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Management consulting is seen as a glamorous profession. Behind the mystique are the consultants who put in extraordinary effort, synthesize great problem-solving skills and display fine personal attributes that enable them to capture the attention and respect of their clients. This book...

David Rowan travels the globe in search of the most exciting and pioneering start-ups building the future. He’s got to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Xiaomi, Didi, Nest, Twitter and countless other ambitious entrepreneurs disrupting businesses in almost every sector. And yet too often the companies they’re disrupting don’t get it. They think they can innovate through jargon: with talk of change agents and co-creation gurus, ideas portals and webinars, make-a-thons and hackfests, paradigm shifts and pilgrimages to Silicon Valley.

This book is your step-by-step guide to building something bigger—something durable. With 50 succinct, hard-hitting lessons, you’ll learn how to create a business that is valuable, profitable, investable, and able to grow well beyond your career. Unlike selling to a third party, succession planning is a gradual transition of ownership and leadership—often over 10 to 20 years. If done right, it can change not just your exit, but your entire approach to building and leading your firm.

Too many companies limit their strategic thinking by focusing on what they already know how to do. Executives are expected to set concrete objectives and create detailed, step-by-step plans to reach them. This approach may satisfy short-term considerations like quarterly earnings reports, but it produces modest innovation and evolutionary development at best. As a result, the business can find itself in a performance plateau that it cannot seem to break out of.

If the great American wit Will Rogers had been a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ™ Professional, he might’ve written something not unlike MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. CFP®Professional Steve Lynch’s provocative new book is a smart, funny, tell-it-like-it-is pause-resister written in plain-speak with a canny cutting-edge to it. This "final piece to the financial planning puzzle” is a fun read, most instructive and damn hard to put down.

In today's fast-paced and constantly evolving business landscape, strategic investments have become an increasingly important tool for companies looking to stay ahead of the competition and achieve long-term success. The ability to anticipate and adapt to changes in the market, technology, and consumer behavior is crucial for any business that wants to remain relevant and grow. Strategic investments can help companies do just that. In this audiobook, you will learn how to make strategic investments that will increase your revenue and grow your wealth.

This book is for HR leaders, talent acquisition professionals, marketing and communications experts, and C-suite executives who know that talent is their greatest competitive advantage—but struggle to turn that into a brand that actually attracts and retains top performers. If you want to turn your employer brand into a strategic business asset, this book is for you. If you need a clear roadmap to cut through the noise and create real impact, this book is for you. If you’re ready to ditch short-term campaigns and build a brand that works long-term, this book is for you.

This book provides a detailed, step-by-step account of how fraud can be committed in the construction industry, narrated through the experiences of Robert, a former project manager who orchestrated a sophisticated scheme to siphon funds using a fake vendor. Combining his personal story with actionable insights, Robert reveals the vulnerabilities that allow fraud to thrive, the devastating consequences of unethical behavior, and the strategies businesses can adopt to protect themselves.

This book provides the road map business owners need to build massive value and start moving toward a successful transition.

Leading isn’t about today. It’s about tomorrow! How do you want to be remembered? What will people say at your funeral? Will you be forgotten, or will you leave a legacy that will last beyond your lifetime? You have unique gifts; gifts that are vital to bringing order to the world. Your gifts, tied to your purpose, are trapped within you, waiting to be discovered. And when you find them, you will unveil the arena in which you are destined to lead. Once discovered, you begin creating your legacy.