The successful bond between horse & rider is the basis for all work together. In this book Kelly Marks shows the reader how to create a happy & productive partnership. Kelly describes the process known as join up explains how body language affects the horse & the common mistakes to avoid. She also uses her interest in human psychology to look at the dark side of human treatment of horses & gives advice on stress relief & controlling anger. ...

Winner of a Shingo Research & Professional Publication Award The new & revised edition of this modern day classic provides the critical piece that will make any lean transformation a dynamic continuous success. It shows you how to implement a transformation that cannot fail by developing a culture that will have all your stakeholders involved in the process & invested in the outcome. It will teach you how to build success from the top down & the bottom up at the same time. If you are a leader at any level in an organization undergoing or considering a lean transformation this is where you should start & finish.. .and start again. Praise for the First Edition of the Shingo Prize Winning International Bestseller...an excellent review of one of the most common implementation issues in a lean transformation -- the essential day to day work practices of team leaders/supervisors/value stream managers that enable the lean system. -- George Koenigsaecker President Lean Investments LLC.. .reprinted seven times The purpose of lean systems is to make problems glaringly obvious. If implementation does not include standard leadership & cultural support systems to constantly address problems the point of the system is missed. Many books address lean tools & initial conversion but if you want the system to stick read Davids book. --Robert (Doc) Hall Editor-In-Chief Target Association for Manufacturing Excellence.. .now being translated into Russian Thai & Chinese... Manns book is an excellent start toward Lean Leadership as process-dependent rather than person-dependent in style. --Ross E. Robson Executive Director Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Now empowered with five more years of accumulated knowledge & experience David Manns seminal work: Offers new insights on applications of lean management in administrative technical & professional environments Provides new guidance on how to begin implementing lean management in discrete manufacturing office & process manufacturing environments. Details specifics on how to engage executives through gemba walks* Shows the difference between measuring improvement through results & through processes Adds new case studies throughout Expands the lean management assessment based on actual use & now offers up two separate versions (both available online) one for manufacturing & one for administrative technical & professional settings * In a gemba walk a teacher or sensei & student walk the production floor. The teacher asks the student to tell what he or she sees & depending on the answer asks more questions to stimulate the student to think differently about what is in front of him or her. This

Includes:: learning to see what is not there... Gemba walks often include assignments to act on what the student has come to see...

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Here then is more word from the master. It is a book for all theatre professionals as well as students. Whether in agreement or disagreement with it you cannot help being stimulated & enriched by it Robert Lewis Founder of the Actors Studio USA In his most famous first book An Actor Prepares Stanislavski dealt with the inner imaginative processes. In the second Building a Character he concentrated on the body the voice & other physical means of expression. In Creating a Role the third book he describes the elaborate preparation that precedes actual performance with substantial analysis given to Othello & Gogols Inspector General. This edition now reprinted with a new cover at a more accessible price has stood the test of time for actors all over the world was the original English language translation & is a classic text for every actors library. Creating a Role is a brilliant little treatise & a careful reading is worth several lessons in almost any English acting academy Charles Marowitz The Observer ...

Think you need an army of skilled programmers to build a web site? Think again. With nothing more than an ordinary PC some raw ambition & this book youll learn how to create & maintain a professional-looking & visitor-friendly site that features components such as audio video & e-commerce capability. This Missing Manual gives you all the tools techniques & expert advice you need -- including when & how to adopt HTML5. * Learn to create a site from start to finish with hands-on guided instructions * Control page design & layout with powerful style sheets * Bring in cash with Google ads affiliate programs & a Pay Pal shopping cart * Track site visitors & identify the pages theyre checking out most often * Build a community by adding online discussions & forums * Create your own blog using a free blog-hosting service * Find the right Web host & get a personalized Web address ...

In this remarkable book lies the secret to creating affluence. Here you will discover that you are the dancer & the dance the creator & the creation & unlimited wealth is yours merely for the asking. With clear & simple wisdom Deepak Chopra explores the full meaning of wealth consciousness & presents a step-by-step plan for creating affluence & fulfilment on all levels of our lives. According to the author affluence is our natural state & the entire physical universe with all its abundance is the offspring of an unbounded limitless field of all possibilities. Through a series of simple steps & everyday actions Creating Affluence" gently fosters the wealth consciousness needed to tap into this field & create anything you desire." ...

Feltmaking is a popular medium for craftsmen but few have explored its potential as an art form. This new book demonsrates the exciting scope of pictorial feltmaking & explains how to create felt pictures with the depth & atmosphere usually associated with a graphite drawing or a watercolour painting. Written by a leading felt artist it shows to work freely with the wool as if it were paint or a piece of charcoal. ...

Characters are the lifeblood of fiction & no one can write a successful novel without creating the right characters. In this easy guide which shows how to do it step by step successful novelist Jean Saunders has defined all the necessary ingredients for creating believable characters. Starting with the most basic
- choosing the right name
- she shows you how to understand & get to know your characters their conflicts motivations & development. She demonstrates the art of visual writing to get the most out of them using examples from her own novels.

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Amateur photographers can create more nuanced high-impact photography with this guide to the complete HDR workflow. High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging has become synonymous with compelling photography in today's digital world. This gorgeously illustrated guide by popular author Harold Davis brings HDR within reach of every photographer offering a broad introduction to the complete workflow from shooting to processing as well as a range of techniques not covered anywhere else. ...

All children need love but for troubled children a loving home is not always enough. Children who have experienced trauma need to be parented in a special way that helps them feel safe & secure builds attachments & allows them to heal. Playfulness acceptance curiosity & empathy (PACE) are four valuable elements of parenting that combined with love can help children to feel confident & secure. This book shows why these elements are so important to a childs development & demonstrates to parents & carers how they can incorporate them into their day-to-day parenting. Real life examples & typical dialogues between parents & children illustrate how this can be done in everyday life & simple stories highlight the ideas behind each element of PACE. This positive book will help parents & carers understand how parenting with love & PACE is invaluable to a childs development & will guide them through using this parenting attitude to help their child feel happy confident & secure. ...

The French interior evokes a way of life to aspire to with its good food unhurried pace & above all its past for which many people feel nostalgia. Developed over hundreds of years the French look reflects all tastes from the cultivated grandeur of the chateau to the simplicity of rural living & can be adapted to every home including the Mediterranean style villa & elegant town house. In this book the look is divided into ' Chateau' ' Country' ' Provencial' & ' Parisian style' & applied to living room kitchen & dining room bedroom & bathroom & to living space in the garden. As well as describing each overall look focusing on colours & fabrics Annie Sloan emphasizes the details & accents required by each one & aided by 25 clearly explained step-by-step projects shows how to achieve it. Among other things she explains how to paint & distress furniture & describes how to cover an armoire door with embroidered voile. Whatever interior you desire this book will guide your choices from the grand statement of the painted armoire to the finishing touch of a little posy of lavender. ...