Driven by Compassion: 8 Values for Successful Servant Leaders is a book based on the real-life, everyday challenges and successes of being a loving and compassionate leader. This type of leadership style is not about "hugs and kisses." It focuses on living the eight core values of leadership that lead to greater engagement and fulfillment in your job, career, and personal life. Servant leadership ensures that a leader’s team members feel heard...

"A former FBI agent shares his simple but powerful toolkit for assessing who you can trust--and who you can't. After two decades as a behavior analyst in the FBI, Robin Dreeke knows a thing or two about sizing people up. He's navigated complex situations that range from handling Russian spies to navigating the internal politics at the Bureau. Through that experience, he was forced to develop a knack for reading people--their intentions, their capabilities,...

Offers a simple, yet bold, shift from the "command and control" model to a leadership style of "trust and inspire," a new way of leading that starts with the belief that people are creative, collaborative, and full of potential.

"When a weary stranger arrives one day with nothing but a suitcase, his new neighbors ask nervous questions about who he is and where he comes from before they are challenged to decide between trusting the newcomer or taking the risk of not believing him"-- Provided by publisher

In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines...

"In Trust, Pete Buttigieg demonstrates how trust will be essential in order to face the unique challenges of the decades ahead. Trust is essential to the foundation of America's democracy, asserts Pete Buttigieg, the former presidential candidate and South Bend mayor. Yet, in a century warped by terrorism, financial collapse, Trumpist populism, systemic racism, and now a global pandemic, trust has been squandered, sacrificed, abused, stolen, or never...

Discusses "what to do with your skepticism and distrust so you can heal from past betrayals and move forward with strength and resilience"-- Provided by publisher.

While trying to rescue their friend Griffith, Drake and Rori team up with a boy named Llew and try to gain the trust of a Crystal Dragon.

Snoozie is a cat, who doesn't like moving. Sunny is a dog, who's afraid of the rain. They're very different, but they are the best of friends. One day, while out on their morning walk, they come upon a small, timid dog who has been feeling "so-so" for quite some time. How will this chance encounter change all their lives? Snoozie, Sunny, and So-So written by Dafna Ben-zvi, illustrated by Ofra Amit, and translated from Hebrew by Annette Appel, is a...

"Chip the dog warns other pups that cats are not their friends, among other nuggets of wisdom"-- Provided by publisher.