Be the Unicorn
"This book is one of the most worthwhile and immediately usable reads I have come across in a long time." -KiplingerWant to stand out from the crowd? We have studied 30,000 top leaders and have discovered the 12 habits they share that make them as rare as a unicorn. Learn these habits, and you'll be one of the best at whatever you do!How do I stand out? How do I become irreplaceable? With a crowded workforce, an unstable job landscape, and the rise of AI, these questions are the ones that everyone either is or should be asking.William Vanderbloemen has asked these questions over the past 15 years while running one of the world's top executive search firms. Through extensive research of over 30,000 top leaders and proprietary data, Vanderbloemen has identified the 12 habits that the best of the best have in common. Traits such as authenticity, responsiveness, agility, and the ability to problem solve, among others.Each habit includes information on What We Know (the hard data behind why the habit is so transformative), What We've Seen (first-hand accounts by high-achieving professionals on how they live the habit), and What We Do (simple ways to build this habit into your daily routine). Be the Unicorn will help you: Discover the top twelve soft skills the most successful leaders, the top 1%, have. Understand how to develop these soft skills in your own life for better job success. Learn how to apply soft skills to interpersonal relationships outside of work. Understand how these soft skills can be applied in different work environments and job fields, especially with the rise of AI technology.
Exposing The eLearning Mystery
If you are investigating ways to grow your revenue and expand your customer base, and don't know how to fill the gaps, this book is for you. Exposing The eLearning Mystery shares step-by-step secrets to creating eLearning products that can lead to better results and generate more revenue for your service business in a shorter timeframe with more profits. You'll discover ways to scale and automate your business without being overwhelmed. Ultimately you will gain more free time, increase your influence, and build the lifestyle you want.
4 Business Lessons From Jesus
In this book, Christian business leaders will discover insightful commentary on select parables of Jesus, thoughtfully organized into four chapters. These parables provide profound lessons that can be directly applied to the world of business, work, and entrepreneurship. Jesus' teachings in these parables encourage us to become value-driven, cultivate stewardship of capital, and exercise prudence in our professional endeavors. Moreover, Hendrith, drawing from his extensive experience as an executive and entrepreneur, unveils the deeper layers of these parables in a manner that is certain to captivate hearts and ignite fresh insights, making this a must-read for anyone seeking to infuse their business journey with both purpose and wisdom. By internalizing and living out these valuable lessons, readers can not only enhance their career success and fulfillment but also attain a vital alignment between their spiritual beliefs and their professional lives. This quick yet enriching read offers a treasure trove of wisdom for executives, entrepreneurs, and employees alike, making it a worthwhile investment for those seeking to become better in their respective business roles while staying true to their Christian values. Unlock the secrets of success and spiritual alignment in your business journey with this insightful book. Dive into the profound wisdom of Jesus' parables, expertly explained by Hendrith, an experienced executive and entrepreneur, and discover how to infuse purpose and wisdom into your career while staying true to your Christian values. Don't miss out on this opportunity to become a better business leader - it's a must-read for Christian entrepreneurs!
Managing Conflict in Organizations
Managing Conflict in Organizations introduces the origins, forms, benefits, and consequences of organizational conflict to students and practitioners and teaches how best to manage conflict to achieve productive outcomes. Conflict has benefits: it may lead to solutions to problems, creativity, and innovation. In contrast, little or no conflict in organizations may lead to stagnation, poor decisions, and ineffectiveness.This book is a vigorous analysis of the rational application of conflict theory in organizations for organizational behavior students, as well as practitioners looking to practice constructive conflict management in their work. This fifth edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research in the field and explains the effect that research has on practice, with an expanded range of practical examples and cases.It covers emergent topics such as: Differentials in conflict management styles across generations Technology and its effect on conflict style changes Cross-cultural studies and diversity This text is a valuable resource for students, instructors, and researchers in human resource management and organizational behavior, and a practical handbook for practitioners that manage (or manage upward) their colleagues.
Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I'm Entitled to the C-Suite
Yes Please! is a leadership development tool that is grounded in positive psychology and neuroscience. It supports high- performing women leaders of color in finding happiness in the midst of the uniques challenges they face as they aim for senior executive ranks. Author, L. Michelle Smith surveyed 100 high-performing black women leaders and uncovered that 90% of them did not describe themselves as happy in their corporate careers, and as research in positive psychology has found, happy people are successful people.Yes Please! highlights seven secrets, 32 powerful questions, engaging storytelling, stinging truths and mountains of credible guidance from women of color who have lived experience and experts that provide the insights and stats. The author's story and insight a as a corporate executive, business owner and mom-in- chief are also throughout.Yes Please! helps these women leaders reclaim their happiness by providing seven powerful solution-specific affirmations to counter the negativity from toxic workplaces. The book covers compensation, likability versus respect, partnership and marriage, sponsorship failures, moving on to move up, women supporting women and more."This is an absolute must read for any person looking to demystify ascent to the C-Suite, but more importantly, through authentic storytelling and proven leadership principles exercised by Black women achievers. Yes, Please! provides mid-level, mid-career women of color all important access to essential knowledge that is not always readily shared. Thank you L Michelle for this timely work and word..."Xavier Williams, Retired Fortune 10 Executive, CEO NWS Wireless"L. Michelle gives you the secrets to navigating the corporate world on your own terms. Anyone who wants to experience higher levels of personal and professional success should read this book."Trudy Bourgeois Author, EQUALITY: Courageous Conversations about Women, Men and Race to Spark a Diversity and Inclusion Breakthrough"L. Michelle is a sister who knows how to help you find success in business."Toure, TV Personality, Podcast Host and Author, I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon "Once again, L. Michelle has her finger on the pulse of what's going on in corporate America. For me, this book could not have come at a better time. The concept of what we deserve should be required reading for every woman inside and outside of workplaces--and their daughters and nieces. L. Michelle is an important voice in the discussion of work and life, women and people of color, one we should listen to." Maria Reeve, Vice President, Texas Initiatives for Hearst, former executive editor of the Houston Chronicle"L. Michelle Smith is a passionate advocate and coach for women in the C-Suite. She knows what it takes to open the right doors. If you want to build a confidence and right skill set, Yes, Please! is the how-to guide you'll keep going back to."Valorie Burton, National bestselling author of Successful Women Think Differently and CEO of the Coaching and Positive Psychology Institute
Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I'm Entitled to the C-Suite
Yes Please! is a leadership development tool that is grounded in positive psychology and neuroscience. It supports high- performing women leaders of color in finding happiness in the midst of the uniques challenges they face as they aim for senior executive ranks. Author, L. Michelle Smith surveyed 100 high-performing black women leaders and uncovered that 90% of them did not describe themselves as happy in their corporate careers, and as research in positive psychology has found, happy people are successful people.Yes Please! highlights seven secrets, 32 powerful questions, engaging storytelling, stinging truths and mountains of credible guidance from women of color who have lived experience and experts that provide the insights and stats. The author's story and insight a as a corporate executive, business owner and mom-in- chief are also throughout.Yes Please! helps these women leaders reclaim their happiness by providing seven powerful solution-specific affirmations to counter the negativity from toxic workplaces. The book covers compensation, likability versus respect, partnership and marriage, sponsorship failures, moving on to move up, women supporting women and more."This is an absolute must read for any person looking to demystify ascent to the C-Suite, but more importantly, through authentic storytelling and proven leadership principles exercised by Black women achievers. Yes, Please! provides mid-level, mid-career women of color all important access to essential knowledge that is not always readily shared. Thank you L Michelle for this timely work and word..."Xavier Williams, Retired Fortune 10 Executive, CEO NWS Wireless"L. Michelle gives you the secrets to navigating the corporate world on your own terms. Anyone who wants to experience higher levels of personal and professional success should read this book."Trudy Bourgeois Author, EQUALITY: Courageous Conversations about Women, Men and Race to Spark a Diversity and Inclusion Breakthrough"L. Michelle is a sister who knows how to help you find success in business."Toure, TV Personality, Podcast Host and Author, I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon "Once again, L. Michelle has her finger on the pulse of what's going on in corporate America. For me, this book could not have come at a better time. The concept of what we deserve should be required reading for every woman inside and outside of workplaces--and their daughters and nieces. L. Michelle is an important voice in the discussion of work and life, women and people of color, one we should listen to." Maria Reeve, Vice President, Texas Initiatives for Hearst, former executive editor of the Houston Chronicle"L. Michelle Smith is a passionate advocate and coach for women in the C-Suite. She knows what it takes to open the right doors. If you want to build a confidence and right skill set, Yes, Please! is the how-to guide you'll keep going back to."Valorie Burton, National bestselling author of Successful Women Think Differently and CEO of the Coaching and Positive Psychology Institute
Influence Is Your Superpower
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Rediscover the superpower that makes good things happen, from the professor behind Yale School of Management's most popular class "The new rules of persuasion for a better world."--Charles Duhigg, author of the bestsellers The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better You were born influential. But then you were taught to suppress that power, to follow the rules, to wait your turn, to not make waves. Award-winning Yale professor Zoe Chance will show you how to rediscover the superpower that brings great ideas to life. Influence doesn't work the way you think because you don't think the way you think. Move past common misconceptions--such as the idea that asking for more will make people dislike you--and understand why your go-to negotiation strategies are probably making you less influential. Discover the one thing that influences behavior more than anything else. Learn to cultivate charisma, negotiate comfortably and creatively, and spot manipulators before it's too late. Along the way, you'll meet alligators, skydivers, a mind reader in a gorilla costume, Jennifer Lawrence, Genghis Khan, and the man who saved the world by saying no. Influence Is Your Superpower will teach you how to transform your life, your organization, and perhaps even the course of history. It's an ethical approach to influence that will make life better for everyone, starting with you.
Business Analytics
Analytical skills are in high demand but short supply. Through a unique combination of data visualisation and analytics (both theoretical and applied), this ground-breaking textbook provides you with the expertise to analyse, interpret and communicate data with confidence, to inform real-world decision-making. Key features include: - Clear signalling of introductory, intermediate and advanced content - An entire chapter dedicated to data visualisation, introducing Tableau for storytelling with data - Motivational cases throughout showing how the theory relates to real life - A wide variety of end-of-chapter exercises to test your understanding of the topics covered - Online examples and datasets to help you master your analytics skills through hands-on learning Lecturers also have access a range of online resources developed to support teaching, including a Teaching Guide, solutions to end-of-chapter exercises, PowerPoints and a testbank. Business Analytics: Applied Modelling and Prediction is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Business Analytics. Dr James Abdey is an Associate Professor (Education) in Statistics at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Sassy Planner (July 2023 - June 2024)
Looking for a planner that's sassy, stylish, and perfect for crushing your goals in direct sales? Look no further than the ultimate tool for women entrepreneurs: the Sassy Planner! This planner is designed to help you stay on top of your game and achieve your goals with style and sass. Here are just a few of its amazing features: ● Space for goal tracking for the year, month, and week ● Important and fun holidays each month ● Monthly spread for a bird's-eye view of your schedule ● Place to take notes every month ● Places to track leads and events weekly ● Daily places for notes, tasks, and time blocking The Sassy Planner is loaded with practical features to help you stay organized and focused on your goals. Its chic design is the perfect complement to your sassy and stylish personality. Get yours today and start planning like a boss!
Testimonials
METHODS FOR COLLECTING TESTIMONIALS from clients and students Discover the secrets to securing the best testimonials from your clients and students to build a strong portfolio of testimonials and win a steady stream of new customers for your teaching business. New customers don't want you to tell them how good you are. They want incontestable evidence from past students about their learning experience and achievements in your courses (with you as their teacher/instructor). A teaching service needs written references from satisfied customers. They create a powerful third-party proof of your expertise and professionalism and can be used for student acquisition, marketing and selling your services as a teaching freelancer. 1. How and when to ask for testimonials 2. Strategies to prepare your referrers for the types of testimonials you need to create a powerful proof of your teaching expertise and professionalism. 3. Tips on how to ask for different methods of testimonials beyond purely written statements Benefits of reading this book: Use this book's easy-to-use ideas to provide evidence for future customers and students of third-party proof of your teaching expertise and professionalism. Learn how to build a strong portfolio of testimonials to grow your freelance teaching business successfully.
Playing to Win the RFP Game
Playing To Win the RFP Game gives readers the insider secrets and game-changing strategies to win more government contracts and tenders. A Request for Proposal (RFP) is the document issued by government agencies, health systems, universities, utilities, and more when they want to outsource products or services. On the surface, it sounds pretty easy. But RFPs are competitions, and your opponents are tough rivals.Millions of dollars in government contracts are on the table. If you don't go after that business, someone else will. But to win you must play a smart, strategic hand. Do you have what it takes to win a government contract? Ask yourself these questions: Do you have an RFP strategy?Do you know what buyers want from your proposal?What gives some bidders the upper hand?Are you ready to supercharge your proposals and win more RFPs?The next RFP you tackle is yours to lose or win. It's up to you. Are the decisions you make sabotaging your bids? Are you playing your hand like a pro or an amateur? The good news is you have more control over the results than you think.Amateurs stuff their proposals with page after page of pointless self-bragging, in a desperate attempt to stand out and charm the judges. The pros have discovered subtle insider secrets that score contracts worth millions. Some of the insider secrets that all winning proposals share are: Winners understand that proposals must focus on the buyer, not on themselves. Do you know how to write for your audience?Winners understand the difference between the buyer's needs and their wants. Do you know the difference?Winners know how to mine the RFP for golden nuggets and then use those same gems to build their proposals. Do you know how to find the gold in your RFP?Playing to Win the RFP Game gives you straight-up advice on how to respond to RFPs like a pro. Because the first insider secret that all winners know is that RFPs are judged competitions and the only thing you control is how you play the game.______________________________________________________________________________PLAYING TO WIN THE RFP GAME EARNS PRAISEFROM THE BOOKLIFE PRIZE 2022Here is what the Booklife Prize reviewer said about Playing To Win the RFP Game: The inclusion of insider tricks is genius and covers the entire RFP process from start to finish-a gold mine for potential RFP bidders.Diamond delivers a great resource for businessRich with down-to-earth advice, real-life examples, and professional know-howA solid roadmap for professionals.Readers will appreciate the straightforward explanations and candid style
Is Everyone Smiling But You?
Are your assumptions about success showing results in your life? We often look at success as a financial pinnacle -- a mountaintop where we're in command and respected. The truth is that if your personal life, core values, and self-knowledge aren't a part of the equation, all the success in the world won't do much for you. It will all come crashing down.Is Everyone Smiling But You? explores the true meaning of success -- how to organize your life to draw success to you, and also, how to create a perfect day that makes success sustainable while opening the floodgates to exponential growth. With Dr. Rice's well-rounded view of the big picture, you'll stop spinning your wheels. Ultimately, a full investment in yourself is an investment in your future. This book shows you how, step by step.Key topics discussed in the book include: - How to find your happy place - Recognizing the big picture vision for yourself and making it happen every day - Key insights into the power of mentorship - A personal core values wakeup call to steer you in the right direction - Increasing your value through personal investmentDr. Rice is the founder of igniteDDS, the nation's largest student and new dentist community. Influencing young dentists on a larger scale was a dream come true for him, but as you'll see, it didn't come easy, but his discoveries inspired a method everyone can use. He learned from the school of hard knocks and wrote this book so that you won't have to.Is Everyone Smiling But You? inspires you to hone an understanding of yourself, where you want to be, who can help you along the way, and ultimately, it guides you to your success story. Infused with wit and character, you'll learn from Dr. Rice's journey while rewriting your own future along the way. The exercises that accompany each chapter help guide you to your aha moment -- that instance when you realize what your vision for yourself truly is, and exactly how to get there.
Principled Productivity
This book demonstrates that ethical treatment of everyone in an organization will increase productivity in all the functional activities of the organization itself as well as all of its members since it will ensure the growth of the organization.
Sustainable Crowdfunding
This book analyzes the communication and writing strategies necessary to craft and maintain ongoing crowdfunding campaigns to support businesses, non-profits, artists, and others.
Remote and Hybrid Work
In Remote and Hybrid Work: What Everyone Needs to Know(R), long-time remote work scholar and consultant Barbara Z. Larson provides an accessible and critical resource for understanding the remote and virtual workplace, and how to lead in this new work environment. Remote and hybrid work have become defining features of the twenty-first century workplace, and affect almost all of us, including those who work daily in the office. As many people discover the benefits and challenges of working from home, co-workers are contending with emptier offices and virtual teams, managers are learning how to lead from a distance, and businesses and governments are working through the policy implications of a new model of work. In Remote and Hybrid Work: What Everyone Needs to Know(R), Barbara Z. Larson addresses key questions regarding the contemporary workplace: what is the difference between virtual work and remote work? How common is remote work, and what changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Is there a particular type of person who is better suited for remote work? What are the effects of using technology to monitor remote workers? What are the societal benefits and costs of remote work? What has happened to companies that have tried to go fully remote, with no offices at all? Larson looks carefully into the challenges and opportunities that people and companies face today as work changes. Chapters address the issues that vital stakeholders experience in remote-work environments, including the remote worker, remote teams, managers of remote workers, and companies with remote workforces. Larson also incorporates real-world examples to illustrate key points and demonstrate best practices. Readers will learn from more than thirty years of extensive research by scholars in the areas of applied psychology, organizational behavior, computer-mediated communication, and organizational economics. Remote and Hybrid Work: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) is a critical resource for understanding this new model of work.
Authentic Excellence for Organizations
Authentic Excellence for Organizations explores organizational culture from a values-based perspective and applies the psychological principles of values-based flourishing to organizations. Integrating the principles of Giving Voice to Values (GVV) and Authentic Excellence (AX), this book provides a process that details how organizations can harness their team's inherent wisdom to flourish through the relentless pace and pressure of today's world. Moving beyond team-building strategies and programming, this book helps develop confidence in managing the tensions inherent in organizations. It explores: The difference between moral values and personal values; How both can be effectively expressed and managed in organizations; The possibilities of shifting from a fear-based culture of "Or" to an inclusive and values-centred culture of "&"; and How to practically create flourishing "&" cultures using the GVV model. How to create an organizational culture that effectively sustains "&s" like competitive & collaborative, productive & fulfilled, and innovation & tradition This book is intended for organizational leaders, members, and HR managers looking to develop strong and thriving teams. It also aligns with required or recommended reading for secondary or undergraduate courses that explore values, leadership, organizational development and performance, decision making, ethics, and entrepreneurship.
Mastering the 5 Core Values
Let your authentic yearning be the driving force to activate the greatness within you! YEARN. To yearn is a deep feeling that can go beyond a simple desire or need and may encompass a profound longing for connection, purpose, or fulfillment. Do you feel an unquenchable yearning for something more in life? 'Mastering the 5 Core Values' will help you discover your strengths, overcome obstacles, and focus on your goals. This isn't just a book-it's a life-altering tool that empowers you to turn your aspirations into reality. Are you ready to harness your full potential and achieve greatness? 'Mastering the 5 Core Values: The YEARN Advantage' is the ultimate guidebook to take your life to the next level. You'll learn how to master the five core values that successful people share, and how to leverage them to reach your goals. Through real-life examples and insightful exercises, you can cultivate a growth mindset, build resilience, enhance your emotional intelligence, strengthen your relationships, and optimize your time and resources. You'll also gain valuable insights into how to conquer setbacks, stay motivated and remain on track toward your dreams. Whether you're a student, professional, entrepreneur, or striving to improve your personal and career life, 'Mastering the 5 Core Values: The YEARN Advantage' is packed with invaluable strategies and practical advice. Begin reading now and unlock the greatness inside you! 'Mastering the 5 Core Values: The YEARN Advantage' will help you develop the core values that are essential to reach your goals and achieve the true potential that leads you to greatness.
The Law of Contract in England & Wales
The aim of this book is to provide a clear, succinct, and readable exposition of the law of contract in England and Wales, covering all aspects of the subject from the formation of a binding agreement to remedies for its breach. As such, it will be of value to both law students and those studying for business degrees and non-legal professional exams. It is hoped that the book will fill the (often neglected) middle ground between brief introductions and the major but lengthy works on the subject. As well as discussing historic but still important cases, the book considers a wealth of recent decisions to give a firmly contemporary feel to its analysis.
How to Get Published and Win Research Funding
In this practical book, Professor Abby Day addresses two inter-related and most challenging areas for academics and researchers: how to secure research funding and how to get research published. It draws on and builds upon her two international bestsellers, How to Get Research Published in Journals and Winning Research Funding.
The Power of Personal Branding
In today's competitive job market, standing out and excelling in your career is essential. "The Power of Personal Branding: Stand Out and Thrive in Your Career" is a comprehensive guide that empowers young professionals to develop a strong personal brand that sets them apart from others and propels their professional growth within organizations. This book is designed to educate, inspire, and provide practical strategies for building an exceptional personal brand. Drawing on real-life examples and proven techniques, it offers actionable steps to develop essential soft skills, gain recognition from peers, managers, and cross-functional teams, and achieve long-term career success. Readers will learn how to assess their current professional brand, identify their strengths, and craft a compelling personal brand statement that reflects their unique value proposition. They will discover how to build an impressive online presence using social media platforms, particularly leveraging the power of LinkedIn for networking and personal brand promotion. "The Power of Personal Branding" emphasizes the importance of cultivating professional relationships and provides strategies for effective networking. It also covers developing strong communication skills, showcasing expertise, and positioning oneself as a thought leader in their industry or field. Throughout the book, readers will find practical advice on navigating challenges, overcoming obstacles, and building resilience. They will gain insights on managing their personal brand within their current organization and leveraging opportunities for growth and advancement. By the end of this book, young professionals will be equipped with the knowledge, tools, and inspiration to cultivate a powerful personal brand that helps them stand out, thrive, and achieve their career aspirations. Whether they are seeking career advancement, looking to make a positive impact, or aiming to secure new opportunities, "The Power of Personal Branding" will be their guide to success.
Postcritical Management Studies
This book is the first of its kind to offer a new definition of contemporary management. It uses Michel Henry's philosophy and takes the real, sensitive and pathetic subjectivity of individuals as the starting point of the analysis as opposed to the usual large categories of representations; resources; images; and discourses. This book thus proposes to rethink management by insisting on the dialectic of strength and vulnerability; its power of constraint, imitation and imagination; and finally its framework of action situated in a fourfold concern for the self, for people, for institutions and for the environment. These different notions are useful in order to experience a deeper understanding of management that is free from the obsolescence of the distant recommendations of ancient protomanagement and the outdated and dubious prescriptions of the so-called "scientific management".
Fundamentals of Statistics for Aviation Research
This is the first textbook designed to teach statistics to students in aviation courses. All examples and exercises are grounded in an aviation context, including flight instruction, air traffic control, airport management, and human factors. Structured in six parts, this book covers the key foundational topics relative to descriptive and inferential statistics, including hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, z and t tests, correlation, regression, ANOVA, and chi-square. In addition, this book promotes both procedural knowledge and conceptual understanding. Detailed, guided examples are presented from the perspective of conducting a research study. Each analysis technique is clearly explained, enabling readers to understand, carry out, and report results correctly. Students are further supported by a range of pedagogical features in each chapter, including objectives, a summary, and a vocabulary check.Digital supplements comprise downloadable data sets and short video lectures explaining key concepts. Instructors also have access to PPT slides and an instructor's manual that consists of a test bank with multiple choice exams, exercises with data sets, and solutions. This is the ideal statistics textbook for aviation courses globally, especially in aviation statistics, research methods in aviation, human factors, and related areas.
Innovation Ecosystems in the New Economic Era
Digital technologies are revolutionizing global economy, modes of production and consumption. This book details the paradigm of this new era that emphasizes investments in innovation, R&D and aggregation of expertise, skills and knowledge through innovation digital ecosystems to supporting digital revolution and ecological transition.
Strategic Business Case Analysis
This textbook provides students with the skills to analyse business case studies from a strategic perspective.
Giving Voice to Values-Based Leadership
The complexity facing today's organizations calls for a rethinking of leadership. The world is facing grand challenges for people and planet. How do leaders create organizations where values are embedded at every level? This book answers this question and provides a method for leaders to develop a values-based organizational culture.
Bet on Yourself ITPE
Take charge of your career and create a life full of learning, adventure, joy, and success utilizing these never-before-shared leadership principles Ann Hiatt learned working alongside the world's top tech CEOs---Google's Eric Schmidt, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, and Yahoo!s Marissa Mayer.
Intuitive Writing
Free yourself from perfectionism, procrastination, and overthinking -- and let your words flow.Do you spend more time thinking about writing than actually writing? Do you dream of telling your stories in blog posts or books but secretly believe that writing equals, suffering? Or do you simply find yourself doing everything else on your list except your writing? Jacqueline Fisch is here to help.In this inspiring, humorous, and practical guide, Jacq shares the practices that have helped her, and her online community, not only reach impressive writing goals but also create healthy and sustainable writing lives. Intuitive Writing is for you no matter what you're writing -- it's a book for anyone who struggles to put words on the page. Contrary to popular opinion, the way to be an authentic and productive writer is to think less and use your intuitive skills more. The surprisingly simple process shared in these pages will help give you a sense of freedom as you write just about anything: blog posts, website copy, emails, and even books. And it works whether you're in a creative industry, a corporate cubicle, your own business -- or dreaming of a personal passion project.Jam-packed with tips, practices, prompts, and stories, this encouraging guide will give you the confidence and courage to face the page, experiment with different kinds of writing, and share your work. By taking consistent, small, imperfect actions and nourishing your mind, body, and spirit, you'll learn to trust that your words will flow without forcing -- and fall in love with writing.
Practitioner's Guide to Data Science
This book aims to increase the visibility of data science in real-world, which differs from what you learn from a typical textbook. Many aspects of day-to-day data science work are almost absent from conventional statistics, machine learning, and data science curriculum.
The How To Book on Dividend Growth Investing
"Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in."JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDividend investing is a slow, boring, and predictable way of becoming wealthy. Dividends create generational wealth for you and your family. You will never worry about the stock price or fear the ups and downs of the market. With this strategy, you even hope the market goes down. No matter what happens to its share price, if the company continues to grow its dividend, then we-as shareholders-stand to collect larger and larger payouts each and every year. That's why these stocks are so compelling: you buy them when they're trading at a reasonable price, hold them, and then get showered with growing cash payouts for potentially decades to come!THIS BOOK WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO: - Invest step by step on your own in dividend growth stocks.- Select the best undervalued dividend stocks (100 are listed).- Buy and when to sell dividend stocks.- Avoid the biggest mistakes when investing in dividend stocks.- Get returns higher than the S&P 500.- Minimize or eliminate your investment taxes.- Create an inflation-proof, never-ending flow of increasing passive income.
"The Leader Within
Leadership is not just a job title or a position of authority; it's a mindset, a way of being. We all have the potential to be great leaders, but unlocking that potential requires self-awareness, reflection, and intentional action. The journey to becoming an extraordinary leader begins with looking inward to the leader within. This book is for anyone who wants to develop their leadership skills, whether you're a seasoned executive or just starting your career. Through a combination of research, practical advice, and real-world examples, we'll explore what it takes to become an exceptional leader.
A Career Is a Promise
A Career is a Promise offers a proven framework for finding purpose, fulfillment, and success.
The Choice
First described by the internationally acclaimed bestselling author of this book, Eli Goldratt, The Theory of Constraints (TOC) is a process of ongoing improvement. Through a conversation with his daughter Efrat, he explains to her and the reader his fundamental system of beliefs in an engaging dialogue that brings the theory to life.
Introduction to Business (paperback, b&w)
Black & white print.Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations, which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond.
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Arctic
This book considers the new trends and frontiers of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) studies that are shaping the future of global business strategy and ethics. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of CSR, sustainable business and business ethics.
A Comparative Study of Islamic Finance in Australia and the UK
This book provides valuable insights into the practical challenges faced by the nascent Islamic finance industry and compares the Australian experience to developments in the UK.
Contemporary Reflections on Business Ethics
This second edition of Ronald Duska's 2007 book Contemporary Reflections in Business Ethics contains many of the fine articles in the original edition as well as 20 new entries, and two papers that have not been previously published. The editors have included new introductions to each part and an epilogue outlining why and in what ways Duska's work is prescient to present and future research in business ethics as well as to its contributions to practice in commerce. The late Ronald Duska was an important scholar in business ethics, and his work on an Aristotelian approach is innovative for this field. Moreover, Duska is one of the few business ethics scholars to work on issues in finance and the financial series industry, despite their central roles in mature economies in the United States, Europe, and East Asia. Those contributions, included in this second edition, most for the first time, are part of his seminal thinking in this field to which few other scholars have participated. Thus, this new edition is important not merely to honor a distinguished scholar in business ethics, but also for his philosophical thinking that is central to new thinking in this field.
Get Out of the Red Zone
Dr. E's True Success(TM) series takes you on a journey from your inner critic to your authentic self through an accessible and research-supported process. The first book, Get Out of The Red Zone, addresses passion and stress, which we all experience. Knowing how to work with our passions and manage/use our stress is a game-changer.In Get Out of The Red Zone, you will discover how to stop stressing and start living. The result is a transformation from the inside out where you will feel happier and more confident both personally and professionally. "The words in this book give me the confidence I need to attack each day with great enthusiasm and the optimism I need to live a courageous life." - Vernon Davis, Super Bowl Champion, Actor, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur"Stress is something we all experience, but what we may not realize is how much it's holding us back. Dr. E's newest book will inspire you to take a look inside yourself and address your problems at their source, allowing you to have the best career and relationships possible!" - Rachel DeAlto, Author of relatable: How to Connect with Anyone Anywhere (Even if It Scares You)"In today's environment, it is very easy to be hijacked by fear, anger, and anxiety. These moments can cost us dearly in professional opportunities, relationships, and happiness. Dr. E's research-driven approach breaks down the obstacles you face in your day-to-day life to help you perform at the highest level and achieve exceptional results." - Stephen Drum, Retired Navy SEAL Master Chief"My podcast, Better Together w/ Anne & Heather, and our tribe of listeners depend on Dr. E each month for her concrete tips to living a happier life. Her latest book highlights her concept that I now live by: recognize when you are in a red zone. If you don't know what I am talking about, you must read this book!" - Anne Heche, Emmy Award-winning Actor, Activist "Sometimes when I have to play a complex role I often get into the Red Zone, and thanks to Dr. Lombardo's new book, I can cope with the difficulties of the stress that can be caused by a difficult part." - Taryn Manning, Actor, Musician"Is stress leading you to scream at your kids, reach for that fattening doughnut, or say or do things you regret? In these pages, Dr. E will show you how to get out of the Red Zone-to be calm, happy, and in control no matter how stressful life gets. If you're ready to take your life back-and to make the most of every day-this is a must-read." - Dr. Kellyann Petrucci, NYT bestselling Author, Dr. Kellyann's Bone Broth Diet, Host of the PBS special 21 Days to a Slimmer, Younger You "Dr. E's latest book creates a roadmap to living an extraordinary life!" - Vince Poscente, Olympian, NYT Bestselling Author, The Earthquake"Get Out of the Red Zone acknowledges an important truth: We are often our own greatest obstacles when it comes to achieving success. This book teaches you how to stop self-sabotaging to reach your full potential!" - Ellen Rogin, Co-Author NYT Bestseller Picture Your Prosperity"Powerful and timely! Dr. E offers a compelling new model for transforming stress into an authentic breakthrough of the next greatest version of yourself. It's a roadmap for those who desire to do their inner work and awaken personal and professional peak potential. Dr. E gives our mind a reason to accept what our heart intuitively knows: love is the great healer of life. The power to move through the Red Zone is an act of self-love. This book is a "must" for any library of science and healing for the 21st century!" - Darren R Weissman DC, Author, The Power of Infinite Love & Gratitude, Awakening to the Secret Code of Your Mind, The Heart of the Matter, Developer of The LifeLine Techn
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Fr. Gerald F. Cavanagh, S.J. has been widely recognized as one of the founders of the field of business ethics, as well as a leader in bringing Catholic Social Teaching to bear on this academic discipline. One of his principal insights has been that business, as the most powerful agency in society, can and should be a force for positive societal change, rather than deferring that responsibility to government. This volume collects his most significant contributions to the discipline, from the mid-1960s to the early 2020s, into a single, convenient reference work. To show the development of his thought on various issues pertaining to the broad subject of business ethics, the chapters are organized into five major themes: diversity, equity, and inclusion; the dignity of work, personal values and spirituality in the workplace; ethical norms and organizational values; corporate social responsibility; and business ethics in the college curriculum.
Overnight Authority
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Alpha Males and Alpha Females
What do international male business leaders have to say about gender diversity, the rise of talented women into management and the opportunities for the sexes to work together harmoniously in boardrooms - as well as the obstacles that stand in the way? When most people think manager, they think male. Boardrooms around the world are still dominated by 'alpha' men and their assertive, decisive leadership styles. Meanwhile, their female counterparts, alpha women, remain underrepresented in almost every country. Many women feel they've been excluded and are calling for equality. This book offers a fresh perspective on gender roles that moves away from the old paradigm of male domination and female victimhood. It argues that companies that want to succeed need to productively combine and leverage off the strengths offered by men and women. It covers how mixed leadership teams can be made the norm in international companies. To find some answers, Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski interviewed senior male executives from eleven countries. These 'alpha men' agree that women and their abilities should be better represented on company boards. They believe the current imbalance is due to a mix of talented women's reluctance to pursue their career ambitions along with the barriers created by existing power structures. Male managers fear losing face and being shown up by strong women. They want recognition, rather than aggression, from their female colleagues. The interviewees also discuss what they see as women's strengths, such as their positive, calming influence in male-dominated meetings, and comment on sensitive topics such as #MeToo and the influence of 'erotic capital' and 'old boys' networks'. The book presents the men's views in their own words, complemented by alternative perspectives from top female executives. Al-Sadik-Lowinski's analysis shows how both sexes can work together in international companies to build a brighter, sustainable future. Alpha Males and Alpha Females seeks to promote greater equality at senior levels in global companies, with mixed leadership teams made up of both qualified men and qualified women. It gives women who are interested in pursuing a management career an insight into men's views, as well as advice on their personal career development. And it suggests strategies that executives can adopt to strengthen diversity, build mixed leadership teams and secure their companies' long-term success.
Radical Business
Radical Business outlines a blueprint for an innovative, inclusive, and community driven business model--proven successful by author and entrepreneur David Gaines. 2024 CIPA EVVY AWARDS WINNER GOLD "This book goes on my "sacred shelf" which holds half a dozen honored books that I use to provoke new thoughts." --Cynthia M. Adams, founder, GrantStation.com Radical Business serves as a guide for business owners and companies eager to embrace a new, practical way of doing business. It delves into the concepts of social enterprise, showing how it can apply to anyone--be it an employee, activist, consumer, or citizen--and uses the golden rule as a catalyst for a change in mindset. A genuinely radical business returns to its root purpose: meeting a customer's need, solving a problem, and providing value. David Gaines outlines his 'Seven Seeds Framework' for a radical business model, which includes: - Supply Chain: Understanding the story behind every product. - Employees: Building successful brands with happy teams. - Customers: Defining ethical marketing. - Community: Fostering healthy interdependence - Competitors: Embracing the belief that a rising tide lifts all boats. - Environment: Rethinking the costs & benefits to going green. - Self: Ensuring true sustainability through self-care. Through real-life business insights, actionable steps for positive impact, and in-depth analysis of supply chain and environmental interactions, Radical Business offers strategies to help us leave the world better than we found it.
The Convenience of Corporate Crime
As documented in a number of case studies (from Telia Telecom in Sweden to Wirecard in Germany) in this book, recidivism seems to be of a substantial magnitude in corporate crime. Corporations tend to repeat white-collar offenses such as financial crime and environmental crime in various forms as long as they find it convenient. A minor fine from time to time and dismissal of some executives as scapegoats do not prevent corporations from committing and concealing new offenses as long as there is a convenient financial motive, a convenient organizational opportunity, and a convenient willingness for deviant behavior. Businesses and their executives tend to be recidivists who get away with light punishment in most jurisdictions. The relevant audiences for this book include law students, business students, sociology students, and criminology students. Fraud examiners, defense attorneys, compliance officers, police investigators, as well as prosecutors can find the structural model of convenience to be an ideal template in preparing corporate crime case narratives.
7 Keys to Economic Empowerment
Seven Keys to Economic Empowerment: The Mustard Seed Model, written by Dr. Phillip Phinn, presents a unique approach to achieving economic empowerment. Based on biblical principles, the Mustard Seed Model emphasizes the importance of vision, small beginnings, hard work, investment, perseverance, faith, and goal setting. The model encourages individuals to start with what they have, rather than waiting for traditional methods of acquiring capital, such as bank loans. By embracing the Mustard Seed Principle, individuals can fulfill their dreams and achieve economic empowerment. This book provides practical advice and inspiration for those looking to improve their financial situation and build a successful business. In the book, Dr. Phinn emphasizes that having a clear vision and purpose is essential for achieving economic empowerment. He provides examples of successful entrepreneurs who started with a small idea and grew their businesses through hard work, perseverance, and faith. The book also encourages readers to set goals, invest wisely, and be disciplined in their financial habits. One of the key concepts of the Mustard Seed Model is the idea of starting small. Dr. Phinn draws inspiration from the biblical parable of the mustard seed, which teaches that even the smallest beginnings can lead to great success. By starting with what they have, individuals can avoid the common pitfalls of waiting for external funding or borrowing too much money to start a business. The Mustard Seed Model also emphasizes the importance of faith and perseverance. Dr. Phinn encourages readers to trust in their abilities and never give up on their dreams. He provides examples of successful entrepreneurs who overcame obstacles and setbacks through perseverance and a strong belief in their vision. Overall, Seven Keys to Economic Empowerment: The Mustard Seed Model is a practical guide to achieving financial success through a unique blend of biblical wisdom and sound business principles. Dr. Phinn's approach is both inspiring and practical, providing readers with a roadmap to achieving their financial goals and fulfilling their dreams.
The 7 Secrets of the Prolific
Can't finish your work? Can't start it? Missing deadlines and opportunities? The 7 Secrets of the Prolific has the solutions you need! In it, author Hillary Rettig shows how fear, scarcity, ambivalence, and other inner obstacles trigger a Disempowerment Cascade that can derail even the most dedicated writer. How perfectionism plays a more serious role in underproductivity than most writers realize. And how some criticisms and rejections can linger, hidden, for years and even decades, undermining your productivity. Then she shows you how to interrupt the Cascade, recognize and defuse the perfectionism, and recover from the criticisms and rejections all so you can return to your work as quickly as possible. She also shows you ways to boost your writing pace so you can get more done than you had ever imagined. Unlike the superficial and gimmicky solutions some other books offer, Hillary's are based on a new way of looking at yourself, your work, and the world. She developed her method over more than a decade of teaching at some of the country's premier literary and cultural organizations, including Mark Twain House & Museum, Grub Street Writers, and The Loft; and while coaching hundreds of successful creative, business, and academic writers. The 7 Secrets of the Prolific also features unique and timely sections on writing for the Internet (and coping with its hypercritical culture), and how to respond to the many clueless and/or challenging comments and questions people direct at writers (e.g., 'When will you get that thing done?'). And the section on Values-Based Time Management will help you reclaim time for your writing (and other priorities) you never knew you had. Whether you write for work, school, or fun, The 7 Secrets of the Prolific will help become the productive, fulfilled, and joyful writer you always wanted to be.
Think and Grow Rich
It is not just wishful thinking to wish for everything, provided your wish is so strong that it guides your every moment. This book is going to teach you how to train you thoughts as they are the starting point of everything in your life. So many people; both famous as well as ordinary have been inspired by this book and transformed their lives into something they dreamt of. Some of the passages have been so inspiring that commentaries have been written on it to bring out the magnitude of power
The Good Enough Job
"Superb."--Oliver Burkeman A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our lives from its clutches. From the moment we ask children what they want to "be" when they grow up, we exalt the dream job as if it were life's ultimate objective. Many entangle their identities with their jobs, with predictable damage to happiness, wellbeing, and even professional success. In The Good Enough Job, journalist Simone Stolzoff traces how work has come to dominate Americans' lives--and why we find it so difficult to let go. Based on groundbreaking reporting and interviews with Michelin star chefs, Wall Street bankers, overwhelmed teachers and other workers across the American economy, Stolzoff exposes what we lose when we expect work to be more than a job. Rather than treat work as a calling or a dream, he asks what it would take to reframe work as a part of life rather than the entirety of our lives. What does it mean for a job to be good enough? Through provocative critique and deep reporting, Stolzoff punctures the myths that keep us chained to our jobs. By exposing the lies we--and our employers--tell about the value of our labor, The Good Enough Job makes the urgent case for reclaiming our lives in a world centered around work.
The ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt Pocket Guide
Unlike other pocket guides, this guide is designed specifically to address topics that the author has found to cause problems, issues, and concerns for most Black Belts over the years. As such, its primary purpose is to serve as a useful reference guide for the Black Belt throughout his or her busy day, and particularly in meetings. Though not intended to be a tool guide like other pocket guides or a preparation guide for the ASQ certifications, it will nonetheless serve as a useful reference guide for both the ASQ Black Belt and Master Black Belt certification examinations. Black belts will enjoy reading this pocket guide and find it invaluable in their daily work.
