Saying NO to the Workplace Status Quo: 13 Women Who Are Rewriting the RulesWomen of all generations will nod in recognition at the stories of thirteen professional women from diverse backgrounds and industries as they recount the career challenges they've faced and how they have overcome bias, sexism, and the power imbalance. If you’ve ever wondered what a true firebrand is, you’ll find out in Mikaela Kiner’s powerful first book.Full of practical examples and valuable insight...

"Children with diabetes can live full, happy, productive lives. I hope my story can stand as proof of that fact."Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age seven, Wendy Louise Novak had to create her own path in a world defined by stigma, struggle, and hope.With little public awareness of her condition, Wendy's only role model was her fiercely independent father, who grew up in an era when diabetes meant a difficult, and often short, life. He taught her to "foll...

Economic moats, referring to the advantages a company has over its competitors, are competitive structures that help great companies continue to be great investments. Stock in a company with a wide economic moat is usually a much safer investment.This book will: Introduce Morningstar's approach to investing Establish the difference between business quality and undervalued stocks Explain economic moat and its network effect, cost benefits, and efficient scales Discuss industry standards for...

This no-nonsense guide to social intelligence for project managers gives you a step-by-step process for building a bulletproof project team-no matter what gaps exist in personality, geography, culture, or communication style.High-performing teams don't happen by magic. You need processes that are designed in a socially intelligent way if your team is going to overcome the modern world's tough challenges with coordination. To be a star project manager, you have to communicate with p...

If management theories and systems (think: "Management by Objectives" and "Process Optimization") are the religion, consultants are the high-priests. With years as a top Fortune 100 executive and, yes, management consultant, Karen Phelan exposes the whole game. Takeaway: consultants have forgotten that business are made up of real people, not numbers. Empathy, not MBA's, is the real future of management.

Though celebrated as a black pioneer who became an officer and president at companies like Avon and Carson Products (now part of L'Oreal), Joyce Roché secretly felt like an impostor. Recounting her own struggle to feel she deserved her hard-won victories, she includes interviews with other business leaders to provide guidance for women, minorities, and anyone who struggles to own the right to succeed.

This is the first book on creating and running a social enterprise to combine theoretical discussions with current cases from around the world, filling a huge gap in the literature. It serves as an eminently practical blueprint for those who wish to build, sustain, and grow social ventures.Social Ventures seek to bring the discipline and energy of private enterprise to the task of solving problems like poverty, lack of clean water, and poor environmental quality. Although several t...

As a millennial herself, Crystal Kadakia gives baby boomers and Gen Xers an inside look into the true value of their millennial colleagues in the workplace. She shows that the key to managing millennials is understanding that they are a product of their fast-paced, technology-driven environment.Despite the countless books written on the subject of managing millennials (most often authored by nonmillennials), no one has until now diagnosed the real issue of generational differences ...

Choose the right diet for success and achieve your goal and more importantly, keep those pesky pounds away for good. Dieting doesn't have to be a chore; it can be part of a wonderful lifestyle with lasting results.My introduction has a few examples of supplements and exercise programs to think about. The audiobook's contents contain weekly meal plans, recipes, and insight of other various methods for choosing the right diet and fitness strategies that works best for you, so losing ...

Drawing on Linda Stout's thirty years of experience training organizers, advocates, activists, and coalition groups, "Collective Visioning" provides a revolutionary guide to collaboration within and across diverse organizations.

LIFE IS SHORT. READY TO MAKE A MOVE?What is your purpose? Your passion? Your destiny? Have you known for some time what you are meant to do for a career, but you just aren't sure how to transfer it to real life? Are you still searching for that path you can call your very own?Some people spend lifetimes striving to reach their goals and dreams, which they believe will one day make them happy. Yet many find themselves addicted to the pursuit of their vision,...

Master coach and former International Coach Federation President Marcia Reynolds helps high-achieving women who may feel frustrated and restless embrace their "wandering" impulses and come to peace with their desire for something more.