Self Development Leadership

Are you tired of being seen as just another manager? Do you dream of inspiring your team to new heights? In a world where true leaders inspire and elevate, this book is your guide. Whether you're a seasoned manager, an aspiring leader, or simply seeking to command respect, discover how to unleash your leadership potential.

Discover the transformative power of resilience and triumph over adversity in 'Overcoming Adversity: Stories of Triumph.' In this compelling book, you will explore the inspiring journeys of individuals who have faced extraordinary challenges and emerged victorious. From navigating personal crises to overcoming discrimination, each story offers valuable insights and lessons on resilience, determination, and the human spirit. Through captivating narratives and practical strategies, 'Overcoming Adversity' explores how individuals have turned their setbacks into opportunities for growth and ...

Innovate Like Edison presents Edison's world-changing innovation methods as a cohesive, practical, and immediately applicable system. Based on three years of research, Innovate Like Edison offers listeners an in-depth view of Edison's comprehensive innovation approach - an analysis which has never previously been documented.

“Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” This quote is attributed to both Thomas Paine and Gen. George S. Patton. More likely Patton quoting Paine, but whatever it was they were both great leaders who changed the course of history, and the truth of the quote is profound because it calls on each and every one of us to make a choice.

Raegan Moya-Jones never thought of herself as an entrepreneur. She was full-time corporate cog in her 30s, with a family to help support. Sick of her micromanaging boss, she quietly started a company in the wee hours of the morning while her daughters were asleep - and once that side business, aden + anais, hit the $1 million mark in revenue, she quit to work on it full-time, which now generates over $100 million a year in revenue.

Why do some people get stressed while others stay calm, cool, and collected under pressure? According to renowned stress researcher Dr. Derek Roger, the answer lies in resilience - your ability to cope with challenges and thrive under adversity - rather than ruminating and obsessing over them. In lab-controlled studies, he discovered that the key to “managing” stress is to stop it before it starts. To be resilient, flexible, and ready for anything.

From the president of EMILY's List, a playbook for women changing the world in politics, business, or any arena, with a foreword from Vice Presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris. Run to Win is for all women who are looking to lead. Organized around the steps that EMILY's List coaches its candidates through (from deciding to run through celebrating victory), this book is full of essential lessons for any woman trying to succeed in a male-dominated field. Their arena is politics but their message is universal.

Our work-driven culture encourages us to take the entrepreneurial bait, but how can you know whether being an entrepreneur will end as a dream come true or a nightmare from which you cannot awake? Building on Bedrock will help answer that question. This book focuses on when you should take the leap and whether entrepreneurship is even the right thing for you. Based upon research, but told through the stories of American businessman and entrepreneur Sam Walton and others, this book discusses the who, what, when, where, how, how much, and why of successful entrepreneurs.

Whether it's the great American novel or a groundbreaking new app, many people want to create a Big Thing, but finding the motivation to get started, let alone complete the work, can be daunting. In The Big Thing, New York Times business writer and editor Phyllis Korkki combines real-life stories, science, and insights from her own experience to illuminate the factors that drive people to complete big creative projects - and the obstacles that threaten to derail success.

The Odyssey of Self-Discovery will help you discover your own unique growth pattern and find clarity about your own leadership values. With stories and insights from thought leaders, interviews with executives, as well as author Xinjin Zhao’s own experiences of triumph and struggle as a global business executive, it speaks to early- to mid-career aspiring leaders who are looking for ways to take their leadership to the next level. Along with the insights you will gain through the leadership exercises in each chapter, you will learn lessons such as: How to know yourself better How to lead ...

If you’re an entrepreneur who’s ever caught yourself saying, “I’ll be successful when…”, this audiobook is for you. Successful entrepreneurship isn’t about reaching a specific number in your bank account or a certain number of clients. It’s about discovering and living out your own definition of "enough", so you are fulfilled by whoever you are and whatever you have in the now while confidently moving toward your next goal.

Do you want to get to the top? Do you want to know how to rise above the crowd and become a leader in your field? Then this is the audiobook for you. In How to Get to the Top, best-selling author Jeffrey J. Fox combines his own experience as an extremely successful entrepreneur with lessons learned at the family dinner table by business leaders.

Former Ethiopian refugee Yonas Hagos shares his amazing story about his plight in Ethiopia, his emigration to the US, and the business journey he took to become the owner of dozens of restaurant franchises. From Scrappy to Self-Made describes how Hagos beat all the odds to become the owner of more than four dozen restaurant franchises that have earned him $10 million, and counting.

Without courage, there is no winning. After working over 5,000 hours with leadership teams in growth mode, Jill Young observed that true entrepreneurs thrive in courage rather than in fear. These business owners have a way of thinking that fuels larger-than-life ideas. They strived, failed, and fought their way to master the courage mindset. This is The Courage Advantage. In this book you'll discover three components that create the courage mindset - a valuable accelerator for heightening business excellence and company-wide innovation.

Kemi Nekvapil knows the feelings of fear, vulnerability and powerlessness. Growing up in foster care, many times she had the doors to validation and opportunity closed to her because of her race and gender. Learning to make her own choices and use her voice without apology were her first steps towards a bold, purpose-filled life. Now a highly respected executive and personal coach, Kemi has created a five-step process to guide other women to build their power and transform their lives through the principles of Presence, Ownership, Wisdom, Equality and Responsibility.

In Innovating Innovation, David Morey, one of America’s leading strategic consultants, will teach, coach, and guide you across 11 concrete and pragmatic steps that unlock and drive day-to-day innovation in your business and help you gain a long-term competitive advantage in your marketplace.

Westerners today grow up with abundant opportunities to determine their own values, identities, and roles in society. But for generations, millions who lived under Soviet rule in the USSR had these essential freedoms withheld, determined instead by a central authority that claimed the right to choose for them and enforce their compliance. Thirty years after the Soviet Union’s decisive collapse, the old communist paradigm continues to limit those who come of age in a post-Soviet world.

Learn the secrets behind becoming a better human. One thing that's not a secret? Doing so is a full-time job. It takes discipline to become a better human in your own life. Better Human is not just a book; it's a branded movement to help you excel at everything you do in life.

In this provocative book, Margaret Heffernan, former CEO and Fast Company contributor, fuses her own experience with that of hundreds of women to identify the biggest challenges and the best solutions that women face today. From VPs of Fortune 100 companies to entrepreneurs to women just starting their careers, she traces the patterns and themes underlying women's power, choices, love, sex, money, and other vital topics.

Persuasiveness. Influence. A certain something that makes it impossible for people to say no. Call it what you will, some people have it. DJ Sbu certainly does. It’s the quality that has helped him evolve from an ambitious boy growing up on Tembisa's rough streets to a DJ, an entrepreneur, an author, a philanthropist, and a speaker who graces stages around the world. In The Art of Hustling, Sbu shares the secrets to cultivating this irresistible quality.