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Value stream mapping - an essential but underused methodology - is a proven approach to help you visualize and resolve disconnects, redundancies, and gaps in your value delivery system. More than a tool to eliminate operational waste, value stream mapping is a highly effective means to transform leadership thinking, define strategy and priorities, and create customer-centric work flow. Business performance improvement experts Karen Martin and Mike Osterling present a practical way to deeply understand how work gets done - in any environment - and how to design improved work systems. 

The most comprehensive, in-depth look at Millennials to date - essential for managers, HR professionals, and global business leaders seeking to align long-term organizational goals with the realities of the new workforce. 

Whether it's hiring employees or creating teams, the Perfect Phrases series has the tools for precise, effective communication in any situation. With Perfect Phrases books, you have all the phrases you need to get things done, right at your fingertips!

Maia Donovan watched her friends find true love, and dreamed of her own happily-ever-after, but wishes and reality don’t always match up. Maia doesn’t realize the biggest obstacle to her happily-ever-after may be herself, and the memories she’s hiding in her heart—that part of her heart that still belongs to her first true love. If Maia can’t resolve her fears and give up those old feelings, then finding her happily-ever-after may become an impossible dream.

"Taliban Claim Bombing at Hotel for Foreigners in Kabul" is from the August 1, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mujib Mashal and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Strategy consultant Robbie Kellman Baxter has been helping companies excel in this business environment for more than a decade. Now, in The Forever Transaction, she reveals all her secrets. Whatever industry you're in, Baxter provides the inspiration, tools, and insight you need to build and execute a business model that will leave your competition in the dust.  

With the onslaught of cloud solutions, consumerization of technology, and increasingly tech-savvy business people, it's time for a manifesto for leaders who recognize - and are nervous about - the demands of the digital age. Whether you're an executive, department head, or IT manager, The New IT provides an action-ready blueprint for building and strengthening the role of IT in your company - and prescribing IT's future.  

"Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Advice for Living" is from the October 1, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Another Impasse on Gun Bills, Another Win for Hyperpolitics" is from the June 21, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Carl Hulse and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Obama Urges Journalists to Cover the Substantive" is from the March 28, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Mark Landler and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Apple Will Pay a 'Bug Bounty' to Hackers Who Report Flaws" is from the August 4, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Nicole Perlroth and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Indians Rush Frantically to Launder Their ‘Black Money’" is from the November 20, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Geeta Anand and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Girl Posting to Twitter From Aleppo Gains Sympathy, but Doubts Follow" is from the December 07, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rick Gladstone, Megan Specia and Sydney Ember and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Filled with engaging improv activities, this interactive guide will ensure you never come away from a tough moment pondering the woulda, coulda, shoulda! again. You'll learn how to nurture your personal style for communicating in every professional situation. From effective listening in the office, giving presentations, and leading meetings to negotiating a raise, acing an interview, and more, you'll start communicating with confidence.

The first comprehensive mentoring guide written specifically for 21st-century career building, this entrepreneurial approach to work relationships addresses the key issues of our time. Using simple tools and proven strategies, this essential guide shows you how to leverage the relationships you already have to map out a new developmental network that grows with your career. 

As a workplace strategist and business coach, Erica Keswin has spent over 20 years working with top business leaders and executives to build successful organizations that honor relationships. Featuring case studies from top brands such as, Lyft, Starbucks, Mogul, and SoulCycle, to name a few, Bring Your Human to Work distills the key practices of the most human companies into applicable advice that any business leader can use to build a “human workplace”. 

Oracle's world-famous consultants are leaders in delivering best-in-class services, solutions, and client satisfaction. Now for the first time, this practical insider's guide reveals the secrets behind Oracle's astonishing success - a virtual crash course in the best practices and proven methods that can take your career to the next level.

"What Wives Want: To Keep Their Names. What Courts Call Them: Scofflaws." is from the October 24, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"With ‘Tweet Me Your First Assaults,’ a Protest Movement Is Born" is from the October 10, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Mahler and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"What Hulk Hogan's Gawker Lawsuit Means for Our Privacy" is from the April 4, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Robert Levine and narrated by Caroline Miller.