The podcasts are based on casual chats about business books. I invite an entrepreneur to bring along a book that they think has something great to offer a business person. The podcasts main purpose is to let other business people get an idea of what the book’s about and if that book is a good fit fo…
Spring Break has sprung and as we do every year, to give us the time to play with the kids and forget a bit about work, we are republishing a popular interview from past seasons. Widgets The 12 New Rules for Managing Your Employees as if They’re Real People By Rodd Wagner New York Times bestselling…
Spark How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success by Angie Morgan, Courtney Lynch, Sean Lynch Leadership isn’t about a job title, it’s about action and behavior. In SPARK, entrepreneurs, business consultants and military Veterans Angie Morgan, Courtney Lynch, and Sean Lynch show how anyone can become an extraordinary leader by embracing seven key…
The Reid Method A Blueprint for Achieving Sales Mastery by Everold Reid Success in sales is tougher than ever to achieve. There is more competition and customers have more choice, information, and advanced technology available to them than ever. Sometimes it seems that they know more about your product or service and the competition than…
All Dreams on Deck Charting the Course for Your Life and Work by Jeremy Cage Set sail for the adventure of your life and work! As Katie Couric, journalist, author and Yahoo Global News Anchor attests, “Jeremy Cage has written a great book that everyone who thinks about how to better balance work-life issues would…
Fix It Getting Accountability Right by Roger Connors, Tom Smith, Craig Hickman, Tracy Skousen, Marcus Nicolls The hugely popular bestselling authors of The Oz Principle take readers to the next level of experiencing the results of personal and team accountability by revealing the sixteen accountability traits that lie at the heart of success for individuals…
The Analytical Marketer How to Transform Your Marketing Organization by Adele Sweetwood Analytics are driving big changes, not only in what marketing departments do but in how they are organized, staffed, led, and run. Leaders are grappling with issues that range from building an analytically driven marketing organization and determining the kinds of structure and…
Managing Online Reputation How to Protect Your Company on Social Media Charlie Pownall Managing Online Reputation is a comprehensive look at online reputation management. Drawing on recent examples of organizations managing their online reputations effectively and ineffectively, it provides a practical and visual tool-kit of processes and techniques to help limit and respond effectively to…
Good Authority How to Become the Leader Your Team Is Waiting For by Jonathan Raymond Imagine a world where personal and professional growth are one thing, where improving your relationships and owning your strengths at work translate directly into the rest of your life. Creating a company culture like that is not a dream. Through…
The Employee Experience How to Attract Talent, Retain Top Performers, and Drive Results by Tracy Maylett, Matthew Wride Want a profit-enhancing Customer Experience? Start with the Employee Experience. The Employee Experience helps organizations attract and retain top talent, and reveals the secrets for building a deeply engaged workforce. With insights into the dynamics of trust and…
The New Alpha Join the Rising Movement of Influencers and Changemakers Who are Redefining Leadership by Danielle Harlan If you want to make an impact in your work, your life, and the world at large it’s time to scrap the traditional thinking about leadership. The game is changing. Power is shifting. And a brave new…
5% More Making Small Changes to Achieve Extraordinary Results by Michael Alden We talk about how small changes lead to big results that stick.It’s a painless route to change, with results that can last a lifetime. Whether you want to boost your health, wealth, or wisdom, this book reveals a key technique that makes it…
Etiquette Edge The Unspoken Rules for Business Success by Beverly Langford Intelligence, ambition, and skill can take you a long way to achieving your career goals – but no matter where or with whom you work, one of the factors most essential to your success is knowing how to act and interact with your colleagues.…
100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings How to Get By Without Even Trying Paperback by Sarah Cooper Funny because it’s true. From the creator of the viral sensation “10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings” (5+ million views and hundreds of thousands of shares) comes the must-have book you never knew you needed, 100…
Supervision Matters 100 Bite-Sized Ideas to Transform You and Your Team by Rita Sever I have a lovely chat with Rita and we cover a lot of ground. Her book does the same thing and with 50 chapters it also presents a this vast amount of information in an easy to access formate. So even…
The 10% Entrepreneur Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job by Patrick J. McGinnis Becoming a full-time entrepreneur can look glamorous from the outside. Who doesn’t want to chase their dreams, be their own boss, and do what they love? But the truth is that entrepreneurship is often a slog, with no regular…
Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO 50 Indispensable Tips to Help You Stay Afloat, Bounce Back, and Get Ahead at Work by Beverly E. Jones Education plus experience once guaranteed a successful career, but no more! Now success depends on your ability to adapt. You must be agile, willing to adjust your professional expectations,…
The Trusted Executive Nine Leadership Habits that Inspire Results, Relationships and Reputation by John Blakey and Paul Polman The topic of trust has been a much discussed issue since the recent global financial crisis. However, the business world’s response has lagged behind, and trust in organizations and corporations remains low. This book helps leaders create…
Everydata The Misinformation Hidden in the Little Data You Consume Every Day by John H. Johnson While everyone is talking about “big data,” the truth is that understanding the “little data”–the stats that underlie newspaper headlines, stock reports, weather forecasts, and so on–is what helps you make smarter decisions at work, at home, and in…
Mobilized An Insider’s Guide to the Business and Future of Connected Technology by SC Moatti SC Moatti, a Silicon Valley veteran who was an executive with Facebook, Trulia, and Nokia, gives businesses and professionals simple ways to thrive in this modern day “gold rush.” More than a book on technology, this is a book about…
Execution Excellence Making Strategy Work Using the Balanced Scorecard by Sanjiv Anand Execution Excellence is the practitioner’s guide to real-world implementation. Designed by a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) thought leader with 30 years of experience and over 300 global implementations under his belt across a range of industry sectors, this guide gives you a hands-on framework…
Honesty Sells How To Make More Money and Increase Business Profits by Colleen Francis and Steven Gaffney Looking for an edge in today’s tough selling market? Honesty Sells challenges you to abandon clichéd sales techniques that rely on manipulation and deceit. Instead, by being honest and open with clients, you will be rewarded with long-term,…
Equal Is Unfair America’s Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality by Don Watkins, Yaron Brook We’ve all heard that the American Dream is vanishing, and that the cause is rising income inequality. The rich are getting richer by rigging the system in their favor, leaving the rest of us to struggle just to keep our heads…
SPECIAL ADDITION INTERVIEW – Part 2 of 2 5 Amazing Books by Joseph Michelli The Starbucks Experience Leading the Starbucks Way The New Gold Standard Prescription for Excellence The Zappos Experience WAKE UP AND SMELL THE SUCCESS! You already know the Starbucks story. Since 1992, its stock has risen a staggering 5,000 percent! The genius of…
SPECIAL ADDITION INTERVIEW – Part 1 of 2 5 Amazing Books by Joseph Michelli The Starbucks Experience Leading the Starbucks Way The New Gold Standard Prescription for Excellence The Zappos Experience WAKE UP AND SMELL THE SUCCESS! You already know the Starbucks story. Since 1992, its stock has risen a staggering 5,000 percent! The genius of Starbucks…
Stragility Excelling at Strategic Changes by Ellen R. Auster, Lisa Hillenbrand Success in business demands an organization that is agile, innovative, and alert, capable of reinventing itself to handle whatever comes its way. Yet most attempts at transformational change fail, hamstrung by poor strategy, office politics, stakeholder resistance, and the pressures of constant transformation. In…
Connected Leadership How to build a more agile, customer-driven business by Simon Hayward Connected Leadership provides a clear, practical guide for leaders of organizations who wish to create a more connected, agile and customer-oriented organization in a digitally connected, customer-driven 21st century business environment. It lays out the key factors of the connected organization and…
MAGIC Five Keys to Unlock the Power of Employee Engagement by Tracy Maylett and Paul Warner Employees and leaders intuitively know that when we find a place where we can throw our hearts, spirits, minds, and hands into our work, we are happier, healthier, and produce better results. Yet, most struggle to understand exactly why…
Content Inc. How Entrepreneurs Use Content to Build Massive Audiences and Create Radically Successful Businesses by Joe Pulizzi The NEW Rulebook for Entrepreneurial Success What’s the surest way to startup failure? Follow old, outdated rules. In Content Inc., one of today’s most sought-after content-marketing strategists reveals a new model for entrepreneurial success. Simply put, it’s…
Nonstop Sales Boom Powerful Strategies to Drive Consistent Growth Year After Year by Colleen Francis In this interview I talk with a sales professional that rally knows his business. We have a fun time chatting and reminiscing, but in the end what comes through is that sales is a profession and should be approached on…
It’s My Pleasure The Impact of Extraordinary Talent and a Compelling Culture by Dee Ann Turner I have a charming conversation with the wonderfully accented Dee Ann who’s commitment to the people and the business she helps run comes through in this heartfelt interview. Businesses are built by growing relationships with customers. Culture is created…
Contagious Culture Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization that Thrives by Anese Cavanaugh You are about to enter a new era of leadership. With more competition, more connectedness, and more opportunities than ever before, this exciting new era demands a workplace culture that is collaborative, productive, energized, and contagious. A culture…
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels Hardcover by Alex Epstein For decades, environmentalists have told us that using fossil fuels is a self-destructive addiction that will destroy our planet. Yet at the same time, by every measure of human well-being, from life expectancy to clean water to climate safety, life has been getting better and…
Think to Win Unleashing the Power of Strategic Thinking by Paul Butler, John F. Manfredi, Peter Klein The proven plan for making strategic thinking part of any organization s DNA to drive sustainable growth In today s ultra-competitive business world, the difference between success and failure lies in the ability to get every employee to…
The Purpose Is Profit The Truth about Starting and Building Your Own Business by Ed “Skip” McLaughlin, Wyn Lydecker and Paul McLaughlin In this Business book interview I have a great chat with Ed and we meander through a fascinating series of topics that relate to this informative and insightful book. If you’re tired of…
It’s Already Inside Nurturing Your Innate Leadership for Business and Life Success by Robert S. Murray Robert Murray knows the answer for you is “Yes.” You simply have to discover and cultivate those talents you’ve always had. Whether you want to be CEO of a large corporation, lead a sales team, inspire your organization, or…
The Marketing Revolution in Politics What Recent U.S. Presidential Campaigns Can Teach Us About Effective Marketing by Bruce I. Newman In 2008, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign used an innovative combination of social media, big data, and micro-targeting to win the White House. In 2012, the campaign did it again, further honing those marketing tools and…
Simple Sabotage A Modern Field Manual for Detecting and Rooting Out Everyday Behaviors That Undermine Your Workplace by Robert M. Galford, Bob Frisch, Cary Greene Inspired by the Simple Sabotage Field Manual released by the Office of Strategic Services in 1944 to train European resistors, this is the essential handbook to help stamp out unintentional…
Be Bad First Get Good at Things Fast to Stay Ready for the Future by Erika Andersen We are operating in a world defined by constant connection, rapid change, and abundant choices. News that once took months, even years, to spread now reaches across the globe in seconds. Advances in medicine and science are pushing…
Peril of Thyself by Mark Mozeson After 30 years of clawing his way to the top, Fred Fallon is within reach of becoming CEO of global professional services giant -Spectrum. To become the anointed successor to Arthur Hegland, Fallon must agree to support a divestiture he believes will threaten his success. Will he compromise to…
Driven to Delight Delivering World-Class Customer Experience the Mercedes-Benz Way by Joseph Michelli Filled with exclusive front-seat insights from Mercedes-Benz employees, eye-opening testimonials from passionate Mercedes-Benz fans, and solid nuts-and-bolts advice for creating your own consumer-aligned road map, Driven to Delight will help you retool your strategies, reignite your customers, and refuel your team for…
Innovation and Entrepreneurship A Growth Model for Europe Beyond the Crisis by Daria Tataj To increase productivity and create value, businesses and companies need to innovate. But how is innovation created? And how can entire regions, countries, and continents innovate in a fast changing world where the old economies have broken down? Dr. Tataj proposes…
If You Really Want to Change the World A Guide to Creating, Building, and Sustaining Breakthrough Ventures by Henry Kressel, Norman Winarsky Silicon Valley’s latest trend for creating new ventures is based on trial and error: test market needs with new product concepts and a minimum amount of capital, expect that the product may not…
RE:THiNK 11 surprising things you should do now to win retail customers in the digital age by Jennie Gilbert, James Kane Jr. Independent retailers of durable goods like appliances, furniture, mattresses and home electronics don’t have time or money to waste trying to adopt the latest broader retail fads. You need practical, actionable advice that…
Driven by Difference How Great Companies Fuel Innovation Through Diversity by David Livermore Today’s workforce is more diverse than ever before. But despite new perspectives and talents, the promise of increased innovation rarely materializes. Why are so few businesses seeing results? Studies show that diverse teams are more creative than homogenous ones, but only when…
Collective Disruption How Corporations & Startups Can Co-Create Transformative New Businesses by Michael Docherty Too often, disruption is a bad word something you don’t see coming. It doesn’t have to be that way. This book is about changing that paradigm and learning to embrace disruption through collaboration. Whether you’re an executive trying to drive growth…
Operational Empowerment Collaborate, Innovate, and Engage to Beat the Competition by Shawn Casemore In today’s competitive global environment, it takes more than the pursuit of operational excellence for a business to succeed. If you want to maximize your potential, improve your productivity, and increase your profits you need to engage the people who offer the…
Millennials Who Manage How to Overcome Workplace Perceptions and Become a Great Leader by Chip Espinoza, Joel Schwarzbart Millennials will be our next great generation of leaders. Today, however, as they move into management, they face difficult practical challenges. Millennials Who Manage is a complete, research-based guide to overcoming those challenges, delivering outstanding performance, and…
Your Strategy Needs a Strategy How to Choose and Execute the Right Approach by Martin Reeves, Knut Haanaes, Janmejaya Sinha Executives are bombarded with bestselling ideas and best practices for achieving competitive advantage, but many of these ideas and practices contradict each other. Should you aim to be big or fast? Should you create a…
Mastering the New Media Landscape Embrace the Micromedia Mindset by Barbara Cave Henricks, Rusty Shelton The giant brands that once dominated the media landscape—Oprah, the New York Times, NPR, CNN—have seen their monopoly on public attention smashed by the Internet and now find themselves competing with individuals and brands in a sea of micromedia: websites,…
Driving Demand Transforming B2B Marketing to Meet the Needs of the Modern Buyer by Carlos Hidalgo The way that buyers buy products and services has been changing for years. Customers are more informed, aware of their choices and smarter about purchasing decisions. Companies that want to survive in this buyer-led digital age have to become…
Serial Winner 5 Actions to Create Your Cycle of Success by Larry Weidel How Anyone Can Win Again and Again. We all know people who seem to move from success to success, with barely a pause or dip in between. They’re always excited about the next big project or goal. When trouble comes, they land…
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