Virtual Leadership

Doing the little things right leads to doing the big things right. You only live your life once and you spend most of your precious time at work. That’s why the company you work for determines your life’s purpose and that’s why it ought to be a great one! How can you tell? Regardless of what you do, this book will help you. This book is the third in the Excellence in Business Leadership series and covers the methods of both well run great and poorly run suboptimal companies. Methods of Excellence shows the great versus suboptimal contrast through the eyes of four employees, four ...

The company you work for determines your life's purpose and it ought to be a great one! This book covers the foundations of both great and unsuccessful companies and shows that contrast through the eyes of four employees, four friends you'll get to know. Foundations of Excellence provides both the leader and employee a top level lens to examine your business by contrasting great companies with suboptimal. That contrast will help you judge how you’re doing now, enhance what’s right, and correct shortcomings.

BUILD YOUR BUSINESS WITH THIS PROVEN INFLUENCER MARKETING STRATEGY Leverage your time, make a difference, and monetize your message! Experts, entrepreneurs, and leaders market through books, videos, and media. You can, too! Successful serial entrepreneur, TV writer-producer, and bestselling author Aurora Winter, MBA, reveals how you can use this Thought Leader Launch™ marketing and branding strategy to reach, raise, and make millions. Your book is the ultimate marketing asset and referral tool. It can create a tipping point for your business, startup, nonprofit, church, or organization. A...

In the scorching oven of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the roots of an incredible bond between two Marine squad leaders are forged in the flames of combat. Marines are dying, things are messed up with command, and new forces led by a veteran Taliban leader have returned to the area of operations. Making things worse, the Taliban have smuggled in from Iran a new weapons system previously NEVER seen in Afghanistan. These two squad leaders -- Sergeant Morgan and Corporal Dean -- are about to face the biggest test of their lives. Orders from above will clash with realities on the ground. And ...

No activity in organisations is more important than decision making. Unconscious biases, however, cloud our view, and threaten our ability to make optimal, rational decisions. These biases impact our thinking without us even being aware of it and so, because we don't see our own unconscious biases, we often feel our decisions are based purely on "merit". This is not so. This book will lift the cloud, explain why decisions made purely on merit are generally a "myth", and show you how unconscious bias impacts your decisions. This book will then provide you with practical strategies to ...

This book uses slaying dragons as a metaphor for dealing with problems in life. It begins by telling the Dragon Slayer story and the lesson it provides. We can prepare for many of the challenges we face in life and despite problems, live a happy, fulfilling life. This book goes beyond “how to” and provides an inspiring journey of self-discovery. We will look at what makes a “Hero.” We need to be the hero in our own journey through the trials and tests of life. Adversity reveals our true nature and can remove our molded shell created my conformity. We need adversity to shape and ...

To create a link from now to the future, emerging leaders and managers need to create or fine-tune goals and strategies. This “what to do and why” is of critical importance. After all, business leaders have invested greatly in capabilities to bring about innovation and creativity. Yet these pursuits won’t result in anything concrete if you don’t understand what’s needed to formulate and carry out a strategy. There are so many books and resources on strategy and strategic planning that you can wind up feeling confused and overwhelmed. However, this book is different. It’s written...

Do you want sustained success? Are you ready to become a Ronin Leader? The Art of Executing Ronin Leadership Strategies - Planning, Alignment, Continuous Improvement follows on the heels of author Mike Howard's bestselling book, The Art or Ronin Leadership - Strategy, Execution, Sustained Success. In that first book, Mike described his own journey of leadership spanning over 40 years as a Police Officer, CIA Operative/Leader and Chief Security officer at Microsoft. That book gave the reader the definition of a Ronin Leader. In this new book, Mike shows the reader the "how to" of Ronin ...

Emperor Tiberius: Life and Reign offers a comprehensive and nuanced exploration of one of Rome’s most enigmatic emperors. Tiberius, who ruled from AD 14 to AD 37, has often been portrayed through the lens of his reclusive and autocratic later years, but this book aims to provide a balanced view, shedding light on both his achievements and controversies. From his birth into the prominent Claudian family and his early military successes to his complex relationships with Augustus and his mother Livia, Tiberius’ life is a tapestry of ambition, duty, and personal struggle. His rise to power ...

The Impact of Influence Vol. 8, Lessons Learned from Influencers is overflowing with wisdom from visionary author, Chip Baker, and other powerful influencers who have discovered their paths to success. They are influencing many and impacting generations. The inspirational stories within the pages of this book will inspire you to make a positive difference for those around you.

In a world where success is often measured by numbers, profit margins, and rapid growth, Mitch Deutsch’s The Spiritual Entrepreneur offers a refreshing perspective on what it truly means to be successful. This transformative guide is for anyone who feels trapped by the conventional definition of achievement—a high-paying job, an expanding company, or a lucrative business—but still senses something is missing. The journey to spiritual entrepreneurship begins with a sense of awakening, and Mitch Deutsch invites you to explore this journey through the story of Sarah, a successful tech ...

This book’s expanded edition includes two new sections, crisis management and organizational development, making it even better for those interested in the subject matter. Plant Manager's Reference Handbook discusses 12 essential skills of plant managers including delegation, organization, recruitment, motivation, communication, strategic, training, decision making, emotional intelligence, problem-solving, sales, and political. Quality Assurance in Manufacturing describes the topic, discusses its implementation, talks about the advantages and challenges involved, notes methods of ...

The organizations we work for destroy confidence We starve professionals of information, direction, psychological safety, and purpose by isolating workers in cubicles, teams into silos, and decisions into oblivion. Individuals drift and become alienated, waiting for direction that never comes. This way of working…is not working. When individuals work in teams, they create value The Collaboration Equation helps individuals be professionals, teams take pride in their work, and companies become more resilient. This guide enables you to build visual systems where people can see their work ...

Unlock the Future of Leadership with AI In AI-Powered Leadership — Revolutionize Your Business Strategy with Generative AI, discover how cutting-edge AI technologies like ChatGPT can transform your approach to leadership and strategic decision-making. This book provides actionable frameworks and real-world case studies from top executives who have successfully leveraged AI to drive innovation, improve customer engagement, and lead their companies to new heights. What You Will Learn: How to integrate generative AI into high-level decision-making processes Frameworks for transforming ...

Both a compilation of the latest team-based research and a compelling leadership case-study fable, Leading Teams is a unique resource for both seasoned and emerging leaders. Their comprehensive research is encapsulated in a single diagram—the Team Leadership Pyramid—which helps the reader visualize the different elements that are essential to team success.

In this controversial new work, Jeffrey L. Buller, the author of Positive Academic Leadership and Change Leadership in Higher Education, argues that nearly every initiative undertaken to improve higher education in the last fifty years—merit pay systems, student course evaluations, faculty evaluation, outcomes assessment, program review, external college rankings, strategic planning, and the like—has actually had the opposite effect. In addition, he argues that current approaches to accreditation have failed, “administrative bloat” is not the leading cause of tuition increases at ...

Are you planning on living a more reclusive and individualistic lifestyle? Many struggle with loneliness. Something changes in their lives, and they find themselves in a new situation of isolation, not knowing how to cope with the overwhelmingly negative feelings that it brings them. Others struggle with the opposite. They enjoy being alone and want to spend more quality time in their own company, but they submit to the cultural pressure to be active participants in society or waste their precious alone time on unhealthy habits. Both cases suffer from a dearth of solitude, the positive ...

Being a young pastor in a local church can prove to be challenging and rewarding. The Apostle Paul wrote this letter to Timothy who was a young pastor in Ephesus. Paul was familiar with the Ephesian people since he had stopped there on his third missionary journey and started the church in Ephesus. The letter to Timothy is a letter full of advice and encouragement for the young pastor. Paul had been Timothy's mentor since they first met when Timothy was about 16 years of age. Paul instructs Timothy on proper worship, women in the church, qualifications of elders and deacons, treatment of ...

Caroline described her life as ordinary. She and her husband, Greg, lived a comfortable life in a large house in a quaint coastal New England town north of Boston. Her two grown daughters lived nearby. To alleviate her boredom, she had her best friend, Noel, a woman still as wild as she was when they met in college, who entertained Caroline with her tales of world travels and romantic encounters. And so life went on…until one day, Caroline returned from walking her dog to find her life turned upside down. She was suddenly immersed in a terrifying mystery and nothing would ever be the same...

Resiliency in Christian leadership does not get enough attention. We don’t want to think about bad things happening to good Christian leaders, but they do. No one wants to think that they may face someone who wants them to be fired. Christian leaders face difficult situations every day. This book addresses the pastor or Christian leader who has done nothing wrong and is unjustly attacked leading to their losing their ministry. This book examines how they can have the resiliency - the grit - to bounce back and go on to another church or ministry leader position. This book talks about what ...