Change is a necessary, though sometimes challenging, part of staying relevant, being engaged and seeking ways to flourish in one’s life. Coaching helps individuals develop coherent strategies for their life and work and to tap into their strengths and inspiration. Many people find themselves having to shift or transform their limiting belief systems or habits of mind and … [More]
Becoming Hewlett Packard
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard invented the model of the Silicon Valley startup and set in motion a process of corporate becoming that made it possible for HP to transform itself six times over the 77 years since its founding in the face of sweeping technological changes that felled most of its competitors over the years. Today, HP is in the throes of a seventh transformation to … [More]
Brand Desire
If companies can create true desirability for their brands, customers will not only express preference and loyalty, they also show a willingness to act as brand champions, participate in online communities, co-create innovative ideas, and show the sort of commitment that is normally associated with fervent employees. Brands need to nurture it by offering both security and … [More]
Tools of Titans
Nearly two hundred world-class performers have been interviewed for the podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, over the past two years. Guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of the guests, it’s the first … [More]
The Mosaic Principle
We’ve been pushed into self-defining cocoons from which it is difficult to break out, and we lack the coping skills for succeeding in an ever-changing, more complex, and diverse world. Nick Lovegrove conveys both a compelling vision and a pragmatic path out of this contemporary trap. Through vivid portraits of those who get it right, such as Paul Farmer, the physician whose … [More]
Spark
Most startups fail for these key reasons: The entrepreneur started business without a clear sense of purpose or poor management or a lack of understanding the customer. David Hilton will enable readers to see their business from a higher perspective — a perspective that shows them where they are in the journey of building their company, and that the challenges are not … [More]
The Dream Chaser
The Dream Chaser shows readers how to step out of the day-to-day grind and start creating the life they want. It’s possible to have both, and this book shows how to get there. The key is in following one’s passion and purpose. Everyone has a natural-born talent — whether they know it or not — that can make the world a better place. Each has a unique story and vision that can … [More]
Commonsense Leadership
From rallying the team to hitting it out of the park, every leader needs to understand the mental game. It’s what separates winners from survivors, and champions from second place — it’s what gives one’s team the edge, and the strength to forge ahead through adversity. This book shows how to boost performance with tips and advice gathered over 45 years of working with major … [More]
High-Growth Levers
Mark Faust’s strategies show how even businesses in the most dire of times still have a set of responsibilities, a path and processes they can follow that will optimize their chance of turnaround and long-term success. Leading corporate strategist Faust proves that a business can see positive growth with the application of action plans like assessing pressures and trends and … [More]
Lead Like a Guide
Discover the leadership strengths of world-class mountain guides and see how developing and applying these principles can help one reach for the highest summits in work — and in life. Maxwell teaches key leadership lessons gained from a decade spent traveling with world-class mountain guides and more than 200 top business school participants. He shares insights drawn from … [More]
5% More
5% More presents a painless route to change, with results that can last a lifetime. Whether the goal is to boost health, wealth or wisdom, this book reveals a key technique that makes it stick. Breaking big goals into small chunks makes them easier to achieve, but the trick is in making those chunks large enough to be productive yet small enough to be sustainable. This book … [More]
Scrappy
Paying one’s dues and plugging away may gain a person enough experience through “the school of hard knocks” to be successful. But for those who want to reach their goals faster, earn more, beat the odds — and do it with class and style — it’s time to get scrappy. Scrappy people see big problems and come up with big solutions. Or they see ordinary challenges and find a new path … [More]
Navigating the Talent Shift
By 2020, 40 percent of the workforce won’t want to be someone’s employee. That means managers and executives have to forget the old recruit-and-search-for-months methods to acquire talent and revise their perception that “talent” is only full-time employees. The good news is that this talent allows businesses to achieve the biggest impact on projects in the fastest time … [More]
Predictable Prospecting
If an organization’s success is driven by B2B sales, its sales force need to be expert prospectors to successfully target, qualify and close business opportunities. This game-changing guide provides the immediately implementable strategies needed to build a solid, sustainable pipeline — aimed at sales and marketing executives, team leaders, and sales representatives. It teaches … [More]
Reflections on Progress
This is a thought-provoking series of essays written for Project Syndicate from 2011 to 2015. The essays are organized into three sections: global economic interdependence, inequality and the political economy of reform, and the specific challenge of Europe. The common theme is the need for growth-oriented and socially inclusive policymaking in an interdependent world. These … [More]
Value as a Service
Across a host of industries, we will move to a model that Bernshteyn calls value as a service. It is already common knowledge that many traditional-products companies are converting the delivery of their offerings to the as-a-service model. With the completion of this transition assumed, the coming disruption will focus less on the delivery model and more on the value … [More]
Growing Jobs
This book provides concrete examples and practical guidelines for addressing the most serious economic challenge facing the United States and every community in the nation: growing good jobs and enabling people to function effectively in these occupations. It lays out a methodology that enables each community to find its unique path toward the common vision of an economy that … [More]
Empire of the Fund
This book is an exposé and examination of the way we save now. With the rise of the 401(k) and demise of the pension, the United States has embarked upon the richest and riskiest experiment in our financial history. Over the next 20 years, nearly 80 million baby boomers will retire at a pace of 10,000 per day. The hypothesis of our experiment is that millions of ordinary, … [More]
