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Developing Leadership Abilities, 2e Arthur H. Bell, University of San Francisco
Dayle M. Smith, University of San Francisco What makes a great leader? What do leaders do? How do leaders overcome problems? Developing Leadership Abilities, Second Edition, gives the answers to these questions andteaches the specific skills that matter most for those assuming a leadership role. The step-by-step approach helps extend and refine leadership insights and techniques. This brief and fast paced book tells college students what they need to know to be leaders, in school and later in the working world. The book provides dozens of practical examples and many opportunities for students to record their own experiences, insights, impressions, and questions. The authors present current, crucial ideas about leadership such as: v How to tell when leadership-including your own-is in danger of faltering v How to delegate to those who are unwilling to take on new responsibilities v How to adjust your leadership style to small groups and teams v How to be a "leader of oneself" as a prerequisite for leading others v How to be flexible in changing circumstances v How to transition between the roles of leader and follower v How to use emotional intelligence as part of your leadership strategies v Why gender, culture, and other factors must be considered and understood by successful leaders v How leadership responsibilities can be distributed throughout the organization v How leaders can act swiftly to resolve conflict v How social networking, YouTube, cell phones, and other technologies have influenced leadership options. Readers of this book will be on the fast track towards gaining the skills to become a leader now and prepare these skill sets for future success as leaders--in and out of business. Start strong. Finish stronger. www.MyStudentSuccessLab.comAuthor Notes
Novelist Luanne Rice was born in Old Lyme, Connecticut on September 25, 1955. She has written over twenty books and her stories, such as Home Fires and Cloud Nine, depict average people in emotionally complex situations. Many of her novels have been adapted into TV movies including Crazy in Love (1992) which starred Holly Hunter, Bill Pullman and Gena Rowlands, and Blue Moon (1999) which starred Sharon Lawrence, Kim Hunter and Richard Kiley. She currently splits her time between New York City and Old Lyme, Connecticut.
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Reviews (4)
Publisher's Weekly Review
A compelling plot and nuanced character portrayals contribute to the emotional impact of Rice's ninth novel, a transcendent story about the power of hope and family love. Daisy Tucker has built a comfortable life with her 16-year-old daughter, Sage, in Silver Bay, Conn., where she has gained a reputation for designing jewelry that seems to have inspirational powers. Combining artistry with her knowledge of Native American myths and legends, Daisy creates pieces that bring people together, heal wounds and serve as talismans. But no combination of gemstones and carved animal bones can assuage the pain in Daisy's life. Sage's twin brother, Jake, disappeared in the wild country of Wyoming during a cattle roundup 13 years ago, when he was three. Fleeing the scene of tragedy with her daughter, Daisy left her husband, James, behind at his family cattle ranch and moved to New England to be close to her sister, Hathaway. Now Daisy faces another crisis when a pregnant Sage runs away with her boyfriend, Ben, intent on a new life with her father at the ranch. Ben has second thoughts and decides to return home, so Sage heads on alone. Hitchhiking leads to danger, and a mysterious, tattooed teenager rescues Sage and agrees to drive her to Wyoming. Daisy joins James in Wyoming, where another teenager, calling himself "The Guardian," is stalking the ranch. Rice (Cloud Nine) creates believable dramatic tension about Jake's true fate, though the suspense lies mainly in whether the other characters will realize what has become of him. Though she overdoes the sentimentality, her fans always welcome the family values her stories celebrate. Author tour. (Jan. 30) Forecast: Among writers of women's fiction, Rice has a loyal following based on her ability to place realistic characters in atmospheric backgrounds and crisis situations. Cloud Nine became a bestseller in paperback, and its popularity could carry over to sales of this novel, which will enjoy national TV advertising on the Lifetime network and print advertising in a variety of venues. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
Rice (Follow the Stars Home, 1999, etc.) returns with yet another saccharine celebration of the family ties that holdeven through a childs disappearance, a teenagers pregnancy, and a disturbed mans vengeance. Beneath all the sentimental effusions on nature, love, and Native Americans, remnants of Rices original writing talent remainsher descriptions of place can be excellent, though too often lost in the numerous clunkers and clichés: Being scared of everything makes some people brave; she wished she could fly herself, lower than any plane, looking in every corner for her missing daughter. Thirteen years ago, when her son Jake disappeared, Daisy Tucker fled east with his twin sister Sage, leaving behind husband James and a ranch in Wyoming. Time passes. Fearful of losing Sage, Daisy has forbidden her to visit her father, but when the girl, now 16 and pregnant, runs away, her mother realizes she must go back and face James, the ranch, and their long-ago history. As Sage heads west, shes saved from a sexual assault by a strange, gentle boy covered with unusual tattoos who drives a car filled with dogs and cats hes rescued. He calls himself David, but Sage becomes convinced that he could be her long-lost brother. Back on the ranch, cattle are being cruelly slaughtered, their heads left as ominous warnings, and James learns that someone is hiding out in one of the caves lining the canyon wall. Though long divorced, Daisy and James still find themselves mutually attracted; waiting together as they do for Sage to arrive, fearful of losing their only remaining child, they grow closer. Protected by the spirits of the ancients and imbued with loving hearts, the Tucker family will be strong for the ensuing heartbreaks, revelations, and obligatory soft-focus fade into happiness. Too warm, too fuzzy, and way too sweet.
Booklist Review
The love between jewelry maker Daisy and her husband, rancher James Tucker, seemed so strong that James' father called them snow geese after the birds who mate for life. But love was not enough to keep them together after Jake, one of their three-year-old twins, disappeared during a roundup. Thirteen years after their divorce, Daisy returns to Wyoming after their pregnant daughter, Sage, ran away from her home on the East Coast, heading for the ranch. Along the route, Sage is rescued from a pervert intent on rape by a tattooed young man, who also rescues dogs from puppy mills and kittens from predators. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, a psycho called the "Guardian" is mutilating cattle and plotting against the Tuckers. Will James and Daisy reconcile? Will Sage arrive safely? Will James' dad make an honest woman out of his live-in lover of 28 years? Is Jake still alive? Best-selling author Rice once again delivers a wonderfully complex and full-bodied romance, this time working in some Joy Fielding^-like suspense. Sage's cross-country coming-of-age tale, the Tucker patriarch's advancing frailty, and the vividly depicted Wyoming Wind River Mountain landscape combine with the difficulties faced by two adults who need to learn to love again to create a story so real it will be deeply etched into the hearts of its readers. --Diana Tixier Herald
Library Journal Review
Daisy finds happiness in Wyoming until her three-year-old son disappears near the family's ranch. Now, after 13 years, she is chasing his errant twin sister back to the land and the husband she deserted in her despair. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.