Lynn M Schmidt

Leadership Scorecard

Implementing Training Scorecards (In Action)

How do you know that your HR or training department has accomplished its objectives? Using a training scorecard provides a structure for establishing, tracking, compiling, and communicating results. This volume presents case studies that best illustrate how to use and implement training scorecards.

45 Master Characters

Create unforgettable characters your readers will love! 45 Master Characters will make your characters and their stories more compelling, complex and original than ever before. You'll explore the most common male and female archetypes—the mythic, cross-cultural models from which all characters origi...

The Leadership Scorecard (Improving Human Performance Series)

Strong leaders are essential to business success, which makes leadership development a business imperative in today’s competitive environment. Leaders are needed that can do more than manage - leaders are needed that can make a business great. In addition, there is increasing pressure on organizatio...

Integrated Talent Management Scorecards

Demonstrate the impact of talent management. The term integrated talent management has been in vogue for about eight years, yet organizations are still trying to understand how to best integrate talent management functions to achieve business results. DeTuncq and Schmidt use case studies from 17 di...

Book in a Month: The Fool-Proof System for Writing a Novel in 30 Days

What Can You Accomplish in 30 Days?If you make time to write and put away all of your excuses, could you stay on track and finish your novel in only a month? With a structured plan and a focused goal, yes, you can!Using a combination of flexible weekly schedules, focused instruction, and detailed wo...

A Writer's Guide to Characterization: Archetypes, Heroic Journeys, and Other Elements of Dynamic Character Development

Develop compelling character arcs using the power of myth!In the best novels, characters undergo dramatic changes that keep readers turning pages. A Writer's Guide to Characterization shows you how to develop such meaningful character arcs in your own work--stories of transformation that will resona...

45 Master Characters, Revised Edition: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters

Create unforgettable characters your readers will love!Want to make your characters and their stories more compelling, complex, and original than ever before? 45 Master Characters is here to help you explore the most common male and female archetypes--the mythic, cross-cultural models from which all...

Story Structure Architect: A Writer's Guide to Building Dramatic Situations and Compelling Characters

Build a Timeless, Original Story Using Hundreds of Classic Story Motifs!It's been said that there are no new ideas; but there are proven ideas that have worked again and again for all writers for hundreds of years.Story Structure Architect is your comprehensive reference to the classic recurring sto...