Every great speaker has five traits in common, they are: clear, concise, confident, credible, and compelling. But great speakers don’t always start off that way. Through preparation and awareness of the building blocks of effective communication, anyone can become a more confident and engaging communicator.

For fans of the "This I Believe" radio show and people looking for a Mother's Day gift, this book dedicated to the subject of motherhood is a perfect gift to give or keep, any time of year.

Artificial Maturity explains how our Generation iY and Homelander kids are growing up over-exposed to information and under-exposed to real-life experiences, causing them to be stressed out and confused, and offers solutions for how parents, teachers, and other youth leaders can help them acheive real maturity.

An accessible guide to help classroom teachers manage their stuff, their time, and their energy. Author Maia Heyck-Merlin is the teacher time management and organizational guru and in this book she clearly explains her highly-customizable system. The templates and tutorials are also included on a CD. 

In the post-crisis economy, traditional career strategies spell professional extinction, but the fluid new "gig economy" offers tremendous potential for anyone willing to adapt.

Pursuing the Triple Aim, by Maureen Bisognano and Charles Kenney, Chronicles Innovations that Improve Quality and Control Costs

The first book by a veteran divorce attorney with legal and psychological advice and motivational stories about how fathers can sustain a loving, healthy relationship with their kids after a marriage ends.

This groundbreaking book reveals that courage is more about managing fear than not feeling it, and that courage can be learned. The author explains that most courageous people are unaware of their own bravery, and all of us have some form of courage in our lives now, to start with.

Sleep advice from two moms who offer a very smart, proven, enormously useful method to teach both babies and their parents how to sleep all night without interruption.  Sleep is something that a baby can and will learn, and they provide an easy three-part method so that mom and dad can preserve their sanity, health, and marriage.

A practical yet theoretically driven book with solutions for educators and institutions for implementing social media tools to better meet pedagogical needs and increase learning.

Planned serendipity is not an abstract, magical notion, but a practical skill. Get Lucky is the indispensable resource for anyone who wants to learn this skill and to make serendipity work for them.

Author Beverly Schwartz presents a model for change based on five proven principles that any individual leader or organization can apply to bring about deep, lasting and systematic change.

This practical resource helps faculty in the STEM and all quantitative disciplines design interesting problems and writing assignments in order to make their coursework richer and more relevant to students, as well as satisfy institutional imperatives.

The only up-to-date, comprehensive, practical guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating every kind of student support service online to benefit both distance and campus-based learners.

THE ADVANTAGE:  Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business

by bestselling author Patrick Lencioni

Negotiate a Raise to Get Your Good Work Rewarded

A groundbreaking book, Jugaad Innovation shows leaders everywhere why the time is right for jugaad to emerge as a powerful business tool in the West--and how to bring jugaad practices to their organizations.

On Being Presidential provides a road map to effective performance for college and university presidents, aspiring presidents, senior administrators, faculty leaders, and trustees, all of whom ought to know what presidents do but often don't.

Three-year bachelor's degree programs save universities and their students time, money, and resources, and this is the only evidence-based book to show you how to create and sustain one.

The 21st Century's counterpart to Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Dan Sanker's Collaborate: The Art of We gives a new generation of pioneering business enthusiasts a practical guide to capture tomorrow's opportunities