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After her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered is she should have taken the job. But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. After all, retirement had made her antsy, and...

For the first time ever, hear the bestselling leadership book of all time, read in its entirety by John Maxwell himself! HarperCollins and John C. Maxwell are celebrating the milestone anniversary of Maxwell’s New York Times bestselling book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, with the...

Ready to supercharge your leadership prowess and turbo-boost your team's success? Being an effective leader involves so much more than just managing a team or overseeing operations. Unlock the door to leadership excellence and watch as your team transforms into a powerhouse of innovation and decisive action, propelling your organization and company into the future.

Do you have a nagging fear that your work isn’t truly important? Or that your potential greatness will wither, unrealized? Most people never feel purpose in their work. They never bring their full energy to a meaningful mission. Purpose and intensity are Elon Musk’s superpowers. He chooses...

Wired for Purpose argues that modern leadership isn't about louder goals or faster growth—it's about aligning who you are with what you build, then scaling that alignment through people, process, and story. Aaron Strout—longtime executive and chief marketing officer behind Real Chemistry's rise from $47M to $3B—offers a field guide for leaders who want durable results without losing their soul. The book blends personal narrative, health-tech case studies, and an operator's playbook to show how purpose, when measured and managed, becomes the most pragmatic engine for performance.

Unlock the core principles that drive sustainable business growth with Business Growth Essentials. This comprehensive yet practical guide is designed for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and ambitious professionals who want to move beyond survival mode and build a scalable, resilient enterprise. Inside, you’ll find clear frameworks and actionable strategies covering the most critical areas of growth market positioning, customer acquisition, revenue optimization, and operational efficiency.

ASCENT is about the invisible gap that forms between what you’re capable of and the progress you’re actually making, and why that gap has far less to do with effort than with the rooms you operate in. As businesses grow and leaders accumulate experience, something subtle happens. Decisions take longer. Conversations feel productive, but don’t close. Standards stabilize instead of rising. This book is not about motivation, productivity, or tactics. It’s about how environments shape judgment, identity, and decision-making over time.

From Reactive Leadership to Predictable WinsTake charge of your sales leadership and achieve breakthrough results with the SunBurst Sales Performance System™, a proven framework for transforming chaos into clarity and converting potential into lasting success. Developed by Experts, Built for LeadersCreated by seasoned sales leaders with decades of experience in high-stakes B2B environments, this system empowers you to own your sales outcomes through intentional leadership, strategic execution, and a winning sales culture.

In the early 1980s, Harley-Davidson was on the verge of bankruptcy. In the general public's opinion, quality was substandard - of both motorcycles and riders. Harleys leaked oil and were often broken down. Riders were roughnecks, out to raise hell. The Harley-Davidson brand was tarnished. What s more, the charges were true.By the mid-1980s, Harley couldn't produce enough bikes to keep the public happy. Dealers were selling bikes off the showroom floor, struggling to assuage customers frustration.

Brought to you by Penguin. Daniel Kahneman's pioneering work that tackles questions of intuition and rationality, read by Patrick Egan. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a ground-breaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think and make choices...

In the newly revised third edition of The Leadership Pipeline, a team of veteran leadership practitioners delivers a practical and essential framework for identifying future leaders, assessing their competence, planning their development, nurturing their talents, and analyzing the results of your efforts. The work to be done, the required skills, time application, and the necessary work values for each leadership layer are clearly defined for the digital age. 

Profit is often seen as something that requires constant struggle, complexity, and effort. Many believe that growth only comes through long hours, difficult systems, and endless problem-solving. “The Frictionless Path to Profit” challenges this belief by showing that profitability is not only about working harder, but about removing the unnecessary resistance that slows progress and drains energy from business systems. This book explores the idea that friction is one of the most overlooked barriers to success.

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy clarifies the muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world. Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a specific...

From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.

Navy Ace pilot and TOPGUN instructor Bill Driscoll demonstrates how his own life-or-death aerial dogfights - and the preparation for them - can help guide high-risk corporate decisions. Interviews with over 200 senior executives and 26 Ace pilots, as well as strategies from Driscoll's own highly successful second career in commercial real estate, reinforce the consistent patterns underlying exceptional performance under pressure.

The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result in “the ultimate guide to thinking about risk” (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit). “A big favorite among...

Using stories from his time at Netscape, Apple, and Slack, Michael Lopp presents a series of small but compelling practices to help you build leadership skills. You’ll learn how to create teams that are highly productive, highly respected, and highly trusted. The essays in this book examine the practical skills Lopp learned from exceptional leaders - as a manager at Netscape, a senior manager and director at Apple, and an executive at Slack. You’ll learn how to apply these lessons to your own experience.

The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts is the first book in The Great Mental Models series designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand. This volume details nine of the most versatile all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making, your productivity, and how clearly you see the world.

Murphy's Law tells us that if something can go wrong, it will. Nonsense! says Al Casey, who maintains: If things can go right, they should. But you've got to make them go right, he adds, by hard work, focusing on key problems, and believing in the people around you. One of the most successful - and original - American businessmen of our time, Al Casey is a no-nonsense turnaround specialist who loves nothing more than the big challenges, whether in the private or the public sector.