Author: Joseph R. Folkman
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: feedback, professional, change, personal, turning, principles, power, others
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2006-05-19
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0471998206
ISBN-13: 9780471998204

Praise for The Power of Feedback "Some books are worthy of being recommended simply because of their subject matter. . . . There is no greater force to improve the quality of human relationships or improve the way organizations function than to multiply the amount and improve the quality of feedback." "Other books are worthy of being recommended . . . when an author takes an otherwise abstract, obtuse subject and turns it into an actionable, practical set of things to do. Joe Folkman has accomplished that task . . . helping individuals and organizations to develop feedback-ri

Authors:John Zenger, Joseph Folkman,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: leaders, managers, turning, leader, extraordinary
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2002-07-25
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0071387471
ISBN-13: 9780071387477

Secrets for developing leadership and competitive advantage in any organization The Extraordinary Leader is a research-based book about leadership. It analyzes 200,000 assessments from 20,000 managers and presents new insights that demystify this complex subject. It clearly establishes the importance of developing great leaders versus being satisfied with merely good ones, and highlights the link between leadership behavior and an organization’s performance. From the authors’ research, a new model of leadership emerges that challenges long-held beliefs about leadership compet

Authors:John Zenger, Joseph Folkman, Scott Edinger,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: leaders, motivate, extraordinary, secrets, leader, unlocking, inspiring
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-05-05
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0071621245
ISBN-13: 9780071621243

In their bestselling work The Extraordinary Leader, performance thought leaders John Zenger and Joseph Folkman revealed the 16 key competencies that separate the top 10 percent of leaders from the rest. Since that book’s publication, they and coauthor Scott Edinger discovered, through an extensive study conducted over four years, that leaders who possessed the ability to inspire and motivate outperformed all others. The authors found that the impact of inspiring and motivating others is consistent across different kinds of organizations and within diffe

Authors:John Zenger, Joseph Folkman, John Zenger, Joseph Folk
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: leaders, extraordinary, lessons, handbook
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2004-01-01
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0071435328
ISBN-13: 9780071435321

These quick reads, based on McGraw-Hill bestsellers, are designed to meet the needs of busy people. Titles in the series focus on each book’s main themes and action ideas, reduced to a manageable page count for on-the-go readers. A workplace-tested prescription for encouraging the behaviors and key drivers of effective leadership, from one of today’s top training teams.

Authors:A. Moser, Steve Folkman,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Keywords: design, pipe, buried
Number of Pages: 601
Published: 2008-07-30
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 007147689X
ISBN-13: 9780071476898

Unearth the Secrets of Designing and Building High-Quality Buried Piping Systems This brand-new edition of Buried Pipe Design helps you analyze the performance of a wide range of pipes, so you can determine the proper pipe and installation system for the job. Covering almost every type of rigid and flexible pipe, this unique reference identifies and describes factors involved in working with sewer and drain lines, water and gas mains, subway tunnels, culverts, oil and coals slurry lines, and telephone and electrical conduits. It provides clear examples for designing new municipal dr

Authors:Richard S. Lazarus PhD, Susan Folkman PhD,
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Keywords: coping, appraisal, stress
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 1984-03-15
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0826141919
ISBN-13: 9780826141910

Here is a monumental work that continues in the tradition pioneered by co-author Richard Lazarus in his classic book Psychological Stress and the Coping Process. Dr. Lazarus and his collaborator, Dr. Susan Folkman, present here a detailed theory of psychological stress, building on the concepts of cognitive appraisal and coping which have become major themes of theory and investigation. As an integrative theoretical analysis, this volume pulls together two decades of research and thought on issues in behavioral medicine, emotion, stress management, treatment, and life span de

Authors:Bruce Dennis Sales, Susan Folkman,
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Keywords: participants, human, research, ethics
Number of Pages: 215
Published: 2000-07-15
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1557986886
ISBN-13: 9781557986887