Impact Business

For over a decade, Jaime Taets, chief vision officer and founder of Keystone Group International, has been the go-to consultant for executive teams hoping to untangle their issues and improve their businesses—profits, strategies, and services—along the way. And throughout that time, Jaime has learned that most business problems are actually people problems. To get at the root cause, leaders must go deeper than the business layer with questions that are rooted in culture and people.

Positive leaders are able to dramatically expand their people’s - and their own - capacity for excellence. And they accomplish this without enormous expenditures or huge heroic gestures. The authors show that, like the butterfly in Brazil whose flapping wings create a typhoon in Texas, you can create profound positive change in your organization through simple actions and attitude shifts.

In the fourth issue of Impact & Influence Magazine, we take you on a thrilling journey with the Impact & Influence Spring Rally as we drive along the iconic Highway 49, culminating in a delightful lunch at Villa Toscano Winery. This issue highlights the power of community, camaraderie, and shared experiences, showing how they can fuel both personal and professional growth. We also tackle the crucial topic of what it takes to grow your business in 2025. With insights from industry leaders and entrepreneurs, we offer a roadmap for navigating the challenges and opportunities in today’s fast-...

In this special May issue of Impact & Influence Magazine, we dive deep into the essential elements that fuel both business and lifestyle success. Our cover story, Success Begins in the Office, explores the undeniable benefits of having a dedicated office space for your business. We’ll show you why an office environment can foster productivity, collaboration, and growth—key components for thriving in today’s competitive landscape. Additionally, we shine a spotlight on the opulence of Luxury Living in Sacramento, where we showcase the finest homes, amenities, and real estate ...

For thousands of years, we've created things called games that tap the tremendous psychic power of fun. In a revised and updated edition of For the Win, authors Kevin Werbach and Dan Hunter argue that applying the lessons of gamification could change your business, the way you learn or teach, and even your life. Werbach and Hunter explain how games can be used as a valuable tool to address serious pursuits like marketing, productivity enhancement, education, innovation, customer engagement, human resources, and sustainability.

We are entering a new era - an era of impact. The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history will soon be underway, bringing with it the potential for huge increases in philanthropic funding. Engine of Impact shows how nonprofits can apply the principles of strategic leadership to attract greater financial support and leverage that funding to maximum effect.

Impact: Deliver Effective, Meaningful, and Memorable Presentations is a reference book for the communicator’s toolbox. More than 200 public speaking tips are organized into eleven chapters, each representing an element of the speechmaking process. In response to reader requests, world events, and Lorraine’s experience with virtual presentations, dating back to 2010, this second edition includes tips for presenting online.

An introduction for everyone. Rather than a "how to" for hands-on techies, this book - now in its revised and updated edition - serves lay listeners and experts alike by covering new case studies and the latest state-of-the-art techniques. In this rich, fascinating, and surprisingly accessible introduction, leading expert Eric Siegel reveals how predictive analytics works and how it affects everyone every day.

Managing a sales team is one of the most important and challenging positions in a company, and it requires a unique set of skills. Unfortunately, many sales managers spend much of their day putting out fires, and moving from problem to problem. Their days consist of an overwhelming number of activities, including responding to urgent requests from their bosses, resolving customer issues and complaints, and dealing with disgruntled employees.

This book focuses on one question: How can large companies generate business impact from non-incremental innovation? The situation seems paradox. Winning in non-incremental innovation should be the domain of large corporates, not of greenfield startups. Yet, 7 out of 8 corporate startups do not generate business impact . And the media is full of stories that greenfield startups are attacking and even ‘disrupting’ incumbents. To stack the odds for success, large corporates have tried to emulate the methods and approaches of greenfield startups. They set up explorative innovation units (...

Um Cisne Negro é um evento que reúne três características principais: é altamente improvável, produz um enorme impacto e, depois que acontece, inventamos uma explicação que o faça parecer menos aleatório e mais previsível do que de fato é. Para Nassim Nicholas Taleb, esse fenômeno está na base de quase tudo que acontece no mundo — da ascensão das religiões aos acontecimentos em nossas próprias vidas. O incrível êxito do Google, por exemplo, foi um Cisne Negro, assim como o Onze de Setembro.

Billionaire Blueprint: Crafting a Life of Wealth and Impact is a transformative guide for visionaries who aspire not only to build massive wealth but to leave a meaningful legacy. Blending practical financial strategies with principles of purpose-driven living, this book equips readers with the mindset, habits, and tools used by the world’s most successful entrepreneurs and investors. From uncovering the psychology of abundance to mastering the pillars of business scalability, investment acumen, and strategic influence, each chapter serves as a blueprint for intentional success. But this ...

Changemakers Wanted is an inspiring guide for female professionals across all industries who are ready to challenge the status quo and drive meaningful societal change. Danaya Wilson, a visionary leader with over seventeen years of experience, shares her personal transformative journey from battling anxiety to becoming a powerful advocate for ethical leadership and social reform. Inside, she reframes the question “what if” to tackle critical issues such as the childcare crisis and the need for more equitable employee benefit plans.

In Genesis 2:11-12, God tells us there is gold in the land (Garden of Eden), and the gold was good. Money isn’t bad; greed is. In 1 Timothy 6:10, we learn that the love of money is the root of all evil. I have a background in ministry, and now I’m an entrepreneur. We are able to do more good for the Kingdom with money than without. In this book, you are going to discover what God really says about money and finances. You are also going to learn the steps I used to build a lifestyle business that generates multi-millions in revenue per year while I only work as little as five hours per week.

Does the thought of running paid ads feel like throwing money into a black hole? You know that paid advertising is the fastest way to grow your business, but the fear of complex dashboards and wasting your budget on ads that don't work is holding you back. So you stick to slow, organic growth, leaving thousands of potential customers on the table. What if you could safely and confidently launch your first ad campaign with a budget of just $5 a day? Your First AI-Powered Ad is Day 17 of your 30-day challenge, and it's designed to demystify paid advertising. This book gives you a safe, simple...

Ring the Bell is the story of a home service entrepreneur who is called to follow his heart and build the business of his dreams. It’s a book unlike any others. It's a story of overcoming adversity and growing in mental toughness. It's a blueprint to making more money than ever before. It's a outline for serving and giving back at the highest level.

In this provocative yet practical book, renowned speaking coach and communication expert Nick Morgan highlights recent research that shows how humans are programmed to respond to the nonverbal cues of others--subtle gestures, sounds, and signals--that elicit emotion. He then provides a clear, useful framework of seven "power cues" that will be essential for any leader in business, the public sector, or almost any context. You'll learn crucial skills, from measuring nonverbal signs of confidence to the art and practice of gestures and vocal tones.

More importantly, the world needs your humanized leadership. You must create trust, clearly communicate, coach powerfully, and customize every step of the way to the various types of people you are privileged to lead. This leader is ever aware that other humans execute the processes which drive the profits—people are always at the center.

James Williams is faced with a choice: continue to work for Wells Fargo with their high-pressure sales and unethical business practices or try to find a different job during “The Great Recession” of 2008. James finds that trying to be ethical in such an environment threatens not only his job but also his mental health to the point where he sees only one option to escape. Going Down the Far Well relates a first-hand account of the inner workings of Wells Fargo’s business practices as well as the toll it took on its employees.

Success doesn’t always come with a silver spoon. I know because I started at the bottom — overcoming challenges, breaking stereotypes, and redefining what success really means. This story isn’t just about my personal triumph. It’s about paving the way for others to thrive, inspire by example, and share knowledge that changes lives.