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What if you could learn to profit from nearly every loss or misstep in your life, and get a return on it—like an investment? The most successful people get ahead because they deal with failure positively. Since they know they can’t avoid failure, they make the best of it and gain from it. People who adopt this approach learn to build more substantial and significant success in their lives. In his new book How to Get a Return on Failure, John Maxwell teaches listeners how to turn misses into wins and losses into gains.

Leadership at the highest levels can feel overwhelming and isolating. CEOs, executives, and business owners often face intense pressure to perform, deliver results, and inspire others—yet struggle with burnout, disconnection, and self-doubt. In It’s Lonely at the Top: CEO Strategies for Inspiring Yourself and Your Top Team, Nancy MacKay offers a proven framework for mastering self-leadership before leading others. Drawing on two decades of experience with more than five thousand leaders, she reveals how to prioritize health, strengthen relationships, reclaim time, and develop resilience.

Employees that don't take ownership of their work. Friction between departments. Inconsistent results. These are the top challenges that face most businesses today. These common issues create high turnover and force managers into crisis mode where they're consumed putting out daily fires. Over time, the very nature of the business changes and a new culture emerges; one shaped by the lowest level of acceptable behavior.

Soccer is more than the world’s favorite sport. It’s more than the beautiful game. It’s a guide to successful living, at least if you know what you’re looking for. Ciaran McArdle has spent been an avid soccer fan his entire life. He’s even built his entire career around it: founding multiple soccer-based businesses. Over the years, he’s discovered all the life and business lessons you can learn from the game.

Transformation is hard. And most efforts fail. After thirty-five years of leading transformation efforts with multiple organizations and teams, Mamie Jones has developed a proven playbook for anyone who wants to drive dramatic change and produce extraordinary results. It’s time to take your organization or team to the next level through learning how to: Adjust your own mindset and approach to leadership so you can transform the mindset of others.

Physicians lead. It's an integral part of what they do. They lead patients, they lead healthcare teams, they lead colleagues, departments, and organizations. But most doctors receive very little training in leadership. Leon E. Moores, MD, DSc, FACS is a neurosurgeon and seasoned healthcare leader who literally wrote the book on physician leadership for the U.S. Army. A West Point graduate, Moores became an officer and a surgeon in the Army and recognized how the lack of formal leadership training for doctors impacts physician effectiveness, team performance, and patient outcomes.

The Necessary Goodbye is a practical, eye-opening guide to one of leadership’s most misunderstood and avoided responsibilities: firing someone.

Western leaders face significant challenges when conducting business in Iraq, from navigating cultural differences to overcoming ingrained misconceptions. In Leadership Beyond Borders: A Western Executive’s Guide to the Iraqi Business Mindset, Midhat Zwayen delivers a powerful guide to overcoming these obstacles with culturally attuned leadership practices.

The Enduring Impact by Kris Erickson is a practical guide for leaders seeking to create lasting organizational change through the employee experience. Drawing from one of the world’s largest databases of employee feedback, this book offers a data-driven framework for building workplaces where people feel engaged, fulfilled, and inspired to do their best work. Kris Erickson, cofounder of Workforce Science Associates, reveals six core drivers that consistently shape employee engagement across industries and cultures: Mission, Trust, Communication, Appreciation, Support, and Growth.

Calling upon over thirty years of experience delivering optimized project outcomes for some of the world’s leading brands, author Clinton M. Padgett reveals the “secret sauce” many leaders leave out of their project success equation. Taking what’s already working on your teams, the principles detailed in How Teams Triumph help your people maximize performance by enhancing communication; breaking down silos; and providing a proven, repeatable framework to complete projects with all stakeholders pulling in the same direction.

Many leaders hesitate to innovate, struggle with uncertainty, or find themselves unsure of how to reach the future they imagine. Turning the Giant offers a clear, experience-driven path forward. John Berra—who rose from a shy, uncertain university student to Chairman of Emerson Process Management and a member of the Process Automation Hall of Fame—shares the insights gained from decades of confronting the “giants” that shape a leader’s journey.

Imagine if you could use book authorship and media strategy to skyrocket your brand authority and reach millions of people with your message. Imagine if you could learn from the best in the business, the Authority Architects who have helped top entrepreneurs transform their expertise into powerful books and digital platforms. That’s what this podcast is all about. Meet the Experts from Forbes Books is a podcast where you get to hear from the masterminds behind some of the most successful book publishing, digital strategy, and content creation projects in the world. You’ll get to learn ...

The best business owners know that scalability is all about capacity and capability. They understand their businesses can grow, and systems are in place to accommodate growth. But how do you scale your business for growth? Each week, join Tony DiSilvestro, an entrepreneur who has founded over 30 businesses and employs over 400 people, as he speaks with CEOs who have grown their companies by creating experiences that create results. If you want to design a blueprint for business success, this is the podcast for you, Tony D. Talks, a production of Forbes Books.

In his late twenties, Doug Meyer-Cuno decided to abandon his budding corporate career to found his own company. He would go on to grow Carolina ingredients from a one-person operation into a multimillion-dollar manufacturing company with an international customer base, eventually selling the company to Mitsubishi.

Welcome to 10 Talent LeaderTalk on ForbesBooks, where Christian business leaders share wisdom and inspiring stories of God at work in their lives, within their families, in the companies they run, and in the lives of those they employ.

Everyone loves a comeback story, but how does one become a master at overcoming challenges and obstacles? Each week, join Mari Tautimes, an entrepreneur, speaker, and author, as she speaks with groundbreakers who have overcome seemingly impossible odds to build successful businesses, lives, and communities. If you want to learn how to consistently get up after getting knocked down, this is the podcast for you, How to #KeepGoing with Mari Tautimes, a production of Forbes Books.

The Startup Science Podcast, hosted by Gregory Shepard, and produced by ForbesBooks, focuses on conversations in the cross-section of foundership and investing and features best-selling authors like Oren Klaff (Pitch Anything & Flip the Script), David Allen (Getting Things Done), and David Covey COO of FranklinCovey and author of Trap Tales: Outsmarting the 7 Hidden Obstacles to Success. Investing giants like Tim Draper, Leaders like NBA Coach Phill Weber, and newly exited founders like you. With a focus on the common mistakes founders make, perspectives from investors, and founder’s tools, ...

In Think Bigger, Lead Better, Rick Tollakson shares the “Eight to Great” principles that fueled his company’s transformation from a modest real estate company into a thriving, diversified organization. With decades of leadership experience, he reveals how to foster an entrepreneurial mindset, build a strong company culture, and drive real, sustainable success.

What if the greatest achievements in your organization, community, or life weren't dependent on your brilliance alone but on your ability to unite people around shared purpose? In The Unity Blueprint, W. Jeff Williams draws from decades of leadership experience to show how intentional unity creates extraordinary results. Using riveting stories and practical wisdom, Williams demonstrates how character-based leadership, genuine valuing of diverse perspectives, and clear vision create momentum that transforms challenges into opportunities.

Leadership doesn't follow a straight path, and the most effective leaders know how to make strategic turns. In The Detour CEO: 9 Unexpected Turns on the Road to Leadership Success, former CEO Paul Perreault delivers a funny, engaging, and insightful guide to leading with purpose and resilience.