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1) Exiles
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"New York Times bestselling author Jane Harper is back with a new mystery featuring Aaron Falk, the detective from the bestseller and major motion picture The Dry. At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her stroller, her mother vanishing into the crowds. A year on, Kim Gillespie's absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition...
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2022.
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English
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"Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew becomes strangely and deeply attached to them, even as tensions boil toward mutiny, especially among the humanoids. Olga Ravn's prose is chilling, crackling, exhilarating,...
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Discover how to reward your employees, by following the journey of a CEO who learns a hard lesson about giving rewards that mean something to his team.
Have rewards become too routine at your workplace? Have they lost meaning? In this short course, join author Todd Dewett in discussing the three principles of effectively rewarding employees: making sure rewards are earned, unique, and timely. Find out what happened to the CEO who learned a hard lesson...
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Learn how to develop adaptive workers. Explore why workers—and managers—need to be adaptive, and what skills managers can help employees develop in order to be resilient.
Workplace change is a constant. To successfully achieve business goals in this landscape, managers need to help their employees learn how to adapt to changing conditions. In this course, eParachute founder Gary Bolles outlines why workers—and managers—need to be adaptive,...
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to stay on the right side of the law when it comes to hiring and managing independent contractors.
The independent contractor (IC) workforce continues to grow in the U.S. There are times when this relationship is looked upon favorably by the law, and times when it is not. Independent contractor status triggers numerous concerns, including liability exposures, insurance coverages, tax payment obligations, property ownership, employee status,...
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James Patterson standalone novel volume 67
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English
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"Sally Grissom is a top secret service agent in charge of the Presidential Protection team. She knows that something is amiss when she is summoned to a private meeting with the President and his Chief of Staff without any witnesses. But she couldn't have predicted that she'd be forced to take on an investigation surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the First Lady with strict orders to keep it a secret. The First Lady's absence comes in the...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Learn how to motivate and engage employees—a key management skill for leaders that want to increase productivity, employee retention, and the bottom line.
Employees don't work for companies. They work for people. Which means employee engagement begins and ends with the leader. Your leadership style directly impacts engagement in your organization. Why does it matter? Higher engagement leads to greater productivity, customer loyalty, employee retention,...
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Learn to apply the power of coaching in the workplace to facilitate employee upskilling and career mobility.
Harness the power of coaching in the workplace. Learn how to shift from a command-and-control style of management to a manager-as-coach style of leadership to transform employee engagement and bottom-line results. Join leadership coach Lisa Gates, as she explains how to establish a coaching relationship with your reports. Lisa shows how skills...
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
Description
Develop your financial literacy and explore the importance of numbers in your day-to-day life as an employee.
Do you ever find yourself confused by your company’s financial statements? That’s OK. You’re not alone. But being financially literate doesn’t require an advanced degree. All it takes is a little time on your part to understand the importance of numbers for your job, organization, and personal financial situation. Join accounting...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"In this groundbreaking book, organizational psychologist and executive coach Gena Cox delivers the message that humans vary, and human variation is normal. Yet true inclusion that embraces these variations remains elusive in the workplace. That traumatizing state of affairs will continue until executives lead inclusion from the top of the organization. Drawing on psychological science, interviews with corporate leaders, the work of diversity, equity,...
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn about the diversity of the Asian community and issues impacting Asian employees. Understand why their experiences matter and how to support them in an inclusive workplace.
Underrepresented employees face unique challenges in the workplace, and understanding how to support them in these challenges is key to building a more inclusive workplace. Dr. Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn shows you how to get started. She begins with important terminology and...
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
Description
Learn how to motivate your team and retain their valuable contributions over time.
An estimated 70 percent of employees are "disengaged." They aren't satisfied or productive, and this costs your organization time and money. In this course, Todd Dewett walks you through the steps to building high-performing and engaged teams of motivated employees. Learn the three keys to engaging and retaining your team: strong relationships, a great work culture,...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
Description
In this scenario-based course, discover how to coach someone who is older than you, how to motivate employees who have been demoted or promoted, and more.
Have you ever had to provide coaching to an individual who can't take criticism, or inherited an employee who seems to continually make the same mistakes on the job? Part of growing as a leader is learning how to successfully tackle these and other challenging situations. In this course, leadership...
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
Description
Learn how to coach, transform, and empower employees and teams in ways that increase retention and improve the bottom line.
In this course, business coach Lisa Gates teaches managers to harness the power of coaching in the workplace. Learn the benefits of developing your team and helping employees build their skills in ways that transform and empower them to do more productive and engaging work. Then discover how to build your own leadership and...
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Autonomy - the feeling of being in control and having the ability to accomplish your goals - is one of the most powerful components of well-being, and companies where employees have greater autonomy significantly outperform competitors. Learn the best ways to give up a bit of control, even though it's difficult for most of us. It will be well worth the effort.
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Learn techniques to successfully manage and engage contractors and temporary workers.
There are more contractors, freelancers, part-timers, temps, and self-employed workers than ever-and this employment shift will test leadership teams profoundly. Managers of temporary and contract workers have to juggle workers who are frequently off site, who schedule their own hours, and who may have little experience with your company's mission-but who work alongside...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Harness the power of coaching in the workplace. Learn how to use coaching to increase employee engagement, productivity, and results.
Harness the power of coaching in the workplace. Learn how to shift from a command-and-control style of management to a manager-as-coach style of leadership to transform employee engagement and bottom-line results. Join leadership and negotiation coach Lisa Gates, as she explains how to establish a coaching relationship...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to engage in acts of allyship to support your LGBTQ+ colleagues and build a LGBTQ+ inclusive organization.
Have you ever felt there was an aspect of yourself that you needed to hide at work? Have you ever worked in an environment where you felt unsafe? For many in the LGBTQ+ community, these feelings are everyday realities, and the pressure to cover important aspects of themselves creates barriers that do not allow them to bring their full...
19) The dry
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English
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"A small town hides big secrets in The Dry. After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. Falk and his father fled under a cloud of suspicion, saved from prosecution only because of Luke's steadfast claim that the boys had been together at the time of the...
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Nolo, Law for All
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The Employee Performance Handbook is a complete how-to guide for employee discipline. Packed with practical and legal advice, this book offers smart strategies that will help you improve employee performance and avoid legal trouble.
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