Jossey Bass imprint: 1362 books
My Start-Up Life
What a (Very) Young CEO Learned on His Journey Through Silicon Valley
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Ben Casnocha discovered he was entrepreneur at age 12 and hasn't slowed down since. In this remarkably instructive book, Ben dissects the entrepreneurship "gene," explaining that everyone has inherited it if they have an idea to make the world a better place. In Casnocha's case, he found...
Divine Intuition
Your Inner Guide to Purpose, Peace, and Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
A guide for getting in touch with the inner wisdom that can lead to a more abundant and successful life
When you are in touch with your intuition, every moment in your life takes on a whole new dimension as intuitive wisdom pours in. Your ability to assess each situation for immediate guidance...
Meeting Excellence
33 Tools to Lead Meetings That Get Results
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2010
Meeting Excellence is a comprehensive resource that provides a wide range of ready-to-use tools that have been developed and tested by a meeting initiative within Novartis Pharmaceuticals. It is based on years of research observing team meetings, examining existing meeting documents, and conducting...
Falling Upward
A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life -- A Companion Journal
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
A valuable new companion journal for the best-selling Falling Upward
In Falling Upward, Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves of life and to show them that those who have fallen, failed, or "gone down" are the only ones who understand "up."...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Facebook, Twitter, Google...today's tech-savvy students are always plugged in. However, all too often their teachers and administrators aren't experienced in the use of these familiar digital tools. If schools are to prepare students for the future, administrators and educators must harness the power...
The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation
Best Practices from the Leading Organization in Facilitation
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Sponsored by the International Association of Facilitators, The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation offers the need-to-know basics in the field brought together by fifty leading practitioners and scholars. This indispensable resource includes successful strategies and methods, foundations, and resources...
Accelerating Leadership Development
Practical Solutions for Building Your Organization's Potential
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Proven strategies and innovative solutions for developing and retaining successful leaders
Many organizations today are facing a crisis of leadership. As the Baby Boomer generation exits the workforce, companies are struggling to find qualified leaders to fill critical roles. Accelerating Leadership...
Experience-Driven Leader Development
Models, Tools, Best Practices, and Advice for On-the-Job Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
This book is written for human resource, organization development, and training professionals who need real-world best practices that show who actual workplace learning approaches work and how they can be applied. Co-published with the acclaimed Center for Creative Leadership, this important book...
Building the Bridge As You Walk On It
A Guide for Leading Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
Building the Bridge As You Walk On It tells the personal stories of people who have embraced deep change and inspired author Robert Quinn to take his concept one step further and develop a new model of leadership—“the fundamental state of leadership.” The exploration of this transformative state...
The Mindful Coach
Seven Roles for Facilitating Leader Development
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Praise for The Mindful Coach
"Success in business is predicated on eliciting the best from people. The Mindful Coach clearly articulates the essentials of how to do this. As someone who believes deeply in the potential of all people, I found Silsbee's approach both practical and profound....
Presence-Based Coaching
Cultivating Self-Generative Leaders Through Mind, Body, and Heart
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2008
Presence-Based Coaching offers coaches a hands-on resource for developing the capacities and skills needed to be reliably present in all situations, and shows how to let go of habitual—and often ineffective—ways of responding. As author and leadership expert Doug Silsbee explains, once a coach...
Appreciative Coaching
A Positive Process for Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
Appreciative Coaching describes an approach to coaching that is rooted in Appreciative Inquiry. At its core the Appreciative Coaching method shows individuals how to tap into (or rediscover) their own sense of wonder and excitement about their present life and future possibilities. Rather than focusing...
Strengthening the Heartbeat
Leading and Learning Together in Schools
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
Study after study has concluded that no matter how competently managed a school may be, it is the bringing together of leadership and learning that makes the difference between ordinary and extraordinary performance. Strengthening the Heartbeat offers leaders a clear and compelling way to help their...
Reflections on Character and Leadership
On the Couch with Manfred Kets de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010
Reflections on Character and Leadership is the first of the three books in the Manfred kets de Vries on the Couch series.
Here, Kets de Vries looks at entrepreneurship, the pathology of leadership, and the personality of the leader. The reader will visit the disturbed inner worlds of leaders...