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The New York Times bestselling author of Starting Over and An Ocean Apart returns with his strongest work to date-a heartwarming story of love, compassion, and redemption… After the dot-com bubble burst, Dan Porter is laid off from his job and must decide what is truly important. His wife of 20 years, Jackie, a beautiful and successful managing director for a clothing designer, no longer connects with him. His teenagers Josh, Nina and Millie are...
3) Exposed
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""Plot twists aplenty raise the stakes." --People Magazine A BATTLE FOR JUSTICE PITS PARTNER AGAINST PARTNER... Mary DiNunzio wants to represent her old friend Simon Pensiera, a sales rep who was wrongly fired by his company, but her partner Bennie Rosato represents the parent company. When she confronts Mary, explaining this is a conflict of interest, an epic battle of wills and legal strategy between the two ensues--ripping the law firm apart, forcing...
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Meet Kate Mackenzie. She: works for the T.O.D. (short for Tyrannical Office Despot, also known as Amy Jenkins, Director of the Human Resources Division at the New York Journal) is sleeping on the couch because her boyfriend of ten years refuses to commit can't find an affordable studio apartment anywhere in New York City thinks things can't get any worse.
They can. Because: the T.O.D. is making her fire the most popular employee in the paper's senior...
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[2020]
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"Lifeboat draws an analogy between the 1912 sinking of the ship Titanic and modern-day layoffs, mergers, and business closures that disrupt careers and cause unemployment. Using the metaphor of a lifeboat, the author provides readers pragmatic strategies to adapt to change in the workplace and keep their careers afloat"--
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Falcone, a human resources consultant, provides 101 sample write-ups for documenting employee performance problems related to probation, policy and procedure violations, performance issues, behavior and conduct infractions, and absenteeism and tardiness, in addition to termination, to provide positive and constructive discipline and rehabilitate poor performers and terminate problem employees legally. He focuses on treating workers with dignity and...
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[2011]
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From Erin Brockovich to Enron, whistleblowers who "challenge abuses of power that betray the public trust" have proven to be an unfortunate necessity in modern business culture. Their efforts to report crimes, fraud, and dangers to public health and safety have saved millions of lives and billions of dollars of shareholder value – and had we heeded the warnings of whistleblowers, perhaps disasters such as the Bernie Madoff scandal and the Lehman...
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2021.
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Have you been displaced from a job, company, or industry... or do you want to change careers, start a side hustle, or become a full-time entrepreneur? Especially if you're a Boomer or Gen Xer, you may not have the tools you need to make that change, and if that's the case, this book is for you.
· Have you been fired?
· Laid off?
· Feeling the financial squeeze of the pandemic?
· Sick of where you find yourself, even if you're looking at...
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This book is a collection of hilarious but true tales from people who've all gotten the ax, the boot, or been canned at some point in their lives. Andy Borowitz tells the story of being fired as a writer for the television sitcom The Facts of Life after being informed that he just didn't "get" Tootie. Dana Gould sums up his firing from the cast of the sitcom Working that led him to become a producer of The Simpsons. Illeana Douglas tells about being...
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[1993]
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First edition.
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The basic structure of the first edition was built around a four level intervention model which provides a coherent structural foundation. Substantial changes to the new edition include: A revised and expanded preface to serve as both a preview of the book and a vehicle to entice both new readers and those who read the first edition. A new chapter on leadership and coaching. This chapter conceptualizes leadership in troubled times as a helping, not...
14) Covet
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With her marriage troubled after her husband loses his job, Claire's friendship with a local police officer starts turning heads.
15) Fired, down-sized, or laid-off: what your employer doesn't want you to know about how to fight back
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2000.
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First edition.
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[2017]
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When the CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs.
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