement program (with two weeks off for vacation). Or you can choose a chapter that speaks to a particular challenge you’re facing at work or one that just seems intriguing. There’s a self-assessment at the beginning of the book to suggest specific chapters that fit your developmental needs. No one is going to just hand that next promotion. You have to earn it by developing and demonstrating your leadership skills. And ultimately it’s not just about you—true leaders make everyone around them better. Bootstrap Leadership shows you how.
Download or read book Embracing Service Based Leadership written by Laurence C. Hatch (Larry Hatch) and published by Laurence Hatch Press. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Hatch takes the reader on a journey through the history of service-based and servant-based leadership, through the times and teachings of ancient African tribes, Confucious, Taoism. Buddhism, the Hebrew Torah, Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela, Robert Greenleaf, and several modern proponents of SBL. In the main section, the author presents more than 50 separate,principles of this method of leading with examples and explanations of each powerful concept. In the third chapter, we are presented with attributes the servant-leader must have and why. And in the final chapter, we receive a practical understanding of some obstacles to implementing SBL and how to overcome them.
Download or read book Leadership the Hard Way written by Dov Frohman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-12-13 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership the Hard Way presents a method of living and working that can truly facilitate the learning of leadership. Their method shows how to go against the current, fight conventional wisdom, and embrace the unexpected. It is about trusting oneself and valuing intuition, principles, and imagination as much as hard skills and analysis. Frohman combines his counterintuitive ideas with experiences from his own background?from escaping the Nazis as a child to becoming a leading innovator in the semiconductor industry?to show how readers can build their own leadership abilities. A leader?s values and personality, he ultimately reveals, are the only sure source of stability in a world of continuous change.
Download or read book Bootstrap New Urbanism written by Joseph A. Rodriguez and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph A. Rodriguez critically examines the urban design and revitalization initiatives undertaken by both the government and the people of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the 1990s, New Urbanists followed a city tradition of using urban design to solve problems while seeking to elevate the city’s national reputation and status. While New Urbanism was not the only design element undertaken to further Milwaukee’s redevelopment, the elite focus on New Urbanism reflected an attempt to fashion a self-help narrative for the revitalization of the city. This approach linked New Urbanist design to the strengthening of grassroots community organizing and volunteerism to solve urban problems. Bootstrap New Urbanism: Design, Race, and Redevelopment in Milwaukee uncovers a practice with implications for urban history, architectural history, planning history, environmental design, ethnic studies, and urban politics.
Download or read book Positioned written by Dan L. Ward and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2013 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's highly competitive job market, companies are struggling to find the right people to fill their positions. Learn how to make great hires, realign your workforce, and get your company's profits back on track.
Download or read book Bootstrap Your Life written by Oliver Cookson and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring, rags-to-riches guide to achieving success in life and business by the founder of Myprotein®. How did a working-class 23-year-old, who left school with almost no qualifications, launch a business with just a £500 overdraft and turn it into more than £350 million? In Bootstrap Your Life, Oliver Cookson shares how he was able to build Europe's number one online brand using nothing more than his own limited resources and the right mindset. Self-sufficient and self-taught, Oliver always had an eye for opportunities and pursued them obsessively. His breakthrough came when he combined his passion for health and fitness with his skills as a web developer. By embracing a disruptive, agile approach to business, offering unparalleled choice, and identifying trends ahead of the competition, Oliver was able to grow Myprotein® rapidly into a top international, award-winning brand. In Bootstrap Your Life, Oliver doesn't just share his journey but uses simple language to break down every aspect of his thinking, providing a thorough step-by-step guide on how to think like an entrepreneur. His approach to marketing, innovation, strategy, leadership and other key elements are explained in great detail using memorable analogies that anyone can relate to. Oliver explains how bootstrapping his life catapulted him from an ordinary life in the suburbs of Greater Manchester to being included in the Sunday Times Rich List with a personal net worth of over a third of a billion pounds. His message is clear: bootstrap your life!
Download or read book Literacy Leader Fellowship Program Reports no 1 Adult education and welfare to work initiatives a review of research practice and policy written by Eunice Nicholson Askov and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Literacy Leader Fellowship Program Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book At Our Best written by Gretchen Brion-Meisels and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Our Best: Building Youth-Adult Partnerships in Out-of-School Time Settings brings together the voices of over 50 adults and youth to explore both the promises and challenges of intergenerational work in out-of-school time (OST) programs. Comprised of 14 chapters, this book features empirical research, conceptual essays, poetry, artwork, and engaged dialogue about the complexities of youth-adult partnerships in practice. At Our Best responds to key questions that practitioners, scholars, policymakers, and youth navigate in this work, such as: What role can (or should) adults play in supporting youth voice, learning, and activism? What approaches and strategies in youth-adult partnerships are effective in promoting positive youth development, individual and collective well-being, and setting-level change? What are the tensions and dilemmas that arise in the process of doing this work? And, how do we navigate youth-adult partnerships in the face of societal oppressions such as adultism, racism, and misogyny? Through highlighting contemporary cases of authentic youth-adult partnerships in youth programs, this fourth volume of the IAP series on OST aims to introduce, engage, and sharpen educators’ understandings of the power and promise of these relationships. Together, the authors in this volume suggest that both building youth-adult partnerships and actively reflecting on intergenerational work are foundational practices to achieving transformational change in our OST organizations, schools, neighborhoods, and communities. Praise for At Our Best: "There is nothing more powerful in our efforts to improve our society than understanding how to cultivate deep and meaningful partnerships with young people. “At Our Best” offers key insights about the power of youth-adult partnerships in out-of-school time settings. Brion-Meisels, Fei & Vasudevan have compiled a powerful and comprehensive collection of voices of people who are blazing a new path in partnering with youth. This book is a must read for researchers and practitioners searching for fresh analysis and innovative insights into building youth-adult partnerships." ~ Shawn Ginwright, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Education & Africana Studies, San Francisco State University Chief Executive Officer, Flourish Agenda, Oakland CA "There are few books that consider how youth and adults work as partners for the benefit of their schools, their communities and themselves. “At Our Best” changes the status quo. It takes seriously the urgency and centrality of intergenerational inclusion by bringing together the voices of educators, academics, artists, youth workers, organizers and students. The chapters move between theory and practice, providing rich reflections on foundations of youth-adult partnerships while also detailing best practices in out-of-school time. The authors generously share the struggles and joy of this work. In so doing, they provide a roadmap for navigating the complex work of youth-adult partnerships in our current social and political context." ~ Shepherd Zeldin, Professor Emeritus, Civil Society and Community Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Book reviews and associated articles: Journal of Youth Development: Book Review—At Our Best: Building Youth–Adult Partnerships in Out-of-School Time Settings Learning in Afterschool & Summer: Promoting Youth-Adult Partnerships in the Era of COVID-19 Sperling Center: Q&A with Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Deepa Vasudevan, and Anna West Youth Today: Collaborating With Youth in OST Setting Is Best for Goals
Download or read book Strategic Leadership in Responsive Web Design written by Harley Ferguson and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maximize your web strategy and future-proof your digital assets with this comprehensive guide for tech leaders, providing strategic insights into responsive web design to enhance ROI and user engagement Key Features Learn strategic frameworks to develop high-performing RWD applications Explore practical case studies and real-world examples to aid in understanding RWD app development Future-proof your approach with tips on emerging web technologies Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionStrategic Leadership in Responsive Web Design is an essential guide that will equip you with the knowledge and foresight needed to navigate the ever-evolving digital landscape. You’ll start by learning about the strategic importance of responsive web design (RWD) before delving into its intricacies. As you progress, you’ll not only discover the technical aspects of adaptive design, but also learn how to seamlessly integrate these principles within your organization’s business objectives. You’ll develop the skills required to integrate RWD principles into broader business goals. Next, you’ll learn how to navigate SEO in modern times while ensuring platforms are consistent in design across devices. Later, this book shows you how to measure the ROI when making RWD decisions, and how to ensure you’re making the right one. By the end of this book, you’ll have understood the role that RWD plays in achieving broad business objectives.What you will learn Explore the synergy between RWD and business goals, boosting brand reputation, retention, and conversions Embrace a mobile-first approach for multi-device digital landscapes, tailoring user experiences while ensuring adaptability Develop leadership skills to drive innovation and alignment within design teams Strategize content for diverse screens, ensuring consistent user engagement Unlock the link between RWD, SEO, and performance for broader reach and user satisfaction Harness web accessibility for ethical growth and market expansion Who this book is for If you're a senior tech executive, CTO, web development leader, digital strategist, or UI/UX director, then this book is for you. Knowledge of fundamental web concepts, digital business, design principles, and the basics of user experience, as well as a foundation in marketing and project management will be beneficial to get the most out of this book.
Download or read book Literacy Leader Fellowship Program Reports no 2 Teaching and learning with Internet based resources written by Eunice Nicholson Askov and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bootstrap Justice written by Janice K. Gallagher and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2006, more than 85,000 people have disappeared in Mexico. These disappearances remain largely unsolved: disappeared people are rarely found, and the Mexican state almost never investigates or prosecutes those responsible. Despite this, people not only continue to report disappearances, but many devote their lives to answering the question, "where are they?" Given the risks and institutional barriers, why and how do people mobilize for justice in states with rampant impunity and weak rule of law? In Bootstrap Justice, Janice Gallagher leverages over a decade of ethnographic research to explain what enables the sustained mobilization of family members of the disappeared and analyze how configurations of political power between state and criminal actors shape what is possible for them to achieve. She follows three families from before the disappearance of their loved ones through their transformations into sophisticated and strategic victim advocates and activists. Gallagher supplements these individual narratives with an analysis of the evolving political opportunities for mobilization within Mexico. By centering the perspectives of people whose lives have been upended by the disappearance of their loved ones, Bootstrap Justice offers a unique window into how citizens respond to weak and corrupt institutions. Gallagher focuses on the overlooked role of informal relationships and dynamics in shaping substantive legal and human rights outcomes and highlights how pioneering independent and creative work-arounds can compensate for state inaction. While top-down efforts, such as judicial reforms, technical assistance, and changes in political leadership are important parts of addressing impunity, policymakers and scholars alike have much to learn from the bottom-up--and by following the path that citizens themselves have worn within the labyrinth of state judicial bureaucracies.
Download or read book Untold Stories of Black Leadership in Higher Education written by W. Franklin Evans and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-20 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher education leadership continues to shift as new individuals move into positions of authority and management within the ranks of academia. These new leaders that come from within the academic and teaching ranks share their stories, experiences, and challenges of not only being black, gifted, and educated, but they speak very candidly about their journey to becoming more seasoned, proficient, and skilled. The narratives and encounters they share provide meaningful insight into the realm of black leadership at the college level, and constitute a guide and tool for handling conflict and change as an academic leader.
Download or read book Bootstrap Liberalism written by Sean P. Cunningham and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2002-04-21 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has Texas always been one of the United States’ most conservative states? The answer might surprise you. Bootstrap Liberalism offers a glimpse into the world of Depression-era Texas politics, revealing a partisan culture that was often far more ideologically nuanced and complex than meets the eye. The Lone Star State is often viewed as a bastion of conservative politics and rugged “bootstrap” individualism, but that narrative overlooks the fact that FDR’s New Deal was quite popular in Texas, much more so than previous histories of the era have suggested. While it is true that many Texas Democrats remained staunchly conservative during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, and it is also true that many of these conservatives formed the basis of an established majority that would grow stronger in the decades that followed, it is simultaneously true that ordinary voters—and a good many politicians—embraced New Deal policies, federal experimentation, and direct economic aid, and often did so enthusiastically as liberal Texas Democrats rode FDR’s coattails to electoral success. Texas political leaders recognized the popularity of the New Deal and identified themselves with FDR for their own political advantage. Using original resources mined from six research archives, Bootstrap Liberalism explores campaign strategies and policy debates as they unfolded at the local, state, and national levels throughout the Great Depression and World War II eras, revealing a consistent brand of pro–New Deal messaging that won favor with voters across the state. Most Texas Democrats did not apologize for supporting FDR. Rather, they celebrated him and often marketed themselves as New Deal Democrats. Voters endorsed that strategy by electing liberals throughout the 1930s and early 1940s.
Download or read book The Mindful Elite written by Jaime Kucinskas and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mindful Elite delves into the elite foundation of the mindfulness movement, showing how its leaders' choices to spread meditation through elite networks both facilitated the rapid rise of mindful meditation, and undermined meditators' intentions to transform society from the cushion.
Download or read book Ultimate Profit Management written by Manny Skevofilax and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-06-19 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of the author’s career as a banker and business consultant, he has seen many examples of businesses that were doing just “fine.” They were profitable and growing slowly-but-surely, but then the business owner decided that it wasn’t enough anymore to simply grow slowly. What was suddenly needed was growth of 20 percent, 50 percent, or even 100 percent per year, just like the notable companies they see and hear about every day in the media. They began to try to grow the business and, in a short period of time, a profitable and thriving business became unprofitable. Since the business was no longer profitable, it needed to take on debt in order to pay its expenses. After taking on more and more debt, the business reached a point where it was unable to find any more debt to take on. This circumstance caused the business to fail to pay its bills anymore, which led to a financial day of reckoning. It doesn’t have to be this way. There is a more effective way to grow your business without causing it to become unprofitable. And that’s why the author wrote this book. Growing a business without making profits usually leads to a short lifespan for that business and there are exceptions such as Uber and DoorDash—but, there is a big difference between a business that has outside investors (angel investors, private equity, and venture capital) and the typical small business entrepreneur trying to bootstrap a business. The difference is that if a business has a huge target market and it is growing its sales rapidly, outside investors may be willing to fund losses for a period. The same does not hold true for an entrepreneur trying to grow a business without outside investors. Losses show that a business is on borrowed time. Once your capital is exhausted, there is no going back. A business needs profits in order to remain viable and to be able to provide for its owners, its employees, and its community. Running a business that loses money will put you out of business. There is no reason to not be profitable as you grow your business! The author shares the lessons that were taught to him by leaders, mentors in business, and by his own clients. What took him by surprise was that these lessons aren’t complicated. They’re simple. They use simple, uncomplicated methods to grow their businesses profitably. You will learn about the readily available tools you can use to ensure that your business does not turn unprofitable as you grow it. You’ll be convinced that it makes sense to resist the lure of the high-growth, no-profit strategy and instead embrace the approach of steady growth with profits. Use this book as a guide. In it, the author covers the most important aspects of reasonable, prudent growth that will avoid debt and allow you, your partners, and business associates a productive and non-stressful existence with a business that grows and profits correctly.
