No matter what sector you're in or what challenges your organization is facing, there are five fundamental levers that you can apply to effect real change. You just need to know how to work them.
Sales made simple: promote your small business online, increase sales and build long-lasting success in your industry.
Of course your team is good. It's made up of good people. But imagine if it was GREAT... imagine if it had the EDGE...In a world of ambiguity and constant change, teams are the critical glue for solving complex problems, delivering in challenging environments and supporting each other to grow, develop and be engaged.Drawing from extensive research working across hundreds of teams, Alison Grieve and Jenni Miller have developed an integrated and full-team approach that allows any team to achieve high performance and sustain it. In this highly practical book, they translate their authoritative research and theory into five key Edge Dynamics, together with clear steps and tools that can be applied immediately. Take your team to the edge of higher performance, deeper engagement and greater wellbeing and beyond.Alison Grieve and Jenni Miller work with leaders in large multi-national organizations to help transform company culture and create differentiated performance. Based on extensive, original research with over 160 teams, they have developed a blueprint for success that captures how the greatest leaders and teams think, act and communicate to overcome mediocrity and drive outstanding personal and organizational performance. They frequently write and run authoritative webinars on leadership and teams based on their research and experience. They regularly appear as guests on podcasts and webinars and won the 2022 'Stevie' International Business Award for their approach to leadership development and the Women in Business Company of the Year Award 2022.
If you could sit down to dinner with some of the world's most ambitious startup entrepreneurs, what would you ask them?Since 2011, 9others has hosted over 5,000 entrepreneurs at 500 events in over 45 cities around the world and asked one simple question: what's keeping you up at night? We've heard the challenges that entrepreneurs all around the world have faced; their thinking and the behavioural traits that helped them overcome those challenges.In this book, 9others founders Katie Lewis and Matthew Stafford will help you discover the questions you should be asking yourself as you start and scale your own start up, and why you should go on your own journey to find your 9others
'A living manual for the renaissance of an eminent African country!' Thabo Mbeki President of South Africa, 1999-2008A practical roadmap for transforming the largest economy in Africa.Reclaiming the Jewel of Africa is an insider's account of how to take Nigeria and Africa from potential to prosperity.Drawing on long experience in both the private sector and government, Olusegun Aganga provides practical and pragmatic insights that all Nigerians, and anyone concerned about the broader economic future of Africa, should consider.OLUSEGUN AGANGA CON is a Chartered Accountant with a professional career extending over four decades in the financial services industry and in the public service. A former MD at Goldman Sachs and Senior Director at Ernst & Young in London, he served first as Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Economic Management Team and then as its Minister of Industry, Trade and Investments. He was also the chairman of the World Bank and WTO.
Don't just produce results, unleash potential.Radical disruption in the legal sector has meant increased pressure on lawyers to be strategic business enablers and innovators. Today, leaders of law firms and legal functions must steer change more effectively to create client-centric solutions for the businesses they serve. But this requires a new set of leadership skills focused on delivering success through vision and values, purpose over profits and positive impact on people.The Conscious Lawyer is a simple, powerful roadmap for professionals seeking a more meaningful way of leading high-performing teams through change. Discover a fresh perspective on how you can reshape your leadership to advance the future of law.As an international lawyer, general counsel and law firm COO, Kiran Chawla Scarr has spent a global career leading transformational change in the legal sector. Widely recognized and awarded for transformative leadership, process innovation and contribution to the legal community, she is a prominent voice on the future of law.
Move beyond 'top-of-mind'. Business relationships start where all worthwhile relationships start: in the heart, not the head.
Congratulations! You have been given about 20 more years to live than your grandparents. But does that just mean a longer decline?Berit Lewis shows that the story we so often tell ourselves about ageing - that it's all downhill from 50 - is simply wrong. In fact, research reveals we are at our happiest aged 80! Combining her extensive experience in teaching mindfulness with her knowledge of how to live and age well, she reveals a simple framework that can help you make the most out of those extra years of living. Rather than wait for society to solve the challenges of longevity, she invites us to explore what each of us can do to take responsibility for our own life and ageing process.Ageing Upwards will help you navigate life after 50 with acceptance, self-compassion and mental flexibility. It's also invaluable to leaders who wants overcome unconscious beliefs, limitations and discriminations related to age to create more diverse organizations.
There's one group consistently ignored in most companies' diversity strategies, but which could be your business's secret weapon.Professional women over 50 are faced with a triple-whammy of discrimination: they are not male, young, or linear in their career paths. As a result, they are leaving corporate life and taking their career into their own hands. And with it, they take their abundant wisdom, energy and ambition.Drawing on new research by Dr Lucy Ryan that fills a longstanding data gap, this book shows that assumptions about declining midlife motivation and energy just aren't true for women and reveals how you can retain and develop this invaluable talent pool with a better understanding of their challenges and a few simple changes.Professional women have transformed our world. And women over 50 are deserving of your attention and ready to step up in your business.Dr Lucy Ryan is a leadership coach, consultant, author and passionate advocate for women's professional development. Her doctoral research project explored the phenomenon of midlife for professional women, a long-standing data gap, and she works with companies internationally to unlock the potential of this key talent pool.
'This book is a secret weapon, providing clarity and confidence in scaling to seven figures'Sebastian Bates, The Warrior AcademyThe average B2B business takes 5 years to double its revenue; remarkable businesses double revenue every 12 months. In Remarkable Business Growth, Richard Mawer reveals how you can make YOUR B2B business remarkable and unlock predictable 7-figure business growth.You know you need proven strategy, processes and systems to be successful. What you're missing is the secret of making your business remarkable at every touchpoint, a business that your customers not only use, but love and remark upon.From working with hundreds of business owners and building eight businesses of his own, Richard has developed the STEPS Growth method, to give business owners a step-by-step blueprint of processes and principles to put in place the five strategies, processes and systems that a modern business needs to grow predictably towards seven figures and beyond.Richard Mawer is the founder of Ignite Growth, a business growth consultancy, working with B2B clients who want to scale to £1m turnover and beyond.www.goberemarkable.com
How to 'do' EDI...Unless you're consciously including people, you're almost certainly unconsciously excluding people. Discover 99 decisions and 5 simple habits for creating more inclusive organisations, inside and out.Rather than top-down change initiatives involving huge teams, Catherine Garrod advocates for combining skill and will to guide people in their everyday thinking. Then developing reporting to create social accountability and track departmental progress.When every voice is heard, every person is empowered and everybody takes action, the outcomes are extraordinary.This is the 'how to' book of EDI*.Catherine led Sky to become the most inclusive employer in the UK, with 80% of teams increasing their diversity. Now as the Founder of Compelling Culture she blends the power of listening and data to transform the organisations she works with, collaborating with leaders and their teams to define the practical actions they can implement today, tomorrow and the day after....one decision at a time.*Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
Why do some physical products succeed and others fail?When you have an idea for a new product, it's a pivotal moment. This device of yours will enhance the lives of the people who use it, earn you extra money, and have a significant impact on the world.However, there's much more to a successful product than the quality of the original idea. Why do some products fly off the shelves and others not even reach the market? That's what this book will explain.You'll learn how to decide if your physical product solves the right problem, who to sell it to, and how to protect and fund it. You'll also explore different business models and manufacturing options and discover the ins and outs of the product design process. By the end, you'll understand what it takes to be a professional product innovator.Gethin Roberts is an experienced product design engineer and Managing Director of ITERATE, a dynamic product design consultancy that blends creative and technical expertise to develop products from idea all the way through to production.
Negotiation is everywhere. Even though we use it all the time - at work, at home, with family and friends - many of us are negotiating without realising it. Negotiation can be described as the process of getting what we want, from people who want something from us and is an art built around the science of a defined process, the Scotwork 8-Step Framework.For a number of years, our negotiation experts have written about the issues of the day and have compiled a selection of negotiation stories for this book. Once Upon a Deal... brings colour to our framework to help you think differently about negotiation and help you be more in control and confident to enable you to get what you want and contribute to enhanced collaborative interactions.Get ready...
'Want to avoid making leadership mistakes and make better decisions? Read this book.' - James TimpsonNo time for wishful thinking when you're changing the world.If you're a leader who wants to get things done in a way that makes the world a better place, you need someone in your corner.Liam Black has been supporting social entrepreneurs and purpose-driven leaders for decades, and he understands what it takes to do work that goes beyond the bottom line - and what it can take out of you, too.In this no-bullshit, woo-woo-free book, he reveals how to align purpose and leadership, how to deal with uncertainty, imposter syndrome, anxiety and loneliness along the way, how to exercise authority (even in the face of endemic sexism), and when it's right to walk away.'Liam's the mentor you want on your side when things get tough.' - Sue Campbell, FA Director of Women's Football'This book (like his mentoring) will help you get through tough times with grace - a must read.' - Juliet Scott-Croxford, President North America Brompton BikesLiam Black has founded and led a dozen organizations, invested millions in purpose-driven companies and is a mentor to start-up entrepreneurs and leaders in multinational corporations.
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Does your product business feel unpredictable, slightly terrifying, and hungry for money?If so, you're not alone.Retail is the fastest growing small business sector, and for good reason. With accessible selling technology and billions of people shopping online, reaching your ideal customer is easier than ever before.But the truth is that making money in a product business is harder than it first appears. And without profits, your business becomes incredibly difficult to manage and almost impossible to grow.Fortunately for you, big retailers have spent decades developing methods of monitoring profit margins, forecasting and growing sales and managing stock to maximise their bottom line.In this book, small-business retail expert Catherine Erdly shows you how to easily apply those big business tools and perspectives to understand your business, get clear on what you need to do to grow profitably, and, ultimately, tame your tiger.
Being able to connect deeply with other people will help you succeed and flourish at work and enhance your career or business development.And more than this, meaningful connection with other people is what gives most of us true joy and a sense of purpose in our personal lives.But connecting and communicating isn't always easy. Perhaps we're fearful of being judged or rejected, or we lack the confidence to speak out in a group, or to approach what we believe will be a difficult conversation.In this thought-provoking and practical book, you'll discover how connecting with yourself gives you a foundation for better relationships with others. You'll find ideas that you can apply to one-to-one conversations, to group interactions such as networking meetings, teamworking and leadership, and in family and social settings.As you progress through three dimensions of connection, you'll build skills and confidence in relating to yourself and others.'Crafting Connection is a must-read guide to communication and building better relationships.'Jess Annison, OBE. Jess Annison Coaching'... an elegant, accessible, and practical guide to creating a more meaningful, authentic life by deepening the connection you have with yourself and with others.'Sarah Grant. Nutritional therapist, Gut ReactionFelicity Dwyer is a facilitator, trainer, coach and speaker. She helps individuals, leaders and teams to connect and communicate, so that people feel heard and understood.
Remote working is here to stay.But 65% of remote workers say they feel isolated, and many managers struggle to know how to support them.In Your Resource is Human award-winning marketer and global remote business leader Melissa Romo explores the five unspoken remote work emotions, and identifies the five remote-ready leadership behaviors that can help all teams, large or small, rise above the sometimes emotional undertow of working apart.This book aims to give remote leaders the counsel and courage to embrace empathy, adapt their communication and inspire optimism that will drive culture, build connection and help their people do their best work.Melissa Romo has more than 20 years' experience as a business leader for FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies around the world and has spent more than a decade building, leading and working in globally dispersed teams. She earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management, where she studied organizational behavior and leadership, has been recognized as a marketing and advertising industry "40 Over 40," and is a regular speaker on communication, content and community for business events around the world.
You've come this far... How do you move your career forward from here?Once you reach middle to senior level in your profession, you require dii erent skills to allow you not only to carry out your day-to-day role ei ectively and positively, but to also continue your career progression and fulfil your potential.Simply being technically proficient and having expert knowledge isn't enough any more. You need to develop other capabilities related to communicating, engaging with others and dealing with every professional scenario ei ectively and confidently.This book will help you master these skills to successfully navigate your current role and prepare for your next, so that you can increase your job satisfaction and progress your career.Joanna Gaudoin helps bright, knowledgeable people with great technical skills and experience improve their non-technical skills, so they progress their careers and boost their firm's performance. She has run her business for over a decade and has worked with thousands of people, both individually and in groups. Now she wants to help YOU stand out and develop the skills you need to succeed.
"We've all gotten stuck working with people we don't like. Thankfully, Deb Mashek has written a lively, actionable book to fix that. Combining her expertise as a psychologist and her experience as a consultant, she reveals how we can earn trust, repair relationships, and create collaborations that bring out the best in us."Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLifeMany people have mixed feelings about workplace collaboration. On the one hand, they know collaboration is essential to achieve complex goals. On the other hand, they know collaboration is a slog. People pull in different directions. There's desperately little communication and even less follow through. One person ends up doing all the work. The result? Friction mounts. Projects fizzle. Great people walk.Here's why: very few of us ever receive any formal training in how to collaborate well.In Collabor(h)ate, Deb Mashek draws on her deep experience as a relationships researcher and collaboration facilitator to reveal everything you need to know to make workplace collaborations less painful and more productive.Dr Deb Mashek is an experienced business consultant, professor, higher education administrator, and national nonprofit executive. She applies relationship science to help people collaborate better.Learn more at: www.collaborhate.com
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