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Can a small business really compete with the biggest business giants? The typical argument is that they wouldn’t have the budget, skills, or experience. But Catching Giants demonstrates that this simply isn’t true, showing how even in the toughest of circumstances and competitive environments, it is possible for the small player to win big.

One of the most vexing human rights issues of our time has been how to protect the rights of individuals and communities worldwide in an age of globalization and multinational business. Indeed, from Indonesian sweatshops to oil-based violence in Nigeria, the challenges of regulating harmful corporate practices in some of the world’s most difficult regions long seemed insurmountable. Human rights groups and businesses were locked in a stalemate, unable to find common ground. In 2005, the United Nations appointed John Gerard Ruggie to the modest task of clarifying the main issues.

En medio de la revolución digital, vivimos más conectados, pero nos comunicamos menos. Como respuesta a esto, la especialista en comunicación Mary Nestor comparte consejos y diálogos que te ayudarán a encontrar y elevar la voz para que tu mensaje tenga un gran impacto y buena aceptación en los momentos decisivos. El propósito de este libro es ayudarte a reconocer aquellas situaciones en las que se te presenta la oportunidad —a veces única en la vida— de decir lo necesario.

The often hilarious and sometimes poignant story behind Dal LaMagna's attempts to create a successful business. By the time LaMagna graduated from the Harvard Business School, his numerous entrepreneurial activities - including operating discotheques in drive-in movie theaters, working with the 1960s musical teen sensations the Cowsills, and opening an ice cream parlor on the Venice Beach boardwalk - had landed him $150,000 in debt. Raising Eyebrows tells the story of how he finally succeeded. After years of failures and living pennilessly, LaMagna finally succeed with tweezers. He started Tweezerman, one of the world's most respected, innovative and successful beauty tool manufacturers with only $500. Not only was Tweezerman a financial success but is became a model of how to operate a company responsibly.

Don't Panic will prepare you for legal issues you'll encounter as a creator or entrepreneur. Whether you are a start-up, a filmmaker, a musician, an author, or another creator, this book will help you understand what you need to know and how to avoid getting sued. The book covers a range of legal situations that may arise, from the inception of your business or the creation of your work to that dreaded moment (that hopefully doesn't happen) you get a nasty lawyer letter for the first time.

Author Brenda Knight, part of the team who made the world a better place with Random Acts of Kindness as well as a little more thankful with The Grateful Table, writes "At the end of life, I feel sure having lots of money, fancy cars, and real estate is not nearly as important as how much love you gave to the world." This realization was the inspiration for Be a Good in the World, a book of "good days" filled with ideas for making a difference.

The Culture Conduit is a comprehensive guide to not only human resources in the workplace, but human connections in everyday life. While the main focus of this book lies in the corporate world, Steph Honami expands upon this and shows us how the various pieces of our business and personal worlds come together, and how culture lies at the heart of it all. From toxic friends and toxic leaders to setting boundaries and earning trust, page by page we learn a little more about how to become better versions of ourselves.

Small Business, Big Vision provides inspiration and practical advice on everything from creating a one-page business plan to setting up an advisory board and also delivers a call to social entrepreneurship and sustainable business practices.

You Know it's a Verb, Right? begins a new discussion with bold, yet simple and timeless concepts about leadership. It demonstrates how leadership must become a verb and positively develop individuals across the leadership spectrum who believe there is more to leadership than meets the eye. Taking you through the tenets of leadership and how a consistent practice that begins with an above reproach moral compass paves the way for leadership growth and development, You Know it's a Verb, Right? affirms you can become better leaders.

Para um problema complicado, nada como uma solução simples: uma lista de verificação–ou checklist. Essa ferramenta oferece uma solução até para atividades complexas, como pilotar aviões, acompanhar o mercado de ações e construir arranha-céus. Por meio de pesquisas e fascinantes histórias, Atul Gawande demonstra como um checklist bem feito evita desperdícios, erros graves e até catástrofes.

Discover the transformative power of Seven Strategies to Navigate Your High-Stress Healthcare Career, a captivating guide designed to empower healthcare professionals in their pursuit of success and well-being.

Negotiating is an art. It's complicated. To become an exceptional negotiator traditionally requires years of experience in negotiations. But that doesn't mean that most people can't quickly and easily learn proven negotiating skill and techniques if someone shows them what to do. This book does exactly that. Never Lose Again reveals a simple but remarkably effective set of fifty questions that anyone can immediately use to become far better negotiators.

There's a big difference between continuously encouraging employees to do their jobs well (coaching), attempting to fix poor performance (counselling), and helping top performers excel (mentoring). Unfortunately, most managers don't truly understand how and when to do each. The updated and revised edition of Coaching, Counselling & Mentoring gives managers specific, practical techniques for using all three to improve the performance of all their people.

Usa tu derecho a presumir te ayudará a encontrar una manera de celebrar y compartir los logros, a la vez que cambiará la forma en la que te perciben, y te dará herramientas para atraer a clientes que realmente te valoren y estén dispuestos, no solamente a invertir, sino a unirse a tu visión de liderazgo. Una marca personal de alto impacto solo puede ser creada por un líder que sabe que el mundo está esperando por su visión y mensaje. Por esa razón, cada capítulo te permitirá potenciar tus dones y alcanzar los resultados esperados. El liderazgo es la nueva marca personal.

Life’s goals and success are intrinsically tied to relationships. What if you could strengthen and develop key relationships to achieve your desired success? Unlock your personal authenticity to nurture meaningful relationships in your life. To survive in this modern, ever-changing, and competitive world, you must develop stronger, more viable relationships. Patrick Youngblood tackles difficult, real-life scenarios with a dry sense of humor and offers time-honored and practical principles that will both lift and inspire.

The pioneer who gate-crashed his way to the top, Subhash Chandra, the promoter of Essel/Zee Group, is an unlikely mogul. Hailing from a small town in Haryana, where his family ran grain mills, Chandra has been a perennial outsider, repeatedly aiming high and breaking into businesses where he was considered an interloper. Starting work as a teen to pay off family debts, Chandra had to rely on bluff, gumption, and sheer hard toil to turn things around.

Too often, thanks to multiple rounds of equity investment, company founders wind up with only a small fraction of the businesses they start. But this situation isn't inevitable. The intelligent use of a variety of financing options—including debt financing—can help to maintain, or even grow, a founder's stake. In All Money Is Not Created Equal, renowned Silicon Valley veteran David Spreng delivers an expert guide for entrepreneurs and founders seeking to maintain as much ownership stake as possible in the companies they create as they move through the various stages of the financing process.

Have you ever listened (really listened) to your mom's advice? If you're like most people, you cringe and avoid the suggestions your mom offers, especially when it has to do with how you run your life. But, if you take a step back and objectively hear what she says, every now and then, sage-like advice and insight just might shine through.

Whether it's a faulty memory, a tendency to multitask, or difficulty managing our time, every one of us has limitations conspiring to keep us from being organized. But, as organizational guru and former Google CIO Douglas C. Merrill points out, it isn't our fault. Our brains simply aren't designed to deal with the pressures and competing demands on our attention in today's fast-paced, information-saturated, digital world. But it doesn't have to be this way. Luckily, we have a myriad of amazing new digital tools and technologies at our fingertips to help us.

Reminder: You were made to change the world. So what would it feel like to see the impact you can make and know you are making a difference - right here, right now? You: The Sting Operative is the essential guidebook for superheroes of all ages. As a ninja-next-door, you'll be equipped with 100 different Sting Ops Missions to make the world a better place starting today - with little to no cost, and right from your own neighborhive!