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Do you want to make life better for yourself and the people you work with? Are you held back by the thought that putting people first could harm your bottom line? Superengaged is an honest, in-depth, and upbeat look at the value of having values and the power of creating a people-focused workplace culture, packed with tips and guidance for increasing your profits and improving your outcomes. It’s for CEOs and COOs, HR directors and finance directors, entrepreneurs, business owners and anyone who’s on their way up.

You have great content. But how do you turn it into a product you can sell? The leap from content creator to business owner is the biggest hurdle for most solopreneurs. The idea of creating a product feels heavy, complicated, and like it will take months of work. So you stay stuck, creating free content forever, never building a real business. What if you could create your first digital product in the time it takes to watch a movie? The 2-Hour Ebook is Day 8 of your 30-day challenge, and it demolishes the barrier between content and commerce. This book provides a step-by-step system to take...

Technology has enabled us to be more interconnected today than ever before. So why do so many of us feel isolated and undervalued at work? How do we - you - develop the intuition, self-awareness, and interpersonal agility required to prosper? Here's what we've lost track of: organizations are run by people, and people run on emotions. In this life-changing guide, Dr. Melanie Katzman shows you an impactful approach to connect first as fellow humans, then as coworkers and colleagues, to forge the deep bonds that make a significant difference.

You don’t have to have an MBA to understand the basics of accounting and finance, although it helps. This short book is a primer that will give you and those in your organization some basic tools for making smarter business decisions. Like many of my senior team colleagues at the time, many people believe that finance is the responsibility of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and perhaps a few staff accountants. Over the years, I have learned that we all need to understand some of the principles of accounting and finance, as well as some best practices.

Personalization First, or You Will Be Last is an expansive manuscript that investigates the growing relationship between technology and consumers, and how successful companies must adapt to the fast-paced technological world that has given consumers more power and options when it comes to their purchasing decisions. A successful marketer will understand that consumers are able to interact with brands not only in person, but through a variety of technological platforms. This on-demand consumerism has changed the way companies approach their marketing, sales, and interactions with their ...

Editors H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, Halil Kiymaz, and their coauthors examine PE and provide important insights about topics such as major types of PE (venture capital, leveraged buyouts, mezzanine capital, and distressed debt investments), how PE works, performance and measurement, uses and structure, and trends in the market. Listeners can gain an in-depth understanding about PE from academics and practitioners from around the world.

Becoming an author is as simple as adjusting your mind-set and modifying the skills you already have. Get the knowledge you need to achieve your dream today. Do you feel as if your life's purpose is to become an author and share the stories in your head with the rest of the great wide world? Do you long to write the next great American novel? You might already have a couple books under your belt but want to take your productivity, talent, and marketing efforts to the next level.

Louise passionately believes that all women deserve to reach their potential in every way possible. To make this a reality, all women need to make themselves the priority. Far too many women are putting everyone and everything else before themselves and paying the price. Far too many women are ignoring their own fundamental needs and feeling drained and depleted.

Author and ICF-certified Leadership Development Coach Tajan Braithwaite Renderos, ACC, MPH has been coaching individuals to take that next step into management. By offering solid, proven tools and tactics, this book can help anyone transition smoothly into a management role by filling common gaps in knowledge that can hold people back.

The Tricycle Effect is an inspiring self-help book for leaders, children, athletes, families, businesses, and organizations of all sizes written by Dane A. Deutsch. Practicing the principles laid out in each chapter through “straight from the heart” stories will teach you how important it is to lead with character first.

This concise, one-of-a-kind introductory guide cuts through all the nonsense and demystifies home health for the practicing physical therapist or physical therapy student. After listening to Launch into Home Health Physical Therapy, you will have all the tools you need to hit the ground running and earn a job in this growing and fulfilling setting! Written by a successful home health physical therapist and entrepreneur, this book offers an insider's perspective of the home health industry.

In this discussion learn about what "whack-a-mole" leaders are, how they act, and how to avoid being one.

Digital Makeover: How L'Oreal Put People First to Build a Beauty Tech Powerhouse examines L'Oreal's successful people-driven digital transformation. Professors and authors Beatrice Collin and Marie Taillard set out exactly how L'Oreal turned itself into a digital and tech powerhouse by building on its legacy to reimagine relationships inside the company, and with its customers and partners.

After years working as one of the most prolific ghostwriters and authors in the world, Jonathan is finally ready to reveal his secrets for launching books on Amazon. Get the exact secrets that his coaching clients pay thousands of dollars for. This system works for every single niche and category - from romance novels to children's books, from parenting to cookbooks. Whether you have never written a book before or are about to launch your 100th novel, you are sure to find value in Breaking Orbit.

Transform insecurity, procrastination, indecision, and inequality into attraction-affirming, debt-mastering, and security-building money management and become a free, balanced woman ready to embrace her true potential at home, at work, and at play! Millions of people have already experienced the power of chakras and resolved their material, emotional, and mental issues through ancient yet simple practices. Be one of them.

Imagine you step into an elevator, join a networking event or dial into a Zoom call—and someone asks, “Tell me about yourself.” You’ve got thirty seconds—maybe less—to make them lean in, nod and think, “I need this person in my life.” Get it right, and doors swing wide—jobs, gigs, connections. Get it wrong, and you’re just another face in the crowd. That’s where How to Deliver an Epic Elevator Pitch by Christina S. Dean comes in: your no-fluff, fun-as-hell playbook for pitches that feel warm, sharp and 100 percent you. Pitch coach Christina S.

We are living in a Give First Economy. In this book, Kirby Hasseman explains what this means, why it is a good thing, and how to succeed in this world! It's about doing business "the right way". If you want to grow your business, start an organization, make a difference, and get more done, this is a great book for you!

Imelda Dooley is scared. Really scared. She's played hard and fast and now she's been caught. She's pregnant and she's on her own. Her father, not a man to mess with, will see that somebody pays for this. And it's not going to be her. So Imelda Dooley tells a lie. A lie that literally causes murders. When Mary Dooley's husband is killed in the night's events, she knows she must graft to keep the family afloat. And she does, becoming a name in her own right. But she still has to watch her daughter's life spiral into a vicious, hate-fuelled cycle of drugs and prostitution.

Personal finance is not just about cutting back. It is about properly allocating your money (also known as spending your money on the things on your financial priority list). In order to convey the importance of proper allocation, I have broken this book into 13 different sections, beginning with chapter one, which is all about the first step of saving money: getting mentally prepared.

Simon Mainwaring offers a visionary new practice in which brands leverage social media to earn consumer goodwill, loyalty and profit, while creating a third pillar of sustainable social change through conscious contributions from customer purchases. These innovative private sector partnerships answer perhaps the most pressing issue facing business and thought leaders today: how to practice capitalism in a way that satisfies the need for both profit and a healthy, sustainable planet.