A humorous description of motherhood from the supermom type to the mother who puts her children outside to play when the chill factor is 40 below.

• Part 1. OKRs in action. Google, meet OKRs
• The father of OKRs
• Operation crush: An Intel story
• Superpower #1: Focus and commit to priorities
• Focus: The Remind story
• Commit: The Nuna story
• Superpower #2: Align and connect for teamwork
• Align: The MyFitnessPal story
• Connect : the Intuit story
• Superpower #3: Track for accountability
• Track : the Gates Foundation story
• Superpower #4: stretch for amazing
• Stretch: the Google Chrome story
• Stretch: the YouTube story
• Part 2. The new world of work. Continuous performance management : OKRs and CFRs
• Ditching annual performance reviews: the Adobe story
• Baking better every day: the Zume Pizza story
• Culture
• Culture change : the Lumeris story
• Culture change : Bono's ONE campaign story
• The goals to come.

"In the fall of 1999, John Doerr met with the founders of a start-up he'd just given nearly $12 million, the biggest investment of his career. Larry Page and Sergey Brin had amazing technology, entrepreneurial energy, and sky-high ambitions, but no real business plan. For Google to change the world, or even survive, Page and Brin had to learn how to make tough choices on priorities while keeping their team on track. They had to know when to pull the plug on losing propositions, to fail fast. They needed timely, relevant data to track their progress--to measure what mattered. Doerr introduced them to a proven approach to operating excellence--Objectives and Key Results. The rest is history."--Dust jacket.

• Why bureaucracies so often fail us
• Where you want to go: "the vision thing"
• Formulating a strategy
• Techniques for implementing change
• It's always about people
• Stakeholders: friends and foes
• The agent of change: "mirror, mirror on the wall"
• Money, money, money: reforming in scarce times
• Reform: the never-ending story
• A flaming heart.

From the former Secretary of Defense and author of the best-selling memoir Duty, a characteristically direct, informed, and urgent assessment of why big institutions are failing us and how smart, committed leadership can effect real improvement regardless of scale. Across the realms of civic and private enterprise alike, bureaucracies vitally impact our security, freedoms, and everyday life. With so much at stake, competence, efficiency, and fiscal prudence are essential, yet Americans know these institutions fall short. Many despair that they are too big and too hard to reform. Robert Gates disagrees. Having led change successfully at three monumental organizations--the CIA, Texas A&M University, and the Department of Defense--he offers us the ultimate insider's look at how major bureaus, organizations, and companies can be transformed, which is by turns heartening and inspiring and always instructive.--Adapted from book jacket.

• A curious mind and a curious book
• There is no cure for curiosity
• The police chief, the movie mogul, and the father of the H-bomb: Thinking like other people
• The curiosity inside the story
• Curiosity as a superhero power
• Every conversation is a curiosity conversation
• Good taste and the power of anti-curiosity
• The golden age of curiosity.

For decades, film and TV producer Brian Grazer has scheduled a weekly "curiosity conversation" with an accomplished stranger. From scientists to spies, and adventurers to business leaders, Grazer has met with anyone willing to answer his questions for a few hours. These informal discussions sparked the creative inspiration behind many of Grazer's movies and TV shows, including Splash, 24, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Arrested Development, 8 Mile, J. Edgar, and many others. A Curious Mind is a brilliantly entertaining, fascinating, and inspiring homage to the power of inquisitiveness and the ways in which it deepens and improves us. Whether you're looking to improve your management style at work or you want to become a better romantic partner, this book-and its lessons on the power of curiosity-can change your life.
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• How it happens
• The dismantling of the American dream
• Kenya & back
• The precariat
• A guaranteed income for working people
• Worthwhile work
• Untethered idealism
• Everybody likes a tax credit
• What we owe one another
• What you can do.

"The first half of Chris Hughes' life played like a movie reel right out of the American Dream. He grew up in a small town in North Carolina. His parents were people of modest means, but he was accepted into an elite boarding school and then Harvard, both on scholarship. There, he met Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz and became one of the co-founders of Facebook. In telling his story, Hughes demonstrates the powerful role fortune and luck play in today's economy. Through the rocket ship rise of Facebook, Hughes came to understand how a select few can become ultra-wealthy nearly overnight. He believes the same forces that made Facebook possible have made it harder for everyone else in America to make ends meet. To help people who are struggling, Hughes proposes a simple, bold solution: a guaranteed income for working people, including unpaid caregivers and students, paid for by the one percent. The way Hughes sees it, a guaranteed income is the most powerful tool we have to combat poverty and stabilize America's middle class. Money--cold hard cash with no strings attached--gives people freedom, dignity, and the ability to climb the economic ladder. A guaranteed income for working people is the big idea that's missing in the national conversation. This book, grounded in Hughes' personal experience, will start a frank conversation about how we earn in modern America, how we can combat income inequality, and ultimately, how we can give everyone a fair shot."--Jacket.

• Rise and inspire
• All rise
• Catherine Zeta-Jones: Be precocious: Find your fire and step into the light
• Kyle Maynard: Be determined: Don't make excuses
• Nely Galán: Be resilient: Stand for something
• Tyler, the Creator: Be inspired: Create a carnival
• Lola Alvarez: Be on task: Celebrate your differences
• Gary Vaynerchuk: Be on edge: Lift the weight of worry
• Brian Lee: Be honest: Pay your dues
• Kristina Guerrero: Be on point: Bark once for a big idea
• Carlos Santana: Be in harmony: Live in abundance
• Wendy Williams: Be true to yourself: Do your own thing
• Michael Parrella: Be nimble: Use what's useful
• Jake Kassan and Kramer LaPlante: Be on time: Know when the moment is right
• Grant Cardone: Be excited: Beat the sun
• Al and Brittani Baker: Be hungry: Come back to what you know
• Joel Osteen: Be quiet: Harness your emotional energy
• The power of grind
• Epilogue: Rise and take care.

"Daymond John has never been a stranger to hard work. And he also knows how spectacularly a killer work ethic can pay off. As a young man, he started a hip-hop inspired fashion brand on the streets of Queens, New York, with a $40 budget by hand-sewing hats between his shifts at Red Lobster. Today, his brand, FUBU, has over $6 billion in sales. While others might be searching for a shortcut to the top, says Daymond, the truth is that if you want to get and stay ahead, you need to put in the work. You need to outthink, outhustle, and outperform everyone around you. You've got to rise and grind every day. In the anticipated follow-up to the ... bestseller Power of Broke, Daymond reveals how we can all rise and grind our way to the success and fulfillment we seek. He shows how grit and persistence helped him overcome the obstacles he has faced in his own life, and ultimately fueled his success. He shares the habits and mind-set that empower him, letting us in on how he makes the most of his 24/7. And he opens up about his recent cancer scare and how it fuels him to continue to challenge himself. He also takes an up-close look at the hard-charging routines of individuals who have risen to the challenges in their lives and grinded their way to the very tops of their fields, such as Oscar- and Tony Award-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, serial entrepreneur and mega influencer Gary Vaynerchuk, and pastor and bestselling author Joel Osteen. Along the way, he highlights common threads and shows how you can apply these lessons to your life. We all get the same twenty-four hours in a day, whether we have a million dollars in the bank or a hundred, Daymond says. Here he shows how to put those hours to work for you; whether you run a business or run a household--or anything in between--you'll learn how to spend your days productively, meaningfully, and purposefully. This book is for anyone who wants to summon the inspiration to think bigger, push themselves harder, and relentlessly chase their dreams."--Jacket.
John has never been a stranger to hard work. As a young man he started a hip-hop inspired fashion brand on the streets of Queens, New York, with a $40 budget; today his brand, FUBU, has over $6 billion in sales. The truth, he says, is that if you want to get and stay ahead, you need to put in the work. You need to outthink, outhustle, and outperform everyone around you. You've got to rise and grind every day. Here John shares the habits and mind-set that empower him, letting us in on how he makes the most of his 24/7. And he opens up about his recent cancer scare and how it fuels him to continue to challenge himself.

• Giving opportunity wings. Introduction: A meaningful life ; A drop in the bucket ; Changing lives, bead by bead ; From anecdote to evidence ; Doughnuts with CARE ; The land of opportunity-- if you catch them early ; Save the children, in the USA ; A thirty-million-word gap ; A summer springboard for kids ; Who grabs the marshmallow? ; Mrs. Grady and the boy who made her cry ; Coaching troubled teens ; A milestone for Jessica ; The power of hope ; A Kenyan named Kennedy ; A doctor who treats violence ; Renaissance giver ; Attacking sex trafficking ; Shana's comeback
• Reforming the art of helping. Charity : in search of a revolution ; The biggest bang for the philanthropic buck ; Madison Avenue helps the needy ; Lessons from a master pastor ; Scaling social good ; Impossible, possible task: A happy, healthy meal ; Doing good while being big ; The perfect product: Cheap, clean water
• Give, get, live. The neuroscience of giving: A natural high ; The most boring aid in the world ; When social networks dig a well ; One girl, in memoriam ; Survival of the kind ; Philanthropy by the poor ; Healing through helping ; Encore careers ; A hundred flowers bloom ; A hundred million books ; A giving code ; Six steps you can take in the next six minutes
• A gift list.

In their earlier book, Half the Sky, husband-and-wife team Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn brought to light struggles faced by women and girls around the globe, and showcased individuals and institutions working to address oppression and expand opportunity. A Path Appears is even more ambitious in scale: a sweeping tapestry of people who are making the world a better place and a guide to the ways that we can do the same -- whether with a donation of $5 or $5 million, with our time, by capitalizing on our skills as individuals, or by using the resources of our businesses. With both research and on-the-ground reporting, the authors assay the art and science of giving, identify successful local and global initiatives, and share examples from the front lines of social progress. We meet people like Dr. Gary Slutkin, who developed his landmark Cure Violence program to combat inner-city conflicts in the United States by applying principles of epidemiology; Lester Strong, who left a career as a high-powered television anchor to run an organization bringing in older Americans to tutor students in public schools across the country; MIT development economist Esther Duflo, whose pioneering studies of aid effectiveness have revealed new truths about, among other things, the power of hope; and Jessica Posner and Kennedy Odede, who are transforming Kenya's most notorious slum by expanding educational opportunities for girls. A Path Appears offers practical, results-driven advice on how best each of us can give and reveals the lasting benefits we gain in return.

• Foreword to the 20th anniversary edition
• Introduction
• My Little Red Book
• Golf Medicine
• What's the Problem
• Looking Up
• Hand Position
• The Three Most Important Clubs
• The Grip
• The Waggle
• Holding the Club
• The Easiest Lesson
• Palm Reading
• Starting Young
• Hole Them All
• Learning Around the Cup
• Do You Need Help?
• The Right Elbow
• Take Dead Aim
• Beware
• How to Knock Five Strokes Off Your Game
• Reassurance
• The Practice Swing
• The Average Golfer
• How to Tell Where You're Aimed
• Seasoned Citizens
• The Left Heel
• Backspin
• Heavy Clubs
• Hints on Greenskeeping
• The Wrist Cock
• Hit a Full Approach
• Easy Bunkers
• Bunker Play
• Don't Relax
• Positive Thinking
• Psychology
• Stay Behind the Ball
• Hitting From the Top
• Hypnotism
• The Slow-Motion Drill
• Powder the Ball
• Ball Position
• Swing the Bucket
• The Weed Cutter
• Placing Your Feet
• The Turn
• Instant Humility
• Maxims
• The Mythical Perfect Swing
• First Things First
• The Prettiest Swing
• Hitting the Target
• The Magic Move
• How to Practice the Full Swing
• Warming Up in a Hurry
• Chipping
• Putting
• The Dreaded Four-Footer
• The Shank Shot
• Why I Decided to Become a Teacher
• The Stance
• A Very Bad Habit
• The First-Time Student
• Competition
• Kids and Carts
• A Story by Helen
• Learning
• Some of the Women in My Life
• And Some of the Men in My Life
• The Sexes
• A Practice Rule
• John Bredmus
• Hooking and Slicing
• Strange Penalty
• Yardage
• Long and Short
• Best Dressed
• My Best Boys
• Chip or Pitch
• Out of Sight
• The Follow-through
• A Little Bit
• A Golfer's Poem
• Preparing for a Big Match
• Uphill and Downhill
• Playing in the Wind
• Titanic Thompson
• Trick Shots
• Caddies
• A Life in Golf.

• The caddy and the CEO
• Your title makes you a manager. Your people make you a leader
• Build an envelope of trust
• Team first
• The power of love
• The yardstick.

"Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle, the team behind How Google Works, return with the story of Bill Campbell, the greatest executive business coach the world has ever seen, responsible for creating more value than just about anybody else on the planet"-- Provided by publisher.

• How hard can it be?
• Every day's a new day
• The kings of podcasting abdicate
• A short lesson in constraint
• Humans learn to flock
• Happily liver after
• All hail the fail whale
• The bright spot
• Big changes come in small packages
• Five hundred million dollars
• Wisdom of the masses
• You can handle the truth
• The no-homework policy
• The new rules
• Twenty-five dollars goes a long way
• A new definition for capitalism
• Something new
• The true promise of a connected society.

Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, discusses the power of creativity and how to harness it, through memoir-style stories from his remarkable life and career. THINGS A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME: Confessions of the Creative Mind From GQ's Nerd of the Year to one of Time's most influential people in the world, Biz Stone represents different things to different people. But he is known to all as the creative, effervescent, funny, and remarkably savvy co-founder of Twitter-the social media platform that singlehandedly changed the way the world works. Now, Biz tells fascinating, pivotal, and personal stories from his life and career, sharing his knowledge about the nature and importance of ingenuity today. In Biz's world: -Opportunity can be manufactured -Great work comes from abandoning a linear way of thinking -Creativity never runs out, use it as often as you want -Asking questions is free. Do it! In this book, Biz also addresses failure, the value of vulnerability, ambition, and how to learn from negative experiences (he's had many). Whether seeking behind-the-scenes stories, advice, or wisdom and principles from one of the most successful businessmen of the new century, THINGS A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME will satisfy every reader.
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"A humorous memoir by a veteran hospitality employee that reveals what goes on behind the scenes of the hotel business. Includes tips on how to get the most out of your hotel stay"-- Provided by publisher.

• Lessons learned

The Lessons Learned Series Wondering how the most accomplished leaders from around the globe have tackled their toughest challenges? Now you can find out--with Lessons Learned. Concise and engaging, each volume in this new series offers twelve to fourteen insightful essays by top leaders in business, the public sector, and academia on the most pressing issues they've faced. A crucial resource for today's busy executive, Lessons Learned gives you instant access to the wisdom and expertise of the world's most talented leaders.
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