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Innovation doesn't just happen. You need to lead it. Discover the three critical roles leaders must play in driving—and scaling—innovation. Constant tech disruption. Unrelenting economic volatility. Radically shifting demographics and work norms. More than ever, we need to innovate amid...

Every leader has a dream. Few have a clear path. DREAM to Reality changes this almost immediately. Built around the DREAM framework—Define, Research, Experience, Apply, and Measure—leaders can call upon a proven system to turn their ambition into results. Drawing upon his years guiding Fortune 500 brands and landmark initiatives like ‘He Gets Us,’ author Jason Vanderground has experienced firsthand the questions leaders face: How can I move my team from inspiration to execution? How do I earn lasting loyalty from my customers?

Excellence isn’t an accident. It’s engineered. The blueprint trusted by world champions, Tier One Special Forces, and $60B+ Hedge Funds. Forged from two decades immersed in the world’s most unforgiving arenas, Accelerating Excellence reveals the principles measured in profit, world titles, and mission success.

Filled with illuminating case studies and brilliant in-depth analysis, this invaluable book provides a multitude of insights that will help you weather market upheavals, adapt to disruptions, and optimize your resources to your best advantage. 

Are you leading your team—or is AI leading you? Generative AI for Leaders is the essential playbook for business transformation in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Designed for executives, project leads, and innovation champions, this audiobook delivers a clear, strategic roadmap to navigate the complexity, uncertainty, and potential of AI deployment—without drowning in technical jargon. With billions spent and 70% of initiatives failing to scale, the question isn’t whether to implement AI—but how to do it right.

"It's a marathon, not a sprint." We hear this truism all the time, but in business there's constant pressure to go all out and never let up. Leaders are driven to set stretch targets, relentlessly reduce costs, launch new initiatives, expand into new markets, hire more people, develop more capabilities, and execute flawlessly. It all sounds great - until the company overextends itself and collapses like a badly trained racehorse in the home stretch.

Customer Experience expert Jim Tincher provides the wisdom and tools to show business-to-business (B2B) organizations how to build and sustain superior customer experience (CX) as a core business activity.

Based on research from over 1,200 companies, including WalMart, Google, and JPMorgan Chase, this book follows real-world cases from companies where employees evolved from silent contributors to masterminds steering corporate strategies. These cases are the vanguard of a vibrant era in which workers will be the architects of their destinies, shaping not just their own careers but the entire trajectories of their organizations. 

Birds of a feather flock together. We're all in the same boat. Great minds think alike. While just figures of speech to some, they reflect a simple truth - it's the company we keep that often determines the level of personal growth and professional success we achieve in life. Business leaders exchange information and ideas. They network to make deals and build partnerships. They work together to optimize best practices, and they reach out to leaders outside their companies to accelerate growth.

Better executive health drives business performance and a stronger society. For the experienced manager as well as manager in training, business school professor, and executive coach; Steven P. MacGregor helps you leverage this truth in your life and your business. MacGregor shares breakthrough insights and techniques he's honed through seven years of pioneering the world-renowned Sustaining Executive Performance (SEP) program and working with thousands of top executives worldwide.

In a world drowning in copycat “thought leaders” and AI-generated noise, the worst thing you can be is forgettable. This is the ultimate playbook for CEOs, founders, and experts who want to escape “best kept secret” syndrome and grow revenue exponentially by earning the visibility, credibility, and brand preference that you deserve. You'll become the trusted face of your firm, the respected voice in your field, and the magnet that pulls in perfect-fit clients, partners, talent, investors, and media without chasing, convincing, or begging them.

Learn the secrets of how successful businesses consistently predict and grow revenue. Imagine how great it will feel presenting to your board when the team is perfectly aligned, everyone knows their numbers, and has a proven process to deliver growth. It is not a dream. It can be reality. The Forecast takes you on a step-by-step journey with a fictional team as they pull together to save their small tech business.

This short, practical book includes case studies, examples, and practical guidance to help you get started on your own OKR journey.Written by Natalija Hellesoe and Sonja Mewes, who bring their extensive experience working OKRs in companies of all sizes. Natalija and Sonja are trainers, coaches, and change agents. They work with companies at different stages of the their OKR journeys - from first know-how workshops to OKR practitioner coaching and organizational development.

How can your organization increase its agility, alignment, and accountability to improve performance? Developing performance management capabilities means changing the way people are empowered to make better decisions. It requires a transition from a restrictive, command-and-control approach to a management style that includes more participants in the performance-management process.

Whether you’re a CEO, CMO, founder, or rising change agent, The Community-First Advantage will help you turn your community into the strategic force your business has been missing—and give you the tools to lead with authenticity, agility, and trust in an era of constant change.

Chaotic Change is designed to be a comprehensive guide for leaders, innovators, and change-makers navigating the complexities of the modern business landscape. Through personal anecdotes, case studies, and practical strategies, this book provides a roadmap for managing chaotic change—a process that drives and sustains innovation. From grasping the dynamics of strategic excellence to fostering a culture of happiness and clarity within organizations, each section builds on the next, offering a holistic approach to change management.

Simply "making the numbers" is no longer enough to remain competitive. In today's high-pressure environment, organizations need to overachieve. That level of success requires a clear and objective view of the business - because even the most courageous leader can't steer a ship in the dark. Is the enterprise Agile? Resilient? Vulnerable? Or Lagging? The Scorecard Solution provides the answer. The audiobook introduces a data-centric tool - the Organizational Prowess Scorecard™.

The GenAI Prompt Playbook: Strategic Leadership. AI-Powered Frameworks for Executive Decision-Making. Cut through leadership complexity with 20+ field-tested AI prompts designed for strategic executives.

One-size-fits-all solutions to business fail to address the unique challenges faced in your industry and by your unique team. Thanks to esteemed Guides Gregory Cleary and Michael Erath, The Path to the Pinnacle revolutionizes the way entrepreneurs approach business optimization. This compelling and insightful book is your deep dive into the groundbreaking Pinnacle Approach, a customizable process designed to empower you to tailor your business framework to the specific needs of your organization.

Flat, Fluid, and Fast delivers the tactics and strategies you need to create a disruption-proof company during the talent mobility revolution. It walks you through the entire process, providing expert advice on new ways to draw top talent to your company, implement new training programs, create employee mobility plans, design innovative career paths for staff, leverage contractors and other contingent workers, and operate an adaptable organization for long-term success.