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| Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap . . . and Others Don't |
Based on a five-year research project, Good to Great answers the question: "Can a good company become a great company, and, if so, how?" True to the rigorous research methodology and invigorating teaching style of Jim Collins, Good to Great teaches how even the dowdiest of companies can make the leap to outperform market leaders the likes of Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck.
One of the top ten business books of 2001
--Business Week
Title: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap . . . and Others Don't
Author: Jim Collins
Publisher: Harper Collins
Suggested Donation: $25 |
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| The Right to Lead |
Renowned business writer and motivational speaker John C. Maxwell shares insight on what it takes to be a leader.
The Right To Lead is a character study of outstanding men and women throughout history, focusing on the qualities that are consistent in the lives of these great leaders. An ideal follow-up to Success: One Day at a Time.
Perfect for graduation, Father's Day, or as a year-round gift for business leaders.
Title: The Right to Lead
Author: John C. Maxwell
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Suggested Donation: $14 |
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| The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader |
What do you dream of? In your wildest imagination, what do you see yourself doing? Now, what is standing between you and that dream?
The answer is leadership. "Everything rises and falls on leadership," says Dr. John C. Maxwell, author of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and now The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, "but knowing how to lead is only half the battle. Understanding leadership and actually leading are two different activities."
The key to transforming yourself from someone who understands leadership to a person who successfully leads in the real world is character. Your character qualities activate and empower your leadership ability--or stand in the way of your success!
Dr. Maxwell says, "Part of any leader's development comes from learning the laws of leadership, for those are the tools that teach how leadership works. But leaders are effective because of who they are on the inside. To go to the highest level of leadership, you must develop these character qualities from the inside out." If you look at all great leaders, you'll find that they possess the 21 qualities contained in this book, which is a complementary companion to The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. If you can become the leader you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the leader you want to be on the outside. "If you are able to do that," says Maxwell, "you'll find there's nothing in this world you cannot do."
Title: The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader
Author: John C. Maxwell
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Suggested Donation: $18 |
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| Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion |
"We have reduced all virtues to one: being nice. And, we measure Jesus by our standard instead of measuring our standard by Him." For the Christian, explains author Peter Kreeft, being virtuous is not a means to the end of pleasure, comfort and happiness. Virtue, he reminds us, is a word that means "manly strength."
But how do we know when we are being meek--or just cowardly? When is our anger righteous--and when is it a sin? What is the difference between being virtuous--and merely ethical? Back to Virtue clears up these and countless other questions that beset Christians today. Kreeft not only summarizes scriptural and theological wisdom on leading a holy life, he contrasts Christian virtue with other ethical systems. He applies traditional moral theology to present-day dilemmas such as abortion and nuclear armament.
Kreeft restores to us what was once common knowledge: the Seven Deadly Sins have an antidote in the Beatitudes. By setting up a close contrast between the two sets of behaviors, Kreeft offers proven guidance in the often bewildering process of discerning right from wrong as we move into the questionable mores of the twenty-first century. He provides a road map of virtue, a map for our earthly pilgrimage synthesized from the accumulated wisdom of centuries of Christians, from Paul and the early Church Fathers through C.S. Lewis.
Title: Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion
Author: Peter Kreeft
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Suggested Donation: $13 |
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| Dedication and Leadership |
On March 14, 1948, Douglas Hyde handed in his resignation as the news editor of the London Daily Worker and wrote "the end" to twenty years of his life as a member of the Communist Party. A week later, in a written statement, Hyde announced that he had renounced Communism and, with his wife and children, was joining the Catholic Church.
The long pilgrimage from Communism to Christ carried Douglas Hyde from a complete commitment to Marxism, to a questioning uneasiness about Soviet Russia's glaring contradictions of ideology and action, to a final rejection of the Party.
In Dedication and Leadership, he advances the theory that although the goals and aims of Communism are antithetical to human dignity and the rights of the individual, there is much to be learned from communist methods, cadres and psychological motivation. Hyde describes the Communist mechanics of instilling dedication, the first prerequisite for leadership. Here is the complete rationale of party technique: how to stimulate the willingness to sacrifice; the advisability of making big demands to insure big response; the inspirational indoctrination; and subtle conversion methods.
In this small book, so large with implications, Douglas Hyde comments on both Communist and Catholic potential and their lack of maximum effectiveness. He advocates positive Catholic action, not just a negative anti-Communism, and he points out that the guidelines are now down for the decisive choice between total Communism and total Christianity.
Here is a realistic approach to an acute problem uncolored by emotional propaganda, and here is a realistic answer on how to inspire dedication for leadership.
Title: Dedication and Leadership
Author: Douglas Hyde
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Suggested Donation: $10 |
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| Yes or No? Straight Answers to Tough Questions About Christianity |
The popular Christian apologist Kreeft tackles many of the tough questions of our day concerning Christianity. In a series of imaginative "dialogues", Sal the Seeker and Chris the Christian deal with the profound mysteries of the Gospel. The result is a book that is both engaging and profound, a book that leads readers to initial faith--or to deeper faith.
"The stakes in these dialogues are high. Christianity is God's marriage proposal to the soul, says Kreeft, and the answer must be 'yes' or 'no'. We can evade the claims of Jesus Christ for a while, but death brings evasion to an end. It is wiser to look at Christianity honestly now.
Yes or No? shows the truth of Jesus' promise that those who sincerely seek the truth shall find it. It is a road map for those who are honestly seeking the truth and a source of greater faith for those who have already found God. It presents the full challenge of the gospel in a way modern men and women can understand.
"Lots of writers have the gift of irony, or humor, or logic, or common sense. Very few combine all these gifts in one talent and put it at the service of truth. Peter Kreeft is simply the best, the most engaging, Christian apologist at work today, and this book is another example of a master craftsman at his peak."
-- Francis X. Maier, Former Editor, National Catholic Register
"An apologetical work which is orthodox in content, appealing in approach, and covers all the fundamental bases of Christianity. Ideal for Catholic high school or college, RCIA, or simply as a refresher."
-- Fr. Peter Stravinskas, Editor, The Catholic Answer
Title: Yes or No? Straight Answers to Tough Questions About Christianity
Author: Peter Kreeft
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Suggested Donation: $12 |
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| His Needs, Her Needs: Building An Affair-Proof Marriage |
His Needs, Her Needs is designed to change the course of a marriage. Using a conversational style, Dr. Harley helps couples understand why their best intentions are not enough to prevent marital incompatibility. Couples must do more than want to meet each other's needs--they must actually meet them!
Ignorance often contributes to a couples failure to care for each other. Men tend to try to meet needs that they value and women do the same. But their needs are often very different and they waste effort trying to meet the wrong needs.
The right needs are so strong that when they're not met in marriage, people are tempted to go outside marriage to satisfy them. But besides the risk of affair, important emotional needs should be met for the sake of care itself. Marriage is a very special relationship. Promises are made to allow a spouse the exclusive right to meet some of these important needs. When they are unmet, it is unfair to the spouse who must go through life without ethical alternatives.
Dr. Harley describes the ten emotional needs of men and women. He helps you identify which are the most important to you and your spouse, helps you communicate them to each other, and helps you learn to meet them.
Successful marriages require skill--skill in caring for the one you promised to cherish throughout life. Good intentions are not enough. His Needs, Her Needs was written to educate you in the care of your spouse. Once you have learned its lessons, your spouse will find you irresistible, a condition that's essential to a happy and successful marriage. It will also help you eliminate the major cause of infidelity.
Title: His Needs, Her Needs: Building An Affair-Proof Marriage
Author: Willard F. Harley Jr.
Publisher: Revell
Suggested Donation: $20 |
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