NYT and WSJ bestselling author Charlene Li guides business leaders deeper than ever before into the uncomfortable and ever-changing terrain of the digital era Technology has revolutionized the very idea and nature of relationships between leaders and their followers. Yet, many leaders remain stuck at arms-length from those they lead and serve, relying on specialized teams to interact with customers, their direct reports to keep tabs on how employees are doing, and on the digital natives in their organization to stay abreast of new technologies.Now, in The Engaged Leader: A Strategy for Your Digital Transformation, Li helps leaders adapt to the demands, and opportunities of digital leadership. To be a true digital leader requires a metamorphosis: you must connect directly by listening, sharing, and engaging using digital technologies. This metamorphosis is not easy, comfortable, or painless—if your palms aren't sweaty or your stomach isn't churning,... Views: 165
This is a book of a brave young man in the middle of a horrific accident on a Colorado Highway. In the middle of extreme carnage, he saves a stranger from a flaming vehicle. In all the madness he falls in love. It is a post 9/11 story set in the mood of those times. A fast, gripping tale it set the stage for many more stories from this provocative author. Views: 165
Sequel to the Windrose series. The Personal Paradise Secure Community Corporation specializes in producing tiny enclave universes as vacation homes for the rich and famous. Unfortunately, something goes wrong with their Void technology and all these enclaves - and everyone in them - lose touch with the corporation's central control. Exiled wizard Antryg Windrose and his partner, computer programmer Joanna Sheraton, are hired to find out what the problem is, and to bring the enclaves back, before the enclaves themselves collapse (killing everyone in them). And Joanna suspects that the corporate representatives have not told her and Antryg the whole truth of what the enclaves are, or how the problem appeared. Views: 164
At twenty-five years of age, Anna Eicher has never married. When she was seventeen, her parents convinced her to break off her courtship with Freman Whittmore, the youngest son in the Whittmore family and her best friend. Afterward, a distraught Freman moved away from Lancaster County. Eight years later Freman has returned to visit his sister, who is renting the Eichers’ house for the winter. Now the owner of the largest dairy farm in his church district, Freman has neither married—nor forgiven Anna. Although he begins courting someone else, Anna hopes to convince him that she has never stopped loving him. Will Freman be persuaded to forgive Anna and open his heart again? Views: 164
The battle on earth is over but a new one rises from the Razznians, bitter about the broken deal set up long ago by Sestis.Chardon, the leader of New Lassa and Halfar, Supreme Ruler of Azrom, must try to convince both their races to learn from each other and work together. It doesn't help their cause when everyone seems to have their own agendas. Even the loyal manbeasts are throwing havoc into the fray. With Razzna on the move and an enemy assault on the horizon, they have a lot of work to do.The two leaders must bring everyone together as a united front, or fall apart. Time is running out. Views: 164
Maggie Weston is truly alone for the first time in her life. Will she be able to make it on her own in a wild land she hasn’t seen since she was a child? Leaving a past filled with death and sorrow, behind Maggie strikes out on her own returning to the place of her birth. But when she gets there she finds that along with the challenges of being a woman on her own 1883, the world she knew is changing. Has she simply run-away from pain and loss, to encounter it all over again or will she find the strength of heart to carry on and start anew? Views: 164
A CHILD FATED TO START A WAR.
A LOVE SHE’LL RISK EVERYTHING TO PROTECT.
Set in New 2, a dangerous and lush alternate New Orleans, the fourth book in Keaton’s Gods & Monsters series, finds the God-killer Ari and Mistborn Sebastian on the hunt for Archer, infant son of Athena, a child fated to bring about the Blood Wars, the ultimate showdown between the gods and the monsters they created, a war that will trap mankind in the middle of a destructive conflict thousands of years in the making.
As Ari and Sebastian attempt to rescue the child, forces pull them apart, sending Sebastian on a perilous journey to the desert sands of Egypt and into the lair of a dark, enthralling entity, and Ari to the Halls of Olympus and, darker still, the very heart of the Underworld where Death awaits with a bargain that brings Ari’s worst nightmares into sharp and heart wrenching focus… Views: 163
Joy Rosenberg thinks she's the luckiest person in the world, with satisfying work, a passionate marriage, an excellent bicycle and two great kids. But when ten-year-old Jenny is killed, Joy's life is destroyed. Tortured by visions of the accident and twisted by guilt, she feels doomed to a life of unremitting darkness. Views: 163
An in-depth case study of Cleveland Clinic's revolutionary transformation around the customer—a powerful model for any leader seeking to drive positive organizational change Although Cleveland Clinic was recognized as having among the best clinical outcomes in the nation, the same was not true regarding patient experience. Service Fanatics shows the specific steps the Clinic took to go from the bottom 10th percentile in Medicare's survey to above the 90th percentile in less than 10 years. Today, the Clinic is recognized as a thought leader in the emerging field of patient experience. How did they do it? More important, how can others do the same? Service Fanatics explains the strategies and tactics any leader can emulate to turn his or her organization into a patient- and family-centric healthcare delivery model. It also candidly describes the challenges in execution and the solutions leaders can apply. Featuring customer service... Views: 163
The USA TODAY bestselling author of the Ten Tiny Breaths series and Burying Water—which Kirkus Reviews called “a sexy, romantic, gangster-tinged page-turner”—returns with a new novel packed with romance, plot twists, and psychological suspense.
Ivy, a talented tattoo artist who spent the early part of her twenties on the move, is finally looking for a place to call home. She thinks she might have found it in San Francisco, but all that changes when she witnesses a terrible crime. She’s ready to pack up her things yet again, when a random encounter with a stranger keeps her in the city, giving her reason to stay after all.
That is, until Ivy discovers that their encounter wasn’t random. Not at all… Views: 163
When their ancestral lands are threatened, three ancient ghosts of the clan castle call the young Cape witch across the sea, to take up the family legacy to protect the natural world. ElsBeth has her own need to unearth the secrets of her heritage. But drawn deep into the present danger and the mysteries of the old country, she is in well over her magic level. Views: 163
Time has a way of solving many problems – but it also has a way of creating many more… Sari grew up with a secret that involved her missing father… The only other person who knows the truth refuses to acknowledge it. Sari can't forget what happened. Ever. She lost someone she loved. Fifteen years later, the possibility of reversing the series of events drives her to keep searching for answers. Especially now that she's finally returned to where it all happened and with the people – one in particular – that she'd been forced to leave behind. Fifteen years ago, Ward was devastated when Sari's mother fled to France with Sari. Even at ten, they'd been sweethearts. But the mystery of what happened back then had lain fallow.... waiting for someone to stir up the soil. And damn if Sari wasn't the best at doing just that… Sari and Ward are out of time. Can they solve the mystery of what happened? Or do they become the next victims… Views: 163
Haze Welch used to serve his country in the Special Forces. Now he's relegated to babysitting spoiled heiress Leighton Machus, the party girl with whom Haze had a one-night stand four years ago. A one-night stand he hasn't been able to get out of his mind since. Despite her behavior, he can't help but think there's more to Leighton than what she portrays. And there's definitely more to the situation than meets the eye.
I couldn't get her out of my mind, but to save her life, I just might have to.
With Leighton in danger, Haze must decide what's more important: his feelings, or her life.
Don't miss book 2 in HERO, the steamy second installment of MS Parker's first military series. Views: 163
Carl's work requires him to travel extensively, but he and his wife Jenny stay connected through their Tinys – four-inch-tall replicas of themselves which, when turned on, transmit whatever sensory information they are receiving directly into their living counterparts' minds. Through his Tiny, Carl can see his wife, speak to her, even feel her touch.But when Jenny's Tiny malfunctions and she can't turn herself off, Carl has a major problem.He's having an affair, and he'd rather his wife wasn't around. Views: 163
