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The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe

Joseph E Stiglitz · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

Can Europe prosper without the euro?In 2010, the 2008 global financial crisis morphed into the "eurocrisis." It has not abated. The 19 countries of Europe that share the euro currency -- the eurozone -- have been rocked by economic stagnation and debt crises. Some countries have...
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How to Start a Home-Based Senior Care Business

James L. Ferry · Taylor Trade Publishing; Second Edition edition
Format: Book

Everything you need to know to start and run a profitable, ethical, and satisfying home-based business in the field of senior care. This book covers the range of senior care businesses that are increasingly in demand. It discusses the businesses that can be set up by those with special...
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Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have To

Melanie Cullen · Nolo
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

Get your life organized with the best workbook available! Paperwork, personal information, and passwords aren't always easy to find, and organizing your records can seem like an intimidating task. But, whether you need to get a handle on records for yourself, your family or your executor,...
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The Social Profit Handbook: The Essential Guide to Setting Goals, Assessing Outcomes, and Achieving Success for Mission-Driven Organizations

David Grant · Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Print book

How to Articulate and Assess What Success Looks Like The Social Profit Handbook offers those who lead govern and support mission-driven organizations and businesses new ways to assess their impact in order to improve future work rather than merely judge past performancexAxA For-profit...
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High Performance Habits

Brendon Burchard · Hay House, Inc.
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

THESE HABITS WILL MAKE YOU EXTRAORDINARY.Twenty years ago, author Brendon Burchard became obsessed with answering three questions:1. Why do some individuals and teams succeed more quickly than others and sustain that success over the long term?2. Of those who pull it off, why are some...
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Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say, and Do

Kathryn D. Cramer · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Print book

How to implement effecitve, magnetic leadership by applying asset-based thinking and shifting your mindset from the negative to the positiveLead Positive takes the fundamentals of Asset-Based Thinking (ABT) and turns them into a playbook for successful leadership. ABT is a simple mindset...
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NOT GETTING PAID TO DO WHAT YOU LOVE : gender, social media, and aspirational work

BROOKE ERIN DUFFY · Yale University Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

An illuminating investigation into a class of enterprising women aspiring to "make it" in the social media economy but often finding only unpaid work Profound transformations in our digital society have brought many enterprising women to social media platforms - from blogs to YouTube...
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Truth at Work: The Science of Delivering Tough Messages

Mark A Murphy · McGraw-Hill Education
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover

The truth matters! New York Times bestselling author Mark Murphy returns, with the latest science and techniques for delivering tough messages without causing anger or defensiveness. The greatest workplaces have one thing in common; they speak the truth! And they do it without causing...
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Writing a Convincing Business Plan

Arthur R. DeThomas Ph.D. · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback

A sound and convincing business plan is an entrepreneur's important first step in starting up a profitable business. It's also a prerequisite for getting financing and attracting investors. A sound business plan describes the business operations and goals, analyzes and forecasts...
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Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

William Burnett · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 238
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times Bestseller At last, a book that shows you how to build - design - a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home - at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding...
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The Everything Job Interview Question Book: The Best Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions

Dawn Rosenberg McKay · Adams Media
Format: eBook

An expert guide to the answers that will get you hired! What's the surefire way to overcome the stress of a job interview and get the job you want? Be prepared! It isn't enough to be qualified and have a stellar resume--you need to ace the interview as well. The Everything Job Interview...
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Becoming Facebook: The 10 Challenges That Defined the Company That's Disrupting the World

Mike Hoefflinger · AMACOM
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Facebook's founding is legend: In a Harvard dorm, wunderkind Mark Zuckerberg invented a new way to connect with friends...and the rest is history. But for the people who actually molded this great idea into a game-changing $300 billion company, the experience was far more tumultuous...
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Get What's Yours for Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs

Philip Moeller · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 291
Format: Print book

A coauthor of the New York Times bestselling guide to Social Security Get What's Yours authors an essential companion to explain Medicare, the nation's other major benefit for older Americans. Learn how to maximize your health coverage and save money.Social Security provides the bulk of most...
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