"Hess brings not only first-rate credentials, but a cool, dispassionate perspective, an incisive analytical approach, and a willingness to stick his neck out in making judgments...." - American Political Science Review
A guide to competencies needed by the federal government's new top officials. The transition from one president to another - regardless of which party wins the 2016 elections - will mean many things, one of which is that some 3,000 to 4,000 new senior presidential appointees will take office in the first months of 2017. They will join some ......
Popular interpretations of American government tend to center on the presidency. Successes and failures of government are often attributed to presidents themselves.
Sick of 'death by PowerPoint'? Do your presentations fail to engage? If you're an executive, trainer or marketer looking to make an impact, The Presentation Playbook is your answer. Sharing 10+ years of presentation secrets from working with more than 1000+ business professionals and growth-focused brands like Coca-Cola, Toyota, and ......
Beyond political posturing and industry quick-fixes, why is the American health care system so difficult to reform? Health care reform efforts are difficult to achieve and have been historically undermined by their narrow scope. In The Present Illness, Martin F. Shapiro, MD, PhD, MPH, weaves together history, sociology, extensive research, and ......
7 lectures, various cities, April 17-May 26, 1914 (CW 154)What is the relationship between those who have died and those who remain alive on earth? Can we help those now in the spiritual world? Can they help us?In these talks, Rudolf Steiner deals with the spiritual relationships that the living can have with those who have crossed over the ......
Filled with tips, tools, and strategies, this book is the comprehensive, practical toolbox preschool administrators need to implement early childhood inclusion through systems-level change. This is the how-to book preschool administrators, school leaders, and child care directors need to step up the progress of early childhood inclusion through ......
School reform has been happening since the 1970's. Schools created policies that made changes to classroom instruction, school dress codes, and how schools function, hoping to create a culture that breeds student success. But recent developments in technology and research have introduced a new factor in reform, social/emotional learning (SEL). ......
