Business Practice

In Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships, FranklinCovey's chief people officer, Todd Davis, explains that an organization's greatest asset isn't its people; rather, it's the relationships between its people that is the greatest predictor of personal effectiveness. In the end, employees' ability to build and sustain great relationships is an organization's ultimate competitive advantage.

Essay. Poetry. Book Clubs. Digital Composition. Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher extend their work in 180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents by taking a deep dive into four essential studies. Their aim is to move beyond compliance and formula, and to develop students’ agency, independence, and decision-making skills. These four practices, they argue, have the power to transform students’ relationship with literacy—and truly prepare them for the more demanding work of college.

Blockchains are new technology layers that rewire the Internet and threaten to side-step older legacy constructs and centrally served businesses. At its core, a blockchain injects trust into the network, cutting off some intermediaries from serving that function and disrupting how they operate. Metaphorically, blockchains are the ultimate non-stop computers. Once launched, they never go down, and offer an incredible amount of resiliency. The Business Blockchain charts new territory in advancing our understanding of the blockchain by unpacking its elements like no other before.

Seventy-five percent of organizations rank leadership skills as most important for successful projects - the Project Management Institute. You can make well over $100,000 with experience and leadership - ProjectManager.com. Effective project managers are the experts that companies want to hire - and top team members want to work for.

Step into the ancient and secretive world of high magik with "Magik of Genius Spirits." This compelling guide by occult master, David Thompson, explores the enigmatic Genius Spirits, celestial guardians of natural and cosmic forces, and reveals how you can harness their profound energies. Through detailed chapters, each dedicated to a different spirit such as Och, Aratron, Phul, and Hagith, "Magik of Genius Spirits" provides an extensive look into their historical roles, attributes, and the rituals used to invoke their power. Drawing on ancient grimoires and enriched by personal experiences...

Management Is NOT Manipulation: Beyond the Illusion—Authentic Leadership for Sustainable Success Introduction to a New Era of Leadership - A Bold Challenge to the Status Quo This book dismantles the myth that manipulation is a necessary tool in management. From falsifying data to office politics and unsustainable business practices, manipulative tactics erode trust, destroy organizational culture, and lead to short-lived success. Core Themes 1. The True Purpose of Management Management is not about control but about empowering people, driving innovation, and achieving collective goals. ...

Illicit Financial Flows & Worldwide Money Laundering Practices will help guide and protect your business from illegal activities by teaching you how to intervene before they can happen. You have probably read online or seen news reports about white and blue-collar crimes, corporate crimes, or anti-money laundering practices. and wish to learn more about what they mean and how to protect your business from similar illegal activities.

What is the best structure for a corporate management system? How to organize and advance, in a fluid way, a continuous business improvement? Are we just going to copy existing solutions or are we going to innovate our practice? In this book, I bring together new perspectives on the integration of Strategy, Tactics and Operations! Much more than just explaining OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)... Much more than theorizing process management (BPM, "Business Process Management"). Here is a real proposal to unite the best of two worlds: the strategic ...

Much of our life is spent working. If we practice a more joyful way of doing our work, we instantly start to improve our quality of life. This book aims to inspire and guide you into this new practice. In this 2nd edition of the book, there are 9 new chapters: 1. Do Your Work from an Inner Spark of Joy 5. Define Your Daily Success 7. The Energy Reboot (new version) 8. Be Strict about Showing Up, Lenient about the Results 11. Sleep Tips — Falling and Staying Asleep 13. When You’re Feeling “Not Ready” to Put Your Work Out There… 14. Get Unstuck by Asking Smaller Questions 16. ...

If you want to learn how to increase your sales and leads and grow your following fast, then check out this two-in-one audiobook. You'll learn how to use Facebook advertising and Instagram marketing to build a real audience and sell more.

Running a Small Business is hard work. There are no shortcuts. Your livelihood, as well as the livelihood of your employees, depends on the success or failure of your business. Every day brings new challenges and obstacles that you as a Small Business owner need to overcome. The goal of this book is not to help eliminate those financial headwinds, but rather to provide you with the foundational financial knowledge to help you understand their cause and how to work towards mitigating them. By having this foundational knowledge not only can you speak the lingo when it comes to finance, but ...

The financier, Georgetown University professor, and former White House advisor teaches you how to find meaning, balance, and purpose throughout your career while reaching the highest levels of professional achievement - how to do well without losing yourself. Throughout his illustrious career, J. Douglas Holladay has taught generations of executives, as well as students in his popular MBA course at Georgetown, how to use a holistic approach to defining and reaching success in life and business.

Your organization’s culture: It’s either an asset or a liability. At this very moment, it’s either lifting your business performance or “eating your strategy for breakfast”. How do you ensure it’s the former, not the latter? Listen to find out more...To make a bad culture good, or a good culture great, you’ve got to deliberately transmit strong and steady signals. This guide shows you how.

This book is an exploration of intentional listening as an essential skill for coaches. It introduces the Head, Heart, and Hands Listening model as a vital tool to amplify effective listening in coaching practice.

Proven to be invaluable resources for anyone in a position of power, here are three of China's greatest classical works on leadership, warriorship, and strategy: The Art of War, Zen Lessons, and The Book of Leadership and Strategy.

How many times did your inner critic pop up and talk you down today? Or, tell you someone else wasn't good enough? Is your inner critic running rampant, thwarting your advancement as a leader? You may have never called your inner critic out or confronted its harsh ramblings until now, but it's time! Mastering Your Inner Critic offers firsthand hard-won advice for scaling the hurdles that prevent you from controlling that little voice. It's time to counter those nagging questions that torment you - with positive solutions that empower you.

The five practices of values-based leadership have transformed hundreds of organizations across every sector. Now, learn how to use these same practices to transform your team, your relationships, and your life through InnerWill. Leadership is a choice, and it begins with you. Become a better, stronger leader today, regardless of your official title or position. By learning how to understand yourself and others on a deep, authentic level, you’ll unlock the power to make a positive difference, overcoming challenges and resolving conflicts that once felt insurmountable.

From technology, media, and retail to sport teams, government agencies, and financial institutions, learn the actual strategies and processes being used to learn about customers, improve manufacturing, spur innovation, improve safety, and so much more. Organized for easy dip-in navigation, each chapter follows the same structure to give you the information you need quickly. For each company profiled, learn what data was used, what problem it solved, and the processes put in place to make it practical, as well as the technical details, challenges, and lessons learned from each unique scenario.

Fraud is one of the most insidious threats to any business, but the good news is you can outsmart the thieves—by thinking like one. Fraud-Proof Your Business is an essential guide for accounting and finance professionals who want to proactively safeguard their organization’s assets, both physical and intellectual. This book arms you with the mindset and strategies needed to anticipate fraud before it strikes, by adopting the “thief’s mindset” and designing strong, foolproof internal controls. Inside, you’ll learn: ✅ How internal controls often fail—and what you can do to fix...

Most orthodontists would like more new patients. They may have a goal for production, but they have no idea how to get there. They just wish they could grow faster and easier. The “Ultimate Treatment Coordinator” is Book #2 in The Orthodontic Practice Growth Series. In it, you’ll discover how to implement the 5 Growth Hacks below to get your practice on track to hit your production goal quickly.