Collective Excellence


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Looking at teamwork in the engineering firm, this extremely brief handbook offers advice and describes techniques for better management and optimum productivity. It discusses the potential of teams, common misconceptions, leader and member roles, team development, personality and cultural differences, responsibilities, feedback, conflict, and typical mistakes. Hensey is a management consultant. Flow charts and other diagrams illustrate organizational relationships and processes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




Collective Excellence


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Mel Hensey examines teamwork in the engineering workplace, offering team members at all levels tips, techniques, and precautions for better management and optimum productivity.




Collective Efficacy


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Improve student outcomes with collective teacher efficacy. If educators’ realities are filtered through the belief that they can do very little to influence student achievement, then it is likely these beliefs will manifest in their practice. The solution? Collective efficacy (CE)—the belief that, through collective actions, educators can influence student outcomes and increase achievement. Educators with high efficacy show greater effort and persistence, willingness to try new teaching approaches, and attend more closely to struggling students’ needs. This book presents practical strategies and tools for increasing student achievement by sharing: Rationale and sources for establishing CE Conditions and leadership practices for CE to flourish Professional learning structures/protocols




Excellence through Mind-Brain Development


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Everyone seeks to attain excellence and happiness in their lives, yet world-class performance is rare. Research shows that education accounts for only 1 per cent of performance levels, work experience only 3 per cent, and age in adults 0 per cent. Dr Harald S. Harung and Dr Frederick Travis looked deeply and unearthed the secret of world-class performance: Excellence in any profession or activity depends on the single variable of high mind-brain development. By mind-brain development, the authors refer to a much more comprehensive transformation than what is commonly understood - they are talking about a sequence of fundamental shifts to new realities in the way our brain functions and in the way we look upon ourselves, others, and the world. For success, who we are is far more important than the knowledge, skills, and relationships we have and what we do - because with higher mind-brain development, our knowledge and skills become more useful, our relationships more enriching, and our actions more effective. As part of presenting the secrets of world-class performance, the book details the inspiring peak experiences that underlie top performance and how top performers have a more orderly, restfully alert, and economic brain than average performers. This research-based book will show you the many benefits of higher mind-brain development and how to effortlessly attain it.




Shared Success


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Embark on a Journey of Collective Triumph: Master the Art of Teamwork Imagine a world where your success is amplified by the strengths of others, where collaboration breeds not just achievement, but a shared euphoria. "Shared Success: How Teamwork Leads to Winning in Life" is your roadmap to this reality. Dive into the core of collective victory, and emerge with a new understanding of how to transform individual capability into potent, unified power. This insightful guide starts with the cornerstone of every strong team--trust, respect, and a fusion of diverse talents. Delve into the art of building a collaborative culture where transparency and mutual goals pave the path to your collective triumphs. Grasp the significance of intricate personal contributions while maintaining the equilibrium of your group's needs. Communication is the heartbeat of team dynamics; this book dissects its intricacies, transforming potential discord into the rhythm that synchronizes collective effort. Strengthen your leadership skills, learn to nurture leaders at every echelon, and encourage a spirit of shared responsibility. "Shared Success" not only champions the inclusion of diverse perspectives but provides actionable strategies to build an environment where these differences spark creativity and innovation. Understand the components of trust--the glue that cements your team together--ensuring safety, belonging, and unshakeable solidarity. Motivate and embolden your group to commit fully to the team's objectives. Embrace adaptability and resilience, pivoting effortlessly with changing tides and rebounding from setbacks with lessons learned. Hone negotiation skills to manifest win-win scenarios, turning tensions into opportunities that strengthen your united front. With a plethora of inspiring quotes, hands-on exercises, and extensive resources, the conclusion of "Shared Success" is merely the beginning of your journey. Transform your collaboration into a tapestry of triumph. Are you ready to celebrate success not just as an individual, but as an integral part of something far greater?




Guiding Teams to Excellence With Equity


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Guide your school through its cultural proficiency transformation Despite the best efforts of equity leaders, our schools suffer from persistent inequities. Guiding the Journey to Excellence with Equity is a must-read for anyone who supports professional learning in our schools. It defines a process of “inside-out” growth that helps develop culturally proficient educators with the facilitation skills needed to navigate the obstacles that arise during equity transformations. Written with an equity lens, this book: Includes a powerful vignette that illustrates common challenges and solutions Focuses on mental models for managing group energy Is grounded in a systems model for personal and organizational transformation Provides tools for planning culturally proficient learning experiences




Jurors' Reports


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Working Toward Excellence


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“Weaves together thoughts, stories, and quotes from top performers in music, business, and sports to help you achieve excellence” (Jeff Janssen, founder and president of the Janssen Sports Leadership Center). Does excellence relentlessly drive you? Does mediocrity constantly bother you? In Working Toward Excellence, Clemson University professor Paul Buyer identifies eight values for achieving excellence in work and life including hunger, effort, process, quality, consistency, leadership, time, and perseverance. Each chapter features inspiring stories, questions, and quotes from respected professionals who have achieved uncommon success in business, sports, education, and the arts such as John Maxwell, Jim Collins, Stephen Covey, John Wooden, Mike Krzyzewski, Wynton Marsalis, Isaac Stern, and many others. Also included is a Working Toward Excellence Evaluation to help you and your organization reach your true potential and further develop, improve, and measure these essential attributes of success. “Working Toward Excellence has captures my attention in a big way. It is filled with valuable and practical information. It will make a major difference in your life.” —Pat Williams, Orlando Magic, senior vice president, author of Leadership Excellence




Scaling Up Excellence


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Wall Street Journal Bestseller "The pick of 2014's management books." –Andrew Hill, Financial Times "One of the top business books of the year." –Harvey Schacter, The Globe and Mail Bestselling author, Robert Sutton and Stanford colleague, Huggy Rao tackle a challenge that determines every organization’s success: how to scale up farther, faster, and more effectively as an organization grows. Sutton and Rao have devoted much of the last decade to uncovering what it takes to build and uncover pockets of exemplary performance, to help spread them, and to keep recharging organizations with ever better work practices. Drawing on inside accounts and case studies and academic research from a wealth of industries-- including start-ups, pharmaceuticals, airlines, retail, financial services, high-tech, education, non-profits, government, and healthcare-- Sutton and Rao identify the key scaling challenges that confront every organization. They tackle the difficult trade-offs that organizations must make between whether to encourage individualized approaches tailored to local needs or to replicate the same practices and customs as an organization or program expands. They reveal how the best leaders and teams develop, spread, and instill the right mindsets in their people-- rather than ruining or watering down the very things that have fueled successful growth in the past. They unpack the principles that help to cascade excellence throughout an organization, as well as show how to eliminate destructive beliefs and behaviors that will hold them back. Scaling Up Excellence is the first major business book devoted to this universal and vexing challenge and it is destined to become the standard bearer in the field.




Just a Job?


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The authors argue against ethical myopia limited to spectacular scandals or comprehensive professional codes. Instead, they propose a master reframe of ethics based on a new take on virtue ethics, including Aristotle's practical ideal of eudaimonia or flourishing, which tells new stories about the ordinary as well as extraordinary aspects of professional integrity and success. By reframing ethics as not special, they elevate it to its rightful position in work and personal life.