Dit boek bevat 500 vlijmscherpe wijsheden (Maxims) van Dusan Djukich — grondlegger van Straight-Line Coaching en auteur van het boek Straight-Line Leadership. Geen inspiratie of theorie. Alleen direct toepasbare inzichten die - wanneer je ze implementeert - je kwaliteit van leven naar een hoger niveau tillen.

Straight-Line Maxims is speciaal samengesteld voor zakelijk leiders, ondernemers en extreem gecommitteerde individuen die er bewust voor kiezen om een radicaal effectief leven te leide...

The thesis investigates the relevance and effectiveness of pay transparency in reducing the gender pay gap, focusing on the new European directive addressing it. Despite progress, the EU gender pay gap remained at 12.7% in 2021, driven by factors such as sectoral segregation and the "glass ceiling," while some disparities remain unexplained. To uncover these hidden factors, the directive imposes pay transparency obligations on employers, mandating salary disclosures and facilitating employee ...

This book provides a fresh reinterpretation of the global spread of modern leisure travel in the middle of the nineteenth century through a critical comparative reading of twenty-two works of popular travel writing from maritime Southeast Asia and Ceylon. The examination of these books reveals a coherent genre that was seemingly frivolous yet in fact intensely political, with shared rules and tropes that served to legitimise colonial rule and codify aspects of colonial culture in the popular ...

For almost half a century, NATO’s armies deterred a Soviet attack on Western Europe. Today, they once again provide a check on Russia's revanchist agenda. As in the Cold War, if Russia’s aggression escalates to armed conflict, the Alliance’s armies will likely bear the brunt of the fighting. Thus, a study of the national armies that comprised NATO during the Cold War has both historical and current relevance.

Each chapter offers an analysis of how the respective constituent NATO army ...

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This catalog will provide you with an overview of our learning solutions and training material but also gives you a quality summary on in...

"What Happened to My Bounty?" is a compelling parable about risk, reward, and managing uncertainty in a complex world. In a mysterious valley, a diverse group of characters—ranging from the spontaneous Serena Dipity to the strategic duo Gains and Troubles Lifferalitoye—chase their "bounty." But unexpected events, including a pack of hungry wolves and devastating storms, put their strategies to the test.

Inspired by Who Moved My Cheese?, this book translates the essence of risk management ...

The author describes how her excess weight is not only a physical challenge, but also an emotional and mental struggle that has affected her entire life. The excess weight affected her self-image and the way she stood in the world.

The author explains how her neurodivergent brain plays and played a significant role in her relationship with food and her body. She describes how she often became overstimulated and how this affected her eating behavior. But that this way of processing stress is a...

Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535), written in Latin and published in 1516. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.The title De optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia literally translates to "Of a republic's best state and of the new island Utopia."

It is variously...

Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners commonly known as simply Madame Bovary, is the début novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, originally published in 1856 and 1857. The eponymous character, Emma Bovary, lives beyond her means in order to escape the ennui of provincial life.

When the novel was first serialised in Revue de Paris between 1 October and 15 December 1856, public prosecutors attacked the novel for obscenity. The resulting trial in January 1857 made the story notorious. Following ...