This book titled A Common Vision, is written with the intent that it could, directly or indirectly, benefi t many people on Planet Earth. The writing emphasizes, among other topics, mutual respect for all, regardless of origin, wealth, entitlements or status. It delves into various aspects of life with special emphasis on business leadership, management, and other entities. The realization must exist that continuous personal and leadership improvements are critical factors for current and future successes. Denial of such basic factors should not be an option. The suggestions offered here are the results of many years of diverse experiences of the author during various modes of survival. It draws from experiences in a third world country to involvements in corporate business management and a host of additional scholastic and practical life experiences.

3m, 3f Six lives collide around a transcendent vision in a night sky. Dolores' private anguish becomes a matter of public debate when a respected psychologist convices her she was abducted by aliens. And to think she thought it was all because she got dumped by some guy. A Common Vision chronicles Dolores' journey when her personal crisis of faith dovetails with a larger cultural phenomenon. "The common vision Dolores, her therapist and witnesses share turns out to be as provocative as it is unreliable. And that's what makes part of Beber's vision so uncommonly rewarding." - Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Examiner "For Dolores, the protagonist of Neena Beber's wryly observant comedy A Common Vision, a possible brush with the paranormal sets into motion a series of vexing incidents... A Common Vision dodges cliche after cliche, thanks to Beber's distinctive deadpan comic touch....at the 1997 Humana new play festival, Beber's 10-minute play "Misreadings" outstripped everything else, short or long, that year in Louisville. Earlier full-length Beber plays, notably "the Brief but Exemplary Life of the Living Goddess" (as told by herself) and "Tomorrowland" revealed a writer of odd, uncommon grace and bone-dry wit, recalling short story ace Lorrie Moore as well as the MTV series Daria. (Beber has written five Daria episodes, so that explains that.) - Michael Phillips, Los Angeles Times

Build a Better Vision Statement summarizes scientific research, along with advice from thirty entrepreneurs and CEOs of well-known and award winning companies, on how to write, communicate, and implement an effective vision statement. This book contains dozens of company vision statements along with stories from entrepreneurs and CEOs describing how and why they created their vision statements. Several decades of studies have demonstrated the profound impact that a vision statement can have on a company’s performance and growth, but only if the vision statement reflects certain characteristics. Build a Better Vision Statement presents proven principles for writing a motivational vision statement and offers guidance to company leaders about when and how to write a vision statement. Build a Better Vision Statement is a must-have for any business leader or entrepreneur looking for a low-cost, high-impact, proven approach for growing their business.

"Lurie takes particular interest in the influence of cinema on Faulkner's fiction and the visual strategies he both deployed and critiqued. These include the suggestion of cinematic viewing on the part of readers and of characters in each of the novels; the collective and individual acts of voyeurism in Sanctuary and Light in August; the exposing in Absalom! Absalom! and Light in August of stereotypical and cinematic patterns of thought about history and race; and the evocation of popular forms like melodrama and the movie screen in If I forget thee, Jerusalem. Offering innovative readings of these canonical works, this study sheds new light on Faulkner's uniquely American modernism."--BOOK JACKET.

There isn't a more powerful engine driving organizations towards excellence and long-range success than an attractive, worthwhile, achievable, and widely shared vision of the future.Every organization needs a purpose for its existence. The vision and mission of an organization focuses people's attention on a common dream, ambition, or outcome. It defines a common purpose to guide behavior. It is the foundation to becoming a purpose-driven organization. Together, a Vision and Mission statement begin to define, articulate, and communicate the purpose and values of an organization to others, including owners, executives, employees, consumers, customers, and other interested and affected people and organizations. In this handbook, for the first time, the authors present the tools and guidance they have developed over 25-years of consulting and working with a wide variety of bluechip clients across a broad range of industries, including financial services, retail, hospitality, technology, sports and entertainment, government and not-for-profits. This no-nonsense book will teach you how to formulate your thinking and to work with your colleagues to develop and refine practical and effective vision and mission statements. It includes background about the Painless Strategic Planning Process, education, exercises, examples, and instructions to help you and your team understand and painlessly develop effective vision and mission statements as the starting point for strategic planning or project management.

This illustrated survey covers what Nicholas Wade calls the "observational era of vision," beginning with the Greek philosophers and ending with Wheatstone's description of the stereoscope in the late 1830s.