Chris Garson: 19 books

The Cleveland Browns have provided fans in northeast Ohio memories to last a lifetime. For the Garson family, those memories stretch over four generations, beginning with my grandparents and ending, for now, with my son, niece and nephew. Section 6 is less a football story than it is a story...

Bert had fallen in love with Connie the moment their eyes met in Macroeconomic Theory. First coffee, then breakfast, then a lifetime together. When Talbot showed up with his plaid arm tight on Connie, Bert was patient. Bert could keep a secret. A better person wouldn't have gone to the wedding. Bert couldn't stay away.

A framework I've used for years to help me acclimate to a new position is the one presented in this article. Using it, you can quickly hone in on the top priorities for your position and, if you follow the recommendations, you'll be one step closer to succeeding at your new job. Even if...

Okay, I'll give away the punchline: Diagnostics are tools to help you understand improve efficiency of internal processes that tie indirectly to strategic goals. More often than not, they have only departmental interest and don't require broad publication and distribution. Key Measures on the other hand, represent numbers that your shareholders or board will care about.

All hell is breaking out in the state penitentiary located in the Florida panhandle between Pensacola and Mobile. One of the worst inmates, Hector Escandia, is on the prowl and looking for vengeance. If Hector catches up with his nemesis, blood will spill, but whose?

What, So What and Now what is a model used for years as part of the experiential learning cycle. Facilitators use it often to debrief group learning experiences. I've found the model helpful in other ways, specifically in improving people's analytical capabilities.

You'd think acquiring a smartphone a simple enough task, but it's a perilous path to tread. For your next contract, you'd be wise to consider a Faustian deal instead.

If you're going to enter the world of consulting, you can't avoid the dreaded all-day meeting. In fact, you'd better learn to thrive in them or you'll be food for the sharks, even when they're in the form of the doubly dreaded all day conference call. I don't know about you, but I've heard enough synthetic welcomes from the goto lady to last a lifetime.

The Fins have had a stranglehold on Sangrithar's black market since Blade founded the guild a century before the God-Emperor exiled Hali. Blade has led them all this time and many have stood at his side as guild second. The latest, Kaizal, died recently and Blade has just named young Tomello to replace...

Which would you bet on? If you picked the bull, get good odds. High Warden Avery Tavistern knows which one to put his coin on and it's a bet that pays handsome dividends. The Bull and the Rat takes place in Sangrar, the setting for the Tale of Ages. It begins in the year 4716, ten years before the God-Emperor exiles Hali.

Devotees aren't born, they're nurtured. When Renjarro Palluri, a legionnaire in the God-Emperor's elite guard saves a red-haired woman, he has no idea how much it will change his life. Masks takes place in Sangrar, the setting for the Tale of Ages. It begins in the year 4719, seven years before the God-Emperor exiles Hali.

When Hali was a child, he'd held his father's absences against him. Now that he was Lord Warden, he understood. When the God-Emperor called, he must answer or suffer the compulsion. Duty takes place in Sangrar, the setting for the Tale of Ages. It begins in the year 4632, ninety-four years before the God-Emperor exiles Hali.

This story is an except from Spirit's Legacy, Volume 3 of the Scales over Sangrithar trilogy. Ankerrafang, a dragon, recounts the mythology of the Vanara to Hali, the trilogy's hero, and his campanions. A rather old and stodgy dragon, Ankerragfang tells the tale in a style bordering on biblical.

What do jazz, coffee, football and ninja girls have in common? Me, that’s who, Mason Ezekiel Barnes. I’m a retired NFL tackle turned author, a big-headed man (as in large, not proud) living in a world dominated by small-headed people. Pinhead insults wear thin, especially when they come from Conrad...