Career Building

For all professionals, knowledge of the key elements of high-quality leadership is vital, whether they are existing managers, taking on additional managerial responsibilities, or looking ahead to their career goals. This base of knowledge stretches from the individual - leading yourself - to the group, leading teams and even entire organizations. In tackling all these key aspects, the audiobook equips individuals to progress in any area of leadership and management, from team-building to strategic planning.

The Authority Advantage gives you the step-by-step blueprint to build thought leadership focused on impact, not ego to accelerate trust.

If you’re in restoration, you know what I mean — hustle worked, until it didn’t. One day, you were drying carpets, and the next you were running a restoration company. Now, you’re looking around for the resources: the business acumen, the cashflow answers, or the simple organizational tools to scale a thriving company. And my guess is, you’ve looked, but those tools have been hard to find, because no one’s ever provided a resource like that, specifically for restorers. That is, until now!

Written by Funk Roberts with Mike and Rick Tielemans, known as The Tribe Guys, this book draws on decades of combined experience and deep research into what makes communities so powerful. Mike and Rick dedicated years to studying the positive aspects of cult psychology and human behavior, uncovering timeless principles that drive loyalty, connection, and influence. By applying these 27 secrets, the team built Funk Roberts' Over 40 Alpha Membership into a $3.5 million success, and Funk has helped build other multi-six-figure Tribe-based businesses.

Leading for Organisational Change is an intelligent and practical guide to the human side of merger integration and other organizational change. Building a clear sense of common purpose and then reinforcing it through storytelling can underpin the success of an integration or significant change program. Pulling together the best thinking from neuroscience, psychology, business, and her rich personal experience in 20 years of leading change projects in professional services organizations and other people-centered businesses, author Jennifer Emery presents a framework for change.

Are you passionate about helping others achieve financial freedom and independence? How to Start a Financial Coaching Business is your definitive guide to starting and growing a successful financial coaching enterprise. Whether you're transitioning from a finance career or starting fresh, this book offers practical strategies, expert insights, and actionable steps to build a sustainable business.

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.

Grüppchenbildung, mangelnde Absprachen, fehlendes Vertrauen oder einfach Underperformance durch Gleichgültigkeit: Wenn es an Teamspirit fehlt, bleiben alle hinter ihren Möglichkeiten zurück, mit entsprechenden Folgen für Produktivität, Auftragslage & Co. Mit den kreativen und vielfältigen Strategien in diesem Ratgeber bringen Sie den Zusammenhalt im Handumdrehen auf ein ganz neues Level.

Understand the dynamics of all different types of teams. Beyond Team Building: How to Build High Performing Teams and the Culture to Support Them represents the latest in thinking about creating effective teams. The authors present a new "Five C" framework that focuses on the core aspects of team building. The book helps the listener assess how his/her team is performing on each of the 5Cs - context, composition, competencies, change, and collaborative leadership - and discusses options concerning how to improve team performance along each of these dimensions.

Michael Jordan was undoubtedly the greatest basketball player of all time, unless of course you are a Lebron James fan. Despite his incredible success as a player, Jordan could not have won 6 championships on his own. The championships, which made him a true idol were part of a team effort. Just like in sports, high-performance teams are crucial to the success of any business. Whether you’re a large or mid-size firm, if your teams aren’t performing at an optimum level, you’re losing at least some of your return on investment. Think about it.

Led by Dan S. Kennedy, with the support of Forrest Walden and Jim Cavale, the co-founders of Iron Tribe Fitness, and other marketing/branding vets including Bill Gough, the number-one marketing adviser to Allstate agents; Steve Adams, CEO of a chain of 21 retail stores and an e-commerce business, and Nick Nanton, of the Dicks-Nanton Celebrity Branding Agency, entrepreneurs learn how to develop and gain profit from their personal or business brand-without corporate-sized investment.

We interview everyone, from huge B&Bs to small mom-and-pop B&Bs—the bespoke inns that have been around for decades and B&Bs that are new and making a big splash! In a time where everything seems to be an AirBnB, it's great to remember that a true B&B has breakfast and attention! This is one of the most interesting books about the bed-and-breakfast business written in the last decade. The vast amount of different people we spoke with gives us a truly eye-opening glimpse into what the industry is all about!

The book explains what it takes to build and manage partner channels in the software industry. The book uses the business model framework introduced by Alexander Osterwalder. It provides a practical guide for organizing the activities required to design productive partner programs as well as implement these programs for the recruitment and management of partners that will find, win, make, keep, and grow happy customers on our behalf.

As a leader, you have work that is complex, full of ups and downs. Your ability to be resilient - to pick yourself up after setbacks and keep on going no matter the challenges - is critical not only to successful leadership but also to fostering teams, generating collaboration, and igniting your organization. In this breakthrough book, veteran consultants Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell show that Appreciative Inquiry can be an invaluable tool to build that resilience.

Organizational culture has undergone a seismic shift in the 21st century - and with it, the requirements of leadership. In Building the Best, LearnLoft CEO John Eades takes you on a journey of transformation that will equip you with the tools you need to become the kind of cutting-edge leader today's workplace so urgently needs.

With increased demand for hybrid and fully remote work styles, most firms understand that some form of distance work is here to stay—and have put some remote protocols in place. But many companies either see the shift to remote work as a threat to their culture and management style, or they just don’t know how to make the transition. It’s time to take advantage of the many opportunities remote work presents. This book will tell you how.

How do you stand the f*ck out, like, for real? I became obsessed with this question. Everyone preaches standing out is critical, yet practical guidance is nowhere—not in business books, podcasts, or marketing courses. It's like being told to draw an owl without ever seeing one.

Do you possess in-depth industry knowledge and a desire to help other businesses succeed? 'How to Start a Business Consulting Business' is your definitive guide to establishing a successful consulting practice. Whether you're new to consulting or an experienced professional looking to formalize your operations, this book provides the tools and insights you need to start, manage, and grow your consulting business. With actionable strategies, specialized advice, and real-world examples, you'll learn how to create value for your clients and build a sustainable consulting practice.

Experiencing conflict in relationships is an unavoidable fact of life. When our relationships are messed up, our lives feel messed up. Likewise, our hearts and minds hurt—the two are intricately linked. Drawing on over 25 years of clinical experience with individuals, couples, and families, psychotherapist Anita Astley will walk you through practical steps to unf*ck yourself from the inside out in order to establish healthy relationships.

Once a teenaged mom, Ronessa "Ronne" Brown defeated the odds by stepping over the stereotypes surrounding her to take her family's destiny into her own hands. Ronne's "no excuses" mantra transformed their lives, from being stuck an endless cycle of "jobs" to becoming a millionaire - all by teaching herself how to monetize Instagram. And so can you.