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Leadership Lessons is a book that is all about how to improve organizational performance. The central focus of all these essays is improving the ability to understand the dynamics at play that are impacting their organizations. The purpose is to help organizations and the people within them to be able to realize their individual and collective potential. Many of the essays are titled in the form of a question because if you don’t learn to ask better questions, you will never get the answers you really need.

Leadership Lessons is a book about how to improve organizational performance. The essays in this book are an accumulation of various projects that I have been involved in for more than a dozen years. The term projects spans quite a range of subject matter and purposes for their existence. The reality is that the central focus of all these essays is improving the ability to understand the dynamics at play that are impacting their organizations. The purpose is to help organizations and the people within them to be able to realize their individual and collective potential.

A podcast documenting my journey as a trainee teacher, with a special focus on mental health.

Carter Brent, alcoholic gambler and Yukon gold finder, strikes real gold as he meets a beautiful young half-breed girl called Snowdrift. They experience adventures and hardships of all sorts, both physical and psychological.

In the town of Tilden live a farmer and his wife. For many years, they’ve enjoyed a simple, agrarian existence, raising their twin children, Gwyneth and Gavin. Tilden has always been a place of peace, and its residents could never imagine the fate that’s soon to befall them. When a vicious dragon begins to plague the village, burning buildings and stealing stores, even the strongest adults will be at a loss. After all, what purpose could their walls or their weaponries really serve? Thick of skin and fiery of temper, a sky-borne behemoth can’t be stopped so easily.

"Peace must be fought for." The Thrilling saga of the Save the World Academy series comes to a powerful end in this gripping conclusion! As Viktor Steel's grand scheme to take over the world is revealed, the students must fight to survive in a race to protect the planet and themselves from a global threat. Prepare for an epic battle that will leave you speechless. Heads will roll!

An evil that has been unseen in the Academy walls for decades returns in this fourth instalment; the legendary Brotherhood of the Rabbit has risen to antagonise the students of Save the World Academy. With their twisted ancient rituals and rumours of double agents threatening the school, the students and teachers must be on their guard to stay alive.

"The Thing in the Attic" is a sci-fi story by James B. Blish, published in 1954. "Honath and his fellow arch-doubters did not believe in the Giants, and for this they were cast into Hell. And when survival depended upon unwavering faith in their beliefs, they saw that there were Giants, after all..." A classic and exotic tale of survival against all odds and amongst - yes - real space giants!

The Academy's watches appear to have taken a sinister agenda placing all the students in harm's way, leaving one question on everybody's lips. Who is attempting this sabotage? Meanwhile, in an undisclosed location, lies the Salamander clan pulled unwillingly deep into Steel's schemes of world tyranny. Also hidden from the world, trapped deep in the swamps with no hope of escape, Jade Steel suffers at the hands of the deadly Lizard Lord's daughter.

Jade attempts to harness her skill and discover more of her father's plans, unaware of a looming reptilian threat deep in the swamps that is preparing something sinister for the green-eyed girl and the unorthodox pupils of Save the World Academy.

Do you believe in Heaven on Earth? Then this audiobook is for you. Sending you Love, Peace, Joy and Happiness right here, right now. Godspeed.

Snowdrift is a gripping tale set in the frozen Yukon, where an alcoholic gambler and a mysterious half-Native woman find their fates intertwined. As Carter Brent searches for one last strike of gold, he’s pursued by rivals eager to claim his winnings. Meanwhile, Snowdrift, raised among wandering tribes, struggles with questions about her past. Can these two lost souls navigate the ruthless frontier, or will the North claim them both? A story of resilience, redemption, and survival.

The Thing in the Attic takes listeners on a thrilling sci-fi adventure where belief and reality collide. Honath the Pursemaker dares to question the sacred Book of Laws, which claims that his tree-dwelling race was created by giants. Branded a heretic, he and his fellow outcasts are cast down to the jungle floor—a place teeming with unknown dangers. As they struggle to survive, they begin to uncover secrets that challenge everything they thought they knew. Is the truth buried in the depths of the jungle? A gripping tale of survival, discovery, and the power of questioning the status quo.

When 57-year-old Ethan Zachary is ravaged by mysterious ball lightning, he starts growing progressively younger. As the condition begins to take hold, he realizes the end result will eventually kill him, ruining his plans to run for Congress - as well as his marriage. He does find a few compensations: his new youth and vigor attract a Cuban refugee reporter and a young lady lawyer, and his libido has been magically restored. Then a reclusive billionaire snatches "EZ" to use him as a medical guinea pig.

A weekly assembly with James B Partridge (or Mr Partridge to the naughty Year 6s on the back benches!) where we take a deep dive into the songs and stories from your school days. Each week, the assembly will start with a catch-up session, a Q&A with listener questions (anything goes!) and we will of course finish with a group singalong and deep dive into your favourite songs from school. Make sure you're sat up straight and get ready to sing every Wednesday with Notes from School with James B Partridge.~~~Follow me on socials at:Instagram: http://instagram.com/jamesbpartridgeTikTok: http://...

Daily talk

Every Monday to Friday from 9am, start your day right! The Premier League and the biggest stories in football will be discussed in 20-30 episodes, accompanying you throughout your day. Enjoy the show and subscribe to the James B channel for video clips from this very podcast!

The Shaping Champions Podcast explores what it takes to become elite. We interview coaches, practitioners, mentors and professionals in a variety of fields to identify and uncover the ingredients needed to shape both present and future champions. Hosted by Jimmy Davis & Machel St Patrick Hewitt, we aim to provide our viewers & listeners with the tools, strategies & theories needed to successfully navigate the journey towards becoming a champion in all areas of their life

Welcome to "The DIP", the podcast where we discuss our all-time favourite theme park experiences and ask; which attractions would we want to keep us company if we were stranded on a deserted island? Each episode, we invite a new guest onto the show to share the story of their favourite attractions and how it has shaped their relationship with theme parks. We'll delve into theme parks' emotional and personal significance for our guests. Join us as we journey through the deeply personal connections our guests have formed with the hobby and the impact it’s had on their lives.