An invaluable source of inspiration to help leaders understand themselves and overcome their barriers to success For centuries, we have learnt what’s not taught through our own experiences and the stories of others. Even today, only 3 per cent of leadership development occurs due to classroom training. In fact, for most managers, ‘the penny drops’ only when we are at the end of our careers. In this book, R. Gopalakrishnan shares some valuable learnings from his decades of corporate experience, through a series of engaging stories. When the Penny Drops encourages you to reflect on yourself, and will help you learn by identifying the success mantras embedded in you.

Benjamin Matthews, née Benjamin Pollock, is a successful businessman marketing the slimming formula “The Daisy Effect.” He is preparing for a new life with his wife Rebecah and their twins, Luke and Lucy, moving from England to the United Arab Emirates, where Rebecah just got a job as a nurse. Ben’s unfortunate white lie (that his name is Pollock) leads him to discover just as he is about to fly out of the country, that his origins are not all that they seem. The confusion over his real last name gets him stopped at the airport, whilst he watches his wife and children fly away without him. Will Ben be able to get a new passport and prove his identity so he can fly out to join them? Or will other incidents prevent him from leaving? More to the point, can he escape Daphne, the undercover cop who is chasing him? Ben’s continuing story is fraught with calamities and frustrations ... until The Penny Drops! This second book in the Penny series offers a rollicking tale of confusion and nonstop action. It is the sequel to A Penny for Them.

In a small southern California city, a creature from the depths of the Pacific is tasked with walking among the humans and retrieving one for her people. The creature, who calls herself Natalie Alvi, finds early success and is in awe of her new surroundings. But, it cannot last as she is soon confronted with a bloody secret, a forbidden love, and questions that shatter her lifelong worldview. What can she do when every choice promises a dangerous end?

Destination Hope: A Travel Companion When Life Falls Apart offers camaraderie and a beacon of hope for women who feel alone in loss, struggle, or change of circumstance. This book is not a self-help book filled with platitudes from people who think they have life figured out. Instead, Marilyn Nutter and April White link arms with the audience and encourage their readers through stories of their personal challenges in widowhood and chronic illness. Women are encouraged to see loss and hardship as part of life’s journey and are reminded to turn their gaze upwards, to the Provider of Hope. Within the pages of Destination Hope comes a sisterhood, a bond, that is formed only through the mutual understanding of loss and the need to find hope in hard times. Destination Hope is arranged into six chapters called Milepost Markers, which address various losses, disappointments, or obstacles. Each entry concludes with a Rest Area for reflection and journaling. A Postcard with a quotation related to the topic sends readers off with an encouraging word, as they travel on towards their destination hope.

The thrilling novel that launched #1 New York Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer's career, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less. THE SWINDLE IS INGENIOUS The conned: an Oxford don, a revered society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord. They have one thing in common. Overnight, each novice investor lost his life's fortune to one man. The con: Harvey Metcalfe. A brilliant, self-made guru of deceit. A very dangerous individual. And now, a hunted man. SO IS THE REVENGE With nothing left to lose, four strangers are about to come together—each expert in their own field. Their plan: find Harvey, shadow him, trap him, and penny-for-penny, destroy him. From the luxurious casinos of Monte Carlo to the high-stakes windows at Ascot to the bustling streets of Wall Street to fashionable London galleries, their own ingenious game has begun. It's called revenge—and they were taught by a master.

Follows the experiences of a penny born in Philadelphia that travels everywhere from New York to Portland, Oregon, to Puerto Rico describing in detail his many adventures along the way.

A husband walks out on his family after twenty-three years, pitching his wife into a legal battle she wants no part of. As she discovers just how wealthy her secretive husband is she places her trust in her lawyer and the British Legal System, but quickly realises she is merely a pawn in a game of legal chess. Based on a true story of infidelity, injustice, passion and heartache. Ms Kennedy finds herself entangled in a million pound fraud in the midst of a fight she cannot possibly win and embarks on an affair with her lawyer. What convinces a broken and penniless woman, that despite losing all the legal battles, she can still win the war?

A practical guide to letting go of the character defects that get in the way of true and joyful recovery. Resentment. Fear. Self-Pity. Intolerance. Anger. As Bill P. explains, these are the "rocks" that can sink recovery- or at the least, block further progress. Based on the principles behind Steps Six and Seven, Drop the Rock combines personal stories, practical advice, and powerful insights to help readers move forward in recovery. The second edition features additional stories and a reference section.

This new edition of the Cambridge Idioms Dictionary explains over 7,000 idioms current in British, American and Australian English, helping learners to understand them and use them with confidence. * Fully updated with new idioms, e.g. think outside the box, play out of your skin, the new black * New, attractive page layout with idioms in colour for easy reference * Clear explanations and example sentences for every idiom * Most common idioms highlighted so students know which to learn * Topic section covering useful language areas, e.g. agreeing and disagreeing, telling stories

A Penny Planter is someone who drops pennies for other people to find. I'm a Penny Planter, and I hope you will become one too! People from around the world believe that finding a penny, or any other coin, will bring them good luck or good fortune. So, I plant pennies by dropping them onto the ground wherever I go so that other people who find them, will smile, and have a momentary feeling of joy or luck or hope. This book tells the story of the Lucky Penny Project which is a collection of people who want to make the world a better place and work together as a Penny Posse to help others. They drop pennies to make other people smile, and they also work to make the world better by setting positive intentions called Penny Promises, and by implementing their own action items to improve the world around them, called Penny Plans. Won't you join us?