...
The Connection between Analytics and High Performance
Accenture’s research of high -performance businesses found that high performers—those
companies that consistently outperform their competitors ...
integration, etc.) so that data is
viewed as a platform to improve
market performance and increase
enterprise operating efficiency.
II. Deepening digital marketing
capabilities that provide faster, ... market performance
so that they can make better
decisions, faster. Indeed, some
commentators see analytics as the
driver of a third industrial revolution,
increasing productivity in a way that...
... learn by play-
ing games and making games. In some workshops, participants make
developmentally appropriate learning toys from “trash.” In others, partici-
pants play gamesthat use movement to ... sensory-
motor games to encourage integration. The emphasis is on fun games that
children of different skill levels can play together.
And some workshops are done by participants playing a whole slew of
games ... of the games, email her at:
momsense@asis.com.
To see a description of her books, visit her website:
www. barbarashergames.com.
OTHER BOOKS/TAPES BY BARBARA SHER
Self-Esteem Games
Spirit Games
Smart...
... Annual strategic planning conferences that are never com-
pleted at the employee level.
7. Training seminars that are not connected to the business
plan that become an education, skill, or knowledge ... For centuries
people have known that to control knowledge is to control the pop-
ulation. Dictators like to keep people uninformed. By controlling
the information that people receive through the ... talked in a funny
language that us neophytes couldn’t understand. Any simple
request for computer support was answered with a lengthy expla-
nation of why you didn’t want that, it couldn’t be done,...
... Self-Esteem Games, Spirit Games, Smart Play
games, and other gamesthat can all be played in the family setting or in
the inclusive classroom. They also learned how to make their own games
and ... everything in his
Games That Enhance Visual-Spatial Skills
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One or two
people
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Games That Enhance
Visual-Spatial ... of these games with me.
They have had a harsh but honest approach that lets me know which games
work and which don’t. They either respond with excitement or they just
wander away. The games in...
... NCOURAGED
Open and focused
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The games and activities in this book are organized into those that
encourage open attention, those that encourage ... and encour-
aged here.
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BARBARA SHER
I LLUSTRATIONS BY
R ALPH B UTLER
Attention Games
101 Fun, Easy GamesThat
Help Kids Learn ... ways of dealing
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that give babies repeated experiences in mastering their motor skills. There
are other gamesthat encourage exploratory...
... are significant issues to
be focused
Tackling the Feelings That
Tackling the Feelings That
Drive Performance
Drive Performance
MIB Tran Thi Ai Vy
MIB Tran Thi Ai Vy
Faculty of Economics ... outcomes (Arvey et
al., 1998)
•
“A learned capability based on emotional
intelligence that results in outstanding
performance at work’’ (Goleman,2001,p. 27)
Previous perspective of emotion in
Previous ... negative emotion where they
feel resistance, powerless, strongest extrinsic
motivators will improve performance at a reasonable
lever
Dimensions of emotion
Dimensions of emotion
•
Negative versus...
... at
www.wiley.com.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Long, Lynette.
Wacky word problems : games and activities that make math easy and fun / Lynette Long.
p. cm. —(Magical math)
Includes index.
ISBN ... can you find to
make a mile?
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WACKY W ORD
P ROBLEMS
Games and Activities
That Make Math Easy and Fun
Lynette Long
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Magical Math
ffirs.qxd ... object of the game is to collect three cards that
all mean addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
3. The first player to collect three cards that mean the same mathematical
operation...
... picture
and arrange a series of dots on a
piece of paper to make that picture
when they are connected. Label the
dots with the decimals so that they
can be connected in the correct
order.
DELIGHTFUL
DECIMALS ... the dice and the play continues until the number rolled is
larger than the number left. In that case, that player loses the round.
7. In round 2, both players start by writing 0.999 on a sheet ... Player 1 rolls the die. The number rolled is the Name That Place!
number.
3. Player 2 starts the stopwatch and gives player 1 one minute to Name That
Place! on the entire stack of 10 cards.
4. Player...
... percent that she would do just that. Leslie
also recognized that Gladys could be sensitive and she made a mental
note to herself to use her future coaching meetings with Gladys to reas-
sure her that ... their jobs. It also
brings home the important role that their performance plays in the de-
partment. This in itself can stimulate even greater performance from
them.
You can also train your new ... reach these
higher levels of performance by observing how your superstars work and
comparing their performance with the average workers. By identifying
the behaviors that set the former apart from...
... clear to a problem
performer that she is accountable for a certain level of performance, that
you are not receiving that level of performance, and that you expect that
improvement. When you practice ... involves more than that. Counseling is a process, and
that process is a part of most corporate performance management efforts.
Most organizations have two counseling tracks: one for performance
problems, ... about coaching; that is, that you only coach when there’s a problem.
If you coach only to address a performance problem in the making,
you’re wasting a valuable management technique. That s because...
... repor ted to Effie that he had met with Cora and that he
thought the problem had been handled. She knew that she had to
change her style of management and work, and that was that.
Unfortunately, ... three likely reasons that would enable
them to better direct their counseling efforts.
Situations That Create Problems
Among the situations that can create problem performers, and that you
should ... Chrissy that the
divorce papers had all been signed, and he and his psychologist had
agreed that he did not need further professional counseling. Chrissy
reminded him that he was still in performance...
... while still not believing that a problem in performance
actually exists. As mentioned previously, the sine qua non of successful
counseling is to get the employee to admit that there is a problem. ... staff that your warnings are meaningless, and they will act
accordingly. Don’t fall into the trap of holding one counseling session
after another, after another, in the hope that the employee’s performance
eventually ... correct poor on-
the-job performance.
Left untreated, a problem employee’s performance can cause you to
be judged negatively by staff members, can set a bad example that others
on staff will...
... agree, Gene, that these are qualities that
separate these managers from others?’’ Michael asked his mentee.
‘‘Yes,’’ Gene said, ‘‘but that s not me. I’m not sure I could handle that
style effectively.’’
As ... out an action
plan that would help build the leadership skills that their organization
expected in its leaders. The development plan that they completed in-
cluded specific steps that Gene should ... on the remote control that comes from
respect for the mentor. The mentor can begin to foster that trust by
showing trust him- or herself in the prote
´
ge
´
. That means that the mentor
only questions...