The true secret of high achievers is that they know how to find their "focal point" - the one thing they should do, at any given moment, to get the best possible results in each area of their lives. Bestselling author and motivational speaker Brian Tracy brings together the very best ideas on personal management into a simple, easy-to-use plan. Focal Point helps readers analyze their lives in seven key areas and shows them how to develop focused goals and plans in each. This best-selling guide provides timeless truths that have been discovered by the most effective people throughout the ages, answering questions like: In Focal Point, Tracy provides timeless truths that answers questions such as: How can I get control of my time and my life? How can I achieve maximum career success and still balance my personal life? How can I accelerate the achievement of all my goals? Focal Point shows you how to develop absolute clarity about what they want, and how they can achieve supreme satisfaction, both personally and professionally.

This book presents our set of insights and solutions for more effectively integrating corporate social responsibility into management education. Internationally acclaimed authors critically review this multifaceted process in a variety of countries. The book is divided into several sections. After the introduction, three parts delve deep on the following aspects: "Values, Ethics and Spirituality in Management Education", "Embedding CSR in Management Education", and "University Social Responsibility". This book combines theoretical considerations and state-of-the-art, practical advice. The purpose of this book is to ensure graduates pay enough attention to CSR, become more interested in it, trigger a desire for action and feel well equipped to implement tailored initiatives. Future business leaders and managers ought to become change agents who can more easily cope with the complexities CSR entails.

Follow the trade route to the Middle Ages and witness the expansion of trade and commerce, made possible by the advancements in shipbuilding. Your Guide to Trade in the Middle Ages explores the effects of this expansion, including the growth of towns, the formation of guilds, the increasing demand for luxury items, and the famous travels to China of a merchant named Marco Polo.

This survival guide introduces the basics of financial literacy and money management for kids from earning and saving money to spending and donating it and gives readers essential skills for financial know-how. The book also explores how choices about money and finances connect to character development and social-emotional well-being. Readers will find ideas for setting money goals, delaying gratification, being thrifty, building self-esteem, giving to charity, and making socially responsible spending and donating decisions. The book includes special features such as: Fictional vignettes in a choose-your-own-adventure style, putting readers in hypothetical situations where they need to make decisions about how to manage money True success stories about real kids who made smart financial decisions Vocabulary boxes that highlight important terms Financial tactics boxes with helpful tools, tips, and strategiesSurvival Guides for Kids Helping Kids Help Themselves Straightforward, friendly, and loaded with practical advice, the Free Spirit Survival Guides for Kids give kids the tools they need to not only survive, but thrive. With plenty of realistic examples and bright illustrations, they are accessible, encouraging, kid-friendly, and even life-changing.

Oxford suksesvolle rekeningkunde is 'n rekeningkundekursus wat deur onderwysers regdeur Suid-Afrika vertrou en gebruik word. Die ryk inhoud dek die Nasionale Kurrikulum- en Assesseringsbeleidverklaring (KABV) ten volle. Kenmerke: inhoud is ryk, relevant en ouderdomsgepas om seker te maak dat leerders regdeur die jaar belangstelling behou; onderwerpe is volgens die KABV gestruktureer, wat die kursus maklik maak om in die klaskamer te gebruik; spesiale ondersteuning van inhoud en begrippe bied leerders 'n vaste grondslag vir sukses in die eksamens; 'n groot klomp en verskeidenheid aktiwiteite met deeglike en gedetailleerde, uitgewerkte voorbeelde konsolideer kennis en vaardighede, en verskaf baie oefening om sukses in die eksamens te verseker; paslike taalvlakke maak inhoud toeganklik, bou die leerder se selfvertroue op en steun onafhanklike leer en hersiening; 'n eksamenafdeling met eksamenwenke en oefenvraestelle help leerders om vir formele assessering en eksamens voor te berei.

"GREAT content, GREAT activities, GREAT explanations!" -Joyce Deer, Math Teacher, North Pike High School, Summit, MS "A valuable addition to the literature on the practical use of mathematics in the real world. This book will contribute to the improvement of monetary connections within secondary mathematics as well as financial literacy in our country." -Edward C. Nolan, Mathematics Department Chair, Albert Einstein High School, Kensington, MD Use real-life money issues to raise students' mathematical and financial literacy! Research has solidly established the importance of teaching mathematics in contexts that capture student interest and involvement. Weaving real-world financial issues into secondary mathematics instruction, this highly practical book offers teachers engaging ways to infuse personal money management into NCTM standards-based math lessons. Using authentic material from daily life, the authors illustrate instructional strategies that connect required mathematical concepts with basic money matters, giving students a solid understanding of financial realities essential to successful everyday living. This resource meets the expanding demands for equity and accountability and: Relates math to credit cards, paying taxes, stocks & bonds, mortgages, buying a car, and much more Expands teachers' knowledge of basic financial concepts Provides suggestions for projects to extend the concepts learned Includes a math locator, glossary of money terms, comprehensive index, and summary of formulas This valuable guide gives teachers, math coaches, and curriculum specialists the resources they need to make math come alive in the classroom and to develop financially savvy students.

In The Leadership Engine, Noel Tichy showed how great companies strive to create leaders at all levels of the organization, and how those leaders actively develop future generations of leaders.

In this new book, he takes the theme further, showing how great companies and their leaders develop their business knowledge into ⳥achable points of view,⟳pend a great portion of their time giving their learnings to others, sharing best practices, and how they in turn learn and receive business ideas/knowledge from the employees they are teaching.

Calling this exchange a virtuous teaching cycle, Professor Tichy shows how business builders from Jack Welch at GE to Joe Liemandt at Trilogy create organizations that foster this knowledge exchange and how their efforts result in smarter, more agile companies, and winning results. Some of these ideas were showcased in Tichy′s recent Harvard Business Review article entitled, ⍯ Ordinary Boot Camp."

Using examples from GE, Ford, Dell, Southwest Airlines and many others, Tichy presents and analyzes these principles in action and shows how managers can begin to transform their own businesses into teaching organizations and, consequently, better-performing companies