Building Business

In The Soul of Strategy, two veteran strategists and academics deliver a straightforward new approach to business strategy―one that builds and expands on the classic work of Peter Drucker―recognizing the inescapable reality, faced by every organization, that a firm's primary job is to create and keep customers.

Finance expert Doug Lynam offers a groundbreaking exploration of our complex relationship with money, budgeting, and finances through the transformative lens of the Enneagram. Confront financial fears, engage with money habits and behaviors, and develop a personal understanding of how the mind...

The inability to set good strategy can sink a company - and a leader's career. A recent Wall Street Journal study revealed that the number one most sought after executive skill by organizations is strategic thinking, but few leaders have that skill set.

Why do salespeople fail to build pipeline, avoid buyer objections and conflict, and convert sales meetings into qualified opportunities? It's not a methodology, process, tendency to challenge, or their product knowledge. They don't know how to sell to people.

Do you have a message you want to get out into the world? Have you ever dreamed of speaking for a living? Is there something you have to say, but just aren't sure what to do next? The Successful Speaker is a proven, easy-to-follow guide to helping you do just that. Whether you want to speak at your next board meeting or community gathering, start making some extra money on the side, or become a full-time professional speaker, Grant Baldwin knows how to get you from here to there. Why? Because he's done it himself, and has coached over 2,000 speakers.

Have a powerful impact—by being more like yourself rather than less, through this groundbreaking approach taught at the London School of Economics and companies worldwide. Organizational psychologist and executive coach Rebecca Newton has found that even her most successful clients still want...

You have a distinctive vision for your business, which means you need a distinctive financial plan and benchmarks to get you there. And that means making finance a core part of your business, not a support function. Stop comparing yourself to other businesses, start getting clear on what results you want and confident about how to get them.

Trust is a nonnegotiable for high -erforming relationships and organizations. Yet trust is fragile, and 90 percent of the behaviors that break it are subtle, fleeting, and unintentional. Drs. Dennis and Michelle Reina have rewritten this third edition of their best-selling, award-winning book Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace to empower everyone at every level of responsibility--not just leaders--to build and sustain trust in their workplaces.

Unlock the secrets to starting your own lead generation business with our comprehensive guide. 'How To Start A Lead Generation Business' provides step-by-step strategies for aspiring entrepreneurs to launch and scale a profitable business. Whether you're new to the world of lead generation or looking to take your existing business to the next level, this book covers everything from understanding your niche and optimizing lead funnels to marketing strategies and maintaining client relationships.

Building an Organic Gardening Business by VentureNest Books is a practical guide designed for those looking to turn their passion for organic gardening into a profitable venture. The book addresses common challenges faced by aspiring entrepreneurs, such as developing a solid business plan, identifying profitable farming ideas, and navigating the legal and financial aspects of starting an organic farm.

Read by the author. Take back control of your life so you can live with freedom and fulfillment. Have you ever felt pushed to the side of your own life? Have you ever felt weary from living at the bare minimum? Do you feel emotionally, physically, or spiritually unwell? If you, like most people...

Among the hardest transitions for individuals is to move from the employee to the entrepreneur mentality. The idea of setting out on your own and starting your own business is fantastic. It's the desire of a lot of individuals to leave their jobs and get to be successful business owners. However, is there a transition that has to be made from the employee mentality to the entrepreneur mentality? It's crucial that you bear this entrepreneur mentality to succeed in business on your own...because most of the principles you'll need to succeed are based off of being a true entrepreneur.

Do you wish you had more qualified, committed, and mission-oriented leaders in your church to share the ministry workload? Do you have a passion for cultivating the God-given leadership gifts in others? Most pastors say that the need to identify and develop leaders is critical to the health and...

The people we surround ourselves with may impact our lives more than any other factor, yet most people leave their social lives to chance. What would happen if you treated social skills as though they were indeed skills and became proactive about your social life? Superhuman Social Skills is a transformative book that analyzes and explains how to be likeable, how to converse, how to tell stories, how to make friends, and how to combine those friends to create an incredible social circle.

THE TOP SELLING FIRST-TIME MANAGER SERIES HAS SOLD OVER 500,000 COPIES Every manager must be prepared to face tough situations that management training never warned them about. This is the go-to resource for handling everything from a disruption in workflow to managing a hostile workplace, and...

Building a Successful Social Venture integrates leaning from the experience of hundreds of social enterprises that have participated in GSBI accelerator programs to formalize knowledge about what works. It provides rich case studies from social ventures to illustrate practice-based theories that combine the acumen of Silicon Valley executives with the intimate on-the-ground insights of social entrepreneurs working globally to eradicate poverty.

Phil Town is now a very wealthy man, but he wasn't always. In fact, he was living on a salary of $4000 a year when some well-timed advice launched him down a highway of investing self-education that revealed what the true "rules" are and how to make them work in one's favor. Chief among them, of...

Unlock the keys to creating a successful software development business with this comprehensive guide. 'How to Start a Software Development Business' is designed for aspiring entrepreneurs and experienced developers eager to launch and grow a software company from the ground up. From securing funding and assembling a talented team to mastering project management and scaling operations, this book provides actionable insights and expert advice. You'll explore strategies to navigate the software industry, tackle common challenges, and deliver innovative solutions.

With decades of hands-on experience, expert strategist and writer Drew Neisser has witnessed the dramatic evolution of business-to-business marketing. Working alongside giant brands like IBM, as well as start-ups and midsize companies, and interviewing more than 400 top practitioners, Neisser uncovered the top four characteristics that all successful marketers have in common: They are Courageous, Artful, Thoughtful, and Scientific (CATS).

Strategic Business Influencers may not be as famous as mainstream celebrities, but they are converting the intangible benefits of influence into significant impact on their revenue and profits. In an increasingly skeptical environment, these leaders build trust and credibility previously reserved for big-name CEOs and target precisely the right audience to build strong, scalable relationships with their customers, investors, employees, and partners.