William J. Toti, retired naval officer and CEO of Sparton Corporation successfully progressed from captain of a nuclear submarine to a captain of industry. He knows what it takes to make the most of your military training and what more is needed to rise up the ranks in the C-suite. From CO to CEO aims to help you get the most out of your industry career, thinking through the kind of company and career track that is best for you. It provides a step-by-step guide to navigating the search, interview, and negotiation process and helps you acclimate to your new environment and to accelerate your climb to the top
In Do More Good, Bill McKendry provides incredible insights and tips from his over thirty-five years of helping nonprofit organizations expand their reach and become more effective in their communication, and he provides a blueprint for expanding your brand’s impact.Giving nonprofit leaders the tools and decision-making power to move their organization from good to growth so they can DO MORE GOOD. If you’re passionate about doing good work for a cause—what birthed that desire in you? Somewhere, somehow, you were stirred by your experiences to do good things in this world. You also decided that you didn’t just want to make a living and survive—you wanted to make a difference. That’s why communicating effectively and maximizing your organization’s potential are so critical. Raising funds and public awareness are challenging enough for any nonprofit leader, but communicating well is really the fuel that will advance and grow your mission. Author and entrepreneur Bill McKendry is one of the leading authorities on nonprofit branding and marketing. In Do More Good, he provides incredible insights and tips from his over thirty-five years of helping nonprofit organizations expand their reach and become more effective in their communication. He shares dozens of examples and stories from his captivating career (including spending a day as a homeless man and shooting a commercial with Mother Teresa). Do More Good contains the blueprint you need to magnify your brand’s impact. With Bill's helpful advice and unique perspectives, you and your team will be inspired and equipped to do even more good.
In the wake of two pandemics that shook our world to its core and revealed deep fault lines in our culture, Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics, and How Women Will Take the Lead for (Everyone’s) Good (Forefront Books; September 28, 2021) shows how we can size the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity created by massive dirsuption to build back stronger with women at the center of the recovery. Through the lens of women's stories, this book delivers a fresh set of leadership tools, skills, and concepts that help all women reach their own highest intentions, purposefully creating new norms while guiding institutions to break through the remaining barriers to gender and racial parity- for everyone's good. New York Times best-selling author, speaker, commentator, international leadership expert, former Planned Parenthood CEO and President, and feminist icon Gloria Feldt urges all who identify as women- of all diversities and intersectionalities- to embrace their personal and collective power to lead with intention, confidence, and joy. What people are saying about Intentioning: From the woman who has spent her life shifting our relationship to power, now Gloria's giving us a master class on how to channel that power and maximize the impact that is so deeply needed today, with intention! Disruption without intention is chaos, and inside the pages of Intentioning, you will find the hard-earned roadmap to help us all, no matter our gender, get to where our ancestors' wildest dreams imagined we'd someday arrive.---Nathalie Molina Niño, Managing Director, Known Holdings, and author of LeapfrogMany books tell women what to do to succeed. “Intentioning” takes a fresh approach by helping women be more authentically who we are and appreciating our unique powers of intention. Gloria writes in a personable style, laced with her own brand of humor, as she relates stories of “intentional women” that will inspire you to design, then reach, your own highest intentions. The 9 Leadership Intentioning Tools are golden nuggets of actionable skills and tips you can use right away. More importantly, they provide new ways of thinking that will stand you in good stead throughout your life and career.--May Busch, CEO of Career MasteryTM and former COO of Morgan Stanley EuropeFew books on women’s leadership include intersectionality and racial justice; few books on racial justice include women’s leadership. Yet the two must go forward together or neither is likely to succeed. In Intentioning, Gloria Feldt weaves together the case and provides examples of diverse women’s experiences of intentioning: “Intend it. See it. It will happen.” Practical tools are presented to lead toward more equitable organizations and world for all.--Lily D. McNair, Ph.D., 8th President and first woman President of Tuskegee UniversityThrough stories of intentional Women, Feldt unveils 9 Leadership Intentioning Tools, along with practice exercises for each: The Self-Definitional Leadership Intentioning Tools • Uncover Yourself - what sets you apart is what gets you ahead, and the keys to your best future are already in your hands.• Dream Up - if your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough.• Believe in the Infinite Pie- when we use our power to build rather than rule over others, we learn that the more there is for everyone, the more there is to go around. The Counterintuitive Leadership Intentioning Tools • Modulate Confidence - self-doubt can have a positive value.• Strike Your Own Damn Balance (and love your stress) - you get to choose what matters to you and reject the rest.• Build Social Capital - relationships are everything and will ultimately help you as much as educational qualifications or work experience. The Systems Change Leadership Intentioning Tools • Be “Unreasonable” - sometimes you have to break the rules and invent new ones to get where you want to go.• Unpack Implicit Bias and Turn Its Effects on Its Head - you can make its effects your superpowers.• Clang Your Symbols - they create meaning, which brings others into the story, the most essential function of leadership....and what about men? Gloria shows how men can and do partner with women to achieve parity.
"The mental health crisis is worse than ever: In an age of increasing isolation, insecurity, and loss, people are suffering, and not everyone is able to afford or access the help that they need. Mental health activist Achea Redd wants to change that, because for her, it's personal. Though Redd seemingly led a charmed life as the daughter of a pastor and wife of NBA legend and former Olympian Michael Redd, the mother of two battled debilitating mental illness. In The Precipice of Mental Health, Redd shares her remarkably reflective story about the societal issues of mental health and her personal mental health struggles, including eating disorders, panic attacks, suicidal ideation, and the impact COVID-19 had on her battle." --
"In Castles & Moats, Brian Carden helps you understand, prioritize, organize, strategize, and stress-test each financial and insurance product and strategy to help you create a more favorable outcome. You'll learn how to avoid buying products or strategies that might seem good when you buy them, only to find out about the pitfalls later in your life. By recapturing those lost dollars and redeploying them toward other, more tailored solutions, you'll increase your chance of financial independence with more predictable outcomes. Unpacking all the ins and outs of insurance, planning, and investment strategies, Brian Carden gives you an unbiased, practical, and easy-to-understand guide you can use to make better, more-informed decisions. In this book, he will equip you to build your glimmering castle of wealth and surround it with a moat of protection"--Page 4 of cover
"Inspired by the complementary feature film Times of Fire as well as the documentary series The 7 churches of the Revelation, The Mysteries of the Apocalypse offers a panoramic view to this subject that is both innovative and full of passion.--Page [4] of cover.
Stitch loved to run and play and was always up for adventure. Mamaw, Poppa, and all the children would often ask, "Where's Stitch?" Sometimes she could be found swimming in the pond with the horses, sitting by the fire with Mamaw, or taking a nap on the porch. But then Stitch grew older and became sick. When she passes away, the children wonder where she went. Mamaw and Poppa try to explain. While some people say dogs cross the rainbow bridge or go to doggie heaven, they reassure the children that no matter where Stitch has gone, she left them with memories they will never forget and taught them to be kind, to play, and to always love others.
"Genuinely disturbing...if you feel brave, check it out." —The Toronto Star "An absolute delight. Probably the most fun I've had while flinching squeamishly on the edge of my seat..." —BOING BOING Welcome to Elwich—an oasis of small-town perfection, where the schools overflow with cheery-eyed children, lovingly adorned homes line the historic boulevards . . . and only the crows can see the deep, festering rot that lurks beneath the pristine surface. Murder. Demonology. Possession. Obsession. Elwich has them all on offer—and behind every dwelling awaits a horrifying new story to be told. Shock, terror, and wry humor pepper every page of Emmy Award-winning, Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist and animator Jay Stephens’s Dwellings.
