"Working together must indeed become easier." Jane Galloway Seiling writes, "Leaders now know that the effective organization must create an inclusive, more accepting environment, where everyone has respect and dignity. Leaders have decided it is time to open opportunities to deeper participation and involvement by all so that real innovation is possible. But how can this be done? It is increasingly obvious that it is essential to get top performance from people in all areas of circle. A new workplace scenario reflecting a new mind-set- a community of connected people who care more deeply about their organization- is needed" (pp.1-2).

Hence, she defines new workplace as 'the new workplace community'. "Community means connections among groups over time. The term evokes images of belonging and pride, a symbolic home. Transferring those images to a 'workplace community'- a workplace that is moral and respectful, and that treats employees as 'responsible agents' of the organization- is highly desirable." According to Jane Galloway Seiling the New Workplace Community: (a). is inclusive, integrative, and flexible, (b). sets goals that attract the input of organizational members, (c). encourages collaborative partnerships, (d). communicates effectively, (e). instills pride in organizational memberships, (f). is steadfast in difficult situations, (g). understands that the phrase 'we are the organization' is significant to the success of the workplace community.

In this context, throughout this invaluable book, she discusses the seven principles of membership to the workplace community as follows:

1. Contribution: All organizational participants are 'members.' All members, wherever they are in the organizational circle, contribute to the well-being of their co-members and the workplace community. (For detailed discussion see Chapter Two)

2. Motivation: Members (1) are competent to perform, (2) are challenged to perform, (3) are personally and collectively empowered to take action, and (4) feel they and their work are significant to the overall achievement of the organization. (For detailed discussion see Chapter Three)

3. Decisioning: Decisions are made in the organization through consideration of the three bottom lines: human, social, and financial. The identification of potential long-term outcomes for the organization, as well as for the internal and external customers and the community, are central to the decisioning process. (For detailed discussion see Chapter Four)

4. Relationship: For all members, the 'relational approach' is basic in working with others. It is the responsibility of every member to establish connecting relationships that work and that add energy to the individual, the group, and the organization. (For detailed discussion see Chapter Five)

5. Leadership: Chosen, assigned leader-members still lead. Leadership happens at all levels, and every member has the potential to be a catalyst for achievement and an agent for change. (For detailed discussion see Chapter Six)

6. Accountability: Members are willingly and individually responsible and accounable for working toward organizational goals. (For detailed discussion see Chapter Seven)

7. Advocacy: Members willingness to promote co-members and the workplace community positively influences the performance of individuals, groups, and the organization. (For detailed discussion see Chapter Eight)

She argues that the principles of membership when accepted as the way to work throughout the organization, encourage members to share a common purpose, vision, and goals; stimulate interactive energy; and create the possibility that members can and will accept the urgency of performance as a personal responsibility.

I higly recommend.

This is an excellent book for the beginner, intermediate and advanced runner. I used this book to get through my first marathon in over 4 hours and have referred back to many times to get through my most recent marathon in 2:41. It covers so many important things that I cannot believe one can succeed without it. Since Jeff is a lifetime runner, he really understands all phases of the runner and knows how to talk to every level. He has proven himeself as a trainer who has helped thousands of people succeed in the marathon. As I prepare for my next marathon, I will refer to Galloway's Book on Running regularly to ensure that I give myself the best chance possibly at breaking into the 2:30s! Thanks Jeff!

I wish I'd read this book BEFORE my knee injury. Galloway writes as an experienced runner and coach. He provides training programs for most levels of fitness and experience. If you want to run, or continue running without injury, take the time to read this book.

The first section of the book, "Starting," provides a brief history of running, then moves into five stages of running development (Beginner, Jogger, Competitor, Athlete, Runner).

The second section, "Training," considers the physiology of running, planning a training program (including "running slow in order to run fast"), and keeping a log. This section concludes with an discussion about the need for rest and training programs.

The third section, "Racing," talks about how to run faster, how to adjust your pace on the race day, how to handle different lengths of races (these include specific training programs), and how to prepare for a marathon. A final chapter considers issues for the advanced competititve runner.

Section four, "Tuning," presents augmentations to a strong running program, including form, stretching & strengthening, running drills, will power, and a chapter on women' running, written by the author's wife.

The book continues with shorter sections, on injuries, nutrition and diet, shoes, and age issues. An appendix contains references, a reading list, and race pace charts. The book has an adequate index.

If you read Runner's World for a few years, you'll encounter much of this information. But it's more handy in one place. Don't pass on this book, your knees will never forgive you....

An excellent source for runners of any ability level. I bought it when I first started running, and still have it 5 years and one marathon later. It teaches you how to get started running, and how to keep running interesting. Contains charts to help you train for your 10K or Marathon, based on your ability and time goal. Includes a section on women's running and running injuries. Jeff's a real heavyweight in the running world, and has written the only running book that you need. If that's not enough, Jeff's stories are very inspiring as well.

Each chapter focuses on a different environmental problem, and reveals the various ways in which it can influence a battle's outcome. A section on storms, for instance, shows how the elements randomize success: in the 12th century, a typhoon ruined Kublai Khan's attempted invasion of Japan, yet relatively calm seas helped assure the Allied victory on D-day hundreds of years later. Another chapter compares and contrasts the dense forests of the Battle of the Wilderness during the Civil War with the intractable jungles of Vietnam. One lesson this book teaches is that bad weather usually favors defenders: the Germans used fog and precipitation to their advantage during the Battle of the Bulge, as did the Viet Cong during the siege of Khe Sanh. The authors draw a few predictable conclusions--planning, logistics, leadership, and tactics are all critical, they say--but on the whole they provide a fascinating look at how wind, clouds, waves, rain, snow, mud, sand, heat, hills, mountains, and islands (to name a few factors) affect war.

As one might surmise from the title, the twelve chapters and twenty-five case studies in this books all examine the role and importance of weather and terrain in warfare. Most of the chapters are fairly straightforward in what they cover: storms, wet, fog and clouds, seasonal change, forest and jungle, river crossings, peninsulas and coasts, islands, heat and humidity and the desert. These are somewhat less operate independently of each other and occasionally overlap. Each chapter begins with an overview on the science (ie. geography or meteorology) of the chapter's topic, for example, how and why fog forms, before proceeding into two case studies drawn from military history. The non-scientifically inclined can skip these introductory sections to the chapters and not miss anything. Two more broad chapters cover "terrains and corridors" and how "glaciers shape the land." and are really don't work as well as the other ten. These two subjects are broad and more or less self-evident, making them noticeably weaker than the rest of the book. The case studies are largely drawn from modern Western military history. Eleven of the case studies are from World War II, three from World War I, three from the U.S. Civil War, and three from Vietnam, one from Korea, one from the Sinai/Suez War, one from the Napoleonic era, one from the Mongol invasions of Japan, and one on invading Russia that spans several episodes. The overall lessons are fairly predictable: military planning and logistics must account for weather and terrain, both on a strategic and tactical level. One would expect the explosion in computer weather modeling and terrain mapping in recent years would alleviate many of the problems described in the book, and it would have been nice to have a chapter at the end discussing this. Still, it makes for a fascinating mix of military history and geography. The maps and diagrams are top-notch and the design of the book makes it a pleasure to read.

Is this a book on geography for a military strategist or a study of military geography for a general geographer? I'm inclined to say it is both.

The words, "...couldn't put it down ...", may be overworked but how often can they be applied to what is, basically, a text book?

The book is divided into 12 chapters, each based on an element of physical geography (terrain, weather, climate, sea coasts, etc.) Each chapter gives a very general background on the geographic element (all very much in non-geographer language) and then gives the chronology of two or three battles showing how the physical feature shaped the battle's outcome. The range of battles go from Kubla Khan's 1274 attack on Japan to Khe Sanh, Viet Nam in 1968. They stretch the globe from Iwo Jima in the Pacific to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. It is a delightful combination of geography and military strategy.

As I am writing this, the world is discussing the possible intervention of ground troops in Kosovo. I hope the generals making the decisions have a sound geographic background. (Maybe Amazon.Com will send the Pentagon a few copies of this outstandingly readable work.)

This being my first David Poyer novel, I truly did not know what the expect. I picked this book up because I am a fan of Benchley and Alten who both write thrillers about the deep. The first thing I found refreshing was that Poyer did not go to deep in past Tiller Galloway stories. You can pick this book up and not feel that you are missing anything.

The wonderful thing about this book about cave divers, is Poyer's ability to make you feel "closed in" almost out of breath, during the cave diving scenes. I enjoyed most of the characters including Galloway's son, and group of friends.

The ending is somewhat dissapointing. It is exciting, but it gets a little too far fetched at times. I do recommend this book, despite the ending and it's shortcomings.

If your a Tiller Galloway fan this is a must have.If you are a cavern or cave diver even more so. The descriptions Poyer uses in this cave diving thriller are awesome.I've read all the Tiller Galloway novels and I feel this one is the best.As an active diver and a North Carolina native {Tiller's homestate} I highly recommend this book.

As a Clive Cussler/ Dirk Pitt fan, I gladly welcome Tiller Galloway to my library. I couldn't put this book down (and donated it to the dive shop in Truk). This is a must read, action thriller. I am not a cave diver, so I can't judge how "hokie" some of it may be. Definitely a fun read!

StrongDiver

As a prior David Weekley homeowner, I was amused to discover this title among the construction offerings. Based on Mr Weekley's reputation as one of the country's largest privately-owned builders, I purchased an almost-new Weekley home in Florida. Within a year of moving in, the roof was buckling, structural and design errors, water intrusion and toxic mold forced us to evacuate the home. The only hammering I heard from Weekley representatives, was the hammering of contractors working on leaks and other structural defects.

I bought this book because it was highly reviewed and by the title I would have imagined it was the perfect consumer's guide to learning all about mortgates, real estate markets, first time home buyers programs, what "points" are, how the inspection process works, financial pitfalls, how to pick a realator, what steps to go through when you are going from renting to buying, the bidding process, etc and found very little on these topics within the pages. The title is completely misleading. This book is about how to build, repair, and do structural assesments of houses. The author is a builder, and builds houses. His expertise is in building. He spent more pages talking about drywall than mortgages. If you are building a library of home buying books, this might be the 25th or 26th book to get because it deals with construction, but if you are buying a house for the first time, save yourself the hassle of returning this and don't buy it.

My wife and I are beginning our search for a new home in Baton Rouge. Upon the advice of a friend and the fact I'm an information nut I decided to read David Weekley's book. I found the book to be an excellent common sense (which most of us don't have when making the biggest financial commitment in our lives) approach to the entire process of building or buying a home. The glossary of terms was extremely helpful when "talking the talk" with potential builders and lenders. Buying this book may be the cheapest "mistake insurance" I've ever purchased.

THIS BOOK IS VERY GOOD AND KEPT MY INTEREST THROUGH OUT THE WHOLE TIME I READ IT.

This story was disjointed, abstract, distrubing and confusing to the point that it hurt my head... yet I want to read it again. Although I'm not sure I understood everthing that happened, you get so caught up in the the agony of the characters insanity, one must read on to try to make sense of it. This is a book that you will read over and over to try and understand and just when you think you've got it... you will have doubt enough to read it once again!

This book is very good it is about children deserted on an inhabited island.It is all about jealousy,leadership and hate.
It is good because it is quite scary and when they go crazy they go crazy. The ending ! marvelous i haven't seen a better book yet wich has a better ending than this book.I also think that it would be quite fun being deserted on an island but when you read this book you won't want to be left on an island ever.

This novel is a big disappointment. I'm a Poyer fan, but this is far below his usual standard. A boring book full of unpleasant characters & diving-jargon techno-babble. The plot, such as it is, doesn't even get going till the last 80 pages. If this had been my first Tiller novel I wouldn't bother continuing with the series. Another problem is that Tiller isn't that likable in this novel. It's OK to have a rogue hero, but the rogue has to have some redeeming qualities or be likable in some way. In this episode Tiller is an unattractive jerk even though he does the "right thing" in the end. But by then who cares. I'll continue with the series but I hope they get better!

In Louisiana Blue, the third of the Tiller Galloway series, Tiller and his partner, Shad leave North Carolina and head to the oilfield trash towns of South Louisiana looking for offshore diving jobs and a chance to put their lives back together. They find work with a less than reputable company, DeepTech, headed by a hard drinking, fast living cajun, Roland "Bender" Boudreaux. Just as things are starting to look good, Tiller find himself in deep trouble again! Deep as in 900 feet down in the Gulf of Mexico! Very smartly written, I couldn't read the last three chapters fast enough! As a diver, a former oilfield employee, and a native of the Bayou State, I was very impressed with Poyer's detail and vivid descriptions of South Louisiana and the Offshore Oil Industry. Galloway reminds me of Clive Cussler's DIRK PITT and James W. Hall's THORN all rolled into one! Readers who enjoy a good thriller with lots of vivid underwater action will love David Poyer's LOUISIANA BLUE!

Although David Galloway has written a very detailed andinteresting novel told from the point of view of perhaps the mostimportant woman of the doomed Donner Party, I have some serious problems with his book. First, though some historians believe that Tamsen Donner kept a journal of her own during her family's 1846-47 trek from Springfield, Illinois to Alder/Prosser Creek and Truckee (now called Donner) Lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains, no such journal has ever been found. The fictional journal that Galloway "re-creates" is quite rich and fascinating--until the families reached the spot in the Sierras where they were forced to winter-over without adequate food supplies. Instead of coming up with more convincing vignettes of his own, Galloway lifts entire scenes from the only known and published diary of a Donner-Camp survivor, that of Patrick Breen (for example, the Donner children toasting bits of the fire-rug and eating them). Second, I found the sexual scenes unnecessary, unsubstantiated, and improbable. There has been no suggestion that I have found in other Donner Party literature that Lewis Keseberg raped Tamsen Donner before he allegedly murdered her. Finally, Galloway's "Tamsen" contains the ONLY references to homosexual relations among teamsters during the great migration to the American West that I have found in Donner literature. Where did Galloway find his information or inspiration for this plot-twist? Criticism aside, "Tamsen" paints a glowing portrait of Tamsen Donner, an incredibly strong and brave woman dedicated to her husband and children. On the basis of Galloway's book, she should be beatified! "Tamsen" stays very true to the chronology of events and gives the reader a real sense of the desperation of the people trapped in the mountains and of the heroic efforts of the men who came to their rescue. The strongest point of David Galloway's novel is that he provides what I have found to be the most plausible explanation I've read yet of how Lewis Keseberg may have disposed of Tamsen Donner's body. Overall, "Tamsen" is an interesting and entertaining book, but it should be read by Donner Party aficianados who already have a basic understanding of the events that happened so that they can recognize the points at which Galloway's account varies from the actual events.

The lack of organization and lack of a glossary result in a poor textbook. Do not use this as your main source of info when trying to learn about depositional systems- much more understandable books exist.

This is a book packed full of information. Each chapter could be a single book, and that would help, expanding more on the ideas contained within.