Product Description: Lead is a different kind of book. Rather than being the “last word” on leading others, it is meant to be the “first word”—an invitation to the reader to reflect on what the leadership journey means to each and every individual...read more

Daniel Coyle spent the last few years traveling around the world and meeting with top coaches, teachers and neurologists in order to unlock the secret of how greatness happens. Now, he has taken his groundbreaking research and boiled it down to the essentials: 52 simple, proven rules for developing and growing talent in sports, art, music, business, or just about anything.   Supported by cutting-edge science and the wisdom of some of the world’s leading trainers from a variety of fields, The Little Book of Talent shows readers how to make the most progress in the least amount of time by using techniques that play into the way our brains are wired to learn. It’s an indispensible handbook that every coach, teacher, manager, athlete, musician, and student will want to own.

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“To practice is to declare, I can be better. There are many full-stop moments in Practice Perfec—ideas so interesting that you can’t help but pause for a second and consider them.” —From the foreword by Dan Heath, coauthor of Made to Stick and SwitchWe love competition, the big win, the ticking seconds of the clock as the game comes down to the wire. We watch games and cheer, but if we really wanted to see greatness we’d spend our time watching, obsessing on, and maybe even cheering the practice sessions instead. Practice Perfect puts the art of practice front and center. It shows that anyone, in any field, can come to appreciate that practice, not games, makes champions.In Practice Perfect, the authors engage the dream of better. Filled with illustrative examples from top-level athletes, established teachers, seasoned lawyers, and even long-time surgeons, the authors show how deliberately engineered and designed practice can revolutionize our most important activities.The “how-to” rules outlined in Practice Perfect can make us better in virtually every performance of life. The ideas are often counterintuitive, such as: don’t concentrate on your weakness, practice what you are good at. To get you started on your path to “better” the authors have included a number of specific activities that will jump-start your way to practicing perfect.

Product Description: Managing and nurturing talent at the workplace this book provides practical and well-founded guidance for psychologists and HR professionals, as well as exploding numerous myths surrounding talent.The core concepts in this book are the idea of talent, how it can be assessed, and how it can be nurtured and put to effective use in the workplace...read more

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An updated version of the StrengthsFinder program developed by Gallup experts to help readers discover their distinct talents and strengths and how they can be translated into personal and career successes.