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New York Times best-selling author and legendary investment guru Ric Edelman reveals his forward-thinking guide on how technology and science will reshape the way we save, invest, and plan for the future.

What is it about Napoleon Bonaparte that has led recognized leaders such as General George S. Patton to study his principles—and countless books on management and leadership to quote his maxims? What lessons can today's project managers and leaders learn from Napoleon's successes and failures? Napoleon on Project Management explores the key principles behind Napoleon's successes, the triggers that led to his downfall, and the lessons to be learned from his ultimate demise—and applies these lessons to modern-day project management and leadership at all levels.

Based on extensive primary research conducted over more than fifteen years, this book documents the differential contribution of HP's successive CEOs in sustaining the company's integral process of becoming. It uses a comprehensive strategic leadership framework to examine and explain the role of the CEO: (1) defining and executing the key tasks of strategic leadership, and (2) developing four key elements of the company's strategic leadership capability.

Today, the economic environment is global, highly sophisticated, and in continuous flux. Thus, the challenge for business leaders is to stay ahead of market flow and change, in order to gain competitive advantage. Creating Competitive Advantage explores why this pioneering can be the safest and best course for organizations to get ahead and guides leaders on how to forecast trends without increasing risk. It introduces the new concepts of market flow visualization and the line of probability, pioneering the safe course, and analytically supported intuition.

Mastering the Market: A Dual Approach to Client and Customer Engagement offers a revolutionary perspective on building sustainable, profitable relationships in today's dynamic market. Through in-depth analysis, real-world case studies, and innovative strategies, author Welbon Omar Salaam equips businesses with the tools to understand and leverage the distinct needs of clients and customers alike. From personalization and AI in customer interactions to crafting seamless customer journeys and fostering client trust, this guide is indispensable for businesses aiming to thrive.

Rapidly grow your business while staying sane, focused, and fulfilled.

Imagine if you could be a fly on the wall as a family enterprise becomes one of the most successful companies in the world. The Target Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled the big box store to become the retail giant it is today.

Every owner will exit his or her business one day. In this fast-paced, easy read, we explore the critical strategies and tools that pave the way for a successful exit - on your terms, and we help you avoid the pitfalls that can derail your best intentions. Straight Talk will help you set the foundation for your succession, whether you plan to exit in one year, five years, or 15 years.

50 Things to Know About Estate Planning: Tips for Planning Your Will offers instruction on writing your will. It explains in simple terms procedures and tactics to help you get started on this important task. It will also define some legal terms and give you practical tools for a head start on writing your will.

In the long run, economies grow. Over the shorter-term business cycle, economic activity contracts and expands. From Main Street to Wall Street examines both the long-run relation between economic growth and stock returns and the shorter-term business-cycle relation. It examines the complex relationship between the economy and the stock market, and guides listeners through the fascinating interaction between economic activity and financial markets.

This guide will assist the young adult in your life to answer many of the uncertainties of the future. Whether it be educational plans, financial strains, vocational choices, or preparation for adulthood, your daughter, son, or grandchild will experience some level of stress.

Revolutionary Wealth is about how tomorrow's wealth will be created, and who will get it and how. But twenty-first-century wealth, according to the Tofflers, is not just about money, and cannot be understood in terms of industrial-age economics.

In this comprehensive audiobook bundle, you'll gain the essential knowledge and strategies to create a winning business plan and build a strong, profitable business. Together, these audiobooks offer a comprehensive resource for strategic business planning. By understanding the secrets of a successful business plan and engaging in the practical exercises of the workbook, you'll gain the confidence and strategic mindset to build a thriving business.

Imagine reshaping the destiny of your business with strategies proven to not only multiply its worth but also to ensure a lucrative exit when the time is ripe. "Secrets to 10Xing Your Business and Cashing Out Tax-Free" is your guide through this transformative journey. This book doesn't just promise exponential growth; it hands you the roadmap to a destination that many entrepreneurs only dream of but never reach.

This isn’t a manual. It’s a distortion. In Safety Mutation: Information Misdirection, Jay Allen, Ph. D., continues the signal that started in Safety, In My Opinion. But this second volume in the Signal Transmission Trilogy doesn’t just deepen the message—it fractures it. When awareness enters the system, the construct doesn’t collapse. It adapts. Systems rebrand resistance. Feedback becomes theater. Data becomes doctrine.

The right pricing strategy can change the entire trajectory of a business, a market, and even society at large. To help you create your best pricing strategy efficiently and confidently, two leaders from BCG are introducing fresh perspectives on pricing that take you far beyond the realm of mind-numbing numbers.

Pivoting as a Way of Life: Stop Chasing Unicorns and Product-Market Fit by Joseph Hanna is a game-changing guide for entrepreneurs, product managers, and innovators who want to thrive in today's fast-paced business environment. This book challenges the conventional wisdom of product-market fit as a static, one-time milestone. It introduces a dynamic new framework—the Pivoting Life Operating Model (PLOM)—emphasizing continuous innovation and adaptability.

Are you considering venturing into the trucking industry, but you don’t know how to start the right way? Are you looking for a blueprint that will take away the guesswork from the entire process to ensure you have an easy time getting started and succeeding while at it? You know what…… today is your lucky day!

Event planning business start-up. Are your friends and family always looking for you to plan the perfect party? Are you detail-oriented? Do you thrive on knowing what’s going on and making it happen? Do you take pride in providing the best experience for your guests? You should become an event planner! You can start an event planning business from home with little startup funds. Yes, you really can! This audiobook shows you exactly how to do just that, step-by-step, even if you have little to no business experience.

Time management is the method of organizing and managing the time spent on specific activities more intelligently than difficultly. It's a juggling act of various things that help you to improve efficiency and achieve a better balance between work and life. Enhancing your time management at work will boost your efficiency and reach the desired objectives with less effort and more successful strategies.