03366nam 2200829 a 450 991096364240332120200520144314.09780674045316067404531910.4159/9780674045316(CKB)1000000000786832(SSID)ssj0000102542(PQKBManifestationID)11140684(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102542(PQKBWorkID)10061540(PQKB)10025966(DE-B1597)457808(OCoLC)1013936075(OCoLC)1029817082(OCoLC)1032677128(OCoLC)1037975471(OCoLC)1041974957(OCoLC)1046614995(OCoLC)1047047705(OCoLC)431347129(OCoLC)979740220(DE-B1597)9780674045316(Au-PeEL)EBL3300047(CaPaEBR)ebr10312752(OCoLC)923108898(MiAaPQ)EBC3300047(Perlego)1147314(EXLCZ)99100000000078683220041109d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmericans first Chinese Americans and the Second World War /K. Scott Wong1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press2005256 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674016712 0674016718 Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-242) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Chinese America before the War -- 2. Chinatown Goes to War -- 3. The "Good Asian" in the "Good War" -- 4. Hawai'i's Local Warriors -- 5. The Fourteenth Air Service Group -- 6. Into the Mainstream -- Appendix. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index -- Appendix: Employment Tables -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- IndexWorld War II was a watershed event for many of America's minorities, but its impact on Chinese Americans has been largely ignored. Utilizing extensive archival research as well as oral histories and letters from over one hundred informants, Wong explores how Chinese Americans carved a newly respected and secure place for themselves in American society during the war years.Chinese AmericansSocial conditions20th centuryChinese AmericansEthnic identityChinese AmericansCultural assimilationWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, Chinese AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945United StatesWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsUnited StatesEthnic relationsChinese AmericansSocial conditionsChinese AmericansEthnic identity.Chinese AmericansCultural assimilation.World War, 1939-1945Participation, Chinese American.World War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Social aspects.940.54/089/951073NQ 5340rvkWong Kevin Scott1807515MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963642403321Americans first4357289UNINA05758nam 2200781Ia 450 991100475740332120200520144314.09786612525520978152311148015231114889781282525528128252552297816050934751605093475(CKB)2670000000018504(EBL)513991(OCoLC)630537454(SSID)ssj0000433793(PQKBManifestationID)12145914(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433793(PQKBWorkID)10391211(PQKB)10083080(MiAaPQ)EBC513991(CaSebORM)9781605093475(OCoLC)776149047(OCoLC)ocn776149047 (FR-PaCSA)88807216(FRCYB88807216)88807216(EXLCZ)99267000000001850420091207d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBootstrap leadership 50 ways to break out, take charge, and move up /Steve Arneson; foreword by Dave Ulrich1st ed.San Francisco, CA Berrett-Koehler Publishersc20101 online resource (318 p.)A BK business bookDescription based upon print version of record.9781605093451 1605093459 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part One: How Are You Showing Up as a Leader?; 1 Where Have You Been?: Document Your Leadership Journey; 2 Build a Spider Web: Evaluate Your Working Relationships; 3 Spin Around in a Circle: Make 360° Feedback Work for You; 4 Your Own Private Detective: Ask a Peer to Track Your Development; 5 When the Student Is Ready: Find a Mentor; 6 Just Like the CEO: Create a Personal Board of Directors; 7 Get in the Weight Room: Identify and Leverage Your Strengths; 8 Go Back in Time: Ask Past Colleagues about Your Leadership9 Is There Another Way?: Confront Your Hardest-Held Positions10 How Am I Driving?: Develop a Vision, Mission, and Strategy; Part Two: Add Something New to Your Game; 11 Break Out the Dictionary: Craft Your Own Definition of Leadership; 12 Put It in Writing: Prepare a Leadership Development Plan; 13 One Year at a Time: Develop One Leadership Skill a Year; 14 What Is It That Only You Can Do?: Learn to Delegate; 15 The Whistle and the Clipboard: Practice Your Coaching Skills; 16 Hit the Books: Read Three Business Titles a Year; 17 The Best Thinking Tools Ever Invented: Keep a Journal18 I Have a Theory: Study Great Leadership Thinking19 Once Upon a Time: Become a Great Storyteller; 20 This Is Me: Share Your Leadership Foundations; Part Three: Get Curious about the World Around You; 21 Take a Trip Around the World: Learn about Other Cultures; 22 So This Is What We Do: Learn the Business; 23 Keep Tabs on Your Friends: Document Your Network; 24 That Thing Called the Internet: Leverage Technology; 25 Who Are These People?: Get to Know Your Team Members; 26 Ask the Experts: Tap Vendors and Consultants for New Ideas; 27 Scout the Enemy: Know Your Competitors28 Go Back to School: Attend a Conference or Seminar29 Road Trip!: Visit Innovative Companies; 30 Bring It Home: Learn Something New-Outside of Work; Part Four: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone; 31 Get Outside the Circle: Practice New Leadership Behaviors; 32 You're Right and I'm Wrong: Admit Mistakes and Limitations; 33 Become a Member: Join a Professional Network; 34 Share Your Story: Organize an Internal Speaker's Bureau; 35 Tell the Boss You're Bored: Take Charge of Your Own Career; 36 Love the Numbers: Learn to Read Financial Statements; 37 Build the Business Case: Give Great Presentations38 A Healthy You: Bring Energy to Your Work39 Write Your Own Screenplay: Imagine Yourself in Future Roles; 40 Question Everything: Review Your Strategy Twice a Year; Part Five: It's Not about You; 41 It's All about Them: Showcase Your People; 42 Give Something Back: Help a Nonprofit Organization; 43 What the Boss Needs to Hear: Provide Feedback Up the Ladder; 44 Extend Your Reach: Spend Time with Your Broader Team; 45 Your Most Precious Resource: Set Priorities for Your Time; 46 Step Up to the Podium: Teach a Course Inside Your Company; 47 Talk to Yourself: Ask Three Questions Every Day48 Join the Volunteer Army: Donate Your Leadership SkillsArneson was named one of America's top leadership consultants by Leadership Excellence magazine in 2008Enables leaders at all levels to design a complete self-directed leadership development programConcise, accessible, practical and flexible Leadership training can be inconsistent in the best of times. In tough economic times it's often one of the first things that even the most progressive companies cut back on. And you can't necessarily depend on finding that mentor you've been looking for either. Now more than ever, if you're going to advance your career you need to lift yourself up by your50 ways to break out, take charge, and move upFifty ways to break out, take charge, and move upLeadershipExecutive abilitySuccess in businessLeadership.Executive ability.Success in business.158/.4Arneson Steve1822318MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911004757403321Bootstrap leadership4388473UNINA