Forecasting & Strategic Planning

"Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World" by Sunzi is an ancient Chinese military treatise written in the 5th century BC. Composed of 13 chapters, each explores different aspects of warfare, strategy, and tactics. This influential text emphasizes intelligence...

You don’t have to start from scratch to build something great. If you’re a next-generation professional in a growing field—technology, healthcare, legal, financial, tax, veterinary, sustainability consulting, or beyond—you may already be facing a career-defining choice: Should I start my own firm? Or should I buy into the one I helped build? Acquiring Your Future Through a Succession Plan is your guide to doing the latter—smarter, sooner, and with far more upside than you might think. Succession planning is not about waiting your turn.

You open your CRM and find three versions of the same client. Your file system has a folder called "Final FINAL v3." Your spreadsheet has columns that no one on your team can explain — including the person who made them. And somewhere in the back of your mind, a voice is saying: I should probably be using AI by now. Here is what that voice isn't telling you: so should everyone else. And almost no one's business is ready for it. Not because the technology is too advanced.

AI made you faster. Hourly billing turned that speed into a pay cut. Your income isn't dropping because AI is replacing you. It's dropping because your billing model penalizes every minute AI saves you. That is the entire mechanism — and almost nobody is naming it. Not the pricing consultants. Not the AI optimists. Not the freelance communities where everyone is giving each other advice that doesn't explain why it stopped working. This is the book that names it — and gives you the framework to dismantle it.

Unlock Your Team’s Full Potential in Turbulent Times. In today’s uncertain world, even the smartest companies struggle—not for lack of strategy or talent, but because their people are bogged down by the messy reality of modern teamwork. Teams That Meet the Moment is a radically practical guide to fixing how work actually gets done inside complex organizations, drawn from a decade of hands-on experience. Karina Mangu-Ward and August, the company she co-leads, have helped teams inside giants like PepsiCo, Colgate-Palmolive, and Planned Parenthood transform how they collaborate under pressure.

What if stress wasn’t the enemy, rather a signal that it’s time to do life differently? We live in a world that wears burnout like a badge of honor. We push through, power on, and wonder why we feel depleted at the end of every day. But what if there’s a better way? What if you could lead, live, and thrive—with energy left over?

Most sales professionals are taught to work harder. Prospect more. Run more meetings. Close more deals. But effort doesn’t scale. Every year quotas increase, territories shrink, and sellers find themselves grinding harder just to keep up. There’s a better way. In Leverage Selling, Troy Clark challenges the way most organizations think about channel sales and introduces a different approach—one built on leverage, not effort. Instead of relying on introductions and reactive partner activity, this book shows how to design systems where partners generate momentum for you.

A grounded, human approach to leading transformation in complex environments. This audiobook offers a practical perspective on how transformation unfolds, moving beyond rigid models to focus on what leaders navigate during change, uncertainty, and ongoing demands. Written for executives who value sound decision-making and trust, it invites leaders to notice what others overlook and lead with greater focus and conviction.

Most leaders don’t fail because they lack talent, intelligence, or effort. They fail because they fight the wrong battles. For over 2,500 years, The Art of War has been misunderstood as a book about conflict. In truth, it is a disciplined philosophy of leadership—one rooted in preparation, clarity, restraint, and responsibility. Sun Tzu didn’t teach leaders how to fight harder. He taught them how to think so clearly that fighting became unnecessary. In The Art of War for Leaders: Strategic Wisdom for Leading Without Conflict, Dr.

Make Them Stay™ is more than a sales book-it's a modern-day playbook for Business Travel Sellers ready to win, retain, and grow high-value corporate accounts in today's evolving travel landscape. Created by industry veteran Tabitha James, this guide combines real-world strategy with personal storytelling, empowering hotel sales professionals to move beyond transactional selling and become trusted partners.

De grote economische verbanden zijn even fascinerend als indrukwekkend en toch voor iedereen begrijpelijk – en bovendien kunt u als gemiddelde burger in het dagelijks leven enorm profiteren van dit inzicht. Dit boek is tegelijkertijd onderhoudend en informatief en biedt u een perfect overzicht van alle economische vraagstukken, zodat u voortaan altijd kunt meepraten over monetair beleid.

End Turnover for Good—a Proven System for Workforce Stability and Profit Growth. Employee turnover is bleeding your profits dry. Every open position drains productivity, culture, and cash. You’ve tried engagement surveys, bonuses, and culture campaigns—but the problem keeps coming back. In Churn, executive consultant and finance leader Clark A. Ingram reveals why conventional HR approaches fail and how to finally fix them.

Most sales books teach tactics. This one teaches judgment. In Culture Beats Strategy, Christopher E. Fleming studies the companies that endured, and some that collapsed, to uncover what actually drives lasting success in the marketplace. From Ron Jon Surf Shop to Raising Cane’s. From Buc-ee’s to Bank of America. From Crazy Eddie’s rise to its collapse. Each story reveals a simple but powerful truth. This truth is strategy looks impressive on paper, but culture determines whether it ever works in the real world.

This book focuses on how to negotiate in different countries. This focus brings to light how to conduct oneself along with cultural nuances for the listener to be aware of. When experiencing and engaging in different countries and cultures, it is of the utmost importance to not disrespect local traditions and embrace the uniqueness of the country's history and customs.

You’ve been in that Agile planning session. Everyone agrees on goals like “improve customer experience” or “increase engagement.” The roadmap looks aligned. The OKRs are approved. But when the sprint ends, no one can clearly explain what success actually means—or why customers should care. Months later, your product team ships a feature. Customers don’t use it. Stakeholders ask uncomfortable questions. Someone says, “I thought we were building something different.” This isn’t a delivery problem. It’s a conversation problem.

Built upon the timeless principles of The Art of War, The Art of Tactical War for Business translates battlefield strategy into modern competitive advantage.

Most businesses don’t stall because of the market. They stall because leadership becomes the constraint. As a business grows, what once worked begins to fail. Decisions slow. Teams hesitate. Progress depends too heavily on the owner. Effort increases—but results do not. The problem is not capability. It is trust. In The Trust Advantage, Tim Luscombe introduces a practical framework for scaling a business without becoming the bottleneck.

Clarity. Confidence. Momentum. What if every decision you made could bring you closer to the life you truly want? In today’s world of constant noise, endless choices, and overthinking, it’s easy to get stuck in doubt. The Future of Decisive Choice offers a breakthrough path forward, showing you how to combine the wisdom of your intuition with the precision of artificial intelligence to make decisions that feel aligned, empowered, and unstoppable. Author Karen Romine introduces a transformational approach that goes beyond quick fixes.

You know AI matters, but you're just not sure what to do with it. Every day brings a new tool, a new headline, or worse, another feeling that you’re falling behind. In your leadership role, you don’t know where or how to get started, much less how to mobilize others. You’re not alone. Most books about AI explain what AI is. This book tells you what to do with it—how to get started right now and set up your organization to drive value with AI within 90 days.

For decades, CEOs have treated financial capital with rigor, discipline, and foresight. But when it comes to human capital—the engine of innovation, execution, and growth—most organizations still rely on legacy mindsets and guesswork. This blind spot is costing organizations their competitive edge. Written by Dr. Cynthia Bentzen-Mercer, executive strategist on human capital potentiality, Human Capital Investment Strategy reframes talent as an appreciating asset—one that can be analyzed, optimized, and deployed for maximum return.