On Fire at Work flies in the face of other books on workplace culture by showing that employee engagement isn’t the ultimate goal—it’s merely the starting point. Renowned leadership expert Eric Cheste
"Businesses need to stop focusing on 'paradigm shifts' and 'strategic initiatives' and realize that none of that makes any sense if your front-line employees don't 'give a damn.'" —Rhoda Olsen,
During World War I, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) rose to prominence as an effective, militant union and then was destroyed by a devastating campaign of repression launched by the federal
Explains how the United States responded to a 1965 Dominican Republic rebellion by means of direct armed intervention, and sent in troops as reflective of a Cold War era attitude that overrode Rooseve
This book tells the story of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the largest nonsectarian refugee relief agency in the world. Founded in the 1930s by socialist militants, the IRC attracted the s
In the election campaign of 2000, Al Gore and Ralph Nader polled many millions more votes than George W. Bush. Yet the US Left lost out, a casualty of the two-party system. This is a pattern which has
Zeolite Chemistry and Catalysis provides an excellent survey of zeolite characterization and catalysis in tutorial style. Topics dealt with in this title include catalysis in the chemical industry, r
On average, charter schools generally operate on 23 percent less funding than other schools. That statistic is just the tip of the iceberg, according to the contributors of these seven articles; chart
