Small Leadership

Build the Damn Thing Now: A Business Owners Guide for Becoming More is a must-listen for every CEO, entrepreneur, and small business owner alike. After you listen to this audiobook, you'll have everything you need to become a boss CEO and key builder in each department in your company.

Starting a buѕinеѕѕ iѕ оnе оf the most complicated, difficult, and rewarding experiences available, yet worth every effort and cost when it succeeds. Unfortunately, too many entrepreneurs jump in without building a strong еnоugh foundation to survive. Straightforward yet соmрrеhеnѕivе, this guide iѕ the ultimate tool уоu nееd tо turn your small business idea into an income-producing company in 30 days!

Many business audiobooks fuel unrealistic notions about what a good idea looks like, how fast a founder should attract investment, and how quickly growth will take off. The problem with this mythology is that it can sometimes end with entrepreneurs abandoning their dreams too soon if they don't see immediate results. In The Hockey Stick Principles, author Bobby Martin shifts his focus away from all the hype about rapid growth and the pursuit of funding and instead takes a look at the real process behind getting a good idea off the ground.

An organization's future success depends on their decision makers' ability to anticipate changes and disruptions in the marketplace. This book provides the information you need to anticipate the future, understand tomorrow's market dynamics, and make the necessary decisions to meet the future on your terms. Small Data, Big Disruptions lets you exploit the period between the moment you could know about emerging disruptions and the moment most everybody will know about it. It's the difference between being ahead of the curve and struggling to catch up.

Are you struggling to turn your small business dreams into reality? Do you feel stuck in a cycle of setbacks and disappointments? Have you ever wondered what separates successful entrepreneurs from those who never quite make it? In "Small Business Growth Strategies - Self-Made Millionaire Journey: From Failure to Success in Business," Nafeez shares his hard-earned wisdom and practical insights. He doesn't just tell you what to do; he shows you how to do it, step by step, drawing from his own experiences of both failure and triumph.

Did you know that what helps elite athletes and coaches perform better under pressure applies directly to the world of business? The author of this audiobook, Dave “Dr. Dave” Striegel, draws on his experiences with world-class athletes to help you pursue excellence as the leader of a small business. Take Your Shot is about the day-to-day actions and interactions that move the needle. How you mentally prepare to lead, communicate your expectations, and offer feedback are building blocks of leadership.

Every household should have a home-based business. Entrepreneurship for Survival will offer why this is the case and show you the steps to make it your reality. All it takes is guts, timing, and the right knowledge. Entrepreneurship for Survival is your path to gaining these critical components of success.

Target Funding is a strategic guide to funding opportunities aimed at specific types of businesses and business owners. You'll learn about all the options available to you - including conventional, alternative, and diversity funding - and how to access them based on your needs and your demographic, industry, location, and other variables.

Do you remember the class in high school where they taught you how to find, interview, and hire great employees? Or was it in college? What class was it again? Oh yeah, no one teaches you how to hire. On top of that, the only books on hiring I could find were written for large businesses with thousands of employees about hiring executives. This audiobook is for 90 percent of small business owners out there wanting to hire 1-20 employees. You can hire high achievers and let your competitors have low achievers.

Do you love the idea of Appreciative Inquiry, but you’re not sure how you would put it into practice? This book is the step-by-step guide to get you started using it confidently with teams and small groups. Author Andy Smith has over 15 years’ experience of facilitating Appreciative Inquiry processes. He has trained hundreds of people in how to put the theory of Appreciative Inquiry into practice – now let him share with you practical tips and formats for implementing each stage of the process.

Project Management for Small Projects shows you how to tailor bureaucratic planning processes to a sleek minimum while still keeping your project running like a well-oiled machine. This third edition has been updated to align with the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and provides new tools, templates, and techniques to support the revised processes. In addition, there is new material on agile project management and on the essential leadership skills for small-project managers.

If you're a business executive, owner, or manager, you'll appreciate Terry's clear insights into how to deal with the kinds of challenges you face when trying to run and grow your business to higher levels. If you think coaching is anything like consulting, think again...because Terry's methods are very different and yield extraordinary results. Each of the 32 chapters is filled with insights, examples, and concrete direction to take potential coaches and turn them into highly successful coaches.

On the 10th night of co-owning the first restaurant, Cliff thought they would run out of money. Eight days later, there was a line at the front door, and for the next five years, the restaurant hit sales and record profits. Next, Cliff co-founded one of the best wine bars in Atlanta and then one of the best steakhouses in the United States. From there, he opened one of the best seafood restaurants in the county. Over the next 14 years, he helped make the restaurants more profitable than the average independent restaurants.

This is an audiobook for people with ideas. Do you make plans that never get implemented? Are they overly complicated and fail because you simply can't stop planning until it's perfect? Or do you refuse to plan because you care only about getting things done, but end up failing and causing chaos for those closest to you (spouse, partners, teammates, etc.)? Do you end up reworking projects instead of accomplishing your goals?

At the heart of this comprehensive resource is a practical approach to innovation based on specific timetables, compensation structures, and financial investments. Respected thought leaders in lean startup methodologies, the authors cover successful enterprise development, development innovation labs, corporate venture arms, and acquisition and integration of startups.

People are a company’s greatest asset, and the smaller the business, the more intimately connected employees are to the purpose. Yet small businesses are often ill-equipped at the process of hiring and training the new employees they need to function and grow. But with the right tools and information, hiring well is a skill you can learn. Laura Nelson breaks the hiring process down into clear, easy-to-follow steps that make finding and hiring talent a productive and enjoyable experience.

No matter where you are on your journey, this audiobook is the perfect tool for you to take your skill set and success to the next level, with information and strategies that will help you achieve your goals. Essential Small Business Leadership Skills will teach you all of the things that you need to develop your organization and structure, achieve small business growth, and complete complex business tasks.

Six Disciplines Leadership Centers are dedicated to helping small businesses achieve and sustain success. Six Disciplines for Excellence provides six fundamental business principles that are specifically designed to help small businesses move beyond momentary success to attain enduring excellence. This audiobook is not for those who are looking for a quick fix. Six Disciplines for Excellence is a long-term fitness program, not a fad diet.

You can run a better business with these simple words of wisdom. What if you could remember nuggets of business wisdom like lines from your favourite songs? Is it possible to condense a smart business idea into one memorable line that makes it unforgettable? Blogger and marketing specialist Russ Hughes thinks it is and has built two successful businesses doing so. Get business insights to inspire, challenge, and motivate. Aimed to help you run a better business, but hold tight; there is no hanging around!

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.