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The purpose of this book is to inform the reader about general aspects and procedures regarding how the legal system works and the role lawyers and mental health professionals play. In addition the second part of the book comprehensively reviews the history of hypnosis and how the courts have scrutinized hypnotically refreshed memories within the legal system. Finally, the book takes an up front approach to addressing the recent crisis of sexual abuse in the United States and profiles sexual types of abusers provides insight into abuse.

This book gave me a great understanding of how the legal process works and the different types of law. In addition, I have been facinated by hypnosis for years. This book gives the most comprehensive review of the history of hypnosis that I have ever seen. Not only that, but this book also reviews how the court system has viewed hypnotically refreshed memories and the legalities involved in that.

I would highly recommend this book to any reader!

This is a great book! It explains in an understandable manner what the law is and how it works. Not only that, but it provides great insight into the workings of the legal profession, i.e., what lawyers do and the role of mental health professionals.

Additionally, it has a great section regarding mental illness and and explanation of different mental illnesses and also common defense mechanisms that people have and use.

Finally, I brought up great points regarding the crisis of sexual abuse in society and broke it down in a way that helped me understand the issues involved in abuse.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning an overview of how the law works, what lawyers and mental health professionals do within the legal system, and the issues of sexual abuse in society.

A relevant and practical book for transitional leaders. Describes the current socio-economic environment impacting congregations and need for new leadership approaches. Rendel's writing style and first hand knowledge makes this a fast and compelling read.

Excellent insights for planning strategies to help congregations into and through change. A great guide for dealing with the dynamics of change -- spiritual, intellectual, and emotional. Helpful differentiation between "management" and "leadership" and the kinds of situations when each style is more appropriate. I use it as a handbook in doing interim ministry.

Remember back to course you took in seminary about leading
your church through change? No? There wasn't one! Come now, that can't be true, but sadly it is in most cases. Pastors are called to shepherd their church's through changes but are rarely given the education or tools to do so. Most of this is picked up by trial and error, often painful trials with many errors. This book could be considered "Remedial Congregational Leadership 101," for those of us who never received this formal training. Clearly Rendle wrote this book not out of some theoretical model (although there is solid theory supporting it) but out of his lived experience of leading many congregations through the turbulant waters of change. With so many demands pulling at the free time of a pastor, this book is well worth devoting some of that time.

A well-written, highly practical guide to achieving organizational effectiveness at the work team level. The authors present a methodology that brings out the views and issues of core customers, employees, and owners. Part I provides a framework for measurement. Part II address five key areas that matter: trust, leadership, teamwork, performance, and profit. The book provides numerous examples, figures, and exercises.

This is a highly valuable work that gives sound guidance, and provides a clear, actionable approach for achieving results. Very highly recommended.

I reviewed this book before it was published and loved it - the second time around it got even better! The case studies and humor make what could be a very dry subject, compelling, interesting, fun, and actually useable by mere mortals! I read it cover to cover - hard to put down. I can't remember when that ever happened with a management book!

The best part for me is the practicality and simplicity of measuring what matters - getting down to BASICS - not all that 6 Sigma, Balanced Scorecard, TQM, Reengieering STUFF with complicated methods and jargon! This IS simple, "keeping the main thing, the main thing" as Covey says. McDaniel and Napier DISTILL so much common sense into ONE place .

It's SIMPLE, it's wise, and it works! I will be recommending this book to my clients - no matter whether they are in education, health, gov't, other non-profits, or in business - This book is a must anywhere humans are doing important work.

R.B. Hewertson, President, Highland Consulting Group, Inc. "Changing the World, One Leader at a Time"

In following the story of a fictional bookstore, this book really shows you how to practically apply organizational vision at the level where work is actual performed, at the level of the functional work team. By driving down to that level, this book's first looks at the relationship between that team and its stakeholders (customers - both internal and external - employees, and owners). It establishes the balance of value exchange, determines what matters in each interaction, and then uses metrics to help the functional work team do what is most important better. The great thing about this book is that it isn't rocket science; it takes complex ideas about value exchange and uses a practical example and common sense to show how anyone can apply these principles simply by measuring what matters.

Something inside everyone knows that one day we'll be able to wake up to a whole new world where the human race is totally in love with each other. This wonderful book is a do-it-yourself manual for the next leap in human evolution. It is full of excellent information and practical techniques for moving smoothly into the new consciousness. See you in 4D!

This book was one of several dozen that had been water-damaged after a flood. After my son sorted through his books, he picked out this book as a keeper. I told him I would replace the worn book with a new one, and then decided to start reading it myself. Wow! I was blown away with the relevance of suggestions given. Everything about the book seems to ring true. Whether or not you believe in 4th-Density Reality, this book has so much pertinent information to offer that I'd recommend it for every open-minded individual out there.

This wonderful guidebook for the coming changes includes how to heal the past through inner integration, release conflict and control issues, and create healthy relationships. It reveals deeply insightful keys for physical, emotional and spiritual transformation, while helping you to open your heart through a sense of beauty. In fact, this whole guidebook to a better life was woven together with a rare sense of inspired beauty.

Erwin McManus said, "There comes a time when you have to stop being full of potential and be potent."
In my experience (I'm pretty young - 38) but I've noticed that stuff just doesn't happen. Annointing, you must have. Submission to his leading - what else? Prayer - much prayer - without a doubt. But pencil to paper. A lot of talking with your voluntter staff. Dreaming. Critical thinking. Arguing. Sacrificing and driving for a mission. Living for people beyond your generation ...
The Minister's MBA has been an awesome catalyst for spiritual growth of a different kind for me.
IF you are more vision than manager; IF you are great in ideas, but short on practicality; IF you need a "legend" for the map ... get this book.

Drs. Babbes and Zigarelli's text is a wonderful read and an excellent source of information for strategists. It was written for ministers but the content is useful for any organization be it profit, non-profit, military, or education. The language is understandable and easy to follow. Yet, the information is substantial for any person seeking to make their organization a strategically better one. Each "semester" build on the other so the reader can master the strategic points all the way to "graduation." This is truly a worthwhile read.

Most of my colleagues are long past the so-called divide between sacred and secular (which is not biblical), especially as it relates to ensuring effectiveness in ministry. Should churches use "Madison Avenue" techniques to "market" to their communities? The book quotes A.W. Tozer, "It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it. The motive is everything."

The Minister's MBA is long overdue. The book features 12 "courses" (chapters) including: your mission, creating a high performance DNA, retaining great people, leading with shrewd stewardship, and how to use the balanced scorecard for measuring strategy.

The "Strategy Map" chapter is excellent and every pastor, staff member and key church volunteer must read it. You'll learn how to get beyond lagging indicators (past performance) and onto leading indicators like member satisfaction (where you're headed).

After reading this, I have a suggestion for pastors. Every Sunday afternoon, email 100 church members (a different group each week) and ask them to complete an anonymous three-minute online feedback survey about the service, the sermon and their faith journey. SurveyMonkey.com is an easy and excellent online survey tool to use for this.

This book gives you tremendously helpful and candid facts/ideas about working with Oracle's Designer/2000, similar to a friend giving you some very good advice before you attempt a big journey. However, for all new purchasers of Designer/2000 Version 2, the book is downlevel and needs to be updated for the new version ASAP! Except for having to compensate for the differences in versions, I have found this book to be indispensable. My copy is already very worn and I've only owned it two months!

A really great text on Designer/2000. Takes you in logical and consistant fashion from very fundamental concepts into detailed application design. Gives excellent examples and step-by-step instructions for navigation through the various components of the tool and their interaction. I recommend this text for both tyros and experienced Designer/2000 gurus. My copy is rapidly becoming underlined and tabbed. Too bad there is not a hard cover edition, as I predict that my copy is going to get a lot of usage.

Author Carrie Anderson is first and foremost a Teacher (note the capital T). She and co-author David Wendelken (also a trainer and consultant) have performed a rare service in the publishing world: they've written a computer text filled with good humor that doesn't fall into the trap of being "cute." And it's certainly NOT for "dummies!" "The ORACLE Designer/2000 Handbook" may not carry the official imprimatur from the folks in Redwood Shores, but it is an uncanny distillation of the essence of the Designer/2000 system. Follow the authors' advice and leverage their wisdom and you may find yourself not only more productive, but easier to get-along-with at work! Tackling ORACLE's market-leading CASE (Computer-Aided Software Engineering) tool can be a daunting effort. While manuals and on-line documentation are usually adequate for the quick answer, A&W's guide puts the product and its capabilities under objective scrutiny. Poking gentle fun at some of the more mundane aspects of application development, the authors go far beyond the features of the system. This leads the reader to want to experiment and test what's said--not just take it on face value. The experienced user may wish to start with the excellent appendices that supplement the many practical how-to's in the handbook. A frequently asked detail is the use of the system's Application Programmatic Interface (API). A&W not only explain its use, but include clear and concise examples of programs that are downloadable from the authors' web pages at publisher Addison-Wesley Longman.: http://www.awl.com/cp/anderson-wendelken.html -- In addition, there is a terrific bibliography that reads like a Who's Who of structured design and methodology. If you're using, or planning to use, ORACLE's Designer/2000, I would heartily recommend adding this excellent book to your CASE bookshelf, though you may want to consider buying two: one to treasure and one to use every day in the privacy of your cubicle. Gerry Jurren

ANY ONE WHO USES THE PHONE FOR BUSINESS SHOULD READ THIS BOOK

I discovered this book while managing a large group of people in the telemarketing sales department of the nations largest mapmaking company. This book has proved invaluble in sales tips and techniques to sell anything! Highly recommeded

In my profession I spend 70% of my time on the phone. I'm telling you confidently that if you act on the ideas and strategies in this book, you should experience satisfyingly higher levels of success (in your business practices and in your personal endeavors). This is a quick-read covering the most pressing phone challenges in an easy-to-understand manner. The topics include: penetrating the receptionist's phone screen, screening your calls effectively, eliminating phone tag, setting appointments, time management, projecting authority (phraseology and voice annunciation), handling irate calls, negotiation, collections and telemarketing. My return, many thousands.

This is a valuable book for any woodworker or DIYer to have. It discribes both portable and table power tools and gives you information about how they are used and what they are used for. It was a best buy.

Okay,so like me a few weeks before Christmas you marked up all the power tools you'd like in a trade catalogue and left it lying around the house. Again, if you were lucky like me, you got most of them!! Herewith the first problem, how do I use them? Most of them I only felt at ease with plugging in to the nearest socket without switching on. I searched high and low for publications for each tool particularly aimed at the beginner but with no success. If you're in the same boat then this book is for YOU. Covering stationary and portable power tools displayed in easy to read sections full of advice on use and safety, all liberally doused with photographs and illustrations. Even for the more accomplished among us I can see this book being a valuable reference source. It is in itself "a TOOL without a motor" but nonetheless full of "the POWER of knowledge".

I think this is an excellant book for someone who wishes to know if woodworking is for him/her. I have purchased several more specific books , such as routers and their applications, but this book (which was a birthday present), provides a broad overview for someone who wants to know the basics of a tool which will be enough to get him/her started. . . If only Amazon.com would bring the price down, I would send it to friends & family. . . In my dreams. . .

Power Tools for Literacy: Accelerated Phonics, Syllables, and MorphemesAt last--in one volume--a resource for teachers, parents, tutors, and students that systematically teaches the word attack skills needed for reading and spelling success! As a teacher and principal, I have recommended Power Tools for Literacy to a number of parents and colleagues looking for materials that help students become confident readers. The adult appearance of the reproducible lessons appeals to a wide range of learners-- elementary to adult, special needs, English learners, home schoolers, and anyone interested in improving word mastery. Each chapter has notes to the instructor that enable even non-professionals to offer a thorough and sequential program by introducing the main points and having the student build on prior learning when completing the exercises.

We love this book - it was given to us by a friend who happens to be a resource specialist to use with our 11 year old daughter. We have been very unhappy and frustrated by our daughter's school reluctance to teach phonics. With this book,, our daughter's reading skills have soared. She is becoming more confident, and I even seen her start to read books on her own!

We are only through the first 5 lessons, although this is just a fraction of the book. The teacher's instructions are clear and concise, and our daughter finds the exercises and stories interesting. As she gains skills, her motivation increases to learn even more.

Thanks for the great book, it's the resource that we've needed all along. If your child is having reading difficulties, this could be the answer. It's really worked for us!

This book has just what teachers and parents need to help students improve their reading skills. Though it is designed for students ages 9-22, I can see it being used by teachers and home schooling parents for students of all ages. It presents an easy to follow, sytematic, sequential, effective and thorough curriculum with a complete set of student work sheets that can be reproduced. The curriculum has been classroom tested by regular and special education teachers with great success. My copy has been a godsend for my daughter, who uses it in her tutoring business. I cannot say enough good things about this wonderful resource.

This is a good books for non programmer who wish to learn client server programming on Power Builder. By learning this book , the non programmer will pick up the client server programming knowledge in a pretty short period of time. We strongly recommend any non programmer, who wish to learn power builder to read this book. It is great to have one. Enjoy reading and hope to see everyone be a certified power builder programmer.

The book is a great resourse for beginners. The book has an excellent introduction on client/server technology and object-oriented programming. The authors did an excellent job to keep it simple and easy to follow at the same time very effectively explained some very complicated concepts. Though the scope is introduction to PowerBuilder but it can be a good read for experienced programmers. The book also has a tutorial that gives a more hands on approach. I enjoyed the book very much and do recommend to anybody thinking to learn PowerBuilder.

This is a good books for non programmer who wish to learn client server programming on Power Builder. By learning this book , the non programmer will pick up the client server programming knowledge in a pretty short period of time. We strongly recommend any non programmer, who wish to learn power builder to read this book. It is great to have one. Enjoy reading and hope to see everyone be a certified power builder programmer.