In Projectland, Knowing the Players is Essential ​ Because people will make or break your success on a project, it's worth investing the time to get the people part right. And just like any game, you need to know the roles and rules to win. After reading this book, you will: - Understand why Projectland is different from business-as-usual - Speak the language of professional project managers related to roles and responsibilities on projects - Recognize key project roles and where you fit in Projectland - Organize stakeholders into fun categories that will aid your communication strategies - Know what to do to get the right people in the right roles and focused on the win Through clever animal avatars and colorful stories, you'll gain practical insights about the players you'll face. Plus, by magnifying your people power, you will exponentially improve your ability to navigate the tricky terrain of Projectland with confidence. ​ Dawn Mahan, PMP is an award-winning consultant, sought-after international speaker, C-suite advisor, inventor of ProjectFlo®, founder of PMOtraining.com, and has trained thousands of professionals around the world.

Mark Singer's lively and extremely popular "U.S. Journal" column in The New Yorker featured under-the-radar stories that were unusual but emblematic tales of American life. A first-time collection of these pieces, Somewhere in America offers an illuminating glimpse of the cultural kaleidoscope of our country. From worm farmers in Weleetka, Oklahoma, to angry nudists in Wilmington, Vermont, Singer proves that "sometimes you don't even need a passport to experience a new nation" (U.S. News & World Report).

-- Updated for your 2019 tax filings, due in April 2020 --Are you one of the many dual citizens, US green card holders, or Americans living in Canada? You know you need to file taxes in both countries, but this legal obligation can seem overwhelming. Don't worry, you won't be facing double taxation. This guide walks you through you need to know if you're obligated to file taxes in the US and Canada, including: How to file Canadian taxes for the first time What to do if you should have been filing US taxes and haven't Planning for your future in either country (or somewhere else!) Cross border estate planning Why you shouldn't panic over the Canadian exit tax Other tax guides are sales pitches for accounting firms disguised as a book. Don't get scared into hiring help you don't need. This book provides you with the information you need to file your taxes on your own. Whether you're living in Canada temporarily, settled in as an expat, or never planning on returning to the US -- this guide to taxes for Americans in the True North covers it all.

This chapter-by-chapter learning aid systematicaly and effectively helps students study college accounting and get the maximum benefit from their study time. Each chapter provides a Summary Practice Test with fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, and true/false problems AND solutions to al the questions, and the Working Papers Working Papers contain tailor-made spreadsheets to al end-of-chapter problems.

Shaping markets through competition and economic regulation is at the heart of addressing the development challenges facing countries in southern Africa. The contributors to Competition Law and Economic Regulation: Addressing Market Power in southern Africa critically assess the efficacy of the competition and economic regulation frameworks, including the impact of a number of the regional competition authorities in a range of sectors throughout southern Africa. Featuring academics as well as practitioners in the field, the book addresses issues common to southern African countries, where markets are small and concentrated, with particularly high barriers to entry, and where the resources to enforce legislation against anti-competitive conduct are limited. What is needed, the contributors argue, is an understanding of competition and regional integration as part of an inclusive growth agenda for Africa. By examining competition and regulation in a single framework, and viewing this within the southern African experience, this volume adds new perspectives to the global competition literature. It is an essential reference tool and will be of great interest to policymakers and regulators, as well as the rapidly growing ecosystem of legal practitioners and economists engaged in the field.

This handbook serves as a guide to deploying battery energy storage technologies, specifically for distributed energy resources and flexibility resources. Battery energy storage technology is the most promising, rapidly developed technology as it provides higher efficiency and ease of control. With energy transition through decarbonization and decentralization, energy storage plays a significant role to enhance grid efficiency by alleviating volatility from demand and supply. Energy storage also contributes to the grid integration of renewable energy and promotion of microgrid.

Not all who wander are lost… Paul thought he was on his way. From a small-town Connecticut kid to the most prestigious consulting firm in the world, he had everything he thought he wanted. Yet he decided to walk away and embark on the "real work" of his life - finding the work that matters and daring to create a life to support that. This Pathless Path is about finding yourself in the wrong life, and the real work of figuring out how to live. Through painstaking experiments, living in different countries, and contemplating the deepest questions about life, Paul pieces together a set of ideas and principles that guide him from unfulfilled and burned out to a life he is excited to keep living. The Pathless Path is not a how-to book filled with “hacks”; instead, it is a vulnerable account of Paul’s journey from leaving the socially accepted “default path” towards another, one focused on doing work that matters, finding the others, and defining your own success. This book is an ideal companion for people considering leaving their jobs, embarking on a new path, dealing with the uncertainty of an unconventional path, or looking to improve their relationship with work in a fast-changing world. Reader feedback: “It’s a rare book in that it is tangentially about careers and being more focused and productive, but unlike almost every other book I have read about these topics, I finished this one and felt better about myself and my career.” “The themes are timeless. The content is expertly written. The advice is refreshingly non-prescriptive.” “If you have questioned your own path, or a nagging lack of intention in your choices you need this book. If you have felt a gradual loss of agency in your direction you need this book. You are in the grip of an invisible script that was not written for you.” “The writing is fantastic - Paul's writing is approachably poetic; a quick read that weaves together his own experience moving from a 'default path' overachiever to a 'pathless path' seeker of passion and curiosity, deep research into the history of work and collections of perspectives from years of podcasting, friendship, conferences, and meetings with other 'alternative path' life-livers."