Business Strategy

“Kill it with fire”, the typical first reaction to a legacy system falling into obsolescence, is a knee-jerk approach that often burns through tons of money and time only to result in a less efficient solution. This book offers a far more forgiving modernization framework, laying out smart value-add strategies and proven incremental techniques that work equally well for ancient systems and brand-new ones.

Every day major headlines tell the story of a new and better American marketplace. Established corporations have begun reevaluating the quality of their products, the ethics of their supply chains, and how they can give back by donating portions of their profits to meaningful causes. Meanwhile millions of entrepreneurs who want a more responsible and compassionate marketplace have launched a new breed of socially focused business models.

Success in business is difficult. It takes an amazing amount of work to set up a new business and keep it alive in the long run. According to the US Small Business Administration, only half of all new businesses with employees survive five years. Long before thinking about startup financing or even what products to stock, you need to decide what your business name will be. Choosing your business’s name is not an easy task. Adopting the improper business name means doing all the hard work of starting a new business with a handicap. Before considering goods, prices, or promotions, you must ...

A No-Fluff Guide to Growing and Scaling Your Etsy Shop By Todd Hemming Whether you're just opening your first Etsy shop or ready to scale your handmade hustle into a full-time business, Etsy Best Seller Blueprint is your direct, no-thrills roadmap to making real sales—fast. This is not another generic "how-to" guide. Todd Hemming gives you a clear, actionable, and proven system that takes you from zero to top-tier seller—without the guesswork. From branding basics and SEO strategies to pricing, marketing, and building repeat buyers, every chapter is built to help you win on Etsy. ...

Nadie nace como líder natural. Pero, ¿qué es lo que transforma a algunas personas en el tipo de individuos magnéticos que inspiran a otros a seguir? El experto en éxito Brian Tracy ha ayudado a miles de personas a convertirse en líderes excepcionales y ahora, en este libro conciso e intenso, revela cómo puede: Inspirar confianza, seguridad y la lealtad.

Relationships are the foundation of our long-term business success. The problem is a million things get in the way. But there’s a simple solution to breaking through all this noise: Giving. When you focus on giving, you will remove your own mental roadblocks. You’ll be centered on solving the client’s problems and investing in their success. And you can build a system to consistently integrate the right moves into your busy work life. In Give to Grow, Mo Bunnell shows how to develop the growth mindset that keeps the focus on the relationship.

Two-time New York Times best-selling authors Roger Connors and Tom Smith show how leaders can achieve record-breaking results by quickly and effectively shaping their organizational culture to capitalize on their greatest asset - their people. Change the Culture, Change the Game joins their classic book The Oz Principle and their recent best seller How Did That Happen? to complete the most comprehensive series ever written on workplace accountability.

Attitude can make or break you and the people you lead. Good attitudes on a team do not guarantee its success, but bad attitudes guarantee its ruin. So says New York Times best-selling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell in this highly practical primer, Attitude 101.

These days, consumers have real power: they can research companies, compare ratings, and find alternatives with a simple tap. Focusing on customer needs isn't a nice-to-have, it's a strategic imperative. The Jobs To Be Done Playbook (JTBD) helps organizations turn market insight into action. This book shows you techniques to make offerings people want, as well as make people want your offering.

Gary Vaynerchuk—the inspiring and unconventional entrepreneur who introduced us to the concept of crush it—knows how to get things done, have fun, and be massively successful. A marketing and business genius, Gary had the foresight to go beyond traditional methods and use social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to reach an untapped audience that continues to grow.

Do you know the best way to drive your company's growth? If not, it's time to boost your growth IQ. Trying to find the one right move that will improve your business's performance can feel overwhelming. But, as you'll discover in Growth IQ, there are just 10 simple - but easily misunderstood - paths to growth, and every successful growth strategy can be boiled down to picking the right combination and sequence of these paths for your current context.

Are you one of the 32.5 million small business owners in the United States? You take pride in your product or service, you deliver solid value, and work hard daily, but with so much competition it can be brutal. Join The 7 Figure Club gives you the tools and a clear path to higher profitability. If you want to reduce your hours while increasing sales, and you are looking to build a business that gives you financial abundance along with the lifestyle you want, read this book. Do you want to learn: How to increase sales and build a dynamite positive cash flow? Practical ways to increase staff...

"Greed is good". Remember the phrase immortalised by Michael Douglas who played Gordon Gekko in the 1987 movie Wall Street? Well, the world has more than lived up to these words by pursuing the principle that excessive greed is even better. In an analysis of the principles driving modern business, Wayne Visser and Clem Sunter demonstrate that the predatory behaviour of the lion is symbolic of the way most companies are run today. But the world cannot go on like this. They argue strongly for an alternative and more positive vision involving sustainable business in both a social and an ...

Mohan Subramaniam explains how firms can leverage both their traditional strengths and the modern-day power of data and digital ecosystems to forge a new competitive strategy.

Your Hidden Genius provides a custom-made road map to what makes you special, revealing your distinct combination of natural talents, interests, and personality traits—a mix as unique to you as your fingerprint. With the instant appeal of Enneagrams and Strengthsfinder, Your Hidden Genius instead focuses on scientific testing rather than self-reported answers as a means to unlock your potential.

Born over 2,400 years ago, warrior, thinker, and leader Sun Tzu lived during a time of great internecine conflict in China. A classic of Chinese literature, Art of War reveals the strategies, tactics, and insights that lead to success. Mastery of warfare and the maintenance of power are the most important values in Sun's philosophy, without which there can be no peace or life.

Phil Town is a very wealthy man, but he wasn’t always. In fact, he was living on a salary of $4,000 a year when some well-timed advice launched him down a highway of investing self-education that revealed what the true “rules” are and how to make them work in one’s favor. Chief among them, of course, is Rule #1: “Don’t lose money.” In this updated edition to the #1 national bestseller, you’ll learn more of Phil’s fresh, think-outside-the-box rules.

Are you tired of competing on price while your competitors charge premium rates and stay booked solid? Every day, customers choose other businesses over yours—not because they're better skilled or more experienced, but because they've mastered something you haven't: positioning themselves as the obvious choice. While you're trapped in bidding wars and price comparisons, market-dominating businesses command premium prices, have waiting lists, and generate most of their customers through referrals alone. The brutal truth? If customers can't tell why they should choose you over everyone else...

"All warfare is based on deception." With this insight, Sun Tzu invites us into the mind of one of history’s greatest military strategists. The Art of War is more than a military manual; it’s an ancient guide to mastering conflict, power, and human interaction. Written over 2,500 years ago in ancient China, its wisdom remains relevant across time and disciplines—from business to politics to personal growth. Sun Tzu’s treatise explores the profound nature of strategy.

Every company needs a 3HAG - a three-year highly achievable goal! The 3HAG way is a prescriptive framework that takes the guessing out of your strategy and ensures you and your whole team are confident in where you are going. You’ll find step-by-step instructions to gut out your first 3HAG while building the confidence required to execute with speed toward your goals.