THE NEW AND UPDATED EDITION OF THE CLASSIC WORK ON DISRUPTIVE HR. THE WAY WE WORK IS CHANGING FAST, AND TRADITIONAL HR IS NO LONGER FIT FOR PURPOSE. Equipping our organizations to meet today's demands requires something very different. This book provides HR professionals with: a compelling case for changing HR practical people solutions for a disrupted world strategies to make the changes they need ways to equip HR with the right capabilities and mindset Lucy Adams is a 'recovering HR Director'. Having held Board-level HR roles in major organizations, she is now on a mission to change outdated HR practices for good.

It's hard to make change happen in HR. If you're a HR manager with good ideas on making things work better that's frustrating enough, but for organisations that fail to respond to the way the world is changing the results could be fatal. In this insightful, practical book the world's top HR disruptor - Lucy Adams - explains why HR needs to change its approach if it's to be successful in transforming its organisations. She also shares workable strategies for getting your own HR team ready, preparing the ground in your organisation, designing your change and implementing it effectively. It's up to you to lead the way - here's what you need to make it happen.

It's hard to make change happen in HR. If you're a HR manager with good ideas on making things work better that's frustrating enough, but for organisations that fail to respond to the way the world is changing the results could be fatal. In this insightful, practical book the world's top HR disruptor - Lucy Adams - explains why HR needs to change its approach if it's to be successful in transforming its organisations. She also shares workable strategies for getting your own HR team ready, preparing the ground in your organisation, designing your change and implementing it effectively. It's up to you to lead the way - here's what you need to make it happen.

Gloriously fun, romantic and feel-good, discover a 21st century London fairytale with an unforgettable twist Once upon a time, in a flatshare south of the river, there lived an aspiring author named Bella Marble. Above all things, above her wish to be a writer, above absolutely anything and everything, Bella wants to find love.But one fateful week changes everything... When her best friend moves in with the most boring ogre in history and her perfectly paired parents tell her their own love story is coming to an end, Bella's illusions of finding 'the one' shatters. With the help of her very own knight in shining Armani, Bella ditches the fairytale and decides it's time to write herself a brand new kind of happy ending. And while London may be fresh out of Princes, it's got a surplus of frogs - and as Bella learns, kissing frogs can be extremely fun. ______________ Fresh, funny and intelligent, this book will make any woman who's experienced dating in the 21st century laugh, wince and cry in recognition, and is perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Mhairi Mcfarlane and Beth O'Leary. Find out why everyone's talking about NOT THAT KIND OF EVER AFTER . . . 'A wickedly funny exploration of finding one's own Happily Ever After. If you've ever gone searching for The Fairytale within the hellscape of modern dating, Not That Kind of Ever After is for you' Alison Rose Greenberg

Crunch, crunch. Swish, swish. What is that noise in the night? What will the Beast of Blue Mountain eat? A just right scary story for the young and the fearful. Everyone loves a campfire tale that ends well. Simple language and limited suspense make it an appropriate read aloud selection for young children.

Ever laughed when you knew you shouldn't?  Battled with Satan over chocolate?  Forgotten to wear lipstick to the Garden Club meeting?  Tried to define variorium?  At times like these, what else can you do but Tuck Your Skirt in Your Panties and Run?

In her much awaited second book, award winning writer Lucy Adams, author of If Mama Don't Laugh, It Ain't Funny, takes readers on a roller-coaster ride through life's most embarrassing moments and delivers them safely on the other side.  In her usual form, Adams gives readers an eye-watering, nose-snorting, giggling gift of a good time.

Join a 40 year-old bridesmaid on her journey to walk down the aisle, delve into a magnolia massacre, attend a hawg killin' with the communists, do some island living country style, and inflict vicarious revenge on the inventor of the balloon.  Adams's wit will make you turn around and check your own underwear. Best of all we each can relax in the realization that we're not the only ones running with our skirts tucked in our panties.

Praise for Tuck Your Skirt In Your Panties and Run

"Humorist Lucy Adams has found her voice " - Tripp Bowden, author of Freddie & Me:   Life Lessons from Freddie Bennett, Augusta National's Legendary Caddy Master

"Pour a tall glass of sweet iced tea, sit back and relax on the front porch and savor the down-home humor of Ms. Adams, but be warned, the tea's just as cold coming out through your nose." - Rick Rantamacki, author of Mental Notes - From the Brink of Reality

"Reading anything written by Lucy Adams is like solving the problems of the world, particularly the world of family life, over a cup of coffee with your best girlfriend. Her prose takes the mundane, morose and maddening things that are part of everyday life and weaves them into stories that will have you laughing, crying and mostly realizing that yes, you are pretty much like everyone else." - Karin Calloway, editor, Augusta Family Magazine and author of Quick Cooking with Karin Calloway 

About the Author

Lucy Adams graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.S. in education then went on to earn an M.S. in psychology from Augusta State University. A syndicated columnist, she currently writes a humor column for several newspapers in Georgia and Tennessee. She also teaches second grade. If Mama Don't Laugh is Lucy's first book. Lucy lives in Thomson, Georgia with her husband and four children. In her spare time, she breathes and washes clothes.

Be a better writer in 26 days with the ABC Book of Literary Devices. One literary device for each letter of the alphabet is introduced and defined in easy to understand language. Two examples for each device are provided as models, one from published works and one from the author. Workbook space allows practice using each device. The author's complete short story, composed from each of her examples, is included at the end of the text. (Note: While this is a good educational tool for middle grades through adult education, it is not appropriate for the elementary level student.)

If Mama Don't Laugh, It Ain't Funny, the debut book from syndicated humor columnist Lucy Adams, sits on par with the work of the late Erma Bombeck. In, If Mama Don't Laugh, Adams produces what critics are calling her best work yet, voicing the frustrations and successes of average families everywhere. From using cats to hunt down AWOL hermit crabs, to euthanizing pet watermelons, to sharing a meal of prescription strength crow, you'll tag along on the adventures of the Adams family through awkward family rituals, uncomfortable questions, and the perpetual mysteries of children. You'll laugh until stuff comes out of your nose as Adams humorously dissects and revels in the absurdity and chaos of modern family life. And so will your mama.

52 Hymn Story Devotions is ideal for anyone who enjoys hymns and leads devotions at church meetings, choir rehearsals, and Sunday school. The volume can also be used by individuals for personal devotions. Key Features: Each devotion includes a Scripture reference, printed hymn text, and commentary Provides devotionals based on 52 familiar hymns Devotions can be read verbatim by leader or party member Key Benefits: Helps choirs with the spiritual aspect of choir membership Can be given to a choir member to read with no advanced preparation Allows choir directors to use devotions to strengthen the choir ministry"