Insight Books

This book is a must read for all of those that have been trying to get on their feet and truly want to stay there. Jacque McCoy not only tells about the struggles she was forced to go through during her lifetime but also how she is now able to be thankful for all of them. She leaves you knowing that you to can overcome whatever life may have handed you and go on to live those dreams that you once had and have put aside thinking that there is no way you could ever do those things. I highly recommend this book to those who have lost all hope in ever becoming anything in this life!

Another great easy to read book by Vivian Vasquez that explores her (and others) applications of critical literacy concepts with young children. She offers a good outline of the Freebody and Luke Four Resource Model on pages 14 and 15. She also explains critical literacy as a mixture of Whole Language and Critical Pedagogy. A great example is the activity that evolved from a Royal Mounties poster that had only men. Fantastic!

Globalization is forcing companies to rethink strategies, redesign organizations, seek new partnerships and open both minds and boundaries. Managers try to match competitive advantages of their global rivals by changes such as moving manufacturing offshore but few go beyond mere imitation and are trapped in an endless game of catch up. Regaining competitiveness may require rethinking competitor analysis through strategic intent. In 1970 Komatsu, Honda and Canon were small compared to their US rivals Caterpillar, American Motors and Xerox but by beginning with ambitions out of all proportion to their resources and capabilities sustained over a 10 to 20 year quest for global leadership, these Japanese firms became world players. The American firms had misinterpreted the strategic intent of the Japanese. Not possessing long-term, competitor-focused goals themselves, Western companies did not ascribe such intentions to their rivals. They calculated the threat posed by potential competitors in terms of their existing resources rather than their resourcefulness. As they were oblivious to the strategic intent and intangible advantages of their rivals, American and European businesses were caught off guard.

Strategic intent is more than ambition; it includes focusing on winning, motivating staff, encouraging individual and team contribution, sustaining enthusiasm and using intent to guide resource allocation. Strategic intent implies a sizable stretch for an organization. Current capabilities and resources will not suffice. This forces the organization to be more inventive and make the most of limited resources. Whereas the traditional view of strategy focuses on the degree of fit between existing resources and current opportunities, strategic intent creates an extreme misfit between resources and ambitions. Top management is specific about the end but is less prescriptive about the means and challenges the organization to close the gap by systematically building new advantages. Successful companies have four things in common: vision, leadership, communication, and execution. Four approaches to competitive advantage are evident in the global expansion of Japanese companies: building layers of advantage such as starting with black and white TV sets and then moving to color; searching for loose bricks by building a base of attack just outside the market territory that industry leaders currently occupy; changing the terms of engagement under the premise that a successful competitor is wedded to a recipe for success; and competing through collaboration under the maxim "my enemy's enemy is my friend"

The chapter on how global companies win out points out that competing globally sometimes demands unconventional approaches such as investment in projects with zero or even negative ROI and careful attention to searching questions such as 'What kind of resources - over a long period - will be required to establish the leading position?' There are case studies including Unilever, L.M.Ericsson (developing and exploiting a technological niche) and the three crucial steps that were decisive in Honda's achievement, while pointing out that successful approaches will probably not work forever because competitors will try to push industrial trends away from the strengths of industry leaders.

Chapters include interviews with Wisse Dekker of Philips, Whirlpool CEO David Whitman, Vitro's Ernesto Martens, reflections by Gurcharan Das, and a section on developing a global strategy. Success in today's international climate - a far cry from only a decade ago - demands highly specialized yet closely linked groups of global business managers, country or regional managers, and worldwide functional managers. Companies are just beginning to learn what nations have always known: in a complex, uncertain world filled with dangerous opponents, it is best not to go it alone. Great powers operating across broad theaters of engagement have traditionally made common cause with others whose interests ran parallel with their own.

Global competition rules of the game are changing constantly and a company has to accept an endless game of catch-up or adopt strategic intent. This book is invaluable for those who want to be a world player in 15 years time.

Difficult book to find now but great reading with a lot of info. Arrived in great cond.

Donna Cohen has made all the mistakes in sales so that you don't have to...This is the Ultimate HOW TO book highly recommended for B2B (Business to Business) sales...Donna discusses the ways to use your high tech tools to learn about your prospects and their business so that you can develop an approach and a questioning process that instantly connects you with them (Chapter Six - "It's About THEM, not us!).

Donna will hold the mirror for you while you take a look at your attitude about your prospects, the sales profession and yourself!

Buy this book if you want the real questions to ask in real world selling situations...You follow the selling system presented step by step in this book and you will make more sales. Period.

Buy this book at amazon.com or at relateselling.com

Ms. Greenhoe has done a superb job of capturing the innocence and imagnation of childhood, and from this perspective shares deep insights on living with adversity and growing into higher consciousness and purpose in spite of it. It is a wonderfully fun and easy read, and the lightness of discovery and fantasy offset the poignant underlying message.

This is a book that makes us take a step back. It is not all about us. It is not all about finding our purpose in life. This book is exactly what the title suggests: all about God, and how to use the successful approaches of Jonathan Edwards to relate to a thourghly post-Christian culture.
I recommend this book to Christians who want to learn and grow in their faith. This is by no means a self-help book based on Christianity. It an easy to read collection of thoughts on how we should confront post-modern thinking as it surrounds us and creeps into our churches. This book would make a great gift to pastors and ministry leaders, but even better, it is accessible to all Christians.
Highly recommended. It is something special when a writer can take the approaches of Jonathan Edwards and teach us how to be more effective in the Kingdom.

I have read this book and am currently teaching a class from this book at Church. It is one of the best books I have ever read on drawing closer to Jesus. It is the best newly published book on drawing closer to Christ. I covers material in Jessie Penn Lewis, Watchman Knee, Smith Wigglesworth and others but in a different approach. I do not know if the author ever read these books but his insite is amaizing. I highly reccomend this book to people who are serious in growing deeper and hearing from God in all areas of their walk.

The book is a great way to remind yourself what Christmas is all about. The collection of quotes from famous and not so famous authors, speakers, and the Bible are broken down into topical chapters such as Family and Christ.

This makes a great gift to give friends and family, either by itself or as a small add on.

Despite the serenity of a lush green golf course, it is one of the top five locations where a person will experience a heart attack. The game of golf, like no other sport, combines healthy elements like sunshine and fresh air, with an activity that strengthens the heart, lungs, muscles, and joints of the body, when played properly. Dr. Ed Palank, The Golf Doc, knows. He understands that you can play better golf, and not fall victim to a heart attack or heat stroke, if you pay attention to your body.

Not just another book about improving your game, The Golf Doc is a comprehensive compendium about how to prevent golf injuries and speed up recovery time. The Golf Doc is filled with health tips and useful information on allergies, nutrition, medication, heart care, skin care, vision, playing in adverse weather, exercises for those big drives, course safety, and the mental game. You'll find advice on issues important to women, seniors, juniors, and players with disabilities. Stories from professionals and mere mortals who love the game offer inspiration and words of warning. Golf is a game for life. Improve your game and your life by staying healthy.