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The Anatomy of Peace: How to Resolve the Heart of Conflict

The Anatomy of Peace will instil hope and inspire reconciliation.

Through a series of moving stories about once-bitter enemies reunited, it shows us how we routinely misunderstand the causes of conflict - and perpetuate the very problems we're trying to solve.

The Anatomy of Peace shows you how to: 

- Focus on helping things go right, rather than 'fixing' things that go wrong

- Think about others as people with fears of their own, not obstacles in your way

- Stop worrying about how the world sees you

- Learn to move away from blame and bitterness

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The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance

In his riveting new book, The Art of Learning, Waitzkin tells his remarkable story of personal achievement and shares the principles of learning and performance that have propelled him to the top - twice.

Josh Waitzkin knows what it means to be at the top of his game. A public figure since winning his first National Chess Championship at the age of nine, Waitzkin was catapulted into a media whirlwind as a teenager when his father’s book Searching for Bobby Fischer was made into a major motion picture. After dominating the scholastic chess world for ten years, Waitzkin expanded his horizons, taking on the martial art Tai Chi Chuan and ultimately earning the title of World Champion. How was he able to reach the pinnacle of two disciplines that on the surface seem so different? “I’ve come to realize that what I am best at is not Tai Chi, and it is not chess,” he says. “What I am best at is the art of learning.”

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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

'An utterly wonderful book - without question one of the most important books about the brain you will ever read' Iain McGilchrist MA, author of The Master and His Emissary. 

Meet the ninety-year-old doctor who is still practicing medicine, the stroke victim who learned to move and talk again and the woman with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole. All these people had their lives transformed by the remarkable discovery that our brains can repair themselves through the power of positive thinking.

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The Challenger Sale: How To Take Control of the Customer Conversation

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD

Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson share the secret to sales success: don't just build relationships with customers. Challenge them! What's the secret to sales success? If you're like most business leaders, you'd say it's fundamentally about relationships - and you'd be wrong. Matthew Dixon, Brent Adamson, and their colleagues at CEB have studied the performance of thousands of sales reps worldwide. Their conclusion? The best salespeople don't just build relationships with customers. They challenge them. Any sales rep, once equipped with the tools in this book, can drive higher levels of customer loyalty and, ultimately, greater growth. And this book will help them get there.

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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

In Michael Bungay Stanier's The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your day so managers and their teams can work less hard and have more impact.

Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples' potential. He unpacks seven essential coaching questions to demonstrate how―by saying less and asking more―you can develop coaching methods that produce great results.

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The Coaching Manager: Developing Top Talent in Business

"The Coaching Manager provides real-world strategies for developing people in any organization. Hunt and Weintraub bring together a new model of coaching along with a solid understanding of how business works. A must read for leaders at all levels." 

--Roger Enrico, former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Inc. 

"Managers and entrepreneurs alike will find The Coaching Manager to be of immense value in learning to coach as well as creating a coaching-friendly environment. Hunt and Weintraub give us an approach to coaching that managers can start using immediately. This book belongs on every manager′s bookshelf." 

--Arthur M. Blank, Co-Founder and Retired Co-Chairman, The Home Depot; Chairman, President, and CEO, Atlanta Falcons

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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

What makes someone creative? How does someone face the empty page, the empty stage and making something where nothing existed before?

Not just a dilemma for the artist, it is something everyone faces everyday. What will I cook that isn't boring? How can I make that memo persuasive? What sales pitch will increase the order, get me the job, lock in that bonus? These too, are creative acts, and they all share a common need: proper preparation. For Twyla Tharp, creativity is no mystery; it's the product of hard work and preparation, of knowing one's aims and one's subject, of learning from approaches taken in the past. It's a process undertaken every day. It's a habit. The Creative Habit is not merely a look inside the mind of a remarkable woman with remarkable skills, but a programmatic, inspiring, encouraging guide to help each of us achieve our fullest creative potential.

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The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

The Sunday Times bestselling author

'A marvel of insight and practicality' Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit

How do you build and sustain a great team? 

The Culture Code reveals the secrets of some of the best teams in the world - from Pixar to Google to US Navy SEALs - explaining the three skills such groups have mastered in order to generate trust and a willingness to collaborate. Combining cutting-edge science, on-the-ground insight and practical ideas for action, it offers a roadmap for creating an environment where innovation flourishes, problems get solved, and expectations are exceeded.

'There are profound ideas on every single page, stories that will change the way you work, the way you lead, and the impact you have on the world. Highly recommended, an urgent read.' Seth Godin, author of Linchpin 

'Truly brilliant . . . Read it immediately' Adam Grant, author of Originals

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The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures

An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this "brilliant guide to what all business leaders need to know right now" (Marshall Goldsmith, author of the New York Times and global bestseller What Got You Here Won't Get You There) 

When it comes to communication styles, Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just one of the crowd. It's no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out.

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The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners (ASCD)

The updated second edition of the best-selling classic explains differentiated instruction, provides proven instructional strategies, and illustrates how real teachers are applying differentiation principles and practices.

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The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations into Breakthroughs

Leaders, managers, and coaches are charged with getting people to stretch their limits but are often unsuccessful.

Top leadership coach Marcia Reynolds says the problem is, incorrectly handled, difficult conversations create more resistance than growth. Reynolds offers a model and methods for discovering what to say so people change their own minds. As a result, leaders equip people to find their own solutions, see situations more strategically, and grow beyond their limitations.

Reynolds explains how to pick the right time and place to enter the discomfort zone and how to create a ""safety bubble"" so that people will trust your intentions. Then, drawing on recent discoveries in the neuroscience of learning, she helps leaders ask the kinds of questions that short-circuit the brain's defense mechanisms and habitual thought patterns. Instead of being told, people see for themselves where they're falling short and how they can do better, resulting in lasting changes. She includes numerous examples and case studies to see the techniques in action.

Conversations in the Discomfort Zone will never be easy. But with Reynolds's assistance, a trip there will result in breakthrough solutions, lasting changes, and an engaged workforce.

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The Diversity Bonus: How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy: 2 (Our Compelling Interests)

How businesses and other organizations can improve their performance by tapping the power of differences in how people think.

What if workforce diversity is more than simply the right thing to do? What if it can also improve the bottom line? It can. The Diversity Bonus shows how and why. Scott Page, a leading thinker, writer, and speaker whose ideas and advice are sought after by corporations, nonprofits, universities, and governments, makes a clear and compelling practical case for diversity and inclusion. 

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