Career Growth

With the wisdom of a seasoned industry expert and the clarity of an effective educator, Smith walks you through each aspect of building, operating, and excelling in your professional services firm. Dive into the depths of strategic thought, embrace the magnetic power of authentic branding, and discover client-centric strategies.

Self-made millionaire Harvey Mackay knows about life at the top--and knows what it takes to stay there. Now, he tells you how to get there too, with dozens of common-sense lessons from all walks of life. Whether you're selling, managing, or punching the clock, you'll find the questions and the answers you need to questions like: Do you do what you love? (The Mackay self-inventory test will help you find out.); Do you love what you do? Do you deliver more than you promise?

As companies mature, their underlying growth naturally slows-this is called the 'growth curse'. It's a pervasive problem that plagues companies, CEOs, and board members alike. In order to safeguard a company's future, a strategic form of governance in which the board plays a more active role on behalf of all stakeholders, must be activated.

Here’s the cold, hard truth: Ideas are cheap. Product follow-through is where the money is spent and made. That’s where heroes are forged, and excellent product design sparks what eventually becomes major growth. Today, products need to grow their user bases...from scratch, again and again. This book is a guide to the vital work of shaping a product into its sustaining engine. It’s a design-focused companion to methodologies like product-led growth.

In How to Make Good Decisions Wisely, author and scholar Alan Ehler lays out a clear approach to making big decisions based on the Bible and recent discoveries in neuroscience and decision science. He presents a simple, four-step process that can be followed to make any kind of decision, whether personal, professional, or relational.

Larry Armstrong didn’t just want to build a great company within his industry; he wanted to build a great company, period. And under Larry’s creative, layer-based leadership approach, Ware Malcomb has become a global leader in the industrial building sector—one of the world’s most successful and admired businesses of its kind. Central to this success is a firm commitment to developing and training well-rounded leaders. Larry’s vision for competitive excellence is animated by investing in and caring about the development of the whole person and their surrounding community.

The Danger Zone: Lost in the Growth Transition is a book for entrepreneurs who are growing their sales without an increase in cash. Why is this happening, and how can it be resolved?

When Dale Partridge's outwardly perfect life, marriage, and family were crumbling on the inside, he began questioning if culture's definition of success was something to seek after or to be saved from. What he found challenged everything he believed about "the good life" and equipped him to rebuild an even better life based on God's timeless design. Filled with scripture and practical application, Saved from Success is the book millions of burned-out and bedraggled Christians have been waiting for.

Do you want to gear up for success by thinking like a millionaire so that you can create huge profits for your business? Do you know what all millionaires or even billionaires have in common? If you’re thinking that being born into money is the answer, then you’re wrong. Actually, 80 percent of all US millionaires made their riches themselves, and only 20 percent inherited their money.

Are you frustrated by the challenges of growing your business organically? Have you ever wondered if there was a way to grow exponentially? Fast? There is a better way but you'll need to break a few rules in your thinking about business. This audiobook shows you how. In Add Then Multiply, author David Horne shares with you the skills, experience and knowledge he has gained in an international business career spanning more than 30 years. Along with many other practical stories, he gives you the inside story of Huveaux plc, where he worked with the Founder to achieve 25x growth in revenue and 11x growth in profit in just three years.

Embark on an enlightening journey into the world of entrepreneurship and investment with "The Business of Venture Capital: Navigating the Landscape of Venture Investment and Unveiling Strategies for Investment and Growth." This audiobook serves as your comprehensive guide, offering a deep dive into the intricate realm where innovation and funding intersect. Unlock the secrets to strategic investment as you explore the dynamic landscape of venture capital. Delve into the art of identifying promising ventures, nurturing their growth, and reaping the rewards of wise investment choices.

Unlock the full potential of your business with SEO 2024, the ultimate guide to mastering search engine optimization in the digital age. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, marketer, or business owner, this book gives you the tools to stay ahead in the fast-paced world of SEO. With algorithms evolving and AI and voice search reshaping the way people find information online, this book offers cutting-edge strategies for ranking higher, driving organic traffic, and converting that traffic into growth.

Beyond Integrity offers a balanced approach to a number of concrete ethical issues. Readings from a wide range of sources present competing perspectives on each issue, and real-life case studies further help the listener grapple with ethical dilemmas. The authors want to help the listener arrive at his or her own conclusions. To this end, they provide a decision-making model. They also present, in addition to several views on each topic, a distinctly Christian perspective on each issue under discussion.

A decade ago, I chose to thrive in my career by starting my first work journal. A decade later, I share the techniques that made me maintain this gem of a habit for all professionals like me. In this book, you will find how work journals can help any professional grow and maintain a fulfilling career, the different tools you need to get started with your own journal including my personal and preferred setup, the common problems new journalers experience with clear and practical ways of solving them, and tips on how to not sink but thrive in the process.

This is an audio summary of See You at the Top, a book that shares the steps to success that, when understood and applied, help people live a happier, healthier, more meaningful life.

This audio features Dr. Stephen R. Covey explaining how and why to develop a family mission statement. It will help you to set goals based on identifying your mission, vision, and values. In addition to Dr. Covey on how to develop and create your mission statement, this audiobook and comes with a Learning Guide in PDF format that can be printed for easy reference.

Do you struggle to make impactful connections and build meaningful relationships? Are you searching for strategies to overcome social anxiety and enhance your ability to connect with others? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you’re not alone. Most adults face these challenges, but lasting change is possible with this book's actionable insights and proven strategies.

I’m now in my 15th year as an entrepreneur, and over those years my ideas around what an entrepreneur is, and how to build a business, have changed a lot. My university lessons in marketing didn’t serve me too well, but even as a business owner for many years, I continued this habit of looking for someone to give me the answer. Seeking permission. It didn’t work, but what did work was spending years piecing together a new way of marketing through trial, error, and some chance encounters with generous people.

Entdecken Sie, wie Frauen den Arbeitsmarkt transformieren, in dieser umfassenden und detaillierten Studie, die ihre Integration, wirtschaftliche Bedeutung und ihren Kampf um Geschlechtergerechtigkeit untersucht. Dieses Buch ist eine unverzichtbare Lektüre, um die Trends der weiblichen Beschäftigung im Laufe der Zeit zu verstehen, indem die Ursachen und Folgen der beruflichen Segregation sowie die Barrieren für die berufliche Mobilität, wie die gläserne Decke und diskriminierende Praktiken, untersucht werden.

We are all searching for resolutions to the challenges we face. We all want to help ourselves and others and enjoy fuller, more satisfying lives. The Enneagram may not be able to solve every problem. Still, it can shine a light on why and how so many individuals inflict misery upon themselves, and by extension, others around them. It is time for us all to stop living in the past and realize our full potential. If you want to live an authentic life full of meaning and fulfillment, this book is for you!