Author: bell hooks
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317588371
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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What is feminism? In this short, accessible primer, bell hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her characteristic clarity and directness, hooks encourages readers to see how feminism can touch and change their lives—to see that feminism is for everybody.
Author: James C. Hunter
Publisher: Crown Currency
ISBN: 0307453561
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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With an introduction on using the principles of The Servant in your life and career, this book redefines what it means to be a leader. In this absorbing tale, you watch the timeless principles of servant leadership unfold through the story of John Daily, a businessman whose outwardly successful life is spiraling out of control. He is failing miserably in each of his leadership roles as boss, husband, father, and coach. To get his life back on track, he reluctantly attends a weeklong leadership retreat at a remote Benedictine monastery. To John's surprise, the monk leading the seminar is a former business executive and Wall Street legend. Taking John under his wing, the monk guides him to a realization that is simple yet profound: The true foundation of leadership is not power, but authority, which is built upon relationships, love, service, and sacrifice. Along with John, you will learn that the principles in this book are neither new nor complex. They don't demand special talents; they are simply based on strengthening the bonds of respect, responsibility, and caring with the people around you. The Servant's message can be applied by anyone, anywhere—at home or at work. If you are tired of books that lecture instead of teach; if you are searching for ways to improve your leadership skills; if you want to understand the timeless virtues that lead to lasting and meaningful success, then this book is one you cannot afford to miss.
Author: Silvia Leal Martín
Publisher: Editorial Almuzara
ISBN: 8483568195
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 149
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En un mundo en el que el éxito es cada vez más fugaz, las organizaciones y las personas que aspiran a triunfar necesitan incorporar la innovación como parte de su estilo de vida. Sin embargo, ¿cómo se puede fomentar el comportamiento innovador? Ingenio y pasión proporciona una eficaz metodología y una herramienta indispensable para que emprendedores, directivos y responsables de equipos que necesiten inventar y reinventarse encuentren el impulso transformador en su propia fuerza motriz. Para ello aporta herramientas de diagnóstico, directrices de aplicación y lecciones aprendidas por cientos de empresas y profesionales que han triunfado o fracasado en el intento. Gracias a ellas, muestra cómo gestionar con eficacia tres dimensiones esenciales: personas, organización y motivación, contemplando en todo momento las diferencias de género. Esta eficaz metodología, de la que se han hecho eco publicaciones internacionales como Forbes, permite abordar la innovación de una manera rigurosa y práctica, logrando que empresas y profesionales crezcan a pesar de las turbulencias, construyendo las condiciones que garanticen, más allá de la supervivencia, una buena dosis de éxito.
Author: Farida Jalalzai
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317668359
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Women are gaining ground as presidents of Latin America. Women leaders in presidential systems (particularly women directly elected by the public) were generally limited to daughters and wives of male executives or opposition leaders. With the election of Michelle Bachelet in Chile, these traditional patterns appeared to be shifting. This book asks: what conditions allowed for a broadening of routes, beyond family ties, for women in Latin America? Do women presidents of Latin America use their powers to enhance women’s representation? While providing valuable insight into the big picture of women in presidential politics throughout Latin America over the last several decades, this book more closely analyzes four women presidents gaining office since 2006: Michelle Bachelet (Chile) Cristina Fernández (Argentina) Laura Chinchilla (Costa Rica) and Dilma Rousseff (Brazil). It assesses the paths and impacts of Latin American women presidents and scrutinizes the ways gender shapes both aspects. No other scholar has offered such an in-depth analysis of the paths and actions of women presidents of Latin America. As such, this book offers important contributions to the gender in politics literature. Its multi-methodological approach consisting of original data collection from field work and in person interviews of political elites and experts combined with an analysis of a host of secondary sources including media articles and public opinion data makes this work exceptionally comprehensive. Its findings are applicable to those studying women, gender, and politics as well as comparative politics, Latin American politics, and leadership studies.
Author: Louise Perrotta
Publisher: Loyola Press
ISBN: 0829430369
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 99
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The birth of Christ is recorded in two of the Gospels: Matthew and Luke. In Matthew 1-2/Luke 1-2: Joy to the World the two versions of the birth of Christ are explored and explained. A Guided Discovery of the Bible The Bible invites us to explore God s word and reflect on how we might respond to it. To do this, we need guidance and the right tools for discovery. The Six Weeks with the Bible series of Bible discussion guides offers both in a concise six-week format. Whether focusing on a specific biblical book or exploring a theme that runs throughout the Bible, these practical guides in this series provide meaningful insights that explain Scripture while helping readers make connections to their own lives. Each guide is faithful to Church teaching and is guided by sound biblical scholarship presents the insights of Church fathers and saints includes questions for discussion and reflection delivers information in a reader-friendly format gives suggestions for prayer that help readers respond to God s word appeals to beginners as well as to advanced students of the Bible By reading Scripture, reflecting on its deeper meanings, and incorporating it into our daily life, we can grow not only in our understanding of God s word, but also in our relationship with God."
Author: Irene Dankelman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136540261
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Although climate change affects everybody it is not gender neutral. It has significant social impacts and magnifies existing inequalities such as the disparity between women and men in their vulnerability and ability to cope with this global phenomenon. This new textbook, edited by one of the authors of the seminal Women and the Environment in the Third World: Alliance for the Future (1988) which first exposed the links between environmental degradation and unequal impacts on women, provides a comprehensive introduction to gender aspects of climate change. Over 35 authors have contributed to the book. It starts with a short history of the thinking and practice around gender and sustainable development over the past decades. Next it provides a theoretical framework for analyzing climate change manifestations and policies from the perspective of gender and human security. Drawing on new research, the actual and potential effects of climate change on gender equality and women's vulnerabilities are examined, both in rural and urban contexts. This is illustrated with a rich range of case studies from all over the world and valuable lessons are drawn from these real experiences. Too often women are primarily seen as victims of climate change, and their positive roles as agents of change and contributors to livelihood strategies are neglected. The book disputes this characterization and provides many examples of how women around the world organize and build resilience and adapt to climate change and the role they are playing in climate change mitigation. The final section looks at how far gender mainstreaming in climate mitigation and adaptation has advanced, the policy frameworks in place and how we can move from policy to effective action. Accompanied by a wide range of references and key resources, this book provides students and professionals with an essential, comprehensive introduction to the gender aspects of climate change.
Author: Tony Evans
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1624059945
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 209
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This 90-day devotional is a perfect way for kingdom couples to start the day together remembering the principles they are learning in the Kingdom Marriage book, DVD Video Curriculum, or Participant’s Guide. Couples will find daily inspiration to step together into the full role God has for them so they begin to fulfill God’s design and purpose for their marriage. With practical insights and powerful stories, Tony Evans inspires and instructs couples so they discover the hope, challenge, and guidance God’s Word provides for their journey together. Kingdom Marriage Devotional shows couples that the key to influencing our society and the world with lasting impact is found in solidifying Biblical marriage the way God intended. It starts with both wife and husband being nurtured in the Lord’s presence and then reflecting His image within the roles and responsibilities of their union. Kingdom Marriage Devotional and other Kingdom Marriage products are part of an entire line of Kingdom products by Tony Evans, including Kingdom Man, Kingdom Woman, Raising Kingdom Kids, and the Kingdom Quest strategy guides for kids and teens.
Author: Fabiola Amariles Erazo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 184
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Las mujeres han sido líderes siempre, con estilos auténticos, humanitarios, adaptativos. Sin embargo, estos liderazgos generalmente se han aplicado al mundo privado donde se desenvolvían antes. El mundo cambió, las mujeres en su gran mayoría han abandonado sus espacios privados y se desempeñan ahora masivamente en el ámbito público donde sus habilidades y destrezas serán útiles en este siglo y para este nuevo mundo. Pero este liderazgo de las mujeres necesita ser más visible, valorado, reforzado, y combinarse con otros estilos para ser más efectivos. Solo deben escudriñar en su interior para detectar los mecanismos que les impiden ver sus propias capacidades, y vencer sus auto limitaciones, de cara a la creación de una sociedad que traiga bienestar a mujeres y hombres por igual. Este libro ofrece claves basadas en algunas corrientes y teorías del siglo XX que tienen plena vigencia en este siglo XXI: Liderazgo transformador; liderazgo adaptativo; liderazgo global; liderazgo diverso e inclusivo. Con base en la historia personal y profesional de la autora, Fabiola Amariles Erazo, y en los múltiples talleres y seminarios para mujeres líderes que ella ha dado en diversos entornos culturales, en este libro ella nos presenta algunos conceptos sobre el poder y el éxito en un mundo competitivo, desde la perspectiva de las mujeres, y nos comparte un método práctico y eficaz que te ayudará a precisar mejor tu sueño o, en otras palabras, tu visión de la mujer líder que deseas ser; además de los pasos que se requieren para alcanzar esa visión. Para ese fin nos transmite cinco claves que ayudarán a las mujeres líderes de hoy a avanzar en sus metas profesionales y personales con seguridad y éxito. Para cada una de ellas, se presentan las competencias que será necesario desarrollar a fin de potenciar un liderazgo autónomo y eficaz. El eje central lo constituye la comunicación asertiva, entendida como la capacidad de comunicar y defender los derechos propios y los de los demás de manera adecuada. Con conceptos y técnicas que te ayudarán a auto examinar tus habilidades de comunicación y las creencias y patrones que pueden estar limitando tu progreso, potenciarás tus capacidades para una óptima comunicación y efectividad en tus diferentes relaciones y entornos en los que te desenvuelves. También aborda las diferencias de género en la comunicación no verbal en el ámbito laboral y empresarial, y nos da algunas pautas para vencer los retos que enfrentan las mujeres en el desarrollo de sus carreras laborales. La negociación efectiva, en especial la negociación de salarios con buenos resultados es también parte de las pautas que brinda el libro, al igual que los caminos para vencer el síndrome de la impostora, un fenómeno psicológico que afecta en mayor medida a las mujeres. La autora trata también el tema de la gestión adecuada de la diversidad como factor de éxito en las organizaciones, con pautas para un liderazgo intercultural eficaz. Hombres y mujeres pueden aprender mutuamente de sus respectivas formas de liderazgo. A ellos, a los hombres líderes, también van dirigidas las reflexiones y consejos que se presentan en este libro.
Author: Alberto Cañas
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331945501X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Concept Mapping, CMC 2016, held in Tallinn, Estonia, in September 2016. The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 135 submissions. The papers address issues such as facilitation of learning; eliciting, capturing, archiving, and using “expert” knowledge; planning instruction; assessment of “deep” understandings; research planning; collaborative knowledge modeling; creation of “knowledge portfolios”; curriculum design; eLearning, and administrative and strategic planning and monitoring.
Author: Owen Strachan
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 1496424875
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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This year, get to know the true Jonathan Edwards—and see the hand of God in your own life like never before. Jonathan Edwards is one of the most respected early American theologians. In Always in God’s Hands, Owen Strachan recovers the real Jonathan Edwards—the thinker, the compassionate father, the courageous reformer—as opposed to the caricature of him that is often presented. Edwards believed God was ever-present in each of our lives, caring and encouraging us in every moment. In a moving letter to his daughter, he reminds her of that comforting truth by describing her as “always in God’s hands.” Through daily quotes from Edwards’s letters and sermons, this inspirational devotional reveals the soaring theology and comforting spirituality of one of history’s most faithful and gifted pastors. With each meditation, compiler Owen Strachan offers refreshing and relevant insights, encouraging you in your walk with God.
