Focusing on attaining the highest levels of spiritual, physical and emotional growth, Empowerment is filled with ideas to explore, and techniques to improve, the way we handle life's challenges. This book empowers people to understand and overcome life's stresses, such as co-dependence, addiction, shame and relationships.
A wide range of ancient Eastern and modern Western philosophies are connected in this exciting new therapy. Free your bodily tensions and release long-held emotions, enhancing your mental and physical health. Rosenberg's Integrative Body Psychotherapy helps develop both personal and internal growth, focusing on the whole person — the body, mind, emotions and spirit. An integration of various disciplines, this approach is ideal for professionals looking to develop a holistic and integrated philosophy of health. This book helps both professionals and lay readers learn: -The basic tools of Integrative Body Psychotherapy -Segments of the body, and how they work together -The stages in development of the self -The physical/energetic level of sexuality -The intra-psychic level of sexuality -The interpersonal level of sexuality -The transpersonal experience What readers are saying about this book: The authors' broad perspective is a welcome relief from the narrowness of most self-development systems. Body, Self, and Soul is thoughtful, practical, and very well informed. — Michael Murphy, founder of Esalen Institute
This resource is the most important book in years focusing on the preparation and development of school leaders. Comprehensive in scope and extremely readable, Skills for Successful 21st Century School Leaders provides a complete overview of the knowledge base and skills for successful school leaders. The publication is based on the standards recently developed by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLe, the National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA), the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and state education agencies.
Using real-world examples and an engaging approach to effective leadership, the author illustrates the key to success in any industry, whether the setting is the classroom or the boardroom. This book is a profound yet straightforward exploration of how leaders can inspire others to greatness through these six key actions: Visioning; Communicating; Teamworking; Empowering; Mentoring; Evaluating. Though educators are frequently faced with the challenges of politics, hostility, selfishness, and violence, he demonstrates that overcoming these obstacles requires teamwork, motivation, empowerment, and communication. While many have written about moral leadership, the notion of leading with love has been largely ignored. The author discusses the implications for love in leadership and affirms once and for all that if you can't love you can't lead.
Checkered Flag Projects teaches you outstanding project management skills-fast! Short, to the point, and full of great ideas, it identifies 10 key rules that dramatically increase the likelihood of project success and shows exactly how to use those rules to win in any assignment. It delivers realistic solutions for every project, no matter how complex - from handling conflict to making the most of advanced project management technologies.
For the genuine spiritual seeker: Collection of universal spiritual topics, techniques, questions & answers in fifteen books derived from more than 20 years of spiritual practice. Additional Articles V - table of contents: The rise and fall of spiritual traditions / Religions without initiation / The sword and the wand / The underlying unity of creation / Shielding / Karma Healing / The Christian devil / Gods of compassion / About psychopaths / The mystery of the human spirit / And much more....
Wave after wave of educational reform has flooded the educational landscape with pronouncements for change in education; however, none with the impact of Total Quality Management. Today, Total Quality Management is a conceptual and practical reality for many educational administrators who are caught on the horns of a dilemma, balancing the demands for increased accountability within the context of calls for participatory decision making. Few alternatives have been identified from either the research (knowledge base) or the practitioner base which will assist the practicing administrator deal with this dilemma. One such alternative is Total Quality Management (TQM), the most critical component of which is continuous improvement. This book argues that TQM and particularly continuous improvement should be a tool for the improvement of educational leadership performance.
This book contains the names and addresses of acquisitions editors at top publishing houses, as well as their area of expertise and information on top literary agents. First time and experienced authors will find the information they need to get their big break in the writing business instead of having their manuscripts end up in the slush pile.