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Powering Social Enterprise with Profit and Purpose: The Tandem Hybrid
by Scott Boyer Jeremy Gudauskas Mike HamelTrail-blazing social entrepreneurs are tackling the world’s most pressing problems that government, business, or charity have failed to solve. They are creating businesses with a primary mission of social change. Scott Boyer is one such social entrepreneur. This 28-year veteran of Big Pharma left a six-figure salary to start OWP Pharmaceuticals and the ROW Foundation. This commercial business and non-profit organization exist in a symbiotic relationship we call a "tandem hybrid social enterprise." This model combines a multimillion dollar business with a foundation that’s on track to become the largest funder of projects serving people with epilepsy and associated psychiatric disorders in the world.The tandem hybrid incorporates the principles learned by Scott and others for building a truly unique social enterprise from the ground up; one that is: Driven by a compelling social mission Financed by commercial success Structured to retain control Scalable and sustainable for the long haul Powering Social Enterprises With Profit And Purpose offers a detailed blueprint that has proven commercially and philanthropically successful and that can be replicated in most business sectors.
PQ: How It Matters More Than IQ
by Virender KapoorPQ is the ferocity with which you love to do something but don't know why. It is a myth that academic excellence guarantees success. Virender Kapoor's pathbreaking research in PQ brings hope to those who have not performed well in school or college. In this age of opportunities and entrepreneurship, PQ is the new game changer.· Everyone has a passion for something specific which, if pursued, can yield spectacular results · Includes a unique 'PQ test' to measure your Passion Quotient · Identify your strong likes and learn how to generate passion · Implement your passion in your workplace and personal life to live life to the fullest
Practical Anarchism: A Guide for Daily Life
by Scott BransonYou may not realise it, but you are probably already practicing anarchism in your daily life. From relationships to school, work, art, even the way you organise your time, anarchism can help you find fulfilment, empathy and liberation in the everyday. From the small questions such as 'Why should I steal?' to the big ones like 'how do I love?', Scott Branson shows that anarchism isn’t only something we do when we react to the news, protest or even riot. With practical examples enriched by history and theory, these tips will empower you to break free from the consumerist trappings of our world. Anarchism is not just for white men, but for everyone. In reading this book, you can detach from patriarchal masculinity, norms of family, gender, sexuality, racialisation, individual responsibility and the destruction of our planet, and replace them with ideas of sustainable living, with ties of mutual aid, and the horizon of collective liberation.
A Practical Guide to Assertiveness: Express Yourself (Practical Guide Series)
by David Bonham-CarterWhat is assertiveness, and what are benefits? Filled with straightforward, practical advice, Introducing Assertiveness: A Practical Guide will help you find out, allowing you to overcome passive behaviour and take ownership of your own thoughts and feelings without becoming aggressive. Experienced life and business coach David Bonham-Carter provides clear, practical steps to help you develop they key characteristics of assertiveness – steps that can improve your work life and your personal life.
A Practical Guide to Building Self-Esteem: Accept, Value and Empower Yourself (Practical Guide Series)
by David Bonham-CarterThis Practical Guide shows you how raising your self-esteem can make you feel better about yourself; let you stop you worrying about whether you are doing the right thing or whether you are good enough; help you engage in relationships constructively without putting yourself down and allow you to assert yourself effectively in all situations. Self-esteem has been shown to be a key indicator of success in life and in the work place. Filled with straightforward, practical advice, this guide shows you how to improve your self-esteem and stop worrying about what other people think.
A Practical Guide to Business Creativity: Build your business on ideas (Practical Guide Series)
by Jodie NewmanIntroducing Business Creativity: A Practical Guide provides innovative techniques and proven theories to help you improve your creative thinking and get more out of yourself and your business. Whether you are trying to develop entirely new initiatives or redesign the way you operate, this book will help you break out of your old patterns of thought, think outside the box and generate pioneering ideas that you can put into action. Introducing Practical Guides bring you the world's greatest theories and research to improve your life, your skills and your well-being. Packed full of straightforward, realistic advice that has immediate results, Practical Guides are engineered by experts in their fields to help you achieve your goals.
A Practical Guide to CBT for Work: Enjoying Work Is Easy as CBT (Practical Guide Series)
by Gill GarrattMaximize your happiness in the workplace. Stop negative thinking and tackle your problems at work using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Learn to control anger and frustration, reduce workplace anxiety and take control of your work-life balance by introducing CBT’s insights into your working day. Full of real-life examples and useful exercises, this Practical Guide will help you to replace feelings of inadequacy and a lack of motivation with new ways of thinking, to help you work better with others, and make you happier and more effective in the workplace.
A Practical Guide to Child Psychology: Understand Your Kids and Enjoy Parenting (Practical Guide Series)
by Kairen CullenEmbrace the ups and downs of parenting. Guided by experts in children’s development, explore new approaches to parenting, understand how they can benefit your family and learn how to put them into practice straight away. Accepting that every child is unique, and that parenting is a continuous learning process, educational psychologist and parenting expert Dr Kairen Cullen explains how best to understand your child and respond to their needs.
A Practical Guide to Confident Speaking: Let Your Voice be Heard (Practical Guide Series)
by Alan WoodhouseIntroducing Confident Speaking, by voice, acting, communication and public speaking coach Alan Woodhouse, teaches you to express yourself more clearly, persuasively and confidently. Whether you want to ask your boss for a pay rise, chair meetings better, or deliver a faultless best-man speech, this book will teach you how to plan what to say, manage your anxieties and project your best self on the big day. TAILOR YOUR SPEECHES and find the perfect words for every occasion PROJECT YOUR VOICE and make sure you can be heard OVERCOME STAGE FRIGHT and get your point across
A Practical Guide to EFT: Tap here to transform your life (Practical Guide Series)
by Judy ByrneEFT Founding Master Judy Byrne gives you practical advice on how to use Emotional Freedom Technique to improve your emotional well-being and change your life. In Introducing EFT, through the proven method of ‘tapping’ you will learn how to remove negative feelings, let go of the past, improve willpower and aim for a positive future. CLEAR AWAY NEGATIVE EMOTIONS and find inner peace CURB CRAVINGS and take back control of your life TAP INTO YOUR POTENTIAL and eradicate those nagging doubts
A Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence: Get Smart about Emotion (Introducing... Ser.)
by David WaltonEffectively understand yourself and others, to achieve a happier, healthier life. Improve your personal and professional relationships by learning a range of mental skills that can help you to successfully manage both yourself and the demands of working with others. Teaching you to stay in control, interpret body language and cope with negativity, this Practical Guide will help you to become aware of your own feelings and those of others, understand them and manage their impact. Filled with exercises, case studies and useful tips, Emotional Intelligence will help you to get smart about emotions and improve both your physical and psychological well-being.
A Practical Guide to Entrepreneurship: Be Your Own Boss (Practical Guide Ser. #16)
by Alison Price David PriceIntroducing Entrepreneurship: A Practical Guide reveals the stories of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs, distilling the key points into down-to-earth, realistic advice to help you turn any business opportunity into a successful venture – while avoiding the pitfalls of pursuing a pipe dream.
A Practical Guide to Getting the Job you Want: Find Your Dream Job (Introducing... Ser.)
by Denise TaylorIntroducing Getting the Job You Want supports you through all the stages of finding your perfect job – from organisation and preparation to the different ways to implement a job search campaign. In a challenging job market you need to create a resumé that will sell you, and to be well prepared for interview. Both new graduates and those returning to the job search will learn simple yet effective techniques from award-winning career psychologist, Denise Taylor.
A Practical Guide to Happiness: Think Deeply and Flourish (Practical Guide Ser.)
by Will BuckinghamApply the wisdom of philosophers to become a happier person. What is happiness? What makes you happy?Is there more to life than happiness? Learn to cultivate your taste for pleasure, free yourself from the various disturbances of life, and overcome irrational expectations that cause distress. Go with the flow and rediscover the joy of existence. Filled with exercises, tips and case studies, this Practical Guide will enable you to see happiness in a new light, with the help of the world’s greatest minds
A Practical Guide to Leadership: Be Inspired by Great Leaders (Practical Guide Ser. #2)
by Alison Price David PriceLeadership: A Practical Guide is packed with examples of famous leaders who achieved brilliant things against all odds. You’ll discover their ideas, strategies and tried and tested winning solutions, which can be applied to the opportunities and challenges that you face. So whether you’re starting from scratch as a new leader, needing to raise your game, or aiming to do what great leaders do and aim even higher, this practical yet inspirational guide will help you to perform at your very best.
A Practical Guide to Management: Empower Your Team to Thrive (Practical Guide Ser. #13)
by David Price Alison PriceMotivate your team to go the extra mile. New managers, experienced managers or aspiring managers – learn how to understand your team and get the best out of them. From hiring new members to dealing with poor performance, from goal setting to promoting work–life balance, understand how to foster effective employees with Alison and David Price’s A–Z map to managerial success. Filled with expert insights, real-life case studies and proven techniques, this Practical Guide will make you a better manager – right now.
A Practical Guide to Mindfulness: Be Present in this Moment (Practical Guide Series)
by Tessa WattAppreciate your life- right here, right now. Learn how to use mindfulness every day, by listening to your body, becoming more aware of the present and letting go of negative thoughts. Mindfulness teacher and consultant Tessa Watt introduces simple techniques with lots of examples and exercises for newcomers to begin right away, as well as outlining deeper mindfulness practice for those who wish to take it further. Reduce anxiety and handle your emotions more effectively, enjoy the moment and recover from bad moods more quickly, and slow down and find your own source of calm.
A Practical Guide to NLP: Turn Negatives into Positives (Practical Guide Ser.)
by Neil ShahAn INTRODUCING PRACTICAL GUIDE to the therapy designed to help people have better, fuller and richer lives – as well as work far more effectively. By focusing on how we communicate – the words we use as well as non-verbal communication such as body language – NLP seeks to change our mental habits into those of more successful people. Whether you’re a salesperson needing to close more deals, a teacher who would like to get through to your pupils more quickly, or someone who needs to negotiate between parties – this INTRODUCING PRACTICAL GUIDE is for you.
A Practical Guide to NLP for Work: Influence, Impact, Succeed (Introducing... Ser.)
by Dianne LowtherNeurolinguistic Programming is about helping you to identify and develop the patterns of thought and behaviour which are most beneficial to you. Introducing NLP for Work teaches you how to build a successful rapport with your colleagues, enabling you to deal effectively with any problems and master any situation.
A Practical Guide to Overcoming Phobias: Stand Up to Your Fears (Introducing... Ser.)
by Patricia Furness-SmithWhether you suffer from panic attacks or feelings of crippling dread, Introducing Overcoming Phobias offers proven techniques to help you break down your fears into manageable parts. Psychologist Patricia Furness-Smith teaches the reader to understand their phobias and remove the anxiety surrounding them. STAND UP TO FEAR and increase your self-confidence. UNDERSTAND PANIC ATTACKS so that the symptoms no longer frighten you. CONTROL THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE and free yourself from avoidance behaviours.
A Practical Guide to Persuasion: Influence others and lead change (Practical Guide Series)
by Anthony McLeanMake other people say ‘Yes’! Yes to your requests. Yes to your ideas. Yes to your products. Yes to your proposals. A Practical Guide to Persuasion uses psychology, expert advice and practical techniques to teach you how to influence the people around you in an ethical way. Learn how to increase your presence, by knowing when to talk and when to listen; develop a strategy of success, by preparing, planning and crafting opportunities and make change happen by understanding what drives your audience.
A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life: See the Bigger Picture (Practical Guide Ser.)
by Trevor CurnowHow can we apply philosophy to our everyday lives? Can philosophy affect the way we live? This book will show how philosophy can help to improve your thinking about everyday life. And how, by improving the quality of your thinking, you can improve the quality of your life. It will make you more aware of what you think and why, and how knowing this can help you can change the way you think about your life. Full of practical examples and straightforward advice, and written by an expert in the field, this guide can help you become calmer and happier, and make better decisions.
A Practical Guide to Positive Psychology: Achieve Lasting Happiness (Practical Guide Ser.)
by Bridget Grenville-CleavePositive psychologists seek to find and nurture genius and talent, and to make normal life more fulfilling, rather than treat mental illness.This Practical Guide explores how we can all have a "life of enjoyment", in which we savour the positive emotions that are part of healthy living; a "life of engagement" where we feel confident we can tackle the tasks we face; and a ‘life of affiliation’, being part of something larger than ourselves.Free of jargon but full of straightforward advice, case studies and step-by-step instructions, this is the perfect concise start to making your life better.
A Practical Guide to Productivity: Work Smarter, Not Harder (Introducing... Ser.)
by Graham AllcottTo do: take the stress out of work defeat ‘information overload’ be more efficient. Whether you are overwhelmed by your to-do list, or get stressed just looking at your full inbox, this Practical Guide from productivity expert Graham Allcott reveals how to think, and act, more productively and to start loving work. Following a simple A-Z of expert tips and real-life examples, you will learn to improve your focus, regain control, and feel cool, calm and collected.
A Practical Guide to Sex: Finally, Helpful Sex Advice!
by Dr Meg-John Barker Justin HancockPlenty of books on sex suggest that it has to be done in a certain way, or in a certain kind of relationship, or with certain people. This isn’t that kind of book. Enjoy Sex is a truly practical, friendly guide through the confusing, and sometimes alarming, world of sex and sexuality. Its radical approach puts your experience at the heart of the book, and invites you to explore what might be enjoyable to you. With the authors’ engaging and thoughtful style, the book challenges the messages we receive about ‘normal’ sex, looks at how to understand and care for yourself, delves into ideas of pleasure for different bodies, ages and tastes, explores relationships, and tackles the tricky topics of communication and consent. So, throw out the rule book and learn to listen to your own desires. This may just be the most helpful book about sex ever.