Real World Careers

This powerful collection of stories reveals how the world's leading women in business have overcome some of life's biggest challenges to reach the top of their professions. This is an audiobook written for every current and aspiring leader, revealing the things that leaders rarely talk about; the behind-the-scenes struggles. The women in these stories are powerful, internationally diverse and have impressive leadership accomplishments.

The book provides tools for tackling the unique psychological and external challenges that everyday leaders face, and offers principles that they can adapt to their own situations. Dr. Ahron Friedberg, who regularly advises leaders and would-be leaders, emphasizes the social aspect of leadership, and explores how those who are new to leadership—and those in established positions—can leverage their support networks and thrive in their roles.

Leadership is not just about tasks and metrics—it’s about people. In The Everyday Diplomat: How to Lead with Influence and Achieve Real-World Success (Enhanced Edition), Michael D. Forras draws on over two decades of leadership experience as a Marine Corps Sergeant Major, diplomat, and mentor to offer an insightful, practical guide to leadership rooted in empathy, connection, and influence.

Today’s teens face more challenges than ever. While they’re busy with school and social media, who’s teaching them how to budget money, prepare meals, plan a career, or handle real-life responsibilities? Ultimate Life Skills for Teens is a practical, engaging guide designed to help teens build confidence, independence, and essential real-world skills.

Almost everything in life is negotiable. Whether we're children trying to stay up past our bedtimes, employees who want some time off or a raise, or friends trying to decide where to go for dinner, we use negotiation to get what we want. But, negotiation doesn't have to be an "I win and you lose" proposition. In WIN! Positive Negotiating and Decision Making for the Real World, authors Dan Strutzel and Traci Shoblom will teach listeners the four steps to make sure that Everybody WINS.

Bigger Than Business: Real-World Stories of Business Owners Living Their Purpose brings you eight inspiring and thought-provoking stories of Christian business owners from six continents living out the purpose for which God created them in their unique business settings. Through their transparent, true-life stories and the wisdom they convey, you will become better equipped to fully and effectively serve God right where you are - in and through the business that God has entrusted to you, thereby fulfilling the purpose for which God created you.

It's not news that globalization and ever-faster technological innovation have increased the pace of change exponentially. Existing change models were devised to deal with individual changes, one by one, but that's not a luxury leaders have any more. Bill Pasmore, senior vice president at the Center for Creative Leadership and a professor at Columbia University, offers a four-part model that will allow leaders to deal with multiple changes simultaneously without drowning in the churn.

In your 20s, you expect to finally live life on your own terms. But it can seem like the world won't cooperate. Roommates drive you crazy, entry-level jobs frustrate you, and even a dream job can take over your nights and weekends, leaving you feeling like you're running hard but going nowhere. Jason Ryan Dorsey helps you turn this coming-of-age crisis into opportunity. He shows you the big secret of the real world: that you don't realize how much control you have over your life until you use it.

The Average Is Always Wrong is a completely pragmatic and hands-on guide to harnessing data to transform your business for the better. Experienced CEO and CMO Ian Shepherd takes you behind the jargon and puts together a powerful change programme anyone can enact in their business right now, to reap the rewards of simple but sophisticated uses of data. Filled with practical examples and case studies, listeners will come away with a powerful understanding of the real value of data and the analytical techniques that can drive profit growth.

Club Wealth’s World Class Administrative Assistant book is meant for administrative assistants who want a guidebook specific to working with a real estate agent or team.

How to Catch a Mouse with No Cheese is written for people who either have been in business for up to a year or are interested in starting a business, but do not have money. It discusses five life-changing principles that will help you succeed. Each principle has its own basis for preparing you to get your business up and growing with no money. So, whether you own a fledgling business or plan to start a business, this is the book for you.

Anyone can go online and buy a pair of pants - but the likelihood that we would do so depends to a significant degree on where we live. The presence of stores nearby, trendy and friendly neighbors, and local sales taxes play a large role in the decision-making process when it comes to buying online. Location Is (Still) Everything is for anyone who wants to understand the patterns underlying how and why we use the Internet to shop, sell, and search, including entrepreneurs, students, and investors.

What if you could interview top Christian women leaders and ask their advice on how to be successful (eternally significant) and glorify God with your work? Threads of Wisdom documents the journeys and best advice of 10 women that lead marketplace and non-profit organizations, in their own words.

In 1958, my fаthеr, Luре Ochoa, wаѕ a wоrld аmаtеur bоxіng champion, which еаrnеd hіm a рlасе іn thе ѕроrt'ѕ hаll оf fаmе. I’m like him: I am a bоrn fіghtеr, оnlу I chose another rіng–thаt of еntrерrеnеurѕhір and buѕіnеѕѕ. Thіѕ ring is реrреtuаl, аnd thе rudеnеѕѕ уоu experience hеrе mаkеѕ a blow to the сhіn dеlіvеrеd bу Mіkе "Iron" Tуѕоn in hіѕ рrіmе pale in соmраrіѕоn.

The world is forever changing in unpredictable ways. Leaders, therefore, need to constantly reexamine their assumptions of what it means to be a “great” leader as old models of leadership quickly fade into irrelevance. In short, leaders need an agile mindset. But how can leaders become agile? We need to update and disrupt past definitions of leadership to challenge ourselves and test our relevance often.

This new book aims to help leaders develop an efficient and effective hiring process, so the firing process happens less often and when it does, both parties are on the same page. Whether the leader is a young entrepreneur or an experienced business owner, hiring and firing well is one of the most important skills to possess.

If you've ever set a goal and not achieved it, don't panic. You are not alone, and help is at hand. In this refreshing two part book, business inspiration specialist David Pearl shares some refreshing new ideas which will help you set and realise your goals. In Part 2 we look at how you turn the people around you into allies and supporters who help you make your vision real. You will also learn how to manifest your goals as much by what you think as what you do.

If you've ever set a goal and not achieved it, don't panic. You are not alone, and help is at hand. In this refreshing two-part book, business inspiration specialist David Pearl shares some refreshing new ideas which will help you set and realise your goals. In Part 1, David guides you on a journey through your own life, looking at why goals are so important and how the complexities of modern life can so easily distract us from reaching them.

Discover how to live on your terms. Are you sick and tired of following conventional wisdom, living your life on the terms of other people, and following the beaten track? Do you want to learn how to break free from going through the motions and live the way you want? With practical advice and simple exercises that you can start practicing immediately, this profound and detailed audiobook provides an all-new way of looking at life. Drawing on fundamental lessons you’ve already learned, this groundbreaking approach arms you with the knowledge you need to take life into your own hands.

This audiobook provides actual examples of incidents within our era of the oldest rules of gaining and maintaining wealth, riches and success. Each and every instance is true to life not only in its concept and ideology but also in its execution. Put it to the test and watch it work for you.