Jossey Bass imprint: 1362 books
Taking the Stage
How Women Can Speak Up, Stand Out, and Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
Many women today wonder: what will it take to get that seat at the boardroom table? Earn that coveted promotion? Or simply have their voices heard? Taking the Stage provides a comprehensive, proven approach that enables women to come forward into the spotlight and speak up, stand out, and succeed.
Based...
Discussing the Undiscussable
A Guide to Overcoming Defensive Routines in the Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Since his 1990 landmark book Overcoming Organizational Defenses, Chris Argyris has extensively researched and written about how well-meaning, smart people create vicious cycles of defensive behavior to protect themselves from embarrassment and threat. In Discussing the Undiscussable, Bill Noonan enlivens...
Fires in the Mind
What Kids Can Tell Us About Motivation and Mastery
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2010
Teens talk to adults about how they develop motivation and mastery
Through the voices of students themselves, Fires in the Mind brings a game-changing question to teachers of adolescents: What does it take to get really good at something? Starting with what they already know and do well, teenagers...
The Skilled Negotiator
Mastering the Language of Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
In The Skilled Negotiator Kathleen Reardon engagingly describes how to expand on negotiation strategies and develop language skills to enhance success in negotiation. The book is filled with real-life examples revealing how to detect subtleties in manner and speech that negotiation novices fail to...
Interactive Open Educational Resources
A Guide to Finding, Choosing, and Using What's Out There to Transform College Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2014!
Sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), this one-of-a-kind book demonstrates the best tools, resources, and techniques for discovering, selecting, and integrating interactive open educational resources (OERs) into...
Leading from the Second Chair
Serving Your Church, Fulfilling Your Role, and Realizing Your Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
LEADING FROM THE SECOND CHAIR will raise awareness of the need for strong leaders in secondary positions. It will describe the value they can bring to their organization and to primary leaders when they are serving at their full potential. It will reshape the way they view their role, with an emphasis...
Hybrid Church
The Fusion of Intimacy and Impact
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
A hands-on resource for both large and small churches
It has been predicted that in the twenty-first century extremely large churches would emerge in America that resemble neither an elephant nor a field of mice. Which is better? At one time the answer would have been either/or. Now it's both/and....
by Arthur W. Chickering, Jon C. Dalton, Liesa Stamm
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive resource that addresses the growing movement for incorporating spirituality as an important aspect of the meaning and purpose of higher education. Written by Arthur W. Chickering, Jon C. Dalton, and Leisa Stamm—experts in the field of educational...
Empowered Educators in Finland
How High-Performing Systems Shape Teaching Quality
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
BEST PRACTICES FROM FINLAND'S HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOL SYSTEM
Empowered Educators in Finland is one volume in a series that explores how high- performing educational systems from around the world achieve strong results. The anchor book, Empowered Educators: How High-Performing Systems Shape Teaching...
How to Be Heard
Ten Lessons Teachers Need to Advocate for their Students and Profession
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
THE BOOK FOR EVERY TEACHER WHO HAS EVER BEEN FRUSTRATED BY THE DECISIONS MADE OUTSIDE THEIR SCHOOL THAT AFFECT THE STUDENTS INSIDE THEIR SCHOOL.
How to Be Heard offers every teacher 10 ways to successfully amplify his or her voice, and demonstrates that when teachers' voices are heard, they...
Cause for Change
The Why and How of Nonprofit Millennial Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
A nonprofit leader's guide for engaging millennials in all aspects of a nonprofit organization
Written by Millennials about Millennials, Cause for Change examines strategies for engaging Millennials as constituents, volunteers, and donors, and focuses on how organizations can realign themselves...
Tough Choices or Tough Times
The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Tough Choices or Tough Times, the report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, shows how the dynamics of the global economy will lead to a steady decline in the American standard of living if this country does not undertake the first thorough overhaul of its education system...
Governance Reconsidered
How Boards, Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty Can Help Their Colleges Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Revamp senior administration organization for more effective governance
Governance Reconsidered: How Boards, Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty Can Help Their Colleges Thrive takes an in-depth look at the current practice of governance in higher education and explores solutions for more...
Implementing World Class IT Strategy
How IT Can Drive Organizational Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
The actionable guide for driving organizational innovation through better IT strategy
With rare insight, expert technology strategist Peter High emphasizes the acute need for IT strategy to be developed not in a vacuum, but in concert with the broader organizational strategy. This approach...