Written by a coach with over 23 years of experience The Thin Book of® Smart People Skills is a ‘coach in a book.’ Katina has culled her thousands of hours of coaching into 8 tools to address the most common areas that savvy leaders excel in.
Each chapter includes simple and practical tips that can be applied immediately including up-to-date tips on managing upward, working in both virtual teams and cross-cultural teams. By consolidating these tools in one place, with real-life scenarios, and examples of how to say it’, the book is a valuable reference for knowledge workers, project managers and newer managers
Communities of Hope describes a "strengths" approach to community capacity building. This approach is concerned with the building of a community's own capacity and potential. The focus is on the building of a community by the community. Planning, competency and decision making are owned by the community. Additional expertise, information, knowledge and other resources are accessed the community to complement its vision, its strengths and resources. Communities of Hope is about something very precious. It is about a community’s capacity to learn, to change, to grow—and to build that most invaluable... More info
This text provides a unique, engaging, and practical approach for supporting students as they learn to effectively cope with life challenges. The authors describe how to form an alliance with clients, solicit creative solutions based on previous experiences, support implementation of a plan, evaluate results, and make adjustments based on intervention effects. The process and practices outlined in this fine second edition will make it an appealing resource for school psychologists, counsellors, school social workers, and administrators More info
The Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice presents an unrivalled collection of essays that explain the strengths-based philosophy, demonstrate how it works, and provide clear and practical tools for its application. This Edition includes chapters on subjects such as: how to shift one's frame of mind to practice from a strengths perspective; using slave narratives of strength and resistance as guides and inspiration in the fight to end poverty; understanding and promoting the resilience of families; how to solve problems using a strengths perspective; using a strengths approach in... More info
