Inappropriate attire, lateness, sexually offensive behavior, not to mention productivity and communication issues...these are just a few of the... uncomfortable topics bosses must sometimes discuss with their employees. "101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees" offers realistic sample dialogues managers can use to facilitate clear, direct interactions with their employees, helping them sidestep potential awkwardness and meet issues head-on. This practical, solution-oriented book walks readers through some of the most common as well as the most serious employee problems they are likely to encounter. Covering everything from substandard performance reviews to personal hygiene to termination meetings, this handy guide helps managers treat their people with dignity, focusing not just on what to say but how to say it. This helpful book provides proven techniques managers can use to protect themselves and their organizations...and get the very best from their people.

So many trees, so little time. What's a nature lover to do? If you can't tell the difference between an Eastern hemlock and a scrub pine, or a... cottonwood and a black willow, 101 Trees of Indiana is the field guide for you.101 Trees of Indiana contains all you need to identify a tree in the Hoosier State, whatever the season. Not since Dr. Charles Deam's Trees of Indiana was published in 1953 has the subject been covered so thoroughly. Ecologist Marion T. Jackson has selected approximately 101 species of trees, mostly native to the state but also others that are widely naturalized or planted extensively. Jackson's comments about individual trees alone are worth the price of the book. Illustrations by Katherine Harrington provide clear and accurate botanical details. Ron Rathfon's vivid color photographs make identification in the field a breeze. Further aiding in identification are text descriptions and species keys for both summer and winter conditions. Distribution maps indicate the counties in which each tree has been found and recorded. These maps have been updated to include more than 2,000 new county records discovered by scientists, foresters, and naturalists since the publication of Deam's work.101 Trees of Indiana will fit handily into a pocket or backpack, and the information for each tree, including drawings and photographs, is on facing pages—no flipping back and forth from text to picture. Naturalists, hikers, landscapers, and students will thoroughly enjoy this lovely and authoritative book.

With hundreds of proven tips, tools, and techniques, this freshly updated edition explains how to make the most of the latest Web 2.0 trends and... techniques such as RSS, blogs, podcasting, and mobile marketing for online success. Entrepreneurs, corporate marketing managers, small business owners, consultants, webmasters, individuals, new media professionals, and website designers will find this guidebook invaluable for developing online strategies. A companion website provides up-to-the-minute internet marketing news and expanded information. From optimizing websites for search engines and incorporating dynamic public relations strategies to offline promotion and ensuring customer satisfaction, this handbook is unbeatable for helpful online promotional resources.

Many professionals sabotage their careers and sacrifice job satisfaction because they don't know how to overcome obstacles to career success. This book... gives them tips and techniques to beat these career barriers. It identifies the elements of a successful career and lays out steps that help workers become more engaged at work. Candid, practical advice shows the reader how to counter weaknesses, correct damaging behaviors, defuse political situations, communicate for better control, and more. This guide is for the professional who wants to earn a promotion or raise, and get those plum assignments!

The advent of user-generated internet content has made it possible for anyone to have his or her voice heard, but it has also made it more difficult to... stand out in the crowd and get noticed. 101 Ways to Successfully Market Yourself is about exploring and understanding the means and methods of self-promotion and having fun doing it. You will learn the most effective ways of positively gaining the spotlight and draw attention to yourself whether your objective is to promote a business, sell a product, land a better job, or just grab (or extend) 15 minutes of fame. 101 Ways to Successfully Market Yourself provides a handy, easy-to-read collection of tips and tricks to make sure you stand out in the crowded pop culture universe.

1020 Haiku in Translation: The Heart of Basho, Buson and Issa features the most representative works of the three greatest haiku poets, Basho, Buson,... and Issa. Each of the 1020 haiku has been meticulously translated into a poetic English form, while preserving the exact content and flow of the original. Notes, focusing on the meaning of uncommon words, geographical features, historical information, and cultural background have been provided to help non-Japanese readers to more fully understand. Elegant artwork and calligraphy appear throughout the book. 1020 Haiku in Translation: The Heart of Basho, Buson and Issa, a gateway to a new view of nature and your life, and featuring many haiku that have been translated into English for the first time, will appeal to all students of literature as well as general readers.

Are you looking for classroom-tested content strategies to help your English Language Learners achieve academic success? This easy-to-use resource... offers 102 practical instructional and assessment strategies built on a strong foundation of second language acquisition theories and principles. Easy to incorporate into daily classroom instruction, all 102 strategies are concise and offer helpful guides that maximize students’ performance potential at every level of development. Strategies address a variety of issues, including cultural considerations, instructional processes, traditional testing, alternative testing formats, grading, and accountability. Theory to Application: Guidelines for Practice are found at the beginning of each chapter to unify the theories and principles around which this text is designed. The Objective briefly states the goals of the strategies that follow. The Rationale explains the reasoning underlying each objective and the role it plays in your practice. Strategies offer activities and assignments to help you in guiding your English Language Learners toward academic success. In Concept introduces and explains the ideas behind each strategy and why it is important to your practice. In Practice provides instructions, examples, and illustrations to illustrate how each strategy can be used in your classroom.

The dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, when every minute countedAt 8:46... am on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers-reading e-mails, making trades, eating croissants at Windows on the World. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages, one witnessed only by the people who lived it-until now. Of the millions of words written about this wrenching day, most were told from the outside looking in. New York Times reporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn have taken the opposite-and far more revealing-approach. Reported from the perspectives of those inside the towers, 102 Minutes captures the little-known stories of ordinary people who took extraordinary steps to save themselves and others. Beyond this stirring panorama stands investigative reporting of the first rank. An astounding number of people actually survived the plane impacts but were unable to escape, and the authors raise hard questions about building safety and tragic flaws in New York's emergency preparedness.Dwyer and Flynn rely on hundreds of interviews with rescuers, thousands of pages of oral histories, and countless phone, e-mail, and emergency radio transcripts. They cross a bridge of voices to go inside the infernos, seeing cataclysm and heroism, one person at a time, to tell the affecting, authoritative saga of the men and women-the nearly 12,000 who escaped and the 2,749 who perished-as they made 102 minutes count as never before. 102 Minutes is a 2005 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.