Career Building

How do senior leaders, in their own words, describe the most effective leaders - the ones that get results, grow the business, enhance the culture and leave in their wake a trail of other really effective leaders? Conversely, how do senior leaders describe the kind of leader that undercuts the organization's capacity and capability to create its future? This book, based on groundbreaking research, shows how senior leaders describe and develop leadership that works, that does not, that scales, and that limits scale.

“There is no ‘i’ in “team.’” “No man is an island.” “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” You may roll your eyes at these age-old clichés, but you can’t afford to breeze over their point. Individual all-stars can only take you so far. Ultimately...

The most important characteristic that is needed to be successful in any leadership position – whether it’s in business, church, or your community - is the ability to work with people. Relationships are at the heart of every positive human experience. John C.Maxwell, a master communicator...

It’s not enough for a leader to have vision, energy, drive, and conviction. If you want to see your dream come to fruition, you must learn how to develop the leaders around you. Why do some people achieve great personal success, yet never succeed in building a business or making an impact in...

Drawing on two decades of leadership and coaching research, Vallée and Bloom reveal the proven strategies behind the University of Windsor women’s basketball team’s transformation from last place to five-time national champions. Dare to Win bridges the gap between theory and practice, blending leadership insights, real-world examples, and Vallée’s experiences as both an academic researcher and a championship-winning coach. This invaluable resource is perfect for anyone seeking to build successful teams and elevate leadership, management, and coaching skills in sports and beyond.

Explore transformative wisdom in The Katana Mindset, a unique guide that links the ancient art of Japanese sword-making to personal growth and resilience. Based on years of experience in Japan's hospitals, dojos, and monasteries, this book illustrates how forging a katana mirrors our journey toward strength and purpose.

Do you dream big? Now you can put your dream to the test and bring it to life! What's the difference between a dreamer and someone who achieves a dream? According to best-selling author and leadership expert Dr. John C. Maxwell, the answer lies in answering ten powerful, straightforward...

In this book, psychotherapist and business coach Lynn Grodzki acts as your personal business coach and shows you how to build an ideal private practice - one that is both highly profitable and personally satisfying. Today, being a talented professional is not enough to ensure the success of your private practice; you also need to be an enthusiastic, talented businessperson. Grodzki's business strategies are effective and immediately useful for a wide range of private practitioners....

Career Magic is full of priceless advice and insightful experience. Lee Cockerell chronicles how he dropped out of college, rose through the ranks at Hilton and Marriott, and eventually became the executive vice president of operations for the Walt Disney World Resort. Lee candidly shares the specific things he did to experience such dramatic success in the corporate world, but he also shares the mistakes he made along the way and the million-dollar lessons he learned that ultimately led him to the top spot at the number one vacation destination in the world.

Take charge of your career by eliminating communication barriers and taking charge of your business relationships. Make your work environment less tense and more productive by improving communication skills. Set relationship expectations, work with people how they like to work, and give positive feedback and constructive feedback.

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Multi-Unit Leadership: The 7 Stages of Building Profitable Stores Across Multiple Markets explores the art and science of 21st-century multiunit leadership, performance, and profitability. This best seller details the seven stages that high-performing area directors, regional managers, and multiunit franchisees must master as they grow from managing a single unit to leading multiple units.

Actively grow your leadership skills day-by-day with this timeless wisdom—comprised from fourteen of New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell's greatest leadership books. The Maxwell Daily Reader draws its unique power from an ageless truth: the heart of leadership is created by...

The meteoric rise of Johnny Wimbrey is one of the great rags-to-riches/tragedy-to-triumph tales of our time. By seizing control of his life and developing a brand-new mindset, Wimbrey gave up the hardcore streets and a world of drugs, created a business that's now worth more than nine figures, and is presently living the life of a multimillionaire with his family. Now, in Building a Millionaire Mindset, he provides the knowledge, tools, and insights you need to achieve your dreams - life-changing advice you can take to the bank.

Being a startup CEO is a job like no other: it's difficult, risky, stressful, lonely, and often learned through trial and error. As a startup CEO seeing things for the first time, you're likely to make mistakes, fail, get things wrong, and feel like you don't have any control over outcomes. Author Matt Blumberg has been there, and in Startup CEO he shares his experience, mistakes, and lessons learned as he guided Return Path from a handful of employees and no revenues to over $100 million in revenues and 500 employees.

Great teams can sometimes feel like magic. It's hard to pin down just why they work so well. But what seems like magic is explainable, and replicable. It starts with team culture. Much has been written about the power of emotional intelligence at the individual level, but little has been said about the benefits of this concept for groups. In this book, social and organizational psychologist and professor Vanessa Urch Druskat combines thirty years of research and team development to present a model for building and leading emotionally intelligent teams.

The updated Thin Book of Trust offers a framework that supports trust building as a workplace competency. It is based on the idea that building trust is a competency, a set of skills that can be learned, improved, and practiced. It will help you continuously improve your ability to build and maintain trust with others. It can also help you create and contribute to a high-trust culture at work.

In today's world, there is a permanent advantage to becoming known in your field. Those who are known get the customers, the better jobs, and the invitations to exclusive opportunities. But can anybody become known? In this path-finding book, author Mark Schaefer provides a step-by-step plan followed by the most successful people in diverse careers like banking, education, real estate, construction, fashion, and more.

Maybe you’re a marketing manager or executive who is responsible for SEO growth but do not fully understand how it works. Or maybe you are a seasoned SEO pro looking to optimize further. Either way, this book is your behind-the-scenes guide to online visibility. When it comes to SEO, success often depends not on what you do but on how you do it. That is why product-led SEO digs deep into the logic and theory of SEO instead of offering step-by-step guidelines and techniques. If your main goal is driving traffic, you are leaving sales on the table.

In the groundbreaking new book Accelerate (XLR8), leadership, change-management expert, and best-selling author John Kotter provides a fascinating answer - and a powerful new framework for competing and winning in a world of constant turbulence and disruption. Accelerate (XLR8) vividly illustrates the five core principles underlying the new network system, the eight accelerators that drive it, and how leaders must create urgency in others through role modeling.