The Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook
Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family.Though "family business" may sound like it refers only to mom-and-pop shops, businesses owned by families are among the most significant and numerous in the world. But surprisingly few resources exist to help navigate the unique challenges you face when you share the executive suite, financial statements, and holidays. How do you make the right decisions, critical to the long-term survival of any business, with the added challenge of having to do so within the context of a family?The HBR Family Business Handbook brings you sophisticated guidance and practical advice from family business experts Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer. Drawing on their decades-long experience working closely with a wide range of family businesses of all sizes around the world, the authors present proven methods and approaches for communicating effectively, managing conflict, building the right governance structures, and more.In the HBR Family Business Handbook you'll find: A new perspective on what makes family businesses succeed and failA framework to help you make good decisions togetherStep-by-step guidance on managing change within your business familyKey questions about wealth, unique to family businesses, that you can't afford to ignoreAssessments to help you determine where you are--and where you want to goStories of real companies, from Marchesi Antinori to Radio FlyerChapter summaries you can use to reinforce what you've learnedKeep this comprehensive guide with you to help you build, grow, and position your family business to thrive across generations.HBR Handbooks provide ambitious professionals with the frameworks, advice, and tools they need to excel in their careers. With step-by-step guidance, time-honed best practices, and real-life stories, each comprehensive volume helps you to stand out from the pack--whatever your role.
Asia-Pacific Film Co-Productions
This book examines cross-regional film collaboration within the Asia-Pacific region. Through a mixed methods approach of political economy, industry and market, as well as textual analysis, the book contributes to the understanding of the global fusion of cultural products and the reconfiguration of geographic, political, economic, and cultural relations. Issues covered include cultural globalization and Asian regionalization; identity, regionalism, and industry practices; and inter-Asian and transpacific co-production practices among the U.S.A., China, South Korea, Japan, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Millionaire Fastlane
** 10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION; CRYPTO, INFLATION, PANDEMICS, MORE!** TRANSLATED IN OVER 25 LANGUAGES WORLDWIDE!Is the financial plan of mediocrity -- a dream-stealing, soul-sucking dogma known as "The Slowlane" your plan for creating wealth? You know how it goes; it sounds like this: Go to school, get a good job, save 10% of your paycheck, buy a used car, cancel the movie channels, quit drinking expensive Starbucks lattes, save and penny-pinch your life away, trust your life-savings to Wall Street, preferably a low cost indexed-fund, and then one day, when you are oh, say, 65 years old, you can retire rich.The mainstream financial gurus have sold you blindly down the river to a great financial gamble: You've been hoodwinked to believe that wealth can be created by recklessly trusting in the uncontrollable and unpredictable markets: the stock market, the job market, and the housing market. This impotent financial gamble dubiously promises wealth in a wheelchair -- sacrifice your youth for a financial plan that reaps dividends in life's twilight.Accept the Slowlane as your blueprint for wealth and your financial future will drift carelessly on a sailboat of HOPE: HOPE you can find a job and keep it, HOPE the stock market doesn't tank, HOPE the economy rebounds, HOPE, HOPE, and HOPE. Do you really want HOPE to be the centerpiece for your family's financial plan?Drive the Slowlane and life will deteriorate into a miserable exhibition about what you cannot do, versus what you can. For those who don't want a lifetime subscription to mediocrity and a lottery-sized chance of elderly riches, there is an alternative; an expressway to extraordinary wealth that can burn a trail to financial independence faster than any road out there.
The Changing World of the Executive
Peter Drucker won wide acclaim as the founder of the discipline of management and as the most influential thinker and writer on modern organizations. The wealth of essays he published at the height of his career are surprisingly relevant today, even prescient. His writings are still strongly informing the practice of management, whether in corporations, not-for-profit entities, or government agencies. The Changing World of the Executive brings together forty of Drucker's essays - most of them originally published in the Wall Street Journal from 1975 to 1982. While covering a range of topics, the essays collectively seek to answer a question that's as urgent as ever: "How can managers better understand and fulfill the new duties and responsibilities created by their constantly transforming world?" Each selection is as relevant and thought-provoking today as it was when first written. Reflecting the author's international viewpoint, an entire nine-essay section is devoted to emerging developments in global business and their implications for the executive's role. Forward-thinking and insightful, The Changing World of the Executive delivers a treasure trove of wisdom from one of the world's most renowned management thinkers.
The Innovation Imperative
Work shouldn't feel like survival. It should feel alive.Yet today, leaders everywhere are stretched thin-expected to innovate, engage, connect, and inspire while navigating constant change. The Innovation Imperative reveals a simple truth: the future of work isn't driven by tools or trends. It's driven by humans-and by the spark they bring to one another.In this practical and inspiring guide, leadership facilitators and culture designers Vanya Boardman and Austin Roberts introduce a transformative framework built around three essential elements: Pause, Purpose, and Play.This trio strengthens creativity, trust, resilience, and high-performing teams. When leaders weave these elements into daily work, culture becomes energized, people feel connected, and innovation becomes sustainable-not stressful. Rooted in neuroscience, organizational psychology, and thousands of hours inside global teams, this book helps leaders rediscover the human heartbeat behind great work.You'll learn how to: - Pause with presence to reduce overload, sharpen clarity, and reset team rhythm- Lead with purpose to strengthen connection, belonging, and meaning- Use play intentionally to unlock creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving- Create psychological safety that fuels engagement and trust- Build rituals that transform meetings and accelerate learning- Navigate conflict with empathy and curiosity- Sustain innovation without burning yourself (or your people) outPerfect for leaders who want to: - Improve team culture and morale- Strengthen collaboration and communication- Increase innovation, adaptability, and creative thinking- Reduce burnout and build resilient, connected teams- Facilitate meaningful conversations and belonging- Lead with authenticity, humanity, and intentionWhether you're an executive, people manager, HR professional, educator, creative, or culture-builder, The Innovation Imperative offers practical tools, rituals, and mindsets to shape a workplace where people feel alive, valued, and inspired.The spark is still there-this book helps you sustain it.If you're ready to build teams that thrive, this is your invitation to pause with purpose, lead with heart, and bring play back to work.
Maximize
You really can do it, do it well, and do it well often. For everyone who wishes for more hours in their day, who needs a to-do list for their to-do lists, who yearns for specific actions to take over generic guidance: this is especially for you. Take your favorite Top 100 list and marry it with your favorite, most useful self-help book, and you've got Maximize, featuring the top 100 practices to increase your focus, energy, commitment, alignment, and motivation. Maximize is the curation, collation, and consolidation of the world's best thinking fused with personal application. It's the perfect potential springboard to becoming your best self. Whether you're starting, refining, or fine-tuning your personal performance, Maximize is the resource for each stage of your journey. Together let's: Cure time blindness. Cultivate energy. Tap into hyperpresence. Optimize performance. Capitalize on opportunities. Amplify your purpose. Maximize your life.
The Next Airline Pilot - Competency at the Core
How do you train a pilot for situations that cannot be trained for?How do you prepare for the untrainable?This groundbreaking book provides the answers.This is the ultimate guide to preparing pilots for the unexpected-and ensuring the continued safety of commercial aviation.Capt. Andr矇 Berger takes readers inside the world of Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA), the global standard shaping the future of pilot training. Drawing on decades of experience, he shows how modern airline training goes beyond checklists and tasks to build real cockpit decision-making, resilience, and performance on the flight deck.Inside, you'll discover: ✈ Why competencies-not tasks-define a great airline pilot.✈ The principles of CBTA and immersive training.✈ How to train pilots for the unexpected.✈ Leadership insights to drive training excellence.It is a practical, industry-defining guide for pilot training.If you care about the future of pilot training, this book is essential.
Maximize
You really can do it, do it well, and do it well often. For everyone who wishes for more hours in their day, who needs a to-do list for their to-do lists, who yearns for specific actions to take over generic guidance: this is especially for you. Take your favorite Top 100 list and marry it with your favorite, most useful self-help book, and you've got Maximize, featuring the top 100 practices to increase your focus, energy, commitment, alignment, and motivation. Maximize is the curation, collation, and consolidation of the world's best thinking fused with personal application. It's the perfect potential springboard to becoming your best self. Whether you're starting, refining, or fine-tuning your personal performance, Maximize is the resource for each stage of your journey. Together let's: Cure time blindness. Cultivate energy. Tap into hyperpresence. Optimize performance. Capitalize on opportunities. Amplify your purpose. Maximize your life.
Critical Thinking
Do you often find yourself lost when facing complicated problems?Are you tired of making decisions you end up regretting?Does your head feel like it's in a fog, overwhelmed by too much information?Do you struggle to defend your ideas when someone tries to manipulate you?I get it. With today's hectic pace, it's normal to feel like you're always a step behind.Imagine for a second, what if you could...- Approach any problem with a structured, foolproof method for unraveling its complexity- Make decisions with unwavering confidence, knowing you've considered all angles- Cut through manipulation and propaganda like a hot knife through butter- Articulate your ideas with laser-like precision, leaving no room for misunderstanding- Spot logical fallacies and biases in real-time, in yourself and others- Transform information overload into a superpower of discernment and insight- Solve root causes of issues, creating lasting solutions instead of quick fixes- Become known as the go-to person for cracking tough nuts and seeing hidden anglesHere's a little sneak preview of what you'll get: - How to analyze information effectively- Building and recognizing strong arguments- Overcoming common mental biases- Understanding data and statistics better- Asking more effective questions- Creative problem-solving techniques- Navigating complex ethical issues- Applying critical thinking to daily life- Tackling challenges in the digital world- Continuously improving your thinking skillsReady to transform your thinking and decision-making skills?
The Power of Being Undressed
You built a beautiful life, yet somehow you lost the woman living it.You became the strong one. The capable one. The woman in the flawless designer suits who can hold everything except her own truth. And beneath all that competence sits the confession you have never dared to say out loud. You abandoned yourself without meaning to and you can no longer hear your own voice.The Power of Being Undressed is the moment you stop pretending you are fine and start listening to the voice that faded into the background but never left you, the quiet truth that has been waiting to be heard. Gem Dentith takes you into the places you avoid, the places where the real you has been waiting with patience and power.This is an invitation to stop abandoning yourself, to stop shrinking to fit the room, and to finally choose the woman underneath it all.The transformation: Choosing yourself becomes the turning point.You become grounded and alive in your truth.You shift from chasing into natural magnetism.Life levels up and reorganises around who you really are.Your feminine power and presence replace proving.Ease rises where over-efforting once ruled.You become the woman who can hold the life she was always meant for.Because when a woman undresses the life that is not hers, she becomes the woman she was always meant to be.
Pharmaceutics
Pharmaceutics, the science and art of making medicines, is a primary subject in any pharmacy programme. The present text orients the pharmaceutics practical to suit the need of First Year B. Pharm. and First Year Pharm. D. programme students and the teachers as well. Realizing the educational background of just entered first year students, the text attempts to present the entire Pharmacy Council of India syllabus in a simple, understandable, and performable manner. The outstanding features are: - Questions and Answers provided at the end of each experiment to help the students understand the use of each preparation/experiment and easily face viva voce during practical examination.- Patient counseling points for each of the preparations.- Principles and Experimental Procedures are written in an easily adaptable style.
The Next Airline Pilot - Competency at the Core
How do you train a pilot for situations that cannot be trained for? How do you prepare for the untrainable? This groundbreaking book provides the answers.The Next Airline Pilot - Competency at the Core is the ultimate guide to preparing pilots for the unexpected-and ensuring the continued safety of commercial aviation.Veteran airline captain, instructor, and training manager Capt. Andr矇 Berger takes readers inside the world of Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA), the global standard shaping the future of pilot training. Drawing on decades of experience, he shows how modern airline training goes beyond checklists and tasks to build real cockpit decision-making, resilience, and performance on the flight deck.Inside, you'll discover: ✈ Why competencies-not tasks-define a great airline pilot. ✈ The principles of CBTA and immersive training, and why airlines worldwide are embracing them. ✈ How to train pilots for the unexpected, and why traditional flight training manuals and methods are no longer enough. ✈ The leadership insights every flight instructor, examiner, airline manager, and regulator needs to drive training excellence.This is not just a book about pilot training. It is a practical, industry-defining guide for ab initio pilot training, airline operations, aviation safety, and aviation management.If you care about the future of pilot training, this book is essential.
Escaping Wealth's Waiting Room
Voyage of the Seed is a bold roadmap to breaking free from financial struggle and stepping into lasting abundance through time-tested biblical principles.This isn't another prosperity gimmick or quick-fix "miracle money" promise. Instead, the author unveils the unchanging laws of seed and bread, seedtime and harvest, and value exchange, principles that have shaped wealth for generations. Through Scripture-backed wisdom and practical insights, readers will discover why many sincere givers remain trapped in lack, and how to align their decisions with God's unbreakable economic system.Whether you're battling debt, struggling with "just enough," or longing to leave a legacy of abundance, Voyage of the Seed shows you how to: Distinguish between seed and bread in your finances.Apply the law of seedtime and harvest to unlock consistent growth.Create, add, distribute, and partner in value that multiplies.Break free from the myth of "miracle money."Transition from barely surviving to thriving in God's abundance.This book is not motivational hype, it's a prophetic, practical guide that hands you a compass to financial freedom. If you're ready to stop wishing and start walking in kingdom wealth, your voyage begins here.
Make ME Feel Special!
Business success, whether retail, service-based, or even direct buyer connection, is built by establishing mutually profitable relationships: relationships where you make the customer (client) feel special. When you 'Make ME Feel Special!' you enhance your chances to convert me from a one-time customer to a raving fan and long-term profitable client and avid champion. You 'make money' in business when you are in face-to-face or phone-to-phone sales, service, or follow up contact with your clients. You 'earn that money' by delivering on what you contract and you 'leverage that money' by maintaining good client contact and ongoing superior service. But first, you need to be and/or keep in contact with them. Keep in touch, treat them special, and they will come back; and bring their friends and colleagues too. Idea-rich customer service is a skillful blend of all three with a focus on making your clients feel special. Working to create an idea-rich customer service based, client centered culture will pay top dividends for years to come. Ever wondered why the top performing business owners and sales superstars sell so much better and make so much more money than their counterparts? Plus, they seem to it so much easier too. Their secret is in how they 'visualize' and more effectively approach everyone, which results in such higher levels of success with their prospective clients. -They see clients vs. customers walk into their locations and act accordingly. -They see clients when they pick up the phone or walk into an office or boardroom.-They see clients when there is a concern or something that needs to be fixed or replaced and they act with a long-term view.-They see clients who become raving fans and champions for them. One of the secrets to business or selling success is to 'maximize' each client relationship by ensuring you demonstrate your 'genuine' commitment to helping them, not just selling them. That mental shift is reinforced when you think of them as 'valued' clients not 'just' customers. The end result is they will buy from you again and encourage their friends and contacts to follow their lead in selecting you to serve them. People love to 'buy' but hate being 'sold'. Customer service is a 'proven' success tool for top performing professionals, business owners, and champion sales people. Canada's Ideaman, Bob Hooey partners with committed leaders and organizations to equip and motivate profitable growth and enhanced success. He teaches the secrets of idea-rich business development built on solid customer service foundations. Invest in your future success by investing in your team today!
When Plans Fail
When the world refuses to follow your carefully crafted roadmap, what separates those who collapse from those who thrive? It isn't the brilliance of the plan-it's the ability to shift, adjust, and move forward when certainty disappears. In a time when markets, technology, and culture evolve at breakneck speed, adaptability in business has become the real competitive edge. This book dismantles the myth that long-term strategies guarantee success. It reveals why even the most detailed blueprints are destined to meet unexpected obstacles-and why clinging to them often leads to business strategy failure. Instead, it shows how leaders, teams, and individuals can succeed through organizational agility, developing the mindset and tools to pivot with confidence. Readers will discover how to: - Recognize the warning signs that a plan is failing before it's too late - Use agility vs strategy thinking to decide when to stay the course and when to change direction - Build trust and resilience so teams adapt without losing focus - Apply lessons from companies that reinvented themselves, turning setbacks into opportunities - Master decision making under uncertainty by treating unpredictability as the normal state of play Written for entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals navigating leadership in uncertain times, this is not a call to abandon planning, but to reimagine it as flexible, scenario-driven, and responsive. By the final page, readers will see that thriving in volatile markets is not about predicting the future but about being ready to move with it. This is your guide to cultivating resilience and adaptability-not just to survive change, but to shape it and come out ahead when plans fail.
Wanted -> A Board Career
Have you ever thought about serving on a corporate, nonprofit, or advisory board, but didn't know where to begin? Whether you're seeking influence, impact, or a second act after an accomplished career, this playbook will show you how to land a board seat that's right for you.Anyone can join a board if you know how to crack the code. Wanted → A Board Career is not just about gaining a title. It's about shaping the future of organizations while creating meaning, legacy, and impact in your own life.This step-by-step playbook will help you: Understand the different types of boards and how to target the right ones for you.Translate your career accomplishments into board-ready skills.Build a powerful narrative that attracts attention from nominating committees.Navigate networking and board search consultants (recruiters) with ease.Position yourself as a trusted board member who adds value from day one.This book shows you how to claim your seat in the boardroom. The demand has never been higher. Organizations are transforming at lightning speed and they need your insight, your leadership, and your vision to guide them into the future.
From Clue to Company
A great company often starts where someone sighs in frustration. This book shows you how to turn those moments into evidence, then into offers people will pay for. Instead of chasing trends or waiting for inspiration, you will learn a calm, repeatable method to go from observation to proof-one small, honest test at a time. Built for founders, side-project builders, product managers, and curious professionals, it replaces guesswork with fieldcraft. You will practise pain point spotting, design clean customer interviews, and run idea validation sprints that take days, not months. You will test price before product, use small data research to find strong signals, and apply jobs to be done to frame promises that land. Along the way, you will prototype lightly, measure willingness to pay, and distinguish noise from product market fit fast indicators. The result is not a pile of ideas but a working pipeline: observe, draft, test, and decide. - Read this if you want practical momentum without mythology. - See everyday life as a laboratory for startup ideas - Run respectful experiments that earn trust and insight - Convert proof into pilots and pilots into revenue - Keep your attention free by killing weak bets kindly If you are ready to build from reality outward-and let evidence lead-you will find here the tools and language to move from clue to company, and to keep going with fewer regrets and clearer wins.
Decide and Deliver
Every leader knows the frustration of endless meetings, over-analysed spreadsheets, and choices that drag on until opportunities vanish. The real enemy isn't bad ideas-it's indecision. This book is a step-by-step guide to reclaiming clarity and momentum in a world drowning in options. Drawing on decision making psychology, management science, and real-world stories, it reveals the frameworks that cut through noise and bias. You'll see how to use business decision tools like decision trees, weighted models, and scenario planning without getting lost in theory. Through vivid case studies of start-ups, governments, and high-stakes crises, you'll learn when to act fast, when to pause, and how to avoid decision paralysis solutions that keep organisations stuck. This is not abstract theory. Each chapter delivers practical maps, reflection prompts, and proven techniques leaders can use today. You'll discover: - How to balance data with intuition when certainty is impossible - Why speed and rigour can work together rather than against each other - How to build a culture where decisive action is rewarded, not punished For entrepreneurs, executives, and anyone forced to decide under pressure, this book offers more than strategies-it offers a new way to think. By the final page, you'll have a durable system for making fast business decisions that are both confident and smart. The result: sharper leadership, stronger teams, and the end of wasted time.
Faster Than You Think
Every entrepreneur feels the pressure of limited time, endless tasks, and rising competition. The difference today is that a new ally exists-one that can help you cut through the noise, act faster than competitors, and run your business with unprecedented clarity. Yet most guides to artificial intelligence leave founders stranded between vague promises and technical jargon. This book closes that gap. It shows how to turn AI for entrepreneurs into a practical operating system-step by step, workflow by workflow. You will see exactly how to apply ChatGPT business workflows to research markets, draft content, analyse data, and automate tasks that normally drain your energy. You will learn where automation for small business accelerates growth and where human judgment must remain central. Through case studies, exercises, and real examples, it demonstrates how practical AI strategies can help you scale without hiring armies of staff. Designed for startup founders, solo operators, and small teams, this guide is not about hype. It is about precision: how to use AI productivity tools to make decisions, serve clients, and stay lean while others get lost in complexity. By the final page, you will have not just ideas but tested real world AI use cases-ready to plug into your business today. If you want to scale smarter, not harder, this is the playbook you've been waiting for.
The One-Person Empire
What if the smartest way to grow your business was not by hiring more people, but by staying small-and designing smarter? In today's digital economy, one-person enterprises are quietly rewriting the rules of scale, proving that independence can rival entire organisations. This book is a practical and intellectual guide for ambitious individuals who want to thrive as solopreneurs. It speaks to freelancers, creators, consultants, and digital entrepreneurs who are tired of being told that success requires teams, offices, and investors. Instead, it shows how to harness solopreneur strategies, leverage business automation, and tap into digital platforms for entrepreneurs without losing control or authenticity. Inside, readers will discover: - How to think in systems so your business runs smoothly without endless firefighting - Smart ways to use outsourcing tips for solo founders without abdicating control - Why managing time and energy as capital is the real secret to scale - Mental models to guard against burnout, impostor syndrome, and decision fatigue - The future-proof revenue models that let you grow on your own terms By the final page, you won't see your solo business as fragile or limited-you'll see it as an intelligently engineered machine for freedom, profit, and impact. If you've ever wondered how to achieve solo business growth without burning out, this book is the roadmap you've been missing.
The 100 Customers Rule
A radical promise sits at the heart of this book: start smaller than feels comfortable-and outgrow competitors who start big. If you've been told to chase a massive market, this offers a sharper alternative: master a tiny one so completely that expansion becomes a controlled consequence. You'll learn how niche marketing and a micro targeting strategy reveal the few levers that actually move growth, and why serving a real cohort of one hundred people can generate compounding advantages others miss. It's for founders, solo operators, product leads, and investors who value evidence over hype and want a playbook they can execute next week. You'll see how to achieve product-market fit in a micro-market, price the transformation you deliver, and tell a story the market believes. Expect field-ready tools: interview scripts for customer development, worksheets for unit economics, and a cadence that encodes customer obsession into daily work. - Find and serve your first one hundred true fans-then build a business with 100 customers that can scale - Turn a narrow problem into a category of one with real switching costs - Use bootstrapped growth maths to decide when to add capital or say no - Design gravity-referrals, data, and small network effects-for a small market big company If you're ready to trade vanity metrics for durable results, this is your map to the 100 customers rule-a focused path from quiet beginnings to meaningful scale.
When Matters More Than What
Most people obsess over picking the right stock or chasing the next hot investment, but the truth is clear: wealth is built by timing life's big decisions, not outsmarting the market. The difference between security and stress often comes down to when you act-when you buy or rent a home, when you choose to upskill, when you have children, or when you decide to retire. This book reveals why focusing on timing financial decisions delivers far greater impact than endlessly comparing funds or following market noise. Through research, case studies, and practical frameworks, it shows how aligning choices with your own "decision clock" creates resilience and opportunity at every stage of life. From calculating the true education ROI for adults to mastering buy vs rent timing, from planning career timing and upskilling to navigating retirement timing risks, it gives you clarity on the trade-offs that matter most. Designed for thoughtful professionals, families, and anyone tired of being overwhelmed by financial advice that never fits their real life, this book offers a fresh perspective: you don't need to predict markets-you need to synchronize money with your life's milestones. Inside, you'll learn how to: - Map your key financial milestones planning to reduce regret and maximize options - Use life-cycle investing to make your money work with-not against-the realities of time - Anticipate the hidden costs of delaying big moves like education or retirement - Build confidence in personal finance decision-making without relying on guesswork By the end, you'll have a sharper, calmer way to see money-not as a constant race for higher returns, but as a tool to live in step with your priorities. The real advantage isn't in beating the market. It's in knowing when matters more than what.
Simplifying Complex Sales
SELLING COMPLEX PRODUCTS OR SERVICES CAN BE INTIMIDATINGYou didn't choose your profession to become a salesperson, but here you are, expected to win business as well as deliver results. If you've ever felt uncomfortable "selling" your services, you're not alone. Many professionals such as consultants, coaches, attorneys, and IT experts are passionate about solving problems and serving clients, not pitching products. Yet growth depends on helping others make confident, well-informed decisions about working with you.Simplifying Complex Sales offers a clear, repeatable process that helps you communicate your value, guide decision-making, and build lasting client relationships. You'll learn how to: Identify what stage your buyer is in and what they need nextUncover and resolve hidden obstacles in the decision-making processBuild trust and credibility without sales pressureLead authentic conversations that inspire confidence and actionCoach others in your firm toward more consistent growthThis is a practical guide for professionals who never saw themselves as "salespeople" but understand that sustainable growth requires connection and trust. Simplifying Complex Sales gives you the confidence to lead conversations, close business, and grow with integrity-without ever feeling like you're selling.
Leading Through the Heat
When the alarm sounds and lives hang in the balance, there's no time for micromanagement, ego, or empty commands. In the firehouse, leadership isn't a theory-it's survival. Fire Captain Mark Andrew has spent his career learning what separates good leaders from poor ones, often through hard-earned lessons while fighting fires. In LEADING THROUGH THE HEAT, he distills decades of experience into a practical guide that proves the principles forged in emergency response apply to any workplace: - Why presence matters more than micromanaging - How to build trust when stakes are high - The difference between commanding and inspiring - What it means to truly care about your team - How to transform from worker to leader This isn't another corporate playbook filled with buzzwords and case studies. It's an honest, sometimes raw account of leadership failures and successes witnessed in one of the most demanding professions on earth. Captain Andrew doesn't just tell you what good leadership looks like. He shows you through real stories of officers who earned loyalty in the fire service's crucible and those who lost it.
Rewriting the Rules
Rewriting the Rules: A Leadership Model for a Neuroinclusive, Human-Centered Workplace is a timely and transformative guide for leaders ready to break free from performative leadership and build workplaces that truly work for everyone.For decades, Ronald Sosa excelled in veterinary leadership, constantly striving to meet invisible standards of professionalism. Behind the success, though, was exhaustion, masking, and self-doubt until late-life diagnoses of ADHD and autism revealed that the problem wasn't him. It was the system.Blending personal narrative with practical frameworks, Sosa exposes how traditional leadership models reward charisma over competence, conformity over creativity, and performance over presence. He then introduces his revolutionary four-part model-Reflect, Implement, Sustain, and Elevate (R.I.S.E.)-to help leaders rebuild from the inside out.Through this model, readers will learn how to: Lead without masks or burnout by grounding leadership in emotional regulation and authentic connection.Build neuroinclusive workplaces that honor difference as a source of strength, not struggle.Redefine professionalism to center humanity, sustainability, and real impact.Shift from performative leadership to purpose-driven, people-centered growth.This is not another book about managing neurodivergent employees. It's leadership through neurodiversity. Written with honesty, humor, and empathy, Rewriting the Rules invites all leaders, whether neurotypical, neurodivergent, or simply human, to reimagine what leadership looks like when we stop pretending and start connecting.If you've ever felt "too much," "not enough," or out of place in your own leadership journey, this book offers not just understanding but transformation.Whether you're a CEO, HR leader, team manager, or emerging professional, you'll walk away with the clarity, confidence, and courage to lead without performing-and to build a workplace where everyone belongs.
Founder Mind
Entrepreneurship promises freedom and impact, yet often delivers a relentless inner battle few dare to speak about. Behind every pitch and product launch lies a mind wrestling with exhaustion, self-doubt, and a fragile sense of identity. This book pulls back the curtain on the hidden side of building a business-the unfiltered landscape of stress, impostor syndrome, and the psychological toll of relentless ambition. Instead of hollow pep talks, it offers grounded insight and practical guidance. Through a blend of case studies, philosophy, and science, readers will discover: - Why entrepreneurial stress reshapes not only decision-making but also the body itself - How to recognise and reframe the voice of the inner critic - Tools and rituals that transform daily chaos into a system of sustainable resilience tools - The subtle ways identity becomes entangled with a company's success-and how to separate them without losing drive This book is for founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, and anyone caught in the paradox of chasing big visions while quietly wondering if they are enough. By the end, readers will gain a clear mental framework for managing entrepreneurial stress, protecting their mental health in startups, and building emotional stamina for founders that lasts beyond market cycles. It does not promise ease, but it does offer a compass-one that ensures the inner rollercoaster of entrepreneurship becomes navigable rather than fatal.
Can't I Just Want Something More? A Career Change Guide for People Who Aren't Starting from Scratch
Can't I Just Want Something More? is a thoughtful, practical guide for adults who feel ready for change but unsure how to begin-especially when walking away from a long-established career feels risky, confusing, or irresponsible.Midlife career change is rarely about dissatisfaction alone. It's often about identity, purpose, confidence, and the quiet realization that the life you built no longer fits the person you've become. This book addresses both the emotional and logistical challenges of career transition, helping readers understand why they feel stuck before showing them how to move forward.Readers are guided through: The emotional realities of career change, including fear, self-doubt, grief for the "old path," and the pressure of expectationsIdentifying transferable skills and experience that remain valuable-even when changing industriesClarifying values, interests, and priorities that often shift in midlifeExploring new career options realistically, without impulsive decisions or unnecessary financial riskReframing professional identity and learning how to present experience in a new wayCreating a sustainable transition plan that balances ambition with real-world responsibilitiesRather than promoting drastic reinvention or unrealistic success stories, Can't I Just Want Something More?emphasizes thoughtful progress, experimentation, and self-trust. It encourages readers to take informed steps forward while honoring the experience they already bring to the table.This book is written for professionals, caregivers, creatives, and career-changers who feel called toward something different-but want guidance that respects their lived experience. It is equally useful for individuals actively planning a transition and for those still in the early stages of reflection.
Drug Delivery Systems
"Drug Delivery Systems" - a comprehensive guide crafted for the aspiring pharmacists of tomorrow. Authored by a talented team. The revolutionary course content designed by The Pharmacy Council of India. Introduced in 2020, aims to standardize the knowledge imparted to M. Pharmacy students across the country, bridging the gap between different universities and colleges.Immerse yourself in the realm of Sustained Release (SR) and Controlled Release (CR) formulations, explore the intricate world of Polymers and Dosage Forms for Personalized Medicine, and unravel the mysteries of Rate Controlled Drug Delivery Systems. From Gastro-Retentive to Ocular Drug Delivery Systems, embark on a journey through the cutting-edge advancements shaping the future of pharmaceutical science.Through the expertise of the authors, readers will gain invaluable insights into Protein and Peptide Delivery, Vaccine delivery systems, and beyond. With a focus on fostering essential competencies, this book serves as a beacon for students seeking to excel in the dynamic landscape of drug delivery.Discover a wealth of knowledge meticulously presented in an accessible format, designed to empower readers with a profound understanding of dosage form manufacturing. "Drug Delivery Systems" is not just a book - it's a gateway to enhanced learning, ensuring that readers are equipped to meet the demands of the ever-evolving pharmaceutical industry.
Grace
When organizations struggle, leaders scramble for solutions-new strategies, new policies, new initiatives. Yet the real problems are often hidden: five destructive behaviors that quietly erode trust, weaken culture, and sabotage performance.In Grace: The Most Underutilized Strength in Business, consultant Janis Harbinger confronts these behaviors while facing her own survival battle with cancer. Her story brings to life the intense pressures leaders face when personal and organizational struggles collide. Through this leadership fable, readers discover that the same force that sustains people through life's hardest challenges can transform organizations-grace.This book equips leaders to: -Identify and eliminate the five behaviors that undermine success.-Recognize the nine signs of graceful leadership that build resilience.-Lead with clarity, courage, and accountability under extreme pressure.Blending storytelling with practical tools, Grace offers a fresh path forward for executives, managers, and teams seeking more than quick fixes. It shows that true leadership isn't just about driving results-it's about sustaining people and organizations when survival is on the line.Author descriptionCalvin Morris is a writer, coach, and organizational strategist who helps leaders unlock the hidden power of grace in business and life. With years of experience guiding teams through change and renewal, he has witnessed firsthand how grace, not incentives or strategies alone, creates resilience, trust and lasting success.In Grace: The Most Underutilized Strength in Business, Calvin combines fable and practice to reveal five patterns that appear in every struggling organization and shows how leaders can overcome them. His unique blend of storytelling and practical tools equips executives, managers, and teams to move beyond fear and control toward collaboration and growth.Through his writing, teaching, and consulting, Calvin is committed to helping people discover that grace is not abstract, but the most underutilized strength in leadership today.
