Jossey Bass imprint: 1362 books
Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture
Based on the Competing Values Framework
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2011
The Third Edition of this key resource provides a means of understanding and changing organizational culture in order to make organizations more effective. It provides validated instruments for diagnosing organizational culture and management competency; a theoretical framework (competing values)...
Management Reset
Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Provocative new management principles and practices that create effective organizations for shareholders and society
Management experts Lawler and Worley have developed a set of management principles that enable organizations to be both successful and responsible. Existing command & control...
Love Leadership
The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
A dynamic young leader shows how leading with love and respect creates success in business and life
Written by the founder of Operation HOPE and advisor to the past two U.S. presidents, this groundbreaking book makes the case that the best way to get ahead is to figure out what you have to...
The Three Laws of Performance
Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
A proven system for rallying all of an organizations' employees around a new vision and ideas for making the vision stick
When something at work isn't going smoothly, managers struggle with what part of the problem to tackle first. Do they start with cost reduction? Or should they go for process...
Brand Relevance
Making Competitors Irrelevant
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Branding guru Aaker shows how to eliminate the competition and become the lead brand in your market
This ground-breaking book defines the concept of brand relevance using dozens of case studies-Prius, Whole Foods, Westin, iPad and more-and explains how brand relevance drives market dynamics,...
by American Medical Association, Kate Gruenwald Pfeifer
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every boy’s life. It’s even more important to get answers and advice to the most common health issues boys face from a trusted source. The American Medical Association Boy’s Guide to Becoming a Teen is filled with invaluable advice to get you ready...
by American Medical Association, Kate Gruenwald
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every girl’s life. It’s even more important to get answers and advice to the most common health issues girls face from a trusted source. The American Medical Association Girl’s Guide to Becoming a Teen is filled with invaluable advice to get you ready...
Bright Not Broken
Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Autism
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
The future of our society depends on our gifted children—the population in which we’ll find our next Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, or Virginia Woolf. Yet the gifts and talents of some of our most brilliant kids may never be recognized because these children fall into a group known as twice exceptional,...
The Secrets of Happily Married Men
Eight Ways to Win Your Wife's Heart Forever
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2010
Praise for The Secrets of Happily Married Men
"Manly men rest assured: You can hope to become a better husband without having to get in touch with your feminine side. . . . Lively and entertaining, this broad guidebook provides Haltzman's insights illuminated by anecdotes from his online...
The Minds of Boys
Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
Michael Gurian's blockbuster bestseller The Wonder of Boys is the bible for mothers, fathers, and educators on how to understand and raise boys. It has sold over 400,000 copies, been translated into 17 languages, and sells over 25,000 every year, which is more than any other book on boys in history....
by Lenore Skenazy
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
FREE RANGE KIDS has become a national movement, sparked by the incredible response to Lenore Skenazy?s piece about allowing her 9-year-old ride the subway alone in NYC. Parent groups argued about it, bloggers, blogged, spouses became uncivil with each other, and the media jumped all over it. A lot...
The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
101 Answers to Your Everyday Challenges and Wildest Worries
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
Today show's Michele Borba's cures for difficult childhood behaviors
In this down-to-earth guide, parenting expert Michele Borba offers advice for dealing with children's difficult behavior and hot button issues including biting, temper tantrums, cheating, bad friends, inappropriate clothing,...
Get Off Your "But"
How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2009
"Sean is an amazing person with an important message."
—President Bill Clinton
"Sean Stephenson is the Yoda of personal development, with less pointy ears."
—Jimmy Kimmel, host of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live
"As we struggle with inertia to become the best that...
When Can You Trust the Experts?
How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Clear, easy principles to spot what's nonsense and what's reliable
Each year, teachers, administrators, and parents face a barrage of new education software, games, workbooks, and professional development programs purporting to be "based on the latest research." While some of these...