The Maker Revolution is a guidebook to the new industrial revolution. Artisans, crafters, DIYers and inventors around the globe are changing the way we change the world. This book shows how to find one’s place in the revolution. Readers will learn how the movement came about, and how Makers are already shifting paradigms and pushing the boundaries of innovation; discover the … [More]
The Internet Trap
The Internet has revolutionized our lives, but at what cost? In The Internet Trap, Ashesh Mukherjee uses the latest research in consumer psychology to highlight five hidden costs of living online: too many temptations, too much information, too much customization, too many comparisons and too little privacy. The book uses everyday examples to explain these costs, including how … [More]
Do Good
For many businesses, success comes in unexpected ways. Toms grew into a $600-million company by giving away 35 million pairs of shoes. Patagonia’s profits have climbed year after year even as it funnels heavy investments into sustainability. And it’s not just millennials rewarding companies with causes. In every age group, people commit to brands that show good citizenship. … [More]
The Reputation Game
It’s a game you’re already playing, whether you like it or not. You can choose to ignore it and remain at the mercy of what others say about you, or you can take the time to learn how it works. For those who do, the potential benefits are unlimited. Through pioneering research and interviews with a host of major figures ranging from Jay-Z and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman to … [More]
The Invisible Leader
The best leaders aren’t people. Instead, innovative and emerging research shows that a compelling and other-centered authentic purpose — “The Invisible Leader” — may be the most powerful influencer of our behaviors, attitudes and motivation in organizations, work, school and life. Yet, despite the increasing evidence of purpose’s power, many of the organizations, systems and … [More]
How Leaders Improve
Written by a team of highly experienced and successful executive leadership consultants, this book offers 10 data-driven insights regarding leadership effectiveness, accompanied by practical and easy-to-implement recommendations that directly serve the development of leadership ability. The book provides insights based on a sample of leaders who improved significantly over … [More]
The People First Effect
Veteran consultant and award-winning author Jack Lannom outlines a clear, comprehensive strategy for increasing trust and decreasing tension in one’s personal and professional lives. The People First Effect is a business fable about CEO Dan Burton. Dan has successfully led his company out of the 2008 recession and sees his organization moving back toward sustainable growth — … [More]
Women Rocking Business
Women are rocking the world of business and changing the face of commerce. Over the last 15 years, women have stepped into entrepreneurship in significantly greater numbers than men, but we’re also failing at those businesses even faster than men. This book is going to change that. Women Rocking Business provides a revolutionary approach to building a business that honors … [More]
High-Stakes Leadership
What makes some leaders so effective when the stakes are high, while others fall short? Why are some able to not only survive but to lead their organizations to new heights even in risky, fast-changing times? The answer is succinct but multi-layered: Such leaders display courage, judgment and fortitude. High-stakes leadership does not require unnatural powers, nor is it … [More]
My 10 Strategies for Integrative Coaching
This book provides a series of innovative concepts and practical tools for those involved in helping relationships, as they help others develop and transform. It provides five operational strategies that answer the questions “What should I do?” and “How should I do it?” It then offers four strategies to help a person build his own identity. Finally, it describes a … [More]
The Strategic Analysis Cycle Hand Book
This is an authoritative and practical guide to collecting, analyzing and managing data, to enable managers and companies to develop successful business strategies. Data has become a dominant factor in today’s business environment. This book, written by a leading practitioner, explains the underpinning nature of data for a company’s business strategy. The book begins with data … [More]
The Lost Art of Closing
For decades, sales managers, coaches and authors talked about closing as the most essential, most difficult phase of selling. They invented pushy tricks for the final ask, from the “take delivery” close to the “now or never” close. But these tactics often alienated customers, leading to fads for the “soft” close or even abandoning the idea of closing altogether. It sounded … [More]
Uncommon Sense
It’s time to dispense with the common nonsense of dusty old selling imperatives (like elevator pitches, unique value propositions, and “always be closing”). One must stop thinking like a seller and start thinking like one’s customers and prospects. Uncommon Sense provides a toolkit of practical strategies and tactics that will improve one’s access to prospects, enrich … [More]
One Small Yes
It’s the small decisions that lead to big results. People were born to live a life of significance. But busyness and fear of failure can overwhelm and get in the way. One Small Yes was written for people who want to make an impact but are not sure where to start. It is for all those who have ever wondered, “What am I here for? What is my calling? Can I follow my calling without … [More]
Boomers 3.0
Capitalizing on what is arguably the most important social phenomenon of our time and place — the aging of America — this book shows organizations how to market specifically to baby boomers in their third act of life. Samuel identifies the 10 core values of the older middle class (cognitively healthy baby boomers age 52–80) that guide their attitudes and behavior and serve as … [More]
Leading a Family Business
Based on insights from executives across the globe, this planning guide captures the unique challenges faced by leaders of a family business and presents an approach to help these operations survive and thrive across generations. The book includes insights from leaders of family businesses from all over the world and describes important characteristics for leading family and … [More]
Change the Way You Change!
Great leaders of change positively impact business performance by fundamentally working differently from most leaders in three ways. First, they change how they think and talk about change. Second, they change their approach to change by engaging both individuals and the organization. And third, they elevate what they do as a leader and the roles they play. In Change the Way … [More]
The Leadership Mind Switch
The Leadership Mind Switch provides the critical lessons needed to lead a company in a fully globalized business world where radical technologies reign supreme. Debra Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford have helped some of today’s most top executives successfully position themselves and their companies for the future. Now, in this groundbreaking leadership guide, they share their … [More]
