THE JOURNEY MATTERS AS MUCH AS THE DESTINATION.Scrap the map and go full throttle.Most leadership books tell you how to set and achieve goals. This one is different. This one is written by a communications leader who’s as passionate about riding motorcycles as she is about running her business. Her name is Elise Mitchell, and she wants to tell you about her journey—from starting her own agency to building a world-class brand to enjoying the ride along the wa...

**THE JOURNEY MATTERS AS MUCH AS THE DESTINATION.Scrap the map and go full throttle.**Most leadership books tell you how to set and achieve goals. This one is different. This one is written by a communications leader who’s as passionate about riding motorcycles as she is about running her business. Her name is Elise Mitchell, and she wants to tell you about her journey-from starting her own agency to building a world-class brand to enjoying the ride along the way. But mostl...

One of the New York Post's Top 10 Career Books of 2012DO YOU WORK WITH A MEAN GIRL?A woman’s field guide to the new frontier of professional development—working with other womenWomen-to-women relationships in the workplace are . . . complicated. When they’re good, they’re great. But when they’re bad, they can ruin your day, your week—even your year.Packed with proven advice from two of today’s leading exp...

There are thousands of books about thinking. But there are very few books that provide clear how-to information that can actually help you think better.Think Better is about Productive Thinking — why it’s important, how it works, and how to use it at work, at home, and at play. Productive Thinking is a game changer — a practical, easy-to-learn, repeatable process that helps people understand more clearly, think more creatively, and plan more effectively. It's base...

THERE'S GREAT WORK ONLY YOU CAN DO. THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU GET IT DONE.Great work lives inside all of us.The question is: Do we make the contributions we're capable of? Is our best work getting out there? Breaking through? Creating a difference the world loves?We've long been told our ability to succeed depends on our IQ, talent, education level, gender, job title, or when and where we were born. Great Work turns that conventional thinki...

Employee engagement is the cornerstone of achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. In Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees, leadership expert Lee J. Colan delivers the “how to” for inspiring your team so they deliver unparalleled value to your customers.Proven at Fortune 500 companies across the globe, Colan's simple but powerful formula is this: meet your employees' basic intellectual and emotional needs, and they will perform at peak ability. Their m...

“Original and wise, this masterful book shows you how to build the honesty and authenticity today’s leaders need, and positions you for success.”- Marshall Goldsmith, author of #1 New York Times bestseller TriggersAre there things you’d like to change at your company? Have you found yourself wishing your boss would change? Or your peers? What about the team you lead?Everyone in the corporate world, from the CEO to the security guard out front, wants...

Extra Money Answer provides a real and honest picture of the opportunities in affiliate marketing. Author Shawn Collins explains how most people don’t make much at all, and that it requires lots of time, testing, and patience.But you can make extra money if you do it right.Learn how to come up with ideas for affiliate sites, create content, drive traffic, and make money with the site.Wondering why you should read Shawn's book?Well, he's been...

"Warning: Your career might be in danger of going off the rails. You probably have blind spots that are leaving you closer to the edge than you realize. Fortunately, Carter Cast has the solution. In this smart, engaging book he shows you how to avoid career derailment by becoming more self-aware, more agile, and more effective. This is the book you wish you had twenty years ago, which is why you should read it now." -- Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive

Failure is inevitable and a postmortem analysis, conducted in an open, blameless way, is the best way for IT techs and managers to learn from outages and near-misses. But when the "root cause" is determined to be "human error" (or worse, particular humans), the real causes and conditions are lost.In this insightful book, IT veteran Dave Zwieback shows you an approach for making postmortems blameless, so you can focus instead on addressing areas of fragility within systems and organ...

Say goodbye to the old model of leadership.SAY HELLO TO THE NEW ALPHAS.If you want to make an impact—in your work, your life, and the world at large—it’s time to scrap the traditional thinking about leadership. The game is changing. Power is shifting. And a brave new movement of leaders are redefining success, rewriting the rules, and revolutionizing leadership for the modern world. Meet the New Alphas…NEW ALPHAS STRIVE TO B...

Forcing compliance is easy. Anyone can 'make' another do a task or a job. It will get done, but when, and to what standard? High performance and, more importantly, sustained high performance can only come from engagement with and commitment to the job in hand.This book will introduce you to the art of compassionate leadership - the art of getting the best for and out of people through the fulfilment of self-worth. It will show leaders how to give their teams a real sense of purpose...