As the founder of consulting firm Military Transitions, Emily King applied over a decade’s worth firsthand HR knowledge to pioneer the charge of helping military professionals migrate from military service to civilian employment. Now, in this thought-provoking book, she’s equipping leaders with the tools they need to recruit and retain some of America’s top talent--and understand the unique considerations involved when working with employees from a military background. Field Tested uncovers key cultural differences between the military and civilian workplace and reveals how these differences can affect employee performance, satisfaction, and retention. You’ll discover best practices for interviewing veterans, on-boarding them quickly and effectively, positioning them for success, ensuring a smooth cultural transition, managing performance, and helping them develop lasting careers. With a wealth of unique talents and experiences, veterans add value to your team beyond your typical civilian employee. Complete with real-world examples, practical models, and savvy advice, Field Tested gives readers insight into veterans’ exceptional abilities so you can maximize their benefit in any organization.

This is a resource book for educational leaders seeking to improve student performance outcomes. It is particularly relevant to high schools in South Carolina.It is intended to provide ideas for secondary school leaders, but also serves as a resource book for schools and districts accessing the consulting services of Dr. Greer.

This report, prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment of the United States Congress, illustrates a range of options for congressional action in three major areas of public policy related to the application of biotechnology:1) the criteria for review of planned introductions for potential risk,2) the administrative mechanisms for applying such review criteria, and3) the research base supporting planned introductions.Commercial biotechnology is advancing into areas that depend on the introduction of genetically engineered organisms into the environment. These applications could improve old tools or produce new ones for many fields, including agriculture, forestry, toxic waste cleanup, mining, enhanced oil and mineral recovery, and others. In some cases, such as best control or toxic waste management, successful development of biotechnological tools could reduce or phase out dependence on older, more hazardous chemical technologies. It is widely expected that the application of such biological approaches to many human activities will prove more benign to the environment than traditional technologies.

The Sales Closing Book contains more than 270 tested sales closes that have been proven and tested by the top sales achievers in the U.S. and overseas. In many cases, these closes have been responsible for securing orders in excess of $1 million. Here is just a brief sample of what you can expect to find in The Sales Closing Book: * 15 objection closes that work every time * 41 tested price closes to close price buyers with confidence * 6 superb story closes that apply to any selling situation * 25 powerful negotiation closes * 165 additional ways to close the sale and help you make more money But that's not all. The Sales Closing Book also includes what you need to know about the timing of your close, plus a complete guide to using the most powerful closing words and a special section on how to develop the winning attitudes of a master sales closer.

Today's rapidly changing technology offers increasingly complex challenges to the network administrator, MIS director and others who are responsible for the overall health of the network. This Network Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide picks up where other network manuals and texts leave off. It addresses the areas of how to anticipate and prevent problems, how to solve problems, how to operate a healthy network and how to troubleshoot. Network Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide also provides basic technical and troubleshooting information about cable testing, Ethernet and Token Ring networks and additional information about Novell's IPX(R) protocol and TCP/IP. Examples are shown as either diagrams and tables, or screen captures from Fluke instruments. Network professionals will appreciate the guide's "real world" orientation toward solving network crises quickly, by guiding readers to solutions for restoration of end to end data delivery as quickly as possible. The network novice will learn from the simplified descriptions about networking technology in the Appendices.

Formative evaluation is the process of reviewing of pilot stage courses in order to determine strengths and weaknesses before the programme of instruction is finalized. This text offers practical guidance on the main methods used to gather and analyze data on course effectiveness.