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Sandpaper Sisters offers readers hope and solutions, in a compelling and rare story of personal and group change as well as the gritty reality of drug abuse, sexual abuse, and our nation's prison system.

Praise for Sandpaper Sisters

Sandpaper SistersMichele McKnight Baker's beautifully written book tells an important story of addiction, recovery and spiritual healing. It is inspirational.
--Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of Reviving Ophelia, Letters to a Young Therapist, and other best sellers

“Sandpaper Sisters reminds us yet again of the immense power of “community” to support, nurture and improve the odds for even those facing the toughest of situations. May the lessons of New Life for Girls inspire us all to become community builders and to surround our children and families with the caring communities they deserve.”
—Mrs. Alma Powell, Chair of America’s Promise—The Alliance for Youth


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Community, Community Building:
Paradigms for Future Organizational Success

New: We have distilled insights from original research: What leaders should know about community and community building as key paradigms for organizational success.

This vital new framework can mean much more than organizations valuing their community ties, or organizational members furthering individual and group learning via communities of practice. It may represent the next evolution of organizational life. For organizations that have a sense of community or desire to develop or strengthen a sense of community in their culture, this new framework can enhance the effectiveness of strategy formulation and planning and change processes. Specifically, it can clarify and deepen members' commitment to vision and values and energize action on strategic objectives.

The executive summary includes illustrated definitions, an abstract of the research's significance and key findings, a glossary and selected bibliography.

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A vital management tool is missing.
We know it’s missing because we searched for it.
Could not find it—so we created it!
IF this is what you want the new manager to be,
ongoing leadership development is the key!

The Missing Line--Now Available at Culture Connects




Our Orientation Manual for New Leaders establishes a consistent format for equipping new leaders. Use of the manual in conjunction with the guidance of an experienced leader as preceptor gives your new manager a jumpstart to where you need him/her to be.


The manual captures the important processes and learning of your organization. You can maximize AND perpetuate leadership throughout the organization!

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Customized manual (with your organization’s name, logo, and specific processes integrated into your updatable electronic file.) Includes specific rights to modify and reprint the contents, as well as preceptor support from one our organizational development professionals. $269.00
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Additional ringbound copies of the manual available (customized version) for $44.20 Discounts for volume purchases available upon request.
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EmpowerMatrix©

New: This inexpensive matrix maximizes productivity of a working group (whether employees, volunteers, board members, or others). How? It gets everyone on the same page (shared vision) and illustrates how to align actions with the shared vision.

The EmpowerMatrix© is designed for use by working teams who gather to consider, plan, or evaluate, some form of growth initiative for building relationships or communities. Since human experience is not static, the matrix considers possibilities along a continuum. The matrix can be used in several ways: to brainstorm outreach objectives (strategy making); to plan outreach efforts (planning); and to reflectively evaluate efforts (evaluation). The matrix can be used to generate (or collect) qualitative and quantitative data.

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