Leadership Biography

Making Life Better is an inspiring story of character, integrity, ingenuity, and faith—values which form the foundation of an enterprise that has become one of the world’s leading recreational boat builders. By holding true to its founder’s mission of “building boats to the glory of God” through times of adversity and prosperity, Correct Craft’s leadership has provided customers with the industry’s best products and used the proceeds of those sales to make the world better for almost 100 years.

While an uninterrupted life, free of misfortune may sound wonderful, it is in the challenge, in the change, that we learn the greatest lessons. This book has been written with 51 years of personal life experiences, and an overlay of close to 30 years of professional subject matter expertise in managing the continuance of business operations across the globe, come rain...or shine. Both aspects have resulted in significant lessons learned...stories of continuity and resilience.

In dem Buch SOUL-Leadership habe ich meinen eigenen Wandlungsprozess als Mensch und in der Rolle als Führungskraft im Top-Management niedergeschrieben. Es geht darum, dass ich lernen durfte, mein Denken mit dem Herzen zu verbinden und daraus meine Entscheidungen zu treffen. Der Schlüssel für meinen Prozess waren und sind ganz besondere Qualitäten, die es gilt zu leben. Ich nenne sie Herzqualitäten, weil sie aus meiner Erfahrung eindeutig die eigene Herz-Kraft stärken und einen Zugang zu mir selbst öffnen.

Ken Pasternak’s distinguished career as a banker, management consultant, executive educator, author, and keynote speaker has provided a wealth of experience with people and organizations internationally. In this book, he shares some of the most memorable stories from his wide-ranging travels and his many encounters with celebrities, and draws out truths that still apply today in both life and business. From leadership to life skills, culture to kindness, these are stories that will make you laugh and make you think, and might just change your perspective on life.

With Cutler Dawson at the helm for the last 14 years, Navy Federal Credit Union, the world's largest credit union, has quadrupled the size of the organization and made it an industry leader in customer service. It is now one of the most fiercely trusted and smoothly run financial institutions in the world ranked by Fortune magazine as a Best Place to Work for eight years. This book reveals an honest and straightforward look at Dawson's leadership philosophy and guiding principles.

Growing up in the Caribbean, in the island of Jamaica with her six siblings, everyday was a lesson that pushed her further into her calling as a leader. Despite her initial shyness, Angella drew strength from the lessons of life and the core values instilled by her cornerstone, Victoria, her mother. Angella’s move to the United States gave her a platform to actualize her dreams. However, progress almost always comes with growing pains, and Angella wasn’t an exception.

The Chronicles is a collection of articles, private writings, and journals that developed The Confidence Factor for Women in Leadership movement. All of the journals are impactful and value based to help women in leadership own their places in leadership. It is time to increase the value of women in leadership globally, and it starts with confidence. When women feel valued, they lead with confidence.

This audiobook reveals the lives, lessons, and rules of success that have inspired Donald Trump and Winston Churchill and completely transformed the way we think about leadership. This audiobook reveals what it takes to be a powerful leader and will inspire you to be a great leader, too.

"Preserving the legacy of Arizona’s John McCain as one of the country’s most iconic statesmen is important work for the public trust and annals of history. As McCain’s first press secretary, Marla Sheiner, brings to historians and chroniclers a collection of rare documents from his first Congressional campaign and testaments to his leadership."

In her best-selling book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, renowned presidential historian Doris Kearns examines four historic American leaders and the crucibles of adversity that brought them to greatness. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

This book brings to the listener an uncommon understanding of a hand spread of vital and discrete subjects of life, which are often easily defined and approached by the general understanding available in the common social space. The definitions of these various subjects of life and entrepreneurship, such as opportunity, capital, focus, etc., which are highlighted in this book, have evolved in deeper dimensions in our world today.

Many think that a start-up needs to raise millions of dollars from investors to create a big and successful business. Or that a business owner needs to hire employees as fast as they can. That’s just simply not true. In Bootstrapped to Millions, you’ll explore numerous ways to build a business that continues to grow year after year without needing to hire employees or pour your hard-earned profit back into the business. Starting a business today has never been easier, but it takes focus, determination, and a clear vision to create a successful business.

We all have a lot to learn from the diary of a teacher named Esmé Raji Codell, an educator who has struggled to maintain individuality in the face of bureaucracy and whose defiant stand against mediocrity will reverberate in companies as well as classrooms everywhere.

In Testosterone Inc.: Tales of CEOs Gone Wild, best-selling author and New York Post columnist Chris Byron chronicles the Gatsby-like saga of the rise and fall of the celebrity CEO. During the height of the 1990s bull market, they were America¿s new heroes: the heroes of business. They were our bold new leaders, cutting the fat, pushing for productivity, implementing visionary plans, and making strategic deals.

Nearly 25 years ago a comprehensive study of ways women lead was conducted by the non-profit organization, ATHENA International. The findings were clear and powerful. From them, the ATHENA Leadership Model was structured and has become the gold standard for great leaders and the building blocks for success in today’s global economy.

In The Bible, God uses many ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Moses didn’t think he was a leader when God chose him; people laughed at Noah for building that ark for so many years; Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers only to rise to second-in-command of all of Egypt.

Entrepreneur Stuart Skorman, the founder of Elephant Pharmacy, Hungryminds.com, Reel.com, and Empire Video, grew up in a retailing family in Ohio. He worked every kind of job, from cab driver to professional poker player to CEO. In this entertaining, personal account of his coming-of-age in the business world, Skorman gives an insider's view of what it takes to start a business from the ground up.

In this deeply researched and yet still highly accessible book about the successor to Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II, Steinburg takes us through Pope Francis' early days as a parish priest in Argentina, his Jesuit education, his role in Argentina's infamous "Dirty War", and his time as a bishop and a cardinal at the seat of the Catholic church in Rome.

Garrett Thompson’s life took a twist when he left the medical field to become an entrepreneur, and started Nexus, Inc. Making health products had turned into his passion, and with the help of his management team, Nexus Inc. has developed a secret product that could change the world! Through this captivating story listeners will be exposed to the leadership traits that positively influence people. Learn what it means to truly care and sacrifice for your employees, family, and community when facing the toughest of tests.

GameStop Corp. is the world's largest video game and related merchandise retailer by the sheer number of its retail stores. GameStop had a relatively humble beginning in contrast to its place on the Fortune 500 list for the past few years. The company was founded in the latter months of 1982 by James B. McCurry and Gary M. Kusin and started functioning from a regional mall in Dallas, Texas. McCurry and Kusin went to Harvard Business School together, where they developed a friendship that made them stand out from their classmates.