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THE BECOMING OF WHO DR. ANNABELLE IS TODAY

When the most unimaginable tragedy occurred in her life, it was as though Dr. Annabelle had prepared for this very moment all along. Having her son Macario, and being told that the removal of 40% of his brain at five weeks old would greatly inhibit developmental processes both physically and mentally became the defining turn in Dr. Annabelle and her family’s lives.

Macario’s brain loss and Dr. Annabelle’s quick response became an awakening moment for Dr. Annabelle. This story of finding cannabis and taking risks to replace the medications that were initially given to him is compelling and inspirational. Dr. Annabelle, although a risk taker, believed that her training as a scientist prepared her for this moment. This book is the foundation for Dr. Annabelle’s outside-the-box mentality, where she travels globally working to bridge the gap between natural alternatives, science, and the eventual implementation into medicine. She speaks to advocate for cannabis but not without the willingness to provide scientific rigor. Dr. Annabelle believes she was born into taking life’s challenges and overcoming them with grace and unrelenting courage. Follow her journey as she educates worldwide, leads scientific initiatives, and most importantly, mothers five talented children. As Dr. Annabelle would say, this is bigger than cannabis.

MARKETING TEAMS ARE THE CREATIVE HEARTS OF ORGANIZATIONS.
We bring products to life and connect them to living, breathing customers. Without us, our companies would crash and burn. And yet it often seems we don’t get the respect—or the budgets—we deserve.
Where is the love?
The reason our companies don’t love us is that they see us as cost centers rather than revenue centers. So how do we change that perception (and that reality)? How do we become provable, dependable sources of revenue? By changing our relationship with our customers. By turning them into raving advocates and long-term clients.
We need to stop viewing customers through the lens of the traditional sales funnel. F the Funnel offers us a new model for thinking about the entire customer acquisition cycle—the Loop—which focuses on building relationships of trust rather than closing sales in a one-off way.

Dare to dream

Creating a website and digitizing processes may have seemed cutting edge at one time; but technologies have continued to advance, and retailers must keep up. Gerard Szatvanyi, an entrepreneur and founder of OSF Digital, a leading Salesforce partner, knows firsthand what it takes to remain on top (and not become obsolete) in today’s connected retail world. Global brands and companies of all sizes have turned to him, time and again, to help them through their own digital transformation journeys. Thanks to the expertise of Szatvanyi and his team, these retailers have been able to avoid the red. Better yet, they have built systems that support customer interactions and enable an integrated, experience-driven path forward.

What does it take to digitally transform? Szatvanyi is aware of the obstacles, and he doesn’t shy away from tough topics in the retail space, including the challenges surrounding stores and misunderstandings about remote work. Rather, in an approachable “around the fireplace” style, he extends his hand and invites readers to sit back with him and dream. After all, with the technologies available today, the possibilities are nearly endless. Szatvanyi points out that the starting line is not a budget review or the development of a to-do list. Rather, it’s a thinking exercise; a conversation, if you will, about what could be.

In his pragmatic way, Szatvanyi turns the complicated topic of digital transformation into easy-to-digest segments. What other strategy allows you to play video games for a few hours and try on headsets? Yet that’s exactly what Szatvanyi advises. Doing so can help readers understand the potential of these technologies. After engaging in up-and-coming channels, it’s often easier to imagine ways to use them to interact with customers. With personal examples and case studies sprinkled throughout, readers shift from thinking about new ways to live and work to seeing them in action.

Szatvanyi lays out:

• What digital transformation is

• How to be customer-centric

• Ways to create mobile experiences

• The purpose of on-the-ground stores

• How to engage in video

• Guidelines to give employees meaningful tasks

• Ways to reimagine remote work

• What to know about headless commerce

• How to target a niche market

• Why building a community matters

• How to capture data the right way

• Best practices for setting up teams and systems

After presenting concepts, Szatvanyi shares practical guidelines to weigh the costs and benefits of new implementations. The book maintains a focus on revenue generation and improved profit margins. In every chapter, Szatvanyi lists questions to help readers re-think their current practices and re-imagine their business. These takeaways make it easy for organizations, regardless of their available resources or budgets, to take steps forward. Readers will be inspired to start their own digital transformation journeys and lead their brands toward a bright, profitable future.

When the world was flipped on its head in early 2020, Medix went into crisis mode with everyone else. Business came to a halt. Clients and competitors alike were shutting their doors at record pace. Major cities were turning to ghost towns and the idea of normal life as we knew it was being questioned.

As COVID-19 attempted to pull Medix into the depths, the leadership team struggled. They sought new and innovative ways to keep revenue coming in the door and employee paychecks clearing. They swam hard to the surface as COVID-19 continued to pull.

And that’s when they were thrown a life raft: their team. The members of the organization — the Medix Ohana — stepped up in such a way that it saved the company. The team not only saved the company, but they managed to grow sales at a time when others in the industry were locking their doors for good.

HOW DID THEY DO IT?
AND WHY?
COMPANY CULTURE.

Looking for a clear, concise guide to secure a prosperous retirement? Here it is! The Four-Minute Retirement Plan revolutionizes the way we approach retirement planning―making it accessible, straightforward, and efficient.

This invaluable guide is rooted in a profound idea: retirement planning doesn't need to be intricate or time-consuming. Designed for the modern individual, from bustling young professionals to those on the brink of their retirement years, this book delivers a promise―efficacy in brevity.

Here's a snapshot of what the book will teach you:

• Savings Simplified: Understand the foundations of savings and discover creative ways to save money without sacrificing your current lifestyle.

• Investment Insights: Dive into the world of investments and learn valuable shortcuts you can use to actively manage your own portfolio, or hire the right professional to do it for you.

• Lifestyle Lessons: Retirement is more than just numbers! Learn how to build a budget and emotionally prepare for new phases in your life, ensuring a journey that's as fulfilling as it is financially secure.

• Legacy Lessons: Learn best practices for dealing with common estate planning issues and how to find the right philanthropic causes to donate your time and treasure to.
  Leveraging expert advice, actionable insights, and digestible wisdom, The Four-Minute Retirement Plan paves a direct path for those eager to embark on a retirement journey that is both prosperous and purposeful. Whether you're just starting out in your career or closer to the end, this guide can be a trusty compass that helps you get ahead and stay on track.

In a world where time is the most valuable currency, invest yours wisely. Four minutes is all it takes to redefine your financial future and lay the groundwork for the retirement you've always envisioned. Discover the magic of strategic, simplified planning. Your future self will thank you!

SCALING YOUR BUSINESS IS ALL ABOUT MINDSET AND CREATING A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR THE CUSTOMER. WHAT KIND OF MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE? WELL, THAT’S UP TO YOU.

Tony DiSilvestro is the master at experience creation. He’s scaled dozens of businesses and shares everything you need to know about how to do the same. In The Business Scaling Blueprint, DiSilvestro walks you through exactly how to apply these principles to your own business. He is the founder of over thirty-one businesses including Ynot Italian, Ynot Build and Design, Ynot Wind and Solar, and Employee Launch. Tony speaks on stages across the world and mentors fellow entrepreneurs and CEOs. This book is the culmination of everything he’s learned so far, and he’s just getting started. If you’re interested in creating a loyal brand, experiences your customers love, scaling your business, and reaching your biggest goals, you’ve picked up the right book.

With increased demand for hybrid and fully remote work styles, most firms understand that some form of distance work is here to stay - and have put some remote protocols in place. But are they the right ones? Do they reflect best practices when it comes to the hiring, training, and onboarding of new remote hires? Are policies and workflows in place that enable remote workers to be as productive as possible? Does management know how to keep remote teams engaged while keeping an eye out for burnout and other wellness issues?

Often, the answer is “we’re not quite there yet.” Many companies either see the shift to remote work as a threat to their culture and management style, or they just don’t know how to make the transition.

It’s time to take advantage of the many opportunities remote work presents. Stop saying “we’re not there yet,” and start saying “we’ve arrived!” This book will show you how.

It’s time to lead extraordinary change!

Transformation is hard. And most efforts fail. After thirty-five years of leading transformation efforts with multiple organizations and teams, Mamie Jones has developed a proven playbook for anyone who wants to drive dramatic change and produce extraordinary results. It’s time to take your organization or team to the next level through learning how to:

• Adjust your own mindset and approach to leadership so you can transform the mindset of others.
• Discover the simple, necessary ingredients that propel an organization or team into transformation and know whether your organization is ready for it.
• Create the right environment for change and discover the skill of active listening, nurturing it in others and changing your work culture.
• Capture the hearts and minds of your people in practical ways and bring the “burning platform” to life.
• Move your transformation into high gear in a way that inspires, excites and emboldens your team.
• Inspire your team to work in a way they never dreamed possible and commit to stay the course.
• Develop a transformation culture so your organization and your team are always moving forward.

Lead Extraordinary Change: The Proven Playbook for Driving Successful Organizational Transformation is a book you will come back to again and again, gleaning new insights and implementing each step. Most transformation efforts fail–but yours doesn’t have to!

Diversification Works
Many investors share a short-term outlook, narrowing their focus so much that they miss the long game being strategically implemented by the uber-wealthy and institutions. While you’ve not been doing anything wrong by using just stocks and bonds, what if you could now obtain wiser investment strategies?
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket when building your portfolio. In Wiser Investing: Diversify Your Portfolio Beyond Stocks and Bonds, Benjamin C. Halliburton will teach you strategies that can help you build and protect your wealth, produce extra income, and help you secure your future. You’ll learn that even though investors may be playing a great game with only stocks and bonds, their hand is only utilizing a portion of the available cards in the investment deck. No one wants to be worrying about their investments and wondering if they will have enough capital and income to take care of themselves and their families. This book explores a way to potentially improve your portfolio and become a wiser investor.

In Go Together, workplace positivity expert Shola Richards suggests replacing divisiveness and incivility with a commitment to living, working, and leading together to positively change the world. Go Together begins with the story of an impactful keynote speech Richards gave at a conference on workplace civility and a powerful concept: Ubuntu. A transcendent African philosophy, Ubuntu represent the power of human connectedness, compassion, kindness, and togetherness. It was the central theme of his speech on that day, and it also serves as the central theme of this book. He hopes that it becomes a rallying cry on his journey. Among the subjects that Richards covers are developing empathy through curiosity; the beliefs that destroy connection (and what to do about them); the eight keys to Ubuntu at work; four ways you can cultivate more warmth as a leader; resilience and digging deep to keep moving forward; standing up to bigotry, hate, and intolerance; and more. Richards writes, “The only thing that is required of us to stop the recurring pattern of the painful lessons of the past is to commit to go together from this point forward.”

TURNING THE SHIP AROUND
Joe Ferreira specializes in spectacular turnarounds. However, none of Joe’s hard-won personal or professional successes prepared him for becoming the CEO of an organization the same week it was threatened with imminent dissolution by the United States government. Faced with a toxic legacy culture and the worst performance metrics in his industry, Joe drew upon his most momentous personal and professional life experiences—almost failing out of high school, captaining a boat through the treacherous currents of the Bermuda Triangle, letting go of micromanagement tendencies by delegating critical medical procedures—to keep a lifesaving enterprise from losing its federal certification.
A management memoir, the story of Uncomfortable Inclusion will intrigue, infuriate, and inspire leaders who are eager to turn their organizations into world leaders. As the title suggests, the book’s most engaging and enlightening takeaway is Joe’s ultimate commitment to uncomfortable inclusion, a management practice he proves is the single most important factor for success. Joe’s trials, tribulations, and ultimately sustainable triumphs as part of the journey of transforming a company from terrible to trailblazing offers encouragement to leaders on how to best invest in their company to achieve great results.

“Achieving a world where women everywhere can fulfill their potential is the great unfinished work of today and the very work we must do to make progress. Lois Quam shows how we can build the future we envision for us all by supporting women and girls around the world.”— Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th US Secretary of State

As the world struggles against escalating crisis and conflict, there's a transformative force waiting to be unlocked—the unparalleled potential of women and girls. In Who Runs the World?, author Lois Quam imagines a world where the brilliance and capabilities of women are not just recognized, but mobilized to create a brighter future for us all.

Who Runs the World? explores what happens when we unlock the immense potential of women and girls globally—by recognizing that reproductive health and rights is at the heart of women’s empowerment. Only by effectively addressing reproductive health can we unlock the untapped power of women and girls, giving global efforts the best shot at combatting major threats to survival on Earth.

Quam is CEO of Pathfinder, a global health and development nonprofit that puts decisions about women’s bodies and futures in their own hands. Her book draws on the stories of Pathfinder leaders in Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East, showcasing the organization’s revolutionary work to unlock the immense talent of the world’s women, and the obstacles that still stand in the way. Their stories paint a vivid picture of the significant impact that women and girls can have when they drive change in areas such as healthcare, agriculture, climate resilience, and economic development.

Women's empowerment isn't just an idea—it’s the key to global transformation. Who Runs the World? is a call to action for everyone who has experienced for themselves what it means to be able to choose whether and when to have children – and to be able to do it safely, with high quality health care. It is a roadmap for creating a world where everyone is free to make informed decisions about their lives and how this is the surest path to creating a better future for us all.

When was the last time you pushed yourself beyond your comfort zone and dared to fail?

In Disruptable, Allan Young shows you how embracing your different, getting outside your comfort zone, observing the impossible, daring to fail, and taking purposeful action will set you on a path of intentional personal disruption that will change your world forever. If you are ready to face your fears and embrace your failures, you can also enjoy the freedom of limitless growth. Join Allan on his journey of intentional disruption that has led him from a five-year-old entrepreneur to founder and owner of an Inc. 500 company and multiple start-ups that have generated over $500 million in sales.

Introducing The Big Money Squeeze: Adventures in Fourth Grade Money Making, a one-of-a-kind book that will captivate and inspire parents, teachers, and kids alike. Join Rymer, Ash, Nia, and Ollie, a group of regular kids with extraordinary ideas, as they embark on an exhilarating journey of money-making in their fourth-grade world. With a goal to complete their LEGO treehouse by adding the ultimate hangout spot—a big TV and gaming system—they set out to conquer financial challenges and turn their dreams into reality.

Takeaways from this captivating tale:

• Entrepreneurial Thinking: Dive into the world of entrepreneurship as Rymer and his friends navigate the highs and lows of starting a business, emphasizing the importance of creativity, resilience, and teamwork.
• Budgeting Basics: Learn the fundamentals of creating a budget and setting financial goals, empowering young readers to make informed decisions about their money.
• Overcoming Obstacles: Witness the characters' determination as they face setbacks and failures, showcasing the invaluable life lesson of perseverance in the face of challenges.
• Building Better Businesses: Discover the secrets to crafting a successful enterprise as the children gain insight into crucial business principles, igniting the entrepreneurial spirit within young minds.
• Financial Empowerment: Challenge the notion that money matters are solely for adults, and empower children to explore the world of finances at any age, opening their eyes to the possibilities of wealth creation.

The Big Money Squeeze is the perfect resource for elementary school teachers to engage their students in a thrilling narrative while imparting invaluable lessons about money, business, and the limitless potential of young minds. With its relatable characters and actionable takeaways, this book will inspire the next generation of budding entrepreneurs to dream big, work hard, and embrace their financial aspirations.

LEARN HOW THE MODERN INSURANCE INDUSTRY FUNCTIONS AND DYSFUNCTIONS
With Pay Up!, attorney Chip Merlin exposes the bad faith practices of insurance companies that take advantage of their own customers.
The claims process has become so automated that legitimate claims are denied without ever being seen by human eyes. Exceptions and exclusions are buried within small print that can bury your claim. Many claims departments operate under a culture of paranoia in which legitimate claims are denied, sometimes accidentally, sometimes not. Cost-cutting measures birth “self-serve” policies that force the policyholder to do the insurer’s job. Insurance lobbyists are so enmeshed in the political process that it can be hard to know whose side industry regulators are on.
Commercial and individual policyholders pay premiums with the understanding that insurers will pay claims fairly, fully, and promptly. It’s time for the insurance industry to Pay Up!

IS YOUR FAMILY VALUE AT RISK?
When we hear the word “wealth,” many of us think about money. But wealth is about so much more than that. All of the aspects of your life that matter most to you—your family, your legacy, your community, the causes you care deeply about—contribute to your wealth and the richness of your life. Together, they compose your family value. If you’re only managing your family’s money, however, your family value is at risk.
That key concept is at the basis of coauthors and wealth advisors JR Gondeck and Vanessa Martinez’s approach. Rooted in the knowledge that there is way more to wealth beyond one’s ROI, JR and Vanessa work with families to ensure their financial plans reflect and protect their family value.

Their strategy is not only holistic; it’s also inclusive. At their firm, The Lerner Group, advisors prioritize the perspectives and needs of all family members, including matriarchs—individuals who are often overlooked by more traditional advisors. As a result, they are able to help families maintain their overall wealth—and their value—for generations to come. In Family Value at Risk, they share critical insights on the risks and rewards of wealth planning. From the pitfalls of typical advising to the crucial conversations necessary to ensure your plans reflect your wishes, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned about their financial future.

KEVIN G. ARMSTRONG – THE MIRACLE MANAGER
Manage A Team That Will Follow You Anywhere!
In The Miracle Manager, Kevin G. Armstrong argues that placing true leaders in management positions has become an epidemic that is destroying businesses.
Armstrong—a successful speaker, business owner, advisor and best-selling author—knows first-hand the consequences of mistaking great leadership for effective management. With knowledge gained from 20-plus years of exclusively advising CEOs, business owners and their management teams, the author presents a revolutionary approach to organizational management.
Utilizing professional researchers and actual case studies of great leaders and coaches of the past, Armstrong illustrates why being a stellar player rarely equates to being a great coach – why businesses have to start rewarding and recognizing their leaders, and valuing the special talents of their managers.
“Throughout history, many influential people have earned the title of leader,” says Armstrong. “Leaders look to the future, oblivious to who or how many are following. Being an effective manager requires you to efficiently and effectively work through others — to be what I call a ‘manacoach.’”
Armstrong shares his proven strategies for implementing management techniques based on revolutionary concepts to create scalable and sustainable cultures of accountability.
For business owners and their management teams, The Miracle Manager is your guide to aligning people with your company culture and creating a healthy environment through accountability where politics cannot survive.

After ten years since his last best-selling book, Dan Lok, founder of Closers.com is finally unveiling his new book!

In Unlock It, you'll find the strategies and methods Dan used personally to go from being a poor immigrant boy with $150,000 debt to becoming a global social phenomenon and the leader of the largest virtual closing organization in the world.

If you are struggling financially, you'll learn how to develop skills not taught in schools that will increase your income and Financial Confidence.

If you are building or leading an organization, you'll get an inside look at how Dan Lok strategically scaled his organization through a combination of digital media and Social Capital, High-Ticket Closers and an unbeatable team culture.

Wherever you are, Unlock It will show you how to find your own way to achieving wealth, success and significance.

It’s Time to Adapt for the New Era of Business

In March of 2020, most of the world—along with our politicians—panicked. When presented with an unfamiliar threat in the form of the novel coronavirus, life as we knew it shut down. Without having a plan, we responded in a panic, with no understanding of the true risk to our health or our economy. Our collective reaction to the virus points to one crucial factor: We as a society do not question what we are told—potentially to our own detriment.

This book is not about pointing fingers and laying blame. It is about building an inquisitive spirit and forming our own opinions through critical thinking. It is about considering how to achieve success in a new way going forward.

In Iconoclasm: A Survival Guide for the Post-Pandemic Economy, author and iconoclast Tony Zorc outlines the strategies and insights of iconoclasm and how to not only survive but thrive in the post-pandemic economy.

Iconoclasm is about unlocking doors that seem to be shut—and ushering everyone through them. In these pages as you learn about the methodology of the iconoclast, you’ll discover the key to unlocking success in the current and post-pandemic panic economy, professionally and personally.

Bridge The Gap Between Entrepreneurship And Social Activism
We all long to live in a better world. Whether it be a world without hunger or poverty or a world with better access to healthcare and clean drinking water, we are in dire need of positive social changes.
Dr. Rob Douk, founder of Douk & Co., has made it his life mission to make a difference—and to help others do the same. As a therapist turned socialpreneuer, Douk has paved the way for companies with a strong social purpose to grow their business as they improve the world.
The Fearless Socialpreneur outlines a series of five foundations and five principles that generate success for “socialpreneurs,” those who launch innovative enterprises that achieve both financial returns and social benefits. Ranging from faith to family to passion and planning, the foundations and principles work hand in hand to elevate the status of any socially conscious company. It is Douk’s belief that good people working together can overcome any challenge to make a profound difference.

Live Your Best Day Ever
Success is something everyone wants, yet it often feels elusive. How do you get it? And once you get it, how do you stay at the top?
This book is a practical guide for achieving what you want in life—and doing it in a way that doesn’t burn you out, break your integrity, or steal from your personal and family time. The secret is living a habit-based lifestyle coupled with a shift in mind-set. Broken down into bite-sized, achievable pieces, it’s easier than it sounds. Deliberately designed to be part factual information, part personal-application guide, and part inspiration for further thought, Best Day Ever is divided into thirty-five easy-to-digest chapters that will tell you how to use your power and resources more effectively.
Author Anne-Marie Faiola has been in the trenches, launching and bootstrapping a multimillion-dollar business while also raising a family and being an active community member. Her experience has allowed her to systemize a style and philosophy of working, living, and thinking that empowers her success. In this book, she’s sharing everything she’s learned, so you can pick and choose strategies to boost you to a higher level—or even set you on an entirely new and exciting trajectory. Stop relying on luck. Plan for success. Choose to be happy!

WHEN YOU START WITH LOVE, YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING
In From GED to Harvard Then Inc. 500, be prepared to fall not just for a city but for a couple who firmly believe that the most wildly successful businesses don’t start with a sale or even a product … they start with a desire to engage with others.
When they bought a run-down little market in 1982, the Wolfes didn’t even consider the idea of failing. At seventeen and nineteen years old, Jane and Scott knew that if they were going to succeed, they needed to put their whole heart into their business. And it worked. The Wolfes found that success isn’t as much about what you sell—it’s about the feelings that your team members project and your customers walk away with. In short, it’s about love.
From GED to Harvard Then Inc. 500 walks with the Wolfes through their journey from the early years of Wagner’s Meat, its growth and utter destruction by Hurricane Katrina, their astonishing rebuilding, and the realization of running a New Orleans icon that has a little bit of everything ... and a whole lot of community engagement.

The Unbeatable CEO offers a transformative approach to leadership, aiming to break the common thread of executive burnout and loneliness at the top. Authored by Clark Vitulli, a seasoned leader with over fifty years of business experience, this book guides exhausted entrepreneurs and executives looking to redefine their approach to leadership.

Unfortunately, today, executive burnout is an all-too-common problem, but it doesn’t have to be accepted. The key to long-term success lies in time-tested strategies and tools that prioritize people over profit, invest in relationships, and foster an atmosphere of trust within the organization.

On the journey, you will learn how to:

• Break through the feeling of being stuck, and identify the systems and mindsets that landed you there in the first place.
• Make the necessary changes in day-to-day operations and thinking, preparing leaders for sustained growth and success.
• Explore the mindsets and systems crucial for a successful career and creating a lasting legacy.

With a blend of personal anecdotes, proven strategies, and practical lessons, The Unbeatable CEO revitalizes leadership styles, fortifies business foundations, and guides leaders toward enduring success. Clark emphasizes people-centric leadership, creating opportunities for teams to find fulfillment in both personal and professional spheres. Whether you're a CEO navigating the challenges of leadership or an aspiring executive seeking a fresh perspective, this book provides the understanding and tools necessary to lead well and grow a thriving business.

The road to success is rarely linear and never easy. Despite countless setbacks, Jim Ovia, founder of Zenith Bank, was able to achieve the unthinkable. Africa Rise and Shine is the story of Ovia’s business and banking success and how he was able to create one of Africa’s largest banks. Spanning decades of both world and Nigerian history, Africa Rise and Shine dives deep into the events that led to Ovia’s triumph. Drawing upon his educational experiences and relentless determination, Ovia was able to overcome every hurdle that stood in the way of his bank becoming the national icon that it is today. Africa Rise and Shine outlines the tough, yet necessary business decisions that were essential to Zenith’s prolonged success and is filled with valuable takeaways for every businessperson. Learn from one of the best in banking what it takes to truly be successful.

How you compensate people is one of the most important strategic decisions your company will make - but few "get it right and out of sight." Nail it and you can add hundreds of percentage points to the bottom line while driving up the energy in the organization. Make the wrong call (or piecemeal the decision together), and the results will create needless drama throughout the organization. Do any of these challenges sound familiar? • "I gave a star performer a raise, and now everyone else is marching into my office, demanding one, too." • "If anyone looked closely at our payroll, it would be hard to rationalize why we're paying certain people what we do." • "I'm tired of losing our best people to the Googles of the world because we can't match their salaries."
Compensation is one of your largest expenses, one you can turn it into a strategic advantage in attracting, retaining, and motivating talent (or not accidentally demotivating them). In this highly practical book, the authors share 5 principles for designing effective compensation systems along with plenty of examples from leading small, medium, and large firms across various industries. You'll learn: 1. The #1 mistake business leaders make in setting up their compensation plans 2. The psychological aspects of compensation underpinning successful plans 3. How individual bonuses can backfire 4. The power of gamifying gains to drive up energy and engagement 5. Whether you want to be queen/king or rich!

BUILD YOR REAL ESTATE INVESTING CAREER FROM THE GROUND UP
Ali Jamal has done it, and now he is going to show you how.
If anyone can tell you how to build your real estate investments from the ground up, it’s Ali Jamal. Ali went from earning minimum wage to owning and operating a real estate investment firm with $40 million in assets and $10 million in sales. Ali was determined to do something out-of-the-box for the hotel industry and took a page from WalMart, placing focus on volume over room rates. This bit of ingenuity has generated a unique business model that allows him to profitably serve a demographic most businesses shy away from, and in doing so he performs a service for the entire community by saving and repurposing buildings that might otherwise remain vacant.
In this book, Ali will show you the lessons he’s learned: • Employing a simple, seldom-used way to increase rental rate of return • Raising capital responsibly • Developing a team from scratch • Creating investment opportunities
Ali will also take you inside his world and show you the finer points of buying undervalued assets, as well as how to buy your first multifamily property.If you’re serious about investing in real estate and taking the next step toward success, you need this book now.

In the rapidly evolving energy sector, one electric cooperative in Texas is flipping the script on conventional wisdom. Status Quo is Not Company Policy: Empowering Innovation through Adaptive Leadership is a thought-provoking journey into the heart of an organization that dares to defy traditional industry norms.

Within these pages, readers will discover how Rayburn Electric Cooperative has transcended its humble beginnings to challenge norms in the power industry. It demonstrates the impactful fusion of adaptive leadership with a commitment to innovation. With a relentless commitment to its core values of Integrity, Respect, Excellence, and Innovation, Rayburn is challenging the energy sector's established practices and showcasing what's possible when an organization fully commits to its people and principles.

Key Takeaways:

• Innovative Leadership: Learn how a culture of questioning and a willingness to defy the status quo can lead to groundbreaking success.
• Empowered Culture: Explore the importance of nurturing a work environment where every team member feels valued and heard.
• Adaptive Strategies: Understand the strategies that help an organization pivot swiftly during crisis, exemplified by Rayburn's handling of Winter Storm Uri.
• Community Focus: See how a member-centric approach in a for-profit world can lead to sustainable growth and community benefits.
  

This book is a must-read for leaders, entrepreneurs, and anyone looking to inspire change within their organizations. Rayburn's story reveals that with the right leadership and culture, challenges can be transformed into opportunities, setting a new standard for success.

This book is your chance to join a revolution in business thinking and discover the limitless potential that awaits when you dare to do things differently. Welcome to Rayburn Country - a path of innovation, resilience, and unwavering commitment to people. It's a path that can lead your organization to extraordinary heights if you're brave enough to follow it.

Have you ever struggled with giants that stand in your way? Maybe you’re building a business but fear the uncertainty you face. You know you need to innovate, but you’re worried about the potential consequences of taking that next step. And like many leaders, you have a picture of success in your head, but you don’t know how to get to where you want to go. If this is where you are, this book is for you.

In Turning the Giant, John Berra shares his amazing life’s journey that took him from being a shy, uncertain university student to becoming the Chairman of Emerson Process Management. As someone who was voted into the Process Automation Hall of Fame, Berra writes from a place of authority and conviction. Because he has faced countless giants along his path, he knows what it takes to turn them.

Today, the challenges leaders face today are more complex than they have ever been. Giants such as technological advancement and global competition make it tough for the average business leader to survive. But it’s here that Berra’s challenge to “turn giants” is invaluable. Most giants leaders face will never be slain. They will always exist in some form. But rather than see them as a threat, great leaders realize it’s even more valuable to turn giants to their advantage.

Berra’s goal is to inspire a new generation of leaders to confront the complex challenges they face today. Yes, the technological challenges of today are different than Berra faced in the 1990s, but the principles for turning giants remain the same. Every leader faces the giants of corporate bureaucracy, self-doubt, innovation, skepticism, competition, and success. But it’s up to them to turn them.

Turning the Giant will motivate you to put your best foot forward.

Launch your ERP the right way.

The concept of an ERP system—where all of your company’s software talks with each other—is pretty amazing. But sometimes, launching one into your ecosystem can be treacherous. And why wouldn’t it be? You only update your ERP once every ten to fifteen years, so there’s often nobody at your organization that’s been through one, much less two, who could show you the way. Mistakes are bound to happen, but the benefits are manifold. How do you cross that chasm?

First, you get the experience you need, and in this case it’s through Evan Schwartz. He’s got over thirty years of experience working with ERP systems and has helped dozens of companies implement software systems that have saved them millions along the way. This book, People, Places, and Things, shows you the potential traps, tricks, and problems you might find along the path of rolling out your ERP, told through real-world stories from Evan’s decades of experience. You’ll hear about the CEO who saved $160,000 a day by stopping production of an unnecessary report and learn the arduous tale of a company that lost over $75 million because of poor planning during their rollout.

Learn how to:

• Create a vision statement for your ERP rollout
• Determine who goes on what team and why
• Trust your vendor
• Avoid potential problems before they happen

… and much more.

As you weave your way through the book, you’ll also find tips and tricks to guide you on your own path. Think of Evan as your own personal ERP sherpa who helps guide you through the process of rolling out your ERP, taking you down the right paths along the way.

If you’re planning on installing a new ERP system, this is the first book you should read.

The thought of selling your business has been nipping at the edges of your mind. This may have been happening for several months, or perhaps the thought has recently come to the forefront.

Perhaps you’ve been keeping a file with materials about selling your company that holds information about potential buyers, news on sales in your industry, potential service providers and random Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) facts. Or, you may be the type of person who has already put a lot of time and effort into preparing to sell. You may have already consulted business partners, if you have them, your lawyer, your accountant, your banker or wealth advisor, your wife or husband or trusted college roommate.

You may have had this “Should I sell ? ” question rattling around in the back of your mind for some time, but your business has been your primary attention. Then, out of the blue, someone has approached you with an offer to buy your company. It’s nice that someone’s shown interest, but it’s also caught you off guard. You don’t know where to turn or who you can trust. Even if they’ve given you a written offer, sometimes that’s in the form of a “Letter of Intent” or “LOI,” and even if the offer is acceptable, you worry. Is it a fair price? Should you go ahead? How should you proceed?

If you identify with any of the above scenarios, Lift Off! What You Need to Know to Sell Your Business is the right book for you!

Regardless of the size of your company, where you are located, or what industry you’re in, it is essentially a “machine” that takes in revenue and produces profits. But is the machine you’ve built valuable to someone else? This book will help you determine if your business — your cash generating machine — is valuable and how much it might be worth.

Naturally you want to get the best deal possible and really understand the terms of that deal. No matter how much planning you’ve already done or haven’t done, there are probably aspects of preparing your company for sale, and going through the M&A journey, that you’re unaware of. This book will guide you, explaining in simple terms what you need to do and how you need to do it.

You will:
• Get a general working knowledge of the entire sale process, front to back.
• Figure out if the business you now own — that “machine” that takes in revenue and spins off profit — will have value to a new owner.
• Understand how outsiders would calculate the value of your company/machine.
• Recognize potential pitfalls and tradeoffs ahead.
• Ensure appropriate confidentiality, so that word doesn’t get out to the wrong people.
• And better handle the normal emotions that every owner feels upon selling his or her company, or business “machine.”

Are you ready?

It’s time to sell your business and lift off to your next stage in life.

The Farmer’s Code takes you on a hero’s journey of self-development. It follows a path of transformation and growth to help you become your true, highest self. This journey will lead to a greater understanding of the self and a deeper connection to one’s own values and core principles, which paves the way for a long-lasting legacy.

Legacies provide a roadmap for future generations, showing those who follow your footsteps what is possible as they strive to reach their full potential. Filled with personal stories of the struggles and triumphs of one American farming family, the Code shows how legacies are about more than just personal fulfillment. They can have a profound impact on the lives of others by serving as a guiding light to those who are seeking a better way to live. Just as airline passengers are instructed to see to their own oxygen masks first in the event of an emergency before helping others, legacy building has to start with the self. When you are safe, secure, and strong, you are in a much better position to turn outward to help others. It is then that you can help address societal challenges, advance knowledge and innovation, promote social change, or support the important causes you see in your community.

The Farmer’s Code should spark aspirations, ignite passion, and encourage everyone to strive for greatness. By considering the lasting impact you can make, you will be able to live more purposefully and leave a more positive imprint on the world.

To become a mogul, you have to be a misfit at heart.

Hisham Ahmad shares his story of how feeling invisible can truly lead to finding your tribe and using your remarkable imagination to create innovation—all while learning the skills to bring these inventions to life.

Misfit Mogul is a guide for all kids who don’t understand why they’re bored in class, adults who don’t understand why they’re bored in general, and those seeking mega-success when it feels out of reach. When in doubt, you gotta Misfit the situation.

As a young entrepreneur with several patents, companies, and the spirit of a true outsider-turned-innovator, Hisham reveals the hidden truths about business, finance, and lasting success. With his companies worth $100 million and growing, Hisham is considered one of the youngest moguls and thought leaders in America.

Misfit Mogul will take you to your “new school,” a place where you’re catapulted from invisible to innovator, and eventually, to teenage millionaire.

LET’S GET REAL:
The vast majority of leadership development programs don’t work. Not only do they feel irrelevant—failing to address the issues that keep leaders up at night—even when they are on point, without built-in opportunities for leaders to practice what they’ve learned, those lessons don’t stick. To cultivate better leaders—ones who can serve as the next generation of senior management, bring business to new heights, and stay with the organization long enough to create lasting change— we need a better solution. Leaders Deserve Better is that solution.
Relying on her experience working with leaders, Jennifer Mackin begins by laying out the problem with standard development practices using real-life examples that illustrate the impact of inadequate development. She gives readers a glimpse of the myriad benefits of a better—and entirely revolutionized—approach, offering tools for leaders to conduct their own assessments to discover the gaps in their programming. Armed with these insights, senior leaders can ignite their own leadership development revolutions that support the effective development that all leaders deserve.

LEARN A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO INVESTING IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
From his roots in Hyderabad, India, to the heart of America’s Southwest, Shravan Parsi tells the story of his journey from pharmaceutical scientist to founder and CEO of successful real estate investment firm American Ventures. The secret to his investment success is like any science: a marriage between quantitative and qualitative facts, between abstract numbers and concrete action. Here Parsi outlines the technical information you need to learn how to invest in multifamily and commercial real estate, how to understand what makes a good potential investment, and when to walk away. In conversational style, the book shares ideas about how to identify, evaluate, and mitigate risks; how to learn from downsides as well as upsides; and how giving back to your community is as important to success as the right numbers. It’s wisdom that benefits any entrepreneur.

“I can’t wait to get to work!”
When was the last time you felt that way? Have you ever?
Mark McClain has and still does. He and his leadership teams have focused on creating companies that make the quality of their employees’ work experiences of equal importance to the quality of the solutions those employees create. With Joy and Success at Work, McClain has produced a manual that shares how he and his teams have done it—and how you and your team can, too.
Speaking directly to the lack of fulfillment that too often accompanies work—with generous portions of humor and irreverence—Mark McClain deconstructs the modern business environment, then puts it back together.
Shot through with pithy tales from his own experiences, Joy and Success at Work is Mark’s honest take on what team building can be, and done right, what it produces: Great places to work that support people’s broader lives, rather than sucking the life out of them.

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE WORK BETTER?

With shifting worker expectations and market upheaval, leaders and organizations everywhere are trying to catch their breath. As a result, a division in workplace culture has emerged with some companies clinging to obsolete corporate practices and others feeling lost and overwhelmed.

As the CEO of WorldatWork and a self-proclaimed “work nerd,” author Scott Cawood introduces The New Work Exchange, a philosophy which redefines a successful workplace. From unpacking the history of work, the challenges of keeping pace with consumer demands, and the importance of putting people first, The New Work Exchange is a journey to reassess value alignment between workers and workplaces.

With real-life examples from some of the best (and worst) workplaces to practical questions and tips, The New Work Exchange is an exploration of what work really works.

As a woman and dynamic leader in sales—and the C-Suite—Puja Bhola Rios has developed a proven, results-oriented program and mindset for success. However, success starts with personal development, and Puja has mentored countless people in how to “Get It Together.”

You may not be lucky enough to work for Puja, but now you get to learn from her. If you want to push past your current goals, want to truly excel, want focus and inspiration, Get It Together: A Winning Formula for Success from the Boss You Need is the one transformational book that can get you where you want to be. No matter where you are in your career and life, she has the energy and insights to make sure you go after—and achieve—what you aspire to.

Born into an immigrant family, she was raised on the ethics of hard work and ambition. But she also has the keen insights of being a woman in the C-Suite. Strong, warm, funny—Puja’s advice will bring results—but also build your self-belief, until you are capable of accomplishing anything!

This book will help you:

• Achieve your goals—not just make a list of New Year’s Resolutions that fall flat by the third week of January
• Learn how to shut out distractions and “swipe left”
• Create “reach” goals—and learn how to actually measure and move toward them
• Fight back from setbacks
• Learn how to “critically think” and figure out the big picture
• Get off the hamster wheel—and really make progress in your career and personal goals

Puja operates without limits. She has unlocked the truth: to have it “all,” you need to learn to laser-focus on the goals you really desire—and tune out all the other noise. A coach, a mentor, a leader, and a fierce believer in building opportunities for women and all who aspire to greatness, Puja is the boss we all need (and wish we had).

With Results, Not Reports, Peter Follows, CEO of Carpedia International, provides business leaders with a framework for lasting improvements in performance and profitability. Carpedia has a remarkable success rate in large-scale improvement programs, helping clients achieve their improvement goals over 90 percent of the time. In these pages, Peter explains how to achieve sustainable improvement through the dynamic management of process, performance, and people, emphasizing that all three components have an interdependent relationship and that the key is to address them concurrently.

Results, Not Reports is structured in a sequence that reflects an improvement cycle and is divided into three parts: Where to Look, What to Improve, and How to Get Results. Each section is designed to reinforce and build on the previous section, but they can be read independently. This book, written with practical clarity, is for senior leaders who need to execute their strategies and implement changes that stick.

AN INTENTIONAL PLAN FOR A LASTING LEGACY
You will Leave A Legacy for the next generation. We all will. Will your legacy include the values, virtues, guiding principles, and culture that you’ve worked hard to instill in your family or business? In Create a Thriving Family Legacy: How to Share Your Wisdom and Wealth with Your Children and Grandchildren, Jeff Rogers details how you can take a different approach to estate planning. Instead of merely transferring wealth to the next generation, Jeff teaches you how to prepare your heirs with wisdom and values, helping them thrive well beyond your years. Don’t just transfer your valuables; transfer your values. Don’t just transfer your wealth; transfer your wisdom to your children and grandchildren. Let Jeff become your guide as you intentionally create the legacy you truly want to leave behind. This book will be your field guide to whole-life stewardship, looking at five aspects of legacy:
PERSONAL LEGACY | FAMILY LEGACY | FINANCIAL LEGACY | BUSINESS LEGACY | KINGDOM LEGACY
If you want to create a lasting legacy that blesses your family, furthers God’s Kingdom, and supports the causes you love, then Create a Thriving Family Legacy is for you.

Are you looking for a new approach to ESG, environmental consciousness, and going green for business and industry leaders? Seeing Green: How to Save the Planet and Profit from Sustainability combines the pursuit of profit and the urgent need to protect our planet. In this entertaining, educational, and inspirational book, visionary CEO, Angel Lance shares her story and unconventional approach to making homes, businesses, and industries more green for profit and the environment.

In Seeing Green, Lance reveals how she used her over twenty years of management consulting experience to transform her business to be ESG compliant and environmentally conscious, start nonprofit foundations to support her passion for environmental action, transform a farm from traditional to regenerative, and unite utilities in decarbonization efforts. Lance has earned a reputation as an ESG thought-leader who celebrates the power of creativity and innovation to find win-win solutions for both business success and environmental sustainability.

Seeing Green offers:
* Practical actions for going green at home, in the office, or across an industry that you can take right now
* Triple-win solutions that explain how you can enjoy financial success, improve your quality of life, and contribute to the greater good through environmental practices
* Examples from Lance’s personal experience told in Lance’s uniquely accessible and witty tone

Join Lance on her captivating journey as she introduces a fresh approach to ESG, environmental consciousness, and going green that challenges the notion that environmental sustainability and profitability are mutually exclusive.

What You Need to Know About IT,
In One Concise Package
Demystifying IT has been hailed as the one book about information technology that leaders of midsized companies should read. Given the importance of IT in today’s world, it might also be the most timely and valuable business book of any kind to be published recently.
The co-authors are masters of leveraging IT for creating sustainable competitive advantages for businesses. They’ve been at it for decades, solving problems that defied other experts, and leading digitization projects which have boosted client companies into new realms of growth and profit. Their core messages in a nutshell are these: Executives on the “business side” of a firm do not have to understand the complex details of information technology. What’s crucial is to grasp the powerful business leverage that digital tech, in its various forms, can provide.
Key question: Would you use a smartphone only to make phone calls? Of course not. Yet many companies are doing the equivalent when they use IT mainly for routine functions, and list the IT budget as an expense under G&A costs. The authors call this “the G&A stage” of IT development—a natural starting point, but one that a company must move beyond, in order to compete. As the book shows with real-life case stories, companies that do best in our digital age are firing on all cylinders. They leverage IT to reach, serve, and retain customers better, driving up sales revenues. They streamline operations to cut costs across the board. And they tap the powers of IT to break into new, blue-ocean markets while competitors struggle to defend their existing turf.
Demystifying IT offers a simple diagnostic chart for gauging where your company stands in this race. Then it delivers a roadmap for moving up the scale, step by step. The case stories are about midsized companies the authors have worked with, in industries from retail banking to smart manufacturing. These vividly told stories illustrate the many kinds of opportunities that modern IT can present — along with basic principles and best practices for getting the most bang per buck invested in IT.
The book also describes common pitfalls to avoid. Cross-industry studies show that very frequently, big digital projects have taken companies down a rabbit hole of burnt costs and frustrating delays with unsatisfying results. Authors Bhopi and Saurajit know how this happens. They’ve been called to perform many a rescue mission. In Demystifying IT, they give the reader strategic guidelines for doing it right from square one.
Last but far from least, Demystifying IT lays out a series of practical steps toward solving a fundamental problem: how to get the business and IT sides of a company working in harmony. Technology is a human creation. Harnessing its powers for business requires human collaboration. This book’s authors are two humans who can help you find a promising path into the future.

Ask better questions, and you will get better results. Top business coach Mark Moses has identified four critical questions every business leader should explore on their journey to business and life success. Called The Make Big Happen Questions™, they are:
1. What do you want?
2. What do you have to do?
3. What could get in the way?
4. How do you hold yourself accountable?

Mark explains how these questions are the foundation of every fast-growing profitable business and how answering them in the right way can lead to exceptional results. With over thirty years of entrepreneurial and business success, Mark is a leading entrepreneur and CEO coach who knows how to turn a good business and a satisfying life into a great business and an extraordinary life. No matter your situation, Make Big Happen! will show you how to live, work, and give BIG!

In CHALLENGE EVERYTHING™ THE BATTLE CRY THAT BLEW SH*T UP AND INVNTd LIVE BRAND STORYTELLING™ Scott Cullather and Kristina McCoobery the husband and wife co-founders of INVNT™, the global live brand storytelling agency™ share their story of launching a scrappy start-up – at the beginning of a global recession – and evolving it into a fully fledged global agency business, discuss the power of live brand storytelling and provide tactics for incorporating it into wider marketing strategies, and reveal the next frontier of business success: predictive analytics.
So whether you’re a budding entrepreneur considering going out on your own, a business leader looking to take your company to the next level, or CMO eager to build your brand, this book will help you blow sh*t up and take your projects, partnerships, and performance to the next level.

In The Touchstones of Leadership, Joseph Carleone distills decades of real-world experience into 45 succinct principles to guide business leaders through adversity. Organized within a comprehensive four-part model, the principles form a strategic compass directing organizations from managing operations to aligning strategy.

While pragmatic, the touchstones also inspire leaders to act with emotional intelligence, seek growth opportunities, build trust, and make values-driven decisions. From historical leaders to management research, Carleone draws broadly to showcase the universal applicability of the touchstones and how they enabled business turnarounds, facilitated smooth leadership transitions after acquisitions, and reversed the fortunes of a struggling subsidiary under his command.

Balancing profundity and wit, these principles form an indispensable leadership code for turbulent times. Both visionary and results-driven, The Touchstones of Leadership perfectly captures the essence of values-centered leadership. It provides a reliable compass for leaders across industries seeking to navigate obstacles and drive enduring success.

WHAT IS C.H.A.I.R. LEADERSHIP?

Founded on the famous quote from Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, author Cicely Simpson established her C.H.A.I.R Leadership program to coach leaders and executives on how to make their own way and be a people of impact in business and life. She developed the program around five strategies—one for each letter of the word C.H.A.I.R.:

Champion yourself Honesty Adaptability Impact Regrets

As you work through this book, you'll learn how to use the C.H.A.I.R. Leadership model to help you differentiate yourself from your peers, get noticed, and say what you need to say without having regrets. As Congresswoman Chisholm says, "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."

Living Sober in an Industry Ravaged by Addiction
As a child, Steve Palmer never belonged—not in school, not in his troubled home, not with friends. After his father and grandfather passed away, he was sent to a series of rehabs and halfway houses before ending up on the streets. Drugs and alcohol soon became a way of life. Eventually, he would go on to a career running some of the country’s most celebrated and innovative fine dining establishments. But first, he had to learn how to be sober in an industry awash with alcohol and drugs. Thanks to coworkers that were able to love him when he couldn’t love himself, Steve got sober. He escaped addiction alive. Many in the industry do not. No other industry has higher rates of alcohol and drug abuse. People are losing careers and families. They’re losing their health. They’re losing their lives. This is the story of one man who found healing and recovery in the industry that enabled his addiction—and he’s on a quest to help others do the same.

Winner of the International Book Awards for General Business
Winner of the Readers' Favorite International Book Award for Non-Fiction Business

The companion book to Start to Scale (the best book to start with), Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) is the first major revision (2025) of this business classic which details practical tools and techniques for building an industry-dominating business.

Scaling Up focuses on the four major decision areas every company must get right:

• People: Attract and retain A-players organized in a team of teams structure
• Strategy: Create a customer-focused plan that crushes the competition
• Execution: Master what it takes to get relentless repeatability, key to brand
• Cash: supercharge your cash flow to fuel long-term growth

The book includes a series of new one-page tools including the updated One-Page Strategic Plan (OPSP) and the Rockefeller Habits Checklist™️, which more than 102,000 firms around the globe have used to scale their companies successfully―many to $10 million, $100 million, and $1 billion and beyond–while enjoying the journey.

Discover how the nation's largest senior living operator answered the call posed by the greatest public health crisis in one hundred years with courage and resilience.
CEO Cindy Baier shares a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes look at how Brookdale Senior Living navigated the COVID-19 pandemic as she stood at the helm of a company with $3.5 billion of revenue in 2020. Woven together with her own personal accounts, Cindy highlights the broad symphony of voices and diverse cast of players who proved pivotal in helping save lives during the most challenging crisis the senior living industry has ever faced. The book is chock-full of heartfelt sentiment and granular insights that serve to redefine corporate leadership as the world enters a new normal. Heroes Work Here is the new gold standard for crisis management, a perfect primer for leaders wanting to stay one step ahead of any crisis, and a keen reminder of the wonders that result from a culture of caring.

“Read the tape” is the first lesson Bennett Gates learns after discovering podcast host Mike Shapiro. That nugget of wisdom catapults his journey of personal and professional transformation.

Follow Bennett’s journey of self-discovery as he listens to Mike’s podcast and applies the lessons learned to his own life. While feeling lost without direction and having a hard time finding success, Bennett "finds his inner genius,” a “Mikeism” he learns during one of the podcasts. Armed with these “Mikeisms,” along with newfound knowledge and fresh ambition, Bennett starts making changes in his life. Ultimately, Bennett is able to find success personally and professionally by utilizing all that he's learned.

By heeding Bennett's story and applying these "Mikeisms" in your own life, which can be customized to each individual, you too can create positive change and make an impact. Whatever your roadblock or adversity is, you’ll find the tools in this book to be life changing. And it all starts with reading the tape…

Only 50 percent of small-to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) will
survive five years or more. Only one-third will survive ten years or more.
What fatal errors do SMB entrepreneurs and CEOs make that contribute to this
high rate of failure? These bald statistics don’t begin to express the human
suffering those failures leave behind. As an owner or CEO of an SMB, you have
responsibility for your employees, your team. If you make poor business
financial choices, both you and your team will ultimately pay for it. In his
book, Master Your Business Cash Flow: Grow the Company You Love, Live the
Life You Want Now, author Al Zdenek will answer all of the potential
questions you may have about SMBs, and he’ll give you a process for making
better financial choices. In these pages, you’ll find clarity regarding
concepts like making cash-flow management decisions and inspiration for you
to achieve the financial life you wish to lead now and in the future. This
book is part of the Master Your Cash Flow™ series.

PEOs: THE BEST-KEPT SECRET FOR SMALL BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY AND SUCCESS
Never heard of a professional employment organization? Well, you’re not alone. Yet PEOs have been providing the single most valuable set of services to small business owners for decades, allowing them to do what they do best—serving their clients and selling their products or services. After all, the administrative burdens that are thrust upon today’s small business owner are immense; since 1980 there has been an increase of over 400 percent in employment related laws and regulations. What budding entrepreneur wants to be distracted by shopping for health insurance once a year, going through workers’ compensation audits, sitting through unemployment hearings, stressing over an OSHA fine, creating employee handbooks, or paying out a big tax penalty because they didn’t file something on time?
A PEO handles all of this and more for its clients at a cost that is usually less than what the employer would pay by doing it themselves!
We Are HR is the new HR handbook, designed to educate small business owners and industry professionals on the origins and future of PEOs, while highlighting the strong value proposition and overwhelming advantage small business owners have when leaving HR to the experts.The bottom line: when you have a tax problem, you call a CPA. If you have a legal problem, you call an attorney. And after reading this book, when you’ve got an HR problem, you’ll call a PEO.

Are you looking for a new approach to ESG, environmental consciousness, and going green for business and industry leaders? Seeing Green: How to Save the Planet and Profit from Sustainability combines the pursuit of profit and the urgent need to protect our planet. In this entertaining, educational, and inspirational book, visionary CEO, Angel Lance shares her story and unconventional approach to making homes, businesses, and industries more green for profit and the environment.

In Seeing Green, Lance reveals how she used her over twenty years of management consulting experience to transform her business to be ESG compliant and environmentally conscious, start nonprofit foundations to support her passion for environmental action, transform a farm from traditional to regenerative, and unite utilities in decarbonization efforts. Lance has earned a reputation as an ESG thought-leader who celebrates the power of creativity and innovation to find win-win solutions for both business success and environmental sustainability.

Seeing Green offers:
* Practical actions for going green at home, in the office, or across an industry that you can take right now
* Triple-win solutions that explain how you can enjoy financial success, improve your quality of life, and contribute to the greater good through environmental practices
* Examples from Lance’s personal experience told in Lance’s uniquely accessible and witty tone

Join Lance on her captivating journey as she introduces a fresh approach to ESG, environmental consciousness, and going green that challenges the notion that environmental sustainability and profitability are mutually exclusive.

When it comes to real estate, Dean Artenosi has seen, done and—pretty much invested in—it all.

As one of Canada’s most respected real-estate investors and owner of the The Real Estate Centre, a rapidly expanding Coldwell Banker brokerage in Ontario, Artenosi believes now is the time to reveal all of his secrets. Frustrated by the tedious fluff that’s passed off as priceless wisdom by today’s faux real-estate gurus, Artenosi has penned Onwards and Upwards, an uncommonly pragmatic guide for how real-estate agents and investors can generate serious long-term wealth.

By documenting the challenges and triumphs that he’s experienced over the last 30 years, Artenosi helps readers identify key pivot points for growth, while offering sage advice on the best ways to capitalize on those opportunities when they emerge.

By candidly chronicling his own career journey—which saw Artenosi establish himself as one of top real estate sales reps in Canada, and then build a diverse portfolio of high-profile investment projects—

Onwards & Upwards works to helps novice and mid-career professionals understand the vital importance of prudent risk-taking, a service-first mentality and creative financing strategies.

Along the way, Artenosi presents a set of invaluable Golden Rules, which often run counter to the conventional narratives of the day, including:

• The benefit of acting as buyer’s agent—rather than seller’s agent
• The enduring value of helping renters become first-time homeowners
• The short- and long-term advantages of changing the use of existing properties
• The importance of devising creative financing strategies for clients and one’s own portfolio
• The strategic incentives behind relationship-building and superior client service
• The value of prudent risk-taking during different real estate cycles

Artenosi’s book, unlike so many others in the field, doesn’t wallow in the past or stay entrenched in the present; it looks forward to the future. It presents a complex and deeply compelling argument for understanding the critical role that the New Urbanism movement and sustainable redevelopment of urban areas will play in the years to come. As such, the book’s unique value is the timelessness of its advice and timeliness of its message, which will help new professionals enter the field while demonstrating that it’s possible to do well for oneself while doing even more for the communities and cities in which we live.

Failing Opens the Door to Succeeding

Too many efforts with potential game-changing outcomes are short circuited by the fear of failing; people with huge ideas become paralyzed by “what ifs,” unable to see past the challenges of today. Dr. Akintoye Akindele and Olakunle Soriyan see "failure" and "failing" as two different realities and mindsets. Failure is a destination, a windowless prison that does not exist unless you accept that it does. However, failing is a journey, a launchpad into new knowledge and new beginnings and the key to successful innovation and entrepreneurship.

In A Love Affair with Failure, the authors aim to help emerging entrepreneurs be prepared for the inevitable challenges ahead and urge them to be resilient in pursuing their dreams, embracing the idea of failing not only as a prerequisite for achieving success, but also a victory in itself because it signifies having had the courage to take action.

Drawing lessons from their own personal journey and from other sources ranging from Ancient Greece to today's best-known businesses and leaders while also revealing the incredible potential of Africa as a catalyst for entrepreneurial support and achievement, A Love Affair with Failure paints a compelling picture of a region uniquely positioned to become a global powerhouse in entrepreneurship.

Achieving a Twenty-First Century Enterprise
There are two near-universal truths about the working world. The first being that people work best when they are happy and passionate about their work; the second being that people produce and innovate on their highest levels when they are not coerced to work, but are simply expected to keep the commitments they freely make to their colleagues and their organization. Today, companies cannot afford to have their employees disengaged and hating—or at least not loving—their jobs. Traditional management is broken. We need a new, twenty-first-century approach to management that will galvanize the minds—and hearts—of people giving so much of their lives to organizations.
In The No-Limits Enterprise: Organizational Self-Management in the New World of Work, Doug Kirkpatrick examines how companies can begin the journey toward becoming a twenty-first-century enterprise with limitless power for growth. Within The No-Limits Enterprise, you will learn concept such as - why the domestic and global breakdown of bureaucracy means the future of the workplace is here right now, - why “managing” others in the workplace is obsolete and, ultimately, self-defeating on so many levels, and - how to rigorously self-assess for success, corporately and personally, before embarking on an enterprise transformation.
Any business can transform itself into a No-Limits Enterprise in which every individual is free to innovate and forge new paths to the immense benefit of all. These challenges do not demand complex layers of management; they demand the ability to jettison ancient layers of control, and trust in the simplest of all human traits: the desire to create with dedication and love.

In a world full of financial headlines, it can be tough for high earners to find the right tax solutions. Adding to the dilemma is the fact that most mainstream information caters to those who have less than $1 million in assets. For the wealthy, finding the best strategies can feel like an endless search. Financial products for high-net-worth individuals are not widely circulated. As a result, many are losing out on potential tax benefits and long-term wealth solutions.

That’s where tax expert Matthew Chancey comes in. After going through the coursework needed to become a certified financial planner and spending ample time in the construction and real estate industries, Chancey discovered there is a plethora of options for high income earners. The issue is often one of awareness: taxpayers who meet certain criteria may not know what they can do to save on taxes and manage their net worth.

Fortunately, Chancey is quick to share everything he’s learned throughout his own financial journey. From how to increase net worth through tax savings to handling one-time wealth events, Chancey sheds light on legal practices that make a difference. He shows how to approach required minimum distributions, annual gifting plans, qualified business income, and life insurance strategies. Privately held companies of all sizes will learn new strategies for sophisticated risk retention planning. International high net worth individuals will find unique investment opportunities to consider. Professionals in tax, real estate, business, and legal industries will learn about solutions that provide benefits for everyone involved.

Throughout Tax Alpha Solutions: Effective Tax Management Strategies for High-Net-Worth Investors, Chancey notes that financial trends come and go. The industry has changed over time. Products that worked in the past may not be the best tool for today’s clients. As a result of this evolution, it’s essential to know what’s currently available. Comparing solutions can help determine the right fit going forward.

Working with a tax expert who discusses tax planning options is the first step toward long-term benefits. When looking for the right one, it’s essential to understand the differences between tax preparation and tax planning. Tax preparation typically focuses on putting the right numbers in the right boxes at tax time. This activity tends to center on preparing documents to calculate a tax bill. Tax planning involves strategies to change how income and tax flow. Sessions regarding these solutions are often carried out in the second half of the year. When applied correctly, they can produce tax reductions and wealth protection over time. If your current tax professional doesn’t offer this type of meeting, it may be time to look for an expert who does.

True Founder will help you navigate the challenges of launching your first startup.

WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR? First-time founders, all-time founders. If you’re looking to pull the trigger and quit your job, this book is for you. If you’re trying to figure out whether you should hire your first team member based on experience, or take a chance on hiring friends, this book is for you. If you’re trying to decide between angel funding, venture capital funding, or debt, this book is for you. If you’re sitting there reading this feeling like you’re about to burn out and that you’re doing everything wrong, this book is definitely for you.

No doubt you’ve had someone make a comment about how you work too much or you need to take a break. As a first-time founder, you’re guilted for setting work-life balance aside. Yet, anywhere else in life, sacrifice is encouraged. Think about a ball player who decided to go to the league after one year of college, or a billboard artist who spends every night and every last dollar in the studio working on their debut album. Consider a PhD student who’s given up on even starting life until they’re done with their 10-year specialization. In all these situations, you get a pat on the back for your risk and sacrifice. Starting your own company shouldn’t be any different.

It’s time to stop feeling guilty and lean into the sacrifice. Your willingness to chase your dreams is what sets you apart, and your personal competitive advantage and the strategies presented in True Founder will help you double down on the sacrifice.

10 Things This Book Will Teach You

• Becoming a professional problem solver

• Understanding that business is a series of sprints, not a marathon

• How your job is to make decisions, even if they aren’t the right ones

• How to stay motivated when everything is on fire

• How to create opportunities by shooting your shot and putting yourself at the table

• Avoiding cofounder drama with difficult conversations and a shareholder’s agreement

• The truth about early-stage hires

• Working with freelancers, dev houses, and marketing agencies

• Raising capital with angels and venture capitalists

• How to build a community by finding your own niche

It doesn’t take someone special to succeed in business. It takes absolute dedication, the willingness to sacrifice in the pursuit of your goals, and a little bit of luck.

For generations, homeownership has been an avenue to a better life. But discriminatory policies left many people out, and today’s trend of rising home prices continues to put housing beyond the reach of significant sectors of the workforce. This is particularly true in America’s urban centers, where a shortage of affordable housing is stifling social and economic mobility.
We must face this problem with a balance of compassion and competence. The solution will require the efforts of many—including the public sector, private developers, financial institutions, and community leaders—all working together to find creative solutions rather than relying on the policies of the past.
In Creating the Urban Dream, Clay Grubb shares the strategic focus of his decades-long career: how to provide good homes for the many people who need them and create dynamic neighborhoods where they can better their lives. Investing in the future through secure, affordable housing will be our country’s challenge for many years to come—and a huge opportunity for those who will join in helping to solve it.

Occupying a corner office shouldn’t make a business leader feel overwhelmed, underprepared, or anxious about failing.
Still, we unfairly set up impossible expectations for senior leaders to drive the success of their enterprises. Jason Randall offers an alternate path to success based on his unusually diverse career managing teams big and small.

Beyond the Superhero: Executive Leadership for the Rest of Us is part memoir, part handbook. Writing with extraordinary clarity, Randall debunks myths and explores the strategies that he uses every day to strengthen his team, care for his clients, and overcome chaos.
This is a book for anyone in leadership—and anyone who plans to be. It offers practical tactics for exercising humility, building confidence, clarifying purpose, and creating a human-centered company culture.

Women who are smart enough to have the kind of big ideas that can change the world are also smart enough to understand that the odds are stacked against them.

In the past decade, all-female founding teams never received more than 3% of the US venture capital pool. Women seeking capital run up against negative stereotypes, cultural biases, sexual harassment, and discrimination. These factors push some of the most innovative ideas and talents onto the sidelines.

And yet, there is a path forward for any woman with a great idea and the passion to succeed.

Author Kelley Steven-Waiss, founder and CEO of Hitch Works Inc., a cloud-based skills mapping and intelligence platform, ought to know. She experienced the dynamics of raising capital as a woman founder firsthand. Leaving the safety of a career as CHRO of a major technology company, she dove into the challenging waters of venture capital first as an intrapreneur and then an entrepreneur. What she encountered wasn’t always an easy road. And yet, she not only succeeded, but just two years later, she helped to steer her company through a strategic acquisition to a major platform company.

Now, Steven-Waiss is paying it forward by giving inspiration and insight to others pursuing a big idea while female. In her book, Valley Girls, she provides readers with a roadmap of how she and a dozen other women like her beat the odds. With clear eyes and hard-won insight, Steven-Waiss presents their exhilarating and sometimes disappointing experiences alongside her own, demonstrating the unique obstacles that await women founders and showing that there is hope.

She offers inspiration, role models, and a clear path to empower women to get into the game. Each founder’s story provides a guiding light for a different element of the female entrepreneur’s journey including:

• Mastering the idea stage and whiteboarding
• Navigating early setbacks
• Pitching venture capital
• Bootstrapping and angel investment
• Managing the post-funding stage
• Thriving through intrapreneurship
• Balancing family and personal commitments
• Handling stress and anxiety
• Overcoming inevitable setbacks
• Crafting the successful exit.

Valley Girls speaks to women at every stage of their entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial journey and to every C-suite executive and venture capitalist, male or female, who wants to find the next big thing. As Steven-Waiss demonstrates, the winners of the next decades will be those able to tap into the best ideas no matter who brings them to the table. This impassioned call-to-action and clear-eyed guide shows the way to that better future.

Seeing Around Corners tells the inspirational rags-to-riches story of entrepreneur Stan Middleman and shares his principles for achieving business success. Follow Stan's journey from humble beginnings in Philadelphia to building Freedom Mortgage, one of the largest privately held mortgage companies in America.

Through Stan's life lessons, you'll discover how perseverance, anticipating change, and creating a shared vision for your team can help you build an enduring and successful business. Learn how Stan overcame early failures, survived the 2008 financial crisis, and led his mortgage firm to become an industry leader when competitors faltered.

Equal parts memoir, business strategy guide, and chronicle of the American dream realized, Seeing Around Corners delivers an unforgettable narrative of an entrepreneur who started from nothing and climbed his way to the top through hard work and determination. If you want to achieve great success in business and life, Stan Middleman's story will motivate, inspire, and provide actionable advice.

Harvard Alumnus and Top 100 in the Forbes Middle East List of Top CEOs, Tariq Chauhan possesses over three decades of experience as a true leader. In his book ‘Getting to Resilient Mode’, Tariq Chauhan shares his insights and expertise on what it takes to succeed as a CEO or an Entrepreneur in today's rapidly evolving business landscape.

This collection of insights and experiences can help readers: • Develop a clear vision and strategy to build high-performing teams. • Navigate complex business challenges. • Gain invaluable practical advice and learn from real-world examples. • Take their leadership skills to the next level.

Whether you're a seasoned executive aiming to stay ahead of the curve or an aspiring entrepreneur looking to learn from one of the best, this book is for you. Packed with actionable insights and practical tips, it serves as an ultimate guide to building a successful business and thriving as a leader. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from one of the most successful CEOs of our time. Order your copy of ‘Getting to Resilient Mode’ book today!

Fearless Disruption is not just for the Apples, Amazons, and Teslas of the world, and Keegan is here to prove it. True business transformation—the revolutionary changes that enable a company to outpace its competitors and innovate rapidly to attain exponential growth—is achievable by every business if they have the right formula for successful scalability and sustainability and the fortitude, commitment, and fearlessness to see the journey through.

In Dare to Disrupt, Keegan opens his transformational playbook and shares his formula for transformational success. A formula based on eight foundational pillars developed over his more than twenty years as a transformational leader.

1. Leadership
2. Culture
3. People
4. Systems
5. Intelligence (IQ)
6. Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
7. Flexibility
8. Fearlessness

It was Keegan and his team’s unwavering commitment to these Eight Transformational Pillars that enabled Merchants Fleet to seize the opportunity to disrupt the fleet industry and set the business on a wildly successful transformational journey. A journey that catapulted Merchants Fleet from eighth in the industry to fourth in four years with an increase in assets from $500 million to over $2.5 billion.

With Dare to Disrupt, you have the formula for transformational business growth at your fingertips. So, what are you waiting for? Ready, set, transform!

In his book, Another Big Lie, author Tim Pagliara details the decade-long fight over the government’s role in regulating a safe and sound mortgage market. At the heart of the story is the contrarian bet investors made to buy Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—government sponsored entities, GSEs—securities in the heat of the mortgage crisis in late 2008. This is the story of how a select group of GSE investors exposed the government’s theft of billions of dollars from the American dream of homeownership.
Madison opined in the Federalist papers that “If Men were Angels” we wouldn’t need government. And yet, in Another Big Lie, Pagliara examines what happens when all three branches of government—executive, legislative, and judicial—fail, exposing the truth about the housing market, a corrupt legislative process in the Senate, and the various attempts that tried and failed to blame the financial crisis on the GSEs.

Jack Daly is an international expert in sales and sales management, bringing 30 plus years of field proven experience from a starting base with CPA firm Arthur Andersen to the CEO level of several national companies.

A deep dive into three critical areas includes:

1. Building a winning culture in your business. The thrust here is creating an environment in your business where your employees don’t begrudgingly come into work, but rather are excited to be working at your company. If we get the culture right, everything else in our business will be easier. If we don’t get it right, all else will be hard.

2. Sales Management. The emphasis here is on recruiting top performers, coaching, training and building a high performance sales team. A Sales Manager’s job is not to grow sales, but to grow salespeople, in quantity and quality. They in turn will grow your sales.

3. Sales. Here are the systems and processes that top performing sales professionals are using to separate themselves from the rest. Winning new customers, growing the ones they have, and differentiating themselves from the competition. It’s about identifying the key activities that need to be performed on a daily basis, proactive pipeline management, creating perception of value, leveraging the internet and employing an effective touch system.

Imagine waking up in the morning...

Imagine waking up tomorrow morning and every morning after that with no anxiety about where your next paying client or customer is going to come from. Would you still take abuse from all the fee-negotiators, scope-creepers, time-vampires, and/or staff-abusers you sometimes catch yourself taking business from, just to pay the bills?

With an Automatic Marketing Machine you won't have to. Because an Automatic Marketing Machine filters out the "wrong" prospects while delivering a steady stream of the right ones day after day, week after week, month after month... even while you're away from the office. This book contains step-by-step instructions, case studies, tools, examples and FREE BONUS resources to help you build an Automatic Marketing Machine of your very own.

Claim your entrepreneurial freedom today and join thousands of other small business owners who now get to do business on their terms because their Automatic Marketing Machine keeps a steady stream of highly-qualified prospects coming to their door.

Here's a taste of what you'll learn:

• How to create equity and wealth through your business, not just day-to-day income
• Why most small business marketing doesn't work (and what to do instead)
• How to identify your ideal target market
• Why the right unique selling proposition (USP) is so important for your business - and how to create yours
• Why even a mediocre marketing machine will outperform the most brilliant marketer in the world - over and over and over again
• How to craft a message that's irresistible to your target customers
• Two very different types of lead generation pipelines that you can use to pump a steady flow of prospects into your business
• How to ensure that your lead conversion system becomes a huge competitive advantage for your business

High-impact strategies to equip every business owner to reach the right people at the right time with the right message.

How do you navigate the digital media landscape? What does your customer need from your website, and does your platform deliver? Which technology choices match your budget and your unique needs? Do your digital ads actually work?

In the rapidly evolving world of digital marketing, understanding the answers to these questions can mean the difference between success or failure. As the founder of Covert Communication, Hawaii’s largest digital marketing firm, Anna Covert has worked with hundreds of businesses, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, equipping them with the tools and strategies to create opportunities and connect with the customers they want to reach. With this book, she shares the clear solutions she’s designed to help you take back control of your digital media strategy and ensure that you’re optimizing your investment at every step.

You’ll learn:

• the insider rules for optimizing your digital media,
• how to create a smart, strategic budget for online marketing,
• when and how to leverage search marketing,
• where remarketing will deliver optimal value,

…and much more.

This is the book that will empower you to decode the digital marketing landscape and seize every opportunity to connect with the customers you need to reach.

We all want the autonomy and power to change our lives for the better and yet many of us feel stuck in the same bad habits, patterns, and short-term fixes. We know what we should do, but often we cannot get ourselves to actually do it.

In Unstoppable Brain, Dr. Kyra Bobinet debunks today’s over-dependence on performance-driven tools such as calorie counting, SMART goals, and likes/followers that attempt to motivate us into behavior change. These methods work well in the short term but have a long-term downside of negative emotions and harmful behaviors. Yet despite these poor results, we keep using the same performative approaches over and over. Something is missing.

Emerging research into the neuroscience of behavior and motivation has brought to light to a little-understood area of the brain, the habenula; possibly the most powerful controller of behavior ever found. If left untended, the habenula acts as a failure detector and motivation kill switch that can rob you of positive or lasting change, leaving you stuck in relapse, frustration, and suffering.

Understanding the habenula’s inner workings is must-have knowledge to obtain the freedom and agency for the life you long for. New research reveals that the habenula is a primary gating mechanism for everything that does or doesn't happen in your life, what you do or do not do and. It is among our biggest obstacles to change.

In this book, you will learn that an activated habenula can dominate even the dopamine and reward systems that the scientific world for decades has esteemed the most powerful behavioral drivers. We will explore exactly what is wrong with today’s overly used performative approaches and how you can free yourself to reach your optimal health and best life. Dr. Bobinet unpacks mounting evidence on the habenula and other discoveries that change everything about changing behavior. With this new vision and understanding, your natural tendencies, purpose, and passions can emerge organically and inspire permanent, satisfying, and healthy life change.

Unstoppable Brain frees you from being too performative for others and being too hard on yourself. It provides all you need to restore your sovereignty and empowers you to change your life and habits whenever and however you want. It offers a therapeutic dose of three “medicines” that help you go from stuck to unstoppable. This potent elixir is an antidote to recovering your innate motivation wherever you’ve been stopped by the past or overwhelmed by the future. Most importantly, this book gives you the key to unlock lasting change.

Dr. Bobinet shares relatable examples from her own story and impactful research studies in resounding instruction for a full, vibrant life. Throughout the book, her engaging voice, relatable vulnerability, and empowering message infuse readers with the tools and reinvigorated power to unlock true, lasting change. Become unstoppable!

We’ve all read the cybersecurity horror stories: a prominent company exposes the private information of their customers only to scramble after the fact to apologize and safeguard the data. Cybersecurity is often an afterthought, a much lower priority than profit—until a data breach threatens the bottom line anyway.
In The Cyber-Elephant in the Boardroom, data security expert and CEO Mathieu Gorge, along with a host of guests, shows why protecting a company’s data should be top of mind for C-suites and corporate boards. With the innovative 5 Pillars of Security Framework, any C-level executive can understand their organization’s cyber risk and the steps they need to take to protect their information. There’s a cyber-elephant in the boardroom and it needs to be addressed!

Health Care Reboot - Megatrends Energizing American Medicine -
injects a much-needed dose of optimism into the national health care debate.
The book makes a compelling case that a series of powerful trends are leading
the nation’s health care system toward greater quality, safety, access, and
affordability. The trends include historic breakthroughs in treatments for
heart disease and cancer; integration of behavioral health services into
primary care; recognizing and acting upon the broad effect of social
determinants of health; consumer empowerment focused on measures and outcomes
that matter most to patients; paying for value rather than volume causing
doctors and hospitals to shift to a newly aggressive proactive approach to
caring for patients. Collectively, these trends are rebooting our health care
system to better serve the needs of providers, payers, and, most importantly,
patients.

With Self Less, Len Jessup shares an engaging first-person narrative detailing how his origins, beliefs, adversity, impact, and legacy shaped him into a selfless leader devoted to helping transform organizations. Beginning with childhood experiences and ancestral influences that imprinted a drive to serve others, Jessup recounts critical mentors and moments that built his confidence, reinforced core values, and motivated him toward continual growth.

Through riveting stories, Jessup demonstrates how he overcame obstacles by remaining true to his purpose, listening before acting, finding possibility amid doubts, building robust teams, maintaining resilience, and staying patient but determined in the face of resistance. Rather than top-down authoritarian leadership, Jessup advocates for a more enlightened, inclusive approach he terms "self less leadership"—acting with concern for others' needs and deferring personal credit.

Jessup shares how this selfless mindset enabled breakthrough successes at universities he led. By transparently engaging stakeholders and promoting shared beliefs, he spearheaded major initiatives including curriculum innovations, facilities modernization, advanced degree programs, research growth, fundraising campaigns, and community partnerships. Throughout his journey, Jessup focused on maximizing positive impact on people through service. He offers lessons on lifelong learning, ethical governance, relationship building, and leaving a values-based legacy.

Offering a unique blend of memoir and leadership guidance, Self Less provides an inspirational model for leading transformational change in any organization while staying grounded in humility. Jessup aims to motivate readers to reflect on using their fleeting time and influence to better serve others.

Business can be complex, but we insist on making things complicated.

The concept behind deComplify is to simplify: Overcome the human fascination with complicating nearly everything in business in the pursuit of making a great company. Great companies are places people want to work, buy from, and invest in.

Align people and processes to simplify and focus on the right things and you will build a great organization that delivers for your customers, associates, and investors. It’s simple, but simple doesn’t mean easy!

Gary S. Michel shares rich lessons, insights, and tools to deComplify business. Gary introduces the concept of process debt and illustrates how reactive shortcuts create long-term complexity. Doing the right thing is the only path to lasting success.

Investing in associate development and alignment, strategic partnerships, and customer relationships are fundamental business drivers that deliver breakthrough performance and sustainable results. deComplify provides a practical roadmap from strategy to execution you can apply to simplify your business and create a culture of success.

This brief but compelling read is a refreshing take on the fundamentals, emphasizing what can be done to create a better business. It empowers leaders to take concrete steps toward building a great company. Beyond the tools and practical tips, readers will take away a renewed sense of purpose and vision, for their organization and themselves, which will define the difference they can make.

Gary is the former chair and CEO of JELD-WEN, Inc., and has nearly 40 years of strategy, business transformation, operations, and lean manufacturing experience leading iconic businesses and brands like Ingersoll Rand, Club Car, Trane, and Honeywell. Pulling from his leadership successes, Gary streamlines and distills valuable information into actionable insights.

deComplify is a thought-provoking and action-inciting book that will inspire readers to simplify their approach to business and aspire to greatness for their careers and organizations.

Achieving a Twenty-First Century Enterprise
There are two near-universal truths about the working world. The first being that people work best when they are happy and passionate about their work; the second being that people produce and innovate on their highest levels when they are not coerced to work, but are simply expected to keep the commitments they freely make to their colleagues and their organization. Today, companies cannot afford to have their employees disengaged and hating—or at least not loving—their jobs. Traditional management is broken. We need a new, twenty-first-century approach to management that will galvanize the minds—and hearts—of people giving so much of their lives to organizations.
In The No-Limits Enterprise: Organizational Self-Management in the New World of Work, Doug Kirkpatrick examines how companies can begin the journey toward becoming a twenty-first-century enterprise with limitless power for growth. Within The No-Limits Enterprise, you will learn concept such as - why the domestic and global breakdown of bureaucracy means the future of the workplace is here right now, - why “managing” others in the workplace is obsolete and, ultimately, self-defeating on so many levels, and - how to rigorously self-assess for success, corporately and personally, before embarking on an enterprise transformation.
Any business can transform itself into a No-Limits Enterprise in which every individual is free to innovate and forge new paths to the immense benefit of all. These challenges do not demand complex layers of management; they demand the ability to jettison ancient layers of control, and trust in the simplest of all human traits: the desire to create with dedication and love.

From Problem Solving To Solution Design
Creating solutions to solve problems can often prove very difficult to accomplish, even for seasoned Solution Designers. Complex organizational problems have several stakeholders, endless variables, and a myriad of possible solutions. It’s hard enough to figure out where to start, and even harder to realize what the perfect, mutually-beneficial solution is.
With their combined tenure of over fifty years, J. Eduardo Campos and Erica W. Campos present their Solution-Designing expertise in From Problem Solving to Solution Design so that you can learn from their successes (and their failures) to craft sustainable solutions for complex problems.
Specifically, you will learn how to implement the I.D.E.A.S. framework that they have been perfecting over the years, which includes five critical checkpoints that any Solution Designer must hit to create solutions that are successfully envisioned, negotiated with stakeholders, and implemented to last over time.
• IDENTIFY THE ESSENTIAL PROBLEM AND PRIORITIZE YOUR ACTIONS TO SOLVE IT. • DESIGN SOLUTION OPTIONS ALIGNED TO YOUR GOALS. • ENGAGE YOUR STAKEHOLDERS IN THE SOLUTION AND INFLUENCE THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. • ACT ON THE AGREED-UPON RECOMMENDATIONS AND EXECUTE YOUR GOVERNANCE MODEL. • SUSTAIN THE IMPLEMENTED SOLUTION BY CREATING A FEEDBACK LOOP.
Treat this book as your field guide: it offers clear checkpoints for you to assist your organization in designing effective solutions for complex problems.

Know Grow Exit is about living, learning, and leaving your company as an entrepreneur when your business is your identity.
Cliff Oxford wrote Know Grow Exit: How Entrepreneurs Grow and Finish Fast to give entrepreneurs the full story of being a business owner, which includes the dark side, the sunny side, and the blueprinting phase of building a company from scratch to sell.
Painting the picture in words, graphs, tools, and charts, Know Grow Exit has the educational glow of a shiny Harvard MBA and the growl of hard-knocks experience. While Oxford doesn’t try to teach you everything about business, he does drill deep into the do-or-die hurdles you have to clear in all three phases of a business’s growth, which includes hyper-growth, human and financial scaling, and—most importantly—how to stay out of no man’s land between being a big operation and a small one.
What Oxford writes on exiting your business has never been discussed, much less documented, especially in regard to how lawyers, accountants, and investment bankers can set entrepreneurs up to fail. Oxford also wisely shows entrepreneurs that wealth creation is tied directly to great health, charity, and a lasting legacy.
This book, in its very essence, is a true story.

YOUR WAY TO A COLLABORATIVE ORGANIZATION
In these pages, innovation and transformation expert Bill Adams reveals why a modern-day phenomenon he dubbed "on-the-fly leadership" creates a fallout on the Core Leadership Functions and a blowback effect on the ability of leaders to focus their attention that he calls Attention Deficit Syndrome. Drawing upon years of research and consulting experience in Fortune 50 and high-growth companies, he maintains that knowing how to deal with the fallout and the blowback is an essential part of good leadership in this age of collaboration. You'll discover what it takes to compete in the race to out-collaborate competitors. And why the author's Five Focus Factors are a roadmap to help leaders get the job done. You'll further be introduced to his AI-driven platform—TARGA—that enables organizations to hyper collaborate and fully gain the competitive advantage.
You will learn how his three Forces of Excellence move the organization closer towards excellence, the "holy grail" of performance. Especially in the post-COVID world, leaders must take notice. There is much at stake not knowing how to OUTFOCUS competitors.
FIVE FOCUS FACTORS TO SUCCEED: 1. OVERCOMING THE FALLOUT 2. HONING ATTENTION SKILLS 3. MOVING THE ORGANIZATION 4. LEVERAGING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 5. ATTAINING HYPER COLLABORATION

The Winding Road to Excellence: Leadership Lessons Learned from Life’s Potholes Hardcover by G.T. “Toby” Stansell
In this readable and relatable collection of savvy business advice on developing a corporate culture where people genuinely want to perform at their best and keep the interests of the business top of mind, Toby Stansell develops a series of pithy, memorable “Mantras for Excellence.” The mantras he has developed take the form of “one-liners” that capture “learning experiences” in which he had willingly participated or grudgingly endured. From these memorable shorthand mantras, Stansell then develops the ideas and practical applications at their core. Recognizing that an authentic leader must start by being an authentic person, Stansell shares informative stories of how he came to form these mantras — often by falling into the potholes life so often offers up — and from them builds a framework that leaders can put to work in transforming their companies. A transformational leader elevates companies that are desirable to work for, cultivating a culture in which everyone―throughout the organization―is empowered to use their talents to live and work at their best.
As CEO of Cargo LLC and the former CEO and President of companies ranging from Finance to Apparel and High - Tech to Manufacturing, Stansell knows what it takes to lead in a manner that assists people in achieving their best. Stansell has proven an expert at learning how to transform his own life and those around him, taking what on the surface appear to be liabilities and shaping them into key assets. The book is based on the principle that if we look at everything life hands us, good and bad, as an opportunity, we can begin to build a positive, principle-based framework for successful leadership. Stansell writes, “We are extraordinarily honored to have others put their trust in us and place us in positions of leadership. We are wise to be humble, careful, and considerate as to how we apply the influence our positions offer us to positively impact and hopefully make better the lives of those around us.”
Stansell possesses an innate ability to develop and deploy innovative approaches to an organization’s most pressing challenges, and his leadership infuses an indelible culture within commercial, civic, and cultural entities that motivates, galvanizes, and unifies the organization’s personnel to fulfill its true purpose. Stansell’s primary objectives when leading an organization are to impart a sustainable positive and productive culture, identify and capitalize upon transformative opportunities, and optimize efficiencies and financial performance. A raconteur at heart, Stansell will keep readers laughing and repeating stories they encounter, even as they learn approaches that can transform their businesses.

From Unlikely Mavericks, To Movers And Shakers

In Chasing The Impossible, Rachelle Rutherford, the CEO of Kids On The Move, unravels the gripping story behind the rise of this multi-million dollar non-profit dedicated to serving children with developmental delays and disabilities. What began as a heartfelt endeavor by two determined mothers seeking support for their children with Down syndrome has blossomed into a beacon of hope for families.

Rutherford delves deep, outlining the uphill battle many families face in receiving a diagnosis for their child, let alone ongoing care, which many children will need far into adulthood. With raw candor, she exposes the stark reality of communities ill-equipped to provide essential support structures for these families, laying bare the toll of the stress and isolation they experience.

Yet, amidst these challenges, Rutherford reveals Kids On The Move's unwavering commitment to bridging the chasm of care, blending calculated implementation of leadership and growth strategies with a culture of contribution and compassion. From innovative therapy programs to comprehensive support networks, she unveils the organization's groundbreaking initiatives that have reshaped the landscape of disability care.

But the journey is far from over. In Chasing The Impossible, Rutherford unveils plans on the horizon, yet again pushing the envelope and revolutionizing the definition of excellence in comprehensive disability care. In addition to issuing a stirring call to arms, urging communities to rally behind these families, the book serves not only as a testament to resilience but as a clarion call for collective action.

With heartrending accounts and bold visions for the future, Chasing The Impossible is more than a book—it's a rallying cry for change, a blueprint for a future where every child has the opportunity to be seen, known, and loved.

This book is also available in Spanish. Search for "Logrando lo Imposible: Un Modelo para el Cuidado Innovador e Inclusivo."

Life. Liberty. and the Pursuit of the American Dream.
You have a good life to live. Regardless of your beginnings, you have the right to pursue your dream of a better life—a certain way of living and a legacy that will extend past your mortal years for generations.
So, what—or who—is getting in your way?
Certainly not Brandon Vallorani, who in his American Dream success story, The Wolves and the Mandolin, reminisces on his family’s humble beginnings to inspire anyone to pursue the finer things in the world with the greatest ambition by sharing his adventures as a successful entrepreneur and family man, his philosophy of business and management, and the path he took to create the legend behind a quality brand. The Vallorani brand serves as an intense reminder that you can celebrate the privilege of life in style—and that to work, pursue, and maintain that life with vigor is an honor of the highest.
Now, sit back, relax, and prepare to be entertained, inspired, and armed with an “I can do this!” attitude.

Fire Your Hiring Habits! is the one book you need in today’s hiring and retention climate.

TIMES HAVE CHANGED. CORPORATE CULTURE, DIVERSITY, PATHWAYS, AND UPSKILLING HAVE COME A LONG WAY FROM THE EARLIEST DAYS OF THE MODERN WORKFORCE.

Recruitment methods now include LinkedIn, algorithms, and attracting top talent through the types of flexibility, benefits, and environment the modern workforce demands. From rethinking certifications and degrees to work-from-home options and many other innovations, John W. Mitchell, Ed.D. will challenge you to Fire Your Hiring Habits!. As a thought leader in the electronics industry, John brings a global perspective and openness to the ever-changing ways (and places) we work. Using real-life examples and presenting challenging problems, Mitchell offers solutions-focused answers to finding and retaining today’s top talent.**

Exponential Gains by Todd R. Walsh is a must-read for investors seeking to speculate with a portion of their investments and transform their portfolios. This book offers a clear-cut process for finding and managing the next great stocks that have the potential to significantly impact your total portfolio over time.

The author acknowledges the challenges faced by the average investor in navigating the complex world of stock market investing. To address these challenges, Walsh introduces a three-step process that incorporates fundamentals, technicals, and risk management based on price movement. This process helps investors take the emotionality out of their decision-making and control the risks associated with speculative investments.

The book also delves into the characteristics of some of the greatest companies in history and their leaders. By examining them, the author provides valuable insights and lessons that can be applied when searching for the next great company to invest in. In Exponential Gains, you will learn about the importance of great leadership in driving a company's success, the significance of dealing with adversity, and the power of a disciplined approach to investing. The book also provides practical tools and checklists to help you analyze and compare potential investments.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to gain important insights and develop a solid process for finding and managing the next great stocks. Grab your copy of Exponential Gains today and start transforming your portfolio for a brighter financial future.

HOW A TRUE LEADER PUTS PEOPLE, ORGANIZATION, AND COMMUNITY FIRST
We all face countless decisions throughout our careers. The specific circumstances that call us to lead will be different, but the core dilemmas and ethical challenges are very similar. Faced with these challenges, each of us must decide if we will follow our ego-centered inclinations or lead for the good of everyone whose lives we touch? Will we endanger or impair those around us to satisfy our own self-interest, or will we lead in a manner that is true to our values?
In his inspiring book LEAD TRUE, Jeff Thompson, MD, has masterfully compiled stories from the business, healthcare, and education fields, illustrating how a diverse group of leaders has employed values-based leadership and succeeded. These case studies offer dynamic, living narratives that demonstrate ways in which a leader, fueled by personal values, can change people, organizations, and even entire industries.
What sets this book apart is the interweaving of the author’s personal leadership story in healthcare to the insights from start-ups, mid-career, and top-level leaders—people who have proven that values-driven leadership is not simply a noble idea but one that actually works in practice. The author artfully shows that the goal of leadership is not to move one individual ahead of all others. When you lead true, you can move everyone forward—people, organizations, and communities—finding the best route for all.

Real Estate is More Than You See on HGTV

Real estate isn’t just about beautiful houses and nice people. It’s a serious business that deals with the most valuable asset most of us will ever own. Unfortunately, the bulk of most people’s knowledge of real estate is comprised of what they watch on House Hunters—which is more like a fairy tale than a professional transaction. As Is: An Insider's Guide to Real Estate was written to bring a dose of actual reality to the real estate business.

As Is was penned by Joan Herlong, a top-selling South Carolina Realtor and small business owner with over 30 years of experience helping home buyers and sellers make educated, informed decisions and wise investments. In this lighthearted-yet-informative book, she pulls back the curtain on the real estate “profession,” revealing everything you need to know about real estate but never thought to ask. From how to choose the most effective agent, to how your listing price can help to advertise your home, to how to find a house you won’t just fall in love with, but love living in, Herlong shares the secrets to navigating the often confusing world of real estate and coming out a winner. Packed with hilarious true stories gleaned from 30 years in the trenches, this funny and informative book will empower you with everything you need to know about real estate, whether you’re a buyer, a seller, or considering a career in the field and hoping to do it the right way.

Almost six weeks into the implementation of new strategies based on the consulting report, Bridget’s leadership team continued to hear rumblings from their direct reports. Sales continued to push back saying the way they were doing things was working fine, the company just needed to figure out how to fill their orders faster. Operations complained that they didn’t have time to implement these new procedures and keep up their current production levels. Customer service grumbled about customer complaints taking up too much of their time. And everyone wanted to know why leadership wasn’t fixing these problems. Bridget was beyond frustrated.

They had been following the recommendations they had received from a highly recommended consultant group—but everything they were doing seemed to exacerbate rather than solve the issues.

Bridget pulled up Talon Tech’s latest earnings report and groaned. Until just a few months ago, Talon Tech’s success had seemed unstoppable, and her leadership as CEO had been key to that success. But they had hit a wall, and if they didn’t learn how to scale that wall quickly, Talon Tech’s success would slip away.

The review process had forced Bridget to acknowledge that weak leadership and a poor people-centric culture were the root cause of the issues they were facing: a litany of customer service issues, churning through top talent, and challenges from remote work. The board wanted and deserved answers.

Bridget knew she could no longer stay in her comfort zone—developing the next technological feat. She needed to balance her technology-centric mindset with a people-centric mindset, and she knew she couldn’t do that alone.

“The moment of truth,” Bridget thought as she stepped out into reception. “Good morning, Ray. Welcome to Talon Tech,” she said with a smile.

“Good morning, Bridget,” he said shaking her hand warmly, “I’m glad to be here and look forward to working with you and your team.”

“An extraordinary story of resilience. In his moving memoir, Stephen Thompson opens up about how he broke cycles of abuse, poverty, and neglect to build a better life. It’s filled with lessons for anyone who’s ever questioned their resolve.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and Think Again

Left with a gift, in a motel room in Reno

The Rubik’s cube was left behind, and so were they. It was January 1980, in a motel room in Reno. Stephen Jon Thompson was just nine years old, left behind with his four younger siblings, the youngest just a year old. Their mother had left two days before to go to the laundromat. She never returned. Now the power was out, the Nilla wafers were running low, and the Rubik’s cube that his mother had brought home from her waitressing job could not be solved. Stephen, the oldest, had a bigger problem to solve, what to do with the four young souls he was now in charge of. He finally determined they all needed to get out of that motel room. He dialed the front desk. Thus begins Hotel Goodbyes, Stephen Jon Thompson’s gripping memoir about making it in America against incredible odds.

Few knew of Stephen’s past. Maybe he didn’t know it himself. For his colleagues at companies like Google, Apple, Amazon, or Nike, he was a successful human resource executive, who had an uncanny ability to read people, to find the right person for the job, and to convince them that it was right for them. More than anything, they remember his infectious smile. But that grinning face hid a difficult past, a childhood spent in dingy motel rooms, dreary foster homes, and a cold, concrete juvenile home. It took Stephen years to tell his story, to write his memoir, to come to grips with a childhood he would just as soon forget. But when his young son came home with a school assignment to tell his family history, Stephen knew he needed to come clean. He could no longer bury the past, not to his friends and co-workers, and not to his two sons, to whom this book is dedicated.

Hotel Goodbyes is one man’s journey to come to grips with his past. From Ohio to California to Nevada and back, Stephen takes us on his journey from foster child to wildfire fighter to college graduate to blackjack dealer to state assembly candidate to successful technology executive. Along the way, he reconnects with his younger siblings and tracks down his Aunt Ouida, his mother’s sister, to find the answer to the question he has always had: why did his mother leave that day and never come back? In the end, Stephen determines that his mother abandoned him, but also left him with a gift, a gift of a better life.

As Millennials step into positions of greater authority and power, they will, without a doubt, modify their marketing strategies to sell to people of their generation exactly as they wish to be sold to, which puts a lot of us on a timed collision course. The invention and usage of the Internet taught Millennials to play the game in a different way and if we want to remain competitive and connect with this generation, we have to adapt to their way of playing.
Educating yourself on Millennial habits is the first step in a longer journey to figuring out the best way to appeal to their style of connecting, buying and investing. Millennials Are Not Aliens is Gui Costin’s survival guide to adapting to a future that will be owned by 80 million Millennials in the United States and 2.7 billion globally.

GRATITUDE IS A BUSINESS STRATEGY
We may live in a world dominated by technological innovations capable of offering us “personalized” contact with our clients and customers, but in The Currency of Gratitude, Michele Bailey argues that heartfelt, specific, and direct communication steeped in gratitude can grow and sustain a business far better than any targeted technology.
Bailey begins from the premise that our professional and personal lives are not as separable as we’ve allowed them to seem. Given that inseparability, the central tenet of all good business comes down to the cultivation of genuine and long-lasting connections and relationships that acknowledge and develop the whole person.
Through engaging stories and real-life business examples, Bailey shows how making gratitude a priority in one’s professional life enables businesses to attract and retain top talent and clients and raises employee engagement and productivity. By cultivating brand ambassadors, sustaining a culture of gratitude within one’s business can have cascading outward effects—from increased brand awareness to improved customer satisfaction and loyalty.
The Currency of Gratitude proves that small gestures can have big results and invites you to consider immediate and practical ways for promoting gratitude within your own business culture.

Build-to-rent (BTR) is a new kind of rental community. These are communities designed for people who prefer to rent housing but want a place that feels more like home. They take the best aspects of single-family rentals and upgrade the experience by developing all homes inside a professionally managed community.

With the average sales price for a home across the US at $350,000, a mortgage is out of the reach of most people. BTR developments, which resemble traditional, gated neighborhoods, are currently one of the best options for affordable housing. These communities are ideal for families, young professionals, and empty nesters, people who want to live near good schools and shopping, want to have pets and a backyard for entertaining, and want neighbors they care about — they want it all at a price they can afford. That’s what BTR gives them.

The American dream of homeownership is evolving and c u rrent conditions make this the first time in US history that it’s cheaper to rent than it is to purchase; already, more than 30 percent of single-family homes are owned by investors. Yet there is a lot of misunderstanding and rhetoric about the BTR model, making it difficult to get to the truth. BTR is a significant trend that is reshaping the real estate industry, so it’s important for builders, investors, brokers, developers, realtors, and anyone interested in real estate investing to know about.

In Build-to-Rent: The How-to Guide for the Institutional Investor, Charles Kriegel provides insights into this new type of housing and investment. As someone integrally involved in the development of BTRs in Texas, Char les shares insider information on how BTR works, identifying a valid BTR site, the feasibility period, entitlements, funding, horizontal and vertical construction, expected returns and absorption rates, stabilization, and exit strategies to help readers see that it’s a viable affordable housing option for today — and tomorrow.

THE SECRET TO AD AGENCY PERFORMANCE: EMPATHY AND PHILANTHROPY
Have you ever felt that your ad agency is not strategic? Do you have to rewrite copy and bring them ideas, instead of the other way around?
Have you ever signed a contract with an agency after being blown away by their team in a pitch, only to find that you are not working with the folks who pitched you but with a rotating cast of team members who simply don’t get the job done?
Take it from someone who has been both a marketing executive selecting agencies and the founder of two successful advertising agencies: You are not alone.
In this book, Ed Mitzen will take you behind the curtain to understand how to effectively evaluate agencies to choose a partner that can deliver for you and how to nurture the relationship to produce positive performance for years to come.

2024 Global Book Awards Gold Medalist in Women & Business
2022 Business Woman of the Year (CEO Today magazine)

In her new book, The Inner Mountain, DHgate Group founder and chairperson Diane Wang shares her journey to the top in the business world while overcoming internal conflicts with confidence and self-esteem.

She recounts pivotal career experiences at Microsoft, Cisco, starting and selling her first startup—Joyo.com—to Amazon in the early 2000s, which was later renamed Amazon China after its acquisition in 2004, and founding DHGATE Group, to illustrate how she learned to stop fighting external barriers, and focused inwards, connecting with her heart's inner wisdom to find clarity and take bold action aligned with her true passions.

The book explores the controversial issue of the "glass ceiling" women experience in the business world as artificial limitations placed on them by others, chronicles her ups and downs launching DHgate and shares lessons on persistence, resilience, and "pacing not chasing" goals.

It also dives into Diane’s "Inner Mountain" philosophy of looking within for personal strength to conquer one’s own internal feelings of limitation, complete with valuable tips for accomplishing this. Learn to embrace your "inner dragon," refusing to get trapped fighting others' battles, and focusing on collective good over self-gain. Diane advocates fostering communities based on mutual nurturing and support she likens to "the way of water" over ruthless corporate "wolf" culture. She offers reflection exercises so readers can grow self-knowledge and apply teachings to their own lives.

The book spotlights Diane’s trailblazing work empowering female entrepreneurs globally through her cross-border e-commerce company DHgate, APEC-endorsed program APEC Women Connect, and the global community of empowerment—The Inner Mountain Foundation.

Overall, Diane delivers a stirring journey and issues a powerful call to women seeking fulfillment in business and life. By sharing vulnerable insights from her personal and entrepreneurial journey, she empowers women worldwide to unleash their potential by looking within. This book will resonate with any driven women who lead, nurture, and inspire those around them—starting with themselves—through the strength they uncover within after climbing and discovering their Inner Mountains.

Paul Owhadi’s improbable entrepreneurial journey began as a first-generation immigrant coming to America with just a few hundred dollars in his pocket. Having learned a remarkable level of self-reliance, as a child sent to a French boarding school at age four, he was educated in London—and then headed to New York City and a whole new life.

After an education and a career in urban planning and city management—one of the youngest city managers in the country—he excelled at creating and transforming cities for the betterment of its people. But it was an unexpected opportunity in the private sector which set Paul on his entrepreneurship path. He took the extraordinary opportunity granted to him to explore the world of property development, discovering a passion for both real estate development and creating companies. He also faced devastating setbacks that would test his mettle and fortitude. Along the way, he formed his own business approach—one combining a passion for innovation and outside-the-box thinking. With the support of family and a fierce work ethic, he conquered his sector. But he also traveled the globe—using intellectual curiosity as his guide.

This is the story of a man who used every challenge to inspire and guide him; this is the inspirational tale of an entrepreneur who grabbed at every opportunity to create a life of passion and innovation.

YOUR ROAD MAP TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM
This book is not offering a get rich quick plan. It takes time to implement long-lasting strategies that lead to financial independence. Toby Mathis has created a road map for you to follow to create wealth over time. He shares his get rich slow approach based on the investing and money management practices that have helped hundreds of participants in Anderson Advisors’ popular Infinity Investing program reach financial freedom.
One central principle in the Infinity Investing approach is that you must take the critical first steps necessary to learn about personal finances and smart investing. Toby understands that the intimidating jargon, unnecessarily complicated math, and mystique surrounding money management can be a roadblock that often prevents the average person from ever starting. This book demystifies the process and describes it in a straightforward and engaging way.
Toby has spent years studying wealthy people who have built their wealth over time by creating a solid plan and sticking to it. He breaks down what these people do and don’t do, so that you can follow their path. Toby is a gifted storyteller as well as a clear-eyed researcher. Readers will find his stories about people to be vivid and relatable while he uses just the right amount of real-world financial data to back up his lessons.
Let’s create your infinity plan!

Lean Startup, to Lean Company, to Rich Exit shares the remarkable story of Dr. Kenan Sahin, who took $1,000 in savings and used it to undertake the most extraordinary entrepreneurial journey, culminating with a $1.54 billion rich exit.

Kenan was teaching at MIT in the 1980s and sought to validate his many academic theories in a real-world lab. So he founded a startup to begin testing innovations in organizational development—challenging nearly every business best practice of the 1990s and largely transforming those practices. Among Kenan’s critical insights into rich-exit business success include…

• Suffusing the organization with a "teach and learn, learn and teach" mindset
• Empowering every team member to practice "situational leadership"
• Leveraging a lean team with "splitsuit" systems architecture development
• Recruiting and retaining the nation’s finest talent by hiring based on aptitude > attitude > willingness > experience (in order of importance)
• Turning performance reviews into company improvement exercises
• Improving on traditional profit-sharing formulas with a "gain sharing" formula
• Finding a way to reject outside funding and retain full ownership
• Replacing notions of customer satisfaction with "customer success"
• Finding the work/life balance that maximizes team productivity
• Bridging disconnects between sales & production, end-users & IT, management, and R&D
• Leaping the chasm from a service-based to a product company
• Combining judicious simplification with ambiguity tolerance to master complex situations
• Flattening internal communications so anyone can access anyone else
• Making "smart interruptibility" an accepted practice at every level of the company
• Developing the "bins, balls, and backplane" framework of modern user interfaces
• Rejecting the "Big IP Lie" and writing "peace contracts" to drive rich-exit potential

After just 17 years, Kenan’s company, Kenan Systems, was acquired by Lucent Technologies and he remained the sole shareholder. Importantly to him, all of his 750+ employees also benefitted from the exit. This is the inside look at how it happened. This is a field-tested framework for building a lean startup into a lean company and then a rich exit—the perfect model for any aspiring entrepreneur.

Since Kenan also pioneered large scale commercial AI and big data systems, the framework and principles of innovation he developed are even more relevant in today’s marketplace.

CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS FOR REMOTE, HYBRID, AND FACE-TO-FACE TEAMS!
Project management isn’t just about process. It’s also about people.
Calling upon over thirty years of experience delivering optimized project outcomes for some of the world’s leading brands, author Clinton M. Padgett reveals the “secret sauce” many leaders leave out of their project success equation. Taking what’s already working on your teams, the principles detailed in How Teams Triumph help your people maximize performance by enhancing communication; breaking down silos; and providing a proven, repeatable framework to complete projects with all stakeholders pulling in the same direction.
In the high-risk, high-reward business world, the success or failure of one project can mean the difference between career growth or career stagnation. The stakes are too high for you and your organization to leave any of it to chance.

In Business And In Life: The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is Straight Talk!
Candor doesn’t necessarily come naturally. It requires practice, but one can learn the behaviors and authentic ways of speaking that tap into the power of candor. With her executive experience, Nancy Eberhardt knows how to help people build success from the inside out. She coaches them to understand their passions, identify a vision, and follow through with velocity. By learning what candor is and is not, you can tap into the immense potential that honest and helpful communication has to offer. By implementing succinct and direct talk into your team’s culture, you can participate in open conversations that unify your team through constructive feedback. If you feel you are working harder than ever but falling short on your desired results, Uncommon Candor will give you a fresh and no-nonsense approach for moving the needle.

WAYNE PENELLO AND ANDREW FURMAN have spent the better part of forty years investigating traditional hedging practices and innovating a better solution. And that innovation put them on a path to invent a groundbreaking approach to hedging.
Risk Is an Asset tells the story of that invention, and it will transform the way you think about hedging strategies. What you will learn by reading this book is that effective hedging is not a decision, it is a process they call “Process Risk Management,” or PRM. It is guided by risk metrics expressed in the same budgetary terms used to measure the success of your business. PRM helps each firm maintain focus on its own budgetary success and avoid the trap of trying to outguess the market.
Why is measuring risk in budgetary terms important? Because if you measure the wrong things, you are unlikely to get the results you want.

2024 Kirkus Best Indie Books of the Year
2024 American Legacy Book Awards Winner in Entrepreneurship
2024 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Awards Silver Medalist in Business
2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards Bronze Medalist in Non-Fiction
2024 National Indie Book Awards Finalist in Business Entrepreneurship & Book Interior Design
2024 International Book Awards Winner in Best Interior Design and Best New Nonfiction
2024 Readers' Favorite Book Awards Honorable Mention in Business & Finance
2024 Goody Business Book Awards TOP IMPACT AUTHOR in Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurism & Entrepreneur, and Start Ups
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Grab the controller! Save the World!
One of the gaming industry’s leading women describes how gaming can be a force for global good.

Play is in our DNA, but gaming has always had a bad rap. Since the first humans carved a game board into the dirt, we’ve been told that playing around isn’t a useful way to spend our time. But gaming is as natural as we are. We game to experiment with ideas and to learn. We play to create new worlds so we can change this one. Gaming pushes us to imagine what more we can become. In Push Play: Gaming for a Better World, Dr. Songyee Yoon, Chief Strategy Officer at NCSOFT, lays out how gaming can help us craft a better world together.

While gaming has global implications, it has largely been created by, marketed to and associated with men. The gaming industry’s perception as a “boys club” has kept many talented women from pursuing their passions in STEM. As a leader and expert in the video game industry, Dr. Yoon shares her own experience in this male dominated field and her quest for a more diverse and equitable tech community. From encouraging more female lead characters in games to creating more supportive environments for working mothers, Dr. Yoon works to break down barriers for those who have been shut out of opportunities in STEM. After all, the game only gets better with more players.

Through stories from her career in the gaming industry and her deep passion for tech, she outlines how innovations in gaming push industries forward and create a more equitable world for everyone.

• Learn how gaming inspires Artificial Intelligence to consider everyone’s perspective.
  
• Master tips and tricks from gaming that can be used to lead diverse and thriving business teams.
  
• Explore the digital worlds of Massively Multiplayer Online Games and understand why we need digital communities where all humans can participate.
  

So, get those thumbs flexing with Push Play to unlock your power to play.

The World’s a Mess. Why Should You Care?
Our world is remarkably automated. Resources remain in abundant supply. Life should be so simple. So prosperous. And yet the vast majority of people still aren’t making a decent living.
America was built on principles of personal freedom, rugged individualism, and self-sufficiency; no country has ever accumulated more power and wealth, abused it less, or used that power more to advance the human condition. However, over the last fifty years our freedoms have been threatened by mounting personal, corporate, and government debt.
In this third installment of the Wolfe Trilogy, Jarl Jensen and his cast of deep-thinking heroes explore the shortcomings of today’s global financial system in easily understood anecdotes and analogies. Ultimately, they offer up a vision for solutions that could help enable sustainable liberty and prosperity for all.