Business Strategy

For over 20 years, a select group of Yale undergraduates has been admitted into the year-long "Grand Strategy" seminar team-taught by John Lewis Gaddis and Paul Kennedy. Its purpose: to provide a grounding in strategic decision-making in the face of crisis to prepare future American leaders for important work. Now, John Lewis Gaddis has transposed the experience of that course into a wonderfully succinct, lucid and inspirational book, a view from the commanding heights of statesmanship across the landscape of world history from the ancient Greeks to Lincoln, and beyond.

PF2 is also available as a PF2+POET+PEAF Box Set. (ISBN: 978-1-908424-45-7)This book introduces the Pragmatic Family of Frameworks. A collection of Pragmatic Ontologies and Frameworks to enable Enterprises to more effectively structure themselves.It defines the fundamentals that all other ontologies and frameworks in the family are based on.

A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveal the principles that have made platform businesses the most valuable firms in the world and the first trillion-dollar companies.

The authors of the best-selling Competing on Internet Time (a Businessweek top-10 book) analyze the strategies, principles, and skills of three of the most successful and influential figures in business - Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs - offering lessons for all managers and entrepreneurs on leadership, strategy, and execution.

The author argues that in an extremely cluttered marketplace, traditional differentiation is no longer enough—today companies need “radical differentiation” to create lasting value for their shareholders and customers.

If you want a no nonsense "crash course" in how to sell your business for the best possible price you need to hear this book.

Discover the wealth-building secrets that the ultra-rich have used for over 160 years! In this groundbreaking book, you'll learn: How to create your own banking system using dividend-paying whole life insurance policies, allowing you to finance your business growth, invest in lucrative opportunities, and build generational wealth - all tax-free and protected from market volatility. The proven strategies used by icons like Walt Disney, the Rockefellers, and top CEOs to grow their empires and Get Wealthy For Sure™. How to build a team of expert financial professionals, implement tax-...

Have you ever had a great idea that would help your company be more efficient or make more money? How do you go about organizing your idea, gaining the support of others, and presenting—with confidence—your idea to management? To get a solid sense of the traction it needs, or to work on a project that has been delegated to you, you’ll need to become adept in the creation of a business case. A business case qualitatively and quantitatively rationalizes an investment, while considering elements that could include the needs of the business, proposed solutions, and economic outcomes. For ...

Make this the year you launch and build a serious apparel (t-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, and more) business online! Here is an Amazon Merch book that shows how we consistently make four figures monthly selling t-shirts and more online with our family-run media company. Intended for current e-commerce online sellers, I've kept the cost of this ebook so low you can recoup your cost with one or two shirt sales from the actionable ideas in this book. Beyond this book, we're not selling anything else: No courses, no upsells, just this useful book and the ideas about what we're doing with our t...

Henry Kissinger analyses the lives of six extraordinary leaders—Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle, Richard Nixon, Anwar Sadat, Lee Kuan Yew, and Margaret Thatcher—through the distinctive strategies of statecraft that he believes they embodied. To each of these studies, Kissinger brings historical perception, public experience and, because he knew each of the subjects and participated in many of the events he describes, personal knowledge.

Looking to start your own personal chef business, but not sure where to begin? Look no further than "The Home Chef" – the new eBook that will guide you every step of the way to becoming a successful home-based personal chef. In this comprehensive guide, you will learn the skills and qualifications you'll need, as well as how to find your niche in the market as a personal chef. You'll get advice on setting up your home-based kitchen and sourcing quality ingredients from suppliers. Plus, you'll find out how to price your services, promote your business and build a solid client base. This ...

E-Commerce Success Blueprint: A Comprehensive Guide for Aspiring Entrepreneurs By J.R. Glenn Are you ready to take the leap into the world of e-commerce and transform your entrepreneurial dreams into reality? Whether you’re just starting out or looking to scale your existing business, E-Commerce Success Blueprint is your ultimate roadmap to building and sustaining a successful online venture.Why This Book is a Must-Read: Packed with actionable strategies and expert insights, this guide is designed to equip you with the tools and knowledge you need to thrive in the competitive world of e-...

What is our situation? What’s the Big Idea? Do we dare? Who is with us? What are we good at? What are we doing that’s different, and how will we take people with us? What steps must we take, and in what order? How do we get better as we go? How are things arranged? How will strategy change us? If you want to be a great athlete, train. If you want to be a great pianist, practise. If you want to be an effective strategist, hire forty­ five consultants, undertake a six-month review, and produce a two­-hundred and fifty-page document... ...or not. Strategy is becoming more complicated, ...

Whether it shows up as stress, top-down leadership styles, drama, or uncertainty, fear kills good decision-making, dampens morale, lowers employee engagement, and hurts bottom-line growth. The good news is that there's an antidote: Freedom at Work. In this groundbreaking book, Traci Fenton brings together decades of original research, based on her team's work with hundreds of top companies around the world, such as The WD-40 Company, Mindvalley, DaVita, Menlo Innovations, Zappos, HCL Technologies, and more, revealing the proven pathway to leadership success.

Hall-of-Fame-nominated marketer, bestselling author, and Wall Street Journal cartoonist Stu Heinecke shares his fascination with weeds and how anyone can grow their business into something resilient and unstoppable. How to Grow Your Business Like a Weed applies a model to business growth, examining the successful strategies that ordinary weeds use to spread, and prosper in almost any situation.

What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. Richard P. Rumelt’s breakthrough concept is that leaders become effective strategists when they focus on challenges rather than goals, pinpointing the crux of their pivotal challenge—the aspect that is both surmountable and promises the greatest progress—and taking decisive, coherent action to overcome it.

Learn competitive business strategy from the best. According to strategic planning expert Dr. Chuck Bamford, business strategy is a mixture of instinct and instruction. You already have the instinct - let Bamford provide the instruction you need to hone your business and leadership traits, and lead your organization into a bright future. Bamford’s work stands out from other business leadership audiobooks by providing in-depth processes in a practical format that allows the listener to use the material immediately.

Peter Senge's groundbreaking ideas on building organizations have made him a household name among corporate managers. His theories help businesses to clarify their goals, to defy the odds, to more clearly understand threats, and to recognize new opportunities. He introduces managers to a new source of competitive advantage, and offers a marvelously empowering approach to work.

2025 Edition. Business leaders must understand how to effectively leverage Generative AI within their companies in order to remain competitive. This book collection offers a fresh, timely viewpoint on this critical topic. Readers will gain foundational knowledge about AI and Generative algorithms while exploring both the potential benefits, risks and ethics involved. Guidance is provided on enhancing an organization's offerings, operating model and strategic direction while mitigating biases and negative consequences. The book collection lays out a comprehensive approach for businesses to ...

John, a high-performing yet overworked sales manager at Spectra Robotics, has built his life and career on relentless ambition and constant pressure. Trained in the cutthroat world of Stretch Selling—a method that thrives on exposing customer pain, challenging their decisions, and driving hard closes—John has achieved success by playing the game as it's always been played. But as the demands of his job intensify, his world begins to unravel. Impossible targets. A fractured family life. An identity tethered to fleeting successes. Beneath his competitive exterior, John loathes the endless...