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With its clear blend of real-life examples and professional insights, Succeeding at Succession offers next generation members in family-owned businesses wise guidance for navigating competing business and family needs while fulfilling their own aspirations, upholding family values, and strengthening family relationships.

Digital or Death is the first book on the world of digital strategy that won't bore you to sleep. It takes an entertaining, highly informative real world approach with enough information and energy to get you inspired to innovate. Dominic Mazzone is part digital guru, part comedian, part entrepreneurial titan. He has the uncanny ability to get you thinking in a way you never have before, while creating the motivation you'll need to succeed. If there was a book that could actually increase your drive and expand the creative part of your brain, this is the one.

Few decisions we make are more important than the ones about the direction of our career. With good reason, more and more people are questioning whether the employee model is right for them. Most have recognized that job security is based on what they are now contributing, and past contributions matter little. They look around and see others who made the leap to become an independent consultant (or freelancer), making far more money, doing more exciting work, and just having more fun.

For independent retailers and small business owners who desire to create something meaningful and of purpose. A Call For Connection is for established business owners looking to reconnect with the spark that ignited them to build their business; to find themselves and their direction back in alignment, and for new business owners on the cusp of launching that want to start with a sound foundation of clarity to build and thrive upon.

Whether you're a new personal trainer, an expert nutritionist, local box owner, a seasoned chiropractor, an experienced physical therapist, a martial arts studio owner, or in another health and fitness related field, this book will show you how to use direct response marketing to build a business you love.

Welcome to a journey of real insights into the art of selling. With over 35 years of diverse sales experience, I've encountered every imaginable product and service. My client list includes Toyota Motors, Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles Dodgers, Disney Corp, Warner Bros, Museum of Contemporary Art, Universal Studios, Los Angeles Convention Center, Honda Center, Tao Restaurant Group, MGM, BOKA Restaurant Group, Patina Restaurant Group, just to name a few. My initial training provided some effective methods, but it also exposed me to outdated and ineffective approaches.

So why do we give speeches? I mean, talk about an effort! When you agree to give a speech all of a sudden you realize that you've signed yourself up to pick what you want to talk about, do whatever research is required, actually write the speech, and then spend a great deal of time practicing how you are going to say it. What's the purpose of all of this?

In today's dynamic workplace landscape, success isn't just about technical skills—it's about mastering the art of workplace etiquette and behavior. Whether you're a seasoned executive or just starting your career journey, this comprehensive guide will empower you to navigate professional environments with confidence, integrity, and grace.

In a world filled with uncertainties, tough judgment calls, and unclear business documents and financial statements, many small business owners struggle with growing their company. In Joey Brannon’s Grow with Purpose: Building a Mission-Driven Business, he draws upon his experience as a CPA and business consultant to share notable case studies of real clients with real problems to help you learn from their triumphs and mistakes.

Listening deeply is the foundation of all effective organizational management, research, and consulting. This audioook explores the many aspects of attentive listening through storytelling and includes examples of organizational case studies. This new edition of Listening Deeply updates historical context, theory, method, and organizational stories. His lessons are useful to the manager in any kind of organization, as well as practitioners of psychology, sociology, business management, medicine, and education.

Your unique personal brand is your insatiable Why. Think about why you do what you do. What motivates you? What tasks make you feel fulfilled? Are you striving to become better? Run Your Own Race: 12 Steps to Building Your Powerful Personal Brand equips listeners with the intentional behaviors needed to maintain a strong personal brand in a crowded marketplace. Regardless of where you are in your career, personal branding is a vital skillset to continuously hone.

The excitement of becoming an entrepreneur and starting a new business has faded. Your first dollar of revenue has been earned and quickly reinvested. Now, you are in the thick of the battle. This is where winning means making payroll for the month and losing means the bank foreclosing on your house. Maybe a professor talked you into running your own business. Or maybe you grew tired of serving in corporate America and working for underwhelming talent.

This authoritative volume on human resource management is highly recommended reading for the small business owners and HR professionals. Written by an acknowledged expert in all areas of business management, Recruiting and Hiring Effective Employees Made Simple is a well-organized guide to understanding this vitally important area of your business.

Does it ever feel that you're stuck in traffic with a business that isn't growing while you watch marketing drain your bank account? Does it feel you might be missing critical marketing steps that can help your business grow? In his latest audiobook, Zev Asch, a successful international marketing executive and entrepreneur walks you through these critically overlooked marketing essentials, and with street-smart advice, he outlines simple steps that business owners can take right away to get a return on their marketing investment, increase sales, and boost customer retention.

Despite the anticipated senior tsunami in population emerging across the nation, success in the senior living industry is not guaranteed. In this thought-provoking audiobook, management consultant Jill Johnson discusses the nine market forces that will influence on-going success in an industry over-saturated with competition and complexity. Market Forces offers insight on how these key trends influence the industry and the implications they may have on your occupancy, operations, programming, and desirability of your site.

Waterfall methodology is part of the linear, scope-driven lifecycles family of approaches. As it is the manifestation of the command-and-control organization, it is highly prescriptive. Almost all organizations using the methodology have a similar set of processes, mostly based on the PMBOK (more on that later).

As product managers, we all want to become better at what we do. However, sometimes we can find ourselves in a rut: we've solved the immediate problems, our product is doing well, and we've just lost that drive that we need in order to reach the next level. This is when the power of competition comes in. We all like a good challenge. When we are faced with a situation in which we might not be the best, or we might not know exactly what we should do, that's when we can become our best.

In Launch, Khalid Alzanki shares principles and rules that trump traditional concepts and methods of marketing. Plus, he tells you some of the secrets used by giant corporations when they launch new products and concepts. His valuable information will show you what to do step-by-step to ensure the success of your launch.

In Think Differently, Wells covers insights for the ambitious financial professional. Can you envision improving your introduction-to-close ratio by 50 percent? Or increasing your case size by 50 percent? Every giant step forward starts with awareness and vision - and thinking differently. As you merely think about the insights, you will see a change in your perspective and a change in your effectiveness.

50 Things to Know About Estate Planning: Tips for Planning Your Will offers instruction on writing your will. It explains in simple terms procedures and tactics to help you get started on this important task. It will also define some legal terms and give you practical tools for a head start on writing your will.