Family offices are garnering tremendous attention from successful families the world over. They are increasingly seen as the best way for these families to manage their wealth, deal with a wide array of non-financial issues and concerns, and help ensure their affluence transfers efficaciously to future generations. More and more, family offices are perceived as the way these families can get superior results. They are being chosen over more traditional competitors such as private banks, we...

Private equity firms are snapping up brand-name companies and assembling portfolios that make them immense global conglomerates. They're often able to maximize investor value far more successfully than traditional public companies.How do PE firms become such powerhouses? Learn how, in Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use. Bain chairman Orit Gadiesh and partner Hugh MacArthur use the concise, actionable format of a memo to lay out the five disciplines that PE fir...

The essential guide to making smarter decisions by decoding CEO CommunicationsRecommended reading in Warren Buffet’s 2013 Shareholder LetterInvesting Between the Lines introduces a revolutionary method for evaluating the financial integrity of a company. You don’t need special access to “insider” information or a degree in accounting to figure it out. In fact, the secret is right in front of you—in black and white—in the words of every s...

The go-to guide for graphic designers who want to run their own shop and improve their bottom line.First published in 2001, The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business set long-needed standards as the first comprehensive management manual for the graphic design industry. Now brought up-to-date, it describes current, best-practice procedures for firms of all sizes operating in an industry that is both fast-evolving and increasingly competitive.

"Straight Talk for Startups memorializes age-old best practices and empowers both experienced and new investment professionals to beat the odds."—David Krane, CEO, Google Ventures"Straight Talk for Startups is filled with real, raw, and fact-based ‘rules of the road’ that you need to know when diving into our ultra-competitive startup world. A must read and a re-read!"—Tony Fadell, Coinventor of the iPod/iPhone & Founder of Nest Labs

For any CEO who wants to achieve and sustain superior shareholder value growth.All chief executives want to deliver superior returns for their shareholders, however only a few have been able to do so on a sustainable basis. Beliefs, Behaviors, and Results profiles how the best Fortune 200 CEOs have been able to outperform their peers and sustain superior shareholder returns by institutionalizing a set of beliefs and behaviors in their organizations.

Put simply, in “How to set up a Family Budget and Finally Get Free”, we focus in on how to empower families to set up better, more realistic budgets, stick to them and celebrate their successes and learn from their failures! Families eventually do have a monthly surplus, see their savings start to grow, consolidate their debt, set aside discretionary funds and personal allowances, build their wealth and become more aware of their pro-active involvement and responsibility regarding ...

"Reporting on Sustainability - Exploring the TCFD Framework for ESG Disclosure" is a comprehensive guide for companies and investors seeking to effectively disclose their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance through the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework.The book provides a detailed overview of the TCFD's recommendations, including governance and strategy, risk management, metrics and targets, integration of ESG into financial di...

Balancing financial skills with an ethical mindset and intuition is challenging in an increasingly complex world and market. Integrated Investing offers an insightful methodology and practice for making investment decisions that reap rewards while matching your values. Developed over more than two decades’ experience in finance, investment banking and venture capital, Foley-Wong’s tools will shift your perspective about the relationship between money and social good, while...

“There is no better person than Ram Charan to provide advice on managing in a downturn.”–Larry Bossidy, former Chairman & CEO Honeywell International Inc."This is all classic guru writing, stressing the extremity of the situation. But from Charan - who has already brought us bestsellers such as Execution and What the CEO Wants You to Know - it seems plausible. His forte is bold advice, delivered with convincing rhetoric. And he has complete...

Entrepreneurship is challenging, but you can do it and you can win! Knowing what to do and why you should do it is a necessity. You need a trustworthy resource to guide you through the process. This resource will help you do just that. This book will guide you, step by step, on what it takes to win at entrepreneurship and have a successful business. You will also get personal development strate

This book provides executives with an in-depth look at the consequences of M&As for acquired top management teams. It examines M&As as a corporate growth strategy, the importance of top management teams to a firm's long-term performance, the reasons why executives depart after an acquisition, and the effects of these departures on target company performance.