An insightful and devastating account of how Wall Street lost its way from an insider who experienced the culture of Goldman Sachs first-hand.On March 14, 2012, more than three million people read Greg Smith's bombshell Op-Ed in the New York Times titled "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs." The column immediately went viral, became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter, and drew passionate responses from former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, legendary General Electric CEO...

Business leader Greg Smith has spent his adult life studying public speaking best practices with the top speaker-trainers in America. Speak Like a Pro without Looking Like a Jack@$$ is a distillation of all he has learned over the years working with the masters… condensed in an easy-to-follow guide with useful advice for both novice and experienced speakers. In the age of email, texting, and other digital communication, it's easy to forget that life's most important events happen when two ...

An insightful and devastating account of how Wall Street lost its way from an insider who experienced the culture of Goldman Sachs first-hand.On March 14, 2012, more than three million people read Greg Smith's bombshell Op-Ed in the New York Times titled "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs." The column immediately went viral, became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter, and drew passionate responses from former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, legendary General Electric CEO...

Organisations invest time, money, resources, and personnel into trying to ensure that their workplaces are safe. Very often, the output of all this expenditure is injury rate data, which has, time and again been discredited as a measure of safety. In response, many organisations have adopted so called "lead" indicators to supplement injury rate data. Unfortunately, lead indicators take the question of safety no further. Almost universally, lead indicators are no more than a measur...

Use communication as your key to transformation.Connection is a fundamental need, but creating it isn't easy-this is where communication is your cornerstone. But like any foundation, this cornerstone is only as strong as you make it.Whether you need to share insight, develop a brand, or craft your company's story, you can make an impact by identifying your purpose, discovering the power in public speaking, and forming a plan for effective presentations. In Comm...

Do you size, design, or sell solar and storage systems? Would your customers consider those systems 100 percent successful? Pick up The Battery-Powered Home and turn your solar and storage customers into the best lead generators you could ask for. Written by a solar-and-storage technical trainer with more than thirteen years of experience, The Battery-Powered Home identifies the most common industry mistakes that lead to unhappy customers, lost revenue, and diminished reputation. Learn how...

Social interaction lies at the heart of our everyday experience. We make our way down the street and avoid crashing into others, take our place in the supermarket queue, take care in the way we talk about others in conversation, acknowledge the social status of people we meet, and enjoy leisurely pursuits in the company of friends and like-minded others. All these things are fundamental parts of human sociality that can be discovered and understood through ‘sociologies of interaction’....

Retain your talent with a proactive approach to employee development, one conversation at a timeWhen employees are happy at work, the energy and creativity they possess is virtually limitless. But many leaders are ill-equipped to discuss and gauge the career satisfaction of their employees, and risk losing their talent to their competitors. Career Conversations is your guide to developing the skills needed for effective career discussions with your staff, ...

Devotions from Oakdale are to encourage the reader with daily inspirational and motivational encouragement from the writer, Greg Smith, while serving a prison sentence in Oakdale Federal Correctional Institute in Oakdale, Louisiana. Greg wants to uplift and share his positive attitude even under adverse times to show that anyone can overcome anything in life if you allow God to be the center of your daily walk.

Capt. Kramer, USMC (ret.) and his four-footed partner, Sgt. Shadow, USMC (ret.) take on a new team member when investigations into a huge diamond heist links it to ISIS and their nemesis, Shelley Harper, head of an international crime organization and subject of a 3 year hunt.Kramer and Harper have a score to settle with one another. Harper's husband killed Kramer's parents and his fiancée and Kramer regards Harper guilty by association. And Harper holds Kramer and the FBI responsib...

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward." -Vernon Law You don't know what you don't know. So how do you know what not to know? Experiences. Filled with experiences and lessons learned through a life in public education and athletics. Using metaphors of doing dirty laundry to inspire ourselves to lead by example. It's a reminder that no task is too small or beneath us when we're committed to servant leadership, both at work and in life. By embrac...

Finally a book that helps you pay down and control your credit card debts. A simple formula. Simple steps. Written by money expert, best selling author and founder of budgetblitz.com.au Greg Smith. This e-book will change the way you look at credit cards forever. Come discover the secrets banks don't want you to know.