The Complete and Comprehensive Guide to Business TransformationAs digital technologies and consumer expectations continue to disrupt almost every industry sector, companies are placing greater emphasis on developing and implementing transformation programs. Changing the Game offers the practical knowledge required to create a dramatic step-change in company performance. Designed for executives and managers responsible for a transformation in any type of company and situation, this comprehensive real-world playbook covers the change process from start to finish -- from assessing the situation and determining strategic priorities, to developing a roadmap, establishing the governance structure, managing initiative delivery, and evaluating the impact of the transformation.Adopting a robust and pragmatic approach to every stage of business transformation, this authoritative volume explains where to start, identifies key areas of focus, and describes the strategies, decisions, and actions necessary for achieving results. Throughout the text, case studies of leading organizations highlight essential tools and approaches, examine key challenges, and evaluate their impact. A wealth of practical tools help readers build a foundation for change in their organization, define a clear path forward, mobilize teams, assign responsibilities, execute initiatives, track progress, sustain momentum, and more.* Provides detailed guidance on envisioning, designing, managing, and delivering a successful company, function or team transformation* Enables readers to create a dramatic change in company performance with a results-focused approach based on leading management practices* Contains more than 20 in-depth sections representing the entire transformation journey* Includes numerous ready-to-use tools and templates, including 50 exhibits, that can be adopted in any organization to accelerate results* Features tips and advice from top-level executives at leading companies and government organizationsChanging the Game: The Playbook for Leading Business Transformation is an invaluable step-by-step blueprint for executives, managers, teams, and consultants involved in devising and executing transformation programs.
You don't need to be a 'numbers person' to make your business profitable! With Planning a Profitable Business For Dummies, discover the secrets of financial success and how to generate above-average profits.Written especially for the Australian audience, Planning a Profitable Business For Dummies explains how to build a business with profit in mind, using smart pricing techniques and clear-eyed strategic planning. Whether you're just getting started in business or still recovering from lockdown losses, this book points to where extra profits might lie.Flip through these pages to learn the importance of competitive positioning, smart pricing, and how best to secure an enduring advantage over your competitors. Reflect on how you can transition to becoming an entrepreneur, rather than just a business owner, and why this distinction is so important.* Make a safe-and-sound transition into working for yourself by using proven business strategies* Discover the fundamentals of financial projections, margins, and ratios -- even if you aren't a math whiz* Secure finance for your business and manage your working capital wisely* Identify savvy expense-saving ideas, and, when the time is right, sell your business for the highest priceBusiness owners need straightforward, practical tips that ensure that extra edge of profitability. Find these tips inside Planning a Profitable Business For Dummies, and pave your path to financial success.
What makes a video go viral? Is it the star power? Is it the production values? Or is it something else entirely? Like, Comment, Share, Buy reveals the proven strategies for creating powerful marketing videos for social media--videos that will grab your customers' attention and call them to take action, whether it be to share or buy your product. Making a video go viral isn't some dark art that costs a bomb, but it does take careful thought and planning. By unpacking the art of video storytelling and revealing trade secrets, author Jonathan Creek will show you how to make video that fits your brand and your audience on any budget. Discover how to: make engaging videos that drive business results create contagious content as unique as your company produce and publish your videos dissect videos to understand their success practice and apply your video marketing knowledge. The appetite for compelling videos on social media is growing by the day. Like, Comment, Share, Buy is the essential guide to harnessing psychology to make videos that effectively market your products and ideas.
Boost Emotional Intelligence in any situation to achieve exceptional results for any organisationAs organisations around the world are putting more focus on the mindset and wellbeing of staff, the need to develop Emotional Intelligence (EI) has never been greater. Emotional Intelligence in the workplace--including the five key concepts of self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, social skills and motivation--is defined as your ability to identify and manage your personal emotions and the emotions of your colleagues and co-workers. Emotional Intelligence is in high demand and is expected to become an essential component of success in the future of work. Emotional Intelligence: A Simple and Actionable Guide to Increasing Performance, Engagement and Ownership is designed to help you master EI and empower you to achieve the very best outcome for everyone in your organisation.Cutting through the hype and dispelling the myths about EI, this practical, easy-to-use resource provides clear guidance, powerful tools, and actionable steps for developing and implementing EI in the workplace for immediate results. Amy Jacobson, an experienced EI specialist, leadership trainer and coach, shares the tools, methodologies, concepts and actions that increase EI in any situation. Packed with real-life examples and case studies, insightful questions, and useful diagrams to create action, this must-have guide:* Offers a powerful 5-part methodology--Own It, Face It, Feel It, Ask It, and Drive It--to help you understand and immediately implement Emotional Intelligence principles in both your personal and professional life* Increases your Emotional Intelligence in the workplace to enable you to inspire and energise staff, support empathy and self-awareness, and drive high levels of performance* Improves the way you handle high pressure environments, manage challenging situations, and interact with people with different communication styles* Helps you solve difficult problems in the workplace such as loss of purpose and engagement, cultural issues, poor communication, and low productivity* Provides concrete steps for eliminating negative behaviors and for owning the role you play, your impact on others, and the decisions and choices you makeEmotional Intelligence: A Simple and Actionable Guide to Increasing Performance, Engagement and Ownership is an indispensable book for anyone interacting with others in the workplace, especially those with leadership roles such as senior executives, board members, department heads, managers and supervisors.
Take the reins of your financial future with this powerful and insightful new resourceIn Bulletproof Investing, real estate expert, investor, entrepreneur, and author James Fitzgerald, delivers a collection of personal stories and experiences that will show how you too can gain and retain financial control of your life. You'll learn how to spend less than you earn, find a mentor, identify a purpose for your financial wellbeing, and, ultimately, learn to achieve financial independence.This important book shows you how to:* Improve your mental health by removing the stress and anxiety of financial insecurity* Familiarise yourself with the right tools to control your financial destiny* Minimise and manage risk, rather than trying fruitlessly to eliminate it* Take advantage of the miracle of compound growth and watch your investment portfolio flourish* Stop working hard and start working smart, letting your money do much of the work for youPerfect for millennials, adults with children, and those nearing retirement aiming for financial control and stability, Bulletproof Investing will also earn a place in the libraries of anyone hoping to gain a firmer grasp of their financial reality and investment portfolio.
Don't let retirement just happen to you. Make it the retirement you want and deserve. Will you have enough money to enjoy your retirement? The No-Regrets Guide to Retirement is your definitive guide to making your later years, your best years. Qualified financial planner Patricia Howard explains why retirement is a good news story in Australia and offers no-nonsense, upbeat advice to help get you to, and comfortably through, your retirement. Learn how to: develop an optimistic view of retirement take control of your finances, regardless of how much money you have learn how to live on invested income rather than earned income understand and avoid the most common pitfalls. If you are planning, entering or already in retirement, you must read this book. The No-Regrets Guide to Retirement will help you make sound investment decisions, freeing you to enjoy your retirement to the full.
Can you be a leader that people will follow? The most successful leaders and influencers are not only committed to making the world a better place, but they have the character and integrity to lead others to do the same. People Follow People is a practical guide for embracing your true character and values to create an authentic, long-lasting connection with your audience, colleagues and customers. Best-selling author and international speaker, Sam Cawthorn, reveals the 12 characteristics you need to become an outstanding leader who attracts a loyal following, attains longevity to achieve objectives, and leaves a revered legacy. Discover how to: become a recognised expert and trusted influencer re-examine your own values and priorities implement your clarified values and mission lead with significance, integrity and success win the respect of consumers, clients and employees. People Follow People is the must-have book for anyone who wants to become an outstanding leader of influence.
Get inspired to build a profitable business with this essential guideIn the latest edition of this bestselling and authoritative reference, Small Business For Dummies explains how to set your business on the path for success. Using this guide, you'll discover how to nurture your entrepreneurial spirit, build a winning edge over your competitors, and respond to the increasing challenges of everyday business.From the basics of setting up a budget to working out your exit plan, this book explains how to grow a profitable business that responds quickly to opportunities. You'll learn how to identify what's different about your business, and how you can use this knowledge to build your brand and generate above-average profits.This new edition also covers:* Using business plans to stay one step ahead* Building positive teams and managing employees* Creating financial projections that actually work* Attracting the kind of customers you really want* Expanding your online presenceWhether you're a small business veteran or new to the game, this guide provides practical advice and inspirational guidance for every step along the way.
The big ideas that you'll need to run your small businessSo, you've decided to take the plunge into being an entrepreneur. (Congratulations, by the way!) Do you need advice about business structures, marketing, hiring employees, keeping the books or modelling financial scenarios? You can do it all, with Getting Started in Small Business For Dummies. Turn your bright idea into a real-world success and have fun while you're at it!Planning is the trick for succeeding in small business. This process needn't be daunting, especially if you can get the timing right, pick a strategy that works and chart a sound financial course. And if your best-laid plans go sideways, there's always hope, and a practical way forward, right inside this book.* Decide whether small business ownership is right for you, and assess the viability of your business idea* Devise a clear strategy so you can get ahead of the competition* Master the marketing must-haves to build a successful brand* Find that extra bit of profit with smart business decisions* Hire the right employees and build a winning teamThis latest edition is fully updated to respond to Australia's rapidly changing business environment, delivering an easy-to-understand guide which will help you get your business off the ground!
Improve customer and employee loyalty with your brand storiesYour brand is the stories people share about you when you're not in the room. Whether a small, one or two-person company or a large multinational; a not for profit or a Government organisation; a start-up entrepreneur or a corporate institution; a school or a sporting team; a religious institution or a political party; a local café or a global franchise -- everyone has a brand and everyone has a story. The reality is people are already sharing stories, both the good and the bad.Magnetic Stories will walk you through how to develop and communicate your own brand stories, focusing on the five types of stories you need in business to connect and engage people with your brand. You'll learn how to:* Connect with your customers in a more authentic way* Increase the engagement of your employees* Make decisions based on your company values and purpose* Have a stronger presence online by sharing great stories* Take control of your brand and reputation for greater successMagnetic Stories delivers a unique and timely message which is perfect for any business, regardless of size or industry.
Discover how to unlock the potential contained within your teams with this insightful resourceThe Leadership Star: A Practitioner's Guide to Building Staff Engagement provides readers with a step-by-step guide to developing engagement within their professional teams in for-profit, non-profit, academic, and governmental organizations. Experienced executive, management consultant, and author Brian Hartzer walks readers through the foundational and advanced techniques required to develop high performing professional teams. He shows readers how to:* Care about individuals as human beings, rather than as means to an end* Provide context to people to help them understand the company and why what they do matters* Give clarity by telling people what outcomes and behaviors are expected of them* Help clear the barriers that stand in the way of people doing a great job* Recognize individual contributions and successPerfect for current and aspiring senior managers and executives who need to know exactly what they should personally do to draw out the best from their teams and build the highest levels of engagement, the book also belongs on the shelves of anyone with direct reports and anyone who hopes to enhance their own performance in the professional sphere.
Discover how social media can transform your business and help you attract more customersSocial Media For Small Business delivers a step-by-step guide to unlocking the potential of social media to grow your business. Award-winning author and entrepreneur Franziska Iseli walks you through how to use Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Pinterest to market your small-to medium-sized business. The book provides you with:* Effective marketing strategies to get more out of your social media efforts.* Systems to bring structure into your entire marketing approach.* Tools to make your brand irresistible across your customer touchpoints.* Case studies to highlight the application of the book's principles to the real-world* Practical strategies you can put in place immediately to see a rapid return on investmentPerfect for busy business owners, business managers and marketing teams wanting to find new and effective marketing tools to attract more customers, Social Media For Small Business also belongs on the bookshelves of anyone who has difficulty with or wants to learn more about how social media can have a positive impact on their business and brand.
Father Sky and Mother EarthFather Sky and Mother Earth created a beautiful world. They filled the world with plants and animals, and everyone lived in peace and happiness ... until Human Animals came along with their noise, rubbish, smoke and oil. The animals ran away and plants began to die.This cautionary story, accompanied by colourful illustrations, has a happy ending. Discover how the worried Human Animals stop the destruction.Author, poet and illustrator Oodgeroo, of the tribe Noonuccal, was born in 1920 on North Stradbroke Island in Queensland. Here she lived for most of her life, working tirelessly on behalf of Aboriginal people. She died in 1993.Father Sky and Mother Earth, contains a vital message, as relevant today as it was when the story was first published in 1981.
Make the leap and become an entrepreneur todayAre you living for the weekend? Are you dissatisfied at work? Are you itching to do something that is important to you? How can you avoid the pitfalls that many first-time entrepreneurs have fallen into? How do you explore whether entrepreneurship is right for you without giving up your day job? Employee to Entrepreneur is your guide to leaving your job behind and building something for yourself.Author and employee-turned-entrepreneur Steve Glaveski, shows you how to navigate the challenges, find the entrepreneurial success that is right for you and become a better person along the way. Employee to Entrepreneur combines storytelling with a step-by-step framework to teach you how to effectively explore and leverage entrepreneurship to gain freedom, fulfillment and financial security.* understand what you want to do by first understanding yourself* explore if entrepreneurship is right for you without giving up your day job* avoid the common pitfalls faced by first-time entrepreneurs* fund, test and prioritise your ideas in a fast and cost-effective way* develop the mindset to succeed in your business.If you're ready to leave your cushy employee life behind and build a business and a life you believe in, reading this essential guidebook is your first step to making it happen.
'Gabby and Hezi were always the most looked-up-to duo in ecommerce and they truly taught me how to trade!'Nick Molnar, CEO, Afterpay'The Leibovich brothers are pioneers of Australian ecommerce. You cannot afford to not read this book.'Christine Holgate, Group Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Australia PostReal stories and advice from digital entrepreneurs who have learned what it takes to succeedIn Catch of the Decade, two of Australia's most successful online superstars reveal how they've built, launched, merged, and sold some of the most disruptive businesses in Australia today: Catch, Scoopon, Menulog and Luxury Escapes. This book contains little-known secrets and strategies that will help you shorten your learning curve, avoid mistakes, and bring your business dream alive.The wisdom revealed in this book is hard won: brothers Gabby and Hezi Leibovich started with no money and no connections, turned their drawbacks into assets, and came out on top. You'll learn how they rode the waves of entrepreneurialism and worked their way up.* Learn proven tips to define, disrupt and dominate a sector or industry, straight from entrepreneurs who achieved their billion-dollar dreams.* Read hard hitting, no bull nuggets of wisdom in the areas of customer service, PR, Buying and trading, engaging investors and more.* Market-tested strategies for building big brands, creating high-performing teams and fostering a world-class entrepreneurial culture.For the first time, the Leibovich brothers are telling their story, in their own words, and you'll learn how they got where they are today. Follow in their footsteps with over 200 bite-sized entries that are both inspirational and useful. Pick up Catch of the Decade and get moving!
Take a Design-led Approach to Innovation Innovation drives growth in organisations and entire economies. Yet innovation is hard, risky and rarely successful. Most innovations and startups fail because of a lack of focus on the front end of the innovation process where customer needs are researched, insights are distilled, solutions are ideated, prototyped and tested and business models are shaped. But innovation doesn't have to be this way. In Innovator's Playbook, author and leading Design Thinking expert Nathan Baird shares his 20 years of hands-on experience, tools and methods for developing a winning customer-centric approach to innovation. This book will teach you how to apply the design thinking method to innovation and help you to innovate better with five practical and proven stages: 1. Build the right team for innovation. 2. Better understand your customer through empathy. 3. Distill and refine customer-centric needs and insights. 4. Unleash your team's creativity to create fresh new ideas to address customer needs. 5. Experiment and validate desirable, feasible and viable solutions. Innovator's Playbook helps entrepreneurs, corporate teams, startups and leaders across all levels to use design-led methodologies for start-to-finish innovation success.
Learn to invest in some of the most powerful financial instruments available today - written specifically for Australian investors!Getting Started in Shares For Dummies, 4th Australian Edition is an essential resource for anyone who's ever wondered whether they were missing out by not investing in shares. Written by celebrated Australian personal finance author and consultant James Dunn, this book takes a no-nonsense approach to share investment. It shows readers what to do, how to do it, and what to never, ever do.Free of confusing jargon and industry buzzwords, Getting Started in Shares For Dummies offers essential and straightforward guidance on:* How the market works* How a stock exchange like the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) operates* How to assess potential share investments* What brokers really do* How to minimize risk and maximize upside potential* The tax implications of share investingThe author provides practical advice and concrete strategies designed to help readers get started investing in shares. He also includes lessons gleaned from ten legendary investors and how they apply to everyday people.Getting Started in Shares For Dummies is perfect for anyone who doesn't want to miss yet another opportunity to invest in shares and for more seasoned investors who want to brush up on the basics before engaging a new broker.
"Michael can silence a crowd with his story of triumph over adversity. If you need a dash of hope or inspiration in your life right now, start reading."--Catriona Rowntree, bestselling author and host of GetawayMICHAEL CROSSLAND IS A SURVIVOREverything Will Be OK is the awe-inspiring story of Michael's journey from enduring life-threatening cancer as a child, to representing Australia playing baseball in the USA, to becoming an accomplished businessman and a globally in-demand inspirational speaker, starting an orphanage in Haiti and taking national ambassador roles with many organisations including Camp Quality.When Michael was initially diagnosed as a child, his chances of survival were practically zero and by his second birthday doctors had reluctantly given up hope. Then one day he was offered one remote chance to fight back--placement in an experimental drug program. Against all odds, he survived. He was the only program participant to do so. But he didn't make it through unscathed. To this day he lives with permanent scars--a severely burnt lung, damaged heart, and an intensely sensitive immune system.In this stirring memoir, Michael shares his story of hardship and challenges that many of us wouldn't even dream of facing, and reveals how a steadfast mindset, genuine compassion, tireless drive, and unwavering optimism helped him to overcome even the strongest obstacles. It is a simple and enduring belief that everything will be OK.
Learn to love uncertainty--and shape the future you wantYou have a successful life; a professional career, nice home, maybe kids or even a dog, so why are you so damn unhappy? Spread so thin at work, nothing gets the attention it needs; tasked with leading others through rapid change, you're not sure where you're heading yourself. Disruptive technology, catastrophic global events and increasing mental health problems means your secure and linear pathway to happiness no longer exists.Success today is not about the perfect plan to achieve more, manage change and mitigate risk. Our brave new world is calling us to throw out any rulebook and leap into what we fear most--the unknown.That's exactly what Penny Locaso did when she turned her life upside-down to tackle our happiness-deficit problem. She emerged as the world's first Happiness Hacker and the inventor of the Intentional Adaptability Quotient(r): a quantifiable method for individuals and organisations to become more skillful at, and even relish, adapting to rapid change.Welcomed by business leaders worldwide, IAQ(r) catapulted Penny to prominence as a TedX Talk star and faculty member at the acclaimed Singularity University by showing that in our highly disruptive present we must embrace instability and complexity to achieve clarity, purpose, and the sense of meaning that brings real joy.* Learn how experimentation, danger, and even failure are crucial to happiness and success* Take courage and focus on what you're avoiding, not what you're missing* Reskill yourself and others to accept--and even enjoy-uncertainty* Explore your IAQ(r): focus, courage, curiosity, accountability, connection, experimentation and reflectionThis book is an opportunity to look at work and the world through a new lens and see that by surfing on the edges of our comfort zone we--professionals, leaders, everyone--can intentionally adapt to create a successful and fulfilling future.
* Get across the bookkeeping basics* Manage GST and customer invoicing* Generate financial reportsLearn the basics and take the stress out of bookkeeping!Whether you're new to the world of bookkeeping or looking for a refresher on bookkeeping fundamentals, this is the book for you. From information on how GST works through to recording everyday transactions and creating reports, this straightforward, jargon-free guide will break down the basics of bookkeeping and help you keep the finances of any business, no matter how large or small, on the right side of the ledger.Inside...* Build a list of accounts* Plan your bookkeeping schedule* Record receipts and sales* Choose the best software* Understand GST* Generate financial reports* Manage employee payroll* Troubleshoot tricky situations
Leverage the power of urgency to avoid burnout and increase performanceUrgency--that frantic feeling that we need to be doing more, and faster--is a destructive force in today's workplace. Unnecessary urgency can be toxic, causing stress and burnout. But not all urgency is bad, and sometimes we really do need to get things done quickly. Too little urgency can lead to inaction and lost productivity. So how do we find the right balance where we can use urgency as a meaningful tool to keep productivity up, without generating burnout? Urgent! is a guide to using urgency for good to help achieve your goals, to drive success, and minimise stress for yourself, your teams, and your business.This book will teach you to moderate urgency for yourself and those you lead. In our age of fast-paced technology, it's easy to swing between extremes, working reactively one minute, and being inactive the next. The middle ground, described in this book, allows us to work in the "Active Zone" where we maximise proactivity and productivity. By following the practical strategies outlined in this book, readers will learn to understand urgency, become proactive rather than reactive, and lead teams to their fullest potential.* Eliminate stress and burnout for yourself, your teams, and your businesses* Learn how to dial urgency up or down, depending on the situation* Keep teams working in the optimal productive zone by moderating urgency* Stay focused on what's important and learn prioritisation skills to avoid burnoutIf you feel that you and your team are caught up in busy work, stressed to the max by competing demands, leaving no room to focus on what really matters, Urgent! will show you a new way of thinking, leading, and responding. Learn the skills to reduce overload, get more done, and achieve better performance each day.
In a tough or toxic work environment, are you brave enough to challenge your own thinking and shift your own perspective to make relationships work?Bad Boss is for anyone who is in -- or who is keen to avoid -- a negative workplace environment characterised by ineffective leadership. Believe it or not, bad bosses are not bad people, and there are concrete steps you can take to improve your situation.Inside, author Michelle Gibbings shares wisdom drawn from decades in corporate leadership. It takes teamwork at every level to create an environment where everyone can flourish. If you dare to examine your own role in your current situation and take action today, you stand to gain better relationships and greater career satisfaction.Challenge the standard leadership practices and transform a tough situation to the benefit of all. Learn how to:* determine where the problem really lies* identify your role in the bad boss situation* strategise your best option forward* take action using concrete tools* reflect and monitor progress for long-term gain.Bad Boss will take the edge off your stressful work environment and provide you with key actionable steps to turn things around.
Recover wasted time and start living your fullest lifeMost of us wouldn't dare give away our money, but when it comes to time, we let it go without a second thought. Business and creative professionals often dedicate long hours to their work, with little to show for it. We take on more than we should, we treat everything as urgent, and we attend pointless meetings. This book can help you see where you might be sabotaging your own goals. Time Rich helps you identify where you're losing personal time and mismanaging career time.Through practical productivity tools and techniques, author and entrepreneur Steve Glaveski will show you how to be more productive at work, have more time to pursue your personal and life goals, and build a culture that supports achieving objectives without risking burnout. Learn how to:* Identity how you are wasting time* Manage your attention, get into the zone and stay there longer* Prioritise, automate and outsource tasks* Optimise your mind and bodyTime Rich is a blueprint for recovering your work hours, achieving more and spending time where it matters most.'Steve Glaveski understands something that few leaders have figured out: it's possi¬ble to do less and get more done. This book offers a blueprint for working smarter.'Adam Grant, New York Times best-selling author of Originals and Give and Take, and host of the chart-topping TED podcast WorkLife'Time isn't money; it's something of far more value. Glaveski makes the case that we ought to be protecting our time much more than we product other resources. And best of all, he shows you how.'David Burkus, author of Under New Management'Steve Glaveski offers countless ways to get more out of each day by being Time Rich.'Nir Eyal, best-selling author of Hooked and Indistractable'Time Rich by Steve Glaveski makes a compelling argument for abandoning the archaic historical artefact of an 8 hour work-day (or any other arbitrary sum of time) as outmoded and irrelevant to the way we live and do our best work today. Glaveski offers both big ideas and specific techniques to contain or eliminate such time-snatching demons as meetings, email and social media. Reclaim the value of your time by forsaking the management of it and learning instead to manage energy, efficiency and attention -- inputs with far greater impact on output and outcomes, not to mention quality of life.'Whitney Johnson, award-winning author of Disrupt Yourself and Build an A-Team'Time Rich is a fascinating look into why we're all so 'busy' -- and how to gain back our most precious resource. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned productivity geek, this book will change your life.'Jonathan Levi, author, podcaster, and founder of SuperHuman Academy'A very worthwhile read for ambitious professionals to achieve that elusive work-life holy grail: being present and engaged at home without sacrificing anything on the work front -- and even, perhaps, becoming more productive than you ever thought you could be.'Andy Molinsky, award-winning author of Global Dexterity and Reach
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