Author: Barbara L. Jackson
Publisher: University Press of America
Keywords: balancing
Number of Pages: 110
Published: 1996-01-23
List price: $33.50
ISBN-10: 0819195634
ISBN-13: 9780819195630
According to Barbara Jackson, public schools are and always have been part of the political process, and any effective school superintendent must maintain a delicate balance among forces and interests both political and educational. This book reviews the long history of the urban superintendent’s changing role, with special attention to the racial and ethnic politics of the cities since the 1970s. Boston and Detroit are discussed as illustrative examples. The entire study is grounded in a wide range of published and unpublished information, including numerous interviews with urban superi
Author: Fiona Parashar
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Keywords: balancing
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2005-02-22
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0684028743
ISBN-13: 9780684028743
A recent work/life study by MANAGEMENT TODAY revealed that almost half of Britain’s managers feel too mentally and physically exhausted to do anything other than work and sleep, and nearly a third say their lives are out of control. Around half of the people questioned said they would switch jobs tomorrow for a better quality of life. Is it the way we work today that is causing this phenomenon or are we just not handling our lives as well as we could? THE BALANCING ACT offers the WHY, WHAT and HOW of getting more balance in our lives. It gets to the root of WHY we’re out of ba
Author: Zoe Fishman
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: novel, acts, balancing
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2010-03-01
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0061711802
ISBN-13: 9780061711800
A poignant debut novel about the transformative powers of yoga and friendship for four women on the verge of realizing their dreams With beauty, brains, and a high-paying Wall Street position, Charlie was a woman who seemed to have it all—until she turned thirty and took stock of her life, or lack thereof. She left it all behind to pursue yoga, and now, two years later, she’s looking to drum up business for her fledgling studio in Brooklyn. Attending her college’s alumni night with fliers in tow, she reconnects with three former classmates whose post-graduation lives, like h
Author: Judith Anodea
Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated
Keywords: balancing, chakra
Number of Pages: 102
Published: 2006-03
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1591790883
ISBN-13: 9781591790884
Chakras are the seven spinning energy centers of the human body that control every dimension of our physical, mental and spiritual well being. Now, Anodea Judith - one of the country¹s foremost experts on the therapeutic use of the chakra system - gives access to this subtle energy matrix, opening a powerful path for healing and spiritual growth with a complete chakra "wellness kit:" Chakra Balancing. Anodea Judith begins with a journey through each of the chakras where listeners discover their purpose, imbalances, and strengths - and learn how to balance their energies for health an
Author: Ellen Stoll Walsh
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Keywords: balancing
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2010-09-21
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 1442407573
ISBN-13: 9781442407572
Two mice make a teeter-totter. They’re balancing just fine, but then along comes a frog. Can they make room for one more friend on their teeter-totter? What about two? What about more? But then a big bird comes along and wants to play too. Better watch out!
Author: Linda Lee Landon
Publisher: Warm Snow Publishers
Keywords: balancing, healing
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2002-04
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0971068410
ISBN-13: 9780971068414
Author: Florence M. Stone
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: balancing, manager
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1997-06-24
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0814403743
ISBN-13: 9780814403747
With hierarchies flattened, command softened, and employees empowered to think and act independently -- what’s left for managers to do? Plenty! According to The Manager’s Balancing Act, all of the organizational changes of the past decade have created a unique set of problems and challenges that managers must address. This book offers practical solutions on how to combine the best of "traditional" and "new" management styles to: ** empower others when they’re not ready ** cope with the issue of loyalty ** ensure effective communications ** mold employee
