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The Person You Mean to Be

How Good People Fight Bias

by Dolly Chugh ...

“Finally: an engaging, evidence-based book about how to battle biases, champion diversity and inclusion, and advocate for those who lack power and privilege. Dolly Chugh makes a convincing case that being an ally isn’t about being a good person—it’s about constantly striving to be a better person.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B with Sheryl ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

“Finally: an engaging, evidence-based book about how to battle biases, champion diversity and inclusion, and advocate for those who lack power and privilege. Dolly Chugh makes a convincing case that being an ally isn’t about being a good person—it’s about constantly striving to be a better person.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B with Sheryl
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Positive School Leadership

Building Capacity and Strengthening Relationships

by Joseph F. Murphy, Karen Seashore Louis ...

This landmark book translates positive and asset-based understandings of organizations to develop a powerful model of school leadership that is grounded in both existing research and the complexities of life in schools. The authors—both senior scholars in educational leadership—apply insights from positive psychology to the role and function of educational leaders. The Positive School Leadership ... Read more

$39.86 CAD

This landmark book translates positive and asset-based understandings of organizations to develop a powerful model of school leadership that is grounded in both existing research and the complexities of life in schools. The authors—both senior scholars in educational leadership—apply insights from positive psychology to the role and function of educational leaders. The Positive School Leadership
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Shifting Context

Leadership Springs from Within

by Linda T Alepin, Barbara E Key ...

Does leadership really spring from within?True stories of sheroes and heroes from around the world demonstrate how leadership from within brings about real social change. If you are passionate about creating social impact read the stories, reflect on the questions, and act.This book makes the invisible visible by looking behind the actions of leaders to expose the principles that made them ... Read more

$17.27 CAD

Does leadership really spring from within?True stories of sheroes and heroes from around the world demonstrate how leadership from within brings about real social change. If you are passionate about creating social impact read the stories, reflect on the questions, and act.This book makes the invisible visible by looking behind the actions of leaders to expose the principles that made them
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Empires of Ideas

Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China

by William C. Kirby ...

A Marginal Revolution Best Non-fiction Book “[A] fascinating book.” –Steven Mintz, Inside Higher Ed“Substantive on virtually every page, the author actually understands how universities work…An impressive performance.” —Tyler Cowen, *Marginal Revolution  *“With his extraordinary breadth of curiosity and equal ease in the histories and cultures of these countries, only Bill Kirby could have written ... Read more

$24.65 CAD

A Marginal Revolution Best Non-fiction Book “[A] fascinating book.” –Steven Mintz, Inside Higher Ed“Substantive on virtually every page, the author actually understands how universities work…An impressive performance.” —Tyler Cowen, *Marginal Revolution  *“With his extraordinary breadth of curiosity and equal ease in the histories and cultures of these countries, only Bill Kirby could have written
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The Classic Collection of Napoleon Hill. Illustrated

The Law of Success, The Magic Ladder to Success, Think and Grow Rich

by Napoleon Hill ...

This illustrated collection brings together the timeless teachings of Napoleon Hill, one of the most influential authors on personal development and success. It includes three of his seminal works: The Law of Success, The Magic Ladder to Success, and Think and Grow Rich, each offering practical guidance for achieving personal and professional excellence. Hill’s works are rooted in the study of ... Read more

$0.99 CAD

This illustrated collection brings together the timeless teachings of Napoleon Hill, one of the most influential authors on personal development and success. It includes three of his seminal works: The Law of Success, The Magic Ladder to Success, and Think and Grow Rich, each offering practical guidance for achieving personal and professional excellence. Hill’s works are rooted in the study of
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Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy

Addressing Racism in Public Education

by Sarah Diem, Anjalé D. Welton ...

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy helps educational leaders better comprehend the racial implications and challenges of the current educational policy landscape. Each chapter unpacks a policy issue such as school choice, school closures, standardized testing, discipline, and school funding, and analyzes it through the racialized and market-driven lenses of the current leadership ... Read more

$73.91 CAD

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy helps educational leaders better comprehend the racial implications and challenges of the current educational policy landscape. Each chapter unpacks a policy issue such as school choice, school closures, standardized testing, discipline, and school funding, and analyzes it through the racialized and market-driven lenses of the current leadership
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The Sailor's Bookshelf

Fifty Books to Know the Sea

by James Stavridis ...

Admiral Stavridis, a leader in military, international affairs, and national security circles, shares his love of the sea and some of the sources of that affection. The Sailor's Bookshelf offers synopses of fifty books that illustrate the history, importance, lore, and lifestyle of the oceans and of those who “go down to the sea in ships.” Stavridis colors those descriptions with glimpses of his ... Read more

$24.65 CAD

Admiral Stavridis, a leader in military, international affairs, and national security circles, shares his love of the sea and some of the sources of that affection. The Sailor's Bookshelf offers synopses of fifty books that illustrate the history, importance, lore, and lifestyle of the oceans and of those who “go down to the sea in ships.” Stavridis colors those descriptions with glimpses of his
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Imagine If . . .

Creating a Future for Us All

by Kate Robinson, Sir Ken Robinson PhD ...

A call to action that pulls together all of Sir Ken Robinson’s key messages and philosophies, and that challenges and empowers readers to re-imagine our world, and our systems, for the better.Sir Ken Robinson changed the lives of millions of people. The embodiment of the prestigious TED conference, his TED Talks are watched an average of 17,000 times a day--a figure that Chris Anderson, Head of ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

A call to action that pulls together all of Sir Ken Robinson’s key messages and philosophies, and that challenges and empowers readers to re-imagine our world, and our systems, for the better.Sir Ken Robinson changed the lives of millions of people. The embodiment of the prestigious TED conference, his TED Talks are watched an average of 17,000 times a day--a figure that Chris Anderson, Head of
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Peak

Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

by Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool ...

“This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about.”—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin**“Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read [Peak]. Rest assured that the book is not mere theory. Ericsson’s research focuses on the real world, and he explains in detail, with examples, how all ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

“This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about.”—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin**“Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read [Peak]. Rest assured that the book is not mere theory. Ericsson’s research focuses on the real world, and he explains in detail, with examples, how all
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The Classroom Management Handbook: A practical blueprint for engagement and behaviour in your classroom and beyond

by Oliver Lovell, Dr. Mark Dowley ...

Perhaps the biggest factor influencing teacher wellbeing and student learning is whether students are calm, focussed, and attentive in the classroom. Despite this, most teachers feel that their teacher training allocated far too little time to the fundamental principles and practical strategies that form the foundation of effective classroom management. In this book, Mark Dowley and Ollie Lovell ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

Perhaps the biggest factor influencing teacher wellbeing and student learning is whether students are calm, focussed, and attentive in the classroom. Despite this, most teachers feel that their teacher training allocated far too little time to the fundamental principles and practical strategies that form the foundation of effective classroom management. In this book, Mark Dowley and Ollie Lovell
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Because of a Teacher

Stories of the Past to Inspire the Future of Education

by George Couros ...

What you do matters.You may not hear it often (or ever), but if you’re an educator, you’re making a difference in the lives of learners. And that impact has a domino effect. In Because of a Teacher, more than fifteen of today’s leading educators remember the teachers and administrators who inspired and supported their careers. Through a series of heartfelt and uplifting stories, they reflect on ... Read more

$11.69 CAD

What you do matters.You may not hear it often (or ever), but if you’re an educator, you’re making a difference in the lives of learners. And that impact has a domino effect. In Because of a Teacher, more than fifteen of today’s leading educators remember the teachers and administrators who inspired and supported their careers. Through a series of heartfelt and uplifting stories, they reflect on
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The Higher Education Manager's Handbook

Effective Leadership and Management in Universities and Colleges

by Peter McCaffery ...

Drawing on professional experience from university innovators and a wealth of international case studies, The Higher Education Manager’s Handbook offers practical advice and guidance on all aspects of university management. An engaging, comprehensive and highly accessible practitioner’s guide, the book tackles all the key areas central to the job of managing in higher education, from understanding ... Read more

$71.45 CAD

Drawing on professional experience from university innovators and a wealth of international case studies, The Higher Education Manager’s Handbook offers practical advice and guidance on all aspects of university management. An engaging, comprehensive and highly accessible practitioner’s guide, the book tackles all the key areas central to the job of managing in higher education, from understanding
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The E-Myth Physician

Why Most Medical Practices Don't Work and What to Do About It

by Michael E. Gerber ...

Michael E. Gerber, bestselling author of The E-Myth Revisited shares his powerful insights to lead independent physicians to successful practices and enriched lives.Michael Gerber has dedicated much of his professional life to the study of entrepreneurship and business dynamics. His E-Myth Academy is renown in the entrepreneurial world for its business insight and guidance as well as its ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Michael E. Gerber, bestselling author of The E-Myth Revisited shares his powerful insights to lead independent physicians to successful practices and enriched lives.Michael Gerber has dedicated much of his professional life to the study of entrepreneurship and business dynamics. His E-Myth Academy is renown in the entrepreneurial world for its business insight and guidance as well as its
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Raise Your Roof

The Hidden Power of Your Potential

by Karl Subban, Elle Glencoe ...

Unlock the often-overlooked key to making positive and lasting changeFor over three decades, Karl Subban has been honing his proven approach to resilience, perseverance and goal-setting—and bringing the best out of everyone. Every year we get bigger, but not necessarily better. Older, but not necessarily wiser. Despite our best efforts, we’re not always set up for success. And we can get stuck in ... Read more

$1.99 CAD

Unlock the often-overlooked key to making positive and lasting changeFor over three decades, Karl Subban has been honing his proven approach to resilience, perseverance and goal-setting—and bringing the best out of everyone. Every year we get bigger, but not necessarily better. Older, but not necessarily wiser. Despite our best efforts, we’re not always set up for success. And we can get stuck in
... Read more
Authority Content: The Simple System for Building Your Brand, Sales, and Credibility

by David Jenyns ...

Looking for a simple, effective and modern approach to market your business? Traditional SEO is dead, SEM costs keep increasing, everyone is overloaded with content and social media is too overcrowded.The fact is, in today's world of constant distractions, most business owners struggle to get their marketing messages heard.Authority Content provides a simple process that any company can use to ... Read more

$3.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Looking for a simple, effective and modern approach to market your business? Traditional SEO is dead, SEM costs keep increasing, everyone is overloaded with content and social media is too overcrowded.The fact is, in today's world of constant distractions, most business owners struggle to get their marketing messages heard.Authority Content provides a simple process that any company can use to
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Be A Boxer

by Jason Dougherty ...

Why Be A Boxer instead of a fencer? Because without the sword, the fencer is not dangerous. A boxer's weapons are embodied. The boxer is the weapon. At any time and in any scenario, the boxer is effective and, when needed, lethal. Becoming the weapon of your choice requires years of dedication and a relentless commitment to disciplined, incremental growth over time. Pain is the price of admission. ... Read more

$10.07 CAD

Why Be A Boxer instead of a fencer? Because without the sword, the fencer is not dangerous. A boxer's weapons are embodied. The boxer is the weapon. At any time and in any scenario, the boxer is effective and, when needed, lethal. Becoming the weapon of your choice requires years of dedication and a relentless commitment to disciplined, incremental growth over time. Pain is the price of admission.
... Read more
How to Say the Right Thing Every Time

Communicating Well With Students, Staff, Parents, and the Public

by Robert D. Ramsey ...

"I had several ′ah-ha′ moments while reading this book. Kudos to the author for creating a meaningful guide for today′s school administrator."—Marie Blum, SuperintendentCanaseraga Central School District, NY"A good tool for administrators and teacher leaders with its readability, content emphasis, and real-life examples."—Russ Bennett, SuperintendentAurora City Schools, OHTime-tested techniques ... Read more

$36.71 CAD

"I had several ′ah-ha′ moments while reading this book. Kudos to the author for creating a meaningful guide for today′s school administrator."—Marie Blum, SuperintendentCanaseraga Central School District, NY"A good tool for administrators and teacher leaders with its readability, content emphasis, and real-life examples."—Russ Bennett, SuperintendentAurora City Schools, OHTime-tested techniques
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Culturize

Every Student. Every Day. Whatever It Takes.

by Jimmy Casas ...

In Culturize, author and education leader Jimmy Casas shares insights into what it takes to cultivate a community of learners who embody the innately human traits our world desperately needs, such as kindness, honesty, and compassion. His stories reveal how these “soft skills” can be honed while meeting and exceeding academic standards of twenty-first-century learning. ... Read more

$11.69 CAD

In Culturize, author and education leader Jimmy Casas shares insights into what it takes to cultivate a community of learners who embody the innately human traits our world desperately needs, such as kindness, honesty, and compassion. His stories reveal how these “soft skills” can be honed while meeting and exceeding academic standards of twenty-first-century learning.
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Good to Great

Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

by Jim Collins ...

Series Book 1 - Good to Great
The ChallengeBuilt to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning.But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?The StudyFor years, ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

The ChallengeBuilt to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning.But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?The StudyFor years,
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Fire Your Boss

by Mark Levine, Stephen M. Pollan ...

Fire Your BossAnd Hire Yourself.Impossible? Not according to nationally bestselling author Stephen M. Pollan. As he says in this new and empowering book, "You don't have to accept your current work situation. You can be in control of your job and your stream of income, so you're never again subject to the whims, prejudices, moods, or circumstances of your so-called boss."In today's difficult work ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Fire Your BossAnd Hire Yourself.Impossible? Not according to nationally bestselling author Stephen M. Pollan. As he says in this new and empowering book, "You don't have to accept your current work situation. You can be in control of your job and your stream of income, so you're never again subject to the whims, prejudices, moods, or circumstances of your so-called boss."In today's difficult work
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Practically Radical

Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself

by William C. Taylor ...

“The most powerful and instructive change manual you’ll ever read. It will persuade and inspire you to change your business, your work, and maybe your life.” —Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of A Whole New MindIn Practically Radical, William C. Taylor, the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mavericks at Work offers a refreshing, rigorous new look at pragmatic ways for effective leadership ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

“The most powerful and instructive change manual you’ll ever read. It will persuade and inspire you to change your business, your work, and maybe your life.” —Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of A Whole New MindIn Practically Radical, William C. Taylor, the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mavericks at Work offers a refreshing, rigorous new look at pragmatic ways for effective leadership
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The Cold Start Problem

How to Start and Scale Network Effects

by Andrew Chen ...

A startup executive and investor draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and as an executive at Uber to address how tech’s most successful products have solved the dreaded "cold start problem"—by leveraging network effects to launch and scale toward billions of users.Although software has become easier to build, launching and scaling new products and ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

A startup executive and investor draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and as an executive at Uber to address how tech’s most successful products have solved the dreaded "cold start problem"—by leveraging network effects to launch and scale toward billions of users.Although software has become easier to build, launching and scaling new products and
... Read more
The Art of Iconic Leadership: Power Secrets of Female World Leaders

by Justina Mutale ...

The Power of Female World LeadersEvery girl and every woman needs to read this book and pass it on to the next girl and the next woman to read it. In this remarkable ground-breaking book on female leadership, the author intellectually celebrates the emerging power of female world leaders on the global political landscape.She chronicles the remarkable achievements of a few brilliant women leaders ... Read more

$5.66 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Power of Female World LeadersEvery girl and every woman needs to read this book and pass it on to the next girl and the next woman to read it. In this remarkable ground-breaking book on female leadership, the author intellectually celebrates the emerging power of female world leaders on the global political landscape.She chronicles the remarkable achievements of a few brilliant women leaders
... Read more
Your Brain at Work

Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

by David Rock ...

In Your Brain at Work, David Rock takes readers inside the heads—literally—of a modern two-career couple as they mentally process their workday. This fascinating book uses their story to reveal, through grounded brain science, how we can better organize, prioritize, and process our daily lives for improved productivity. Rock, the author of Quiet Leadership and Personal Best, shows how it’s ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

In Your Brain at Work, David Rock takes readers inside the heads—literally—of a modern two-career couple as they mentally process their workday. This fascinating book uses their story to reveal, through grounded brain science, how we can better organize, prioritize, and process our daily lives for improved productivity. Rock, the author of Quiet Leadership and Personal Best, shows how it’s
... Read more

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