Business Education

You can have a satisfying career. Are you a school principal who is completely fed up with conflicting priorities and misalignment in our nation’s schools? It’s no surprise you feel overwhelmed and exhausted. Every day, you deal with federal and state regulations, district policies, and parental pressures. The expectations on educators are higher than ever, tempting many principals to consider alternate livelihoods. How amazing would it feel to take control of your own career and make decisions from a place of empowerment and clarity? Listen to find out more.

Since its original publication in 1998, Introduction to Executive Protection has been considered the bible of the executive security industry. Now in its fourth edition, this new volume, conceived and developed by Dale L. June, drawing from his experiences in the United States Secret Service, law enforcement, and the private sector, has been reworked and revised with new content, sections, and input with over 60 percent new material. this audiobook is a powerful learning tool, with the author now joined by Elijah Shaw, one of the foremost experts.

Whether you're a college student, adult learner, or professional in continuing education, some - and sometimes all - of your learning will happen in a virtual classroom. This book is your friendly guide to the fast-growing possibilities of this world, from choosing the right course and mastering the software to polishing up your online communication and study skills. Whatever you want from your study experience - school success, professional development, or just pursuing your passion - this is your road map to online educational success.

Everything you've ever wanted to know about publishing but were too afraid to ask is right here in this funny, candid guide by acclaimed author Courtney Maum. Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book has over 150 contributors from all walks of the industry, including internationally best-selling authors Anthony Doerr, Roxane Gay, Garth Greenwell, Lisa Ko, R. O. Kwon, Rebecca Makkai, and Ottessa Moshfegh, alongside cult favorites Sarah Gerard, Melissa Febos, Mitchell S. Jackson, and Mira Jacob.

Fifteen-year-olds Fenley Scurlock and Jason Liaw had both started businesses by the time they'd reached middle school. In this groundbreaking book, these young entrepreneurs interview leaders involved with brand-name businesses like MasterClass, Hallmark, IKEA, Parachute, and more. They ask questions every burgeoning exec wants to know: How can I get started? Is college worth it? What skills do I need? How did YOU make it big?

Do you want your business processes to be more efficient and deliver greater quality products? Do you often look at how your organization functions and wish things could be better? Lean Six Sigma is much more than just a one-off event that an organization can use to make more money. If you want to satisfy your customers, improve your business processes, increase your revenue, and minimize costs, then you need to learn about Lean Six Sigma.

In Joel's Schwartzberg's 10-plus years as a strategic communications trainer, the biggest obstacle he's come across - one that connects directly to nervousness, stammering, rambling, and epic fail - is that most speakers and writers don't have a point. They typically have just a title, a theme, a topic, an idea, an assertion, a catchphrase, or even something much less. This book shows you how to identify your point, leverage it, stick to it, and sell it and how to train others to identify and successfully make their own points.

Napoleon Hill was ahead of his time when he wrote Outwitting the Devil. There are concepts within it that would not have been well received at the time it was written but have shown themselves to be true over time, thereby strengthening their claims for us today. Considered too controversial by Hill’s family and friends, the book remained in manuscript form from its initial creation in 1938 to its publication in 2011.

In Self-Publish & Succeed, trusted best-selling author and entrepreneur Julie Broad shows you that writing a successful nonfiction book starts long before you write your first chapter. To write a book that boosts your brand, generates a profit, and makes you an influencer in your industry, you need the #noboringbooks way.

"Atomic Habits" by James Clear is a transformative self-help book that delves into the science of habit formation and offers practical strategies for creating lasting change. Clear explores how small, incremental changes, or "atomic habits," can lead to significant improvements in one's life.

This book distils the most important principles of an MBA into an accessible, informative, and easily digestible guide. It covers the curriculum taught in all the top business schools around the world, including economics, strategy, and marketing, with real-life examples to show the theory in practice.

The most comprehensive book for freelancers ever written - Packed with proven freelance know-how, including advice from world-class experts like David Allen (Getting Things Done), Adam Grant (Give and Take), Austin Kleon (Show Your Work), and David H. Hansson (Remote: Office Not Required).

Thinking of opening a daycare, but don’t know where to start? Childcare Business Startup Playbook is your step-by-step guide to launching a successful, legal, and rewarding childcare business—even without experience. Learn how to navigate licensing, budgeting, curriculum planning, family engagement, marketing, and daily operations. Designed for aspiring owners, this audiobook helps turn your dream into a thriving, professional childcare company.

You’ve written the best book ever, and now, everyone will be racing to read it. That was the plan anyway. As a first-time author, you walk a fine line between planning for and marketing your book for success and the crushing reality of low sales. Book Marketing for the First-Time Author breaks down the most important elements that you need to market your book. Master the fundamentals covered here to set your book up for success.

For many of us, our schedules are chaotic and overcommitted. Here, Susanka shows us that it is possible to take our finger off the fast-forward button. She reveals that form and function serve not only architectural aims but life goals as well. We quickly discover that we have all the space and time we need for the things in our lives that really matter. But perhaps the greatest reward is the discovery that small changes can yield enormous results.

The time has come when advertising has in some hands reached the status of a science. It is based on fixed principles and is reasonably exact. The causes and effects have been analyzed until they are well understood. The correct methods of procedure have been proved and established. We know what is most effective, and we act on basic laws. Advertising, once a gamble, has thus become, under able direction, one of the safest of business ventures. Certainly, no other enterprise with comparable possibilities need involve so little risk.

Leadership in Higher Education explains the fundamental principles that support these practices and provides case examples of people in higher education who demonstrate each one. Drawing on the same pioneering research that formed the foundation of their classic best seller The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes and Barry Posner offer a set of leadership skills and practices that will make a significant difference in every area of higher education - faculty, administration, library services, career counseling, auxiliary services, campus safety, and more.

In today’s do-it-all world, women are busier and more tired than ever juggling the roles of mom, executive, volunteer, student, wife, friend, and everything in between. Some days it feels like we’re managing everything well, but more often than not, it feels like everything is managing us. It is easy to become emotionally, physically, and spiritually exhausted. But it doesn’t have to be that way. It is possible to experience a life of peace and find rest for your soul - even with life’s demands.

10 Foundational Elements of Intentional Transformation is a “how-to” road map. Transformation doesn’t just happen. We must make it happen. The principles I share throughout this book are principles I have personally applied to transform myself. After achieving success, I reflected on how it happened. The answers I discovered are what you will find in this audiobook. I will walk you through the foundational layers and teach you how they build upon each other as you lead yourself through personal transformation.

Become an Android app developer in the comfort of your own home! Really? A book that actually teaches you how to create mobile apps without expensive training? Yes - it's easier than you think. You really can write apps - with the help of this amazing book! In Android: Programming and App Development for Beginners by Samuel Shields, you'll be taken through a step-by-step process on how to get started and create your first Android application.