Leadership Essentials

A quick-and-easy guide to core business and career concepts - no MBA required. The ability to negotiate a deal. Confidence to oversee staff. Complete, accurate monitoring of expenses. In today's business world, these are must-have skills. But all too often, comprehensive business books turn the important details of best practices into tedious listening that would put even a CEO to sleep. From hiring and firing to strategizing and calculating revenues, Negotiating 101 is an easy-to-understand road map of today's complex business world.

This is a great book for beginners or those seeking general knowledge about the subject matter. It explores workplace diversity and investigative report writing. It examines employee age, race, religion, handicaps, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation by focusing on the challenges these individuals face as well as their value to organizations. It also defines and describes all relevant sections of investigative report writing including the Executive Summary, Opening, Incident, Scope, Interviews, Analysis, Conclusion, and Recommendations.

Recent trends suggest that we are moving out of a recession - fairly labeled The Great Recession - into a recovery phase characterized by high unemployment with growth. As such, the business road ahead will be challenging. Growth will be harder to achieve and business failure will be more prevalent. But the best of America's growth businesses will pass through this cycle to experience renewed and hopeful growth in contrast to the high failure rate of those who fail to grow. The numbers are proving this to be the extreme case - a higher upside with a greater failure rate.

Before dinner tonight, you will see hundreds of emails, ads, tweets, and posts. Yet by tomorrow morning, so much of these will be forgotten. Except, that is, for the stories. The ability to find, shape, and share your own most essential stories - told one to one and one to many - is one of your greatest assets as a leader.

Discover how to improve your leadership skills by establishing a vision, inspiring others and championing high performance. Learn how to focus your energy, build relationships and develop strategies for success - as well as the best ways to lead in difficult situations, such as through a period of business change.

Many people do not realize the pain that some leaders carry. So much pressure is placed upon them that they are afraid to be seen as weak or vulnerable, so they hold in their feelings. Leaders often pour out everything they have to others, only to be betrayed and hurt by the people they love. A wounded leader is someone in leadership who has injured feelings, scars from past experiences, and damage to their soul. Does this definition sound like you?

Stop settling for being better when you are capable of being best. The key to being your best is to free yourself from the limitation of what is normal. Author Stephen M. Law guides you to the best of your potential in a concise and encouraging way and helps you unleash the essentials to break out of the box and achieve true success. Using personal and motivational stories, Stephen will leave you feeling ready to make a difference.

Estoy escribiendo este libro para ayudar a los líderes cristianos en su lugar de trabajo. Quiero compartir cómo apliqué principios fundamentales de administración que encontré en la Biblia para tener éxito en el lugar de trabajo. Esta publicación pretende ser una herramienta que le ayude como líder cristiano a crecer en sabiduría y crecer en su habilidad para usar las escrituras y la guía del Espíritu Santo, para guiarlo hacia el éxito en cualquier posición de liderazgo en la cual usted se encuentre.

Hailed as America’s greatest civil rights advocate, Martin Luther King, Jr. inspired the people of the United States to demand equality, regardless of the color of their skin. And he did it peacefully. Time may have passed, but in today’s world, his teachings are needed more than ever. With Martin Luther King, Jr.’s wisdom and unwavering dedication to making the opposition listen, you can become a peaceful leader and advocate for the way the world should look, no matter who stands in your way.

The Harvard Business School has its own boot camp, and you're the prize recruit. Let leading marketing consultant Mark Stevens teach you the strategies of the business world's most rewarding training program...without the big tuition pricetag.

I spent all my formative years at work, growing up as a farmhand to farmers. It does not matter what age you are, what stage in life you are, what career you are in. These lessons apply. I wish everyone could have worked on the farm for at least one summer. It was life-changing. But since many of you did not, you can get a little taste of the experience, laugh a little, cry a little, but through it all learn the lessons, apply the lessons, and share them with others.

Growing your business sounds easy. But successful sales and marketing is hard. Is your business failing to realize its true potential? It might be that your sales and marketing are holding you back. Learn how to market more convincingly, sell more successfully, and manage more effectively. In Sticky Sales and Marketing, Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD breaks down sales and marketing strategies in a coherent story-driven process and highlights what works and what doesn’t. Through personal stories and eye-opening insights, he shares how businesses and organizations can promote their products and ...

I have been in hospitality management for over 40 years and have been “mismanaging” my own life for over 60. Management One-Point-Oh is the culmination of what I have learned and what I have not learned. It's about both. I wrote it mostly for fun but also with the aim of saving some folks, particularly young managers, from themselves and to describe, in simple detail, what I think are the primary differences between bad, good, and great managers.

Leadership Lessons from the Bible: Unlock Timeless Wisdom from Biblical Leaders for Personal and Professional Success! Could it be said that you are searching for a pragmatic leadership wisdom that endures for the long haul? Jump profound into the pages of "Leadership Lessons from the Bible," a powerful and insightful gathering of leadership principles drawn from the existences of notorious Biblical figures. Written by Eturuvie Erebor, this book explores how these ancient stories and leaders provide invaluable lessons for today's personal and professional success. Unlock Leadership Secrets ...

James Pizzola presents a compelling and inclusive guide for anyone seeking to excel in a managerial role. Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to management, this book is your road map to becoming a successful leader.

One thing I bet every successful organization has is a great staff filled with people working in various area, all doing their best to keep the business they are employed by moving forward. Like any military force throughout the world, the staff needs a leader, and sometimes more than one, to make sure everyone in the business is organized, informed, and moving toward the main goal that the company is trying to achieve.

Leadership is more than just being in a position to lead. It’s about living life “on” purpose, having a great attitude, and being grateful and kind. Leadership requires a commitment to building character in yourself and others. You must also practice perseverance while helping those you lead to stop the blame game, eliminate excuses, and move beyond fear. As a leader, you have a responsibility to facilitate greatness in others and in so doing you leave your own legacy.

Integrity is not a sound bite. It is your expression of truth. This book you hold invites you on a journey to that truth. It will be an interesting ride—not to a destination, but to a richer state of being. Integrity is whole, entire, undiminished and connected integrated you might say. Inside and out. In our world of rapid change and disruption, this invitation arrives for such a time as this. We are in slow motion compared to where we are headed. The one essential thing is more valuable than ever. It will forever change how you think of ROI. It is a return worth investing in.

If you are a current manager, or aspiring to a management position, this is your invaluable guide to the skills and techniques you need to succeed. Michael Armstrong's best-selling handbook provides in-depth coverage and practical guidance on improving the three crucial areas of management:- Managing people- Managing activities and processes- Managing and developing yourself.

Congratulations! You’ve made it to your teens! This is an important phase of life, packed with discoveries about yourself, the people around you, and the world you live in. The teenage years mark the beginning of a new chapter where you’ll figure out what being an adult is all about. You’ll begin to settle into WHO you are, HOW you feel, and WHAT you want from life.