Bøger af Jeff Adams

Most managers are taught how to be a manager, but leadership, especially in a continuous improvement environment, requires a different approach. The reason most continuous improvement efforts don't achieve their full potential is because those in leadership roles haven't had the opportunity to fully explore what are some of the best ways to actually lead in a continuous improvement environment. After years of implementing change management and continuous improvement efforts, I have developed a straight forward approach to help managers be more effective leaders in a continuous improvement environment. I call it "The 7 Essential Skills of Leadership." With these seven skills, you can become a true continuous improvement leader and drive improvements in your organization that become permanent and change your organization's culture for the better.

This three volume set presents papers from the first collaborative global metallurgy conference focused exclusively on extractive topics, including business and economic issues. Contributions examine new developments in foundational extractive metallurgy topics and techniques, and present the latest research and insights on emerging technologies and issues that are shaping the global extractive metallurgy industry. The book is organized around the following main themes: hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, sulfide flotation, and extractive metallurgy markets and economics.

How far would you go for the man of your dreams?Now that he's single, Chicago businessman Jordan Monroe can finally take his long-desired trip to Mackinac Island for the Somewhere In Time fan celebration weekend. On the first day, Jordan finds himself attracted to Miles Colter, a handsome local stable owner who is giving horseback tours of film locations.Jordan is surprised and charmed that Miles pursues him. When Jordan learns the stable is in trouble, he wants to help despite Miles's resistance. As their relationship grows personally and professionally, Jordan dreads the issues that face them-an ex who won't let him go, the complications of a long-distance relationship, and a secret he knows he shouldn't be keeping.Can Jordan and Miles find a way to forge a love as timeless as the romance in their favorite film?

An NHL All-StarA workaholic entrepreneurOne irresistibly tempting opportunityKYLEI can't believe I let my best friend talk me into being auctioned off for charity. But when I get a look at the guy who placed the winning bid, I feel like I'm the one who snagged the top prize.AUSTINI didn't get to where I am by letting opportunities slip through my fingers. When I learn that Kyle Pressgrove will be part of the bachelor auction taking place during All-Star weekend, that's the kind of chance that you grab ahold of, and I have no intention of letting go.With my career on the line and the possibility of Kyle being traded to a team half-way across the country, things between us might be over before they've even begun. I'd give anything to keep Kyle in my life, but everything might not be enough.

Pro hockey defenseman Roger Jacobson's game is slipping. His contract is up for renewal and his fourteen-year career hangs in the balance. Desperate to find a way out of his professional slump, Roger returns to his hometown to work with his old coach and assist with a summer hockey camp.When Dylan Barker skates into his life, he's a romantic distraction that Roger couldn't have anticipated. The handsome graduate student also happens to be his mentor's son.Can the love of a younger man mend Roger's broken spirit and get his head back in the game?

The thrilling conclusion to the "Codename: Winger" series! After a summer that was nothing like he'd planned, teenage secret agent Theo Reese is back to school and to work with Tactical Operational Support's IT department. His world turns upside down arriving home from hockey practice to a major security breach. On the run, he soon discovers the TOS network is down and he's cut off. As he uses his unique skills to find out what's happened, Theo discovers the evil agency Blackbird is responsible. A nemesis from Theo's first field mission is out for him and will stop at nothing to force Theo to help Blackbird realize their goal of taking global control of the internet. Getting help from some unexpected sources, Theo must stop the internet takeover while trying to keep those closest to him safe.

Hometown hero. Hockey superstar. Perfect boyfriend?When hockey star Caleb Carter returns to his hometown to recover from an injury, the only thing he's interested in is a little R & R. He never expects to run into his onetime crush at a grade school fundraiser. Seeing Aaron Price hits him hard, like being checked into the boards. The attraction is still there, even after all these years, and Caleb decides to make a play for the schoolteacher. You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take, right?Aaron has been burned by love before and can't imagine what a celebrity like Caleb could possibly see in a guy like him. Their differences are just too great. But as Aaron spends more time with Caleb, he begins to wonder if he might have what it takes to win the hockey player's heart.

High school student. Hockey player. Computer whiz kid. Covert agent?At sixteen Theo Reese is the youngest agent for Tactical Operational Support. His way with computers makes him invaluable. He designs new gadgets, helps agents (including his parents) in the field, and works to keep the TOS network safe. But when a hacker breaches the system TOS uses to track agents, Theo is put to the test like never before.
Thrust from behind the safety of his desk, Theo must go into the field to put a stop to the hack. He's scared but resolved because one of the missing agents is his father. And just to make it more interesting, he has to keep everything a secret from his boyfriend and teammates.
Can Theo get the job done, save his dad, and make things good with his boyfriend?This edition also contains A Very Winger Christmas, a Codename: Winger Bonus MissionChristmas is a time for family and friends, but teenage secret agent Theo Reese must solve a mysterious hack before he can enjoy Reese family holiday traditions and deliver a gift to his boyfriend, Eddie. Can he avert an international incident and save Christmas before time runs out?

This book analyses graphic novels which document social crises. It demonstrates that artists¿ documentary use of this medium is a form of social realism, inextricably bound up with politics and ideology. Theoretical and visual approaches are employed throughout, introducing the principal themes of the graphic novels under scrutiny: political realism, visual documentary, traumatic childhood, ethnic discrimination, state oppression, and military occupation. The key works examined are Keiji Nakazawäs Barefoot Gen, Joe Sacco¿s Palestine, Marjane Satrapi¿s Persepolis, W.G. Sebald¿s Emigrants and Art Spiegelman¿s Maus. Innovative techniques, radical methods of depiction, sequence and text organisation are analysed throughout to explain how the authors use visual realism to represent these social crises. The book is well illustrated as a visual support for its exploration of this emerging and vital documentary medium.