Career Growth

In MEHscapology, positioning and differentiation virtuoso, Matt Hodkinson, brings you a step-by-step formula for transforming your market presence and core business language. You'll learn the extent to which poor positioning is costing your company, the vital importance of differentiation in making your proposition the only viable option to your buyers, and how language drives perception; the key driver to influencing and building trust with your target audience.

Answering those questions and more is what The Entrepreneur’s Gameplan is all about. Using the real-life lessons he’s learned over his career as an entrepreneur, Mark Mertel walks you step-by-step through developing a gameplan for launching or expanding your business.

Life Will See You Now is a rousing, uplifting anthem that will inspire you to put down your phone, rediscover what truly matters, and completely rethink what "making it" in life actually means. A personal development title with a difference - there's no step-by-step guide and no map to change your life - this book provides you with hilarious, real-life inspiration, motivation, and energy to figure it out for yourself and rediscover that wee piece of magic you had when you were just five years old.

Evergreen Talent will show you how to attract, find, and keep employees for the long-term. What many organization leaders fail to understand is that you can't simply transplant a competitor's talent strategy and achieve the same results - just as you can't take plants suited to a warm climate and expect them to thrive in chillier locales. The conditions are too different. But a company that takes the time to examine its own environment, select talent accordingly, and nurture its people will stand tall, regardless of economic conditions.

In a time when many of us have stopped believing in the goodness of humanity, we need to remind ourselves that though there is dissonance in the world, there is even more peace, kindness, and love. In Taste-Berry Tales, Bettie B. Youngs inspires listeners with 25 poignant short stories of real-life people who make a difference in the lives of others. These individuals, by their example, teach us how to use the events of daily life to improve the world we live in and the lives of others with whom we share it.

Reverend Dana Burnidge outlines a variety of methods of consciousness expansion, with self-examination skills and building awareness of what is happening around and within, to get the most out of life. From a perspective that straddles science, religion, and good old-fashioned philosophy, it contains answers on the nature of reality and our place in it, along with the keys to some of the lesser-known mysteries.

The Free-Time Formula provides a real-world framework for more effective time management that helps you prioritize, focus, clarify, and go. You'll begin with a time audit to assess your current stress, strategies, and output. From there, you'll work step-by-step toward a new daily routine that will help you become the focused, efficient achiever you've been trying to be for so long.

If you think it’s getting harder to both make a living and make a life, economist and former secretary of labor Robert Reich agrees with you. Americans may be earning more than ever before, but we’re paying a steep price: we’re working longer, seeing our families less, and our communities are fragmenting. With the clarity and insight that are his hallmarks, Reich delineates what success has come to mean in our time. He demonstrates that although we have more choices as consumers, and investors, the choices themselves are undermining the rest of our lives.

When Jochen Zeitz and Anselm Grun first met onstage as "the manager and the monk", Zeitz was CEO and Chairman of Puma, and Father Grün was a monk serving as the business manager of his Benedictine abbey. They discuss what it means to lead and manage responsibly and sustainably in today's shifting world. Available now in English, The Manager and the Monk features these topical essays and dialogues, drawing on sources as diverse as the Bible, contemporary religious thought, psychological theory, and the innovative "environmental profit & loss account" Zeitz developed for Puma.

The paradigms of big business have changed. Incumbents of the old guard find themselves superseded by digitally-charged, data-fueled organizations that leverage platform-based business models. How can pre-digital businesses survive? They're loaded with resources, brand power, and embedded networks, they just need a new playbook. Chasing Digital is that playbook. Outlining a clear and detailed framework, this book is designed to help leaders redesign their organization from the bottom up by leveraging their strengths to create a new competitive advantage in the digital economy.

The Road to Excellence identifies the common blind spots that can take any business off track. The book gives you six powerful leadership strategies that, when followed, make it easier for you to find the answer to the critical question: What, exactly, stands between my company and organizational excellence - and what do I do about it?

The founder of Better Life Bags, Rebecca Smith, teaches us how to take little steps, say yes when God calls, and follow the passion he has given us. Let love stretch you. As the founder of one of the most popular custom handbag companies in the country, Rebecca Smith knows a thing or two about business. A highly successful entrepreneur in a world where the focus is on scalability, brand strategy, and global marketing, Rebecca Smith also knows the truth.

In Improv Leadership, Stan L. Endicott and David A. Miller share five leadership competencies: story mining, precision praising, metaphor cementing, lobbing forward, and going north. IMPROV leaders apply these five competencies to initiate powerful conversations, create memorable moments, and craft personal coaching strategies that help people grow. Improv Leadership cultivates teams of people who love their work (and each other), who perform at a high level, and who stop the disruptive carousel of staff turnover.

Thriving Minds, Thriving Careers is a practical guidebook that explores the intersection of psychology and professional development. This book provides a unique blend of psychological principles and actionable strategies to accelerate your career growth and enhance your personal well-being.

Tired of the perpetual tug-of-war between your sales and marketing teams? "Yes, It's Your Fault!" offers a no-nonsense approach to bridging the gap and driving true collaboration—once and for all. Demandbase Chief Marketing Officer Kelly Hopping and Chief Sales Officer John Eitel, seasoned experts in the field, dissect the root causes of misalignment and provide a roadmap for tangible progress to practitioners and aspiring leaders in the B2B world.

Are you feeling frustrated because you’ve been passed over for that big-time promotion? Do you want to develop the essential skills needed to excel in government leadership positions? Do you want to make sure that you are investing your time and energy into leveraging your strengths to achieve that big promotion? Look no further. Unlike all those theoretical business leadership books that only teach you WHY it is important to be laser-focused on your goals, this eye-opening leadership development audiobook for government employees will help you understand HOW to achieve your goals.

Wie du deine Einstellung änderst und deine Geschäftsziele erreichst, ohne dich überfordert zu fühlen, auch wenn du gerade erst anfängst. Willst du das Geheimnis deines Erfolgs und deines Selbstbewusstseins als Unternehmer entschlüsseln? Fühlst du dich von den ständigen Anforderungen deines eigenen Unternehmens überwältigt? Kämpfst du damit, inmitten der täglichen Herausforderungen des Unternehmertums eine positive Einstellung zu bewahren? Willst du dich von Selbstzweifeln befreien und eine gewinnende Einstellung kultivieren?

In today’s fast-paced market, businesses must innovate to stay competitive, but many struggle to find opportunities for growth. Behzad Mahdavi’s book, Mastering Commercial Innovation, addresses this challenge through the engaging story of Kevin, a consultant dedicated to boosting the profitability of struggling companies worldwide. Kevin works with clients from various industries to improve their innovation culture and financial performance, offering insights into commercial innovation in an accessible way.

Social media marketing is all about continually growing your audience with insightful and compelling content. Your content helps you build your brand, foster customer loyalty, and lay the foundations for future sales. Social media is a rapidly growing ecosystem that has developed as a secure platform for small businesses and influencers to make their impact on the world.

Renowned as a diversity and inclusion strategist, Michelle Gadsden-Williams held C-Suite positions at major organizations for many years and then took the off-ramp to probe a different career path, launching Ceiling Breakers LLC, with the primary goal to help women and professionals of color reach their full potential. As a woman of color and corporate executive who has worked and traveled the world for several Fortune 500 companies - all while managing a chronic illness - she provides insight into overcoming the barriers facing professionals in today's workplace.