Great Business

There have been numerous books examining the 2008 financial crisis from either a US or European perspective. Tamim Bayoumi is the first to explain how the Euro crisis and US housing crash were, in fact, parasitically intertwined. Starting in the 1980s, Bayoumi outlines the cumulative policy errors that undermined the stability of both the European and US financial sectors, highlighting the catalytic role played by European mega banks that exploited lax regulation to expand into the US market and financed unsustainable bubbles on both continents.

Innovate!: How Great Companies Get Started in Terrible Times is first and foremost a source of true inspiration based on history. But it goes much further than that. It captures the lessons of these great innovative individuals and companies that began in the worst economic times, identifying the philosohies, strategies, and essential keys to success during your own challenging economic times.

For more than 25 years, organizational psychologist and management consultant Dr. Tim Irwin has worked with thousands of leaders in well-known global companies. He knows most leaders work for recognition and advancement and they want more challenge and responsibility. He's also found this to be true: Most of us want to make a positive difference through our work and to have our lives count for something more than simply making a living. We want to make an impact.

Choosing Glory considers the LDS doctrine of celestial, terrestrial, and telestial realms, suggesting that here on earth, we deal with all three kinds of individuals, behaviors, institutions, and ways of life.

In this groundbreaking book, Rene Carayol, leading business guru and executive coach, shares the magic and simplicity of his SPIKE (Strengths Positively Identified Kick-start Excellence) philosophy. In the world of SPIKE, there are no losers - everyone has something they are great at. The product of 30 years of supporting the growth and development of thousands of individuals and organizations globally, the book brings together a proven formula for personal and business development. The vital and essential ingredient of SPIKE is that everyone has at least one inherent strength.

People Operations explains how leaders at small- and medium-sized businesses can stop spending time on HR administration - "paperwork" - and start focusing on the "peoplework" that truly fuels employee growth and productivity. Authors Jay Fulcher, Kevin Marasco, and Tracy Cote provide listeners with a playbook for creating a massive competitive advantage by eliminating antiquated approaches to HR. The book takes a look at how work has changed and what companies need to do about it, and the new approach they must take to processes, systems, and best practices.

Design thinking is not a new idea. Companies like Apple and Amazon constantly apply the design thinking philosophy from developing new products to design services to serve their customers better. It is a time-tested strategy, and now you can apply it in your business to achieve spectacular outcomes.

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Think about it... If you ever find yourself up there in front of the room, giving talks or presentations lacking in confidence, expertise, or charisma, you don't lead, you don't convince, and you don't sell. Bottom line: Bad talks are bad for business. In this one-of-a-kind "Learn & Affirm" audio you will not only learn eight powerful strategies that will give you the ability to speak with poise, power, and pizzazz in front of any audience, but by using Stan Munslow's proven "Learn & Affirm" process, you will learn these strategies faster and more effectively than you ever thought possible.

In Command the Room, Greg Smith and Vince Bevacqua share their strategies for building connections through compelling communication. By first analyzing your purpose, you’ll understand your true motivations and the part they play in the story you create. You’ll learn the tools and tactics for speeches that resonate, along with the delivery techniques used by professional speakers.

How to Overcome Feast or Famine and Attract Great Clients Like ClockworkDo you dream of consistent revenue, fulfilling work, and the freedom to thrive in your consulting practice? Many boutique consultants struggle to break out of the feast-or-famine cycle—uncertain where their next client will come from or how to scale their business sustainably. In The Niche Consulting Growth Playbook, Chris Spurvey, a seasoned Growth Strategist and consultant to boutique firm leaders, shares the proven path to creating predictable growth and impactful client relationships.

Are you ready to end the vicious, often debilitating cycles of anxiety and depression in your life? Fight Back can help you: eliminate the cycles of anxiety and depression from your life, learn how to gain mental and emotional stability and a sense of control over your life, be more effective in your decisions, habits, and outcomes, gain a deeper understanding of yourself and your experiences in life, and connect with greater levels of happiness, peace, and personal growth.

John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age follows the spiritual sojourn of John E. Fetzer, a Michigan business tycoon. Fetzer parlayed his first radio station into extensive holdings in broadcasting and other enterprises.... By the time he died in 1991, Fetzer had been listed in Forbes magazine as one of the 400 wealthiest people in America. And yet, business success was never enough for Fetzer - his deep spiritual yearnings led him from the Christianity of his youth to a restless exploration of metaphysical religions and movements.

Belief takes you on a journey of the "why" of sales, motivation, and purpose linked to what you do, how to construct your sales day, interpreting your customers, dealing with their objections, and how to provide the ultimate customer experience. There is something in there for everyone, including 10 great practical sales stories with personal application. This is a book that you can take your belief and put it into action.

James Harmon has always had a passion for ambitious causes. As a banker, he successfully advised corporations, like Starbucks, and helped them to become cultural institutions. Dabbling in the movie and music industries, he found meaning in funding the art he felt would make people happy and add to the public good. His unique perspective on investment led him to the Clinton White House as head of EXIM Bank and, eventually, to Egypt, where he represented the State Department shortly after the Arab Spring. Still ​"up and doing," today he co-chairs the board of the World Resources Institute.

The Leadership Connection introduces business owners, entrepreneurs, leaders, and team members to the Elite Leadership System--ELS. The ELS allows you to embark on a unique journey with your people, continually assessing and enhancing their leadership skills and positioning them for achieving greater results.

High performance has always required shrewd strategy and superb execution. But Rich Karlgaard - Forbes publisher, entrepreneur, investor, and board director - takes a surprising turn and argues that there is now a third element that's required for competitive advantage - your company's values. Karlgaard examined a variety of enduring companies and found that they have one thing in common; all have leveraged their deepest values alongside strategy and execution, allowing them to fuel growth as well as weather hard times.

According to studies, we all work for the same thing--and it's not just money. It's meaning. Through our work, we seek a sense of purpose, contribution, connection, value, and hope. Digging down to the meaning of work taps our resilience in hard times and our passion in good times. That's the simple but profound premise behind this groundbreaking book by renowned management expert Dave Ulrich and psychologist Wendy Ulrich.

In The Moment You Can't Ignore, Malachi O'Connor and Barry Dornfeld tell fascinating "you are there" stories of people and organizations as they encounter and then navigate through and beyond these un-ignorable moments, and show what we can learn from them.

Basing his work on interviews with 100 top executives of diverse companies (ranging from the American Red Cross to the Walt Disney Internet Group), the head of a New York public relations firm confirms a survey finding that experience greatly contributes to leadership ability.