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In this national bestseller -- Martin Seligman's most stimulating, persuasive book to date -- the acclaimed author of Learned Optimism introduces yet another revolutionary idea. Drawing on groundbreaking scientific research, Seligman shows how Positive Psychology is shifting the profession's paradigm away from its narrow-minded focus on pathology, victimology, and mental illness to positive emotion and mental health. Happiness, studies show, is not the result of good genes or luck. It can be cultivated by identifying and nurturing traits that we already possess -- including kindness, originality, humor, optimism, and generosity.

Seligman provides the tools you need in order to ascertain your most positive traits or strengths. Then he explains how, by frequently calling upon these "signature strengths" in all the crucial realms of life -- health, relationships, career -- you will not only develop natural buffers against misfortune and negative emotion, but also achieve new and sustainable levels of authentic contentment, gratification, and meaning..
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Growth is the central focus of every business, yet many businesses continually find ways to shoot themselves in the foot. In Milkshake Moment, Steven Little shows you how to identify and overcome the stifling behaviors built into your organization and get you back on track to substantive change and real growth. Read Milkshake Moment and find out how to ditch the pointless policies and stupid rules so you can give your customers what they really want; they'll reward you for it..
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"Edison in the Boardroom offers the reader something that is hard to find-a clear perspective and roadmap that shows how patent assets fit on the corporate landscape. The authors develop a unique five-level hierarchy of asset management and take us on a seamless trip from start to finish. Along the way, there are candid revelations of viewpoints and techniques, punctuated by anecdotes, practical examples and testimonials gathered from knowledgeable professionals in industry. Here is a resource that business executives can consult time and again to navigate in the world of patents."--Stephen P. Fox, Associate General Counsel and Director, Intellectual Property, Hewlett-Packard Company

"Davis and Harrison masterfully synthesize first-hand accounts into practical advice for the intellectual asset manager. In an informative and easy style, they bridge the gap between best practices in an emerging field and the needs of managers for real-world solutions. Their solid advice has the capacity to change profoundly the way companies manage their intangibles for increased shareholder value. It's a must-read for everyone interested in increasing returns from intellectual assets." --Jim O'Shaughnessy, VP & Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Rockwell

"Edison in the Boardroom reveals the winning strategies employed by some of today's biggest companies in maximizing the value of their intellectual property. Well written and extremely readable." --Jerry Rosenthal, Vice President, Intellectual Property & Licensing, IBM

"Edison in the Boardroom is an excellent source book for the beginner in extracting value from intellectual property. Additionally, it is a valuable resource for those who consider themselves as experienced in the field. I know that I learned several new best practices that I plan to apply to my business." --Henry Fradkin, Director, Technology Commercialization, Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

"The Value Hierarchy is clearly articulated in Edison and this provides a relevant guide for corporations to create value from their unique intangibles." --Sharon Oriel, Director, Global Intellectual Asset & Capital Tech Center, The Dow Chemical Company

"Lots of books spout theory and the philosophy of Intellectual Asset Management. What Davis and Harrison provide in Edison in the Boardroom is frankly much more valuable--a practical and 'real world vetted' guide to getting started and building a viable value extraction business!"--Jeff Weedman, Vice President of External Business Development and Corporate Licensing, Procter & Gamble.
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A book on evangelizing postmoderns by an experienced pastor-writer who is successfully involved in it..
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Compelling, practical, and inspirational, this book will provide you with "The 5 Success Strategies" for winning in business and in life, "The 3 Performance Principles" for sustaining long-term results, and hundreds of no-nonsense ideas for immediate application. This book masterfully presents proven success principles and powerful implementation tools that you can immediately apply in bringing out the best of yourself, your team, and your organization. From cover to cover, you will find ways to develop tangible tools that will catapult you to even higher levels of success in business and in life! You will take away from this book: inspirational stories, the sage wisdom of masters in the field who contributed "Deliberate Success Gems," hundreds of pragmatic ideas, and strategies you can use for a lifetime in getting from where you are to where you want to be. This book will both inspire and challenge you to be and do your best. .
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Implement Configuration Management Databases that Deliver Rapid ROI and Sustained Business Value

 

Implementing an enterprise-wide Configuration Management Database (CMDB) is one of the most powerful things an IT organization can do to improve service delivery and bridge the gap between technology and the business. With a working CMDB in place, companies are better positioned to manage and optimize IT infrastructure, automate more IT management tasks, and restrain burgeoning costs. Now, there’s an objective, vendor-independent guide to making CMDB work in your organization. The CMDB Imperative thoroughly demystifies CMDBs, and presents a start-to-finish implementation methodology that works.

 

Expert CMDB consultant Glenn O’Donnell and leading-edge implementer Carlos Casanova first review the drivers behind CMDB, and the technical, economic, cultural, and “political” obstacles to success. Drawing on the experiences of hundreds of organizations, they present indispensable guidance on architecting and customizing CMDB solutions to your specific environment. One step at a time, you’ll walk through planning, implementation, transitioning into production, day-to-day operation and maintenance, and much more. Along the way, the authors offer best-practice solutions for knotty issues that complicate implementation, including data ownership. Coverage includes

 

• Defining the tasks and activities associated with configuration management
• Understanding CMDB’s role in ITIL, and the relationship between CMDBs and Configuration Management Systems
• Building software models that accurately represent each entity in your IT environment
• Understanding the state of the CMDB market, and selling CMDB within your organization
• Creating federated CMDB architectures that successfully balance autonomy with centralized control
• Planning a deployment strategy that sets appropriate priorities and reflects a realistic view of your organization’s maturity
• Integrating systems and leveraging standards
• Previewing the future of CMDBs, and how they will be impacted by key trends such as virtualization, SOA, mobility, convergence, and “flexi-sourcing”
• Continuously improving the CMDB you’ve already deployed

 

Whatever your role in planning, architecting, delivering, or managing configuration management, this book will help you drive maximum business value from CMDB—now, and for years to come. 

 

Foreword

Prologue

 

Chapter 1: The Need for Process Discipline

Chapter 2: What is a CMDB?

Chapter 3: Planning for the Configuration Management System

Chapter 4: The Federated CMS Architecture

Chapter 5: CMS Deployment Strategy

Chapter 6: Integration–There’s No Way Around It!

Chapter 7: The Future of the CMS

Chapter 8: Continuous Improvement for the CMS

Chapter 9: Leveraging the CMS

Chapter 10: Enjoy the Fruits of Success

 

Glossary

 

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Life Equity gives women a step-by-step plan for using the powerful and valuable skills they already have to change their own lives and enrich their world.

They are experienced, smart, and effective They have a wealth of wisdom and influence to offer and are America's richest resource. They are women. But today too many of those women view their lives and futures with a growing sense of frustration or ambivalence. At a time in which there are more opportunities for women at every level and in every realm of American life than ever before, many women wrestle with paralyzing doubt about what they can and should be doing. Congressman Marsha Blackburn exposes these fears and misconceptions and lays out a compelling corrective case for empowerment and action. Blackburn helps women of all ages discover a hidden or forgotten truth: the life they've led has prepared them for the life they dream of.

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Designers know they're creative, but there are times when they have trouble being creative on demand. This book helps them master twelve exciting techniques that encourage the awareness, confidence and intuition they need to experience more consistent, fulfilling creativity.

Readers will learn how to awaken their creative subconscious by making a Tibetan mandala, achieve mental clarity with yoga or aromatherapy, improve their imaginations with color therapy and much, much more! Examples, statistics, case studies and extensive bibliographies are provided to support the validity of each technique.

Readers will also find dozens of fascinating insights and exercises that will supercharge their brains with creative energy..
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