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Mark Stein is a playwright and screenwriter. His plays have been
performed off-Broadway and at theaters throughout the country. His
films include Housesitter, with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. He
has taught at American University and Catholic University.
From outlawing bowling in colonial America to regulating violent
video games and synthetic drugs today, Mark Stein's Vice Capades
examines the nation's relationship with the actions, attitudes, and
antics that have defined morality. This humorous and quirky history
reveals that our views of vice are formed not merely by morals but
by power. While laws against nude dancing have become less
restrictive, laws restricting sexual harassment have been enacted.
While marijuana is no longer illegal everywhere, restrictive laws
have been enacted against cigarettes. Stein examines this nation's
inconsistent moral compass and how the powers-that-be in each era
determine what is or is not deemed a vice. From the Puritans who
founded Massachusetts with unyielding, biblically based laws to
those modern purveyors of morality who currently campaign against
video game violence, Vice Capades looks at the American history we
all know from a fresh and exciting perspective and shows how vice
has shaped our nation, sometimes without us even knowing it.
CAPTURE THE ONBOARDING MARGIN WITH THE "4 PILLARS" OF SUCCESSFUL
ONBOARDING "Bringing a new employee on board can be the start of a
rewarding relationship or the beginning of a missed opportunity.
This smart book can teach you how to make the most of each
employee's career starting on Day One." --Daniel H. Pink, author of
DRIVE and A WHOLE NEW MIND "This book has the potential to change
the way that we think about new hires and what is possible from the
group. With the instruction provided, you can migrate onboarding
from the administrative to the strategic, and deliver far greater
value for your enterprise." --Betty Thompson, Senior Vice
President, People Services, Booz Allen Hamilton "People are a
company's most important asset. Successful Onboarding makes the
case for the importance of effective onboarding in setting up
employees for success." --Stephen Squeri, Group President, Global
Services and Chief Information Officer, American Express Company
"Hiring employees is the biggest investment most organizations
make. Understanding how to make sure that investment sticks is what
onboarding is about, and Successful Onboarding shows you how to do
it right." --Peter Cappelli, Director of the Center for Human
Resources, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania;
author of TALENT ON DEMAND Fact: 1/3rd of all external hires are no
longer with the organization after 2 years. What can you do about
it? In a word: onboarding; although poorly understood, subject to
narrow definitions, and with limited best practice understanding or
management rigor. Consultants Mark Stein & Lilith Christiansen
have worked with leading companies on it, and they've synthesized
their work into a ready to use system. With Successful Onboarding,
you can: Rewrite the employer-employee compact--to everyone's
advantage Reduce time-to-productivity--while increasing the level
of productivity and retention Make improvements at the systemic
level--with gains realized with regularity * Enroll new hires in
your company's strategic plan Successful Onboarding provides a
business case, a systemic approach to the entire process, and
instructive inside stories from Apple, Starbucks, Netflix,
Microsoft, Baird, Bank of America, John Deere, and dozens of other
industry leaders. "This is a terrific resource for anyone wanting
to create an effective onboarding program." --Mindy Moye, Ph.D.,
Manager Employee Engagement, John Deere "In Successful Onboarding
Lilith and Mark demonstrate the financial impact that the
onboarding process can have on your organization, and provides a
roadmap for improving your return on investment. The book has
already changed the way we think about onboarding in our
organization." --Andrew Blocher, Chief Financial Officer, Federal
Realty Investment Trust "Goodbye old-school orientation and welcome
to onboarding. A great reference to tailor your onboarding based on
your culture and strategy. This book demonstrates how sound and
creative onboarding can prevent a lot of voluntary off-boarding
from high performing employees." --Sonia Narang, Director,
Leadership & Organization Development, Sony Pictures
Entertainment "Every company leader who is serious about delivering
results through people should read this book. Successful Onboarding
not only gives a roadmap to successful hiring and retention, but
also addresses the common pitfalls that lead to adjustment
struggles, discouragement and skepticism from new hires. This book
rings true to those of us who coach leaders in the onboarding
transition." --Kate Ebner, Co-Director, Georgetown University
Leadership Coaching Program, Principal, The Nebo Company "This is
an important book for business leaders who want to assure employee
engagement from Day One! Practical and instru
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You Keep Me Hangin on (Paperback)
Larry Schweikart; Designed by Ned Levine; Produced by Mark Stein
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In this fascinating book, Mark Stein examines "black British
literature," centering on a body of work created by British-based
writers with African, South Asian, or Caribbean cultural
backgrounds. Linking black British literature to the bildungsroman
genre, this study examines the transformative potential inscribed
in and induced by a heterogeneous body of texts. Capitalizing on
their plural cultural attachments, these texts portray and purvey
the transformation of post-imperial Britain. Stein locates his
wide-ranging analysis in both a historical and a literary context.
He argues that a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach is
essential to understanding post-colonial culture and society. The
book relates black British literature to ongoing debates about
cultural diversity, and thereby offers a way of reading a highly
popular but as yet relatively uncharted field of cultural
production. With the collapse of its empire, with large-scale
immigration from former colonies, and with ever-increasing cultural
diversity, Britain underwent a fundamental makeover in the second
half of the twentieth century. This volume cogently argues that
black British literature is not only a commentator on and a
reflector of this makeover, but that it is simultaneously an agent
that is integral to the processes of cultural and social change.
Conceptualizing the novel of transformation, this comprehensive
study of British black literature provides a compelling analytic
framework for charting these processes.
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