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by Henry Cloud (Get the Book)
Noting that a boundary is a structure that determines what will exist and what will not, Cloud, a consultant and author, shows how leaders set the boundaries that will determine whether their vision and people thrive or fail. Leaders determine what will exist and not exist. The author presents seven leadership boundaries that make everything else work and . . . they set the stage, tone and climate for people's brains to perform. These boundaries are helping people attend to what is important; building the emotional climate that fuels performance; facilitating connections that boost peoples' functioning; developing thinking patterns that drive results; focusing on what behaviors shape results; building high-performance teams that achieve desired results; and, for leaders, directing themselves in a manner that creates great performance in others. Cloud concludes with his advice to leaders: Take charge. . . . Create an environment and culture where people can be their best. Though clearly an infomercial for the author's consulting activities, the book offers valuable perspective and ideas. --Booklist
Wiley GAAP 2013 contains complete coverage of all levels of GAAP, indexed to the ASC. Wiley GAAP renders GAAP more understandable and accessible for research, and has been designed to reduce the amount of time and effort needed to solve accounting research issues. Providing interpretive guidance and a wealth of real-world, content-rich examples and illustrations, this invaluable guide offers clear, user-friendly guidance on every pronouncement including FASB Technical Bulletins, AcSEC Practice Bulletins, FASB Implementation Guides, AICPA Statements of Position, and AICPA Accounting Interpretations. --Publisher (Get the Book)
by Jonathan Rowe (Get the Book)
When Rowe (former editor, Washington Monthly) died suddenly in March 2011, his work on the economic concept of "the commons" was left unfinished. Rowe's writings, composed over an 18-year period, were gathered by his associates and are presented in this slim volume edited by entrepreneur and journalist Barnes (Capitalism 3.0), with a foreword by Bill McKibben (The Global Warming Reader) and an afterword by David Bollier (cofounder, Commons Strategy Group). Rowe saw the commons as a collection of shared natural and social assets, including air, water, land, the Internet, parks, and other locations where people socially interact. The first challenge, he noted, is to acknowledge that the commons exist, given that their components are mostly invisible. Rowe discusses how a park is valued for the land it occupies, and how developing the land for the purpose of making money destroys the park and all its social and natural elements. He also explains how history has proven that communities can share common resources without destroying them. Here the case for common wealth is set forth, putting the onus on the reader. VERDICT Recommended for every tree hugger and park sitter and those who hope to gain more awareness of the world around them. --Library Journal
Bernard A Lietaer (Get the Book)
Among the many misconceptions people have about money is that a finite amount is circulating in economies, loan creation is always associated with debt creation, bank profit is dependent on interest payments, and saving money and accumulating wealth are beneficial goals. Here Dunne (founder, Danu Resources) and Lietaer (formerly international finance, Univ. of Louvain, Belgium) turn these assumptions upside down by presenting current and historic evidence of alternative monetary systems successfully implemented worldwide. The authors convincingly argue that the use of diverse currencies increases a society's economic efficiency and resilience, and that monetary systems are evolving to meet changing societal circumstances by taking advantage of human capital and new technologies. -VERDICT A must-read for community leaders, planners, policymakers, human resource, and other business professionals who are interested in learning about the creation and sustainability of innovative monetary systems. --Library Journal
by Rachel Emma Silverman (Get the Book)
Let's face it: you can't avoid death or taxes. But you can create an estate plan that will make both a whole lot easier for your loved ones and put you in control of how your assets will get passed to your heirs. Here, Wall Street Journal personal-finance reporter Rachel Emma Silverman walks you step-by-step through the process. Chock-full of clear and solid advice on how to get the most out of the main estate planning tools - including wills, trusts, life insurance, guardianship papers, and powers-of-attorney documents - the Wall Street Journal Complete Estate-Planning Guidebook will help make your estate-planning process as simple, smooth, and unintimidating as possible. (Summary)
