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In Mission-Driven Leadership, Mark Bertolini, the long-time chairman and CEO of Aetna, the Fortune 500 health insurance company, reveals that genuine leadership is not about dollars and market share, but about improving lives and communities.

The Tricycle Effect is an inspiring self-help book for leaders, children, athletes, families, businesses, and organizations of all sizes written by Dane A. Deutsch. Practicing the principles laid out in each chapter through “straight from the heart” stories will teach you how important it is to lead with character first.

Boss Up: Leadership in Organization is critical for success in the workplace. Self-awareness allows one to understand others better and also understand how people perceive others. Conflict resolution is one of the main reasons why people retain or lose their jobs. There are different types of conflict that the content reveals. Having patience is the key to remaining focused and overlooking a possible workplace bully. In closing, business strategies play a vital role in the growth of the organization of any company. These strategies will ensure that you win!

Follow along as Dr. Liker explains the Lean Leadership Development Model (LLDM), and how it aligns with the accepted principles of operational excellence. Learn about the behaviors required to sustain it long-term. Understand how leadership must walk the talk of True North. Find out how to actively engage in developing lean leader skills.

Just as your power bill continues to rise, the sun also rises. Why are we letting a renewable resource that beams down on us each day go to waste? Solar energy is no longer a distant dream of the future. It is a real, viable option for America’s power needs, and T.J. Kanczuzewski of Inovateus Solar is mapping out a path for energy independence for anyone looking for clean, renewable power.

The often hilarious and sometimes poignant story behind Dal LaMagna's attempts to create a successful business. By the time LaMagna graduated from the Harvard Business School, his numerous entrepreneurial activities - including operating discotheques in drive-in movie theaters, working with the 1960s musical teen sensations the Cowsills, and opening an ice cream parlor on the Venice Beach boardwalk - had landed him $150,000 in debt. Raising Eyebrows tells the story of how he finally succeeded. After years of failures and living pennilessly, LaMagna finally succeed with tweezers. He started Tweezerman, one of the world's most respected, innovative and successful beauty tool manufacturers with only $500. Not only was Tweezerman a financial success but is became a model of how to operate a company responsibly.

Imagine leading your high functioning team to meet the organization's goals as an industry leader. You are followed for who you are and what you represent. Your team members willingly share adversity and pending threats. Make this a reality through understanding leadership techniques through our clinical mindset. Learn how to relate to each member of your team and know how to maximize each one's unique skills. Learn how to leverage skills of communication, coaching, conflict resolution, and much more!

Dr. Liker's book, Developing Lean Leaders at All Levels: A Practical Guide was a 2016 winner of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award. We have taken the time to extract the individual seminars and lectures of Dr. Liker used to create this world-renowned publication and offer them in a series of bite-sized, topic-specific learning modules. Here we'll: explain Nemawashi; discuss how to develop people through problem-solving; and share the activities related to the PDCA cycle.

Leadership Made Easy: Empowering Yourself and Your Team is the most informative resource you will find on leadership; specifically, leadership in the workplace. Upon listening to this book you will learn how to successfully lead, manage, and empower your team to achieve the goals of your organization. In this book, the author outlines the skills and attributes that the reader needs to learn and embody in order to motivate team members and increase the overall productivity of the organization.

Limitless Leadership is a book for young leaders to reach their extraordinary potential. We all have unbelievable potential inside of us. However, too many people go through life without coming close to reaching it. In this book, you'll find personal stories, stories from well-known leaders, and the integration of proven leadership theories - the goal is for you to have both a strong understanding of leadership as well as specific ways to do it at a high level.

In The Diary of a West Point Cadet, by Captain Preston Pysh, the author teaches essential West Point leadership through the most fun and unique reading of any book in its class. Each intriguing firsthand account of Preston's top 12 enthralling and hilarious stories from attending West Point, will capture your interest and imagination. The stories walk the reader down a personal journey many outsiders never see behind the thick stoney walls.

The 90 Day Author is a book which compels business owners or aspiring business owners to become leading authorities in his/her field of expertise by becoming an author. Packed with a wealth of information, each chapter contains a relevant story, vital information, and encouragement that will transform the mind of the listener.

Leadership beckons to all of us in our journey to success. Yet, we struggle to articulate in plain language the characteristics universal to many of our great leaders. Discover The Leader In You by Dr. Turner Joy, which fulfills this gap in our ever changing workplace. His newly released book is easy to follow and broad enough to appeal to the newly appointed manager as well as the seasoned executive.

People need better leaders to guide them, but they also have a desire to become better leaders themselves in many aspects of life - such as businesses, churches, non-profits, sports teams, and more. Many corporate professionals and other practitioners in various disciplines pursue the goal of being solid leaders. But despite training and mentoring, these aspiring leaders still fall short of becoming the kind of leader who inspires others to deliver to the best of their abilities.

So You Want to Be a Leader? is designed to be of special interest to those seeking a main or supplemental book to augment their classes/workshops in such diverse areas as teaching leadership, freshman orientation, first-year experience, or college success classes. Another advantage is the book's structure, which consists of numerous short topics and lends itself to classroom and small group discussions.

Would you like to have the ability to "peer" inside people's minds and "read" their thoughts based on the sound of their voice? Do you want audiences to "hang on" to your every word with interest and attention? You can! The voice is a powerful communication tool – if you know how to analyze it and use it effectively yourself. Secrets of the Voice is a compelling guide to five essential elements that, once mastered, will help you analyze the mindset of people around you, and use your own vocal skills to influence others.

Andy Lazris, MD, is a practicing primary care physician who experiences the effects of Medicare policy on a daily basis. As a result, he believes that the way we care for our elderly has taken a wrong turn and that Medicare is complicit in creating the very problems it seeks to solve. Aging is not a disease to be cured; it is a life stage to be lived. Lazris argues that aggressive treatments cannot change that fact but only get in the way and decrease quality of life.

In What Universities Can Be, the high-profile educator Robert J. Sternberg writes thoughtfully about the direction of higher education in this country and its potential to achieve future excellence. Sternberg presents, for the first time, his concept of the ACCEL model, in which institutions of higher education are places where students learn to become Active Concerned Citizens and Ethical Leaders.

Use these powerful techniques to improve and enhance your leadership skills immediately! This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to awaken, utilize, and maximize the natural leadership potential that you possess.

Life can be challenging at times. I pray for clarity on situations, so I’m not in limbo. At some point in our life, we will reach crossroads and don’t know which way to go. When that happens, we want that cool big sister that’s going look out and keep it real. Sometimes, we need that rawness and accountability with love.