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When faced with problems, many business leaders and teams look for familiar and standard problem-solving methods, often creating unnecessary struggle, frustration, delay, and ineffectiveness in solving the problem - if it is ever solved at all! In other words, they keep reaching for the same old hammer as if every business problem were a nail.

In How to Manage in Times of Crisis, you will learn how to prepare for inevitable approaching challenges in life and business and how to navigate them with the best results. Released as a written version of his presentation to the Russian Academy of Economics in 2009 (just after the 2008 financial crisis), where Dr. Adizes is an honorary scientific advisor and recipient of an honorary doctorate, this audiobook version of Dr. Adizes' speech gives us hope, and an appropriate strategy, to prepare and rebuild.

Dr. Liker's book, Developing Lean Leaders at All Levels: A Practical Guide was a 2016 winner of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award. We have taken the time to extract the individual seminars and lectures of Dr. Liker used to create this world-renowned publication and offer them in a series of byte-size, topic-specific learning modules. Follow along as we hear Dr. Liker at those actual presentations delivered firsthand to the students of Lean and Lean Practitioners.

Reusable rockets and mass production of spacecraft and their components mean that the cost of access to and operation in space is dropping rapidly and making ever more space businesses economically viable. There are now already thousands of space start-up companies. The space economy is expected to grow to several trillion dollars over the next decades. Space technology may help solve challenges on Earth, ranging from climate change over food and energy security to quality healthcare.

Like the educator who changed his life, Thornton became a classroom teacher. But budget cuts took his job, and he decided to rewrite his story using his artistic talent. Thornton’s artistry and work ethic got him attention at Coca-Cola, both good and bad. He had to figure out a way to navigate this new world, where higher-ups praised him but coworkers reminded him of his “blackness” by drawing a noose in his workstation. He persevered by learning to appreciate and embrace diversity, people resources, and conflicting opinions.

In The Entrepreneur Success Formula, Greg Slaughter exposes the hidden trap that keeps driven entrepreneurs stuck—the Achievement Loop. More goals. More grind. More wins. And somehow, less freedom. This book challenges the belief that working harder leads to a better life. Instead, it reveals why success built on effort alone eventually becomes exhausting—and what to do instead.

Plan BE takes us on a transformative journey toward a new paradigm of success—one that’s not driven by doing more and pushing ahead, but one that allows us to expand into who we’re here to be. In a world where traditional approaches to success often lead to exhaustion and burnout, with millions of people yearning for a more balanced and fulfilling way to work and live, Plan BE offers an alternative pathway that allows individuals to thrive and flourish, while staying true to their authentic selves.

Getting Home is the inspiring story of a defense lawyer and a school teacher who left their careers to rebuild homes for desperate survivors but wound up reconstructing the entire process for rebuilding after disasters. Authors Liz McCartney and Zack Rosenburg describe how SBP, the disaster relief nonprofit they founded, partnered with Toyota to apply the lean principles of the Toyota Production System to rebuild homes and lives following hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods throughout the US and its territories.

Jimmy LaRose's passion for people who give has inspired philanthropists around the world to change the way they invest in nonprofits. His belief that donors are uniquely positioned to give charities what they truly need, leadership more than money, is the basis for his work with individuals, governments, corporations and foundations, in the US, Europe, Asia, and Middle East. Jimmy, in his role as author, speaker, corporate CEO, and nonprofit CEO champions all of civil society's vital causes by facilitating acts of benevolence that bring healing to humanity.

In this program, Paul and Sarah Edwards provide expert advice on how you can work for yourself, combining your personal goals and dreams with the practical realities of earning a meaningful and prosperous livelihood in today's economy. Whether you're just out of college and new to the job market, thinking about changing careers, or faced with downsizing, Finding Your Perfect Work will help you find your perfect work.