Great Business

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.

Congratulations on deciding to start a business! Everything is going great. You're motivated, you've got an idea (or maybe not!), you've seen and read enough people starting their own small businesses, and you know you can do it, too. But there's one small problem: You've never actually started a small business before! Don't worry. It's not as difficult as it seems once you know the steps you need to take.

Too many of us feel trapped by work that doesn't allow us to live our purpose, feed our passions, or use our gifts. We fantasize about starting our own business, but we're told this will mean going deeply into debt, spending years working 80 hours a week, and coping with the relentless pressure to grow. Eco-Bags founder Sharon Rowe says there's another way: go tiny. She is here to show you how. Tiny isn't a size - it's a state of mind. Like a tiny house, a tiny business is built on maintaining a laser focus on what is absolutely essential to you.

The best leaders are born, not made. The best leaders are always in control. The best leaders are those with the highest IQs. But are they really? The thinking surrounding what makes the greatest leaders is increasingly muddled by stereotypes, snake oil promises and pseudo-science. The best leaders rely on fact, not fads. Myths of Leadership blasts away the fluff and confronts false legends head on. Jo Owen uses the most credible research to analyze each myth, using international business case studies, leadership theory and insightful interviews, to uncover the truth.

In High Ten: An Inspiring Story About Building Great Team Culture, Martin Rooney draws from his extensive experience developing top-level teams around the world to help leaders of all kinds foster and sustain winning cultures. This engaging parable shows you that every business, sports team, and family has a culture.

In this follow-up guide to The Great Workplace, experts from Great Place to Work Institute, Inc. reveal the most common excuses managers use for why they can't create a great workplace. Authors Jennifer Robin and Michael Burchell poke holes in every single excuse. Whether the reasons involve the organization's leadership, employees, environment, or any other factor, the authors explain that if managers lead people properly, they can create a great workplace. The authors explore how managers can interrupt their own negative thought patterns and instead create lasting change.

America's most inspiring politician pays tribute to men and woman who have exhibited composure, wisdom and intellect in the face of tough decisions. John McCain draws from experiences of both extraordinary people and people in extraordinary circumstances, culling lessons about the process and...

In Amplifiers, entrepreneur and expert management and technology consultant Tom Finegan delivers an insightful new way to think about human behavior in the execution of corporate transformations. Through an exploration of the career journeys of several leaders and analyses of "True Amplifiers" in action, the book demonstrates how to deliver strategic and transformative change by relying on the efforts of key, exemplary followers. This important book:

New York Times best-selling author Dan Schawbel guides the next generation of leaders to create a workplace where teammates feel genuinely connected, engaged, and empowered to grow strong interpersonal skills rather than relying on technology. Based on Schawbel's exclusive research studies - featuring the perspectives of over 2,000 managers and employees across different age groups and from the US, UK, China, India, Brazil and other countries.

Diana McLain Smith addresses key questions about the nature of professional relationships, explaining how companies are irrevocably shaped by positive and negative relationships between colleagues, in a guide that shares strategies for building strong and flexible working relationships that can endure difficult interpersonal challenges.

Our work-driven culture encourages us to take the entrepreneurial bait, but how can you know whether being an entrepreneur will end as a dream come true or a nightmare from which you cannot awake? Building on Bedrock will help answer that question. This book focuses on when you should take the leap and whether entrepreneurship is even the right thing for you. Based upon research, but told through the stories of American businessman and entrepreneur Sam Walton and others, this book discusses the who, what, when, where, how, how much, and why of successful entrepreneurs.

On Fire at Work flies in the face of other books on workplace culture by showing that employee engagement isn't the ultimate goal - it's merely the starting point. Top-tier leaders of the world's best places to work reveal their best-practice strategies for getting employees to work harder, perform better, and stay longer. On Fire at Work features examples and original stories from exclusive personal interviews with over 25 founders/CEOs/presidents of companies like Marriott, Siemens, and many more!

Millennial women are living in a time when career opportunities have never been better—if you want them, that is. In the past, most people accepted the necessity of “putting in the time”. You had to earn your way up the corporate ladder or hope to be in the right place when the next opportunity presented itself. Michelle Turman shows you how to seize those opportunities, achieve great things, and get what you want.

You have a great idea. Now what? That first mile - where an innovation moves from an idea on paper to the market - is often plagued by failure. In fact less than 1 percent of ideas launched by big companies end up having real impact. The ideas aren't the problem. It's the process. The First Mile focuses on the critical moment when an innovator moves from planning to reality. It is a perilous place where hidden traps snare entrepreneurs, and roadblocks slow innovators inside large companies.

Life is a decision. But when it comes to our feelings, we seem not to make smart decisions, as we just allow our feelings to play out as they like. Furthermore, we take on the feelings of others or feel responsible about how others feel. You could only decide for yourself. It’s up to you how you feel, thus you could make a decision to feel different any moment. It is simple - if you really decide. Yet, it might not be easy all the time. Stop depending your feelings on your Environment or Circumstances, and decide to feel great anyway.

The confusion of what it truly means to be great has permeated society since the beginning of time. What is greatness? Is it a skill, talent, or extraordinary feat? Culture has allowed men and women to excel in a few areas, while completely neglecting the things that matter the most. The New Great calls people to find their own path in life, in the midst of the daily noise that can often strip away our energy, focus, and calling.

After a lot of trial and error and trying desperately to devise a real solution to become financially wealthy, I came to a realization. I had to understand the rules of finances—basic and advanced ones—to become successful. I want to encourage my listeners to be financially aware and save money in an investment account. This book will be the first step in the right direction to understanding how money works, what to do with the money you earn, and how to win by investing early in your life.

Stephen R. Covey and Jennifer Colosimo share their secrets to getting and keeping the job you want. Do you have a good career, a mediocre career, or a great career? How do you know? And just how do you create a great career? Whether you’re looking for a job or want to make the job you already...

Que você seja um grande empreendedor. E, quando empreender, não tenha medo de falhar. E, se falhar, não tenha medo de chorar. E, se chorar, repense sua vida, mas não desista. Dê sempre uma nova chance para si mesmo e para quem você ama. Saiba que a vida é um grande contrato de risco, risos e lágrimas, sucessos e fracassos fazem parte desse contrato. Por isso, quem vence sem riscos sobe no pódio sem glórias.

We’ve moved on from antiquated tools like typewriters or checkbooks, but bosses still rely on the same annual performance review process to manage employees the same way they did 70 years ago. It fails our modern hybrid workplaces and it doesn’t improve performance, especially for today’s millennial and Gen-Z workforce. It succeeds only in lowering employee engagement, undermining trust in management, decreasing transparency, and increasing turnover. There must be a way to make work better for all of us. There is.