Professional Career Development

What skills will matter most for work, business, and life in the future? Where should you focus your energy and effort when the world is changing at an extraordinary rate? How can you future proof yourself, your organization, and your kids? In this groundbreaking book Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory have interviewed hundreds of successful business people, educators, futurists, economists, and historians to uncover the key skills that will always be critical to success in business and in life.

Success Reimagined celebrates the inspiring stories of 28 local Lehigh Valley leaders. This book shares the advice and experiences of these business luminaries, including how they triumphed over adversity, pivoted to overcome challenges, and reinvented themselves to improve their lives, businesses, and community.

For more than a decade, I have been obsessed with the progression and development of SpaceX, Tesla, and everything else Elon works on and produces. Elonology is a distillation of all of the excellent information available about Elon Musk online. Elon's story is truly one of rags to riches. He went from sleeping in the office and showering at the YMCA to buying a McLaren F1 Supercar and becoming a dot-com multimillionaire in his 20s. Elon has succeeded time and time again. His strategies for success are timeless and super-powerful for anyone who applies them properly.

Business executive Shundrawn Thomas reveals how work is intended to produce lasting value and should be meaningful and productive. A healthy attitude toward work and the workplace requires intentionality and effort. Thomas helps us to a greater understanding of our abilities and passions, which in turn will help us develop into the people we are meant to be. He addresses issues of work ethic, character formation, and work-life synergy to find better harmony between what we do and who we are.

While highly relevant to new and existing managers, the book is ideally suited for technical professionals and leaders in technical organizations looking to develop critical leadership skills distinct from technical expertise.

What do you get when a man decides to spend a year walking to improve his health, his relationships, his business, his mind, his spirit and his soul? Walking, Living, Learning! is the result of Al Argo's year of walking around Asia and the USA while listening to 66 books covering such topics as small business management, personal relationships, parenting skills, communication skills, and much, much more. If you want to be successful, hang around successful people and read what successful people are reading and writing!

Grad to Grown-Up: 68 Tips to Excel in Your Personal and Professional Life is a unique self-help book that offers a roadmap to kickstart your future. Rags-to-riches author and CEO Gene Rice and his high school English teacher daughter Courtney Bejgrowicz demystify adulthood by sharing critical information alongside professional and personal successes and failures. The five sections—life, job search, career, personal finance, and health and relationships—provide real-world insights that are often overlooked in formal education.

A Personal Brand Story follows Steve Guest on his journey from a successful, unassuming, and procedure-led recruitment consultant to a global business influencer. In this audiobook, Steve talks about nervously posting his first social media video, becoming a best-selling author in over 40 countries, and seeing his acclaimed The Guest List Podcast with Steve Guest listed in the world's top 80 business podcasts.

Why develop professionally? I've talked with quite a few people who feel they have the credentials they need and think their resumes should speak for themselves. They don't. Why? Because although they may be very well credentialed, there are thousands of other people just as well qualified (at least on paper).

Many people know the benefit of finding a sponsor - someone who goes beyond traditional mentorship to partner with a junior-level employee to help build their skills, advocate for them when opportunities arise, and open doors. But few realize that being a sponsor is just as important to career growth as finding one. Combining powerful new data and rich examples drawn from in-depth interviews with leaders from companies such as Unilever, Aetna, Blizzard Entertainment, and EY, The Sponsor Effect provides a seven-step playbook for how you can become a successful sponsor.

Productive Accidents shows how a framework for curiosity and creativity can also be a recipe for innovation and adventure. There are 10 actionable insights that can be applied by individuals, families, or companies. The more you experiment with these ideas the more you realise that serendipity can be predictable and repeatable experience.

Cheekys' founder Jessi Roberts reveals how she grew one small store hurdle-by-hurdle into a national clothing and accessories brand with a one-and-a-half-million-strong community. Best of all, she did it by standing tall for her values: Always be kind, lift up the next gal, and treat employees and customers like family. More than a business book, Backroads Boss Lady is about embracing your passion even when others don't see value in it - or you - and about putting food on the table and believing in yourself.

Shift Teaching Forward showcases the ecosystem of elements that characterizes a successful job-training program. We need to prepare students to interact with others, contribute to inclusive workplaces, and become collaborators-whatever their industry or career goals. This book shows the way.

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.

Chi è l'uomo che ha cambiato per sempre la nostra vita, il genio che conosce i nostri desideri prima di noi? In questi capitoli Jeff Bezos offre una visione esclusiva della sua vita personale e della sua formazione, rivela le strategie sul lavoro, l'evoluzione delle sue idee e i motivi del suo successo. Dal business ai temi sociali, dall'innovazione all'ossessione per il cliente, dal cambiamento climatico all'esplorazione dello spazio, con stile diretto e immediato Bezos illustra il suo modo di vedere il mondo e il futuro.

Sono Kairos Goodfriend, un esperto negoziatore aziendale con oltre 10 anni di esperienza nel mondo della negoziazione e delle contrattazioni. Ho condotto trattative di successo con aziende di tutto il mondo, aiutandole a ottenere accordi vantaggiosi e a sbloccare nuove opportunità di crescita. Per la prima volta ed esclusivamente per questo libro, ho deciso di rivelare le efficaci e provate strategie negoziali che mi hanno condotto a dei risultati eccezionali.

Does life feel heavy? Financial pressure, relationship expectations & the demands of business -- too many balls in the air! In this must-listen book by Trevor Farmer and Juliane Cowan, you will quickly learn how you can create profound shifts in focus that produce incredible results.

The sport of mixed martial arts provides its fans and athletes with a unique set of practices, philosophies, and techniques that can generate results and success in any aspect of life. Like the champions of MMA, there are those who excel in the world of business those who have the ability to break sales quotas, build unstoppable teams, create dynamic businesses, and do so while savoring every minute they are alive.

Barry Becher and Ed Valenti set the stage for today’s infomercials with their now-famous television techniques. Their zany commercials - advertising such products as the Miracle Painter, Armourcote cookware, and, most famously, the Ginsu® knife - captured both the imagination and pocketbook of the American public. And they became millionaires in the process. But wait, there’s more! You’ll learn how to get a better price on anything you buy, how to get better service anywhere, even how to get easily get bumped from coach to first class on an airline.

From the former president and CEO of the United States Tennis Association - the first Black woman and youngest person ever to hold the position - comes a behind-the-scenes look at the leadership skills involved in hosting the US Open, the largest and most lucrative sports event in the world - lessons that can be applied across business and to any life challenge.