Lighthouse Resources has been following the work of David Rock and the insights that neuroscience offers to help us work more effectively and understand that change is more likely when driven by the person themselves.
In this fourth book Rock uses two individuals to present his ideas within the context of their daily working lives. You will find within this context ways assist you in making decisions at work, managing people, operating a business and generally getting along with others better.
Meet Emily and Paul, the parents of two young children. Emily is a newly promoted executive in a large corporation, while Paul has his own business as a consultant. Their lives, like all of ours, are filled with a bewildering blizzard of emails, phone calls, yet more emails, meetings, projects, proposals, and plans. For them, just staying ahead of the storm has become a seemingly insurmountable task.
We travel inside the brains of Emily and Paul as they attempt to sort the vast quantities of information they're presented with and figure out how to prioritize, organize, and act on it. Fortunately for Emily and Paul-and for readers of Your Brain at Work-they're in good hands: David Rock knows how the brain works-and more specifically, how it works in a work setting.
This book offers teachers a positive alternative for students with challenging behavioural issues and poor results. The techniques and strategies included are practical and clearly presented. Ideal for newly qualified and student teachers as well as experienced teachers looking for an effective solution based approach. Sections include: How to create a motivational atmosphere Stopping behavioural problems before they begin Conducting meetings with resistant parents Dealing with ADD, anger, abuse, school phobias and depression Discipline Creating opportunities for students to change their reputations and improve Linda Metcalf PhD, is a former teacher,... More info
*Committed is the eagerly awaited sequel to the international bestseller Eat Pray Love. *At the end of Eat Pray Love award-winning writer Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe. Resettling in America, the couple swore to be faithful to each other, but to never, ever, under any circumstances become legally married. But after the U.S. government gave the couple no choice to but to marry - they found themselves Committed. Having being effectively forced to wed, Elizabeth tackles her fears of marriage by pouring her heart into interviews, research and... More info
'Narrative therapy invites a fresh look at assumptions in the therapy culture, and on reading Martin Payne's account I instantly had a sense of being understood. I found this particularly refreshing, as so much that is written in the name of narrative therapy doesn't at all fit with my understanding of its philosophical, ethical and political considerations. He has succeeded in representing his own voice in this, which really makes for engaging reading and accessibility of these ideas' - Michael White. 'This is a fascinating and important book' -... More info
