From tiny hummingbirds to intimidating condors, who wouldn’t be fascinated with birds? The regal colors, elegance, and diversity in size, shape, and talents are remarkable. This series ventures to enlighten creators about the species while providing the perfect tool for writers and artists to express originality. Witness the beauty and let your mind take flight!

Youth athletes have an amazing head start taking on many of life’s challenges. Through sports, they learn discipline, teamwork, social impact, and many other lessons. However, there is even more to sports than you think! As young athletes age and begin to enter the workforce, they may not realize the value they gained during their early sports careers. This book helps youth, parents, coaches, and other professionals recognize the striking similarities between sports and the business world. It introduces concepts like performance standards, recruiting, rules, teamwork, and strategies; and demonstrates how both industries draw from shared principles. After reading this book, youth should be able to draw from their sports-related experiences to make an easier transition to the business world workforce. Adult advocates from either the sports or business industry should find the content an excellent teaching and motivational resource to help guide young athletes.

Elijah’s coming of age story took a drastic turn when he found himself homeless, living on the cold hard streets of Chicago at the tender age of nineteen. He once had everything, but his decision to sample manhood the wrong way led him down a path with only wrong turns. On the streets, he’d seen everything from drug-addicted women who sold themselves for a hot meal to the senseless murder of a man for his tent, shoes, and spare change. Being alone, hungry, and cold in the eerie night air, demanded something more than courage. It called for remembering his humanity. But that’s hard to do when people no longer saw him as human—only as discarded outdoor furniture. Still, Elijah found a gleam of happiness through the people who surrounded him. It was simple enough, learning to “make do” with his newfound family. But, when Alecia showed up, his manhood was tested again. If he were ever going to prove himself worthy of the humanity he tried so hard to maintain, there was no way he could allow her to brave the streets alone

This book provides proven strategies and best practices for greater competency and understanding various areas of Human Resource Management. Some areas that the book explores include:

The concept of HRM

Performance management strategies

Legal and regulatory compliance

Organizational development

Conflict management

Payroll and compensation

Information technology in HRM

Health and safety

Personnel development