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Think being a CEO is all glamour and power lunches? Think again! The Rookie CEO goes behind the scenes with 9 Rookie CEOs who have been there, done that (and sometimes made a hilarious mess of things) to gain insight into what behaviors drive excellent results and what behaviors cross the line driving poor execution and results. Readers will benefit from: Unfiltered and proven strategies  from mul...

You're told that if you "do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." In  Work Won't Love You Back , Sarah Jaffe, a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social movements, examines this "labor of love" myth—the idea that certain work is not really work, and therefore should be done out of passion instead of pay. Told through the lives and experience...

"Tell me about a time...." The words evoke a child's fairy-tale innocence. Yet when used by an interviewer, they can help to determine the suitability of a job candidate by eliciting real-world examples of behaviors and experience that can save you and your organization from making a bad hiring decision. High-Impact Interview Questions shows you how to use competency-based behavioral...

From thought leader Brené Brown, a transformative new vision for the way we lead, love, work, parent, and educate that teaches us the power of vulnerability.   “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and s...

“We have made Make It Stick a touchstone for our instructors … to gain a real advantage for our learners as they tackle some of the toughest work in the world.” ―Carl Czech, former Senior Instructional Systems Specialist/Advisor, US Navy SEALs Are you tired of forgetting what you learn? This groundbreaking book, based on the latest research in cognitive science, offers powerful strategies to boost...

This episode outlines core leadership principles from  John Maxwell’s "High Road Leadership,"  focusing on how to  foster unity  and  prioritize people  over personal agendas. It highlights that effective leaders build  trust and loyalty  by  valuing individual contributions  and maintaining  integrity  even during difficult circumstances. The source emphasizes the importance of  emotion...

For more than fifty years,  What Color Is Your Parachute?  has transformed the way people think about job hunting. Whether searching for that first position, recovering from a layoff, or dreaming of a career change,  What Color Is Your Parachute?  has shown millions of readers how to network effectively, compose impressive resumes and cover letters, interview with confidence, and negotiate the bes...

Cal Newport’s philosophy of  slow productivity  offers a sustainable alternative to the modern cycle of constant busyness and burnout. Instead of measuring success through a high volume of small tasks, this approach emphasizes  prioritizing high-impact work  and maintaining a deliberate, intentional pace. The text outlines essential strategies such as  limiting daily goals , eliminating digital di...

This is a small book about a very important subject. A lot has been written about trust: about what it is and what it can do for people, families, companies, communities and countries. Often, good work is being sabotaged by interpersonal conflict, political infighting, paralysis, stagnation, apathy, or cynicism. Almost always, one can trace these problems to a breakdown in trust. It not only kills...

The Challenge: Built to Last,  the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning. But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? The Study: For...

Whenever I tell people about my job as a financial advisor, the conversation inevitably turns to how hopeless they feel when it comes to dealing with money. More than once, they’ve begged, “Just tell me what to do.” It’s no surprise that even my most successful friends feel confused or paralyzed. Even if they have a shelfful of personal finance books, they don’t have time to make sense of all the...

This episode outlines the core financial principles from David Chilton’s book,  The Wealthy Barber , which uses a fictional barber to deliver  practical money management advice . The primary lesson is to  prioritise savings  by automatically setting aside at least ten per cent of one's earnings before addressing any expenses. It further advocates for  living below your means  and leveraging th...

This episode provides a summary of  Dr Patrizia Collard’s book , which serves as a practical guide for incorporating  mindfulness  into a hectic modern lifestyle. It outlines several core lessons, such as  living in the present moment , practicing  gratitude , and adopting  mindful eating  habits to enhance daily well-being. The text encourages readers to  accept uncontrollable situations  calmly...

The Data Driven Leader  presents a clear, accessible guide to solving important leadership challenges through human resources-focused and other data analytics. This engaging book shows you how to transform the HR function and overall organizational effectiveness by using data to make decisions grounded in facts vs. opinions, identify root causes behind your company’s thorniest problems and move to...

What do you do when God’s timing seems questionable, his lack of intervention hurtful, and his promises doubtful? Lysa TerKeurst unveils her heart amid shattering circumstances, inviting you to live assured when life doesn't turn out like you expected. Life often looks so very different than we hoped or expected. Some events may simply catch us off guard for a season, but others shatter us com...

Rambling conversations. Confusing updates. Emails that somehow get longer with every reply. Most workplace communication problems begin in the first minute. When people do not quickly understand: the topic why it matters what you need or what happens next conversations become slower, more frustrating, and less effective. The First Minute gives you practical methods to communicate clearly, concisel...

Safety has traditionally been defined as a condition where the number of adverse outcomes was as low as possible (Safety-I). From a Safety-I perspective, the purpose of safety management is to make sure that the number of accidents and incidents is kept as low as possible, or as low as is reasonably practicable. This means that safety management must start from the manifestations of the absence of...

Quietly and steadily, the number of women making six figures or more is increasing and continues to rise at a rate faster than for men. From entrepreneurs to corporate executives, from white-collar professionals to freelancers and part-timers, women are forging careers with considerable financial success. In  Secrets of Six-Figure Women,  Barbara Stanny, journalist, motivational speaker,and financ...

Financial expert, investment advisor and New York Times bestselling author James Rickards shows why and how global financial markets are being artificially inflated--and what smart investors can do to protect their assets What goes up, must come down. As any student of financial history knows, the dizzying heights of the stock market can't continue indefinitely--especially since asset prices h...

Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people....

“A thought-provoking guide to enlightened and progressive personal behavior.” —Jimmy Carter An essential guide to ethical action updated for our challenging times,  How Good People Make Tough Choices  by Rushworth M. Kidder offers practical tools for dealing with the difficult moral dilemmas we face in our everyday lives. The founder and president of the Institute for Global Ethics, Dr. Kidder pro...

The key to success in life and business is to become a master at Conversational Intelligence. It's not about how smart you are, but how open you are to learn new and effective powerful conversational rituals that prime the brain for trust, partnership, and mutual success. Conversational Intelligence translates the wealth of new insights coming out of neuroscience from across the globe, and bri...

Consciousness is the main source of organizational greatness. Conscious business, explains Fred Kofman, means finding your passion and expressing your essential values through your work. A conscious business seeks to promote the intelligent pursuit of happiness in all its stakeholders. It produces sustainable, exceptional performance through the solidarity of its community and the dignity of each...

We are people of desire. In  The Soul of Desire , psychiatrist Curt Thompson suggests that underneath all our longings is the desire to be known - and what's more, that this fundamental yearning manifests itself in our deep need to make things of beauty, revealing who we are to others. Desire and beauty go hand in hand. But both our craving to be known and our ability to create beauty have bee...

Skilled lawyers who open their own firms can quickly find their dream career turning into a nightmare. When the firm doesn't grow as fast as you expected, the money doesn't come like you'd hoped despite working long hours, and your less-capable peers are passing you by, it can be demoralizing and deeply frustrating. Mike Morse has been there. The change he made that transformed both hi...