The Startup VC Guide
The Startup VC Guide explains how venture capital works as a system, including how funds are structured, what venture capitalists look for when evaluating opportunities, and how investment decisions connect to risk, portfolio strategy, and exit outcomes such as acquisitions and IPOs. It outlines how venture capital differs from bank financing and other funding sources, and clarifies where angels, corporate venture capital, and alternative funding structures may fit depending on stage and business model. Written for first-time founders, startup teams, inventors, and entrepreneurs considering growth financing, the book takes a practical, process-focused approach to preparing and running a fundraising effort, from building a targeted investor list to presenting a clear narrative supported by traction, financial discipline, and credible use of capital. It also covers term sheet fundamentals and common deal mechanics-valuation, preferred stock, liquidation preferences, voting and protective provisions, anti-dilution, redemption rights, information rights, and closing conditions-along with typical reasons startups are rejected and how founders can interpret feedback to improve readiness for future rounds.
Practices of Resilient Companies
Practices of Resilient Companies: Overcome Disruption with Compassion, Collaboration and Knowledge provides the antidote for what ails companies in today's mayhem.Ongoing disruptions in our lives and leaders who have led their organizations to higher heights within constantly changing ecosystems are described. Ron Robinson provides research and insightful stories for readers anticipating disruptions caused by: Climate disasters increasing in intensity and frequency.Social complexity and unrest as seven million people take to the streets.Political actions threatening a health outbreak, inflation, and recession.Social media and artificial intelligence causing conflict and creating barriers between companies and customers.The ability to design strategies that overcome disruption determines whether business leaders and owners fail, survive, or thrive. Readers will discover an enhanced business model used to bring organization together and navigate unpredictability and uncertainty.The strategy enables leaders to: Create efficient operations to counter climate disasters.Strengthen financials to cope with political actions.Develop employees and stabilize workplaces to counter social complexity and unrest.Delight customers interfacing with constantly changing technology.Join these leaders. Master ailments within your organization.Apply these practices of resilience, overcome four disruptions, and thrive in today's world of mayhem.
AI Management
The old map of management is no longer valid. From the industrial revolution's efficiency models to the digital era's scale obsession, the core tenets of business leadership are facing a "Great Extinction." As AI begins to handle not just data, but judgment itself, the traditional role of the manager is being fundamentally redefined.In AI Management: Towards the Autonomous Enterprise, Dr. Jason Yi Liu-a business scholar and seasoned CEO who has managed thousands of employees across China and North America-delivers a provocative and practical manifesto for the AI-first era. Drawing from his frontline experience deploying AI systems in the real estate industry, Liu argues that we are moving beyond "using AI tools" to "becoming an AI-driven organism."In this book, you will discover: The Demise of Bureaucracy: Why traditional middle management is collapsing and how to rebuild a "flat-to-liquid" organizational structure.From SaaS to LaaS: Understanding the shift from "Software as a Service" to "Labor as a Service" and what it means for your bottom line.The Autonomous Enterprise Framework: A step-by-step guide to achieving zero marginal cost and hyper-efficiency through AI Agents.Leading with Values: How human leaders must shift their focus from process control to visionary curation and value-based decision-making.Whether you are a startup founder looking to disrupt the market or a corporate leader navigating a digital transformation, this book provides the "first principles" thinking required to survive and thrive. It's time to stop managing machines and start leading the future.
Stay Thirsty
The business section of any bookstore is full of biographies that celebrate celebrity billionaires and superstar CEOs. While such stories can be motivational, they tend to gloss over the gritty details and therefore are not all that relatable or useful to the everyday businessperson. Mark Haertzen's memoir is different. Think of Mark as the serial entrepreneur next door - an ordinary guy who, by most standards, achieved extraordinary success - which is what makes his story so interesting, relevant, and practical.Stay Thirsty chronicles Mark's 60-year entrepreneurial journey, which began at the age of 6, with refreshing honesty and humility. His most significant venture, Rocket Man, serves as the primary case study for his thoughts and reflections. He covers the company's 31-year lifecycle in vivid, sometimes painful detail - from a startup launched with a prototype he built in his garage to a global manufacturer and exporter of beverage dispensing equipment with sales in 65 countries. Mark then recounts the company's bold, strategic pivot to become a leading provider of walking vendors for the stadium foodservice industry, hawking beer and other drinks at 75 venues from Delaware to California- including appearances at the NCAA Final Four, World Series and multiple Super Bowls, and Kentucky Derbies.Few memoirs give such a raw, unfiltered account of the risks and struggles involved in building businesses and the impact they have on one's life and family. Mark describes not only his biggest wins, but also the gut-wrenching failures and insecurities he overcame to achieve them in a decades-long transformation from an impulsive and instinct-driven "born" entrepreneur into a logical, data-driven business leader. He also explores the important role mentors and partners played in his accomplishments, reinforcing his belief that entrepreneurship is a team sport. Full of instructive insights, Stay Thirsty is both a celebration of entrepreneurial ambition and a call to accept the risk, take the plunge, and write your own story.
Crisis Management
The first and most comprehensive book on managing real-world crises through analysis, case studies, and decision-making models for moments of crisis.CRISIS MANAGEMENT delves into the anatomy and management of high-stakes crises-moments of abrupt danger or instability that can dramatically impact leaders, organizations, and reputations. It combines real case studies with conceptual tools and frameworks.Learn how to think, decide, and act under pressure.Itay Ben Horin, a leading crisis manager, examines 16 real-life case studies through the eyes of decision-makers and strategic advisors. The political, corporate and media crises covered offer insights into both successful and failed responses. Among the companies, people, and events in the spotlight are: - Major global companies such as McDonald's, BP, Abbott Laboratories, and Starbucks- Public figures such as Lance Armstrong and Al Gore- Heads of state such as Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, Ariel Sharon, and Benjamin Netanyahu- The headquarters of the campaign to return the children kidnapped from Israel on October 7, 2023.Interspersed with the cases are theoretical chapters outlining models and frameworks for crisis management, helping readers adopt structured thinking and practical applications. Ben Horin incorporates insights from strategy and communications consultants who were in the room where the responses were drawn up, to enrich the narratives with professional viewpoints.The book delivers valuable takeaways: - How to focus on critical choices under pressure-moments where everything is on the line.- Stories of crises including organizational breakdowns.- Structured models to help leaders assess risks, weigh options, and manage uncertainty.- Understanding how messaging impacts perception-and often shapes the crisis itself.- How to react to a cyber crisis.Lessons apply to business, politics, public relations, and organizational leadership alike.Itay Ben Horin is one of Israel's leading crisis managers and strategic advisors. He is the owner of Israel's largest communications consulting fi rm-Ben Horin & Alexandrovitz. He hasguided-and continues to guide-hundreds of organizations of all types in moments of crisis: business, public, security, and social organizations, alongside close work with senior politicians at the peak moments of their lives.
Authenticity Unveiled
After years of success, many leaders discover that what once drove their performance now quietly drains them. The habits, behaviours, and identities that helped them rise can begin to feel constraining, inauthentic, or exhausting.This book explores what happens when professional competence is no longer enough-and when "executive presence" becomes a performance rather than an expression of who you truly are.Blending psychological insight, mindfulness, and real-world leadership experience, the author invites readers to recognise the masks they wear at work and understand the cost of maintaining them. Through reflective inquiry and practical guidance, the book offers a pathway back to clarity, integrity, and grounded authority-without abandoning ambition or impact.Designed for leaders navigating transition, reinvention, or quiet dissatisfaction beneath outward success, this is a thoughtful, accessible guide to leading from alignment rather than adaptation.
The Heart and Soul of Safety
What if the key to preventing every incident wasn't found in policies and procedures, but in the daily moments that inspire your people to truly care?In The Heart and Soul of Safety, Paul Espenan delivers 55 powerful safety leadership moments designed to transform the way you lead. Born from years of delivering weekly inspiration to operations teams, these stories aren't theoretical. They're proven catalysts for cultural change.From a lightning strike on Lake Pontchartrain to Neil Armstrong's coolness under pressure, from the custodian who had a school named after her to the Polynesians who spent 400 years following the plovers to Hawaii, each chapter uses compelling narratives to illuminate timeless leadership principles that keep people safe.This book will help you: Build authentic credibility with your team.Transform complacency into vigilant engagement.Lead with the one quality that matters most: caring.Create psychological safety zones where honesty thrives.Turn close calls into powerful teaching moments.Make safety personal, not procedural.The Heart and Soul of Safety provides the fuel your organization needs to stay engaged in safety culture. Each moment includes reflection questions and quotations to help you customize the message and make it uniquely yours.Paul Espenan has transformed organizations for over 38 years through authentic leadership that shapes positive safety cultures and delivers breakthrough results. He currently serves as Senior Vice President of Environmental, Health, Safety and Regulatory for Diversified Energy Company. A Certified Safety Professional with a Master of Science in Environmental Science, Paul previously held leadership positions at Halliburton, ConocoPhillips, and LINN Energy.
The M簡ARK Method
What if your next sale didn't come from a stranger... but from someone who already knows, likes, and trusts you?In a world obsessed with chasing the next deal, The MARK Method flips the script. Built from over $40M in closed sales and hard-won client relationships, this is not your typical sales playbook-it's your shortcut to repeat business, referrals, and relationship-driven growth.Whether you're in account management, sales, consulting, or client success, this book will show you how to stop "speed dating" your prospects and start building a business that compounds-with fewer clients, deeper trust, and more momentum than ever before.In this book, you'll discover how to: ���� Reignite cold leads with follow-ups that actually get replies���� Design a one-sheet that helps your client sell you to their team✉️ Send the "anti-pitch" email that builds trust without selling ���� Cut "fling clients" from your list-and make more with fewer accounts ���� Use trust like compound interest to turn relationships into revenue ���� Build a personal brand people talk about, even when you're not in the roomThis isn't a book about selling harder.It's about selling smarter.It's about becoming the person your clients remember-and come back to.���� If you're ready to stop cold calling and start compounding value...���� Scroll up and click "Buy Now" to start your flywheel.
Entrepreneur Prime magazine
Welcome to the 10th issue of *Entrepreneur Prime*, a milestone edition showcasing our unwavering dedication to empowering businesses around the globe while fostering international branding with impact. As we progress through an era marked by rapid technological evolution, this edition unites some of the most remarkable minds who are redefining authenticity, leadership, and innovation in their industries. Our cover story highlights Edward Byrne, a visionary leader in the luxury travel space whose inspiring journey at the helm of Powder Byrne embodies the perfect blend of tradition and bold innovation. Edward shares how his company combines a heritage of alpine excellence with modernity to redefine luxury family travel. His philosophy emphasizes creating transformative, personal, and meaningful experiences that go far beyond expectations, showing how tradition can evolve while maintaining its authenticity. Beyond the world of luxury travel, this issue features other leaders who are reshaping industries with expertise, human-centric ideas, and a commitment to excellence: - Giles Fuchs shares his path to restoring the iconic Burgh Island Hotel and building the Gunner brand, focusing on leadership that prioritizes timeless value and legacy. - Mohar V of TECHVED Consulting reveals how to bridge cutting-edge technological advancements with human-centric design to empower global enterprises. - Dushyant K. Tyagi shares insights into his transformative innovations in agri-tech, forging pathways for digital inclusion and empowering millions of farmers through pioneering platforms like e-NAM. - Toby White and Lee Tuck discuss their dynamic strategies for scaling businesses using system automation and the discipline of consistency. - Kevin D. St. Clergy introduces the Blind Blaming(TM) Framework, helping leaders uncover and tackle the "real problems" hindering their success. This issue combines the best of innovation and experience, presenting stories of determination and forward-thinking that remind us all of what is possible when passion meets purpose. Whether you are starting your entrepreneurial journey or navigating new horizons as a seasoned executive, the insights presented here will inspire you to think bigger and bolder. We invite you to explore these compelling narratives and engage with us in conversations that continue to shape the future of global business.
Conquering Chaos
Transformations are hard. Especially when everything around you is on fire.Your organization is in crisis. Pressure from your boss. Rumblings from stakeholders. Demands from stockholders. Disruptions in the marketplace. Deeply frustrated staff and workforce who need to be heard and respected. Who need their dignity. Who need your leadership. Where do you begin? If you're in the middle of a transformation, your days are chaotic. You have one foot in the old business model and the other foot in the new one, trying to incorporate it into the daily work of running your business. It feels like both feet are being held to the fire. Meanwhile, your world is burning. You need a plan and a practical map to lead you through the labyrinth of your transformation's chaos. Conquering Chaos has a proven path that has led organizations out of crisis for years. How? By story. We've shared a detailed look at the inside story of one successful transformation. By experience. We've both faced hard transformations and succeeded. Using the strategic techniques in this book, we've helped organizations not only survive but thrive, in the short term and the long term.By adaptability. We've presented these techniques in a flexible format, so you can customize them to serve the unique needs of your organization's transformation. Five essential views will guide you: Presence. Perspective. Process. People. Dignity. Working through this book, you will learn everything that you need to lead with confidence. Transformations are hard. You got this.
The Uncommon Leader
What does it take to rise above the ordinary and lead with lasting impact?In this bold and transformative guide, Paulina Stankiewicz-world-class leadership coach, mentor, and advisor to CEOs-takes you beyond strategy and into the deeper work of leadership. Through real stories, practical insights, and powerful tools, she shows you how to: - Break free from fear, self-sabotage, and limitation- Elevate your culture and empower your people- Lead with vision, courage, and authenticity- Expand your impact far beyond profit- Build a legacy that thrives for generationsThe Uncommon Leader isn't just about business-it's about who you become as a leader, the lives you touch, and the legacy you leave behind. If you're ready to think bigger, lead stronger, and step fully into the leader you were born to be, this book will be your guide.
The M簡ARK Method
What if your next sale didn't come from a stranger... but from someone who already knows, likes, and trusts you?In a world obsessed with chasing the next deal, The MARK Method flips the script. Built from over $40M in closed sales and hard-won client relationships, this is not your typical sales playbook-it's your shortcut to repeat business, referrals, and relationship-driven growth.Whether you're in account management, sales, consulting, or client success, this book will show you how to stop "speed dating" your prospects and start building a business that compounds-with fewer clients, deeper trust, and more momentum than ever before.In this book, you'll discover how to: ���� Reignite cold leads with follow-ups that actually get replies���� Design a one-sheet that helps your client sell you to their team✉️ Send the "anti-pitch" email that builds trust without selling ���� Cut "fling clients" from your list-and make more with fewer accounts ���� Use trust like compound interest to turn relationships into revenue ���� Build a personal brand people talk about, even when you're not in the roomThis isn't a book about selling harder.It's about selling smarter.It's about becoming the person your clients remember-and come back to.���� If you're ready to stop cold calling and start compounding value...���� Scroll up and click "Buy Now" to start your flywheel.
In-Corp-Oration
Discover the art of organizational balance and the hidden architecture of corporate power.Modern corporations are filled with talent, resources, and intelligence - so why do they so often fracture between vision, management, and execution? Why do well-funded projects spiral into overruns, and talented teams disengage?In-Corp-Oration offers a radical diagnosis. Using the ancient Japanese art of Ikebana - a discipline of structure, intention, and balance - it reveals how organizations operate as living arrangements of three elements: Heaven (Leadership): The vision, direction, and aspiration.Body (Management): The structure that translates intent into action.Earth (Labor): The foundation where work is done and value is created.When these elements fall out of balance, the result is exhaustion, waste, and systemic failure - no matter how brilliant the strategy or generous the funding.Drawing on decades of insider experience from boardrooms to mudfields, this book is not an external critique but a voice from within. It provides a framework for diagnosing imbalance, a language for sensing truth inside systems designed to obscure it, and a practical guide to maintaining integrity even when the structure rewards its opposite.For leaders, managers, consultants, and anyone navigating the complexity of modern work, In-Corp-Oration is an essential read, a call to rebuild not just organizations, but the very practice of balance that keeps them alive.
Joy Through the Journey
NATIONAL BESTSELLERBring joy, fulfillment, and gratitude back into your life--regardless of what you're going through right now In Joy Through the Journey, renowned resilience and transformation expert Amberly Lago delivers a one-of-a-kind exploration of finding light in life's darkest moments. She delivers a transformative discussion of how to take your joy back when life gets hard and provides readers with a guiding light for navigating life's toughest challenges. In the book, Amberly effortlessly weaves together personal stories, practical wisdom, and profound insight into creating more joy for yourself--regardless of what you're going through. You'll find actionable solutions rooted in mindfulness, resilience, and gratitude, all backed by relatable and powerful stories that will help you create a renewed sense of purpose and wellbeing. You'll also discover: Techniques for coping with the lack of fulfillment and enjoyment that so many experience in their day-to-day lives and work Practical exercises and mindset-shifting strategies to help you embrace and accept your present moment Tools to help you navigate some of life's most formidable obstacles and go from surviving to thriving A can't-miss guide to everything in your life that's worth being joyful about, Joy Through the Journey is a compelling discussion of how to return joy, fulfillment, and gratitude back to your life--no matter what your life is like now.
Capture What You Create
This is not a book about growth.It's a book about what happens after growth works.Most founders know how to create value.They know how to build, ship, iterate, and learn. They know how to chase traction, prove usefulness, and delay monetisation until it feels justified.What they don't know-because almost no one teaches it-is how value capture quietly forms whether they design it or not.And how, once it hardens, it reshapes power, legitimacy, fairness, and the ability to reinvent.Capture What You Create is written for founders who have already learnt how to build-but find themselves uneasy about how they earn.Not because they lack ambition.But because something feels structurally unresolved.This book is for you if: You've delayed monetisation to "focus on value"-and now feel boxed in by expectationsYour product works, but changing how you earn feels risky or illegitimateYou sense that pricing, power, and fairness are becoming entangled-but lack language for itYou know reinvention will be required one day-and suspect that day is closer than it looksThis is not a pricing book.It is not a monetisation playbook.And it is not a collection of tactics you can apply without friction.That is intentional.What this book actually doesInstead of telling you what to charge, this book helps you see: Why value creation, value capture, and value extraction are not the same thingHow early earning decisions quietly train users, markets, and organisationsWhy monetisation is never neutral-even when it's postponedHow legitimacy erodes long before revenue doesWhy every value capture model has a half-lifeWhat truly triggers reinvention-and why waiting for crisis is usually too lateThe book moves from clarity → design → power → reinvention, treating value capture as a foundational design choice, not a financial afterthought.Who this book is not forThis book is not for: First-time founders looking for step-by-step instructionsReaders who want frameworks to think on their behalfAnyone expecting certainty, templates, or clean answersSome chapters slow you down rather than speed you up.Some end with diagnosis rather than action.Some will feel uncomfortable-especially if success has already taken hold.That discomfort is part of the design.Why this book existsStart-up culture gives founders language for growth, learning, and impact.It gives them almost no language for legitimacy, responsibility, expiry, or redesigning how they earn once power accumulates.This book exists to fill that gap.Not to tell you what decision to make-but to help you recognise when a decision has already been made for you.If you are ready to think seriously about: How you earnWho bears risk as you scaleWhat feels fair early-and what becomes contested laterAnd how to preserve the agency to reinvent before pressure forces itThen this book is for you.Capture what you create.And be ready to redesign how you do it.
SuperCreativity
Creativity is no longer optional. It is fast becoming the defining human advantage.As artificial intelligence reshapes every industry, one human capability is rising faster than all the others: creativity.Yet most people either don't believe they have creativity or never take the time to develop it.In SuperCreativity, internationally recognised keynote speaker and AI advisor James Taylor explains why the age of the lone genius is over, and why the future belongs to those who know how to collaborate creatively with other people and with artificial intelligence. It is a practical field guide for leaders, professionals, and teams who want to solve complex problems, drive innovation, generate better ideas, and remain relevant in an AI-augmented world.Drawing on eight years of research and work with Fortune Global 500 companies, SuperCreativity introduces a modern framework for understanding how creativity actually works today. Taylor shows why collaboration rather than individual brilliance drives breakthrough ideas and how artificial intelligence can expand human imagination rather than replace it.At the heart of the book is the Eight Ps of SuperCreativity, a clear and practical model for creative performance: Purpose, Personality, Practice, People, Process, Place, Product, and Persuasion.Throughout the book, readers are introduced to proven tools and frameworks used in boardrooms, workshops, and innovation programmes around the world. These tools help turn ideas into action, build belief, and embed creativity into everyday work. Crucially, SuperCreativity demonstrates that creativity is not a fixed trait, but a capability that can be learned, practised, and amplified through deliberate collaboration between humans and machines.Clear-eyed, practical, and grounded in real-world experience, SuperCreativity provides a framework for thinking better, working smarter, and leading with imagination in a period of rapid technological change.The future is not written.It is designed.By people willing to think differently.
Lead Like the Boss
Master your communication skills to become the leader you've always wanted to be In Lead Like The Boss: The Bruce Springsteen Framework to Elevating Your Leadership, veteran strategist, marketer, and management consultant, Andy Freed, delivers a compelling and actionable message about leadership and communication for everyone expected to inspire others to perform at their best. Freed ditches the sterile, tired formulaic approach you'll find in most "leadership guides" and focuses squarely on the crux of leadership: clearly communicating with others in a way that captures their attention and persuades them to buy in. Following the arc of Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen's legendary stage performances, the author demonstrates how to communicate your ideas to your followers and colleagues in ways that are authentic, intentional, and effective. You'll learn how to mold your communication style to match specific kinds of situations, encounters, and audiences. Lead Like The Boss shows you how to: Prepare for specific presentations and match the content and style of your message with the feelings you're trying to bring out in your audience Use consistent core messages to maintain alignment to company goals and vision Focus on the things your people and your company are doing right - and thanking them appropriately - to inspire loyalty and reward exceptional performance Perfect for managers, executives, and other business leaders, Lead Like The Boss is a must-read guide for everyone who is trying to guide their organization to the promised land of success.
Whole Leaders, Wild Trust
The future of leadership begins with trust--and it starts within In Whole Leaders, Wild Trust, leadership expert Dr. Rob McKenna redefines what it means to lead in a world fragmented by broken promises, disconnection, and low engagement. Backed by research with thousands of leaders and organizations, this book reveals how trust is built, broken, and rebuilt--and why whole leader development is the key to sustainable performance and well-being. McKenna introduces his WiLD approach, a groundbreaking model that integrates personal growth, team dynamics, and organizational design. The result is a trust-building process that begins at the core of who we are and extends outward to reshape culture. Inside, you'll discover: How to diagnose the trust fractures silently undermining your people, your teams--and even your own leadership--and quickly repair them Strategies to move your culture forward using the WiLD Trust Quadrant--from a Jungle of Trust to a Stronghold of Trust Ways to develop whole and trusted leaders with practical tools, measurable frameworks, and conversations that build real trust from the inside out Whether you're a seasoned executive, a parent trying to raise a future-ready leader, an emerging professional, or someone simply trying to lead well in your corner of the world--this is your roadmap to becoming a whole and trusted leader. You'll learn how to build teams that don't just function, but lead movements. It's time to stop reacting to broken trust--and start leading from it.
Lead with Ai. Stay Human.
The rise of Artificial Intelligence has fundamentally rewired the economics of work, commoditizing analysis and streamlining coordination. For leaders, this presents a critical choice: attempt to compete with AI's speed and efficiency and risk becoming obsolete, or deliberately elevate the irreplaceably human capabilities of judgment, intuition, empathy and moral reasoning. This groundbreaking book argues that the fear isn't being replaced by AI systems, but that we risk replacing ourselves by failing to adapt our leadership paradigm. This is not a book about bolting technology onto broken processes; it is a field guide for building a People-First approach that ensures sustained advantage. The author shows you how to augment human potential by redesigning work around human strengths and compounding trust through transparent decisions. The core of this transformation is the SPAR framework, a four-step sequence for mastering the capabilities that traditional leadership development simply doesn't address: (S) Strengthen Leadership Identity, (P) Partner with Intelligence, (A) Amplify Team Capability, and (R) Reshape for Flow. It will not just help you implement AI successfully; it will make you more essential to your organization.,
SalesDNA
What if sales success isn't learned, but hardwired by your late teens?Built on 45 years of research and over 30 million assessments, SalesDNA reveals the innate talents and work ethic that separate top performers from everyone else. Only 17% of people possess the natural wiring for sustained sales success and no amount of training can create what isn't there. Drawing on decades of insights from competitive sales environments and elite performance across sports and business, this book is your blueprint to SELECT, DEVELOP and RETAIN true revenue generators.SalesDNA is the playbook for sales leaders building high-performing teams where individuals own their results and thrive on accountability. It is also a self-discovery tool for anyone who wants to unlock their full potential or determine if they are among the elite 17%.Revenue generation requires revenue generators. Identifying them is like panning for gold in a pile of rocks, many look promising, few are valuable.This book gives you the tools to stop guessing and start hiring gold.Skills can be taught. SalesDNA is what you're born with.John Marshall, Ph.D., is the founder and CEO of Self Management Group (SMG). He's an organizational psychologist, author, and keynote speaker with over 40 years of experience helping companies and sports teams build high-performance, self-managed cultures.
It Is Both
You already know business books follow a formula.The counter-intuitive hook. The "research shows" cadence. The case study that lands too perfectly. The transformation promised by the final chapter.You've read these books. You've felt vaguely manipulated. And you bought the next one anyway.This book hands you the source code.It Is Both maps exactly how bestselling business books manufacture wisdom-the seven patterns they all share, the eight author archetypes, the fears that drive corporate FOMO, and the alchemy that turns failure into credential.Nine essays. No padding. No action frameworks. No promises of transformation.The twist: this book uses every trick it exposes. There's no way to stand outside the game while describing it. The formula is both manipulation and genuine insight. This book is both critique and complicity.For readers who: - Buy business books, implement almost nothing, and wonder why - Sense something formulaic but couldn't articulate it - Want to understand without becoming cynics - Appreciate honesty about the con, even from inside itIt Is Both won't change your life. It will change how you read the books that promise to.
Negotiation, Diplomacy & Soft Power
'In an age where negotiation is often reduced to clever tactics, aggressive bargaining, and short-term advantage, this book offers a return to something deeper, older, and far more enduring. 'Negotiation, Diplomacy & Soft Power: A Kautilyan Approach for Business Leaders' invites the reader to rediscover the timeless wisdom of Acharya Kautilya and reinterpret it for the complex realities of modern leadership.Drawing from the Arthashastra, the Bhagavad Gita, Buddhist thought, and India's rich civilizational heritage, Dr. Aurobindo Ghosh presents negotiation not as confrontation, but as an art of balance. Here, persuasion replaces coercion, patience tempers ambition, and strategy walks hand in hand with ethics. The classical framework of Sama, Dama, Danda, and Bheda is translated into contemporary contexts of corporate leadership, global diplomacy, human resource management, and institutional governance, revealing its striking relevance even today.This book demonstrates how soft power rooted in culture, credibility, and moral authority creates influence that outlasts force. Through thoughtful analysis, modern case illustrations, and philosophical clarity, it shows how leaders can negotiate firmly without arrogance, strategically without deceit, and successfully without sacrificing integrity.Designed for business leaders, diplomats, policymakers, scholars, and serious students of leadership, this volume completes the triad of ethics, strategy, and diplomacy in Ghosh's Management Series. It is not a manual of tricks, but a guide to wisdom in action.For those who believe that true leadership lies not in dominating others but in shaping harmony, this book offers a quiet yet powerful compass.
The Five Phases of Leadership
Based on Justyn Terry's popular and accessible book, The Five Phases of Leadership: An Overview for Christian Leaders, this course provides a practical, widely applicable framework for leadership development. Containing a range of interactive content such as linked videos, reflection and discussion questions, and application prompts, this course encourages both emerging and seasoned leaders alike to reflect and progress on their own leadership journey.Ideal in a group study setting but also suitable for self-study, Justyn Terry expertly equips readers in the five major tasks of leadership: establishing trust, cultivating leaders, discerning vision, implementing plans, and transitioning out.
Win Your Brand
In WIN YOUR BRAND: The Unapologetic Playbook for Becoming Iconic, branding expert and events powerhouse Samara Beth (a.k.a. Badass Bamboo) shows you how to turn your real story-messy middle and all-into a magnetic, unforgettable brand.Part memoir, part manifesto, and part step-by-step blueprint, this book is written for entrepreneurs, speakers, coaches, executives, and creators who feel overlooked, underestimated, or ready to reinvent themselves and their business. Through raw, relatable stories-from military wife life and motherhood, to raising a son with autism, grief, divorce, and rebuilding after "starting over" more times than she can count-Samara Beth reveals how your hardest seasons are not setbacks, but soil for your next level.Inside, you'll learn how to: Use the W.I.N. Framework-Willpower, Innovation, and Networking-to rise, lead, and thrive no matter what's happening in the economy, your industry, or your personal life.Build a brand rooted in genuine relationships, not gimmicks-so people don't just notice you once, they remember and refer you for life.Apply the W.I.N.N.I.N.G. Brand Framework, the behind-the-scenes system Samara uses with clients to go from "invisible" to "iconic," aligning your message, mission, media, and momentum so your story gets seen, shared, booked, and paid.It's time to WIN your brand-and your life.Win Your Brand has been published by Integrity Publishing International (www.IntegrityPub.com).
Negotiation, Diplomacy & Soft Power
'In an age where negotiation is often reduced to clever tactics, aggressive bargaining, and short-term advantage, this book offers a return to something deeper, older, and far more enduring. 'Negotiation, Diplomacy & Soft Power: A Kautilyan Approach for Business Leaders' invites the reader to rediscover the timeless wisdom of Acharya Kautilya and reinterpret it for the complex realities of modern leadership.Drawing from the Arthashastra, the Bhagavad Gita, Buddhist thought, and India's rich civilizational heritage, Dr. Aurobindo Ghosh presents negotiation not as confrontation, but as an art of balance. Here, persuasion replaces coercion, patience tempers ambition, and strategy walks hand in hand with ethics. The classical framework of Sama, Dama, Danda, and Bheda is translated into contemporary contexts of corporate leadership, global diplomacy, human resource management, and institutional governance, revealing its striking relevance even today.This book demonstrates how soft power rooted in culture, credibility, and moral authority creates influence that outlasts force. Through thoughtful analysis, modern case illustrations, and philosophical clarity, it shows how leaders can negotiate firmly without arrogance, strategically without deceit, and successfully without sacrificing integrity.Designed for business leaders, diplomats, policymakers, scholars, and serious students of leadership, this volume completes the triad of ethics, strategy, and diplomacy in Ghosh's Management Series. It is not a manual of tricks, but a guide to wisdom in action.For those who believe that true leadership lies not in dominating others but in shaping harmony, this book offers a quiet yet powerful compass.
The Contemporary Board Member
The boardroom is evolving. Are you evolving with it?Today's directors face a broader mandate than ever before. Governance is no longer confined to oversight and fiduciary discipline - it now spans strategy, technology, stakeholder dynamics, and cultural scrutiny. Boardroom leadership has become a dynamic, high-stakes endeavor that demands more than experience. It demands fluency, relevance, and range.The Contemporary Board Member is a modern playbook for directors navigating this new landscape. Built on the skills-based model introduced in The Contemporary Leader, this volume reframes those essential leadership skills for the boardroom - where influence replaces authority, and contribution carries weight without control.WHY THIS BOOK MATTERSThe pace of governance change has outstripped tradition. Today's board members must operate across a multidimensional agenda - digital transformation, ESG accountability, reputational risk, stakeholder capitalism - all while maintaining credibility, clarity, and composure.THIS BOOK HELPS BOARD MEMBERS: - Navigate complexity with confidence and strategic clarity - Contribute meaningfully across unfamiliar governance terrain - Develop influence without overreach or operational control - Build fluency in technology, risk, culture, and stakeholder dynamics - Sharpen credibility through intentional, skills-based developmentA MODERN LENS ON BOARDROOM EFFECTIVENESSRooted in the 15 Essential Leadership Skills introduced in The Contemporary Leader, this volume reinterprets those skills through the governance lens - where leadership is shared, stakes are elevated, and pressure arrives without warning.PROFESSIONAL SKILLS - Leading with vision, translation, and decision-making under scrutiny - Communicating strategically and with presence across high-stakes issuesPERSONAL SKILLS - Strengthening boardroom influence through authenticity and emotional intelligence - Adapting and responding to complexity with composure and confidenceTECHNOLOGY SKILLS - Building oversight capability in AI, cybersecurity, and digital ethics - Asking sharper questions, shaping smarter conversationsEach chapter includes real-world examples, boardroom moments, and the evolving case study of David Chen - a seasoned director whose leadership journey reflects the shifts facing boards everywhere.WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR - Board members seeking to strengthen their governance contribution - Newer directors stepping into their role with intention - Experienced leaders retooling for a more complex governance landscape - Committee chairs, board chairs, and aspiring directors preparing for broader impactABOUT THE AUTHORTom Mawhinney is a board director, executive, and leadership strategist with more than three decades of experience across industries, sectors, and governance models. A graduate of the ICD.D program and the author of The Contemporary Leader series, Tom brings a clear, pragmatic voice to the challenge of building leadership capability in fast-moving environments.Governance has changed. The Contemporary Board Member helps you meet the moment - with range, relevance, and real boardroom impact.
The VIKING Framework
Lead with Purpose, Influence, and Impact. Drive Change, Engagement, and Results.The role of communications has never been more strategic or more complex. Hybrid work. Digital acceleration. AI. Cultural shifts. Business transformation. Today's communicators are at the centre of it all, expected to lead with clarity, engage diverse audiences, and deliver measurable results under increasing pressure. This book helps you rise to that challenge.The VIKING Framework introduces a practical, proven six-step methodology designed to help communication professionals, marketers, and business leaders craft and deliver high-impact campaigns with confidence, clarity, and strategic precision.Whether you're launching initiatives, engaging distributed teams, or leading through change, this book equips you to move from messenger to strategic leader, with tools you can apply immediately to turn insight into influence, and ideas into action.
The Moral AI Leader
As artificial intelligence reshapes everyday lives, one question becomes unavoidable: What does good leadership look like when technology drives the decision-making process? The Moral AI Leader offers a clear, confident, and refreshingly practical answer. Drawing on their experience as entrepreneurs, scientists, and advisors, the authors show why the future belongs to those who use technology with judgment, courage, and moral clarity. Across a unique set of highly accessible tips, the authors explore how leaders can harness AI without surrendering responsibility, preserve human relationships in a digital world, build trust through transparency, and turn regulation into a driver of innovation. Rich with real anecdotes, The Moral AI Leader blends ethical insight with insightful hands-on guidance for managers, founders, and decision-makers navigating this era of profound technological change.
CultureWerk
What if you could build organizations that thrive without you? In CultureWerk, you'll discover the 12 Cultural Pillars that transform exhausted executives into architects of self-sustaining success. These aren't consultant theories-they're hard-won lessons from Tom Kereszti's journey through five continents, turning disasters into triumphs for companies like Colgate-Palmolive, Benckiser, and Strauss Group. You'll learn the same frameworks that helped transform a money-bleeding Prague operation into a profit powerhouse. The partnership approach that outmaneuvered Sara Lee and Kraft in acquisition battles. The trust-building secrets Navy SEALs use to turn ordinary people into extraordinary teams. Why Disney-Pixar created billions while Daimler-Chrysler destroyed value-and how to ensure you're on the right side of that equation. But here's what matters most: you'll finally understand why your best people leave (hint: it's not the money), why your team waits for you to solve everything (you trained them to), and how to break the cycle that's keeping you trapped. This book won't just change how you lead-it will free you from the prison of being indispensable. You'll build something more valuable than a successful business: a legacy that multiplies through others. Your future self-rested, strategic, and watching your organization thrive without your constant intervention-starts here. You're the only one who can close the big deals and fix the real problems-that's not leadership, that's a life sentence. Discover the 12 pillars that transform organizations and executives into architects of self-sustaining cultures where leaders emerge naturally at every level. "CultureWerk is not another leadership book built on theory-it's a masterclass forged in the real world. Tom Kereszti doesn't just talk about culture; he shows you how to engineer it, protect it, and multiply it so your organization can thrive long after you step out of the room. What makes this book rare is its focus on leadership multiplication, not leadership dependency. Too many organizations rise only as high as their most visible leader. CultureWerk teaches you how to embed leadership so deeply into your culture that your people grow, your teams self-correct, and your mission outlives any single personality. Through the Twelve Pillars, Tom delivers a practical, global, and deeply human blueprint for building teams that perform with excellence and sustain impact across generations. This is the kind of book that changes how you lead on Monday morning-not just how you think on Sunday night. If you are serious about building a culture that scales, lasts, and multiplies leaders at every level, CultureWerk is not optional-it's essential." - Chris Robinson USA Today Bestselling Author, From Drift to Drive Executive Vice President, Maxwell Leadership "Different companies, different industries, strategies, technologies, and products - peel it all back, and what ultimately seals a company's success is its culture. This book focuses precisely on that - on what truly transforms organizations into lasting legacies. It brings together the vast experience, deep insights, and extensive knowledge that Tom - whom I've had the privilege of knowing since our days at Strauss - possesses." - Erez Vigodman Co-Founder Terra-A AG, Former President & CEO of Teva Pharmaceuticals, ADAMA and Strauss Group. "I get asked to "endorse" a lot of books these days, and I always count it an honor. This book is quite different in the fact that I know the author personally and have had the privilege of seeing firsthand the fruit of his life up close. As a member of my church, Tom is a brilliant man, originally born in Hungary immigrated to the USA and this books carry's a potent fusion of 'old world' Austro/Hungarian nobility, fused with 'new world' USA entrepreneurial pragmatism. Tom's writing is witty, insightful, warm, challenging, uplifting and informing all at
Cursing at Mountains
What if the only way to break through the chaos in your life was to stop trying to move the mountains in your path - and instead learn to traverse them?Chris thought he had it all under control: a career with real potential, a family he loved deeply, and dreams of building a better life for them all. But when the weight of his failures pushes him to the brink, he finds himself thrust into a surreal wilderness where nothing is certain-except the lessons that will change everything.From cattle drives across blistering Nevada deserts to campfires in the Montana backcountry, Chris meets unlikely guides who challenge his assumptions about control, failure, and redemption. Each encounter forces him to confront his deepest regrets, his failing marriage, and the truth he's been running from: that the mountains in life don't move just because we want them to.Blending vivid adventure with profound allegory, Cursing at Mountains takes readers on a journey through shifting landscapes of desert, forest, and canyon-where every road is a choice, every choice has a consequence, and growth comes only through surrender.Fans of Theo of Golden by Allen Levi, or Matt Haig's reflective storytelling will find the same mix of inspiration, adventure, and timeless wisdom in these pages.Chris's struggle is every person's struggle-the battle to let go, to forgive, and to find the courage to start again. His journey will leave you asking: what mountains am I cursing at in my own life?
CultureWerk
What if you could build organizations that thrive without you? In CultureWerk, you'll discover the 12 Cultural Pillars that transform exhausted executives into architects of self-sustaining success. These aren't consultant theories-they're hard-won lessons from Tom Kereszti's journey through five continents, turning disasters into triumphs for companies like Colgate-Palmolive, Benckiser, and Strauss Group. You'll learn the same frameworks that helped transform a money-bleeding Prague operation into a profit powerhouse. The partnership approach that outmaneuvered Sara Lee and Kraft in acquisition battles. The trust-building secrets Navy SEALs use to turn ordinary people into extraordinary teams. Why Disney-Pixar created billions while Daimler-Chrysler destroyed value-and how to ensure you're on the right side of that equation. But here's what matters most: you'll finally understand why your best people leave (hint: it's not the money), why your team waits for you to solve everything (you trained them to), and how to break the cycle that's keeping you trapped. This book won't just change how you lead-it will free you from the prison of being indispensable. You'll build something more valuable than a successful business: a legacy that multiplies through others. Your future self-rested, strategic, and watching your organization thrive without your constant intervention-starts here. You're the only one who can close the big deals and fix the real problems-that's not leadership, that's a life sentence. Discover the 12 pillars that transform organizations and executives into architects of self-sustaining cultures where leaders emerge naturally at every level. "CultureWerk is not another leadership book built on theory-it's a masterclass forged in the real world. Tom Kereszti doesn't just talk about culture; he shows you how to engineer it, protect it, and multiply it so your organization can thrive long after you step out of the room. What makes this book rare is its focus on leadership multiplication, not leadership dependency. Too many organizations rise only as high as their most visible leader. CultureWerk teaches you how to embed leadership so deeply into your culture that your people grow, your teams self-correct, and your mission outlives any single personality. Through the Twelve Pillars, Tom delivers a practical, global, and deeply human blueprint for building teams that perform with excellence and sustain impact across generations. This is the kind of book that changes how you lead on Monday morning-not just how you think on Sunday night. If you are serious about building a culture that scales, lasts, and multiplies leaders at every level, CultureWerk is not optional-it's essential." - Chris Robinson USA Today Bestselling Author, From Drift to Drive Executive Vice President, Maxwell Leadership "Different companies, different industries, strategies, technologies, and products - peel it all back, and what ultimately seals a company's success is its culture. This book focuses precisely on that - on what truly transforms organizations into lasting legacies. It brings together the vast experience, deep insights, and extensive knowledge that Tom - whom I've had the privilege of knowing since our days at Strauss - possesses." - Erez Vigodman Co-Founder Terra-A AG, Former President & CEO of Teva Pharmaceuticals, ADAMA and Strauss Group. "I get asked to "endorse" a lot of books these days, and I always count it an honor. This book is quite different in the fact that I know the author personally and have had the privilege of seeing firsthand the fruit of his life up close. As a member of my church, Tom is a brilliant man, originally born in Hungary immigrated to the USA and this books carry's a potent fusion of 'old world' Austro/Hungarian nobility, fused with 'new world' USA entrepreneurial pragmatism. Tom's writing is witty, insightful, warm, challenging, uplifting and informing all at
The 13 Steps To Riches
The 13 Steps to Riches, Volume 12: The Brain, Featuring by Erik Swanson, John Assaraf, Steve Taubman, & Jon Kovach Jr.Are you a student of Napoleon Hill's classic from 1937 Think and Grow Rich?Has your life or business benefited from the timeless truths of this global classic?Are you ready to embrace and experience foundational steps to success that carry on from generation to generation in this 13-book series The 13 Steps to Riches?Based on the timeless truths of Napoleon Hill's classic Think and Grow Rich, the 13 steps come alive in this modern-day journey by each hand-selected author in this first-ever series.The 13 Steps to Riches by Habitude Warrior Volume 12 The BrainFeatures celebrity authors Erik Swanson, John Assaraf, and a special Foreword by Dr. Steve Taubman. In this professionally published limited author series, the entire 13-set series is being made available globally by Beyond Publishing and Integrity Publishing in all formats. Available in bookstores, libraries, and online stores everywhere.In this volume, each contributing author shares their experience and journey of success in business and life, overcoming obstacles and triumphs while utilizing one of the steps to riches... THE BRAIN. Surround yourself with the absolute best of the best and align yourself with high-performance individuals from around the world in the personal development space.Authors include: Erik Swanson, John Assaraf, Dr. Steve Taubman, Jon Kovach Jr., Amado Hernandez, Angelika Ullsperger, Anthony Criniti, Barry Bevier, Bonnie Lierse, Brian Schulman, Candace & David Rose, Corey Poirier, Deb Scott, Dori Ray, Elaine Sugimura, Elizabeth Walker, Erin Ley, Fatima Hurd, Frankie Fegurgur, Fred Moskowitz, Gina Bacalski, Griselda Beck, Jason Curtis, Jeffrey Levine, Lacey & Adam Platt, Louisa Jovanovich, Lynda Sunshine West, Maris Segal & Ken Ashby, Mel Mason, Miatta Hampton, Michael D. Butler, Michelle Cameron Coulter & Al Coulter, Michelle Mras, Mickey Stewart, Natalie Susi, Nita Patel, Olga Geidane, Paul Capozio, Phillip McClure, Robyn Scott, Shannon Whittington, Soraiya Vasanji, Stacey Ross Cohen, Teresa Cundiff, Vera Thomas and Yuri Choi.
Facing the Monkey's Grin
In the 21st century, sales representatives need more skills in communication, lessons in ethics, kindness and an unbiased eye for precision and self-protection. The business landscape is shifting and moving fast, like a social media news headline. The old ways of doing business and the untangling of a confused hierarchy may only leave you disenchanted, tired, or broke. Get on board with selling, living and surviving the wild unpredictability in a fiercely dishevelled and psychedelic planet. You can help change your perspective on selling by visiting the different chapters in this book. Hopefully, you may find something to keep helping you navigate the career you're entitled to. Your greatest asset is your thirst to continue learning. Hopefully this book delivers in many ways to help you grow to become a successful individual with upmost integrity, high self-esteem, intensity and a superior work ethic.
Fail Fight Finish
Failure is never the end of the story.But for too many people, it becomes the excuse they hide behind and the reason they stop reaching for more.This book is not about avoiding failure. Failure is inevitable. It's about what happens next.Drawing from real leadership experience, this book challenges the quiet decisions that derail capable people: lowering the standard, choosing comfort over growth, and settling instead of fighting forward. It confronts the habits that weaken leadership and replaces them with ownership, discipline, and consistency, the fundamentals that actually matter when pressure rises and motivation fades.Whether you are leading yourself, stepping into your first leadership role, or accountable for others, the message is the same: leadership is not defined by title, but by behavior.This is a book for those willing to take responsibility, address problems early, and do the hard work long after no one is watching.Fail. Fight. Finish.
Autism from the Inside
Autism from the Inside is an action-oriented guide for employers of all types and sizes. It outlines strategies for hiring and managing neurodiverse employees with a nonjudgmental approach that uses information about the "why" behind some of the unexpected behaviors of neurodiverse individuals. It offers need-to-know insights so employers can manage workplace situations in a way that supports and enhances the productivity of employees.
Beyond Experience
Experience is a powerful teacher. But it isn't always a wise one.Many of us assume that time on the job naturally leads to better decisions, stronger leadership, and deeper understanding. But in reality, experience alone can trap us in habits, reinforce outdated methods, and quietly repeat the very patterns we once struggled under.In Beyond Experience: The Path from Doing to Knowing to Wisdom, educator and leadership storyteller Steve Olson explores why growth so often stalls, and what it actually takes to move from simply doing a job to doing it well and wisely.Drawing on real-life stories from education, broadcasting, leadership, and life on the road, Olson examines how: - Experience can become an unexamined loop instead of a source of growth - Knowledge can challenge comfortable habits and open new perspectives - Reflection transforms moments into lasting learning - Wisdom shows up not just in what we know, but in how we choose to actThis is not a book of quick tips or management formulas. It is an invitation to slow down, question familiar patterns, and rediscover how learning, humility, and self-awareness shape better leaders and more grounded lives.Written for mid-career professionals, emerging leaders, and anyone navigating change, Beyond Experience offers a thoughtful guide for those who sense that "more time" is not the same as "more wisdom," and who are ready to build something deeper from the experience they already have.If you've ever wondered whether you're still growing or simply repeating what once worked, this book is your invitation to pause, reflect, and choose a wiser path forward.
Frameworks for Bold Leadership
Frameworks for BOLD Leadership equips leaders at every level with tools to lead with clarity, conviction and credibility -- especially under pressure. These aren't theories. They're proven frameworks tested in billion-dollar boardrooms, construction job sites and coaching sessions with executives, entrepreneurs and managers alike. Whether you're a CEO setting strategy, an entrepreneur building from the ground up, a mid-level manager ready to expand influence, a team leader guiding corporate change or even a parent leading at home, this book will help you elevate your leadership where it matters most. Inside you'll discover how to: - Build unshakable trust with the Credibility Curve - Command presence with the Leadership Presence Matrix - Anchor tough decisions with the Integrity Compass - Align teams with the 3Cs Framework - Sustain long-term performance through the Renewal Cycle Every chapter ends with Blueprint Blocks -- actionable practices designed to move leadership from page to practice, creating leaders who don't just perform, but endure.
PROPEL - A Framework for Transformative Coaching in Leadership and Personal Development
Unlock the Power of Transformative LeadershipIn an evolving landscape, traditional management is not enough. To drive innovation and growth, leaders must transition from "command and control" to a transformative coaching mindset.PROPEL: A Framework for Transformative Coaching in Leadership and Personal Development is the blueprint for this evolution. Written by Dr. Peter J. Chum, an expert in executive coaching, this book introduces the PROPEL Coaching Model-a research-backed framework to bridge the gap between individual potential and organisational excellence.Why PROPEL?Unlike generic guides, PROPEL integrates proactive leadership with the cultural DNA of your organization. It teaches you how to lead through coaching.Inside this guide, you will learn how to: Implement the PROPEL Model: Master a framework that aligns coaching with business objectives.Cultivate a Coaching Culture: Create an environment where growth and feedback are daily rhythms.Drive Sustainable Change: Navigate shifts with evidence-based strategies and real-world cases.Enhance Executive Presence: Refine your leadership style to inspire and retain top talent.Bridge Theory and Practice: Apply actionable tools for measurable team improvements.Who Is This Book For?Executive Coaches: Seeking a sophisticated, scalable framework for their toolkit.Leaders & Managers: Aiming to elevate team engagement and productivity.HR Professionals: Seeking a methodology to embed excellence across all levels.Don't just manage-PROPEL your leadership to new heights.
Appreciative Input Management
Everything we do is about people. Whether it is managing a restaurant with customers and employees, a corporation with many employees, supervisors, staff and even janitorial crew, or a non-profit with people that are giving their free time to improve their community or any other type of business, it's always about the people. This book is about the way to develop a more positive, productive environment as we lead our organization so that people we work with, customers, clients, suppliers and employees are proud to be associated with the organization and its successes.
Appreciative Input Management
Everything we do is about people. Whether it is managing a restaurant with customers and employees, a corporation with many employees, supervisors, staff and even janitorial crew, or a non-profit with people that are giving their free time to improve their community or any other type of business, it's always about the people. This book is about the way to develop a more positive, productive environment as we lead our organization so that people we work with, customers, clients, suppliers and employees are proud to be associated with the organization and its successes.
The 12-Week MBA
Based on a business leadership program taught to professionals at global Fortune 500 companies, this indispensable guide offers practical tips for managers and aspiring business leaders. Getting an MBA takes time and money, making it inaccessible to many people who want to take charge in the business world. The 12-Week MBA offers an alternative way to learn business essentials, with a unique premise--business leaders in any industry, any function, and at any level need the same core knowledge, skills, and attitudes to effectively manage and lead. That core consists of working through and with other people to create value while using financial concepts and metrics to maximize the value created for all company stakeholders. The timeless essence of managing numbers and leading people can be learned in less time and at a lower cost than in a traditional two-year MBA, where much of the curriculum may become obsolete by the time students graduate. Authors Bjorn Billhardt and Nathan Kracklauer are senior executives at Abilitie, a global leadership development company that has served over 100,000 learners in fifty countries. Now the key lessons from Abilitie's 12- Week MBA curriculum are available in this accessible and engaging guide.
Ai, the Rediscovery of Humanity
AI often triggers fear: disappearing jobs, loss of control, a dehumanized future. But what if artificial intelligence could actually strengthen our humanity? AI: the Rediscovery of Humanity shows how technology can stimulate creativity, deepen empathy and help us make wiser choices. With concrete examples from healthcare, education, finance and HR, this book demonstrates how humans and technology can reinforce one another. Practical tools such as the 'Humanity Check' help you assess AI on autonomy, connection and meaning. It becomes clear that AI can be an ally in fostering personal growth and societal progress. It invites managers, innovators and policymakers to engage in the most important conversation of the next decade: how humans and AI can enrich one another.
The Sylvatica Principle for Managers
Modern management is built on a quiet assumption: that continuity equals progress. When systems stall, teams slow down, or growth falters, the response is almost always the same-push harder, optimize further, maintain momentum.The Sylvatica Principle for Managers challenges that assumption.Drawing from living systems, organizational dynamics, and structural analysis, Antonio Garrido Caballero introduces a new lens for understanding why growth inevitably reaches a limit-and why interruption is not a breakdown, but a necessary condition for restoring coherence. When systems become rigid, leadership turns managerial, and organizations lose their generative capacity, the problem is not failure. It is saturation.This is not a book of techniques, formulas, or motivation. It offers no quick fixes or productivity hacks. Instead, it provides a structural framework for recognizing when an organization has reached the natural boundary of its current form-and how interruption, suspension, and reconfiguration are essential phases of sustainable renewal.Written for managers, leaders, and decision-makers who sense that something is no longer working-not because it failed, but because it has fully expressed itself-The Sylvatica Principle for Managers reframes collapse as intelligence, interruption as movement, and coherence as the true measure of organizational health.When growth reaches its limit, interruption is not failure.
The Uncommon Leader
What does it take to rise above the ordinary and lead with lasting impact?In this bold and transformative guide, Paulina Stankiewicz-world-class leadership coach, mentor, and advisor to CEOs-takes you beyond strategy and into the deeper work of leadership. Through real stories, practical insights, and powerful tools, she shows you how to: - Break free from fear, self-sabotage, and limitation- Elevate your culture and empower your people- Lead with vision, courage, and authenticity- Expand your impact far beyond profit- Build a legacy that thrives for generationsThe Uncommon Leader isn't just about business-it's about who you become as a leader, the lives you touch, and the legacy you leave behind. If you're ready to think bigger, lead stronger, and step fully into the leader you were born to be, this book will be your guide.
Dirtbag Rich
Some of us aren't cut out for "normal life."If you crave nature, freedom, adventure, and work that matters-rather than just paying the bills for a life you never chose-then you might be ready to become dirtbag rich.Drawing from the "dirtbag" tradition of pursuing outdoor bliss through creative self-sufficiency, this book charts an unconventional way of living that includes both security and flexibility, connection and independence, and service and self-actualization.Whether you're jettisoning a life that's not working or just getting started, the message of Dirtbag Rich is clear: You don't have to play the same game as everyone else. You can have a life where you wake up and decide what you want to do, every day. You really can.
Inflection Point
In 2025, humanity crossed a threshold that will reshape civilization. For the first time in the industrial age, clean energy sources accounted for nearly all new electrical capacity globally, marking the peak and the beginning of the permanent, structural decline of fossil fuel generation. An inflection point from which there is no return. This book explains how we arrived at this historic turning point and why the transition is now unstoppable.The renewable revolution is not driven by environmental virtue or political mandates. It's not tree hugging or saving the earth. Instead, it's powered by fundamental economics. Solar power has become 41 percent cheaper than the lowest-cost fossil fuel option globally, while onshore wind is 53 percent cheaper. These aren't theoretical projections, but market realities reflected in power purchase agreements signed worldwide. The economics follow Wright's Law; a principle discovered in 1936 showing that manufacturing costs decline predictably with production scale. For over four decades, solar panel prices have fallen 20 percent with each doubling of installed capacity. Wright's Law is how we got from room sized computers costs millions to smartphones costing hundreds.Fossil fuels can't compete economically because they are extracted, not manufactured, and their cost goes up as reserves are depleted.Inflection Point examines this global transition through multiple lenses: China's emergence as the renewable superpower, Europe's proven model for grid integration, America's fragmented but advancing approach, and the Global South's ability to leapfrog traditional energy infrastructure entirely. It explores political opposition head-on while exploring the technologies-from solar and wind to storage and smart grids-that make reliable, fully renewable power grids possible.The renewable future is not utopian fantasy but is the inevitable, logical endpoint of current trajectories: a world where electricity powers transportation, heating, industry, and agriculture; where air pollution deaths decline dramatically and where true energy independence reduces geopolitical tensions. The only choice is the timing of the transition.This is a book about beginning of the renewable energy age and why it cannot be stopped.
Blindspots
The risks that destroy ventures hide in shareholder agreements, board dynamics and power structures that shift as companies scale.Success changes the game. Early supporters gain new leverage. Major wins create new vulnerabilities. The institutional forces that help ventures grow can just as easily constrain or consume them.Have you protected what you're building, or are you hoping it won't happen to you?This book shares eighteen lessons learned the hard way: building an innovative firm, navigating complex business transitions and rebuilding from scratch. The goal is seeing structural risks before they strike and protecting what you build while pursuing breakthrough innovation.Drawing on two decades of practicing law, including more than a decade as partner at White & Case, Ropes & Gray and Jones Day, then experiencing these dynamics firsthand as a founder, the book reveals patterns that emerge when capital, governance and growth intersect.
