Building Buildings

When it comes to recruiting, motivating, and creating great teams, Patty McCord says most companies have it all wrong. McCord helped create the unique and high-performing culture at Netflix, where she was chief talent officer. In her new book, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, she shares what she learned there and elsewhere in Silicon Valley.

Princess Shenette Zachary’s Reach Your Dreams Through Child Care is a powerful, well-thought-out, and insightful guide on ‘making it’ in the child care industry. It x-rayed, in depth, the conscious steps to building a child care empire.Without blandishment or compromise, she has unraveled the key to reaching your dreams through child care. Thanks to her firsthand experience, she meticulously broke each stage into sizable bits that can be easily comprehended by all - both beginners and professionals alike.

"Wish I had read this earlier in marriage!" -J.G. Smid Apart from the decision to follow Jesus, there is no greater decision a person makes than the choice to marry someone. For some people, marriage is a joyful experience - filled with delight. For others, married life is a daily struggle - filled with disappointments and disagreements. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is filled with good news for your marriage. As we meditate more and more on the nature of Christ's Gospel and its application to our daily lives, we begin to see that He has called us to apply His Gospel to every area of our lives...

America's Constitutional Republic is like no other. Most Americans recognize the names George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, but few can tell you their stories—much less that of James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, or Andrew Jackson. These seven men from the Founding Ear were America's first presidents. They established our republic on the foundation of the Constitution and its liberties.

Employees that don't take ownership of their work. Friction between departments. Inconsistent results. These are the top challenges that face most businesses today. These common issues create high turnover and force managers into crisis mode where they're consumed putting out daily fires. Over time, the very nature of the business changes and a new culture emerges; one shaped by the lowest level of acceptable behavior.

Unlock the Secrets to Managing Software Development! Building Better Software provides clear, actionable insights to help you lead your teams more effectively, ensuring that the software your team creates is well-designed, robust, and thoroughly tested. Author Martin J. Fenelon breaks down the complexities of software development into simple, actionable steps that project managers can follow, no matter their technical background. Discover how to guide your team confidently through every phase of the project lifecycle, regardless of delivery methodology. Learn how to identify warning signs, ...

This book is about mutual aid: why it is so important, what it looks like, and how to do it. It provides a grassroots theory of mutual aid, describes how mutual aid is a crucial part of powerful movements for social justice, and offers concrete tools for organizing, such as how to work in groups, how to foster a collective decision-making process, how to prevent and address conflict, and how to deal with burnout.

Multi-Unit Leadership: The 7 Stages of Building Profitable Stores Across Multiple Markets explores the art and science of 21st-century multiunit leadership, performance, and profitability. This best seller details the seven stages that high-performing area directors, regional managers, and multiunit franchisees must master as they grow from managing a single unit to leading multiple units.

Real estate wholesaling is not only the fastest and easiest way to get started in real estate investing; it is the fastest path to becoming a real estate millionaire as well. This book is the field manual that contains the strategies James Hodges used to go from making $17,000 per year as a personal trainer to making $1.1 million dollars in his first 12 months as a real estate wholesaler and has now used to help hundreds of investors launch and scale their own wholesaling businesses as well.

Terrific advice, insightful stories, and powerful life lessons curated by Dana Perino the #1 New York Times bestselling author of And the Good News Is . . . and beloved co-host of Fox News' The Five and America’s Newsroom, inspired by her friends and colleagues. I Wish Someone Had Told Me . . . is a blueprint for success in your life and career. An all-star line-up of Dana’s lifelong friends and Fox News personalities with wide-ranging talents and accomplishments share amazing stories about their own experiences, offering invaluable guidance and wisdom on a range of subjects.

The Quiet Legacy Series – Book Two What if your brand wasn’t just a marketing tool but a leadership act? Building Brands and Inspiring Futures is a bold, insightful guide for executives, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who are ready to align their personal brand with their deeper purpose. In this second volume of the Quiet Legacy Series, Candace Sinclair helps you uncover the voice, values, and vision that shape how others experience your leadership and your legacy. Whether you’re launching a new initiative or repositioning your message, you’ll find frameworks, real-world case ...

In Building Analytics Teams, John K. Thompson, with his 30+ years of experience and expertise, illustrates the fundamental concepts of building and managing a high-performance analytics team, including what to do, who to hire, projects to undertake, and what to avoid in the journey of building an analytically sound team. The core processes in creating an effective analytics team and the importance of the business decision-making life cycle are explored to help achieve initial and sustainable success.

How do you unleash the full potential of your brand, captivate your audience, and craft a compelling narrative that resonates? Imagine pouring your heart and soul into your business, only to struggle to stand out amidst a very crowded marketplace. Your audience feels out of reach, and you can’t help but feel that your brand lacks that magnetic pull that will turn casual observers into devoted customers. In an ever-evolving business landscape, it’s never been more crucial to connect with your audience and have a firm grasp of fundamental marketing principles. It’s time to create a ...

The 4 Stages of Building Wealth is your ultimate guide to mastering personal finance, building assets, and achieving lasting prosperity. Whether you're looking to retire early, create multiple streams of income, or secure your financial future, this wealth book provides a clear, actionable roadmap tailored to your success. Unlike other money books, this comprehensive guide builds on the proven principles of bestselling financial classics like Rich Dad Poor Dad and The Millionaire Next Door while offering a fresh, practical framework designed for today’s challenges. Whether you’re ...

With a nation seemingly more divided than ever, many worry that Americans risk losing ground on solving the complex, interrelated problems the country faces - including rising inequality, the specter of climate change, astronomical health care costs, and economic stagnation. The renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs offers a practical approach to move America toward a new consensus: sustainable development.

Punk rock and hip-hop, disco and salsa, the loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists—in the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented, all at once, from one block to the next, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed from one another.

Building Your Real Estate & Rental Property Empire: 23+ Beginners Property Investing Strategies & Tips For Creating Wealth & Passive Income, Managing Tenants, Flipping Houses, AirBnB& More Imagine earning passive income month after month… with one solid investment. Real estate is one of the best ways to generate passive income! From short-term rentals like AirBnB to long-term tenants, or even flipping houses, there is huge potential to generate wealth from real estate. The stock market is exciting and cryptocurrencies are all the rage, but there’s a reason people have been investing...

A world reborn. A fragile peace. A future worth fighting for. In the gripping conclusion of the Afterlife trilogy, Anna Mathers and Jamie Griffin stand on the brink of a new era. Their community has begun to grow and thrive, blending the remnants of cryo survivors and original settlers into a shared vision of survival and progress. But as they take their first steps toward building a future, new challenges arise that threaten to unravel everything they’ve fought for. From the shadows of the woods to the edges of neighboring settlements, whispers of unrest grow louder. Rival factions vie ...

Destiny scrolls are like guideposts for the saints, they can map out the way Heaven sees a thing and how it could be built out. When following a destiny scroll, the best version of something can be achieved because it is the Father’s will and His plan for that entity. Blueprints are quantum maps of how a business will look in any place in time. They can be used in conjunction with the destiny scroll to ensure plans are being mapped out and executed correctly. In this season, the Father is teaching His sons how to build businesses from Heaven Down. Learning how to perceive our destiny ...

Protein isn’t a trend—it’s the architecture of athletic performance. In Amino Architect: Building Your Body with Protein, sports physiologist and performance author Southerland delivers the most comprehensive, evidence-based guide to protein ever written for lifters, coaches, and high-performance athletes. Across 20 meticulously structured chapters, this book dismantles the myths, marketing lies, and outdated dogma that still plague protein science—and replaces them with practical, strategic protocols grounded in real physiology and elite sport application. Whether you're building ...