Small Leadership

In this new book, Frederick Chavalit Tsao and Chris Laszlo argue that current approaches to leadership fail to produce positive outcomes for either businesses or the communities they serve. Employee disengagement and customer fickleness remain high, resulting in a lack of creativity and collaboration at all levels of entrepreneurial activity. Investor demand for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) continues to be poorly integrated into profit strategies.

Whether you're one of the 47 million Americans who dreams of running your own small business or you're already the owner of one of the 25 million small businesses in the United States, Jeffrey Fox is the man who can help you get to the top. Using his own experience as an extremely successful entrepeneur, Fox offers his blueprint for success.

Did you know red lipstick made its mark during World War II as a sign of defiance? Or that the solution to one of the oldest riddles in history, found inscribed on an ancient Sumerian tablet, is still debated by scholars today? "Masterful Mingling" is brimming with fascinating trivia, weaving together the worlds of history, science, and culture to enrich your conversations and ignite your curiosity. This book will help you master engaging conversations even if you dread small talk and social gatherings. Divided into four parts, "Masterful Mingling" begins by dissecting the nuances of small ...

Introverts are most wonderful people; they are a different breed of humans. They live and thrive best when they are left to their own devices and company. An introvert chooses the inner peace that comes with the security and sure-footedness of having to deal with only himself. However, when you consider the fact that our society seems to think that being an introvert means you cannot lead, that causes constant mental reluctance to aspire for leadership. Are you an introvert? Are you a leader? Are you an introvert trying to lead people? Are you trying to lead people but you feel you ...

We explore various proven methods of implementing AI within your organization, drawing inspiration from the principles advocated by esteemed scholars such as Chris Argyris, Michael Porter, and Larry Greiner. We will examine top-down approaches, where leadership drives AI adoption throughout the entire organization, as well as bottom-up approaches, empowering individual employees to explore and implement AI solutions in their daily work.

For a decade, Areva Martin has used the media to build a huge platform that expanded the influence and power of her brand exponentially. Media appearances on Dr. Phil, Anderson Cooper 360, The Doctors, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, and more have virtually eliminated the need of a marketing budget for her thriving law firm and nonprofit organization while securing her place as one of America's most sought after thought leaders.

While playing hooky from a conference in Boston a few years back, three former colleagues from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management hopped in a car and headed on a road trip. They pulled into a shoe store in Maine and noticed that the sales help was unusually pushy. After a few questions, they discovered the store had a "secret shopper" program, in which employees would be marked down if they were not sufficiently aggressive with customers. A lightbulb went off.

You can Double Your Church in Five Years or Less by helping Sunday School teachers and small group leaders double every two years or less. Barry Posner did some research that revealed an interesting result of quality. People were 6 times as likely to talk about a business that they considered a 5 on a scale of 1 to 5 than they were to talk about businesses they rate as a 4. This is the power of Wow! There is a reason Jesus taught us to shock people with above and beyond, “second mile” service. It is in the second mile that we get people’s attention. It is in the second mile that ...

In today's generation, businesses are increasing in number, and competition is inevitable. There is no doubt that because of the demands of the people in this society, businesses are increasing in importance. Because of that fact, there are a number of aspiring entrepreneurs in the process of considering the idea of starting a business. Their businesses could be of great help not just to them but also to society. Still, it might not be that easy to build a business thanks to the fact that competition is always on the rise.

Dirty Little Secrets of Family Business comes clean with much-needed info on nitty-gritty issues such as entitlement; letting employees go when they just aren’t working out; compensation; including your kids in the business; shareholder agreements; selecting the next leader; deciding whether to keep the business or sell it; exit strategies for outgoing leaders; money matters; succession planning; communication; conflict resolution; establishing an effective board; and transitioning to the next generation.

This is a complete guide to how to create a plan for, open, operate, and market a new small business. This book intends to help you overcome fear and inspire you to own and operate your own small business.

It is time to stop the busy work of constantly putting out fires. It’s time to Let Your Business Burn. Scott Beebe has helped liberate business owners around the world from the chaos of constantly putting out hundreds of petty fires and has equipped them to let their business burn. In Let Your Business Burn, Scott guides you through a story-filled, template-packed, step-by-step discovery of the foundational elements that every business needs to stop putting out fires and instead build a business that matters.

Do you love the idea of Appreciative Inquiry, but you’re not sure how you would put it into practice? This book is the step-by-step guide to get you started using it confidently with teams and small groups. Author Andy Smith has over 15 years’ experience of facilitating Appreciative Inquiry processes. He has trained hundreds of people in how to put the theory of Appreciative Inquiry into practice – now let him share with you practical tips and formats for implementing each stage of the process.

Forget about building a business - businesses fail and fade into oblivion. Start a revolution instead. James Watt started a rebellion against tasteless mass market beers by founding BrewDog, now one of the world’s best-known and fastest growing craft breweries, famous for beers, bars, and crowdfunding. In this smart, funny book, he shares his story and explains how you too can tear up the rule book and start a company on your own terms. It’s an anarchic, DIY guide to entrepreneurship - and a new manifesto for business.

At its best, business is both purposeful and profitable, dynamic and gainful, commercial and rewarding. Far from being opposites, good business and good behavior go hand-in-hand, and biblical principles can align with best practices. In Wisdom-Based Business, marketing and supply-chain professor Hannah J. Stolze draws principles from the Bible's wisdom literature and from evidence-based research to create a framework for business that is oriented toward excellence and sustainability.

Maynard Webb has helped found, fund, and grow dozens of successful companies. Webb now shares his lessons with the rest of America’s aspiring entrepreneurs in Dear Founder. Dear Founder is rich with sound advice on an array of business topics, from turning your idea into a reality to building a culture, to reaching key financial goals. This audiobook is an indispensable guide to navigating the realities, risks, and rewards of being your own boss - and founding the company of your dreams.

The only secret you need to grow your business now: Elevate your customer experience. This audiobook can show you how! Are you looking for a how-to guide on building loyalty, generating word-of-mouth, and keeping customers coming back? The customer is the heart and lifeblood of every business, if they’re not happy, they won’t come back. If they don’t come back, they don’t spend money. This vicious cycle can end a business, so don’t get caught up in this vortex of doom. With concepts, statistics, and real-world examples, this audiobook rises above all others like it.

Learn how to become confident, ambitious, and undeterred on your leadership journey as a woman in masculine environments. In Determined to Lead, award-winning leader and entrepreneur Nada Ahmed offers women an inspiring guide to break free and create their dream careers today. Through her stories, she provides actionable advice on how women can become successful leaders in today's digital age. By fearlessly sharing her own journey, she reminds us that when women believe in themselves, they become unstoppable game-changers; true pioneers who can achieve anything they put their minds to.

How do families build and maintain their wealth? This question has challenged families for generations. In business, any wise entrepreneur would develop a plan to guide the venture. Though most people don't have a strategy in mind for their families, it is precisely what they need. This book applies business concepts to invest in our families with as much focus and discipline as we do our financial assets.

If you have finally had enough of the constant cash flow struggle and you are ready to make a change, Profit First for Tradies will guide you. Katie Crismale- Marshall has taken the core concepts of Mike Michalowicz’s Profit First method and customised it to meet the specific needs of Australian tradies.