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Linda Collison

Linda Collison

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Linda Collison has received numerous awards for her creative writing, including the grand prize for fiction at the 1996 Maui Writers Conference. Her historical novel Star-Crossed (Knopf;2006) was a New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age - 2007.

 

The Thoughtful Leader: How to use your head and your heart to inspire others

The Thoughtful Leader: How to use your head and your heart to inspire others

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<p>Is it time for leaders to think more deeply and more effectively?<br /><br />Tired of people throwing the term 'thought leadership' around and using it to label unexceptional people and mediocre content, Mindy Gibbins-Klein sets out to define and introduce a new paradigm and a new standard of idea generation and sharing.<br /><br />Thoughtful leaders exhibit exceptional thinking as well as consideration for others. It is the thoughtful leader who will introduce a new era - a more thoughtful era.<br /><br />This brave book inspires, encourages and teaches Real thought leaders a new way of thinking and behaving.<br /><br />- Reach beyond content marketing and thought leadership<br />- Achieve greater levels of thinking<br />- Discover hidden depths within yourself<br />- Become a true Thoughtful Leader</p>

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WJZ TV interview with Marty Bass and Don Scott

🔗 http://wjz.com/video/?id=27013@wjz.dayport.com

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><em><font size="3">From<strong></strong></font></em></span><strong><em><span style="font-size:14pt;">Kirkus Reviews</span><span><font size="3">  </font></span></em></strong><font size="3">October 15, 2006</font></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">A “well-researched, riveting adventure that<br />brings to light an overlooked <br />part of women's history.”</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><font size="3">From </font></span><strong><em><span style="font-size:14pt;">Kliatt </span><span><font size="3"> </font></span></em></strong><font size="3">November, 2006</font></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">”Collison has done her research well: Details of life on ship, diseases, injuries and treatments, battles and politics, women who sailed with the men – these details are copious and realistic. … Readers come away from Collison’s work with an understanding of what it meant to be a woman in those times, and with an experience of living on board a British ship.”</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><font size="3">From </font></span><strong><em><span style="font-size:14pt;">School Library Journal</span><span><font size="3">  </font></span></em></strong><font size="3">December, 2006</font></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">“Historical details are smoothly woven into the story, and a<br />historical note and bibliography are appended. Readers who enjoyed Avi's The<br />True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (HarperCollins, 1992) will find a more<br />substantial, mature story here to captivate them again.”</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><font size="3">From </font></span><strong><em><span style="font-size:14pt;">VOYA</span><font size="3"> (Voice of Youth Advocates Magazine)</font></em></strong><font size="3"><span>  </span>2007-02-01</font></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">“Collison, a former nurse and experienced seafarer, pens her first novel with an ear for wonderfully dynamic dialogue, an insistence on thorough research, and the heart of one who cares about issues timelessly important to women, from birth control to self-reliance.”</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span> </p>