1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456710503321

Autore

Ullah Philip

Titolo

Collaborative leadership in financial services / / Philip Ullah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham ; ; Burlington, Vt. : , : Gower Pub., , 2011

ISBN

1-315-25997-4

1-351-95066-5

1-283-23528-5

9786613235282

1-4094-3609-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

332.1068/4

Soggetti

Financial services industry - Management

Leadership

Organizational effectiveness

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

On cover: Gower e-book.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Collaborative leadership: a model for the 21st century -- Building relationships -- Influencing -- Communicating -- Coaching -- Finding common ground -- Getting the best out of teams -- Getting the best out of individuals -- Delivering value from projects and programmes -- How to change -- Conclusion.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453644903321

Autore

Sandys Celia

Titolo

Churchill wanted dead or alive / / Celia Sandys

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-4619-4947-5

1-62349-074-X

Edizione

[1st Texas A&M University Press ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

968.04

968.0487 B

Soggetti

Prime ministers - Great Britain

Prisoners of war - South Africa

South African War, 1899-1902 - Journalists

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Gateway -- Preparing for war -- Cruising to a catastrophe -- The station yard -- Knight errant -- The Botha legend -- Into captivity -- The states model school -- Controversy -- Wanted dead or alive -- A soldier again -- A general on Spion Kop -- Into Ladysmith -- A lull in the storm -- Return to Pretoria -- Epilogue: a triumphal progress.

Sommario/riassunto

" . . . notable for its depiction of young Churchill, warts and all, as a very human character . . . ."-New York Times"A bestseller in the UK, this portrait of Winston Churchill, written by his granddaughter, unapologetically presents the future prime minister as an action hero in the Boer War. It's rousing reading. Sandy's affection for her grandfather is obvious, but she shows enough of his grandiosity to maintain a reader's trust. . . . Sandy's is fully aware of the extent to which her grandfather had a finger to the political winds during his exploits: he sought the limelight as aggressive