“This impassioned book invites readers to the deep end of life where authentic soul work and human transformation become pressing concerns.” —Publishers Weekly2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medalist in the Aging/Death & Dying CategoryFrom bestselling author Parker J. Palmer comes a brave and beautiful book for all who want to age reflectively, seeking new insights and life-giving ways to engage in the world. “Age itself,” he says, “is no excuse to wade in the shallows. It’s a reason to dive deep and take creative risks.”Looking back on eight decades of life—and on his work as a writer, teacher, and activist—Palmer explores what he’s learning about self and world, inviting readers to explore their own experience. In prose and poetry—and three downloadable songs written for the book by the gifted Carrie Newcomer—he meditates on the meanings of life, past, present, and future. With compassion and chutzpah, gravitas and levity, Palmer writes about cultivating a vital inner and outer life, finding meaning in suffering and joy, and forming friendships across the generations that bring new life to young and old alike.“This book is a companion for not merely surviving a fractured world, but embodying—like Parker—the fiercely honest and gracious wholeness that is ours to claim at every stage of life.” —Krista Tippett, New York Times-bestselling author of Becoming Wise“A wondrously rich mix of reality and possibility, comfort and story, helpful counsel and poetry, in the voice of a friend . . . This is a book of immense gratitude, consolation, and praise.” —Naomi Shihab Nye, National Book Award finalist Read more

A Disney executive VP shares his indispensable time management secrets in this guide to accomplishing more every day.   During Lee Cockerell’s career as the senior operating executive of Walt Disney World Resorts, he led a team of forty thousand employees. He was responsible for the operations of twenty resort hotels, four theme parks, two water parks, and the ESPN Sports Complex. Having so many responsibilities taught Lee a lot about time management, and he began to share his expertise on the subject to help others make the best use of their time.   The time management secrets Lee developed have become one of his most requested corporate training lectures and are now available to you in this tell-all book. However, this book is not just about managing your time. It is about life management as well. The executive time management secrets contained in this book will help you keep all parts of your life under control and jump-start your personal and professional growth. Lee’s first piece of advice is “Don’t underestimate what you can achieve.” Read more

The world’s most trusted guide for leaders in transitionTransitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the biggest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of acute vulnerability. Missteps made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize or even derail your success. In this updated and expanded version of the international bestseller The First 90 Days, Michael D. Watkins offers proven strategies for conquering the challenges of transitions—no matter where you are in your career. Watkins, a noted expert on leadership transitions and adviser to senior leaders in all types of organizations, also addresses today’s increasingly demanding professional landscape, where managers face not only more frequent transitions but also steeper expectations once they step into their new jobs. By walking you through every aspect of the transition scenario, Watkins identifies the most common pitfalls new leaders encounter and provides the tools and strategies you need to avoid them. You’ll learn how to secure critical early wins, an important first step in establishing yourself in your new role. Each chapter also includes checklists, practical tools, and self-assessments to help you assimilate key lessons and apply them to your own situation. Whether you’re starting a new job, being promoted from within, embarking on an overseas assignment, or being tapped as CEO, how you manage your transition will determine whether you succeed or fail. Use this book as your trusted guide. Read more

The classic book on systems thinking—with more than half a million copies sold worldwide!"This is a fabulous book… This book opened my mind and reshaped the way I think about investing."—Forbes "Thinking in Systems is required reading for anyone hoping to run a successful company, community, or country. Learning how to think in systems is now part of change-agent literacy. And this is the best book of its kind."—Hunter Lovins In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth—the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet—Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001.Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute’s Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life.Some of the biggest problems facing the world—war, hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation—are essentially system failures. They cannot be solved by fixing one piece in isolation from the others, because even seemingly minor details have enormous power to undermine the best efforts of too-narrow thinking.While readers will learn the conceptual tools and methods of systems thinking, the heart of the book is grander than methodology. Donella Meadows was known as much for nurturing positive outcomes as she was for delving into the science behind global dilemmas. She reminds readers to pay attention to what is important, not just what is quantifiable, to stay humble, and to stay a learner.In a world growing ever more complicated, crowded, and interdependent, Thinking in Systems helps readers avoid confusion and helplessness, the first step toward finding proactive and effective solutions. Read more

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In Build a Business You Love, #1 New York Times bestselling author and Ramsey Solutions Founder and CEO, Dave Ramsey breaks down the system that took his business from a card table in his living room to a $250 million operation. Business leaders face all kinds of challenges and fears as they work to grow their business. Dave Ramsey gets it—because he’s been there. Over the past 30 years, he and his team have taken some right (and plenty of wrong) turns as they worked to build his one-man financial counseling business into Ramsey Solutions, a $250 million company with over 1,000 team members. Now, Dave is sharing what he’s learned from walking through three decades of business growth—so you can grow your business faster with fewer missteps.In Build a Business You Love, Dave lays out the EntreLeadership System, the road map that takes the guesswork out of growth for business owners like you. Because after more than a decade of helping leaders grow their businesses—and through direct experience with his own company—Dave has found that there are five distinct stages of growth every business has to conquer to reach its potential:Stage 1: Treadmill OperatorStage 2: PathfinderStage 3: TrailblazerStage 4: Peak PerformerStage 5: Legacy BuilderThroughout the book, Dave breaks down each of the stages and their unique challenges in detail to help you solve the right problems, at the right time, in the right way. You’ll learn how to navigate everything business ownership throws at you—from hiring the right people, to finding and training leaders, to creating and operating a budget, to nailing down strategic plans that get results, and more.Build a Business You Love is the essential guide for business owners who want to grow their business the right way and leave a legacy they’re proud of.Join the thousands of business owners who have transformed their business by learning to leverage the EntreLeadership System—the proven plan to help you grow yourself, lead your team, and scale your business.Knowing which stage of business we're in tells us what our next goals and challenges are-which mountaintop to climb next. Then we know what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. That's been amazing.Joe Murphy, Integrity Support Inc.The EntreLeadership System has had a profound impact on my business and my family. I was able to take three months off work earlier this year due to a family emergency, and my business still had its best tax season in years. Being able to step away for 90 days and still see incredible results is a testament to the impact of the EntreLeadership framework.Renee Daggett, AdminBooksBefore EntreLeadership, we didn't have a clear direction for where we were going. One of the big keys for us was implementing a mission, vision, and core values. Now everyone understands where we're going and why, and how we're getting there. It's completely changed our business and allowed us to be more profitable with 90 people than we were with 135 people.Josh Bradford, Altitude Energy LLCThe EntreLeadership System has given me the tools to bring calm to chaos, courage and candor to anxious team members, and clarity to the mission and vision God has for me I am living life again with the confidence that I can leave the office and know that clients will be treated the way I would treat them, and I can focus on my time with my family.James Kreitler, Kreitler Law Firm LLC Read more

“Teams succeed to the degree that there is a free flow of ideas. Read this book to learn how to bring out the best in others—and in yourself.” — Scott Galloway, bestselling author of The Fourand Post CoronaIdeaflow: the number of ideas you or your team can generate in a set amount of time We all want great ideas, but few actually understand how they’re born. Innovation doesn’t come from a sprint or a hackathon--it’s a result of maximizing ideaflow.   Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn of Stanford’s renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (aka the “d.school”) offer a proven strategy for coming up with great ideas by yourself or with your team, and quickly determining which are worthy. Drawing upon their combined decades of experience leading Stanford’s premier Launchpad accelerator and advising some of the world’s most innovative organizations, like Microsoft, Michelin, Keller Williams Realty, and Hyatt, they’ll teach you how to:   • Overcome dangerous thinking traps • Find inspiration in unexpected places • Trick your own brain to be more creative • Design and deploy affordable experiments • Fill your innovation pipeline • Unleash your own creative potential, as well as the potential of others   Perhaps you have experienced low ideaflow. Have you been in that quiet conference room, with a half-filled whiteboard, and an unmet business target?. With the proven system in this book, entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders will learn how to tap into surprising and valuable ideas on demand and fill the creative pipeline with breakthrough ideas. Read more

With almost 3 million copies sold worldwide, this new edition of an enduring classic is the definitive guide to dramatically improve leadership effectiveness, transform personal and professional relationships, and unleash organizational results.Significantly revised throughout, this edition includes updated stories, brand new content, and a practical group discussion guide.Over two decades since first being published, Leadership and Self-Deception continues to help readers discover and overcome the persistent lies that are at the heart of the people-related dysfunction that plagues relationships and hinders organizational results. Told through an engaging story, this book reveals the ways we blind ourselves to our true motivations and unwittingly sabotage our efforts to achieve success and rebuild broken relationships. Completely rewritten throughout, this fourth edition features important updates: A broader cast of characters who resonate with a wide and diverse audience Updated stories and examples that help readers immediately apply these timeless concepts to the modern workplace An individual study and group discussion guide to facilitate personal and team discoveries Practical guides to apply the tools on a personal, team, and organization-wide levelExplore the ideas that have helped millions of people and thousands of organizations sustainably transform relationships and results. Read more

🚀 Unlock A Groundbreaking Leadership Coaching FrameworkFor More Impact - More Coaching - More Clients-> For You as a Leadership Coach“It is clear why Will Linssen ranks as the #1 global leadership coach."– Silvan Rath, CEO TwinnerIf people and results truly matter, then the ability to drive meaningful change within organizations is more critical than ever.Backed by the results of coaching over 100,000 leaders and their teams, Triple Win Leadership Coaching introduces a groundbreaking approach that empowers leaders to elevate not only their own performance but also that of their teams and entire organizations.In this leadership development book, you will learn how to:✅ Apply the Triple Win Coaching framework for unparalleled and measurable results✅ Improve leaders, teams, and results at the same time✅ Involve coworkers to enhance leadership effectiveness and performance✅ Justify coaching with a solid business case✅ Attract and engage more coaching clients effectively✅ Follow a structured and proven approach for consistent success.💡 This book provides a clear and effective coaching methodology alongside proven leadership strategies and tactics. This approach has helped leaders achieve a Triple Win—enhanced leadership, team dynamics, and performance—with a 95% success rate, confirmed by coworkers.Join the Triple Win Movement and embrace a proven coaching framework that drives leadership growth, team performance, and business results with a 95% success rate.🚀 *Don’t miss your chance to attract more clients and become the leadership coach organizations TRUST to deliver results. Read more

The trusted management classic and go to guide for anyone facing new responsibilities as a first time manager.Learn to conquer every challenge like a pro with the clear, candid advice in The First-Time Manager. For nearly four decades, this trusted guide has brought newcomers up to speed on the nitty gritty realities of managing people.The updated seventh edition delivers new information that helps you manage across generations, use online performance appraisal tools, persuade with stories, oversee remote employees, build a team dynamic, match a boss’s style, and more.The jump from star employee to new manager is bigger than most people realize -- with opportunities to fail at every step. Stumbling your way through isn’t an option.In The First-Time Manager, you will learn skills including:leading meetings,hiring employees,motivating others,actively listening,staying calm under pressure,overcoming resistance and much more.With little experience or training, a coveted promotion can become a trial by fire. No one needs that. Turn to the book that thousands have relied on to hit the ground running. Read more

Unleash your inner underdog by starting with success.The reason most people feel left out, burned out, unappreciated, or lost in life or in their professions is because they are chasing success defined by someone else. The solution? Define your own vision of success.Author Quang X. Pham has consistently defined success by harnessing the spirit of the underdog. From his roots as a Vietnam War child refugee, to flying into combat as the first Marine Corps pilot of his heritage, to ringing the bell as CEO of a new IPO on Wall Street, Pham’s equation for success has been rooted in his ER Approach™—zeroing in on your effort and results.In Underdog Nation, he disrupts the standard mindset advice by presenting a framework to help you commit to your vision of success, confront your obstacles, course correct, and build your credibility. Most people sabotage their chances by overcomplicating the journey. Meanwhile, underdogs excel by simplifying decision-making, honing their skills, and disrupting expectations.Packed with first-hand stories and actionable advice, Underdog Nation will teach you:how to start pursuing your own vision of successhow to commit to successhow to confront the obstacles in your wayhow to course correct as neededhow to build your credibility and confidenceNo one else will hand you success. Zero in on your effort and results to define your own success story. If you’re tired of the status quo, consider this your invitation to join the Underdog Nation in the greatest country in the world, the USA. Read more

When Happiness Becomes a Strategic Priority, Everything Else in Your Business ImprovesDrawing from a blend of scientific research, real-world insights, and actionable strategies, Happiness Inc. unveils the transformative power of happiness in the workplace. Happiness isn’t just about feeling good — it’s a proven strategy for engagement, productivity, and long-term success.You will discover:The science behind happiness and its impact on performanceHow leadership, change management, and work culture influence engagementPractical tools to navigate workplace challenges with confidenceHow to foster resilience and well-being in any work environmentStrategies for creating a thriving, inclusive, and motivated teamWhether you're a leader, team member, or change-maker, this book will equip you with the tools to transform workplace dynamics, elevate performance, and build a future where success and happiness go hand in hand. Read more

OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLDWALL STREET JOURNAL AND BUSINESSWEEK BESTSELLERRECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC AND IMPACTFUL STRATEGY BOOKS EVER WRITTENThe global phenomenon that has sold over 4 million copies, is published in a record-breaking 49 languages and is a bestseller across five continents—now updated and expanded with new content. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame. A strategy classic.In this perennial bestseller, embraced by organizations and industries worldwide, globally preeminent management thinkers W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne challenge everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success. Recognized as one of the most iconic and impactful strategy books ever written, BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY, now updated with fresh content from the authors, argues that cutthroat competition results in nothing but a bloody red ocean of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. Based on a study of 150 strategic moves (spanning more than 100 years across 30 industries), the authors argue that lasting success comes not from battling competitors but from creating "blue oceans"—untapped new market spaces ripe for growth.BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY presents a systematic approach to making the competition irrelevant and outlines principles and tools any organization can use to create and capture their own blue oceans. This expanded edition includes:A new preface by the authors: Help! My Ocean Is Turning RedUpdates on all cases and examples in the book, bringing their stories up to the present timeTwo new chapters and an expanded third one—Alignment, Renewal, and Red Ocean Traps—that address the most pressing questions readers have asked over the past 10 yearsA landmark work that upends traditional thinking about strategy, this bestselling book charts a bold new path to winning the future. Consider this your guide to creating uncontested market space—and making the competition irrelevant.To learn more about the power of BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY, visit blueoceanstrategy.com. There you'll find all the resources you need—from ideas in practice and cases from government and private industry, to teaching materials, mobile apps, real-time updates, and tips and tools to help you make your blue ocean journey a success. Read more

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A top leadership consultant says: Stop trying to motivate people! Find a powerful alternative to the carrot and stick in this science-driven guide.   It's frustrating for everyone involved and it just doesn’t work. You can’t motivate people—they are already motivated, but generally in superficial and short-term ways. In this book, Susan Fowler builds upon the latest scientific research on the nature of human motivation to lay out a tested model and course of action that will help leaders guide their people toward the kind of motivation that not only increases productivity and engagement but that gives them a profound sense of purpose and fulfillment. Fowler argues that leaders still depend on traditional carrot-and-stick techniques because they haven’t understood their alternatives and don’t know what skills are necessary to apply the new science of motivation. Her Optimal Motivation process shows leaders how to move people away from dependence on external rewards and help them discover how their jobs can meet the deeper psychological needs—for autonomy, relatedness, and competence—that science tells us result in meaningful and sustainable motivation. Optimal Motivation has been proven in organizations all over the world—Fowler’s clients include Microsoft, CVS, NASA, the Catholic Leadership Institute, H&R Block, Mattel, and dozens more. Throughout this book, she illustrates how each step of the process works using real-life examples—and offers a groundbreaking answer for leaders who want to get motivation right! Read more

The international bestseller—now with a new preface by author John Kotter.Millions worldwide have read and embraced John Kotter’s ideas on change management and leadership.From the ill-fated dot-com bubble to unprecedented M&A activity to scandal, greed, and ultimately, recession—we’ve learned that widespread and difficult change is no longer the exception. It’s the rule. Now with a new preface, this refreshed edition of the global bestseller Leading Change is more relevant than ever.John Kotter’s now-legendary eight-step process for managing change with positive results has become the foundation for leaders and organizations across the globe. By outlining the process every organization must go through to achieve its goals, and by identifying where and how even top performers derail during the change process, Kotter provides a practical resource for leaders and managers charged with making change initiatives work. Leading Change is widely recognized as his seminal work and is an important precursor to his newer ideas on acceleration published in Harvard Business Review.Needed more today than at any time in the past, this bestselling business book serves as both visionary guide and practical toolkit on how to approach the difficult yet crucial work of leading change in any type of organization. Reading this highly personal book is like spending a day with the world’s foremost expert on business leadership. You’re sure to walk away inspired—and armed with the tools you need to inspire others. Published by Harvard Business Review Press. Read more

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS BOOK AWARD 2019From the million-copy bestselling author of The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess, without which our other talents can only take us so far. Drawing from the ideas and examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control, how to develop the empathy that leads to insight, how to look behind people's masks, and how to resist conformity to develop your singular sense of purpose.Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around you, The Laws of Human Nature offers brilliant tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defence. Read more

New York Times Bestseller Wall Street Journal Bestseller From the world’s most influential management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, this is an insight-packed, revelatory look at how the best CEOs do their jobs based on extensive interviews with today’s most successful corporate leaders—including chiefs at Netflix, JPMorgan Chase, General Motors, and Sony.Being a CEO at any of the world’s largest companies is among the most challenging roles in business. Billions, and even trillions, are at stake—and the fates of tens of thousands of employees often hang in the balance. Yet, even when “can’t miss” high-achievers win the top job, very few excel. Thirty percent of Fortune 500 CEOs last fewer than three years, and two out of five new CEOs are perceived to be failing within eighteen months. For those who shoulder the burden of being the one on whom everyone counts, a manual for excellence is sorely needed. To identify the 21st century’s best CEOs, the authors of CEO Excellence started with a pool of over 2400 public company CEOs. Extensive screening distilled that group into an elite corps, sixty-seven of whom agreed to in-depth, multi-hour interviews. Among those sharing their views: Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Reed Hastings (Netflix), Kazuo Hirai (Sony), Ken Chenault (American Express), Mary Barra (GM), and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (Nestlé). What came out of those frank, no-holds-barred conversations is a rich array of mindsets and actions that deliver outsized performance. Compelling, practical, and unprecedented in scope, CEO Excellence is a treasure trove of wisdom from today’s most elite business leaders. Read more

Why do some people break through and make an impact while others get stuck going through the motions?In every organization there are Impact Players—those indispensable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situations and who consistently receive high-profile assignments and new opportunities. Whether they are on center stage or behind the scenes, managers know who these top players are, understand their worth, and want more of them on their team. While their impact is obvious, it’s not always clear what actually makes these professionals different from their peers.InImpact Players, New York Times bestselling author and researcher Liz Wiseman reveals the secrets of these stellar professionals who play the game at a higher level. Drawing on insights from leaders at top companies, Wiseman explains what the most influential players are doing differently, how small and seemingly insignificant differences in how we think and act can make an enormous impact, and why—with a little coaching—this mindset is available to everyone who wants to contribute at their highest level. Based on a study of 170 top contributors, Wiseman identifies the mindsets that prevent otherwise smart, capable people from contributing to their full potential and the five practices that differentiate Impact Players:While others do their job, Impact Players figure out the real job to be done. While others wait for direction, Impact Players step up and lead.While others escalate problems, Impact Players move things across the finish line.While others attempt to minimize change, Impact Players are learning and adapting to change. While others add to the load, the Impact Players make heavy demands feel lighter.Wiseman makes clear that these practices—and the right mindset—can help any employee contribute at their fullest and shows leaders how they can raise the level of play for everyone on the team. Impact Players is your playbook for the new workplace. Read more

Accounting Made Simple: Master Financial Principles Step-by-Step Without The Confusion or Stress.⬇ Includes Free Digital Bonuses!📊"Accounting is the backbone of every successful business and personal financial plan. From understanding financial statements to mastering bookkeeping and taxes, accounting empowers you to make smarter decisions and achieve your goals."As a professional, small business owner, or student, learning accounting can feel like an uphill battle. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when faced with unfamiliar terms, complex concepts, and the fear of making costly mistakes.You might commonly find yourself believing that: Accounting is too hard to understand and feel intimidated by its complexity.You're not good at math and worry it will stop you from mastering key concepts.You feel lost in the endless jargon and complicated processes, making accounting seem out of reach.Struggling to find time to learn while managing work, family, or business responsibilities.📉 These challenges stop many from unlocking the full potential of accounting knowledge, but what if you had a clear, beginner-friendly guide that simplifies every concept and teaches you actionable steps?⭐ "Accounting for Beginners" by Finance Knights Publications is your step-by-step guide to mastering accounting principles without the stress. By the end of this book, you'll confidently manage your finances, grow your business, and make informed decisions for long-term success.What You'll Discover in This Book:✅ The accounting equation and why it’s the foundation of every financial system.✅ How to create and analyze balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.✅ The key differences between financial, managerial, and tax accounting.✅ The double-entry accounting method made simple—no confusion, no fluff!✅ How to properly track and categorize income, expenses, and liabilities.✅ Strategies to audit-proof your business and avoid costly mistakes.✅ GAAP standards simplified—what you need to know and why they matter.✅ How to leverage accounting software to save time and money.✅ Budgeting basics to help you plan, track, and grow your finances.✅ Practical tax-saving tips that anyone can use.✅ How to prevent fraud with smart accounting practices.✅ Real-world examples to understand financial statements at a glance.✅ And so much more!Free Bonuses Included with Your Purchase:📘 Accounting Templates Pack: Cash Flow Statement, Balance Sheet, and Budget Tracker to streamline your financial management.📗 Chapter Bonus: Detecting and Preventing Financial Fraud: Learn how to identify warning signs and implement strategies to safeguard your finances.No more excuses! Start mastering accounting today. Scroll up and click 'Buy Now' to take action Read more