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Chicken Soup For The Shopper's Soul: Celebrating Bargains, Boutiques And The Perfect Pair Of Shoes
by Mark Victor Hansen Jack L. Canfield Theresa PelusoShopaholics Unite! You know it when you find it: the perfect black dress, the welcome mat for your first home, the yellow bunny sheets for your best friend's baby shower, the laundry basket your nephew will never use in college. Whatever the mission, shopping for yourself and others marks life's milestones, celebrates your passions and expresses your individuality. And most important, shopping is just plain fun! Whether your preferred stomping ground is an antique shop or a mega mall, a bargain basement or a boutique, a flea market or Fifth Avenue, you'll be thoroughly entertained, inspired and validated by the true-life shopping adventures of like-minded people like you? People who freely admit they were Born to Shop? And who never cease to find fulfillment, enjoyment and a few great buys while doing it. Chicken Soup for the Shopper's Soul is the ultimate celebration of the ultimate pastime. Let the bargains begin!
Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul
by John Gardner Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Dahlynn Mckowen Tom Hill Elizabeth Gardner Kyle WilsonFulfill your dreams ... Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul is a compilation of short stories from entrepreneurs, both large and small, who share their experiences of success, failure, and courage, with a little helpful advice mixed in. Many of these stories, told for the first time here, will enlighten you to new methods of entrepreneurship or simply help you believe in the possibilities of getting started. Stories include people such as Doris Christopher, a stay-at-home mother who introduced her love of cooking to others through founding The Pampered Chef; Thom Chappell, who stuck to his instincts when developing Tom's of Maine and kept value at the core of his business; and Carol Gardner, who intimately shares a desperate time of debt and divorce, until along came a bulldog named Zelda, followed by a greeting card line--Zelda Wisdom--which became one of Hallmark's number one sellers. These entrepreneurs and many more will inspire you with their amazing life experiences and fascinating beginnings.
Chicken Soup for the Shopper's Soul: Celebrating Bargains, Boutiques and the Perfect Pair of Shoes
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Theresa PelusoShopaholics Unite! You know it when you find it: the perfect black dress, the welcome mat for your first home, the yellow bunny sheets for your best friend's baby shower, the laundry basket your nephew will never use in college. Whatever the mission, shopping for yourself and others marks life's milestones, celebrates your passions and expresses your individuality. And most important, shopping is just plain fun! Whether your preferred stomping ground is an antique shop or a mega mall, a bargain basement or a boutique, a flea market or Fifth Avenue, you'll be thoroughly entertained, inspired and validated by the true-life shopping adventures of like-minded people like you--people who freely admit they were Born to Shop--and who never cease to find fulfillment, enjoyment and a few great buys while doing it.
Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Tim Clauss Maida Rogerson Martin RutteWork is an important part of living, whether you wait on customers, build a business, or cook for your family. As such, we all have important stories to tell about our work. From this rich treasure chest of experiences, Canfield, Hansen, and company have gathered a special collection of inspiring tales that share the daily courage, compassion, and creativity that take place in workplaces everywhere. Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work will nourish your spirit with stories of courageous leaders and will foster your creativity with examples of inspiring breakthroughs. It will also teach you how to enrich yourself and your coworkers through heartfelt acknowledgment. This powerful book gives you new options, new ways to succeed, and, above all, a new love and appreciation for yourself, your job, and those around you. Share it with your mentor, coworkers, or staff, and enjoy renewed joy and pleasure in your chosen vocation. Special stories by Dilbert's Scott Adams, Beverly Sills, Dave Thomas, and many more make this collection complete.
Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work: 101 Stories of Courage, Compassion, and Creativity in the Workplace
by Mark Victor Hansen Jack L. Canfield Tim Clauss Maida Rogerson Martin RutteThis collection of 101 stories talk about courage, compassion, and creativity in the workplace.
Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work: Stories of Courage, Compassion and Creativity in the Workplace
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Tim Clauss Maida Rogerson Martin RutteWork is an important part of living, whether you wait on customers, build a business, or cook for your family. As such, we all have important stories to tell about our work. From this rich treasure chest of experiences, Canfield, Hansen, and company have gathered a special collection of inspiring tales that share the daily courage, compassion, and creativity that take place in workplaces everywhere. Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work will nourish your spirit with stories of courageous leaders and will foster your creativity with examples of inspiring breakthroughs. It will also teach you how to enrich yourself and your coworkers through heartfelt acknowledgment. This powerful book gives you new options, new ways to succeed, and, above all, a new love and appreciation for yourself, your job, and those around you. Share it with your mentor, coworkers, or staff, and enjoy renewed joy and pleasure in your chosen vocation. Special stories by Dilbert's Scott Adams, Beverly Sills, Dave Thomas, and many more make this collection complete.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Volunteering & Giving Back
by Amy Newmark Carrie MorgridgeOne person can make a significant difference in the lives of others. This collection of 101 inspiring stories celebrates volunteers and those who give back, and also shows how the biggest beneficiaries are the givers themselves.Volunteers and people who give back are models of unconditional kindness, compassion, and love. You choose hope over despair, optimism over cynicism, and caring over indifference. And by serving others, you also help yourself. In this inspiring collection of 101 personal stories by and for volunteers and those who give back, you and your fellow unsung heroes will get some of the recognition and appreciation you deserve.
Chicken Soup for the Working Mom's Soul
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Patty AuberyMom's work is never done Whether you work full time or part time, in an office or from your home, or are a stay-at-home mom, Chicken Soup for the Working Mom's Soul is for you. The stories found in this heartwarming book are from women who, day in and day out, juggle and balance their careers and their families. Whether it's a busy day at the office, followed by music lessons and baseball practice, preparing dinner, or helping with homework, then snuggling and tucking in the little ones, life for a working mom is a busy one. But it is also an enriching and rewarding life, and the stories shared in this book by working moms will show you that it's not important to be "Super Mom" all the time, just some of the time!
Chicken Soup for the Working Woman's Soul
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Patty Aubery Mark Donnelly Chrissy DonnellyWhether she is a corporate executive or a factory worker, an entrepreneur or a "mompreneur," today's woman is an integral part of the workforce and the American Dream. Women have made inroads in many professions that were once the domain of only men while juggling the many demands of work and family. From the woman who manages a staff of fifty, to the mother who choreographs the comings and goings of a family of five, women are the ultimate multitaskers. This collection celebrates the diversity and special contributions of women in the world of work--their hopes, their dreams and aspirations, and their accomplishments. This very special book also acknowledges the important and often unappreciated women in the homeplace through stories of stay-at-home moms for whom raising children was their most important task. These tales recognize the vital contributions of women who find their reward in devoting their lives to their families instead of collecting a paycheck. Chapters include: All in a Day's Work; Balancing Work and Family; Teamwork; Special Moments, and more, and each shares the trials of working women and the special joys that achieving career dreams can bring. Readers will laugh, cry, and nod in agreement as they connect with women who are not just making a living, but making a life.
Chicken Soup for the Working Woman's Soul: Humorous and Inspirational Stories to Celebrate the Many Roles of Working Women
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Patty Aubery Mark Donnelly Chrissy DonnellyWhether she is a corporate executive or a factory worker, an entrepreneur or a "mompreneur," today's woman is an integral part of the workforce and the American Dream. Women have made inroads in many professions that were once the domain of only men while juggling the many demands of work and family. From the woman who manages a staff of fifty, to the mother who choreographs the comings and goings of a family of five, women are the ultimate multitaskers. This collection celebrates the diversity and special contributions of women in the world of work-their hopes, their dreams and aspirations, and their accomplishments. This very special book also acknowledges the important and often unappreciated women in the homeplace through stories of stay-at-home moms for whom raising children was their most important task. These tales recognize the vital contributions of women who find their reward in devoting their lives to their families instead of collecting a paycheck. Chapters include: All in a Day's Work; Balancing Work and Family; Teamwork; Special Moments, and more, and each shares the trials of working women and the special joys that achieving career dreams can bring. Readers will laugh, cry and nod in agreement as they connect with women who are not just making a living, but making a life.
Chicken Soup for the Working Woman's Soul: Humorous and Inspirational Stories to Celebrate the Many Roles of Working Women
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Patty Aubery Mark Donnelly Chrissy DonnellyWhether she is a corporate executive or a factory worker, an entrepreneur or a "mompreneur," today's woman is an integral part of the workforce and the American Dream. Women have made inroads in many professions that were once the domain of only men while juggling the many demands of work and family. From the woman who manages a staff of fifty, to the mother who choreographs the comings and goings of a family of five, women are the ultimate multitaskers. This collection celebrates the diversity and special contributions of women in the world of work--their hopes, their dreams and aspirations, and their accomplishments. This very special book also acknowledges the important and often unappreciated women in the homeplace through stories of stay-at-home moms for whom raising children was their most important task. These tales recognize the vital contributions of women who find their reward in devoting their lives to their families instead of collecting a paycheck. Chapters include: All in a Day's Work; Balancing Work and Family; Teamwork; Special Moments, and more, and each shares the trials of working women and the special joys that achieving career dreams can bring. Readers will laugh, cry, and nod in agreement as they connect with women who are not just making a living, but making a life.
Chickenizing Farms and Food: How Industrial Meat Production Endangers Workers, Animals, and Consumers
by Ellen K. SilbergeldA frightening look at the meat industry’s cost to public health, worker safety, and the future of medicine—as well as the potential for agricultural reform.Over the past century, new farming methods, feed additives, and social and economic structures have radically transformed agriculture around the globe, often at the expense of human health. In Chickenizing Farms and Food, Ellen K. Silbergeld reveals the unsafe world of chickenization—big agriculture’s top-down, contract-based factory farming system—and its negative consequences for workers, consumers, and the environment. Drawing on her deep knowledge of and experience in environmental engineering and toxicology, Silbergeld examines the complex history of the modern industrial food animal production industry and describes the widespread effects of Arthur Perdue’s remarkable agricultural innovations, which were so important that the US Department of Agriculture uses the term chickenization to cover the transformation of all farm animal production. Silbergeld tells the real story of how antibiotics were first introduced into animal feeds in the 1940s, which has led to the emergence of multi-drug-resistant pathogens, such as MRSA. Along the way, she talks with poultry growers, farmers, and slaughterhouse workers on the front lines of exposure, moving from the Chesapeake Bay peninsula that gave birth to the modern livestock and poultry industry to North Carolina, Brazil, and China.Arguing that the agricultural industry is in desperate need of reform, the book searches through the fog of illusion that obscures most of what has happened to agriculture in the twentieth century and untangles the history of how laws, regulations, and policies have stripped government agencies of the power to protect workers and consumers alike from occupational and food-borne hazards. Chickenizing Farms and Food also explores the limits of some popular alternatives to industrial farming, including organic production, nonmeat diets, locavorism, and small-scale agriculture. Silbergeld’s provocative but pragmatic call to action is tempered by real challenges: how can we ensure a safe and accessible food system that can feed everyone, including consumers in developing countries with new tastes for western diets, without hurting workers, sickening consumers, and undermining some of our most powerful medicines?
Chief Culture Officer: How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation
by Grant MccrackenLevi-Strauss, the jeans and apparel maker, missed out on the hip-hop trend. They didn't realize that those kids in baggy jeans represented a whole new--and lucrative--market opportunity, one they could have seen coming if they had but been paying attention to the shape of American culture. Levi Strauss isn't alone. Too many corporations outsource their understanding of culture to trend hunters, cool watchers, marketing experts, consulting firms, and, sometimes, teenage interns. The cost to Levi-Strauss was a billion dollars. The cost to the rest of corporate America is immeasurable. The lesson? The American corporation needs a new professional. It needs a Chief Culture Officer. Grant McCracken, an anthropologist who now trains some of the world's biggest companies and consulting firms, argues that the CCO would keep a finger on the pulse of contemporary cultural trends--from sneakers to slow food to preppies--while developing a systematic understanding of the deep waves of culture in America and the world. The CCO's professionalism would allow the corporation to see coming changes, even when they only exist as the weakest of signals. Delightfully authoritative, trenchantly on point, bursting with insight and character, Chief Culture Officer is sure to expand your horizons--and your business.
Chief Customer Officer
by Jeanne BlissDrawing on her first-hand experience at top companies as diverse as Lands' End and Microsoft, Jeanne Bliss explains why even great corporations can drift to delivering mediocrity to customers, and she offers a proven solution to break the cycle.Different divisions and departments in corporations can fail to communicate and act as a team--they create silos instead of a superior customer experience. Jeanne Bliss shows in stark detail how profits suffer when businesses focus on their organizational charts and not their customer relationships.This book provides leaders the tools and information they need to overcome organizational inertia and deliver a meaningful customer experience. The author includes diagnostics to determine if a company's core strengths, metrics, and systems improve or harm customer relationships. With all these tools, leaders can address the organizational challenges they face with an exhaustive review of the Chief Customer Officer role and an evaluation to determine the right solution for their culture and company.
Chief Customer Officer 2.0: How to Build Your Customer-Driven Growth Engine
by Jeanne BlissA Customer Experience Roadmap to Transform Your Business and Culture Chief Customer Officer 2.0 will give you a proven framework that has launched and advanced the customer experience transformation in businesses in every vertical around the world. And it will take years off your learning curve. Written by Jeanne Bliss, worldwide authority on customer experience, and preeminent thought leader on the role of the Customer Leadership Executive (such as Chief Customer Officer, Vice President of Customer Experience, etc.) this book follows the five-competency model she uses to coach the C-Suite and Chief Customer Officers. 1. Manage and Honor Customers as Assets 2. Align Around Experience 3. Build a Customer Listening Path 4. Proactive Experience Reliability and Innovation 5. One Company Accountability, Leadership & Decision Making Chief Customer Officer 2.0 will get you into action quickly with a united leadership team, and will shift your business intent to earning the right to growth by improving customers’ lives. Jeanne Bliss fearlessly shares her tools and leadership ‘recipe cards’ for leading and enabling your business transformation. And she provides practical guidance on how embed the five competencies into how your company develops products, goes to market, enables and rewards people, and conducts annual planning. Including over forty accounts of actions by Customer Leadership Executives around the world, this is the book you have been waiting for that tells it like it is and gives you the framework to build your customer-driven growth engine. Jeanne Bliss pioneered the Customer Leadership Executive position, holding the role for twenty years at Lands’ End, Allstate, Coldwell Banker, Mazda and Microsoft Corporations. Since 2002 she has led CustomerBliss, a preeminent customer experience transformation company where she helps companies achieve customer-driven growth. She is a worldwide keynote speaker, and sought frequently by major media for her point of view. Jeanne is the co-founder of the Customer Experience Professionals Association, established to advance the worldwide discipline of customer experience and customer experience practitioners. She is also the best-selling author of Chief Customer Officer: Getting Past Lip Service to Passionate Action (2006), and I Love You More than My Dog: Five Decisions to Drive Extreme Customer Loyalty in Good Times and Bad (2011).
Chief Design Officers at Work: Insights and Strategies from CDOs on the Frontlines of Innovation
by Jaleh AfsharMeet the creative minds shaping our world in Chief Design Officers At Work, the captivating new addition to the acclaimed At Work series from Apress. Explore the realm of design management, unveiling unique perspectives, strategies, and innovative approaches to building businesses with design in mind. Through a collection of insightful interviews, gain an illuminating glimpse into the daily lives, challenges, and triumphs of prominent design executives from various industries, spanning zero-to-one products to established brands. Each of these design experts have played a pivotal role in shaping design-driven approaches, leading to groundbreaking industry evolutions and market disruption. The remarkable stories and insights from these visionaries reveal how design-led thinking can be a powerful catalyst for driving bottom line success. From building user-centric products to creating cohesive brand experiences, these design leaders demonstrate the transformative impact design can have on business outcomes. Readers who are design practitioners, launching their own startup, revitalizing an existing product, or established executives will find invaluable lessons and inspiration within these pages. What You Will Learn How design leaders navigate complex business landscapes to craft compelling user experiences and brand strategies Valuable insights and practical advice that can elevate their own practice How to make a lasting impact in your industry as a designer Who This Book is For Whether you're a seasoned executive seeking fresh inspiration or an aspiring design practitioner eager to glean wisdom from the best in the field, Chief Design Officers at Work is an indispensable guide for anyone in the design field.
Chief Executive Offenders and Economic Crime: A Convenience Theory Approach
by Petter GottschalkThis book examines the role of Chief Executives in white collar crime from a convenience theory perspective. Privileged position status, legitimate resource access, institutional deterioration, lack of control and guardianship, and criminal networks such as cartels are some of the typical factors of opportunity convenience when chief executives commit white-collar crime. By presenting and discussing such factors, this book aims to clarify vulnerabilities in organizational settings when the deviant chief executive takes advantage of their position for criminal means. The book applies convenience theory to explain a variety of cases of corporate crime committed by chief executives. The work will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers in the areas of criminology and criminal justice, law enforcement policy, business management and organizational behavior.
Chief Information Officer Role Effectiveness
by René Riedl Alexander HütterThis book reviews latest research on the effectiveness of the chief information officer (CIO) in organizations and its impact on IT success. It presents a model of six different roles, in which a contemporary CIO can act: technology provider, strategic supporter, business thinker, innovation driver, integration advisor, and relationship manager. The book analyses the effectiveness of the CIO role based on four antecedents: CIO personal competence, CIO hierarchical position, the management environment, and the IT infrastructure of the organization in which the CIO operates. Altogether the literature review synthesizes the results of highly fragmented work related to CIO role effectiveness reported in 98 studies published during the past three decades. The book contributes to information systems literature by integrating what is known about the scope and responsibilities of CIO organizational roles in the present management context, and by guiding research and practice in revealing how and why CIOs can achieve effectiveness in the six roles. The book concludes with a discussion of the limitations of the study and potential avenues for future research.
Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear
by Tom Peters Richard SheridanThe founder of Menlo Innovations and author of the business culture cult classic Joy, Inc offers an inspirational guide to leaders seeking joy in the challenge of leading others.Rich Sheridan's Joy, Inc. told the story of how his tiny software company in Ann Arbor, Michigan achieved success and renown by embracing offbeat culture and human-centered values. In Chief Joy Officer, he turns his attention from culture to leadership, and draws on his experience running Menlo and consulting elsewhere to offer a wise, provocative guide on how anyone can build leadership capacity for joy within their own organization. Chief Joy Officer offers sage, hard-won advice to any manager or leader who yearns to make more of an impact on the lives of others, including: * Self-understanding is the cornerstone for every virtue of leadership: authenticity, trust, humility, and optimism. * Good leaders make more leaders: Learn to judge your performance not on whether people are doing what they're told, but whether they're developing independent leadership capacity. * Influencing up is just as important is influencing down: how to encourage different thinking in those above you in your organizations.Filled with colorful anecdotes from Sheridan's personal journey and wisdom from many leadership mentors, Chief Joy Officer offers an approachable, down-to-earth philosophy and practice that will help even the most disillusioned of middle managers bring a renewed sense of purpose to their work building others.
Chief Marketing Officers at Work
by Josh SteimleRead in-depth, candid interviews with 30 individuals holding top marketing roles within their organizations. Interviewees include chief marketing officers (CMOs) from established organizations--such as Linda Boff of GE, Jeff Jones of Target, and Brian Kenny of the Harvard Business School--to those from hot startups--such as Matt Price of Zendesk and Seth Farbman of Spotify. As more CMOs ascend the ladder to CEO, the varied career stories these 30 CMOs tell constitute a veritable treasure map for marketers seeking to boost growth and enhance the brands of their organizations and themselves. More broadly, these no-holds-barred interviews will entertain and enlighten all those who interface and collaborate with marketing departments, including other C-level executives, managers, and personnel across the organizational gamut. Trends in digital marketing, analytics, and marketing automation have pushed marketing to the forefront of many organizations and increased overlap with other business functions that were previously viewed as separate and distinct from marketing. Today, marketing directly influences sales, HR and recruiting, and technology, requiring individuals in these roles to understand better how marketing works and how it can help them achieve their objectives. These realities of marketing are clearly described in this book as interviewees discuss breaking down silos, working with other departments, and following the data. As the founder of an international marketing agency and contributor to business publications such as Forbes, Mashable, and TechCrunch, author Josh Steimle has succeeded in extracting biographical anecdotes, professional insights, and career advice from each of the individuals profiled in this book.
Chief Sustainability Officers At Work: How CSOs Build Successful Sustainability and ESG Strategies
by Chrissa PagitsasRead over 20 exclusive, in-depth interviews with chief sustainability officers (CSOs) of Fortune 500 companies such as Amazon, Coca-Cola, and Procter & Gamble and globally recognized brands such as IKEA and Netflix. These CSOs reveal how they deliver positive environmental and social impact through their companies’ core products and services and generate revenue growth while tackling unique leadership, change management, regulatory and stakeholder challenges. Sustainability and environmental, social, governance (ESG) strategies are increasingly central to businesses’ growth strategy and risk management. As a result, the CSO has become more important as a driver of both revenue and strategy. Yet, no two CSOs are alike in their backgrounds, titles or even the scope of their roles. From former Peace Corps volunteers to supply chain experts, these C-suite leaders launch ambitious carbon emissions and net-zero goals, develop new products for a circular economy, target increasing the diversity of their company’s staff, align strategic projects to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and standardize reporting for the SEC, investors and more. What You Will Learn How global multibillion dollar businesses in the United States, Europe and Asia structure their sustainability strategyHow top sustainability executives drive both business value and positive environmental and social impact How CSOs landed in their roles without climbing a traditional career ladder Who This Book Is ForExecutives and board members generally or those establishing a sustainability or ESG strategy; current and aspiring CSOs and ESG leaders; business leaders partnering with sustainability leaders and teams; and students studying the integration of sustainability and business.Advance praise for Chief Sustainability Officers At Work:"Chief sustainability officers play a critical role in supporting the broader business transition to a more just and sustainable global economy. Through dialogue with influential sustainability professionals, Chrissa brings to life the essential role in bridging gaps and helping to eliminate the divide between "traditional" business functions, senior leadership, and the sustainability teams to drive transformational change within their firms." - Mindy Lubber, CEO and President, Ceres "Chief Sustainability Officers at Work, is a fresh new book by seasoned business leader Chrissa Pagitsas that offers succinct ways anyone can implement and achieve ESG goals – whether they own the company or simply aspire to improve its impact on people and the planet. Chrissa roots this book in her own experience leading change within major companies that not only improved the businesses where she worked but improved the markets within which they needed to thrive. This is a must read for a seasoned ESG practitioner as much as it is for the young professional just getting started. Chrissa knows it is imperative we all just get started doing better and she opens up the otherwise dark box of how-tos for all of us to do our part." – Dana Bourland, SVP, The JPB Foundation and author of Gray to Green Communities: A Call to Action on the Housing and Climate Crises.
Chief Talent Officer: The Evolving Role of the Chief Learning Officer
by Jack Phillips Patricia Phillips Tamar ElkelesIn the face of rapid changes and challenges to the business environment, learning and talent are key to the success of businesses. This is an area in which the Chief Learning Officer (the CLO) is vital and has evolved into a Chief Talent Officer role in organizations. The Chief Talent Officer is now responsible for working to drive value, focusing on issues such as talent, organization design and development, culture, business alignment, managing resources, innovation, technology, utilization, customer service, and ROI. Chief Talent Officer discusses the critical, value-adding role of the next generation CLO, and the strategies that can be used to fulfill this role. With a wealth of perspectives from some of the world’s best talent executives, this book illuminates the role from the CLO’s perspective. This revised and refreshed edition of the text includes the latest illustrative examples, explanations, and data. The reader is shown the role of the CLO from diverse, multinational points of view, and taken through the varying aspects of business strategy in a range of international environments. This book is a vital tool for managers and students, providing techniques and methods for the training, talent, and HR communities alike. It will help its readers to demonstrate and understand the potential value that can be added to any organization when it is managed and organized well, and equipped with appropriate leadership.
Chief in Tech: How Women are Breaking the Silicon Ceiling and Leading with Impact
by Anna Radulovski Ivo RadulovskiA practical blueprint for women to advance their careers, conquer barriers, and thrive in leaderships roles with confidence in tech and beyond Chief in Tech is an inspiring and comprehensive guide for women navigating career growth, packed with proven strategies, real-life success stories, and actionable advice for both personal advancement and leadership development. This book equips readers to thrive, navigate professional growth, and shatter glass ceilings. Whether you're mastering leadership, negotiating your worth, or navigating work-life integration, this book provides tools to lead with confidence and resilience. Authored by Anna Radulovski, founder of the WomenTech Network, an in-demand C-level executive consultant, and a renowned keynote speaker, Chief in Tech draws from her firsthand experiences and interviews with globally recognized executives, industry-veterans and thought leaders. Anna offers hard-earned insights on topics such as: Elevate your personal brand: Strengthen your leadership presence with an authentic brand that amplifies your influence and expertise, positioning you as a thought leader. Leverage your network: Unlock opportunities by building meaningful connections and expanding your professional network, both in person, through community platforms and LinkedIn. Maximize Mentorship & Sponsorship: Build powerful relationships that accelerate your career growth. Negotiate your worth: Secure fair pay, promotions, and leadership roles by confidently advocating for your value. Strengthen your resilience: Bounce back from setbacks, adapt to change, and thrive through continuous growth. Build a Legacy: Create a lasting impact through your leadership, at work and in the community. Chief in Tech earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of women across roles and industries seeking key perspectives on succeeding at work, especially in corporate environments, along with organizations seeking to benefit by understanding how to support and promote women in tech, leading to more diverse and innovative teams.
Chief of Staff: Die Schlüsselrolle zur Transformation und Innovation in Unternehmen
by Katrin Stigge Natascha ZimmermannIn einer sich ständig wandelnden Arbeitswelt gewinnt die Rolle der Chief of Staff zunehmend an Bedeutung, besonders in Europa. Doch was verbirgt sich hinter dieser Position, die traditionell militärisch geprägt und in den USA beheimatet ist, und welchen Beitrag leistet sie in der freien Wirtschaft? Dieses Buch bietet eine fundierte Einführung in die Aufgaben und Anforderungen sowie in das Rollenverständnis einer Chief of Staff und zeigt das Zusammenspiel innerhalb des CEO-Offices auf. Die Autorinnen vermitteln leicht verständlich theoretisches Wissen, aktuelles Know-how sowie praktische Erfahrungen und geben Tipps für die Einführung einer Chief of Staff als strategische Schlüsselfunktion für Unternehmen. CEOs und HR-Verantwortliche, die eine CoS-Position etablieren wollen, erhalten einen Einblick und eine Checkliste, wie die Rolle im Unternehmen aufgebaut und eingebunden werden kann. Assistenzen und Young Professionals bekommen das nötige Werkzeug und Impulse, ob und wie sie sich zu dieser strategischen und verantwortungsvollen Position entwickeln können. Entdecken Sie, warum die Chief of Staff die Schlüsselrolle der Zukunft ist – und wie Sie selbst in dieser Position glänzen, strategisch wirksam und erfolgreich sein können.
Chief of Staff: Notes from Downing Street
by Gavin BarwellBOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and Prospect'Fascinating and instructive... his decency and pragmatism shine through.' The Times'Candid, valuable and insightful.' ObserverSince the EU referendum of 2016, British politics has witnessed a barrage of crises, resignations and general elections. Theresa May's premiership was the most turbulent of all. In her darkest hour, following the disastrous 2017 election, she turned to Gavin Barwell to help restore her battered authority. He would become her chief of staff for the next two years - a period punctuated by Brexit negotiations, domestic tragedy, and intense political drama.In this gripping insider memoir, Barwell reveals what really went on in the corridors of power - and sheds a vital light on May, the most inscrutable of modern prime ministers. He was by her side when she met Donald Trump, heard about the poisoning of the Skripals in Salisbury, and responded to the Grenfell Tower fire. He was also at the centre of Brexit talks with foreign leaders and MPs from across the house, including Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer. Revealing how government operates during times of crisis, this is the definitive record of a momentous episode in Britain's recent political history.