Local Television: Histories, Communities, and Aesthetics offers critical analyses of an expansive range of practices, policies, and debates in local television histories from the United States. Television is typically perceived as a commercial and/or national form of communication with the potential to reach millions of viewers. Yet, from the earliest years of television through the present, communities have participated in the production of television, creating media relevant to ...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER**Voted the EMBRACING CHANGE BOOK OF THE YEAR at the BUSINESS BOOK AWARDSWhen the winds of change blow, some build a wall and others build a windmillIn a business environment where change is the only constant, the stark reality is that it has never been harder to see what's happening around us, interpret information efficiently or develop successful strategies. This is down to b...

A stark and honest memoir of thirty-five years spent in Canada’s prison system.Born and raised in Toronto’s Regent Park, Edward Hertrich left high school in grade eleven to start working. A year later, he started dealing drugs in earnest, beginning a criminal career that resulted in him being incarcerated for thirty-five of his next forty years.In Wasted Time, Hertrich describes his time behind bars. Once considered a serious threat to public safety, he spent much of his time at Millhaven ...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER**There's an ancient proverb that states, "When the winds of change are blowing, some build a wall and others build a windmill".In a business environment where change is the only constant, the stark reality is that it has never been harder to see what's happening around us, interpret information efficiently or develop successful strategies. This is down to both the increasing speed of change and the pre...

Most companies around the globe clearly believe that people should have the opportunity to achieve as much as their initiative and native talent can justify, but too many managers still lack the wherewithal to effectively groom junior employees who have the potential to climb the corporate ladder. The support of a mentor is an integral part of any effort to maximize someone's full potential. A mentor-protégé relationship has many unique features, which both sides of the relationship need t...

The stock market has developed a reputation among the people of the world as a mystical entity. It has become a realm with the top closed in on Wall Street with a circle of seemingly impenetrable suits even though the reality is that anyone can become an investor. Although the average Joe might be at an immediate disadvantage in terms of safety funds and insider knowledge on the best deals and short term fluctuations of a stock, there are most definitely options such as mutual funds like i...

The classic Harvard Business Review articles by renowned thinker Peter Drucker on how to take charge of your own career.Peter Drucker is widely regarded as the father of modern management, offering penetrating insights into business that still resonate today. But Drucker also offers deep wisdom on how to manage our personal lives and how to become more effective leaders. In these two classic articles from Harvard Business Review, Drucker reveals t...

Based on the author's extensive research and consultancy practices, the book builds on the GROW coaching model and introduces a new model which involves 5 core capabilities and a 7-step process - The Achieve Coaching Model. Key features: Based on an international best-practice study of executive coaching drawn from UK, Germany and US Explains a new, original and easy-to-use coaching method Shows how the return on coaching investment can be measured Links c...

YOUR PASSION.YOUR PURPOSE.YOUR PROFIT.Some people are willing to spend their lives working for someone else. Not you. You’re ready to start your own business—or grow your existing business into something bigger. You’re ready to take control of your life, your finances, your future.Tory Johnson helps you make it happen. Based on her phenomenally successful “Spark & Hustle” workshops, Tory breaks down the basi...

Thank you for your interest in this book. The "Getting Started in" series, is a series of books designed to help you get the foundation about a subject matter. Time is one of our most precious resources and as such it does not comeback, for that reason the Jenice Adams created this series. It is a series of small quick and easy to read and understand books, designed to give you a quick idea on a subject. Instead of spending a lot of time and money on a subject to find out that it is not wh...

Take Control of Your CareerJob security used to mean counting on a company to support you until retirement. Well, the rules have changed—companies downsize, jobs are outsourced, and pensions are eliminated as fast as the fluctuating economy. There’s good news, however—the new job security is alive and well and centered in you, not in a company.In this newly revised edition of The New Job Security, executive career-management consultant Pam...

A Book that Explores a Life-Changing Question... Do you ever feel that you are your own worst enemy when it comes to changing your life for the better? Why do you put off until tomorrow what you know you should do today? Why are New Year’s Resolutions yesterday’s good intentions? Let Dr. Currier guide you toward a life that is everything you want it to be. In Excuses, EXCUSES, Dr. Currier introduces a “no excuses” approach to better health, work performance, and personal happiness by asking a...