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  The Agile College - How...

  Nathan D. Grawe

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  Demographic changes promise to reshape the market for higher education in the next fifteen years. Colleges are already grappling with the consequences of declining family size due to low birth rates brought on by the Great Recession, as well as the continuing shift toward minority student populations. Each institution faces a distinct market context with unique organizational strengths; no one-size-fits-all answer could suffice.In this essential follow-up to Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education, Nathan D. Grawe explores how proactive institutions are preparing for the challenges that lie ahead. While it isn't possible to reverse the demographic tide, most institutions can mitigate the effects. Drawing on interviews with higher education leaders, Grawe explores successful avenues of response, including recruitment initiatives, retention programs, revisions to the academic and cocurricular program, institutional growth plans, retrenchment efforts, and collaborative action.Throughout, Grawe presents listeners with examples taken from a range of institutions—small and large, public and private, two-year and four-year, selective and open-access. While an effective response to demographic change must reflect the individual campus context, the cases Grawe analyzes will prompt conversations about the best paths forward.

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  Leadership in the Crucible of...

  Sandy Shugart PhD

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  In Leadership in the Crucible of Work: Discovering the Interior Life of an Authentic Leader, Dr. Shugart shares insights from his 30 years of experience as a leader, including his service as the president of Valencia College—inaugural winner of the Aspen Prize for Excellence. Avoiding the latest leadership gimmicks and fads, Leadership in the Crucible of Work will guide you on an inward journey to discover how to do the interior work that leads to becoming an authentic leader.In This Book You Will:Discover inner attitudes that lead to the outer actions of a great leader.Understand the importance of asking good questions—because every good question directs a leader to a better one.Learn how an exceptional leader says, “we are in this together,” then demonstrates it to be true.Find out why the greatest threat to a leader is their own ego, hubris, and blind spots—and what to do about it.Come to realize that the difficult experiences of work (i.e. the crucible) exist to consume the dross of self so the leader is humbly drawn into servant leadership.Uncover how to become the unique leader you were meant to be.Find encouragement and guidance to shape your inward journey as you become an outwardly successful, authentic leader.Sanford C. “Sandy” Shugart, Ph.D. is the author of Leadership in the Crucible of Work and serves as president of Valencia College—inaugural winner of the Aspen Prize for Excellence. His leadership journey has taken him to presidencies of two large colleges, an active life of speaking on leadership issues in the US and Europe, a visiting scholar’s chair at Oxford University, and various boards of directors. His reflections on the challenges of work and character formation have informed his own leadership roles, his poetry, and his music for many years. Most of all, he is a storyteller, sharing with good humor and humility the inner struggles he and many other leaders confront every day.

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  The Loudest Duck - Moving Beyond...

  Laura A. Liswood

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  Written in the accessible style of Seth Godin and Spencer Johnson,  The Loudest Duck is a business fable which offers readers an  alternate view of diversity through the use of practical stories  and cultural anecdotes.  It will explain, for instance, how a  culture such as China teaches its children, "The loudest duck gets  shot," a viewpoint that gets carried into adulthood, while many  Americans are taught the opposite idiomatic lesson: "The squeaky  wheel gets the grease."  What you find as a result are two  distinct ways of doing business, neither one being necessarily the  right way or even the better way.  Yet by understanding the  viewpoints from which others see the world, readers can understand  how better to work with them.    The Loudest Duck is a book for managers and executives  faced with the productivity and leadership challenges of a  heterogeneous, multicultural workplace. It's a book for anyone  working his or her way up the ladder in this new corporate world  order.  It's a book for anyone who belongs to a non-dominant  group, be it women, people of color, short people, or employees who  don't play golf but whose bosses do.

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  Off Script - Living Out Loud

  Marci Ien

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  Finding Your Voice, Living Out Loud  
  For over a decade, millions of Canadians started their day with Marci Ien. As a Black female news anchor and, later, the first Black woman in Canada to co-host a national morning show, Marci felt the pressure to stay “on script”—with little room for error. She had to be great. She had to show, every day, that she deserved to be there.  
  When her career veered sharply away from the news, Marci embraced her new role “off script.” With a greater opportunity to speak her mind on the air, Marci now bravely shares experiences from her own life with viewers and pursues more ways to make a difference in her community.  
  In Off Script, Marci shares personal milestones, tales of resilience and kindness, dramatic moments from her career as a journalist and insights from the many unforgettable people that she’s met and interviewed. Living off script means having the courage to speak up, trust your voice and follow your own formula for what matters most.

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  7 Leadership Lessons of the...

  John Antal

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  “A leadership book written by a real leader! . . . eminently useful for those ‘in command’ of organizations of any kind. A stimulating five-star work” (Ralph Peters, New York Times–bestselling author). 
   
  This book tells the dramatic story of seven defining leadership moments from the American Revolution, as well as providing case studies that can improve your leadership at home, business, in your community, in the military, or in government. 
   
  Leadership is not about position, it is about influence. You can be a leader no matter what your rank or position. It is not about power, it is about selflessness. You cannot be a good leader unless you can also be a good follower. Good leaders don’t shine, they reflect. Lessons like these are the core of this book. The stories in this book are about leaders who were challenged at all corners, adapted, improvised and overcame. The tales of leaders like Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Henry Knox, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington, to name a few, are stories you will want to know and tell. These leaders knew how to push teams to succeed under the toughest conditions. These stories will come alive on the pages of this book to fuel your leadership fire and make you a better leader in any endeavor. Learn how they secured our liberty so you can transform today into a better tomorrow. 
   
  “John Antal has captured seven timeless stories that will raise your leadership awareness and make you a better leader in peace or war, at home, at work or in your community.” —Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of 36 Righteous Men

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  Your Comprehensive Guide to NNN...

  The Westwood Team

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  Your Comprehensive Guide to NNN Investing is designed to help new and seasoned real estate investors in all stages of life learn the ins and outs of triple-net lease investing and take hold of the exciting opportunities these investments offer. It will help you make informed decisions and encourage you to start your commercial real estate venture with stable, profitable triple-net lease properties.

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