Every leader has been there. They give clear direction, and people still hesitate. They try to empower, but performance drops. They ask questions and try to collaborate, yet confidence and engagement don’t grow. What works in one moment somehow falls completely flat in another. These frustrations point to a costly assumption many leaders make: that their natural leadership … [More]
Exit Without Selling: Build A Dream Team, Keep Your Business, and Get Your Life Back
After years of building, you're ready to step back and travel with family, take care of your health and enjoy life. But you're trapped. You depend on the business for income, and the business depends on you. You don't want to sell or shut it down … but you can't keep this up forever. You're not alone — 76% of business owners have no viable exit plan. Only 20% of businesses … [More]
C-Suite Speaking Habits: How Top Executives Use Words to Win Hearts, Drive Action, & Move Companies
July 2020, the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook hopped on a Zoom call with the United States Congress. Their goal? Clarifying, magnifying and amplifying their companies’ contributions to the country. Presenting themselves to the public. Selling their work to the world. What followed was a masterclass in compelling communication — one that illuminated how the world’s … [More]
Real Estate Development From The Ground Up: Lessons, stories, and a step-by-step path from dirt to doors
In Real Estate Development From the Ground Up, veteran builder and developer Ryan Frey explains how development actually works, from raw land through entitlements, construction and stabilized projects. Drawing on more than 25 years of hands-on experience, Frey breaks the process into clear, disciplined stages that reveal where risk lives, how value is created, and why early … [More]
Making It in Real Estate : Thriving as a Developer
John McNellis learned real estate investing the hard way: deal by deal, burn by burn, over 40 years and 100+ commercial real estate projects. He wrote the practical field guide to real estate development he wished existed when he started — the book that might also talk people out of starting at all. Now in its third edition with 34 new chapters, Making It in Real Estate has … [More]
Industrialize: The Insider’s Guide to Industrial Real Estate
For seasoned investors, curious newcomers and real estate pros looking to sharpen your edge, alike, this book is the definitive roadmap to the industrial property world. From factories and warehouses to cranes, racking, and everything in between, readers will get a comprehensive breakdown of the spaces that keep the global economy running. Packed with insights on … [More]
Leading AI Adoption in Healthcare: AI Doesn’t Adopt Itself
Most AI failures don’t begin at scale — they begin during pilots, when early success creates confidence without revealing the risks that only surface once AI is embedded in real workflows, real teams and real decisions under pressure. AI initiatives fail because organizations focus on building and buying tools, while overlooking how AI actually behaves once it enters daily … [More]
How to Do More with Less: Future-Proofing Yourself in an AI-driven Economy
In today’s workplace, headlines about artificial intelligence can feel overwhelming. With headlines swinging between promises of utopia and warnings of mass unemployment, for most knowledge workers, the truth feels unclear. In this book, Sharon Gai cuts through the noise. Drawing from real-world examples and global insights, she explains how AI is reshaping the way we work ― … [More]
The Changemaker’s Toolkit: How to Power Social Change in a World That Needs Hope
Burnout. Decreased funding. Structural barriers. A lack of hope. Social changemakers and nonprofit leaders who want to make meaningful, measurable impact in their communities are struggling to see a brighter future for themselves, their teams and the people they serve. Yet real change happens by believing in a better world and consistently taking the next step toward making it … [More]
Protect Your Mission: The finance framework for nonprofit leaders
With the right systems in place, nonprofit leaders can make better decisions, avoid surprises and stay focused on the work that matters most. A strong financial foundation doesn’t just protect their mission — it helps them advance it with confidence. In Protect Your Mission, nonprofit leaders will learn how to build a finance function that sets their organization up for … [More]
The Joy Exchange: Finding Life’s Greatest Lessons in Those You Least Expect
In The Joy Exchange, groundbreaking nonprofit leader Laura Whitaker offers readers an inspiring and entertaining invitation to discover for themselves the revolutionary rewards of entering into the lives of those with diverse abilities and experiences. Whitaker illuminates the path to experiencing profound joy by embracing our differences and finding a refreshing freedom to be … [More]
The Tao of Fundraising: The Science, Philosophy, and Psychology Behind Attracting Capital
One part how-to, one part psychological study and one part spiritual guide, The Tao of Fundraising delivers a blunt but necessary truth: The best ideas often go unfunded — not because they’re bad but because their creators don’t understand how capital flows. Fundraising is the most neglected art in modern business. Most MBA courses and coaching advice focus on what to do after … [More]
Human Capital Investment Strategy: Six Steps to Cultivate Potential and Yield Competitive Advantage
For decades, CEOs have treated financial capital with rigor, discipline and foresight. But when it comes to human capital — the engine of innovation, execution and growth — most organizations still rely on legacy mindsets and guesswork. This blind spot is costing organizations their competitive edge. Written by Dr. Cynthia Bentzen-Mercer, executive strategist on human … [More]
People. Culture. Structure. The Architecture of Execution
Strategy isn't the hard part. Execution is. Most companies don't fail because they lack vision. They fail because they never build the architecture to turn vision into reality. Execution isn't magic. It's not hustle. It's a system. That system has three parts: People — right humans, right roles, real ownership. Culture — behavior over slogans; truth flows; conflict … [More]
People and Culture: A Practical Guide for HR Professionals and Leaders
People and Culture is a strategic guide for CEOs, CHROs, HR leaders and senior executives who want to build high-performing organizations through a purpose-led, values-driven and people-centric approach. Written by leading culture and conflict management expert David Liddle, this book shows how to shift from isolated people or culture initiatives to a unified, enterprise-wide … [More]
The Exception Code: How to Make Culture, Retention, and Customer Loyalty Profitable
Leadership development isn’t failing because leaders don’t care. It’s failing because most are leading by default. Caught between quarterly pressures, cultural fatigue and constant change, too many capable leaders are doing everything right and still watching engagement, innovation and loyalty slip through their fingers. The Exception Code is for the ones who know there’s … [More]
The Hidden YES: Decoding Consumer Psychology to Boost Sales in Finance and Insurance
Customers don’t need more reasons to say “yes” — they need fewer reasons to say “no.” Those in finance or insurance know this frustration all too well. Great products. Compelling offers. Yet still customers hesitate, delay, disappear. More often than not, the problem isn't the pitch. It's the invisible psychological barriers standing in their way. Matt Sucha is one of the … [More]
The Winner’s Curse: Behavioral Economics Anomalies, Then and Now
Nobel Prize-winner Richard H. Thaler and rising-star economist Alex O. Imas explore the past, present and cutting-edge future in behavioral economics in The Winner’s Curse. Why do people cooperate with one another when they have no obvious motivation to do so? Why do we hold on to possessions of little value? And why is the winner of an auction so often disappointed? More … [More]
