Business & Economics
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Democratizing Finance
Origins of the Community Development Financial Institutions Movement by Clifford N. Rosenthal
Decades before Occupy Wall Street challenged the American financial system, activists began organizing alternatives to provide capital to “unbankable” communities and the poor. With roots in the civil rights, anti-poverty, and other progressive ...
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The Front Porch Revolution
Reclaiming the Time and Space to Slow Down, Talk to Each Other and Lead in an Over-Managed World by Robert H. Lengel
A piece of music is more than the sum and sequence of its notes. The spaces between the notes, the rests or silences, are just as essential. Without those spaces, the notes do not properly relate to each other and even the most profound composition ...
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BrainFishing
A Practice Guide to Questioning Skills by Gary T. Furlong and Jim Harrison
BrainFishing is the “missing link”, the hands-on, practical guide for professionals looking to forge better agreements and build stronger relationships in difficult and challenging situations. It is the one, slim book that will complete your ...
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Managing The PMO Lifecycle: 2nd Edition
A Step by Step Guide to PMO Set-up, Build-out and Sustainability by Waffa Karkukly
Managing the PMO Lifecycle (PMOLC) is a collective effort to highlight what goes into the set-up, the build-out and the sustainability of the Project Management Offices (PMOs). It provides the drivers, the benefits and the know-how.The book’s main ...
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The Soul of Place
Re-imagining Leadership Through Nature, Art and Community by Michael Jones
In The Soul of Place Michael Jones explores how our relationship with place aligns us with the underlying patterns of life. He does so through stories that ask: what is our experience of homecoming and how do we find our way there? What is our ...
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The Art of Consulting
by Jose Herrera
“WE ARE ALL CONSULTANTS one way or another—most people just haven’t realized that yet. Anyone providing knowledgeable advice or services to others, independently of their profession, is a consultant. There are certain characteristics that we must ...
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Mastering the Power of your Emotions 2nd Ed
How to control what happens in you irrespective of what happens to you by Elisha O. Ogbonna
Mastering the Power of Your Emotions has a simple but undeniable premise: Emotions are at the centre of everything we do. If you can control your emotions, you can control your life. But as straightforward as this sounds, most people are not the ...
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Nine
Principals of Success for a Financial Services Professional by Stephen J. Nagy
Entering a career in Law Enforcement is a decision that is never made lightly. There are so many hazards out there to face. Dealing with people that really want to kill you is a thought that is always in the back of one’s mind. However, there are ...
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Nevertheless, She Persisted
True Stories of Women Leaders in Tech by Pratima Rao Gluckman
It is no secret that the technical world is a male-dominated space. From the cultural belief that Computer Science is a “subject for boys”, to the assumptions and discrimination women experience in the field, it can be challenging for women at every ...
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An Insider's Memoir
How Economics Changed to Work Against Us From Smith to Marx to Bitcoin by Gordon Bryant Brown
Do you wonder; • Why is there so much national debt? • Where has the middle class gone? • Why do my kids have less opportunity than I did? If so, this book is for you! • 97% of money is created by the banks, not by governments. ...
