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Who kidnapped excellence? : what stops us from giving and being our best / by Paul, Harry,1950-; Britt, John,1962-; Jent, Ed.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Excellence Kidnapped -- 3. The Demand for the Return of Excellence -- 4. A Plan for Average -- 5. Below Average -- 6. Passion Meets N. Different -- 7. Competency Meets N. Ept -- 8. Flexibility Meets N. Flexibility -- 9. Communication Meets Miss Communication -- 10. Ownership Meets Poser -- 11. Leadership Meets with the Employees -- 12. What Every Leader, Manager, Supervisor and Employee Must Know About Excellence -- 13. Now ELEVATE Your Excellence -- 14. People and Companies Who 'Get It'."In the tradition of "Who Killed Change?," the book begins with a crime being committed: Excellence (personified) has been kidnapped and Leadership assembles Excellence's team (Passion, Flexibility, Communication, Competency and Ownership) and challenges them to work together to get their Excellence back. And who is the culprit? It is Average who has kidnapped Excellence, and replaced Excellence's team with his own: N. Different, N. Ept, N. Flexible, Miss Communication, and Poser. But then a mysterious ransom note sparks a struggle between Average and Excellence. Integrated into this story of organizational excellence is a personal story of Dave, a delivery man The abduction of Excellence forces Dave to contemplate the level of excellence in his personal life. Throughout the story, the paths of personal best and organizational excellence cross and intertwine. "Who Kidnapped Excellence?" is a parable that helps organizations or individuals to achieve their best and maintain excellence in every aspect of their lives"--"In this entertaining parable, bestselling authors Paul and Britt tell how to give and be your best in five critical work dimensions - passion, competency, flexibility, communication, and ownership - and foster excellence in your organization"--
Subjects: Organizational effectiveness.; Work ethic.; Employee motivation.; Success in business.; Success.;
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The prince / by Machiavelli, Niccolò,1469-1527.; Donno, Daniel John,1920-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160).The prince -- Discourses upon the first ten books of Titus Livy -- Chronology -- Notes to The prince -- Notes to The discourses.The world-renowned philosopher's classic treatise reveals the techniques and strategies for gaining and keeping political control. "How we live is so far removed from how we ought to live, that he who abandons what is done for what ought to be done, will rather bring about his own ruin than his preservation. Therefore, it is necessary to learn how not to be good, " wrote Machiavelli.
Subjects: Livy.; Political science; Political ethics;
© 2003, c1966., Bantam Books,
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Prescription--medicide : the goodness of planned death / by Kevorkian, Jack.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-251) and index.
Subjects: Euthanasia.; Right to die.; Suicide.; Executions and executioners.; Organ donors.; Ethics, Medical;
© , Prometheus Books, c1991.
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Meditations / by Marcus Aurelius,Emperor of Rome,121-180.; Hard, Robin.; Gill, Christopher,1946-; Marcus Aurelius,Emperor of Rome,121-180.Correspondence.English.Selections.2011.; Fronto, Marcus Cornelius.Correspondence.English.Selections.2011.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvi-xxx) and index.The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is one of the best-known and most popular works of ancient philosophy, offering spiritual reflections on how best to understand the universe and one's place within it.
Subjects: Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180; Fronto, Marcus Cornelius; Ethics; Stoics; Life; Authors, Latin; Emperors; Orators;
© 2011., Oxford University Press,
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Lincoln unbound : how an ambitious young railsplitter saved the American dream--and how we can do it again / by Lowry, Rich.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-260) and index.Introduction : "an inestimable jewel" : Lincoln's America -- "An ambition that knew no rest" : young man on the make -- "The sober, industrious, thriving people" : a devoted Whig -- "The true system" : the genius of American capitalism -- "Our fathers" : the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the purpose of America -- "A great empire": Lincoln's vision realized -- "Work, work, work" : recovering the Lincoln ethic.Revered today across the political spectrum, Abraham Lincoln believed in a small but active government in a nation defined by aspiration. He embraced the market and the transportation and communications revolutions beginning to take hold, and helped give birth to the modern industrial economy. Lincoln's vision of an upwardly mobile society that rewards and supports individual striving was wondrously realized. Now, it is under threat. Economic stagnation and social breakdown are undermining that mobility. To meet these challenges, conservative columnist Rich Lowry draws us back to the lessons of Lincoln. It is imperative, he argues, to preserve a fluid economy and the bourgeois virtues that make it possible for individuals to thrive within it.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; American Dream.; Free enterprise; Presidents;
© [2013], Broadside Books,
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Professionalism in health care : a primer for career success / by Makely, Sherry.; Austin, Vanessa J.; Kester, Quay.;
The health care industry and your role -- Your work ethic and performance -- Personal traits of the health care professional -- Relationships, teamwork, and communication skills -- Cultural competence and patient care -- Professionalism and your personal life -- The practicum experience / Vanessa J. Austin -- Employment, leadership, and career development.
Subjects: Medical personnel; Medical care; Health Occupations.; Professional Competence.; Career Mobility.; Ethics, Professional.; Interprofessional Relations.;
© c2013., Pearson,
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Something for nothing : luck in America / by Lears, T. J. Jackson,1947-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-365) and index.Offers a thoroughly researched discussion of how luck, chance, and gambling have shaped and defined the national character of America, even while conventional wisdom has dictated that perseverance, industry, discipline, and other aspects of the Protestant work ethic are what make America great.
Subjects: Gambling; Gambling; Fortune.;
© 2004., Penguin Group,
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Legal and ethical issues for health professions / by Nguyen, Jaime,author.; Preceded by (work):McTeigue, Jeanne.Legal and ethical issues for health professions.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The US Legal System -- The Basics of Ethics -- Ethical and Bioethical Issues -- Workplace Issues and Employment Laws -- Healthcare Standards and Compliance -- The Medical Malpractice Lawsuit and the Trial Process -- Intentional and Quasi-Intentional Torts -- Statutory Reporting and Public Duties in Healthcare -- Professional Liability Insurance -- Medical Records -- Death and Dying Issues -- Conflict Management -- Healthcare Business and Operations -- Key Trends in Healthcare -- Appendix A: Case Discussions -- Appendix B: Case Studies -- Appendix C: Case Scenarios -- Glossary.With coverage of both legal and ethical issues, this text gives you the foundation to handle common health care challenges in everyday practice. Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions, 4th Edition includes practice cases specifically developed for key allied health programs along with enhanced pedagogical content. Additionally, it features a variety of exercises to help reinforce content from the book, as well as updated coverage of medical records, privacy, patient consent and abuse, the impact of interprofessional team work, and key industry trends -- Provided by the publisher.
Subjects: Jurisprudence.; Ethics, Professional.; Ethics, Clinical.; Liability, Legal.; Medical laws and legislation; Medical personnel; Medical ethics.;
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The moral underground : how ordinary Americans subvert an unfair economy / by Dodson, Lisa.;
Includes bibliographical references.Employing parents who can't make a living -- The meaning of work ethic -- American bosses : sympathetic, amoral marketeers, and a few rule breakers -- Working for the good of the child -- "Irresponsible" parenting or social neglect? -- Beyond blame : recognizing unequal choices -- A healer's dilemma -- Trying to heal economic harms -- Roots of disobedience -- Raising a moral underground.
Subjects: Income; Income distribution; Families; Parenting; Einkommensverteilung.; Familie.; Sozialpolitik.; Wirtschaftliche Lage.;
© 2009., The New Press,
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Doing nothing : a history of loafers, loungers, slackers and bums in America / by Lutz, Tom.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-354) and index.Cody on the couch -- The idler and his works -- Loungers, romantics, and rip van winkle -- Loafers, communists, drinkers, and bohemians -- Nerve cases, saunterers, tramps, and flâneurs -- Sports, flappers, babbitts, and bums -- Beats, nonconformists, playboys, and delinquents -- Draft Dodgers, surfers, TV beatniks, and hippie communards -- Slackers."Couch potatoes, goof-offs, freeloaders, good-for-nothings, loafers, and loungers: ever since the Industrial Revolution, when the work ethic as we know it was formed, a chorus of slackers has held the pretensions of hardworking respectability up to scorn. Reviled by many, heroic to others, these layabouts stretch and yawn their way through life and literature while the rest of society sweats. Their history is the history of labor in negative. From Benjamin Franklin's "air baths" to Jack Kerouac's dharma bums to Generation X slackers and beyond, the case studies in Doing Nothing prove that anti-work ethic proponents have held a central but underrecognized place in modern culture." "Tom Lutz illuminates the changing place of leisure in America and, in doing so, shows us idleness (and work) in a new light."--Jacket.
Subjects: Slackers; Laziness;
© 2006., Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
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