Business Insights

Learn to trust your intuition and uncover insights that could lead to the next big thing. What do the Dyson vacuum cleaner, the GoPro camera, Starbucks, Instagram, Facebook, and Lululemon yoga pants have in common? Every one of them was the result not of data-driven analytics or corporate brainstorming sessions but a hunch - the intuitive understanding of a deep unmet need, informed by insight and foresight. Anxiety over being more innovative leads entrepreneurs to create solutions in search of problems.

Well now you have that friend and he’s sick of artists like you getting screwed over.It’s time to put you in the driver’s seat. You are part of a generation who are more aware of inauthenticity and manipulation than ever before. You’re less interested in blindly following and more interested in being shown not only how to do something but in understanding why it’s important that it gets done.

If you are an executive who has worked long hours, risen to every challenge, and built a strong reputation for yourself, then why haven't you reached the highest levels of leadership? Here's a reality check: Your business achievements and functional skills alone aren't enough to help you get where you want to go. What's likely missing is a skill that the world's best corporate leaders have developed - mastery of the people side of the equation.You must become a leader that others want to work for. How do you do that? Let go of being an expert. Become a leader of experts.

Many executives overlook the single-most critical aspect of leadership. Have you? The most important driver of overall success is your own self-leadership. Without it, your career may stall. Why? Because how you lead yourself directly impacts your ability to lead others, and that, in turn, can prevent you from reaching your full career potential.

Bob Danzig, the former CEO of Hearst Newspapers, has tapped into the source of leadership by nailing down nine powers of leadership inherent in every person. In this masterful book, Bob presents 34 inspiring profiles of successful leaders who, together, define leadership. Profiles include: Itzhak Perlman, Beverly Stills, Ted Turner, Katharine Graham, Wayne Huizenga, Lee Iacocca, Al Neuharth and Jack Welch.

The world's most successful brand names inspire loyalty and trust. You rely on them again and again for their quality, innovation, and performance. What would it mean for your career, your job satisfaction, and your income potential if your boss, colleagues, and customers felt the same about YOU? How YOU Are Like Shampoo guides you step-by-step through proven corporate branding techniques never before adapted to personal use.

Everything in nature evolves by trial and error. We cannot avoid this fundamental method of natural evolution, but our human advantage is that we can think about and learn from the errors before trying again. Trial, Error, and Success helps boost that advantage with 10 insights into realistic knowledge, thinking, and emotional intelligence. The authors use real-life examples to show how successful thinking avoids overgeneralization traps - the key trick is to focus on the differences between a new circumstance and existing knowledge.

There are plenty of how-to marketing guides out there, but this one focuses on tried-and-true methods that are essential for every business. No, it won’t walk you through how to set up a social media page, but it will offer you the advice you can implement today to see results like more customers and better performance in your marketing.

Leadership can be a rewarding but sometimes isolating experience. All leaders need input and wisdom. Whether you are a business owner, commercial leader, or aspire to be one, this audiobook is for you. The author of most of the Proverbs, King Solomon is considered the wisest man who ever lived; he certainly was one of the wealthiest. His name is synonymous with wisdom.

In this program available exclusively on audio, Stephen Covey expands on the principles set forth in his best seller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. In The Power of the 7 Habits, Covey provides valuable insights that will deepen our understanding of the habits and allow us to make them part of our daily lives. The next step on the ever-evolving road to personal and professional fulfillment, The Power of the 7 Habits will help us to achieve our goals.

In this timely book, Dr. William Saleebey draws on over 35 years of networking experience as a participant, leader, and administrator in numerous networking groups. He provides a clear and concise blueprint for achieving success in the virtual world of business networking.

If you believe you lack the money, people, time, or ideas to create a thriving brand, think again. In fact, you already have five powerful marketing resources you can use right now to get big-brand results at low cost or no cost at all. Step One: Shift your mindset. International branding expert Brenda Bence has created the ultimate guide to branding on a tight budget. From scratch - and with almost empty pockets - Brenda used inventive, low-cost methods to build her own international brand.

You have spent some time learning all the skills it takes to be a good cop, deputy, agent, or civilian member of a law enforcement agency. You have proven yourself on the front lines. You relied on tools such as protective instruments, defensive tactics, handcuffs, firearms, and your experience. In short, you've been a superhero. To successfully transition from superhero to supervisor requires a new set of tools and skills: soft skills.

With 700 life-changing affirmations, written for Humanity, this book will help you manifest the changes you want to see in your life. So if you're battling with a lack of self-confidence, or you're striving to become financially free, these daily affirmations will help get you there.

As inspirational as it is instructive, The Lighten Up Book is a treasury of moving and meaningful sayings that spurs listeners to live life to the fullest. Listeners can take this encouraging book on the go to get a quick shot of inspiration at any time, or they can select one quote every day for in-depth thought and meditation. However listeners choose to use these uplifting and inspiring quotes, they all have the potential to be life-changing.

Finally, a booklet that integrates the best of business management with the realities of the nonprofit world! While helpful to any reader, the booklet is targeted at those who work in, volunteer with, and support the nonprofit sector. Jim Morgan believes no matter your role in life or job title, anyone can improve their management skills with understanding and practice.

If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place, but to be a different person. Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them, but because we had them. Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

You've battled through all the changes in the automotive industry. You've done the right things at the right times. You've seen the good times come and go, but you know that the right ideas at the right times make all the difference. You're ready for what's next. Let's get there faster than the competition, you say! Just up ahead there are signposts for more change. How will you handle digital retailing and all that it means to you?

For more than a decade, Jason T. Smith led the Back In Motion Health Group with a traditional organisational structure. For a while, it worked well. But then something changed. Jason set a new goal that couldn’t be achieved through the status quo. In this audiobook Jason shares how just two years later, after challenging their internal culture and work flow, they found the sweet spot between authentic collaboration and the holy grail of peer accountability. The result: an explosion of new business growth and the freedom for each team member to excel at what they love.

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