Business Practice

We live in a world of vast collaborative potential. Yet all too often, powerful boundaries create barriers that can splinter groups. And this can lead to uninspiring results. To transform borders into frontiers in today's global, multistakeholder organizations, you need Boundary Spanning Leadership. Powered by a decade of global research and practice by the top-ranked Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), this book takes you from rural towns in the US to Hong Kong's skyline, showing you how to build bridges across boundaries.

While most people work ever-longer hours, international statistics suggest that the average time spent on non-work activities per employee is around two hours a day. How is this possible, and what are the reasons behind employees withdrawing from work? In this thought-provoking book, Roland Paulsen examines organizational misbehavior, specifically the phenomenon of "empty labor", defined as the time during which employees engage in private activities during the working day. This study explores a variety of explanations, from under-employment to workplace resistance.

Unique, step-by-step guide for the startup mobile caregiver. Learn how to get the documents you need, where to get them, how to file them, and to how to comply with the law. This guide is a Stanford lawyer-authored insider's report on how to get into the booming delivery business in three to four weeks.

In the world of business, who you know is usually more important than what you know. While most research highlights the personal characteristics and expertise important to business success, this book demonstrates that networking is the core of entrepreneurship. Both counterintuitive and powerful, this perspective reframes entrepreneurial action by placing networking at the center of the process.

Have you ever had a really good day? One where everything went your way and it seemed like life was easy? The Ultimate Goal is a step-by-step guideline on how you can make every day full of love, hope, appreciation, fulfillment, and self-satisfaction by focusing on the thoughts you allow into your daily life. You have an option in life to choose to be happy or not. So many of us fail to recognize that we're making this choice based on information from people we've given sanction to over the course of our lives, and these thoughts are limiting our current reality.

In F.O.R.G.E.D.: Six Practices of Great Leaders in Volatile Times, author Douglas Scherer highlights the lessons of presence he has shared with his students for decades. The stories of leadership will encourage and support you in finding a flexible mindset to respond to critical situations.

Dr. Liker's book, Developing Lean Leaders at All Levels: A Practical Guide was a 2016 winner of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award. We have taken the time to extract the individual seminars and lectures of Dr. Liker used to create this world-renowned publication and offer them in a series of bite-sized, topic-specific learning modules. The teaching objectives for this section are the following: explain the four phases of PDCA problem-solving; share one common mistake in business.

When it comes to understanding how to run your business for the Lord, what source of guidance do you seek most? There is an amazing power in God to achieve more than we could imagine, especially for our businesses and serving others for the kingdom. The Lampstand of God, as described in both the Old and New Testaments, holds God’s most powerful traits for running kingdom-focused businesses that allows people to combine biblical knowledge with modern-day business practices. Isaiah 11:1-3 embodies the key to us being filled with the fullness of the Holy Spirit as we operate our businesses. ...

"You matter." It’s a simple statement, but few people truly recognize the gifts they possess. You Matter is an original audio that helps everyone realize why they matter. Reverend Melvin Miller and Federica Baldan use seven practices that call people to put their faith - any faith! - into action as they coach listeners to uncover the road blocks in our way and help us live a life with purpose. Why do we make the same mistakes in our personal and professional lives; why do we close off our hearts when it matters most? The path to discovery is in this audio.

Live What You Love is the audiobook that's going to have you rocketing toward everything you desire to have in your life and live in a completely intentional way. No, this isn't a get-rich-quick scheme and no, this isn't another audiobook that dangles a magic unicorn. This audiobook will transform your life, through leveraging the power of Creative Feng Shui®. Author Sarah Stone has helped clients convert their dream business transactions, create harmonious homes, and enhance positive relationships, and in this audiobook you'll discover the secrets of how they made that happen.

Success in Private Practice is for doctors and therapists that want to go to the next level of private practice. Dr. Cary Yurkiw, DC has over 25 years of experience in multiple clinic settings. His audiobook includes how to build relationships with the community for more referrals and new patients. Then it educates the listener about how to communicate with the new patient when they arrive in your office so they can achieve the best clinical outcome. Finally, Dr. Cary reviews how to run a business well and grow.

Blindspots is a professional manual that will guide you step-by-step through the licensed professional counselor licensure process as well as illuminate possible blind spots they didn't warn you about in graduate school!

Built for the boardroom. Proven in the classroom. Trusted by Fortune 50 leaders and top educators for over a decade. Now available to everyone — in print, ebook, and audio — for a fraction of the cost. Redefine leadership. Reimagine resilience. Rise above the IQ vs. EQ debate. The Resilient Leader: Embracing Resilience for Success offers a bold new approach to leadership in today’s complex world. Acclaimed leadership expert William R. Stanek takes you beyond the outdated IQ vs. EQ paradigm and introduces the power of holistic intelligence — a dynamic fusion of emotional, creative, ...

Multilevel or network marketing is a legitimate business that's been booming, and it is a great source of income. The steady growth rate of direct selling these past years suggest that this is a well-accepted business model globally. This audiobook will teach you all the information you need to know about online network and multilevel marketing. You will discover what sets it apart from other marketing models and how it can help you earn life-changing income.

Collaborating for Success is a no-nonsense approach for IT executives, directors, managers, and staff, in both the operations and development sides of IT, who want to mature, gain a competitive edge, and take their IT service and support culture to the next level. You’ll understand how IT got to where it is today, why it’s critical that IT adopts a customer-centric, integrated service management model, and how to build a collaborative culture inside and across your IT organization that delivers IT products and services to your customers better and faster, and cheaper.

Everyone we talk to feels slammed, and we are betting that you do too. If you are one of the millions of people who is burning the candle at both ends, juggling the demands of career and family, sacrificing health and sleep, drowning in to-do lists, or stooping under the burden of incredible responsibility, then this book is for you. And, if you think you are one of the rare few who believes you can actually manage a slammed lifestyle indefinitely this is a must listen.

In The Case for Culture, Eric gives lawyers the wisdom and tools they need to transform themselves and their culture. By creating a community of people and rallying them around a shared mission, you’ll build a law practice that will take care of you, not the other way around. If you want to grow your practice and be happy, it starts with culture.

Mindfulness Now: Anti-Stress Practices for Busy Professionals In the high-paced world of business, where emails, deadlines, and constant demands flood every moment, finding peace can feel like an elusive goal. But what if there was a way to navigate daily pressures with a steady mind, renewed focus, and genuine calm? Mindfulness Now: Anti-Stress Practices for Busy Professionals is the essential guide for the modern professional seeking balance and resilience in a relentless environment. Drawing on simple yet transformative mindfulness techniques, this book goes beyond quick-fix solutions to...

This is a true story of personal greed and downfall, corporate greed fueled with economic and social treachery, shareholder waste and discrimination at AIG, 70 Pine Street in the heart of the financial district. This address is known as the AIG Tower, hence the title Tower of Thieves. The central character is a man with a wife, a family, who has cheated his way to the top by doing good. He is responsible for leading a 60 billion dollar organization with over 40,000 employees worldwide at one of the largest companies in the world. What he sees and what he does validates what unchecked power ...

Guides on leadership are often either abstract or anecdotal - they focus on concepts and theories or the stories of others. But leadership is a performance art. It’s about taking action, utilizing your skill set, and getting results. Craig Miller has crafted a no-frills, pragmatic guide to helping you design the practices you need to become a strategic, visionary leader who can effect immediate change. All you have to do is take the first step in the process.