Transform Your Culture Through Empowerment
Transform Your Culture Through Empowerment is written for those seeking to learn how to develop a transformation system that helps organizations reach their full potential.This book teaches employees how to transform their work systems and to organize and lead their organizations through the transformation process. Examples, tools, and techniques are shared.The story of the struggling Salvarcar plant serves as a case study, starting with the hiring of a new executive tasked with transforming the organization's operations and culture, or else shuttering the plant and relocating it.Real-world examples, issues, innovative solutions, and results are provided to illustrate how the facility was transformed into one of the best in its class, ultimately saving it.
Success Engineering in a World of Disruption
A powerful, practical step-by-step guide designed for driven professionals ready to take control of their future. In an era defined by complexity, rapid change, and uncertainty, this book provides a clear, actionable framework to turn disruption into a springboard for lasting success. Deliberately engineer the life and success you aspire to have. Consistently reach your goals with resilient power. You will discover how to: Redefine your story and expand what is possible for your life and careerDevelop mental agility and emotional strength to navigate complexityAccelerate growth and opportunityBuild a personal legacyLead yourself intentionally to unlock your highest potential - starting right where you are at todayFor ambitious professionals committed to moving beyond reaction into focused action.Create your best possible outcome.
Success Engineering in a World of Disruption
A powerful, practical step-by-step guide designed for driven professionals ready to take control of their future. In an era defined by complexity, rapid change, and uncertainty, this book provides a clear, actionable framework to turn disruption into a springboard for lasting success. Deliberately engineer the life and success you aspire to have. Consistently reach your goals with resilient power. You will discover how to: Redefine your story and expand what is possible for your life and careerDevelop mental agility and emotional strength to navigate complexityAccelerate growth and opportunityBuild a personal legacyLead yourself intentionally to unlock your highest potential - starting right where you are at todayFor ambitious professionals committed to moving beyond reaction into focused action.Create your best possible outcome.
The Battle of the Atlantic
An Island at war does not merely fight for territory; it fights for time at sea. In the Second World War, the Battle of the Atlantic became a running test of whether Britain and its allies could keep goods moving across thousands of miles of ocean while an adaptive submarine campaign sought to turn every crossing into delay, dispersal, and loss. The outcome hinged less on any single weapon than on the ability to manage flows, allocate scarce protection, and make decisions fast enough to matter.The Battle of the Atlantic: Convoys, codebreaking, and the fight to feed an island war reframes the campaign through naval logistics and the practical logic of the convoy system. Rafael Conti shows how convoy assembly, escort doctrine, basing, and air cover interacted with the enemy's search-and-concentrate methods. He follows the problem from ports and routeing desks to the shifting geometry of mid-ocean battles, explaining why "more escorts" was never a complete answer, and why small coordination failures could erase hard-won advantages. Throughout, the book treats intelligence realistically: signals intelligence reduced uncertainty, but only when institutions could translate perishable insight into timely routing, reinforcement, and action at sea.Written for general readers, students, and analysts, this is a guide to understanding maritime war as systems management under risk and uncertainty. Readers will come away with a clearer sense of what decided survival in the Atlantic: not a single turning point, but the cumulative alignment of organisation, information, reach, and production that kept the pipeline open when it mattered most.
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5G Unleashed
5G Unleashed is the essential, jargon-free guide you need to future-proof your business and maintain a competitive edge.This book demystifies 5G by clearly explaining its core business advantages-speed, low latency, and massive connectivity-and how they fundamentally change operations. It provides a practical roadmap for leveraging 5G's revolutionary impact across key sectors like manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and remote work, offering you a critical edge by highlighting where the biggest industry disruptions and opportunities lie.Blending straightforward explanations with real-world case studies and actionable recommendations, the book moves you from theory to practice. This ensures you can immediately translate 5G's promise into tangible business value, make informed technology investment decisions, and implement proven strategies for growth, efficiency, and new revenue streams.
Understanding the Dynamics of the Value Chain
Since Michael Porter's book Competitive Advantage introduced the value chain in 1985, it has shaped how businesses think about competitive advantage. But while the world has transformed, the model-and the way it's taught-has largely stood still.Today's organizations still struggle with silo thinking, fragmented decision-making, and a lack of integration across functions and partners. The result? Missed opportunities and weakened competitive performance in an increasingly interconnected global economy.Understanding the Dynamics of the Value Chain challenges that status quo.This book introduces a modern, updated conception of the value chain-one that reflects the realities of today's business environment. Drawing on decades of insight and grounded in the idea of "metanoia," or a fundamental shift in thinking, it equips readers to move beyond silos and manage value creation holistically.Designed for both professionals and students, this book provides the perspective and tools needed to understand how organizations truly create value-and how to leverage those dynamics for sustained competitive advantage.
The Sh!t In The Middle
Most business books obsess over revenue. This one fixes what revenue is hiding.Sixty percent of businesses fail in their first five years - not because they aren't generating sales, but because unoptimised processes and poor margin management are silently draining profit. They're filling a bucket with a hole in the bottom.The Sh!t In The Middle is a practical framework for business owners and operators who are tired of working hard without seeing it reflected in their bottom line. Jason Stockton - founder of Supply'd ERP and former ecommerce lead at PUMA Oceania - built a world-class handcrafted chocolate business that generated consistent sales and barely broke even. The strategy was built on assumptions, not facts.This book is the guide he wishes he'd had. It walks readers through uncovering why their margins are lying to them, identifying the cash gap hiding in their warehouse, firing unprofitable customers, and replacing the broken processes quietly killing their profitability.For founders, operators, and business owners ready to stop flying blind and build a business as profitable as it is productive.
Everyday Acts of Facilitation
If you view the world around you as your training room, then anyone you meet can help you learn something about facilitation.Part guidebook and part memoir, Everyday Acts of Facilitation invites you to notice how the mindsets, skills, and strategies of facilitation show up in everyday life-and why they matter when you're leading meetings, learning events, or collaborative work of any kind.Whether you're just discovering facilitation, refining your craft, or integrating it into the work you already do, you'll find value in this thoughtful, story-filled exploration of how we can facilitate-and live-more intentionally.
AI Marketing Blueprint
Companies everywhere are missing their revenue targets. The old playbook of driving inbound traffic and pipeline is rapidly becoming more expensive, more competitive, and less impactful. Why? Because in an AI-first world, most of the buyer journey is invisible. What once required multiple search queries, reading websites, talking to sales reps, doing research, and making a decision can now be done in seconds. AI platforms are helping customers educate themselves without ever interacting with you or your business. This shift means companies need to rethink their go-to-market and focus on activities that increase their visibility, authority, and referenceability to stay relevant and derisk their business continuity from the threat of AI disruption. AI Marketing Blueprint delivers a clear, practical, and evergreen framework outlining the 7 New Rules CEOs, investors, and revenue leaders need to focus on to transform their companies and drive pipeline and revenue in a world with AI.
AI Marketing Blueprint
Companies everywhere are missing their revenue targets. The old playbook of driving inbound traffic and pipeline is rapidly becoming more expensive, more competitive, and less impactful. Why? Because in an AI-first world, most of the buyer journey is invisible. What once required multiple search queries, reading websites, talking to sales reps, doing research, and making a decision can now be done in seconds. AI platforms are helping customers educate themselves without ever interacting with you or your business. This shift means companies need to rethink their go-to-market and focus on activities that increase their visibility, authority, and referenceability to stay relevant and derisk their business continuity from the threat of AI disruption. AI Marketing Blueprint delivers a clear, practical, and evergreen framework outlining the 7 New Rules CEOs, investors, and revenue leaders need to focus on to transform their companies and drive pipeline and revenue in a world with AI.
Never Climb Alone
What if growth needs a guide, not more grind?Rick built his company with passion and hard work. Sales were strong, but behind the scenes, cash was tight, reports didn't make sense, and every decision felt like guesswork. Growth had become overwhelming-until he found a guide.In Never Climb Alone, Rick's journey reveals how entrepreneurs can move from confusion to clarity with the help of a fractional CFO. Along the way, you'll discover: Why profits don't always equal cash-and how to finally gain control of both.The difference between accounting and finance (and why most owners get stuck here).The importance of creating an operating rhythm that keeps your team aligned and moving forward.The secret to focusing on what you do best while building a stronger, more scalable business.Told as a business fable, Never Climb Alone shows owners, advisors, and financial leaders how the right partner can turn stress into strategy and help you climb higher than you ever thought possible.Stop climbing alone. Start leading with confidence.
What would Ernst Weichselbaum do?
"Always act in such a way that you increase the total sum of smiles." Ernst WeichselbaumErnst Weichselbaum (1944-2024) was the Austrian Deming. During the 1980s, as he rose through the ranks to become general manager at office furniture producer Bene, Weichselbaum created his own, constructivist brand of lean organizing. His thinking effortlessly integrated everything from manufacturing to marketing and HR. From the mid-1990s on, and for three decades, he brought time-oriented organizing to companies as a consultant 簽 helping more than 120 companies to transform themselves. Like no other management guru, Weichselbaum combined wit and earnestness, systems thinking and shrewdness, psychology, philosophy and down-to-earth practicality. This is the first book to make Weichselbaum's powerful work aphorisms available in English language.About the editor: Niels Pflaeging is an entrepreneur, consultant, researcher, creator of socio-tech and practitioner of organizational transformation. Niels is the author of 12 books, including the international bestseller Organize for Complexity. He is the editor of "What would Deming do?", "What would Drucker do?" and "What would Ohno-san do?"
The Smart Risk Playbook
As your product business evolves, change is inevitable, whether it is entering new markets, expanding product lines, adapting to regulatory shifts, or responding to customer demands. With change comes escalating risk. Increasing complexity across your supply chain and product range can introduce vulnerabilities that were not there before. You may start seeing delays, quality issues, or even product recalls, but not always understand why, or know what questions to ask to get to the root of the problem.To grow successfully, you need to manage the new risks that come with growth. This five-step process helps you understand how changes in your business can create new risks, and how today's issues can become tomorrow's serious problems if left unaddressed. It guides you in creating a Product Risk Management Strategy that sets up the foundation for your staff to create and implement the processes and procedures needed to mitigate risk effectively.The Smart Risk Playbook equips business owners and CEOs with practical tools and strategies to manage product risks effectively. Drawing on over 25 years of experience with industrial, consumer, and consumable product manufacturers worldwide, Fiona van Petegem translates complex processes into clear, actionable guidance that leaders can apply immediately.
Extraction From Chad
In this exciting and suspenseful real-life thriller, corporate security and safety expert Rui Amaral describes the hectic and dangerous, but ultimately successful, evacuation of an international team of oil and gas workers from a far-flung Canadian energy project in southern Chad as rebels descend on the region from the north and east and the collapse of an already corrupt, chaotic state seems imminent. The perilous, sometimes comical, adventures and misadventures of Ruiand his team will be of particular interest to other security professionals, workers in the oil and gas business, and anyone who has worked internationally in a stressful environment, but it alsomakes for an entertaining and fascinating glimpse into international security issues for anyone interested in conflict narratives and adventure travel.Target audience - oil and gas workers worldwide, adventurers, any individual and company working in high risk areas of the world, military personnel, security personnel, safety personnel, CEO and Operations Personnel.
Extraction From Chad
In this exciting and suspenseful real-life thriller, corporate security and safety expert Rui Amaral describes the hectic and dangerous, but ultimately successful, evacuation of an international team of oil and gas workers from a far-flung Canadian energy project in southern Chad as rebels descend on the region from the north and east and the collapse of an already corrupt, chaotic state seems imminent. The perilous, sometimes comical, adventures and misadventures of Ruiand his team will be of particular interest to other security professionals, workers in the oil and gas business, and anyone who has worked internationally in a stressful environment, but it alsomakes for an entertaining and fascinating glimpse into international security issues for anyone interested in conflict narratives and adventure travel.Target audience - oil and gas workers worldwide, adventurers, any individual and company working in high risk areas of the world, military personnel, security personnel, safety personnel, CEO and Operations Personnel.
Evaluating Leaders
Leadership Performance Review Phrases That Actually WorkEvaluating Leaders delivers 2,250 customizable leadership performance review phrases organized around a proven military leadership traits list. This powerful framework shows leaders exactly how to evaluate leadership performance by combining battle-tested military standards with the sharpest behaviors from Google, Amazon, and Tesla.Evaluating Leaders delivers complete command of leadership performance evaluation.This powerful guide provides 2,250 ready-to-use leadership performance review phrases organized around a proven military leadership traits list drawn from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. It fuses these battle-tested traits with the sharpest leadership behaviors from Google, Amazon, and Tesla to create the most practical and effective framework available.Leaders discover exactly how to evaluate leadership performance with clarity, consistency, and real impact - whether writing fitness reports, calibrating talent, or developing high-potential executives. Every phrase is fully customizable and includes positive, developmental, and needs-improvement options across Results, Leadership, Character, and Intellect.Stop wasting hours on vague or inconsistent reviews. This system makes leadership performance evaluation faster, fairer, and far more effective at driving growth and sustained excellence.What You'll Get Inside Evaluating Leaders: 2,250 customizable leadership performance review phrases - ready to copy and adapt for any situationThe complete, comprehensive military leadership traits list, organized across 4 categories and 15 essential traits (fused from 70+ military and 36 corporate behaviors)Step-by-step instructions on how to evaluate leadership performance in military and corporate settingsA powerful framework that blends U.S. military discipline with leadership principles from Google, Amazon, and TeslaReady to Transform your Performance Reviews?Stop wasting hours on vague or inconsistent evaluations. Get the complete system trusted by military officers, HR directors, and corporate leaders - backed by 40+ years of real-world experience.
Evaluating Leaders
Leadership Performance Review Phrases That Actually WorkEvaluating Leaders delivers 2,250 customizable leadership performance review phrases organized around a proven military leadership traits list. This powerful framework shows leaders exactly how to evaluate leadership performance by combining battle-tested military standards with the sharpest behaviors from Google, Amazon, and Tesla.Evaluating Leaders delivers complete command of leadership performance evaluation.This powerful guide provides 2,250 ready-to-use leadership performance review phrases organized around a proven military leadership traits list drawn from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. It fuses these battle-tested traits with the sharpest leadership behaviors from Google, Amazon, and Tesla to create the most practical and effective framework available.Leaders discover exactly how to evaluate leadership performance with clarity, consistency, and real impact - whether writing fitness reports, calibrating talent, or developing high-potential executives. Every phrase is fully customizable and includes positive, developmental, and needs-improvement options across Results, Leadership, Character, and Intellect.Stop wasting hours on vague or inconsistent reviews. This system makes leadership performance evaluation faster, fairer, and far more effective at driving growth and sustained excellence.What You'll Get Inside Evaluating Leaders: 2,250 customizable leadership performance review phrases - ready to copy and adapt for any situationThe complete, comprehensive military leadership traits list organized across 4 categories and 15 essential traits (fused from 70+ military and 36 corporate behaviors)Step-by-step instructions on how to evaluate leadership performance in military and corporate settingsA powerful framework that blends U.S. military discipline with leadership principles from Google, Amazon, and TeslaThe complete military leadership traits list (70+ proven traits) with clear definitions and real-world applications​Backed by 40+ years of hands-on experience writing and reviewing thousands of performance evaluations as a U.S. Marine Corps officer, Colonel Garcia has created the unified system that Military Officers, HR Directors, and Corporate Executives have been waiting for.
Vision, Traction, Healthy
No one becomes an EOS Implementer because everything is working.Every EOS Implementer has an origin story. Before the tools. Before the models. Before the confidence to stand at the front of the room...For Alan Roth, it began the same way it does for so many entrepreneurial leaders: a successful business on paper, and a leadership team stuck in misalignment, frustration, and exhaustion.VISION, TRACTION, HEALTHY is the story of how Alan found EOS, lived EOS, and ultimately dedicated his life to helping others do the same. This Get a Grip prequel traces the transformation that turns an overwhelmed entrepreneur into a grounded, disciplined EOS Implementer.Inside this story, EOS Implementers and future Implementers will: Experience the Six Key Components as they unfold in real time, not theoryUnderstand the deeper why behind Vision, Traction, and HealthyWitness the shift from Visionary chaos to disciplined, accountable executionReconnect with the purpose of EOS: helping leaders get what they want from their businesses and their livesThis is not a how-to guide. It's the story behind the work.If you've ever sat across the table from a Visionary on the edge, watched a leadership team finally become healthy, felt called to this work...This story will feel like home.Before you help others live the EOS Life, you have to live it yourself.Begin that journey today.
Identity Security in the AI Era
Identity Security in the AI Era addresses one of the most urgent challenges in cybersecurity today: safeguarding digital identities in a world transformed by artificial intelligence. As enterprises embrace cloud technologies, automation, and data-driven systems, identity has become the new perimeter and the most common target. This book provides a practical framework for understanding how AI is reshaping identity threats and offers actionable strategies to build resilience.Drawing on real-world experience and applied research, the authors explore how to integrate zero-trust principles, responsible AI practices, and adaptive controls into enterprise environments. The text examines key issues, including adversarial AI, supply chain risks, post-quantum readiness, and identity-first security models, translating complex concepts into clear, implementable guidance.Designed for cybersecurity practitioners, IT leaders, and policy professionals, Identity Security in the AI Era delivers insight into how organizations can innovate securely while maintaining compliance and protecting critical infrastructure.
Scaling Without Chaos
Growth should feel smoother, not louder. If your weeks are busy yet strangely unproductive, this book shows why-and what to change. It treats your company like a flow system, revealing where work stalls, where decisions sit too long, and how tiny frictions compound into missed goals. Across clear models and field-tested practices, you will learn how to use **scaling operations** to increase finished work, not just motion; design an **operating cadence** that protects maker time; apply **capacity planning for small business** realities without the jargon; and turn **process mapping guide** exercises into genuine speed. You will see how **organisational design for startups** clarifies decisions before titles, why **throughput vs activity** thinking kills status theatre, and how to price choices with **cost of delay** so roadmaps serve economics, not politics. From building a living **risk register template** to **choosing the right tech stack** that integrates before it automates, to mastering **customer operations at scale**, every chapter adds calm, predictability, and margin. This is for founders, operators, and team leads who want reliability without bureaucracy. It is practical, candid, and designed to be used on Monday morning. Expect fewer heroics and more design; fewer surprises and more flow. The result is a company that compounds-quietly.
Cash Flow First
Cash flow is not a spreadsheet afterthought; it is the operating tempo of a business. This book advances a simple, necessary lens: run the company on timing, not totals. Profit tells you whether the model works in theory; cash timing decides whether you survive the month. The argument is that founders should treat days outstanding, payment terms, and a rolling 13-week forecast as first-order design choices-baked into offers, delivery, and negotiations-rather than finance admin. It interrogates dilemmas most owners face but rarely formalise: how hard to push collections without burning goodwill; when to trade price for terms; how to smooth lumpy projects into subscription cash; when to pull emergency levers without harming the engine. Drawing from behavioural psychology (discounting, loss aversion), operations (queuing, constraints), corporate finance (working capital), and negotiation theory, it equips readers with practical scripts, checklists, and red-flag dashboards. Through short case studies, templates, and weekly exercises, readers install a 13-week cash model, a collections playbook, and a cadence that surfaces risk early. The outcome is a durable mental model-"cash before profit"-and a weekly ritual that produces fewer surprises and more sleep.
Predictability
Humans dislike, even fear uncertainty. The need to plan, to prepare for what is to come, has led to ever more complex attempts at prediction. Yet whatever the method, from astrology to divine guidance to economics, we have been left wanting. The world is unpredictable, and the most unpredictable element of it is us. How did we get to this point? And will advances in technology finally succeed in predicting humans? Not only by finding new patterns in vast quantities of data on every aspect of our behaviour, but by actually changing our habits and choices, making us inherently more predictable.In a whistle-stop tour of prediction from early humans to science fiction via the Industrial Revolution, Predictability offers insight, reflection, ideas and even some predictions.
Reckoning to New Dawn
THE RULES HAVE CHANGED. ARE YOU READY TO PLAY?We are at a crossroads. The systems that powered yesterday's success are cracking under the pressure of unprecedented disruption. In this new era, leaders face a stark choice: get consumed by the chaos or harness it to build something stronger.Reckoning to New Dawn throws you into the heart of this crisis, following four visionary leaders as they navigate the collapse. Through a gripping, simulation-based narrative, this book demolishes the wall between business and technology, translating complex AI concepts into a clear, actionable playbook for victory.Inside, you'll find: - Battle-tested strategies from industry giants like, Walmart, BlackRock, and AstraZeneca. - Practical toolkits and simulation debriefs for turning theory into instinct. - A new framework for building resilient, future-proof organizations.The future won't wait for you to catch up. It demands you lead the way.
The Capable Organisation
Your organisation has forgotten how to build. This book shows you how to remember.Your best developers are updating LinkedIn. Your AI strategy is an unread PDF. Your governance committees are where ideas go to die. And somewhere, a teenager with a laptop ships in a weekend what your enterprise can't deliver in a year.AI has changed everything. What once required teams and months now takes individuals and days-if you have the capability to do it.Most organisations don't. They've outsourced so much for so long that building has become unimaginable.The Capable Organisation is a clear, honest, and practical guide for technology leaders and executives who know something has gone deeply wrong-and are ready to fix it.You'll learn how to: See what's actually broken-beyond the maturity models and vendor promises that got you hereReclaim what matters-decide what capabilities you must own versus what you can safely buyCreate the conditions for building-from your first small win to sustained momentumUse AI to amplify capability, not automate away what little remainsHold the line-when procurement, compliance, and the old guard push backThis isn't theory. You'll get the frameworks, the responses to every objection you'll face, and a 90-day sprint to move from "we should do this" to "we're actually doing this."Written by a product leader who's spent 20+ years translating between executive strategy and technical reality across government, education, and enterprise-someone who's seen both sides of the table and knows exactly where the bodies are buried.Capability isn't something you can buy. It's something you build.
Reckoning to New Dawn
THE RULES HAVE CHANGED. ARE YOU READY TO PLAY?We are at a crossroads. The systems that powered yesterday's success are cracking under the pressure of unprecedented disruption. In this new era, leaders face a stark choice: get consumed by the chaos or harness it to build something stronger.Reckoning to New Dawn throws you into the heart of this crisis, following four visionary leaders as they navigate the collapse. Through a gripping, simulation-based narrative, this book demolishes the wall between business and technology, translating complex AI concepts into a clear, actionable playbook for victory.Inside, you'll find: - Battle-tested strategies from industry giants like, Walmart, BlackRock, and AstraZeneca. - Practical toolkits and simulation debriefs for turning theory into instinct. - A new framework for building resilient, future-proof organizations.The future won't wait for you to catch up. It demands you lead the way.
Cyber Model Dividends
WHAT IF CYBERSECURITY DIDN'T JUST PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS-BUT MADE IT MORE PROFITABLE?If you're like most leaders, you think about cybersecurity the same way you think about fire extinguishers.You have systems to protect against fire, but you do little to protect against the invisible, global, and devastating army of cybercriminals. These digital thieves steal your data, your cash, your future. And they're already looking for the weak spot to break into in your systems-right now.Cyber Model Dividends flips the script.Veteran tech strategist Robert Maxwell doesn't just show you simple strategies to protect your business. He shows you how to profit from cybersecurity-how to turn your digital defense into a growth engine. In this book, you'll discover how the right cyber investments will: Keep you in business when others get wiped outUnlock new contracts and partnerships with dream clientsAutomate key systems confidently-and scale fasterBuild customer trust and brand equityTurn compliance from a burden into a competitive edgeCybersecurity isn't an expense. It's the smartest investment you haven't made yet. And like all smart investments, it pays dividends.
How to Lead, Inspire and Develop Human Dignity
HOW TO LEAD, INSPIRE AND DEVELOP HUMAN DIGNITY is a practical, uncompromising guide for leaders, entrepreneurs, and anyone responsible for developing people in a rapidly shifting world. Drawing from decades of experience across hospitality, the military, security, and international operations, Zoran Vidovic reveals the uncomfortable truth: your success, ultimately hinges on human behavior, motivation, and leadership competence.Through clear, structured frameworks and real examples, Vidovic exposes the hidden forces shaping today's organizations: flawed systems, political and media influence, cultural pressures, and the human limitations that quietly sabotage performance. He goes beyond theory, showing how catastrophic failures - from aviation and maritime accidents tied to human error to corporate scandals fueled by compliance breakdowns - are symptoms of deeper leadership problems that few dare to confront. This book equips you to: Understand the critical distinction between management and leadership: why your people will "make or break" your mission.Build a mission-anchored culture that resists incompetence, complacency, and political trend-chasing.Design standards, procedures, and training that elevate performance - not overwhelm or "brainwash" employees.Hire, guide, and develop teams based on competence, ethics, and purpose rather than convenience or ideology.Recognize destructive leadership styles and prevent them from infecting your organization.Create an environment where dignity, accountability, and excellence are non-negotiable.Vidovic's approach is straightforward and refreshingly honest. He does not sugarcoat the realities of leadership. Instead, he presents a clear, actionable roadmap rooted in personal responsibility, self-reflection, and the disciplined pursuit of excellence.Whether you are leading a small team or shaping the direction of a large organization, this book will challenge you, sharpen you, and empower you to build teams that perform at the highest level, ethically, efficiently, and with unwavering human dignity.
How to Lead, Inspire and Develop Human Dignity
HOW TO LEAD, INSPIRE AND DEVELOP HUMAN DIGNITY is a practical, uncompromising guide for leaders, entrepreneurs, and anyone responsible for developing people in a rapidly shifting world. Drawing from decades of experience across hospitality, the military, security, and international operations, Zoran Vidovic reveals the uncomfortable truth: your success, ultimately hinges on human behavior, motivation, and leadership competence.Through clear, structured frameworks and real examples, Vidovic exposes the hidden forces shaping today's organizations: flawed systems, political and media influence, cultural pressures, and the human limitations that quietly sabotage performance. He goes beyond theory, showing how catastrophic failures - from aviation and maritime accidents tied to human error to corporate scandals fueled by compliance breakdowns - are symptoms of deeper leadership problems that few dare to confront. This book equips you to: Understand the critical distinction between management and leadership: why your people will "make or break" your mission.Build a mission-anchored culture that resists incompetence, complacency, and political trend-chasing.Design standards, procedures, and training that elevate performance - not overwhelm or "brainwash" employees.Hire, guide, and develop teams based on competence, ethics, and purpose rather than convenience or ideology.Recognize destructive leadership styles and prevent them from infecting your organization.Create an environment where dignity, accountability, and excellence are non-negotiable.Vidovic's approach is straightforward and refreshingly honest. He does not sugarcoat the realities of leadership. Instead, he presents a clear, actionable roadmap rooted in personal responsibility, self-reflection, and the disciplined pursuit of excellence.Whether you are leading a small team or shaping the direction of a large organization, this book will challenge you, sharpen you, and empower you to build teams that perform at the highest level, ethically, efficiently, and with unwavering human dignity.
FUTURE How Adaptive Leaders Anticipate Change, Decode Signals, and Build What Comes Next
We live in a world where industries transform overnight-but the signs of change are always there long before the shift becomes obvious. Most people just don't know how to see them.After a career spent helping brands anticipate what's coming next across healthcare, technology, and other rapidly evolving sectors, I've learned that the future doesn't arrive suddenly. It arrives quietly. It shows up first in the subtle ways people talk, the small changes in what they value, and the emerging behaviors happening at the edges of culture. By the time the shift hits the mainstream, the opportunity has usually passed.This book is your guide to spotting those early signals before anyone else. It's a practical, accessible roadmap that teaches you how to train your perception-not with more data or trend reports, but with a sharpened ability to notice what most people overlook. Inside, you'll learn the FUTURE Framework, a clear and actionable method designed to help leaders, marketers, creators, and builders recognize what's moving beneath the surface: -Find Signals by paying attention to the margins where new ideas take shape-Understand Meaning to uncover what those signals reveal about changing needs-Transform Assumptions that limit imagination or reinforce outdated thinking-Unlock Patterns by connecting small signals into larger forces of momentum-Render Scenarios that map the possible directions the future may take-Execute and Embed so insights turn into action-and your organization stays readyWhether you're guiding a team, building a brand, or simply trying to stay relevant in a world that won't slow down, this book shows you how to see around corners with confidence. You'll learn how to capture the small truths hidden in everyday behaviors, make sense of emerging shifts, and turn insight into a strategic advantage.The future isn't far away. It's already unfolding all around you.This book teaches you how to recognize it-and use it-long before the rest of the world catches up.Learn more at www.christinadianewarner.com
Visionary
How Can I Get What I Want Without Doing It All Myself?If you're an entrepreneur, you already know the hustle. You're spinning plates, managing teams, launching ideas, chasing opportunities-and somehow, you still feel stuck. You're working harder than ever, yet your impact feels smaller than you expected. Sound familiar?You're not alone-and you're not broken.In Visionary, author Mark C. Winters unpacks the real reason so many high-achieving entrepreneurs feel frustrated: they're doing too much of what they shouldn't be.Most Visionaries have a rebellious streak. Mark understands well the resistance to being told what to do. He knows most Visionaries don't like structure, hate getting in the weeds, and struggle to delegate-even the work they don't love. But here's the secret: greatness isn't found in doing more-it's in channeling your energy.After more than a decade of teaching Visionaries and Integrators how to maximize the power of their V/I Duo relationship, Mark is going deep on the visionary entrepreneur. What does it mean to be truly great as a Visionary? It's time to unlock massive impact by leveling up this vital role in the context of your business. In the process, you'll realize even more of the unique freedom you seek.Inside, Mark will share the 10 Pillars of Greatness, principles that will help you: Define what greatness truly means for you so you can maximize your impact.Identify what's holding you back so you can unleash your true power.Stop drowning in the small stuff and go make your vision a reality.Stop drowning in details. Start playing your real role.Create the impact you were born to make.
Blind Spots
Why do so many new products fail in the market?What causes schedule and cost overruns?How can products be developed right the first time?Unlike books focused solely on speeding development or cutting costs, Blind Spots: Why Product Development Projects Miss Their Targets reveals the often-overlooked traps that lead to costly failures and overruns, explains why they happen, and offers practical, actionable ways to avoid them altogether.By the end of this book, readers will understand: Why unjustified optimism causes many new products to fail and miss their targets.How incentives, assumptions, and human behavior drive unrealistic forecasts.Proven steps to identify and prevent failure before it occurs.And be able to: Develop products that truly meet customer needs.Hit market launch dates, budget goals, and performance targets.Stay ahead of projects instead of reacting to crises.Drawing on decades of cross-industry experience, Paul Streit shares insights, strategies, and tools you can apply immediately.
Contact
"I've known Graham for years and been a repeat client of Contact Consulting in a number of different roles in the luxury industry. I never found anyone with a better understanding of group dynamics, motivation and leadership."--Christopher Zanardi-Landi, Executive Vice-President, Louis Vuitton 2012-2017"Great management is built on great conversations and inside-out awareness. I love that Contact shows you how to do both!" --Maureen Lippe, Media Powerhouse/Entrepreneur, former Vogue and Harper's Bazaar Editor, and author of Radical Reinvention"Stickland replaces control with connection, offering practical strategies-clear agreements, courageous conversations, and outcome-focused autonomy-that lift performance across cultures and time zones."--Brendan Hall, International Keynote Speaker, author of Team Spirit, and winning captain, Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 2009-2010"Finally, there is a book that recognises employment is a give and take relationship with the emphasis on give. Stickland makes it clear, today's talent chooses you just as much, if not more, than you choose them. Contact translates that reality into REAL expectations for the modern workplace."--Chris Olshan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Luxury CouncilContact is a modern field guide for managers who lead in the Employee-Centric Era. Drawing on decades of global work, Graham Stickland shows how today's best managers stop over-controlling and start enabling-creating environments where people feel safe, trusted, and motivated to do their best work. Through vivid stories and practical moves, he translates big ideas into everyday habits: let go so others can step up, design opportunity (not threat) environments, run better conversations, coach with simple loops, align teams around purpose, and build healthy cultures that perform without burnout. Organised in four parts (It Really Is All About Others; Connect and Build Strong Relationships; Team Up, Level Up; and Simplify, Don't Complexify), the book replaces command-and-control with repeatable rhythms any manager can use.
The Everyday Edge
Most business owners believe growth comes from bold leaps or big-budget overhauls. In reality, the fastest, most sustainable gains are hidden in plain sight inside the ordinary routines, overlooked touchpoints, and small decisions made every day. This book reveals how everyday innovation for small business can create powerful momentum without draining resources or overwhelming your team. Packed with field-tested strategies, it shows how to turn small business process improvement into a competitive edge. You ll learn how customer experience design for retailers can boost loyalty and word-of-mouth, why a few low-cost automation tools for business can free hours each week, and how upsell strategies that work can increase profit without pushing customers away. Whether you run a shop, a service company, or an online store, you ll discover that the difference between steady survival and scalable success often lies in a series of smart, simple adjustments. Inside, you ll explore: How to spot the hidden leaks in your workflow and fix them for lasting efficiency Ways to apply operations management for service businesses to deliver faster, better, and more consistently Practical, low-risk methods for ecommerce workflow optimization that add revenue without extra marketing spend A clear approach to incremental innovation for SMBs that keeps your business agile in any market How to use a simple KPI dashboard for small business to track and multiply your wins By the end, you ll have a practical, repeatable system for building an frontline innovation culture one where small, consistent improvements compound into extraordinary results. This isn t about chasing the next big thing; it s about making the most of what you already have, and doing it so well that growth becomes inevitable.
From Spreadsheet to Smart Sheet
Most businesses are drowning in manual tasks they don t even notice approvals waiting in inboxes, numbers buried in spreadsheets, decisions delayed because that s how it s always been done. This quiet inefficiency costs more than time it erodes accuracy, slows growth, and leaves opportunities untapped. This book is your practical, no-jargon guide to escaping that cycle. It shows how AI-assisted decision making can move you from reactive problem-solving to proactive, intelligent operations without needing to be a tech expert. You ll discover how to identify the high-impact processes worth automating, select the right AI workflow tools, and design systems that make smart choices in real time. Built for small business owners, managers, and entrepreneurs, it focuses on solutions you can implement now tools that replace spreadsheets with AI that works quietly in the background while you focus on growth. You ll learn how to: -Turn recurring decisions into streamlined, automate business decisions that never get stuck in bottlenecks -Build workflows that connect your data, people, and systems for seamless action -Use AI tools for small business to cut errors, speed up responses, and free your team from repetitive work -Avoid the pitfalls of over-automation with a human-first design approach Packed with case studies, actionable templates, and industry-tested frameworks, this is not theory it s a playbook. By the final page, you ll know exactly how to replace manual processes with intelligent systems that run faster, leaner, and smarter. Whether you re managing a team of two or two hundred, the path to workflow automation and better decisions starts here.
50 Learnings for a Successful Association Executive
When it comes to advice for nonprofit staff and executives, the best is a blend of expertise from both sides of the board table. In 50 Learnings for a Successful Association Executive: A Guide to a Successful Career, Daniel C. Borschke, FASAE, MA, CAE, offers that. With experience in education, volunteer leadership, executive recruitment, and board of director membership for schools, HOAs, and charities, Borschke offers a unique and layered perspective of what works and what doesn't in nonprofit leadership-and importantly, how to reach that success. By offering personal stories of both times his organizations reached their goals as well as times they did not fully meet the challenges, Borschke guides the reader through mistakes and roadblocks and explains how to capitalize on strengths.
50 Learnings for a Successful Association Executive
When it comes to advice for nonprofit staff and executives, the best is a blend of expertise from both sides of the board table. In 50 Learnings for a Successful Association Executive: A Guide to a Successful Career, Daniel C. Borschke, FASAE, MA, CAE, offers that. With experience in education, volunteer leadership, executive recruitment, and board of director membership for schools, HOAs, and charities, Borschke offers a unique and layered perspective of what works and what doesn't in nonprofit leadership-and importantly, how to reach that success. By offering personal stories of both times his organizations reached their goals as well as times they did not fully meet the challenges, Borschke guides the reader through mistakes and roadblocks and explains how to capitalize on strengths.
Thinking with Machines
We are entering a brave new world, thanks to AI. We must shape this future to the advantage of everyone, and not just a select few. Thinking with Machines: The Brave New World of AI tells the story of AI from its very beginnings through the eyes of Vasant Dhar, currently Robert A Miller Professor at the Stern School of Business, and Professor of Data Science at New York University. Professor Dhar lived through the invention of AI algorithms and their various permutations until today. He brought AI to Wall Street in the 90s and was the first to teach AI at NYU Stern. Through his story and the lessons that it reveals, we learn about AI's progress and reversals, its promises and dangers, and what we need to address before the machine gets away from us. Thinking with Machines is essential reading for AI enthusiasts and learners at all levels seeking knowledge on the greatest technological advancement of our time.
The Hybrid Authority Formula
Design transformational programs that scale. Without burning out, selling out, or staying stuck in outdated learning models.Online learning is broken. Courses are abandoned. Content is consumed but rarely applied. Coaches are stretched thin. And communities? Often feel like empty Slack channels.In a world where attention is scattered and expectations are rising, it's no longer enough to deliver information. You need to create experiences. Ones that are engaging, effective - and scalable.That's where The Hybrid Authority Formula comes in.Inside, you'll discover a proven framework to design learning experiences that: - Combine self-paced content with powerful human connection. - Use community, collaboration, and coaching as delivery tools - not just support perks. - Create real results for your clients while protecting your energy, time, and boundaries.Whether you're a coach, educator, consultant, or expert ready to scale, this book gives you the thinking, structure, and tools to build programs that stand out, sell out, and deliver on their promise.This isn't about adding more modules or hosting more calls.It's about shifting from content creator to transformation architect.You don't need to be everywhere.You just need to build the right experience - once.For experts, coaches, and educators ready to scale with integrity - The Hybrid Authority Formula is your blueprint to build transformational, scalable programs that combine content, community, collaboration, and coaching.
Creative Machines
A bold and thought-provoking journey into AI's power to transform human creativity In Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us, world-renowned AI researcher and generative AI pioneer, Maya Ackerman, takes you on a thrilling journey into the rise of creative AI, from its earliest pioneers to the cutting-edge tools shaping music, art, and human imagination today. Ackerman cuts through the hype, revealing the true capabilities and limitations of generative AI while championing its potential to amplify human creativity rather than replace it. Drawing on psychology, philosophy, and her own cutting-edge research, she reveals how generative AI exposes both the brilliance and the blind spots of human society--our ingenuity, our biases, our assumptions about intelligence and identity. The book contains: The hidden history and explosive growth of AI-generated creativity Explorations of the true capabilities and limitations of creative AI A visionary framework for using AI as a tool to enhance, rather than hinder, human creativity A bold new perspective on AI ethics and why fixing AI is not enough Perfect for entrepreneurs, tech leaders, developers, ethicists, and creative professionals, Creative Machines offers deep insights, compelling stories, and a visionary perspective on AI's impact on human society. An essential read for anyone doing their best to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI.
