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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Plan, design, execute, and manage building construction projectsThis hands-on engineering textbook shows, step-by-step, how to work through the many stages of a building construction project¿from planning and material selection through compliance, safety, and quality assurance. Written by a pair of highly respected experts in the industry, Handbook for Building Construction: Administration, Materials, Design, and Safety contains best practices, real-world examples, and practical applications. You will discover how to develop design specifications, understand complex codes and regulations, and apply the best methods for building construction jobs of all sizes. Coverage includes:The construction industryThe project teamContract administrationConstruction AccountingProject EstimatingScheduling projectsRisk managementBuilding materials and construction methodsFoundationsElectrical constructionMechanical piping systemsHVACEnergy efficient building systemsSoftware supportProductivity and quality managementEquipment for building constructionSafety

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.A straightforward overview of the fundamentals of steel structure designThis hands-on structural engineering guide provides concise, easy-to-understand explanations of the design and behavior of steel columns, beams, members, and connections. Ideal for preparing you for the field, Design of Steel Structures includes real-world examples that demonstrate practical applications of AISC 360 specifications. You will get an introduction to more advanced topics, including connections, composite members, plate girders, and torsion. This textbook also includes access to companion online videos that help connect theory to practice.Coverage includes:Structural systems and elementsDesign considerationsTension membersDesign of columnsAISC design requirementsDesign of beamsTorsionStress analysis and design considerationsBeam-columnsConnectionsPlate girdersIntermediate transverse and bearing stiffeners

The most succinct, user-friendly radiation-oncology therapy guide delivers up-to-date regimens in clear and easy-to-understand waysThe unique tabular design of Radiation-Oncology Therapy enables you to instantly locate and implement the proper radiation treatment regimen. Supported by the latest practice guidelines, peer-reviewed literature, and expert insights, this trusted guide integrates critical information for both office- and hospital-based practices. Every chapter includes relevant information for each cancer (epidemiologic data, per stage) and survival data; the role of radiation-oncology for each cancer stage; color images of radiation planning per stage; and tabular form specific information for each regimen. And each regimen includes patient population studied and journal reference, dose and duration, planning techniques, efficacy and outcomes, toxicities and dose modification, and supportive care.

Become the leader you were born to be by unlocking your inner audacityWomen are often told that dreaming bigger and exuding confidence is the key to achieving professional success. While big dreams and confidence might get you started, audacity is what keeps you going until you finally accomplish the personal and professional achievements you know you're capable of. You're Kind of a Big Deal gives you the strategies, stories and techniques you need to power up your potential, break free from limiting beliefs and make your big audacious dreams a reality. From international keynote speaker and three-time entrepreneur Erin King, this one-of-a-kind business leadership guide provides the insights and tools you need truly step into the role of CEO of your own life so you can better navigate how you respond to challenging feedback from the world around you. Get ready to finally break through all barriers standing between you and the goals you were born to absolutely crush. Chapters include:·Tell You What You Want, Whatcha Really Really Want·Cape Up So You Don't Cop Out·Face Your Fake News Fears·Ghost Your Inner Good Girl·Become a Bad Listener·Dress Up Your Dreams ·Feel Jealous to Feed Genius·Shine Up Your Squad ·Prep for the Paradox ·Your Party, Your Playlist You're Kind of a Big Deal dares you to better listen to your intuition when it comes to pulling the trigger on big, courageous business decisions-even if those decisions might initially shock those in your orbit. Apply the exercises offered in You're Kind of a Big Deal and you'll go from still faking it to finally making it. It's time to stop worrying about what others think or if they're happy with your choices. It's time to stop comparing yourself to unrealistic expectations and beating yourself up for not being where you think you should at this stage in the game. It's time to stop second-guessing your gut, stop sabotaging and devaluing yourself-and step into your inevitable success. Get ready to truly start living life by design- because triumph on your own terms begins now.

A practical action plan for reinventing healthcare in a post-pandemic world-from a physician-entrepreneur who works with Fortune 500 companies.If the healthcare system were an emperor, Covid-19 tragically revealed that it had no clothes. Healthcare had to adapt, and quickly¿sparking a dramatic acceleration of virtual care, drive-through testing, and home-based services. In the process, old rules were rewritten and, perhaps surprisingly, largely in a good way for patients. To succeed in the post-pandemic world, all of us¿patients, caregivers, providers, employers, investors, technologists, and policymakers¿need to understand the new healthcare landscape and change our strategies and behaviors accordingly.In Care After Covid, practicing physician and business leader Dr. Shantanu Nundy-Chief Medical Officer of Accolade, which provides technology-enabled health services to Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses¿lays out a comprehensive plan to transform healthcare along three dimensions:Distributed: healthcare will happen where health happens. It will shift from where doctors are to where patients are-at home, in the community, and increasingly on their phones.Digitally enabled: healthcare and the relationships that are central to care will be strengthened by data and technology. It will shift from being siloed to connected, from being episodic to continuous, from one-size-fits-all to more personalized.Decentralized: healthcare decisions and resources will be in the hands of those closest to care. The power to determine who gets care and how they get it will shift away from governments and insurance companies to communities, employers, doctors, and patients.Filled with firsthand insights and stories from the frontlines of healthcare-as well as innovative solutions that were proven effective before and during the pandemic-Care After Covid shows all stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem exactly what needs to change and, more importantly, how to do it. The time to act is now. We can't afford not to.

The go-to guide for learning and reinforcing American English vocabulary for beginning ESL learners-now enhanced with audio recordings through the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app Now enhanced with audio recordings of exercise answers through the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app, this bestselling guide to learning ESL is more helpful than ever. Based on tried-and-true method, Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners helps you develop your vocabulary and comprehension skills with practice in word building, analyzing new words, and using them in conversation.Chapters are built around themes, such as nouns to name people and verbs for household activities, to help build a comprehensive foundation. More than 200 practice exercises from old and new vocabulary help you practice as you learn. Subjects included in this guide include names for people, places, and things; adjectives that describe people; verbs for household activities; how to ask questions; verbs used for shopping; how to give directions, social networking vocabulary; and more.Boost your English language proficiency with Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners, Premium Fourth Edition, featuring:Practical and high-frequency vocabularyExample sentences that illustrate and clarify each pointMore than 200 exercises to practice using English in everyday situationsAnswer key for reference and quick feedbackNEW in this edition: Audio recordings of exercise answers through the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app

An original and insightful roadmap on how to become a more inclusive and empathetic leaderAll of us can be better allies for each other, creating stronger and happier workplaces together. Allyship is about understanding the imbalance in opportunity and working to correct it. How to Be an Ally reveals that the key to true inclusion, equity, and diversity is allyship.Drawing from her experience as a strategic advisor for tech companies, startups, tech hubs, and governments around the world, Melinda Briana Epler provides valuable insights on how business leaders can create a more equitable workplace by leading the change. You'll learn how to implement big and small changes to build a diverse team and ensure everyone on your team is included, heard, understood, and acknowledged. Building on that inclusion, you'll be able to grow a stronger, more successful organization. Original and insightful, How to Be an Ally humanizes diversity and inclusion, and facilitates greater empathy and understanding between people of all backgrounds, teaching us that each of us can learn to understand the imbalance in opportunity, work to correct it, and help create a better workplace for ourselves and our colleagues.

The definitive guide to long-term investing success-fully updated to address the realities of today's marketsTechnology, information overload, and increasing market dominance by expert investors and computers make it harder than ever to produce investing results that overcome operating costs and fees. Winning the Loser's Game reveals everything you need to know to reduce costs, fees, and taxes, and focus on long-term policies that are right for you. Candid, short, and super easy to read, Winning the Loser's Game walks you through the process of developing and implementing a powerful investing strategy that generates solid profits year after year. In this eagerly awaited new edition, Charles D. Ellis applies the expertise developed over his long, illustrious career. This updated edition includes:NEW CHAPTERS on bond investing, how investor behavior affects returns, and how technology and big data are challenging traditional investment decisionsNEW RESEARCH and evidence supporting the case for indexing investment operationsNEW INSIGHTS into the role of governance, developing a comprehensive saving strategy, and the power of regression to the meanCompanies change, and markets and economies go up and down-sometimes a lot.But the core principles of successful investing never change-and never will. That's why, when you've read this book, you'll know all you really need to know to be successful in investing.With Winning the Loser's Game, you have everything you need to identify your unique investment objectives, develop a realistic and powerful investment program, and drive superior results.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.A complete guide to MEMS engineering, fabrication, and applicationsThis comprehensive engineering guide shows, step by step, how to incorporate cutting-edge microelectromechanical (MEMS) technology to enable internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) functionality in your designs. Written by an experienced educator and microelectronics expert, Fundamentals of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) clearly explains the latest technologies and methods. Real-world examples, illustrations, and in-depth questions and problems reinforce key topics throughout. Readers will also take a look at the future of MEMS in the workforce and explore MEMS research and development.Coverage includes:Basic microfabricationMicromachiningTransduction principlesRF and optical MEMSMechanics and inertial sensorsThin film properties and SAW/BAW sensorsPressure sensors and microphonesPiezoelectric filmsMaterial properties expressed as tensorMicrofluidic systems and BioMEMSPower MEMSElectronic noises, interface circuits, and oscillators

A renowned business futurist shows leaders how their companies can adapt, survive, and thrive in times of radical disruption caused by the convergence of economic, technological, and social change.Today's businesses are sailing in stormy waters-financial crises, pandemics, social chaos, trade wars, AI-with the waves getting bigger every day. In the ocean, a collision of waves can create 85-foot walls of water called rogue waves, which can sink a ship in seconds. These rogue waves aren't predictable, but they are forecastable-much like the radical changes that businesses face in our current climate. If you can get ahead of them, you can profit from them. This must-read survival guide from innovation expert and business futurist Jonathan Brill shows leaders how their organizations can navigate these waves, ride out the fiercest of storms, and come out stronger on the other side. Drawing from years of experience as a Fortune 500 executive, advisor, and entrepreneur, Brill gives business leaders a practical action plan to:Capitalize on the 10 economic, technological, and social trends, or waves, most likely to collide and reshape the business worldImplement techniques that all managers at any level can use to turn sudden risks into outsized opportunitiesCreate a culture of entrepreneurship and experimentationLearn and scale the leadership skills and processes that will help transform their companies into resilient and adaptable organizationsTimely, important, and essential, Rogue Waves equips business leaders with the predictive tools they need to take advantage of randomness, turn chaos into profit, and control their future, so that their companies thrive-while their competitors are washed away.

Master conversation with this bestselling French workbook!Practice Makes Perfect: French Conversation is the go-to guide for expanding your conversational fluency. Organized into 11 units, it presents realistic everyday dialogues, followed by helpful instruction on correct syntax and word usage, as well as lots of conversation-ready phrases. Each dialogue is also followed by a variety of exercises that give the opportunity to put new concepts into action and encourage you to construct your own personalized conversations. This updated edition features a new chapter focused on expressions for communicating virtually. You'll learn how to:Engage in dialogues that illustrate practical conversationsExpand your French vocabularyUnderstand new concepts with numerous realistic examplesOvercome common stumbling blocks to fluent speakingBuild new conversation skills through extensive practiceImprove your pronunciation skillsNEW: Communicate more effectively in person-and virtually via Skype and Zoom

Your first-class ticket to building better Spanish language skills-and appreciating the diversity of Spanish-speaking culture!From the bestselling Read & Think series, this fully illustrated premium fourth edition of Read & Think Spanish brings the Spanish language to life! In addition to introducing, developing, and growing key vocabulary, this book gives you an insider's look at the exciting diversity of life and culture in Latin America, Spanish-speaking U.S. and Spain-from traditional Guatemalan recipes and the benefits of the Mediterranean diet to biographies of luminaries like Rita Moreno to lessons on Argentinian soccer.Including more than 100 engaging articles written by native Spanish speakers, each one provides a bilingual glossary on the same page, allowing you to learn without stopping to look up new or unfamiliar words. Each chapter contains several exercises to reinforce comprehension, and this new premium edition features streaming audio recordings of 50 readings (more than 2 hours), supported by the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app.Read & Think Spanish, Premium Fourth Edition features:. New articles reflecting the current aspects of life in Latin America, Spanish-speaking U.S., and Spain . New and expanded materials in the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app (free online and via mobile). App includes flashcards of more than 7,000 vocabulary terms. App includes audio recordings of 50 readings (2+ hours)

Your first-class ticket to building better French language skills-and appreciating the diversity of Francophone culture!From the bestselling Read & Think series, this fully illustrated premium third edition of Read & Think French brings the French language to life! In addition to introducing, developing, and growing key vocabulary, this book gives you an insider's look at the exciting diversity of life and culture the French-speaking world- from etiquette at the French table to the comedians of Quebec to the gastronomic flavors of the French West Indies.Including more than 100 engaging articles written by native French speakers, each one provides a bilingual glossary on the same page, allowing you to learn without stopping to look up new or unfamiliar words. Each chapter contains several exercises to reinforce comprehension. This premium edition features streaming audio recordings of 35 readings (more than 2 hours), supported by the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app.Read & Think French, Premium Third Edition features:New articles reflecting the current aspects of life in the French-speaking worldNew and expanded materials in the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app (free online and via mobile)App includes flashcards of more than 7,000 vocabulary termsApp includes audio recordings of 35 readings (2+ hours)

Your first-class ticket to building better Italian language skills-and appreciating the diversity of Italian-speaking culture!From the bestselling Read & Think series, this fully illustrated premium third edition of Read & Think Italian brings the Italian language to life! In addition to introducing, developing, and growing key vocabulary, this book gives you an insider's look at the exciting diversity of life and culture in Italy-from a typical Italian workday and Italian wedding traditions to the glamorous world of Italian fashion-with city tours of Rome, Venice, Naples and Verona along the way.Including more than 100 engaging articles written by native Italian speakers, each one provides a bilingual glossary on the same page, allowing you to learn without stopping to look up new or unfamiliar words. Each chapter contains several exercises to reinforce comprehension. This edition features streaming audio recordings of 35 readings (more than 2 hours), supported by the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app.Read & Think Italian, Premium Third Edition features:. New articles reflecting the current aspects of life in Italy. New and expanded materials in the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app (free online and via mobile). App includes flashcards of more than 7,000 vocabulary terms. App includes audio recordings of 35 readings (2+ hours)

Not a data expert? Here's an engaging and entertaining guide to interpreting and drawing insights from any chart, graph, or other data visualization you'll encounter. You're a business professional, not a data scientist. How do you make heads or tails of the data visualizations that come across your desk-let alone make critical business decisions based on the information they're designed to convey? In The Big Picture, top data visualization consultant Steve Wexler provides the tools for developing the graphical literacy you need to understand the data visualizations that are flooding your inbox-and put that data to use. Packed with the best four-color examples created in Excel, Tableau, Power BI, and Qlik, among others, this one-stop resource empowers you to extract the most important information from data visualizations quickly and accurately, act on key insights, solve problems, and make the right decisions for your organization every time.

Concise, visual explanations of code provisions that apply to wind loadsThis practical guide provides engineers with a visual overview of the code provisions pertinent to wind loads. Free of complicated and confusing explanations, the book includes numerous design aids, figures, and flowcharts that clearly demonstrate the code provisions. Written by a recognized expert in the field, Wind Loads: Time-Saving Methods Using the 2018 IBC and ASCE/SEI 7-16 contains simplified, step-by-step procedures that can be applied to main wind force resisting systems and components and cladding of building and nonbuilding structures. Examples and companion online Excel spreadsheets can be used to accurately and efficiently calculate wind loads. Coverage includes wind load requirements for:Wind velocity pressureGust effects on rigid and flexible buildings and other structuresMain wind force resisting systems of buildings and other structuresComponents and cladding of buildings and other structuresEnclosed, partially enclosed, partially open, and open buildings of all heightsLow-rise buildingsRoof overhangs and parapetsBuilding appurtenances and other structuresSolid freestanding walls and signsChimneys, tanks, open signs, single-plane open frames, and trussed towersRooftop structures and equipmentCircular bins, silos, and tanksRooftop solar panels

This game-changing "how-to" shows leaders how to increase engagement by harnessing employees' motivation for happiness. Our efforts to increase employee engagement are failing because employees simply aren't motivated to improve their engagement. In this illuminating book from Eric Karpinski, managers and team leaders will learn the key to effectively engaging employees: focus on happiness. But not all types of happiness drive engagement; by selecting specific strategies that activate employees' inherent motivation for certain types of happiness, you can simultaneously boost engagement and organizational performance. Everybody wins.In Put Happiness to Work, Karpinski draws on his deep experience at the intersection of business and psychology to lay out a step-by-step program that includes specific activities to enhance engagement and generate happiness at work. Utilizing existing work habits and meetings, these dynamic yet simple tools will hardwire effective changes into leaders' and employees' behavior, creating long-term, sustainable engagement. Based on more than 10 years of experience applying top positive psychology and neuroscience research in the workplace, Karpinski's strategies are easy to implement and are critical to helping leaders unlock the kind of engagement organizations need to thrive.

From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Bring Your Human to Work comes an indispensable guide to taking your employee engagement to the next level.In Bring Your Human to Work, Erica Keswin laid down the rules and protocols of a human workplace. Now, in Rituals Roadmap, she shows us how to further employee engagement, explaining that workplace rituals foster a sense of belonging and help workers connect with one another and their work. From our morning cup of coffee to the standing Wednesday morning meeting with our team, our lives are steeped in rituals. Rituals Roadmap combines cutting-edge scientific research with examples from the most human companies, like Starbucks, Microsoft, Chipotle and LinkedIn, showing how they establish rituals during meetings, employee onboarding procedures, and daily interactions among coworkers. Whether you choose to pass around a stuffed penguin at your weekly meeting to express gratitude like Aria Finger of DoSomething, or decide to make lunchtime a daily ritual with your team in the same way one top performing team at Douglas Elliman does, rituals create community and change us in a way that conjures lifelong commitments. If you're serious about employee engagement, Rituals Roadmap is your blueprint for creating a workplace full of engaged, connected employees who drive revenue and stay at their jobs long term.

Drive and leverage continuous innovation to meet the challenges of digital disruption, changing markets, evolving customer needs, and increasingly fierce competition A major question on the mind of every business leader today is: What can I do to create extra value for my company and the customers we serve? Built to Innovate takes you through the process of answering this critical question and executing it with skill and precision. It explores the nine essential practices of the world's most innovative organizations-including BASF, Starwood Hotels, Domino's Pizza, Bayer, Marvel Studios, Allianz, and Whirlpool-and demonstrates how to leverage them in real and practical ways. You'll learn how to drive innovation in product design and creative use of technology-as well as "in the weeds" business activities, such as business model redesign, customer service, distribution, finance, talent development, and sales. This highly practical guide shows how to:.Build your execution and innovation engines.Master the innovation perspective.Launch the three processes of innovation.Engage everyone in innovation.Generate ideas from the front lines.Empower coaches.Create a culture of innovation.Catalyze the innovation process.Keep the ideas flowing

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.SketchUp for Civil Engineering and the Heavy Construction Industry: Modeling Workflow and Problem Solving for Design and ConstructionSave schedule time and cost by utilizing SketchUp and Information Modeling and Organization for civil engineering projects in the heavy construction industry This comprehensive guide showcases an easy to follow workflow methodology for incorporating SketchUp in day-to-day activities during the design and construction phases of civil engineering projects. The book concentrates on the idea of Information Modeling and Organization for projects from the heavy construction industry with richly illustrated and highly detailed real-world examples. SketchUp for Civil Engineering and the Heavy Construction Industry:Modeling Workflow and Problem Solving for Design and Construction explores the efficient way to convert 2D construction plans into a 3D model that can be used for planning, clash detection (problem identification prior to start of construction), field guidance, work plan creation and visualization support during meetings. The reader will become familiar with the following:Introduction to Information Modeling and OrganizationIntroduction to report generation based on the concept of information modelingSketchUp core tools, supplementary applications, menus, properties and many other aspects of the software3D modeling of bridge components, terrain modeling, utilization of survey data for 3D models, utilization of CAD files for the purpose of 3D modeling, and more Workflow examples for creation of 3D models for clash detection purposes by incorporating different components (rebar, post-tensioning, drainage system, fire suppression system, girders, formwork, etc.)Creation of dynamic components, especially useful for construction equipmentUtilization of SketchUp models for field management use, file sharing, revisions, and moreIntroduction to styles and how to make your 3D models intriguing

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Electrochemical energy storage principles, applications, and best practicesThis graduate-level engineering textbook contains comprehensive electrochemical energy storage techniques and explains how to apply them in the exploding market for renewable energy. The technologies explained in the book provide the basis for renewable energy storage in the batteries and fuel cells that are found in everything from cell phones to hybrid vehicles.Electrochemical Energy Storage: Batteries, Fuel Cells, and Hydrogen Technologies provides a basic overview of electrochemical processes at a practical level and connects them to engineering concepts used in the design of the most popular storage devices. You will get full details on the key energy storage applications-batteries, hydrogen production and storage, and fuel cells-with a focus on design, performance, materials requirements, and potential uses. Loaded with problems and case studies that reinforce important conceptsCovers each energy storage technology, including performance, materials, and applicationsWritten by a team of engineers and educators who are battery and fuel cell experts

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Master the principles and practices of modern drilling mechanicsThis hands-on guide presents a modern approach to drilling technology with a focus on horizontal drilling of shale plays and offshore wells. The book lays out the fundamentals of drilling engineering and clearly explains all of the latest technological advances in along with cost efficiency and guidelines for successful implementation.Written by four seasoned educators, Drilling Mechanics: Applications and New Technologies covers key topics such as geo-mechanics for drilling applications, well construction fundamentals, wellbore hydraulics, and drilling optimization. You will enhance your knowledge and understanding of drilling operations, improve your designs, and plan for better wells.Based on research conducted at the University of Tulsa Drilling Research Projects (TUDRP)Includes practice problems and calculations to aid in comprehension and reinforce practical applicationsWritten by a team of industry-recognized experts and experienced academics

Introducing the ultimate all-in-one study guide for acing the Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Exam This innovative new review is the most complete and effective way for test takers to prepare for the medical-surgical nursing certification exam administered through either the Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board (MSNCB) or the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Delivering everything test-takers need in one comprehensive study guide, the book includes review questions, case studies, clinical considerations, and a practice test. The user-friendly, time-efficient presentation conveniently summarizes and simplifies must-know, high-yield content most relevant to passing the exam. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO EXCEL: Content mirrors the blueprint of both the ANCC and MSNCB exams, so you know you are studying only the most high-yield, relevant material A 150 question practice exam provides rock-solid preparation Each carefully constructed chapter includes an overview, content, practice questions, and clinical considerations Enhanced by the input of renowned content experts who know exactly what it takes to pass

Microsoft®Office 365/2019: In Practice for Outlook offers a fresh approach to teaching today's students Microsoft® Office skills by clearly introducing skills in logical order: 1) Topic2) Instruction and 3) Practice. Nordell's TIP approach builds a foundation for success by helping students apply what they learn, and provides transferable skills that allow students to grasp critical thinking beyond the textbook assignments.

The classic international bestseller, updated for the hybrid work world, including a new chapter on virtual communication. Excellent communicating skills have always been crucial to success in leadership and management roles and that s one of the reasons the first edition of this book, Mastering Communication at Work, has been an international bestseller taught at universities and referred to by leading CEOs. In the years since it was first published, it s been the go-to communication playbook, helping leaders develop strategic responses and communication tactics with clear, actionable advice. What s changed in the last ten years? Well, nothing and everything. The fundamentals of effective communication are the same, as are many of the challenges leaders face, generation after generation. You still need to match your listener s tendency and validate, and you still need to guard against defensiveness. What has changed is how some of the fundamentals and challenges are applied and met in today s world both real and virtual, in remote and on-site working environments. Mastering Communication at Work, 2nd Edition features an essential new chapter on remote team communication along with additional content on equitable leadership and updated case studies. Throughout, you ll find practical, hands-on advice and strategies that can help you reach your potential when preparing for big conversations and important presentations, help you reduce everyday stress and improve your organization s performance at every level.

Master the principles, analysis, and design in pavement engineering This student-friendly textbook offers comprehensive coverage of pavement design and highways. Written by two seasoned civil engineering educators, the book contains precise explanations of traditional and computerized mechanistic design methods along with detailed examples of real-world pavement and highway projects. Pavement Design: Materials, Analysis, and Highways shows, step by step, how to apply the latest, software-based AASHTOWare Pavement Mechanistic-Empirical Design method. Each design topic is covered in separate, modular chapters, enabling you to tailor a course of study. Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) sample questions are also provided in each chapter. Coverage includes: Stress-strain in pavement Soils, aggregates, asphalt, and portland cement concrete Traffic analysis for pavement design Distresses and distress-prediction models in flexible and rigid pavement Flexible and rigid pavement design by AASHTO 1993 and AASHTOWare Overlay and drainage design Sustainable and rehabilitation pavement design, pavement management, and recycling Geometric design of highways