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Strategic thinking has become a core competency for business leaders globally. Overused and under-defined, the term is often used interchangeably with other strategic management terms. This book delineates and defines strategic thinking as an advanced, conceptual cognitive capability, focusing on the nonlinear, divergent, a-rational, and informal nature of strategic thinking. This unique and practical book is an original primer of how successful strategists learn to think strategically.

Zodra Romara Shaldon een brief van haar zus Caryl krijgt weet ze dat er iets goed mis is. Ze haast zich naar Londen en komt er achter dat Caryl zeven maanden zwanger is, van een verschrikkelijke man. Als die Harvey de zussen alle twee een klap geeft belandt Romara van de regen in de drup: op straat wordt ze opgepikt door een stel dronken losbollen die haar met lord Trent Ravenscar laten trouwen. Zo is Romara niet alleen buiten bewustzijn met een zware hersenschudding en wordt haar zus gevangen gehouden door de vader van haar baby, maar is ze ook nog eens tegen haar zin in getrouwd...

De prachtige Angelina slijt al haar dagen op dezelfde manier: met het voorlezen aan haar bedlegerige grootmoeder en het uitlaten van haar pekineesje Twi-Twi. De kroning van koning Edward VII is een lichtpuntje in die zee van verveling, omdat dat er voor zorgt dat het Griekse consulaat naast haar huis groots bezoek ontvangt: prins Xenos van Cephalonia! Angelina kan zo nog een activiteit aan haar repertoire toevoegen: naar Xenos gluren door een gat in de heg. Daar lijkt het bij te blijven, tot Twi-Twi ruzie krijgt met de kat van het consulaat.

Het leven van een prinses valt Marie-Celeste zwaar: het is saai, de regels zijn streng en haar zusje moet door rugklachten het bed houden. Haar enige uitweg zijn de muzieklessen met professor Dumont, die haar vertelt over het kunstenaarsleven in Parijs. Als Marie-Celeste hoort dat ze uitgehuwelijkt gaat worden is dat de druppel: de volgende ochtend ontvlucht ze, samen met de oude professor, het paleis en stapt ze op de trein naar Parijs.

Alita woont bij haar rijke, adellijke oom en tante, die een groot landgoed en een paardenfokkerij bezitten. Alita is erg goed met paarden, zelfs de wildste dieren worden rustig onder haar handen, en met veel liefde verzorgt ze haar hengst Flamingo. Als het naastgelegen landgoed wordt gekocht door een rijke Amerikaan, wordt Alita hopeloos verliefd. Maar haar oom wil zijn dochter ook aan deze Amerikaan koppelen, om een einde te maken aan zijn geldzorgen. Voor Alita begint zo een race met de allerhoogste inzet: de liefde van haar leven.

Possessed by a need to save a beautiful Amazon warrior from the vision he witnessed, Loke snatched her from the midst of the battle between the Third and Fifth realm of the demons and carried her to his home deep in the black mountains of hell to protect her. But as the fierce little female awakens, he finds she's anything but grateful, and his dragon instincts roar to life to warn that she might be more to him than an enemy - she might be his fated female.

In 1938, while tensions in Europe are reaching a boiling point, four young women with big ambitions enter secretarial school in San Francisco. Motivated to attain the financial stability that eluded their parents, they go to battle for their futures. Moira, of Scottish descent, dreams of being an actress. Ann yearns for the education her Jewish immigrant parents provided for her brother, but not for her. Japanese American Wanda experiences firsthand the racial injustices running rampant in the United States.

Un an après la fermeture du bar le One More, l'équipe One More Joke a retrouvé ses habitudes et les habitués du lieu pour une soirée anniversaire réunissant des humoristes parmi ceux qui ont participé à l'essor de ce plateau devenu aujourd'hui itinérant. L'aventure a démarré un jeudi soir de septembre 2016 avec 25 spectateurs.

Three BBC radio adaptations of famous novels by the prolific 19th-century author Mrs Oliphant - plus an episode of Reading Aloud, with extracts from her autobiography. Sometimes called ‘the feminist Trollope’, Margaret Oliphant wrote more than 100 works of fiction in a wide variety of genres, ranging from novels of small-town life to historical tales and supernatural stories. Included here are three of her best-loved works, brimming with dry wit, perceptive irony and flawed but fascinating heroines.

This family saga starts with a young South African woman searching for her family origins and history in Britain. While starting work on compiling notes on The Gravel Road, I earnestly began to want to bring back to life those long-forgotten beginnings of an ancestral family, hoping to capture their experiences of surviving under extreme circumstances in their daily lives. At this time, men of different colors and creeds could put aside their grievances, uniting in the determination and will to succeed.

Jenny Kane loves weird science - but it's gone way, WAY out of control. Her mother's moved out, her dad's still moping around, and she's not sure how to cope any longer. And she keeps getting these weird phone calls from a scientist named Rod who's...where?...when? - another time zone? Another time altogether? Another reality? But that'd be crazy, wouldn't it? She also has the strangest feeling that she's done all this before. Who's this odd boy she just crashed into - this Tristan?

Wallis Simpson stole the king's heart and rocked the monarchy - but she was not Edward VIII's first or only love. Before Wallis dominated his life, he adored three other women: Rosemary Leveson Gower, the girl he wanted to marry; Freda Dudley Ward, the Prince's long-term mistress; and Thelma Furness, his twice-married American lover. Each one of the three women in this book could have changed the course of history. In examining their lives and impact on the heir to the throne, Rachel Trethewey questions whether he ever really wanted to be king....

People buy people, which means that managing our presence and profile is critical. We are constantly meeting and speaking to people who are short of both time and attention. By exploring the concepts of energy (to increase presence) and story structure (to bring content alive and make it concise, accessible and memorable), Edie Lush and Charlotte McDougall offer a practical guide for beating nerves and building the foundation for real self-awareness and confidence.

Little Red grow up on Day Street, and the time has come for the neighbors on the street to look for leadership. What or who could be better suited for this task but someone who grew up in the community? Now, it's time to find and prepare someone for the tasks ahead.

Shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year Arrest Me, for I Have Run Away is a stunning short story collection on human nature and identity. Stevie Davies' latest work, it is bound to captivate and charm the listener.

Der Alltag ist hektisch, gemeinsame Zeit wird immer seltener - es ist schwer für Eltern zu erfahren, was ihr Kind im Inneren beschäftigt, welche Ängste es hat und was es glücklich macht. Die Psychologin Ulrike Döpfner stellt zahlreiche Kommunikationstechniken für bedürfnisorientiertes Zuhören und Reden vor. Anschaulich erklärt sie, wie Sie Sorgen, Ängste und Glücklichsein von Kindern im Alter zwischen 4 und 12 Jahren erfragen und erkennen können.

She's the woman he's been hired to kidnap. But ZeZe Vargas has other ideas...like getting them both out of this nightmare alive. Just one problem. She's crazy. Certifiably. Because while he's plotting their escape, the petite Asian beauty is plotting something much more deadly.... Max "Kill It Again" MacKilligan has no idea what one of her own is doing with all these criminal humans until she realizes that Ze has no idea who or what he is. Or exactly how much power he truly has.

From USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday comes a modern fairy tale just in time for Christmas about a tough New Yorker from the other side of the tracks who falls for a princess from the other side of the world. Leo Ricci's already handling all he can, between taking care of his little...

While exploring the beach, four adventurous children make the acquaintance of a very odd creature: a sand fairy. When they have adapted to the brusque and forthright demeanor of the fairy, they discover that he has unusual powers, which he can be persuaded to demonstrate. As a result, the children enjoy many bizarre adventures, some of which are dangerous, but all of which are entertaining. Five Children and It is the first volume of a trilogy.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, and Sinker brings the heat in this rom-com about two enemies who team up to flip a house because their chemistry will either burn the place down or ignite a passion that neither can ignore... Hair, makeup...