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Neverboss: Great Leadership by Letting Go

by Laura Shanae Crenshaw

An energetic speaker paced on stage.

"We're hardwired for ape-like, power-grabbing social patterns," she continued, "because it worked. In the Dark Ages when information moved slowly, traditional leadership SAVED us. You could either follow the strongest and smartest, or you died. Problem is, workers aren't ignorant any more. They want to use their brains."

A leadership coach makes a bet with a billionaire: She'll take a failing ... more

Chew On This!

by Benjamin L. Vidmar

Thinking of starting up your own business? You need to read this book first! Starting a business can be filled with unexpected pitfalls—one author seeks to offer advice for any fledging entrepreneur. When author Benjamin L. Vidmar wanted to start up a permaculture business near the North Pole, he was met with assurances that he was going to fail. After all, he was attempting the impossible. Or was he? His business boomed until COVID-19. Now he’s here to share the 10 steps he used to do the... more

Strategic Creativity

by Robin Landa

The secret weapon for business experts to ensure strategically creative results, this is an indispensable field guide to evaluating creative advertising, branding, and design ideas and solutions, and to working with creatives. Strategic Creativity is a fundamental resource that enables business professionals to stand out amongst their colleagues and enhance their ability to communicate the creative "why" throughout their organizations, and it covers what every business expert should fully com... more

Good Listen: Creating Memorable Conversations In Business And Life

by Joe Pardavila

They say talk is cheap—but podcasting is currently a billion-dollar business. Now Joe Pardavila reveals how you can create the kind of conversations that draw both audiences and applause. Drawing on his many years as a radio host on a top-rated radio show in the New York City area, Joe shares a bevy of illuminating anecdotes featuring such superstars as Taylor Swift,Russell Crowe, Jennifer Aniston, John Mayer, and Chris Martin that demonstrate how the right communication skills can create ma... more

Don't Feed the Elephants!: Overcoming the Art of Avoidance to Build Powerful Partnerships

by Sarah Noll Wilson

You see the giant footprints the moment you walk through the door. The conference room is a swirling mess of tension, heaviness, anxiety, and peanut shells. Something is very wrong with your team. Everybody knows it, but nobody is talking about it. It’s obvious there’s an elephant in the room. Is it an Avoidephant, feeding off the fears of retaliation and exclusion? Perhaps it’s a Blamephant—whom we love to feed because it makes us feel better about ourselves. Or is it one of the other five t... more

Author's Guide to SuperComputer Translation

by Greg Mills

I investigated the human language translation industry. It is a very tough racket, best avoided at all cost. Then I discovered breakthrough technological solutions. Using SuperComputers to translate books and avoid poor translations is now possible. Previously troublesome translation errors can now be virtually eliminated. We cross-check translations, ordering a translation back to English from a second SuperComputer. You can now compare original manuscripts with test files. That is all explaine... more

Sell More With A Right-Brain Marketing Strategy

by James I. Bond

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"This book is terrific. I could hardly put the book down after I started reading it." - Joe Wisinski for Readers’ Favorite

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The Ultimate Guide to Successful Job Interviewing

by M. L. Miller

Discover the Skills and Techniques that lead to a more Successful Job Interview The strategies in this book were compiled by the author, successful Headhunter, M.L. Miller, from his series of experiences working for hundreds of client companies from Fortune 100 large companies to startups, conducting over twenty thousand job interviews, receiving hiring manager feedback from thousands more, training interviewers, and designing interviewing processes. There are interview tips out there that w... more

52 Ways to Spend Less: Manage Your Money to Get Out of Debt, Save for Retirement, and Fulfill Your Financial Dreams

by April Benson-Scearce

Whether you want to retire early, get out of debt, take the trip of your dreams, or start a charity, 52 Ways to Spend Less can help you cut back on wasteful spending to better direct your money toward what matters to you. The book offers fifty-two strategies for spending less. All fifty-two aim to teach a few key personal finance principles. Peruse the book, internalize these principles, and then apply the methods that most relate to you. Or make a New Year's resolution and devote a week ... more

Achieving the Dream of Homeownership Early in Your Life - A Step by Step Guide to Buying a House

by Sylvia Black

This book will guide you step-by-step from deciding if homeownership is right for you until you get the keys and move into your new home and the steps in between. I also include Section 8 Homeownership. If you want details about purchasing a home with your section 8 Homeownership Voucher, please purchase “Affordable Homes and Apartments Presents Buy a Home With Your Section 8 Homeownership Voucher” If you want more information about grants, subsidy grants, down payment and closing cost assis... more

The Book Marketing Handbook for Non-Marketers

by Rebecca Clark

This book is for new authors who want to market their book without spending a lot of money. It provides tips and tricks on how to market your book without any prior experience.

Broken to Better

by Michael Kurland

Being a business owner is not for the faint of heart. It takes a firm resolve, the ability to persevere and pivot during challenging times, the humility to admit mistakes, and empathy for the people around you. Understanding who you are is critical to that journey. In Broken to Better, Michael Kurland candidly shares every step of his own entrepreneurial odyssey—selling everything he owned, driving across the country to launch his new business, and ultimately building a purpose-driven culture... more

FasTrack Export

by W Gary Winget

This book is for CEOs and marketing managers interested in pursuing a proven strategy for export and global expansion. The book provides a step-by-step trade for maximizing a company's success in global markets by streamlining the export and global expansion process and expoentiallly growing sales and profits while reducing overall costs. The book guides a company through the natural flow of the export and global expansion process from starting up the program through targeting markets, export ... more

The Business of Ambiguity

by Debbie Sutherland

Have you ever been faced with a puzzling pattern of events, been stuck in a confusing situation, or felt trapped by your own routine thinking patterns? Or have you wondered about how you think and make decisions during messy and unexpected situations? In The Business of Ambiguity, Dr. Debbie Sutherland guides you to implement five key thinking and behavior strategies to explore business uncertainties and build an ambiguity mindset—the cognitive and behavioral capacity to untangle and understa... more

The 6 Disciplines of Leadership: How to Run Your Company like a Tight Ship

by Hessel Kaastra

The 6 Disciplines of Leadership – How to run your company like a tight ship is intended for anyone starting out in general management, or aspiring to become a CEO someday. This book is a tutorial to help leaders to quickly frame complex problems. It will increase your business acumen and provide practical advice on how to handle common CEO challenges. All concepts are illustrated with real-life examples from companies such as Blackberry, IKEA, Adyen, Aetna, IBM and Just Eat Takeaway.com. Through... more

Remote, Not Distant

by Gustavo Razzetti

The workplace is changing. Will you adapt or fall behind? While most companies have struggled to keep their culture alive remotely since the pandemic, some are successfully riding the waves of the future. To the outside observer, it seems like they were lucky. In reality, building a workplace culture strong enough to thrive at a distance doesn't happen by chance but by design. In this practical, meticulously researched book, top culture thought leader Gustavo Razzetti provides a roadmap to... more

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