Joel G Leffert

The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

A seminal work by bestselling author Clayton M. Christensen.In his international bestseller The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen exposed this crushing paradox behind the failure of many industry leaders: by placing too much focus on pleasing their most profitable customers, these firms ac...

Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

Patrick Lencioni is the New York Times bestselling author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. In this follow-up to his groundbreaking work, Lencioni provides a field guide for implementing the principles of achieving corporate goals through this innovative program. The work also boasts helpful exerc...

Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 [Modern Library Chronicles]

National Book Award Winner Paul Fussell tells the breathtaking story of WWII from the young soldiers' points of view. WWII was not the glorified picture it is often depicted to be. For the American soldier it was a tiring, emotional, and gruesome experience. Fussell's extensive details and insight h...

War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific

When it comes to sheer savagery endured by the American fighting man, few combat theaters could match the Pacific in WorldWar II: the sodden malarial and Japanese infested jungles of New Guinea and Guadalcanal, the kamikaze pilots for whom death was no deterrent, and the blood-soaked beaches taken b...

Surviving Brick Johnson

One minute Alex is enjoying a laugh with friends in fifth grade. The next he's fearing for his life. The huge new kid, Brick Johnson, is one guy he doesn't want to mess with, and now Alex has to do something...quick! Author Laurie Myers captures Alex's growing fear and Brick's mysterious nature, whi...

Simpler: The Future of Government

Simpler government arrived four years ago. It helped put money in your pocket. It saved hours of your time. It improved your children's diet, lengthened your life span, and benefited businesses large and small. It did so by issuing fewer regulations, by insisting on smarter regulations, and by elimi...

Seeing What's Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change

Every day, individuals take action based on how they believe innovation will change industries. Yet these beliefs are largely based on guesswork and incomplete data and lead to costly errors in judgment. Now, internationally renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen and his research partners...

Goyband

Rebekka's world is guided by her arranged betrothal to HAIM (Benjamin Bauman), the son of GRAND RABBI SHEINMAN (Joel Leffert), the powerful Kabbalah Rabbi who is supposed to issue ...