Consulting Career

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.

In today's fast-paced world, the ability to communicate effectively and captivate an audience has become an essential skill. Whether you are presenting your ideas to a small group or addressing a large gathering, the power to engage and inspire others can open doors to countless opportunities. With Effective Communication and Public Speaking you will embark on a transformative journey that combines the three key elements of success: fun, skill, and discipline.

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.

In the 21st Century, management is more about getting to know your people than being a taskmaster. It’s all about relationships, developing your people, and making them feel cared about with authenticity and genuine compassion. This 21st-century leadership fable will help you to clearly communicate what matters most; develop deep, meaningful connections with those around you; and much more. We all want to be effective, respected leaders and develop great people around us. The Greatest Motivational Tool presents a proven method that will do just that.

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.

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.

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.

This amazing practical book will help you uncover the magic of powerful teams. Creating a strong bond between team members can be elusive, whether in small or large endeavors, at work or in your personal life. But in Effective teams: Six Secrets of Powerful Teams, team management expert Michael Nir will strip away the mystery and teach you concrete methods that make team management easier for you and more rewarding for everyone concerned.

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 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.

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).

In her first book Clarifying What Matters: Creating Direction for Your Career, executive coach and career advisor Erica Mattison draws upon her expertise to guide mission-driven professionals to leverage their strengths and make a great living. Reflecting on her own diverse career journey and her coaching clients' transformations, Erica shares mindsets and tactical steps to help you clarify what matters most to you.

The Better Business Book is better than your average business guide. That’s how we came up with the title. It consists of 100 people each sharing their most valuable business lesson. A real story from their business experience and the lesson they learned from it. Each time you listen to it, you will learn something new. Guaranteed.

Achieve Market Domination through Digital Marketing, Even with Limited Time and Budget. Are you a small business owner with big dreams, feeling overwhelmed by the maze of digital marketing? You’re not alone. Many small business owners struggle to keep up with SEO, social media, and online advertising while juggling daily operations. This game-changing guide simplifies digital marketing, turning struggles into strengths and helping you scale like never before.

Job Search Templates will help you find an awesome job you can love faster, even if you are going back to work after a career break or starting a new career. You’ll know exactly how to present your skills and your experience and find a new job after a break, restart your career, or start a new career.