Barbara Jordan

Channel - Barnard New Women Poets Barbara Jordan

Jacket Description/Back: Vivid and evocative in its use of language, 'Channel' is a complex set of meditations on the natural world and on the sacred. Forests, hardens, and wilderness become part of metaphysical landscape as the poet transforms the outer world into an inner one. Review Citations:

Library Journal 07/01/1990 (EAN 9780807068083, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 03/23/1990 (EAN 9780807068083, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Jordan, Barbara Barbara Jordan believes that success is determined by more than just what you know. You also have to determine what you "know" that isn't so. After all, you can have all the leadership tools in the world. But if you have a weak, small "toolbox" (mindset), those leadership tools won't make a difference. Barbara has: Studied and practiced human development, motivational psychology & human relations for more than 20 years Bachelor of Science in Human Development/Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Masters in Educational Psychology (psychology of learning and development) from the UW-Milwaukee Certification from UW Milwaukee's program in Corporate Consulting & Coaching, with a focus on Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Quality of Work life, Employee Development/Training, Workplace Stress Reduction/Conflict Resolution. Training from The College of Executive Coaching Northeast Wisconsin Technical College's Supervision Certificate and Leadership certificate program which focus on HR Management, Leadership Development, Organizational Development, Managing Quality, Supervision, and Team-Building/Problem-Solving. Taught over 16 courses at the college level and continues to work as adjunct faculty at Concordia University of Wisconsin Founder of AdvantEdge Success Coaching, where she is a Women's Leadership Trainer, Executive Coach, & Author SCORE Mentor to small businesses for the past three years Held leadership positions with a local chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Leadership Green Bay (LGB), and Servant Leadership of Wisconsin (SLOW). Long-time member of both local and national SHRM chapters and the local American Society of Training & Development (ASTD). Contributor Bio:  Peacock, Molly Molly Peacock is an acclaimed poet, essayist, and creative nonfiction writer. Her latest work of nonfiction is The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72. Her most recent collection of poems is The Second Blush. As President of the Poetry Society of America, Molly Peacock was one of the creators of New York's Poetry in Motion program; co-editing Poetry In Motion: One Hundred Poems from the Subways and Buses. She serves as a Faculty Mentor at the Spalding University Brief Residency MFA Program and is also the Series Editor of The Best Canadian Poetry in English.