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Multi-Unit Leadership: The 7 Stages of Building Profitable Stores Across Multiple Markets explores the art and science of 21st-century multiunit leadership, performance, and profitability. This best seller details the seven stages that high-performing area directors, regional managers, and multiunit franchisees must master as they grow from managing a single unit to leading multiple units.

Based on extensive interviews with both tenured leaders and new employees, focus groups with learning and development experts, and a comprehensive literature research as well as the author's own in-depth coaching knowledge and expertise, this book proposes an academically researched, developed, and validated model of eight dimensions of successful coaching as well as a five-step implementation plan which can be used as an impactful framework to embed coaching skills in organizational settings to create a sustainable and growth-generating coaching culture.

A profound look at the crisis of work and the collapse of the safety net, and a vision for a better way forward, rooted in America’s cooperative spirit, from the founder of the Freelancers Union “Read this essential book to see how we can and must build the future.”—Reid Hoffman...

In this book, you will learn that developing good habits will require discipline and the implementation of several lifestyle changes. And aside from implementing changes, you must learn to build on your successes, so you don’t fall back into your lethargic ways. To do all of this, I have laid out a road map towards becoming a more successful and productive person. The first step will always require introspection.

Diversification when investing comes in all different shapes and sizes. You can use diversification to offset some of the risk that comes from high-risk investments in case they don’t pan out. It can also be a great way to invest in different investment opportunities, each of which reacts differently to certain market trends. Diversifying your portfolio is the best way to counteract unexpected and unanticipated market swings that otherwise could seriously impact your hard-earned savings in a bad way.

Journeying through time and place, from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the soaring skyscrapers of Manhattan, renowned architectural historian Dan Cruickshank explores the most impressive and characterful creations in world architecture. His selection includes many of the world’s best-known buildings that represent key or pioneering moments in architectural history, such as the Pantheon in Rome, Hagia Sophia in Turkey, the Taj Mahal in India and the Forbidden City in China.

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Retired neurologist and master investor William J. Bernstein has seen it all throughout his career. Buying investments with borrowed money. Chasing past performance. Overestimating one's own risk tolerance. Listening to cable news. These are just a few of the many mistakes he has witnessed smart, serious investors make, to the peril of their portfolios. Add to these behavioral errors such economic factors as deflation, sudden stock declines, and soaring inflation—and investing can seem like something to be avoided at all costs.

You're about to discover how to live in a tiny home! You'll learn how to judge if you should build your own tiny home, what floor plans to use, or if you should hire someone. You'll learn how to maximize your space, and what to consider when dealing with basic necessities such as a bathrooms and kitchens.

When Luna is sold into marriage to the Prince of Darkness on her twenty-first birthday, she thinks she knows what to expect. Arranged marriages happen all the time, right? Wrong. No one could have prepared her for the reality of being married to the vampire prince. Ever since the day he was made, Sebastian has been living according to Queen Marguerite's rules. After all, he's only alive because of her. When she orders him to marry and bind himself to Luna, a human hailing a neighboring kingdom, he has no choice. He agrees to the marriage but never expects to feel anything for her.

Humanism from the Heart by Steve Ghikadis is a heartfelt exploration of what it means to build bridges of understanding in a world divided by conflicting beliefs. Through personal stories and candid reflections, Steve shares his transformative journey—from struggling with religious apathy and growing resentment to embracing secular humanism, a philosophy rooted in empathy, reason, and meaningful connection.

An essential balm for these tumultuous times, this thoughtful and inspiring guide features newly gathered teachings to abandon the idea there is an “other,” bridging differences and cherishing our lives in the world, from beloved spiritual leader Ram Dass. With the world seeming to teeter...

A merchant and a prince trapped in the crumbling realm of jinn must figure out how to save one world to return to their own in the second book in the Sandsea Trilogy, perfect for fans of The City of Brass and The Bone Shard Daughter. ★ "Once again Abdullah deftly conjures magic." ―Library...

With Dr. Harley's expert guidance, couples will be able to avoid the major causes of marital unhappiness and disappointment. Instead of tearing their marriage apart, they will learn to build it into the marriage they had needed and wanted. This book is a perfect companion to His Needs, Her Needs and will be useful to pastors, counselors, and couples.

Levi's world turns upside down when she discovers that the supernatural is real. Her life, once ordinary, becomes a whirlwind of revelations as she grows closer to her family and friends—Pops (John), Dad (Jack), Gramps (William), Miles, Zeke, Drake, Mason, Darren, Sam, Dylan, and Ryan. Levi struggles with changes within herself, noticing shifts in her senses and abilities. Her photographic memory, mimicry, and empathic skills sharpen, and she begins to heal faster than ever. A shocking blood test reveals that both Jack and John are her biological fathers, hinting at even more fathers.

Amid the complexities of modern relationships, loneliness epidemics, and online dating burnout, there's a refreshing alternative: going Solo. "Solos," as coined by behavioral economist Peter McGraw, are people who choose to lead their lives authentically, purposefully, and passionately outside the confines of traditional relationship labels. In a world built for two, Solos break the rules and hold space for every type of individual—single and not.

Work from home? Virtual meetings? Do you want a bond with your work-from-home team but don’t know how to start? This audiobook is here to help you get your virtual team members to communicate, interact, and have even more fun as though they were still in the same place! You will learn everything necessary about how to be a good "virtual leader", and in what ways you can make your team from "good" to "excellent". Then we have 20 simple but super funny virtual team building games prepared for you.

The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important—and astoundingly simple—thing you can do for your child’s future success in life is to to talk to them. What nurtures the brain to optimum intelligence and stability? It...

The pyramids of Egypt are such recognizable symbols of antiquity that for millennia, people have made assumptions about what they are and why they exist, without full consideration of the various meanings these ancient symbolic structures have had over the centuries. Generations have viewed them as symbols of a lost past, which in turn is often portrayed as a world full of romance and mystery.

Leslie isn’t your average architect. She is sexy as all hell and needs her new plans for the City’s newest and most popular high rise to go perfectly, just like her. She wants it her way and isn’t about to let a dirty construction worker tell her what has to change in order to get it right...Doug isn’t your average construction worker. Sure, he is tough, built like a Roman God and has the cock of a stallion, but he has a mind of his own and some ideas for Leslie that he’ll give to her whether she likes it or not.