The Daily Disciplines of Leadership: How to Improve Student Achievement, Staff Motivation, and Personal Organization

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (November 4, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787964034

“A practical, compelling, thoroughly-researched book that demystifies leadership for school leaders. Highly recommended.”
— Mike Schmoker, author, Results and The Results Fieldbook

“A thought-provoking book that clearly delineates the relationship between excellent school leadership and improved student learning. Reeves is powerful, practical, and profound. This book will be required reading for all leaders in our district.”
— Dr. Terry Thompson, superintendent, Wayne Township, Indianapolis, Indiana

“Once again, Doug Reeves goes to the heart of the topic. In this book he presents leadership form a unique perspective and provides an answer to the abiding question that must be embedded in the though processes of all effective leaders— How can I add value to my life and the life of others?— The book’s content will fill both your personal and professional leadership toolkit and give you the capacity to stay on the cutting edge of success in your organization. It is a must read!”
— Marti Richardson, president, National Staff Development Council

“In Daily Disciplines, Dr. Reeves provides a clear, concise, engaging, and interactive guide to what we must know and be able to do to insure that no child if left behind. The bar of accountability for individual student progress has been raised, and this practical resource outlining best practices in organizational leadership is available ‘just in time’.”
— Karen Young, president, Learning 24-7

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The Daily Disciplines of Leadership: How to Improve Student Achievement, Staff Motivation, and Personal Organization

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (November 4, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787964034

“A practical, compelling, thoroughly-researched book that demystifies leadership for school leaders. Highly recommended.”
— Mike Schmoker, author, Results and The Results Fieldbook

“A thought-provoking book that clearly delineates the relationship between excellent school leadership and improved student learning. Reeves is powerful, practical, and profound. This book will be required reading for all leaders in our district.”
— Dr. Terry Thompson, superintendent, Wayne Township, Indianapolis, Indiana

“Once again, Doug Reeves goes to the heart of the topic. In this book he presents leadership form a unique perspective and provides an answer to the abiding question that must be embedded in the though processes of all effective leaders— How can I add value to my life and the life of others?— The book’s content will fill both your personal and professional leadership toolkit and give you the capacity to stay on the cutting edge of success in your organization. It is a must read!”
— Marti Richardson, president, National Staff Development Council

“In Daily Disciplines, Dr. Reeves provides a clear, concise, engaging, and interactive guide to what we must know and be able to do to insure that no child if left behind. The bar of accountability for individual student progress has been raised, and this practical resource outlining best practices in organizational leadership is available ‘just in time’.”
— Karen Young, president, Learning 24-7

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The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to Develop and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (April 5, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787970719

We have long been taught that emotions should be felt and expressed in carefully controlled ways, and then only in certain environments and at certain times. This is especially true when at work, particularly when managing others. It is considered terribly unprofessional to express emotion while on the job, and many of us believe that our biggest mistakes and regrets are due to our reactions at those times when our emotions get the better of us. David R. Caruso and Peter Salovey believe that this view of emotion is not correct. The emotion centers of the brain, they argue, are not relegated to a secondary place in our thinking and reasoning, but instead are an integral part of what it means to think, reason, and to be intelligent. In The Emotionally Intelligent Manager, they show that emotion is not just important, but absolutely necessary for us to make good decisions, take action to solve problems, cope with change, and succeed. The authors detail a practical four-part hierarchy of emotional skills: identifying emotions, using emotions to facilitate thinking, understanding emotions, and managing emotions—and show how we can measure, learn, and develop each skill and employ them in an integrated way to solve our most difficult work-related problems.

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The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to Develop and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (April 5, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787970719

We have long been taught that emotions should be felt and expressed in carefully controlled ways, and then only in certain environments and at certain times. This is especially true when at work, particularly when managing others. It is considered terribly unprofessional to express emotion while on the job, and many of us believe that our biggest mistakes and regrets are due to our reactions at those times when our emotions get the better of us. David R. Caruso and Peter Salovey believe that this view of emotion is not correct. The emotion centers of the brain, they argue, are not relegated to a secondary place in our thinking and reasoning, but instead are an integral part of what it means to think, reason, and to be intelligent. In The Emotionally Intelligent Manager, they show that emotion is not just important, but absolutely necessary for us to make good decisions, take action to solve problems, cope with change, and succeed. The authors detail a practical four-part hierarchy of emotional skills: identifying emotions, using emotions to facilitate thinking, understanding emotions, and managing emotions—and show how we can measure, learn, and develop each skill and employ them in an integrated way to solve our most difficult work-related problems.

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So Smart But…: How Intelligent People Lose Credibility - and How They Can Get it Back

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass (October 27, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787985740

This fascinating book demonstrates that to be a good communicator and therefore an effective manager, a person must have five qualities in order to be viewed as totally credible–competence, character, composure, sociability, and extroversion. While some executives seem to possess all these qualities and be born with savvy communication skills, Weiner shows how anyone can find ways to make measurable improvements in how they present themselves that will enhance their credibility.

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So Smart But…: How Intelligent People Lose Credibility - and How They Can Get it Back

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass (October 27, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787985740

This fascinating book demonstrates that to be a good communicator and therefore an effective manager, a person must have five qualities in order to be viewed as totally credible–competence, character, composure, sociability, and extroversion. While some executives seem to possess all these qualities and be born with savvy communication skills, Weiner shows how anyone can find ways to make measurable improvements in how they present themselves that will enhance their credibility.

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Essentials of XBRL

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition (January 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471220779

Provides a complete overview of what XBRL is and how companies can use it effectively.

• Explains the benefits of XBRL to corporate executives (CEOs, CFOs).
• Written in nontechnical language that financial managers can understand.
• Provides numerous examples and illustrations.

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Essentials of XBRL

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition (January 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471220779

Provides a complete overview of what XBRL is and how companies can use it effectively.

• Explains the benefits of XBRL to corporate executives (CEOs, CFOs).
• Written in nontechnical language that financial managers can understand.
• Provides numerous examples and illustrations.

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The Mathematics of Financial Modeling and Investment Management

• Hardcover: 800 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (March 29, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471465992

the mathematics of financial modeling & investment management

The Mathematics of Financial Modeling & Investment Management covers a wide range of technical topics in mathematics and finance–enabling the investment management practitioner, researcher, or student to fully understand the process of financial decision-making and its economic foundations.

This comprehensive resource will introduce you to key mathematical techniques–matrix algebra, calculus, ordinary differential equations, probability theory, stochastic calculus, time series analysis, optimization–as well as show you how these techniques are successfully implemented in the world of modern finance. Special emphasis is placed on the new mathematical tools that allow a deeper understanding of financial econometrics and financial economics. Recent advances in financial econometrics, such as tools for estimating and representing the tails of the distributions, the analysis of correlation phenomena, and dimensionality reduction through factor analysis and cointegration are discussed in depth.

Using a wealth of real-world examples, Focardi and Fabozzi simultaneously show both the mathematical techniques and the areas in finance where these techniques are applied. They also cover a variety of useful financial applications, such as:

• Arbitrage pricing
• Interest rate modeling
• Derivative pricing
• Credit risk modeling
• Equity and bond portfolio management
• Risk management
• And much more

Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, The Mathematics of Financial Modeling & Investment Management clearly ties together financial theory and mathematical techniques.

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The Mathematics of Financial Modeling and Investment Management

• Hardcover: 800 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (March 29, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471465992

the mathematics of financial modeling & investment management

The Mathematics of Financial Modeling & Investment Management covers a wide range of technical topics in mathematics and finance–enabling the investment management practitioner, researcher, or student to fully understand the process of financial decision-making and its economic foundations.

This comprehensive resource will introduce you to key mathematical techniques–matrix algebra, calculus, ordinary differential equations, probability theory, stochastic calculus, time series analysis, optimization–as well as show you how these techniques are successfully implemented in the world of modern finance. Special emphasis is placed on the new mathematical tools that allow a deeper understanding of financial econometrics and financial economics. Recent advances in financial econometrics, such as tools for estimating and representing the tails of the distributions, the analysis of correlation phenomena, and dimensionality reduction through factor analysis and cointegration are discussed in depth.

Using a wealth of real-world examples, Focardi and Fabozzi simultaneously show both the mathematical techniques and the areas in finance where these techniques are applied. They also cover a variety of useful financial applications, such as:

• Arbitrage pricing
• Interest rate modeling
• Derivative pricing
• Credit risk modeling
• Equity and bond portfolio management
• Risk management
• And much more

Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, The Mathematics of Financial Modeling & Investment Management clearly ties together financial theory and mathematical techniques.

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Active Alpha: A Portfolio Approach to Selecting and Managing Alternative Investments

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (August 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471791326

Praise for Active Alpha

“Active alpha is the quest for every sophisticated investor. This book covers all of the key alpha sources currently mined by active managers, reduces the complexity of the subject, and helps the investor get started in the right direction.”
-Mark Anson, Chief Executive Officer, Hermes Pensions Management Ltd.

“Long-held traditional methods for investing large portfolios are giving way to new processes that are designed to improve productivity and diversification. These changes find their locus in the sometimes overly mysterious world of absolute return strategies. In this book, Alan Dorsey demystifies that new world and provides a guiding pathway into the future of professional portfolio management. This is an important read for any investor who plans to succeed going forward.”
-Britt Harris, Chief Investment Officer, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

“With great lucidity, Alan Dorsey’s book, Active Alpha, fills an important void by identifying the relevant institutional features of this complex subject and by providing a unifying analytic framework for understanding and constructing portfolios of alternative assets. For anyone investing in the alternative class, from the new student to the experienced practitioner, Active Alpha is a necessary read. I am recommending it to everyone I know with such an interest, and it is destined to become a much thumbed reference on my shelf.”
-Steve Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics, Sloan School, MIT

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Active Alpha: A Portfolio Approach to Selecting and Managing Alternative Investments

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (August 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471791326

Praise for Active Alpha

“Active alpha is the quest for every sophisticated investor. This book covers all of the key alpha sources currently mined by active managers, reduces the complexity of the subject, and helps the investor get started in the right direction.”
-Mark Anson, Chief Executive Officer, Hermes Pensions Management Ltd.

“Long-held traditional methods for investing large portfolios are giving way to new processes that are designed to improve productivity and diversification. These changes find their locus in the sometimes overly mysterious world of absolute return strategies. In this book, Alan Dorsey demystifies that new world and provides a guiding pathway into the future of professional portfolio management. This is an important read for any investor who plans to succeed going forward.”
-Britt Harris, Chief Investment Officer, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

“With great lucidity, Alan Dorsey’s book, Active Alpha, fills an important void by identifying the relevant institutional features of this complex subject and by providing a unifying analytic framework for understanding and constructing portfolios of alternative assets. For anyone investing in the alternative class, from the new student to the experienced practitioner, Active Alpha is a necessary read. I am recommending it to everyone I know with such an interest, and it is destined to become a much thumbed reference on my shelf.”
-Steve Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics, Sloan School, MIT

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Financial Management and Real Options

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (January 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471899348

This concise but well-developed book covers financial management with an international focus. Noted corporate finance specialist Jack Broyles here assists operating managers in attaining the financial objectives of their companies and reporting financial results to owners, creditors, and employees.

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Financial Management and Real Options

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (January 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471899348

This concise but well-developed book covers financial management with an international focus. Noted corporate finance specialist Jack Broyles here assists operating managers in attaining the financial objectives of their companies and reporting financial results to owners, creditors, and employees.

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Financial Crises in “Successful” Emerging Economies

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press (October 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815702116

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Financial Crises in “Successful” Emerging Economies

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press (October 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815702116

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Modeling Maximum Trading Profits with C++: New Trading and Money Management Concepts (Wiley Trading)

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; Pap/Cdr edition (February 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470086238

“Mr. Salov has taken one of my favorite creations – Perfect Profit – and provided an expanded description of his interpretation of it and put it in your hands with the included software. Like I said fifteen years ago, Perfect Profit is an important tool for the trading system developer. See for yourself.”
—Robert Pardo, President, Pardo Capital Limited

“A very in-depth reference for programmers that should serve well into the future. The code herein lends itself well to other syntactically similar programming languages such as Java, PHP, and C#.”
—Ralph Vince

The goal of trading is to make money, and for many, profits are the best way to measure that success. Author Valerii Salov knows how to calculate potential profit, and in Modeling Maximum Trading Profits with C++, he outlines an original and thought-provoking approach to trading that will help you do the same.

This detailed guide will show you how to effectively calculate the potential profit in a market under conditions of variable transaction costs, and provide you with the tools needed to compute those values from real prices. You’ll be introduced to new notions of s-function, s-matrix, s-interval, and polarities of s-intervals, and discover how they can be used to build the r- and l-algorithms as well as the first and second profit and loss reserve algorithms. Optimal money management techniques are also illustrated throughout the book, so you can make the most informed trading decisions possible.

Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, Modeling Maximum Trading Profits with C++ contains a comprehensive overview of trading, money management, and C++. A companion CD-ROM is also included to help you test the concepts described throughout the book before you attempt to use them in real-world situations.

About the Author
VALERII SALOV, PHD, is Vice President and Director of Financial Product Development for Toolkit at NumeriX LLC, a firm that provides software solutions for the pricing and management of derivatives. Previously, Salov worked at Merrill Lynch, where he helped develop automated systems for trading futures, equities, and foreign exchange. He received a PhD in analytical chemistry from the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Modeling Maximum Trading Profits with C++: New Trading and Money Management Concepts (Wiley Trading)

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; Pap/Cdr edition (February 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470086238

“Mr. Salov has taken one of my favorite creations – Perfect Profit – and provided an expanded description of his interpretation of it and put it in your hands with the included software. Like I said fifteen years ago, Perfect Profit is an important tool for the trading system developer. See for yourself.”
—Robert Pardo, President, Pardo Capital Limited

“A very in-depth reference for programmers that should serve well into the future. The code herein lends itself well to other syntactically similar programming languages such as Java, PHP, and C#.”
—Ralph Vince

The goal of trading is to make money, and for many, profits are the best way to measure that success. Author Valerii Salov knows how to calculate potential profit, and in Modeling Maximum Trading Profits with C++, he outlines an original and thought-provoking approach to trading that will help you do the same.

This detailed guide will show you how to effectively calculate the potential profit in a market under conditions of variable transaction costs, and provide you with the tools needed to compute those values from real prices. You’ll be introduced to new notions of s-function, s-matrix, s-interval, and polarities of s-intervals, and discover how they can be used to build the r- and l-algorithms as well as the first and second profit and loss reserve algorithms. Optimal money management techniques are also illustrated throughout the book, so you can make the most informed trading decisions possible.

Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, Modeling Maximum Trading Profits with C++ contains a comprehensive overview of trading, money management, and C++. A companion CD-ROM is also included to help you test the concepts described throughout the book before you attempt to use them in real-world situations.

About the Author
VALERII SALOV, PHD, is Vice President and Director of Financial Product Development for Toolkit at NumeriX LLC, a firm that provides software solutions for the pricing and management of derivatives. Previously, Salov worked at Merrill Lynch, where he helped develop automated systems for trading futures, equities, and foreign exchange. He received a PhD in analytical chemistry from the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Branding For Dummies

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (December 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471771597

Why do consumers pay a premium for a Dell or Hewlett-Packard laptop, when they could get a generic machine with similar features for a lower price? The answer lies in the power of branding. A brand is not just a logo. It is the image your company creates of itself, from your advertising look to your customer interaction style. It makes a promise for your business, and that promise becomes the sticking point for customer loyalty. And that loyalty and trust is why, so to speak, your laptops sell and your competitors .

Whatever your business is, whether it’s large or small, global or local, Branding For Dummies gives you the nuts and bolts know-how to create, improve, or maintain a brand. This plain-English guide will help you brand everything from products to services to individuals. It gives you step-by-step advice on assembling a top-notch branding team, positioning your brand, handling advertising and promotion, avoiding blunders, and keeping your brand viable, visible, and healthy. You’ll get familiar with branding essentials like:

• Defining your company’s identity
• Developing logos and taglines
• Launching your brand marketing plan
• Managing and protecting your brand
• Fixing a broken brand
• Making customers loyal brand champions

Filled with easy-to-navigate icons, charts, figures, top ten lists, and humor, Branding For Dummies is the straight-up, jargon-free resource for making your brand stand out from the pack—and for positioning your business to reap the ensuing rewards.

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Branding For Dummies

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (December 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471771597

Why do consumers pay a premium for a Dell or Hewlett-Packard laptop, when they could get a generic machine with similar features for a lower price? The answer lies in the power of branding. A brand is not just a logo. It is the image your company creates of itself, from your advertising look to your customer interaction style. It makes a promise for your business, and that promise becomes the sticking point for customer loyalty. And that loyalty and trust is why, so to speak, your laptops sell and your competitors .

Whatever your business is, whether it’s large or small, global or local, Branding For Dummies gives you the nuts and bolts know-how to create, improve, or maintain a brand. This plain-English guide will help you brand everything from products to services to individuals. It gives you step-by-step advice on assembling a top-notch branding team, positioning your brand, handling advertising and promotion, avoiding blunders, and keeping your brand viable, visible, and healthy. You’ll get familiar with branding essentials like:

• Defining your company’s identity
• Developing logos and taglines
• Launching your brand marketing plan
• Managing and protecting your brand
• Fixing a broken brand
• Making customers loyal brand champions

Filled with easy-to-navigate icons, charts, figures, top ten lists, and humor, Branding For Dummies is the straight-up, jargon-free resource for making your brand stand out from the pack—and for positioning your business to reap the ensuing rewards.

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