Impact Business

Whether you are a business owner, director, or entrepreneur, The Business Leaders Essential Guide to Innovation enables you to progress the right ideas with the greatest opportunity for your business, and to invest your time in developing new concepts and ideas that will give you a robust way forward.

A series of shifts are happening in our economy: Millennials are trading in conventional career paths to launch tech start-ups, start small businesses that are rooted in local communities, or freelance their expertise. We are sharing everything, from bikes and cars, to extra rooms in our homes. We now create, buy and sell handcrafted products in our local communities with ease. CEO of Imperative Aaron Hurst argues in his latest book that while these developments seem unrelated at first, taken together they reveal a powerful pattern that points to purpose as the new driver of the American economy.

People are changed and inspired through everyday interactions, so you don’t need to be big or bold to impact those around you. By recognizing your ability to be a positive influence, you unlock your power to change lives for the better. With over three million copies of his books in print, best-selling author Stan Toler is a trusted voice on leadership and making a difference. In The Power of Your Personal Impact, Stan examines how you can profoundly change both your own life and the world you live in.

Leadership is hard and can be overwhelming. We get triggered, hijacked and derailed under pressure. We overreact. We say something we regret. Sometimes we don’t say what we should. We struggle to recover. We feel perplexed by the emotional and relational complexities of leadership. We wonder whether we’re doing the right things in the right way.

"Monetizing and Pricing Sustainability - Beyond Good Intentions: Transform Your Go-to-Market for Sustainable Impact" is a comprehensive guide that aims to unite sustainability with the world of pricing and monetization. The book unites the wisdom of experts in the fields of pricing, monetization, and sustainability. With 20 enriching chapters split across six major sections, it presents a deep-dive into the intricate link between monetization and pricing strategies and sustainable impact. Monetizing and Pricing Sustainability - Beyond Good Intentions: Transform Your Go-to-Market for ...

In Fundraising without Burnout, Radha Friedman, a philanthropic advisor with decades of experience funding nonprofits around the world, offers a frank and witty critique of how the “best practices” we’ve been taught are actually sabotaging our fundraising efforts. By debunking the myths that keep inequitable practices in place, Radha provides solutions that help nonprofit leaders redefine their purpose, prevent burnout, and meet their fundraising goals while reclaiming their peace.

Discover the transformative power of leadership with "How to Inspire Action and Lead with Impact," a compelling tribute to the late Dr. R.K. Pachauri, a visionary in climate science and advocacy. This inspiring book features the voices of 50 global climate leaders, including heads of states, diplomats, scientists, and passionate youth leaders, offering unique insights and practical advice on effective leadership.

In the March 2025 issue of Impact & Influence Magazine, we dive deep into the world of entrepreneurship, business growth, and personal influence. This issue features an exclusive interview with Matt Litteral, the owner of Sacramento Podcast Studio, where he shares his journey of building a state-of-the-art podcasting facility and helping creators amplify their voices. Discover the power of podcasting as a tool for business marketing and branding, and learn how it’s reshaping the way businesses connect with their audience. We also explore the importance of networking through an inspiring ...

Welcome to a transformative journey through the dynamic and challenging world of angel investing. This book is your guide to shaping industries and influencing innovations by injecting capital, guidance, and vision into early-stage startups. Here, we delve deep into the principles, strategies, and experiences that define successful angel investing, offering you the opportunity to not just invest, but to grow personally and make a significant impact. Angel investors play a crucial role in the startup ecosystem. Unlike institutional investors, angel investors not only provide financial ...

In this audiobook, you will discover how you can transform your working environment and create a culture you can belong in. Whether you seek ideas that will change the world or you just want to reclaim a place in which you can think deeply, this audiobook invites you to overcome what is preventing you from doing the best work of your career. At the very least, you will see how it is possible to create a protective bubble in a toxic culture. But at best, unexpected new ways of working will emerge and spread from person to person and group to group.

Finally, an Agile audiobook created for executives—not engineers. Agile That Works delivers a clear, results-driven model for faster delivery, strategic alignment, and real business agility. If you're tired of Agile jargon, bloated frameworks, or “transformation theater” with little return, this audiobook offers a smarter way forward. Veteran enterprise executive Evan Farr Smith introduces the DO CREATIVE Agile Model—a practical, ten-part system designed to align leadership, empower teams, and drive consistent outcomes.

In today's tumultuous and rapidly evolving business environment, High-Potential leaders are in high demand. Do you possess the relationship skills, strategic vision, innovation, and determination needed to thrive as a high-potential leader in your organization? New York Times bestselling author Ram Charan answers that question and helps you hop on the fast-track to leadership success in this insightful guide.

Enter From Intent to Impact, a book by seasoned diversity and inclusion executive and expert, Monica Diaz. She has formulated strategies, designed plans and implemented programs that transformed organizations and yielded breakthrough results. In this book, Monica describes how leaders and companies can identify what is truly driving their behavior when they intend to leverage diversity and inclusion to drive business impact.

Does your nonprofit have a reliable way of knowing the impact its making? Beginning with an eye-opening discussion of what strategy is, Mission Impact: A Breakthrough Strategy for Nonprofits reveals how the process of strategy development should be designed with authoritative coverage of mission impact, vision, five-year strategic stretch goals, strategy implementation, and management.

¿Te sientes estresado por tu próxima presentación? Tanto si estás nervioso por cómo organizarás tus ideas como por la forma en que las articularás en el gran día, Cómo realizar presentaciones te ofrece las pautas rápidas y los consejos de los expertos que necesitas.

How to Turn Your Message Into Impact: You have a message that needs to be heard. What if I told you that if you apply a few simple strategies, that message will reach more people, more effectively? People consume content in a multitude of ways. The tragedy is that Christian leaders have defaulted to either a preached message or a book. It’s time to move past this simplistic model - it’s time to innovate the way we package our message and bring it to market.

Are revenue and EBIT growth important to you? McKinsey notes that the biggest future impact on revenue and EBIT growth is through digitizing supply chain. This audiobook is about how supply chain digital transformations can help you deliver results with a high ROI. In this business storybook, directors and executives of mid-sized and large businesses in critical functional areas, such as supply chain -including sourcing and procurement - IT, marketing, and finance will find practical and technical tools for managing projects and different approaches to improve soft skills.

Business storytelling is the #1 skill you need to succeed in your professional lives amidst all the noise, competition and massive technological disruption. In this book, Sandeep looks at human evolution, behavioural psychology and the world of movies to identify the golden principles of storytelling.

Data has never been more important to your success than it is today, yet you are surrounded with data you can’t trust and the overwhelming burden of fixing it. Everyone deserves data that helps - not hurts - their organization. This book is a must-listen for anyone tasked with solving data problems...or anybody who needs their efforts to succeed. Inside, you will find a precise definition of data value and why you should always focus on maximizing it, how to build early momentum with the Simple Virtuous Cycle, and more.

This is not your grandmother’s public speaking book (nothing against Grammy). Match the magic of storytelling with the science of cognition to conquer your public speaking obstacles, once and for all. With this 13-day, step-by-step guide, go from fearful to fearless, cautious to confident, uncertain to unlimited, all through the power of story. Become an undaunted, dynamic, and persuasive public speaker in just 13 days.