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Harvard professor (and negotiation advisor to organizations around the world) Deepak Malhotra shows how to defuse even the most potentially explosive situations and to find success when things seem impossible. Malhotra illustrates key lessons using behind-the-scenes stories of fascinating real-life negotiations, including drafting the US Constitution, resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, ending bitter disputes in the NFL and NHL, and beating the odds in complex business situations.

The basics of being a ScrumMaster are fairly straightforward: At face value, all a ScrumMaster needs to do is facilitate the Scrum process and remove impediments. But being a great ScrumMaster, one who truly embodies the principles of servant-leadership and helps nurture a high-performing team, is much harder and more elusive.

For the first time the complete financial history of Berkshire Hathaway is available under one cover in chronological format. Beginning at the origins of the predecessor companies in the textile industry, the listener can examine the development of the modern-day conglomerate year-by-year and decade-by-decade, watching as the struggling textile company morphs into what it has become today. The structure of the book allows the new student to follow the logic, reasoning, and capital allocation decisions made by Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger from the very beginning.

The EOS Life will help you to discover, clarify, and customize the life you want to live: one where you do what you love every day, with the people you love doing it with — while at the same time making a huge difference and impact, getting compensated very well for doing it, and still having plenty of time to pursue other passions, hobbies, and interests that energize you.

In More Time to Think, Nancy Kline demonstrates that the quality of everything we do depends on the quality of the thinking we do first. The leaders, entrepreneurs and business people who understand this are at the top of their fields and inspire some of the most successful and innovative practices and businesses in the world. In this audiobook, Nancy Kline shares 10 effective ways to help people think innovatively, and with rigour.

Regardless of your position, learn how to lead with impact by utilizing John C. Maxwell's thirty years of experience teaching people how to make a significant difference in their organizations. As one of the most trusted leadership mentors, John C. Maxwell debunks the myths that hold people back...

In The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster you will learn the best strategies Darren has ever collected from the most successful people on the planet, covering the four essential skills necessary for entrepreneurial success: sales, recruiting, leadership, and productivity. This essential guidebook will prepare you for the wild ride of entrepreneurship. It will warn you, inoculate you, and guide you safely past the landmines that blow up and cause the failure of 66 percent of all new businesses.

Brian Tracy is the top time management trainer in the world today—in 38 languages 38 languages and 56 countries. In Time Management Made Simple he teaches you the best ideas learned worldwide in 30 years of research and teaching. In this fast-moving 12 lecture program, you will learn how to manage every aspect of your time and life - more efficiently than ever before! Plus this SPECIAL BONUS! More than $100 worth of online resources to improve your time management skills; plus one month of free access to am online learning program....

Get everything you need to start your successful leadership journey through the 101 series compiled into one collection by John C. Maxwell. As the founder of EQUIP and the John Maxwell Company, bestselling author, speaker, and leadership expert John C. Maxwell is responsible for helping train...

Performance coach Alan Stein Jr. shares the secret principles used by world-class performers that will help you improve your productivity and achieve higher levels of success. High achievers are at the top of their game because of the discipline they have during the unseen hours. They have made...

In The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital, the pioneers of the industry share the investing and management wisdom they have gained by investing in and transforming their portfolio companies. Based on original interviews conducted by the authors, this book is filled with colorful stories on the subjects that most matter to the high-level investor, such as selecting and working with management, pioneering new markets, adding value through operational improvements, applying private equity principles to non-profits, and much more.

Read by the author. The First Time Manager Series has sold over 500,000 copies and is a go-to guide for new and aspiring sales managers on what to expect and how to succeed. The jump from sales superstar to sales manager has made or broken many a sales career. As a top-performing sales...

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BUILDING AN APP-BASED BUSINESS 'A must read for anyone who wants to start a mobile app business' Riccardo Zacconi, founder and CEO King Digital (maker of Candy Crush Saga) 'A fascinating deep dive into the world of billion-dollar apps. Essential reading for anyone trying to...

The success of Starbucks is one of the most remarkable business stories in decades. Since 1987, the coffee merchant has grown from a single retail store on Seattle's waterfront to a company with more than 1,000 stores nationwide and a new one opening somewhere every business day. According to Fortune magazine, Starbucks "has changed everything...from our tastes to our language to the face of Main Street."

It's difficult to ask anybody "how are you?" without hearing the word "busy" somewhere in their response. We feel overwhelmed by busyness because of the demands on our time: our inboxes and our to-do lists are bulging, a huge amount of people expect things from us and our organisations are trying to do more with fewer people. But it doesn't have to be that way. In reality, busyness isn't essential. Yes, there is a lot to do, but believing you're always busy because you have so much to do is both false and unhelpful.

The Leadership Rundown is a leadership and sports podcast breaking down how great coaches, teams, and leaders built winning systems—and where leadership decisions changed everything.Every game has a rundown. Every season has turning points. Every organization has moments that reveal its leaders.This podcast studies elite coaching, leadership through sports, and the critical decisions behind championships, collapses, dynasties, and rebuilds. Each episode explores legendary coaches, iconic teams, and pivotal leadership moments from across football, basketball, baseball, soccer, hockey, and ...

The New Leader Playbook is a history and leadership podcast built on the mistakes of the past.Instead of recycling leadership clichés and motivational myths, this show digs into real historical cases of bad leadership, failed decision-making, and power misused—and turns them into a modern playbook for leaders who don’t want to repeat the same errors.Each episode explores moments when leaders made the wrong call, ignored warnings, trusted bad advice, or doubled down on failing strategies. From political and military disasters to corporate collapses and cultural breakdowns, the show ...

Lessons from the Locker Room is a leadership and sports podcast exploring how the greatest coaches, teams, and athletes built winning cultures—and what their stories teach us about leadership in real life.Some of the most powerful leadership lessons in history didn’t come from boardrooms or classrooms. They came from locker rooms.This podcast studies elite coaching, team leadership, and the hidden dynamics behind championship organizations. Each episode explores a legendary coach, team, or program from across football, basketball, baseball, soccer, hockey, and beyond, blending sports ...

Sleep for Professionals is a podcast about how busy, high-responsibility people can finally fix their sleep without blowing up their schedule or lowering their performance.If you’re a professional who’s exhausted at night but wired in bed… If your brain won’t shut off after work… If stress, deadlines, and responsibility are wrecking your sleep… this episode is for you.In this episode, you’ll learn how insomnia, night anxiety, and broken sleep patterns develop in demanding careers—and why willpower, supplements, and “sleep hacks” usually fail.Drawing from CBT-I (Cognitive ...

The Bad Manager Podcast is a history and leadership show about the people who were put in charge—and shouldn’t have been.Each episode explores real stories from history where bad management, poor leadership decisions, and misused authority caused teams to fail, organizations to collapse, and people to pay the price. These aren’t stories of villains twirling mustaches. They’re stories of managers who ignored feedback, chased the wrong metrics, protected their ego, or confused control with competence.From military and political hierarchies to businesses, institutions, and large ...