Green Career

Everything you need to know to green your business and grow your profit. This audiobook - based on the acclaimed book The Truth About Green Business - reveals 52 proven business strategies and bite-size, easy-to-use techniques that get results.

This book brings unique perspectives to this key debate by exploring the history of green entrepreneurship since the nineteenth century, and its spread globally in industries including renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, ecotourism, recycling, architecture, and finance. The book uses the lens of the extraordinary and often eccentric men and women who defied convention and imagined that business could help save the planet, rather than consume it. The social and religious beliefs that drove many of these individuals are explored.

This leadership manual is essential for any professional or businessperson seeking to improve his or her performance and develop leadership skills. Revealing hard-won leadership secrets from the US Marines and imparting related lessons from history, The Little Green Book—A Leadership Manual for Professionals will arm you with critical military skills and concepts to lead and win in your professional campaigns.

Packed with techniques you can put to use today, this book will teach you how to develop conversational skills, talk to strangers, and dominate any social situation. From "socially awkward" to "bad at networking" to "poor communication skills" to "uncomfortable with public speaking", Make Anyone Like You takes your challenge by the horns and shakes away the excuses, breaking the process of conversational success into easily implementable steps that you can learn and master quickly.

Sun Tzu was a master philosopher, strategist, and military general who lived during the Zhou dynasty, some 2500 years ago. Originally a military text of stratagem, The Art of War has influenced military and political leaders throughout the centuries. His ideas still hold true today and are highly applicable to the modern-day battleground: corporations.

Worried about your job prospects in a world facing unprecedented climate challenges? Climate-Proof Careers: 10 Jobs That Will Thrive in a Warmer World offers a practical and optimistic roadmap for navigating the evolving job market. Discover future-proof career paths that not only offer stability but also contribute to a more sustainable future. This book cuts through the doom and gloom and reveals concrete opportunities in sectors poised for growth, including: Renewable Energy Sustainable Agriculture Green Building & Construction Environmental Consulting And more! Inside, you’ll learn: ...

Did you know that 75% of employees would stay longer at an organization that listens to and addresses their concerns? A true leader inspires and empowers – and that’s the key to engaged employees, a loyal workforce, and an organization that surpasses its goals.

The Business of Sleep provides practical ways of mitigating against or reducing the impact of compromised sleep in organisational environments. Drawing on both seminal and cutting-edge research, alongside interviews with notable CEOs and business influencers, The Business of Sleep explains to listeners, in an accessible and conversational way, what the research tells us about how sleep works and the impact that lack of sleep can have on your work and career.

The Green Start-Up is an essential toolkit for the modern-day entrepreneur. As issues around climate change and environmental impact become more urgent, businesses and start-ups must work harder then every before to operate in a greener, more sustainable way, for the benefit of both themselves and the planet. Environmental trailblazer Juliet Davenport OBE leads us through the most pressing questions facing any company so that we can do just that.

From restricting single-use plastic to eradicating palm oil from products, Richard Walker's quest is to find purpose with profit for his business. In this intimate, challenging, and encouraging audiobook, he explains how you, too, can make genuine progress on sustainable initiatives while being realistic about profit margins, and obligations to customers and employees. The Green Grocer offers clear-sighted experience and inspiration for any business, whether a large corporation, a kitchen-table start-up, or a sole trader, to make a difference.

In the summer of 2015, broke and defeated after two years of failing at my first startup, I moved out of my Boston apartment and back home to Mom and Dad's. With the pressure of rent and food no longer plaguing me, I had time to reflect on the previous years from both a business and personal standpoint. Where did I go wrong? What could I have done better?

There is something sovereign and monarchial about you. You are a Queen. Don’t you ever forget that.... It’s been said a woman is capricious. But the consistency of woman’s capriciousness is only exceeded by the capriciousness of man’s consistency. The woman knows the male’s heart probably better than he does. She knows, above all things, that to hold that heart she must never wholly satisfy it.

The world today is drowning in data. There is a treasure trove of valuable and underutilized insights that can be gleaned from information companies and people leave behind on the internet - our "digital breadcrumbs" - from job postings, to online news, social media, online ad spends, and more.

"Green Horizons: From Lawn to Legacy" is a compelling step-by-step guide wrapped in an inspiring narrative about Ben, a laid-off corporate worker who transforms his life by building a successful landscaping business. This book is more than just a story—it’s a practical roadmap for aspiring entrepreneurs, especially those looking to start and grow a business in the landscaping industry. Each chapter focuses on key milestones in Ben’s journey, offering actionable insights and detailed strategies that listeners can apply to their own ventures.

Green Business Practices For Dummies provides listeners with the information they need to reduce the environmental impact of their businesses with out reducing their bottom lines. The practical and expert advice and tips presented in this title will benefit business owners at all levels, from large corporations to small, family-run stores.

Research shows that people who enroll in a mentorship program are promoted five times more than people who are not in a program. These people experience quicker career advancements, expand their knowledge and skill sets, and develop greater confidence in themselves. Do you aspire to be like this?

If you are looking for a change of pace from your standard nine-to-five job, or simply think that you have an idea for the next big thing that could change the world, then running an online store might be the answer. If you are considering making the leap to self-employment, but still aren't sure if it's for you, then Online Store: The Simple Guide to Starting an E-commerce Business has the information you've been looking for. Starting your own online store has never been easier.

Wanting to lead, but doubt is getting in your way? You are not alone. In fact, you are among many, many leaders who have been plagued by doubt, including me, the author, Leonie Green. The doubt is almost a given. The action you take is not. Many a leader fails to take action to address the doubt, and it becomes their undoing. If you are ready to stop doubting, and start leading then this book is for you.

What do you say when your new job is very different from what you agreed to? How do you tell your boss that your workload is too heavy or that you need more training? How do you deal with a colleague whose loud speakerphone calls are driving you insane? And how do you repair your reputation after getting drunk at the company holiday party? Ten years of writing a workplace advice column have taught Green that people tend to avoid difficult conversations in the office because we simply don't know what to say. But the stakes are just as high if we don't speak up, because problems that could be solved with a simple conversation can fester if they aren't addressed.

This book will show you exactly what to do and how to do it to become more confident in any area of life. Short and to the point, this book is packed with ideas and exercises developed and refined over twenty years coaching clients to get the confidence you need to live the life you want.