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Discover scholarly journals, magazines, and other reference sources covering environmental issues and policies.
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English
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"The Right--and Wrong--Stuff is a candid, unvarnished guide to the bumpy road to success. The shocking truth is that 98 percent of us have at least one career-derailment risk factor, and half to two-thirds actually go off the rails. And the reason why people get fired, demoted, or plateau is because they let the wrong stuff act out, not because they lack talent, energy, experience, or credentials. Carter Cast himself had all the right stuff for a...
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Publisher
Boxtree
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Author Tony Robinson explores how there has been an unseen army undertaking hard, dangerous and unpleasant work throughout British history, from the Roman Invasion to the reign of Queen Victoria. Whether it's swilling out the crotch of a knight's soiled armor, collecting guillemot eggs on wind-swept cliffs, or cleaning Tudor era cess-pits, Robinson personally endures it all to illustrate the disgusting, dangerous, painful, exhausting, and humiliating...
Series
Workplace excellence volume 3
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Find out why some people love coming to work and doing their best: Energize with breakfast ; Create a fun caring culture ; Make the workplace desirable ; Use light, colour and design ; Encourage staff creativity ; Make work spaces comfortable ; Provide relaxing zones for time out ; Offer team building activities ; Meet, celebrate and socialize.
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York magazine's work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to navigating 200 difficult professional conversations--featuring all-new advice! There's a reason Alison Green has been called "the Dear Abby of the work world." Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don't know what to say. Thankfully,...
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Publisher
Amplify Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Beyond strategies and systems, what really drives workplace equity and inclusion? The truth is, all historically excluded professionals who have broken through to greater levels of belonging and achievement have succeeded not by systems change alone, but because influential leaders chose to remove barriers, open doors, and guide them toward their goals. The bottom line: someone made a way for them. Using case studies, data, and evocative storytelling,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With the fastest growing economy in the history of the world, China is the workshop of globalisation. But are workers paying the price for a manufacturing revolution? This unique fly-on-the-wall documentary uncovers the hard realities of working conditions in a Chinese factory. The film focuses on a German-owned company in Shenzhen, China, which makes the chargers for Nokia's mobile phones. Nokia sends in a two-woman team to carry out an ethical audit...
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Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race equips you with the skills you need to make crucial conversations about race easier and more productive"--
Avoiding a situation is not the same as choosing neutrality. Remaining silent on racial inequality--ignoring the news, social media posts, and more--will not make the issues go away. If you want a more equitable workplace--and a more equitable world--it is necessary to have conversations about...
15) Fractured oak
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English
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It's hard to catch a killer when the only witness is a tree.
"Comprehensive, well-researched, and above all mesmerizing"-Readers' Favorite
In 1853, after Catherine Miller is murdered for daring to become a doctor in a field full of men, a molecular fusion between human decay and natural rebirth transforms her into a Northern Red Oak. One hundred and seventy years later, she remains a mute but sentient tree, rooted near a secluded Northeast Ohio...
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MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
There are reasons the IT Department of Reynholm Industries is kept in the building's basement. The department's employees are bitter slacker Roy, über-nerd Moss, and technically clueless Jen. Jen finds that her builder is urinating in all of her sinks; Moss has begun to speak like a manly football fan; Roy is now living on the streets; Reynholm will have a new Employee Of The Month; Friendface's horror needs to be stopped; charity calendars may feature...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In recent years, workplace toxicity, industry volatility, and technology-driven turnover have threatened the psychological well-being of employees. When we can't flourish at work, both personal success and corporate productivity suffer. As we sit on the cusp of some of the most turbulent economic changes in history, many of us wonder how we can not only survive but flourish in our careers. Now, Tomorrowmind provides essential plans and actionable...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After an Oregon mother finds an SOS letter in a box of Halloween decorations, a story unfolds about the man who wrote it: a Chinese political prisoner, sentenced without trial to work grueling hours at a "reeducation" camp-manufacturing the products sold in our own big-box stores"--
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
There are reasons the IT Department of Reynholm Industries is kept in the building's basement. Bitter slacker Roy, über-nerd Moss, and technically clueless Jen attend a night of theater, befriend a German cannibal, disrupt their boss' funeral, throw a dinner party, design the ultimate bra, and commit further acts of personal and professional irresponsibility.
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