Katz, Steve

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Artfully done!
How to Speak Truth to Power
"Lion Taming" Delivers Real Value
A Good Read!
Chapters explore how to establish credibility with a boss

Lion Taming
Steve Katz
Manufacturer: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

This original, innovative and memorable book that will give you insights on how to work with leaders and executives. --John Glenn, United States Senator and former astronaut

Do you feel that you need a whip and a chair to work effectively with your boss, client, customers, or others? You know the dangers-a growl if you throw them a compliment and a roar if you ever look for thanks!

Lions are the people in all organizations who wield power and influence. They act differently because they think differently. But that doesn't mean that they have to be difficulty to work with! Lion Taming will help you get inside their minds, so you can communicate and work more effectively together.

Based on in-depth interviews and research into real lion tamers as well as the experiences of numerous people at all levels of the workplace, Steven L Katz shows how the secrets of the center ring can lead to a great performance in the office.

Prey, the Enemy or Ignored: Lions make an instinctive calculation the minute any living thing comes into view: You are either prey, the enemy, or ignored. Lion Taming shows you how to avoid all three of these and earn a place in the pride.

The Lion's Four Senses: Every lion in the workplace views things through four senses: Dominance, Territory, Social Standing, and Survival. Understanding these senses, and how to make use of them, will give you a leg up in working with your lion.

Sticking Your Head in the Lion's Mouth: Lion Taming shows you how people stick their heads into the lion's mouth in the office, why it shouldn't be done, and how to avoid it yourself.

Lion Taming Is Really Lion Teaming!: Ultimately, the purpose of lion taming is not just to survive. Lion tamers and lions work together to achieve something that neither could achieve alone. Together, you can leap through the hoop of fire!

Lion Taming also contains more than 75 secrets of the lions tamers and numerous strategies for working with the lions in your workplace, such as:

o Approaching the lions so the lions will approach you

o Closing the gap between attention getting and attention using

o Establishing trust and rapport

o Building the Lion Team in your office!

Lion Taming is the ultimate guide to everyone's real job: working successfully and achieving results with leaders, bosses, and other tough customers!

LION TAMING HAS THE STRATEGIES AND SECRETS YOU NEED TO:

o Establish your presence, authenticity and credibility in the eyes of leaders, bosses, and other tough customers

o Identify the lions around you, and separate the good ones from the bad ones

o Get inside the lion's skull by learning about The Lion's Four Senses and The Lion's Instinctive Identity

o Decode the lion's social worlds: the hierarchy and the pride

o Avoid being the prey, enemy or ignored, and become a very influential member of the pride or organization!

Customer Reviews:

Artfully done!.......2006-07-10

It's not difficult to imagine yourself as a lion tamer, equipped with the traditional whip and chair, matching wits with lions like leaders, bosses, and customers. You have to keep your wits about you in your relationships with these cats. It's a lot like real-life lion taming. And yes, the consequences of angering a lion in business can be comparatively just as devastating as angering a lion in the circus cage.

OK, cute analogy. It shouldn't be that difficult to draw a few analogies and crank out a clever book. Perhaps, but Steven Katz went further...much further. It's obvious as you turn page after tempting page that this author did his homework. The lion tamers he consulted and learned from are named in the acknowledgements, and their influence is felt throughout the book. Whether the topic is the big cats with four feet or two, the lessons are plentiful, clear, and appropriate. The transition back and forth between lions and humans is smooth and natural. Learning Katz's lessons is comfortable, not forced.

We're surrounded by lions. "Being a lion is not a specific position, it is a state of being." It's essential to understand that lions have four senses beyond sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell: dominance, territory, survival, and social standing. You'll gain a deep appreciation of these elements in the three sections of this fast-moving paperback: Lions are Never Tame, The Art of Lion Taming, and Lion Taming is Really Lion Teaming. You can see the flow just from those section titles.

The book is filled with lessons that apply the fundamentals of lion taming to leadership, management, and other relationships. Conveniently, the lessons are all listed at the end of the book to pull it all together. Well worth the time to curl up with this book cover-to-cover.

How to Speak Truth to Power.......2006-04-18

LIONTAMING is an entertaining "users manual" for igniting leadership at all levels of an organization. Through the lens of an analogy as powerful as Aslan in Narnia, author Steve Katz boldly takes you on a journey into the workplace as a lions den. Unlike Dilbert's facetious approach to Catbert, Dogbert and other "manajerks", Steve ratchets the risk up a notch and deals with the ferocious realities of the King of the Jungle himself. Drawing on years of experience with leaders at the highest levels of government, Steve explores the role of office staff way beyond merely managing their managers or following their leaders by bringing fresh insights into workplace survival tactics. After Steve's presentation at American University's Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation, I promptly bought his book and featured him at both an Interagency Regulatory Forum and the US-EPAs Transformational Leadership Conversations series. If you enjoy reading LIONTAMING, you'll be amazed at how it can come alive in a discussion.

"Lion Taming" Delivers Real Value.......2005-09-19

Steve Katz's "Lion Taming" fills a real void in the literature on management, which focuses primarily on leadership, strategy, and implementation of change. His focus is on the close, personal advisors to powerful decision makers within corporations, government, and nonprofit entities. His purpose is to identify the principles by which such key staffers can increase their effectiveness while retaining their integrity. His analogies to "lion taming" are not a stretch. As I read Steve Katz's book, I relived whole episodes in my own career and suddenly perceived how they fit together into a broad and comprehensive analytical pattern. I am just sorry that this book wasn't available thirty years ago when I was a freshly-minted MBA!

A Good Read!.......2005-09-13

Imagine these scenarios: Your corporate leaders are always "difficult." You butt heads with your superiors and even your clients. As a middle manager, you have trouble figuring out what the boss wants. You seem to fight too much with your spouse. If any of these examples are familiar, you need to learn how to tame the "lions" in your life. Using analogies from training actual lions in the circus ring, author Steven L. Katz shows you how to work with human lions - people who demand dominance and control - from a bossy supervisor to a stubborn spouse. This is intended to be a textbook for the study of human psychology and interaction. Though you might wish it were a little deeper, the jungle beast analogy keeps it interesting. We recommend it to those who want to learn how to stand their ground in business, politics or modern day culture.

Chapters explore how to establish credibility with a boss.......2005-04-06

Other titles tell how to get along generally in the workplace; Steven L. Katz's Lion Taming: Working Successfully With Leaders, Bosses, And Other Tough Customers narrows the focus to how to work with difficult bosses, leaders, and other problem people - including customers and clients. 'Lions' are here defined as the people who wield power and influence. Chapters explore how to establish credibility with a boss, separate the 'good' from the 'bad' lions in the workplace, and understand the 'lion' personality's drive for dominance, territory, social standing and survival.

Germs! Germs! Germs! (Hello Reader Science Level 3)

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A good introduction to germs and health
Funny and helpful
Fun and informative
This book will make your little ones paranoid.
This book is wonderfully funny in its rhymes and pictures.

Germs! Germs! Germs! (Hello Reader Science Level 3)
Bobbi Katz
Manufacturer: Scholastic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0590672959

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A good introduction to germs and health.......2005-10-20

The germs illustrations presented by Steve Bjorkman are amusing, consisting of strange looking creatures in pastel colors, reminding me of characters from the television show Sponge Bob Square Pants. The hands on the girls and boys in Germs!Germs!Germs! appear oddly shaped, as noted by the way the girl is holding the pencil on the cover.

Consisting of thirty-eight pages the Germs! Germs! Germs! motto throughout the book centers on, " We're on the ground. We're in the air. We're GERMS and we live everywhere!" Although germs cannot be seen, unless through a microscope they are still strong and mean. The drawing shows these rather odd sorted creatures with one or two eyes hovering about waiting for the right opportunity to spread Germs! Germs! Germs! on anyone.

One silly illustration has a yellow germ arriving at the front door, although no mention on how germs can be found on doorknobs. Germs! Germs! Germs! is more a book about what happens when the germs enter our body and reminds the reader of how germs jump about making people sick. My seven-year old has learned from reading the book "Germs are so nasty that they make you sick with a tummy ache and a cold".

It is possible that these illustrations along with the story can accomplish quick tooth brushing skills along with the use of tissues and proper hygiene. My son will grab Germs! Germs! Germs! to explain to a visitor how their germs can spread on clothing or furniture if that person has sneezed in his presence. This copy of the book has been to his classroom a few times to share with them just how mean germs can be as well as make you worse when you are sick.

Germs! Germs! Germs! is a handy book for my son who has learned a great deal from reading and following the journey these outrageously looking germs make through the pages. This makes a good introductory book for the age group of six to eight.

Funny and helpful.......2004-12-24

This is my 3 1/2 year old daughter's favorite book. We came across it at her preschool and have bought a copy for home. It has really improved her hygiene- she has become much more conscientious about brushing her teeth and washing her hands to "get rid of the bad germs"! Cute book, I'm buying a copy for friends, too.

Fun and informative.......2002-11-18

My daughter and I love this book. At 5 years old, she easily understood what this book was trying to tell her. She's 8 now and we still read it. We even use some of the terminology to remind each other to stay healthy. She'll say "Mama, you're being a 'meal skipper'". It is NOT a scary book and it is a fun way to talk about germs with your kids.

This book will make your little ones paranoid........2001-12-13

This book repeatedly emphasizes that germs are mean and that they are everywhere and that their sole purpose is to GET YOU. Very scary, actually. It puts them in your body, in your food, in the air and the miminally addressed topic of keeping yourself clean does not banish them. The next page just puts them all back somewhere else. It is not clear at all that handwashing, not letting other people sneeze on you, washing the floor, not leaving food overnight on the counter are effective ways to keep healthier. The emphasis is on a ton of very cute cartoony germs in multitudes. The health aspects are implied only--and poorly at that. Behaviors like nose-picking are RIDICULED. Not good for kids up to about age 10, especially if you're trying to teach health and cleanliness issues.

This book is wonderfully funny in its rhymes and pictures........1997-05-03

This book not only presents a serious topic in a very humorous and creative fashion, it contains some of the absolutely best germ cartoons I have ever seen. My first grader really enjoys it and I can't stop showing it off at work. I am an Infection Control RN specialist and find that it is perfect to communicate to healthcare workers the need to always wash their hands! I am getting copies for the hospital where I work. It is a super book!

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Wier & Pouce
Steve Katz
Manufacturer: Sun & Moon Press, 1984
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J0T7F0

Hello Reader: Make Your Way For Tooth Decay (Level 3)

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Hello Reader: Make Your Way For Tooth Decay (Level 3)
Bobbi Katz
Manufacturer: Cartwheel
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Binding: Paperback

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Meet your guests. / We're called bacteria. / Your mouth is our cafeteria.In this witty, easy-to-read story, children learn what bacteria is, how it causes tooth decay, and how they can fight against it. Told from the point of view of the bacteria, the fact-filled, rhyming text shows dentists, in a non-threatening way, as they help youngsters guard against tooth decay. The bright, energetic illustrations are a perefct compliment to the humorous text.

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The Exagggerations of Peter Prince
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CREAMY AND DELICIOUS EAT MY WORDS (IN OTHER WORDS)

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CREAMY AND DELICIOUS EAT MY WORDS (IN OTHER WORDS)
Steve Katz
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Vitreous Microsurgery
Steve Charles , Adam Katz , and Byron Wood
Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Binding: Hardcover

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Vitreoretinal Surgical Techniques, Second Edition

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Written by a pioneering leader in vitreoretinal surgery, this volume is a comprehensive how-to guide to all vitreoretinal procedures. The book describes in detail clinically proven methods for managing the anterior and posterior segment vitreous surgery patient in a systematic manner. Dr. Charles emphasizes the decision making process involved in evaluating the best treatment for a patient. With the assistance of Adam Katz, MD, Dr. Charles provides numerous algorithms for intraoperative decision-making, based on knowledge of physical principles and comparative risks of various techniques. More than 100 three-dimensional full-color illustrations, created by Byron Wood, enable surgeons to clearly visualize the techniques. This edition has been completely rewritten with a greatly expanded art program. A Brandon-Hill recommended title.

Painter Among Poets: The Collaborative Art Of George Schneeman

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Painter Among Poets: The Collaborative Art Of George Schneeman
Tom Clark , Dick Gallup , Ted Greenwald , Steve Katz , Alice Notley , Peter Schjeldahl , Carter Ratcliff , and George Schneeman
Manufacturer: Granary Books/Z Press
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Description: Painter Among Poets: The Collaborative Art of George Schneeman is the first full presentation of the wide range of projects that Schneeman has co-created over the past 35 years. Painter Among Poets not only investigates Schneeman's signature enthusiasm for free-wheeling artistic collaboration, it also considers his work as part of the remarkable tradition of poet/painter collaboration that grew out of 19th- and 20th-century modernism. Always open to spontaneity and engagement, Schneeman encouraged poets to cross over into his dominion and contribute visual elements to the projects in order to create a surprising work of art that neither artist nor poet could have done alone. Painter Among Poets offers the reader a behind-the-scenes look at the high-wire process of collaboration as an outgrowth of Schneeman's friendships with poets Bill Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Michael Brownstein, Tom Clark, Edwin Denby, Larry Fagin, Dick Gallup, Allen Ginsberg, Ted Greenwald, Steve Katz, Lewis MacAdams, Alice Notley, Ron Padgett, Harris Schiff, Peter Schjeldahl, Tom Veitch, Anne Waldman, Lewis Warsh, and many others. Twelve of Schneeman's collaborators contribute essays and remembrances to this volume, which also features an essay by Carter Ratcliff, an extensive conversation between Schneeman and Padgett, a detailed checklist of the artist's collaborations, and a bibliography.

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Saw
Steve Katz
Manufacturer: Small Pr Distribution
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0394479300

Book Description

"Saw" is a milestone novel of the seventies. It is the first work of fiction ever to hide a hippopotamus. For the first time what has come to be recognized as a common modern neurosis, astronaut angst, gets full play in the fictional universe. For the first time anywhere in the history of fiction, in one of the most passionate encounters ever written, Eileen mates with a Sphere. Solid geometry finally has a face. The Cylinder is a nemesis, and its terrifying accomplishments roll on like a nightmare for this astronaut. This is a work of science fiction, geometric fiction, irrefutable fact and gourmand fantasies.

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Antonello's Lion (Green Integer)
Steve Katz
Manufacturer: Green Integer
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1931243824

Book Description

Accompanied with several artworks by the great painter, Antonello, this novel is Steve Katz's first since his acclaimed Swanny's Way. This magical fiction takes us from Rome and Venice to the heel of Italy, as two generations, father and son, engage in personal searches for meaning in their lives. Solomon, on a search for the paintings of the great Antonello and his son, Nathan, who follows in his father's footsteps to discover more about the man. Will he choose love and life or the sterility of the past?</p>

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