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Be A Great Entrepreneur: An inspiring guide to achieving success and fulfilling your business potential (Teach Yourself)
by Alex MacMillanThere is no hotter topic than entrepreneurship in today's world of business and this is the perfect guide for anyone wanting to develop their entrepreneurial skills and fulfill their business potential.Containing lots of practical advice, it also features interviews with successful entrepreneurs who have a wealth of experience to share. <P><P>Coverage includes the different types of entrepreneurial opportunity out there, how to maintain passion, persistence and personal drive and how to outskill your competitors. There is also a final chapter on how to maximise the value of your business for selling, should you decide to move on to other challenges or to retire. Written by a leading expert on entrepreneurship, this is a must-have for anyone looking to be the next Alan Sugar!
Be A People Person
by John C. MaxwellBeing a leader means working with people, and that's not always easy! Whether in your office, church, neighborhood, or elsewhere, your interpersonal relationships can make or break you as a leader. That's why it's so important to be a "people person" and develop your skills in tapping that most precious of all resources: people.In this powerful book, America's leadership expert John Maxwell helps you: discover and develop the qualities of an effective "people person" improve your relationships in every area of life understand and help difficult people overcome differences and personality traits that can cause friction inspire others to excellence and successLoaded with life-enriching, life-changing principles for relating positively and powerfully with your family, friends, colleague, and clients, Be a People Person is certain to help you bring out the best in others--and that's what effective leadership is all about.
Be A Shortcut
by Halford Scott G.Shortcut is the new catchphrase that identifies high-quality, influence and value in employees and executives. Be A Shortcut is a business book that provides new frameworks and tactics to help a broad range of individuals become the professionals their company can't live without. The book shows you how to actually become a Shortcut using Halford's proven, Shortcut success formula. You'll gain more influence, become more valuable, get promoted faster, find better customers, get better raises - no matter what you do. Shortcut is a way of thinking, a way of doing, a way of being - and when you commit yourself to it, you'll write your own ticket to wherever you want to go.
Be All You Can Be
by John C. MaxwellYou have big dreams and major goals for your life. You want to be a leader, fulfilled and fully realized, always able to take what life throws at you and stretch beyond the status quo. But for some reason, you never quite get there. You just aren't living up to your potential, and you don't know why.Now America's leadership expert, John Maxwell, gives you the tools you need to Be All You Can Be. In this powerful book filled with easy-to-grasp truths you can put to work right away, you'll discover the principles of success that can really help you succeed. Maxwell will guide you through four key steps: Know: Discover the principles for fulfilling your God-given potential. Show: Learn how to model the principles so others can see them at work. Go: Roll up your sleeves, get out into the world, and live what you've learned. Grow: Experience living at your full potential, continually assessing your progress.As a result, you'll gain considerable hope for the future, which in turn will give you power to overcome in the present. Successful living and leading starts now: Accept the challenge to Be All You Can Be.
Be Amazing: Discover Your Purpose, Conquer Your Fears, and Fulfill Your Potential
by Paul S. BoyntonA Roadmap to Living an Extraordinary Life from the Bestselling Author of Begin with YesBe Amazing is a motivational and inspiring call to action for people who want more out of life, guiding them and helping them discover how to be amazing in their everyday work and personal lives. Using the signature gentle, conversational style that made Paul Boynton's Begin with Yes so popular, Paul captivates readers with stories of extraordinary people in everyday circumstances, and then zeroes in on the qualities and habits that make them so amazing. By distilling the universal qualities that yield such amazing results, Paul helps readers understand the simple commitments and actions that they can employ in their own lives that will help them be amazing, too—at home, at work, and the pursuit of their passions.Be Amazing shows readers how they can accelerate into lives that are rich and fulfilling, thanks to simple principles that are both universal and easy to understand and apply day-to-day. Learn how generosity and kindness will propel you toward success. Discover the power of setting intentions. Be inspired to serve your community and reap the surprising rewards of doing so. And perhaps most importantly, be empowered to be you. Simple, direct, and full of hope and practical wisdom, Be Amazing will help lead you to the life you've always wanted, while helping others along the way.
Be BOLD Today: Unleash Your Potential, Master Your Mindset, and Achieve Success
by Leigh BurgessReady to make a change? Thousands of leaders have reached their goals using The BOLD Framework. With this roadmap for success, you will believe in yourself without question, own your destiny, learn from setbacks and success, and design a life you love."Be BOLD Today is an eye-opening self-help guide that celebrates innumerable possibilities, encouraging people to work toward bigger, brighter futures." —Foreword Reviews &“Compassionate and practical, Be BOLD Today offers a collection of actionable practices to help you expand your vision and potential. . . . This is not a book just to be read; it is designed to spur life-enhancing action.&” —Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School; and author of Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well Do you have a voice inside you that&’s nudging you to make a change? Maybe you feel stuck and want to try something completely new or you want to elevate what you are already doing to the next level. Using The BOLD Framework, created by visionary leader Leigh Burgess, Be BOLD Today serves as your personal guide for executing the necessary steps to taking charge of your life. Leigh inspires you to identify and achieve your personal and professional goals, large and small. Through this book, you will convert your dreams, aspirations, and goals into realities by following the four steps of The BOLD Framework: • Believe: Reframe limiting beliefs that hold you back and strengthen empowering beliefs that move you forward. • Own: You are the author of your story, and you have the power to shape its narrative, but first you need to own your choices. • Learn: Embrace continuous learning by using a growth mindset, being adaptable and resilient, and turning setbacks into setups for success. • Design: Design a life path to the destiny you desire—and deserve. Be BOLD Today gives you the tools to effect whatever transformative change you desire, so you too can live your own best life. MORE PRAISE FOR BE BOLD TODAY: &“Leigh has built her impressive career around helping women make bold moves in their careers and in their lives. Be BOLD Today is a definitive road map for every leader and aspiring leader to reach success using The BOLD Framework.&” —Jessica Sibley, CEO of TIME &“Leigh is on a mission to redefine bold. She reminds us that sometimes the most profound acts of boldness are the ones that do not make a sound. They are the quiet choices we make every single day that can shift the landscape of our lives.&” —Mita Mallick, Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author of Reimagine Inclusion &“Be BOLD Today is a must-read for everyone who truly desires to thrive and live the life they want. Leigh reminds us that throughout life, you have to be bold and brave and willing to take risks—and potentially fail before you succeed. It&’s time to get comfortable being uncomfortable!&” —Shelley Zalis, CEO of The Female Quotient &“Through Be BOLD Today, you'll discover the power of The BOLD Framework to ignite meaningful change in your life. This is not just a book; it&’s a road map to wholehearted living and the courage to show up as your truest self.&” —Claude Silver, chief heart officer of VaynerMedia and author of the upcoming book Showing Up
Be Bad First: Get Good at Things Fast to Stay Ready for the Future
by Erika AndersenWe are operating in a world defined by constant connection, rapid change, and abundant choices. News that once took months, even years, to spread now reaches across the globe in seconds. Advances in medicine and science are pushing boundaries with gene therapy and stem cell transplants. And decisions about where and how to work and live are nearly endless. As new knowledge--and the possibilities that arise from that knowledge--propels us forward, leadership readiness expert and renowned author Erika Andersen suggests that success in today's world requires the ability to acquire new knowledge and skills quickly and continuously--in spite of our mixed feelings about being a novice. In her newest book, Be Bad First, Erika explores how we can become masters of mastery; proficient in the kind of high-payoff learning that's needed today. With assessments and exercises at the close of every chapter, she encourages readers to embrace being bad on the way to being great--to be novices over and over again as we seek to learn and acquire the new skills that will allow us to thrive in this fast-changing world.
Be Bad First: Get Good at Things Fast to Stay Ready for the Future
by Erika AndersenWe are operating in a world defined by constant connection, rapid change, and abundant choices. News that once took months, even years, to spread now reaches across the globe in seconds. Advances in medicine and science are pushing boundaries with gene therapy and stem cell transplants. And decisions about where and how to work and live are nearly endless. As new knowledge--and the possibilities that arise from that knowledge--propels us forward, leadership readiness expert and renowned author Erika Andersen suggests that success in today's world requires the ability to acquire new knowledge and skills quickly and continuously--in spite of our mixed feelings about being a novice. In her newest book, Be Bad First, Erika explores how we can become masters of mastery; proficient in the kind of high-payoff learning that's needed today. With assessments and exercises at the close of every chapter, she encourages readers to embrace being bad on the way to being great--to be novices over and over again as we seek to learn and acquire the new skills that will allow us to thrive in this fast-changing world.
Be Bad First: Get Good at Things Fast to Stay Ready for the Future
by Erika AndersenWe are operating in a world defined by constant connection, rapid change, and abundant choices. News that once took months, even years, to spread now reaches across the globe in seconds. Advances in medicine and science are pushing boundaries with gene therapy and stem cell transplants. And decisions about where and how to work and live are nearly endless. As new knowledge--and the possibilities that arise from that knowledge--propels us forward, leadership readiness expert and renowned author Erika Andersen suggests that success in today's world requires the ability to acquire new knowledge and skills quickly and continuously--in spite of our mixed feelings about being a novice. In her newest book, Be Bad First, Erika explores how we can become masters of mastery; proficient in the kind of high-payoff learning that's needed today. With assessments and exercises at the close of every chapter, she encourages readers to embrace being bad on the way to being great--to be novices over and over again as we seek to learn and acquire the new skills that will allow us to thrive in this fast-changing world.
Be Bad First: Get Good at Things Fast to Stay Ready for the Future
by Erika AndersenWe are operating in a world defined by constant connection, rapid change, and abundant choices. News that once took months, even years, to spread now reaches across the globe in seconds. Advances in medicine and science are pushing boundaries with gene therapy and stem cell transplants. And decisions about where and how to work and live are nearly endless. As new knowledge--and the possibilities that arise from that knowledge--propels us forward, leadership readiness expert and renowned author Erika Andersen suggests that success in today's world requires the ability to acquire new knowledge and skills quickly and continuously--in spite of our mixed feelings about being a novice. In her newest book, Be Bad First, Erika explores how we can become masters of mastery; proficient in the kind of high-payoff learning that's needed today. With assessments and exercises at the close of every chapter, she encourages readers to embrace being bad on the way to being great--to be novices over and over again as we seek to learn and acquire the new skills that will allow us to thrive in this fast-changing world.
Be Better Than Your BS: How Radical Acceptance Empowers Authenticity and Creates a Workplace Culture of Inclusion
by Risha GrantA book on DEI in the workplace that speaks not only to executives but to employees at all levels of a company, by award-winning diversity consultant Risha Grant.DEI consultant and corporate speaker, Risha Grant, shares her practice of learning how to welcome and embrace people&’s full humanity, without BS, full stop. What&’s BS? It&’s bullshit for sure, but more specifically it&’s the powerful and often invisible belief systems we&’ve been steeped in since birth—the judgment and bias we carry with us that impact our own lives and the many others we encounter every day. Risha teaches us about the inner work and the outer work we need to do to dismantle our &“biasphere,&” and change how we see ourselves and how we interact with others. The more people are willing to acknowledge and address the biases inherent in their belief systems, the more those biases will dissipate and the better our work environments will become.Readers will learn how to:Recognize when your BS manifests as &“isms&” and phobias that follow you to work Cure scarcity mentality, a damaging byproduct of fearValidate other people&’s experiencesBecome a real allyEngage in micro efforts that can effect change on a macro levelCreate an environment that fosters a sense of belonging for everybody; that is, &“get in where you fit in&”Abolish groupthink and create space for diverse ideasDesign explicit feedback channelsGenerate truly inclusive policies that people can trustSpot and stop bullying (it doesn&’t always look the way you think it does)Understand that equality isn&’t equity; the difference leads to everyone getting what they need
Be Big: Step Up, Step Out, Be Bold
by Judith H. Katz Frederick A. MillerToo many people have decided the safest way to get through life is to be small. They've decided it's too dangerous to think big, to speak out, to take risks. But, particularly today, organizations need people to step up.
Be Brilliant Every Day
by Andy Whittaker Andy CopeFrom the authors of the bestselling The Art of Being Brilliant We all have good days and bad days. Some days we're on form, others we can't really be bothered and feel a little lack lustre. No one enjoys those slump days - so let's do away with them! The wonderful, uplifting and funny authors of the bestselling The Art of Being Brilliant are here to show us how to get motivated, get positive and get happy, and, most importantly, how to be all three consistently. Every single day. Using a solid understanding of positive psychology, but with clear visual illustrations, simple explanations and a bit of funny stuff, Be Brilliant Everyday shows us how to foster some serious positivity and mental agility and transform our lives. The book is crammed with practical tips to help us ditch those down days and flourish every single day.How to live and breathe positivity everydayLearn to be truly happy, confident and more effectiveBecome a great example to others and inspire those around youHow to cope and feel brilliant in a busy, demanding world
Be Bulletproof: How to achieve success in tough times at work
by Simon Brooke James BrookeThis is the essential guide for anyone looking to get ahead in the warzone that is often the workplace.However good you are, there are always times you come under fire at work. But how do you turn a crisis into an opportunity, and make yourself bulletproof?In Be Bulletproof, business trainers James and Simon Brooke reveal the top practical solutions for strengthening your resilience – so you can bounce back from every setback, rejection or criticism. You’ll learn to be confident, positive and self-assured in the face of any office adversity.Arm yourself against workplace hazards like:- Harsh criticism and hostile colleagues- Company politics and bad bosses - Rejection and failure - Redundancy or losing your job - And – dare we say it? – your own mistakes
Be CentsAble
by Kristin Pate Chrissy MckeeRead Chrissy Pate and Kristin McKee's posts on the Penguin Blog. As seen on Good Morning America and successfully adopted by thousands of subscribers, this easy-to- use system helps slash every household budget Now more than ever, people are desperate to save money without scrimping on every little purchase or sacrificing their lifestyle. Like most Americans, stay-at-home moms Chrissy Pate and Kristin McKee spent the lion's share of their budgets on what they assumed to be static costs such as groceries and utilities. But when using traditional couponing and cheapskate guides didn't help their budgets shrink by a dime, Pate and McKee decided to come up with their own way to save. Within a few months, their household expenses dropped by more than half-from spending $800 each per month to less than $350! only a few years after developing their "be centsable" system, Pate and McKee have helped thousands of subscribers save money without spending hours finding and cutting coupons, or giving up "extras" like travel and entertainment. In this prescriptive guide, these authors show how anyone can save thousands of dollars on cleaning supplies, pet care, toys, travel, and most importantly, groceries-without giving up healthy foods, favorite products, or the occasional splurge. .
Be Clear About How Your Team Works: Foster the Right Team Culture-Why Effective Team Management Is Key to Becoming a Great Boss
by Kent Lineback Linda A. HillYour team's culture, like the infrastructure of a society, makes productive work possible. If you get the culture wrong, nothing your team undertakes is likely to go smoothly. In this chapter, authors Linda Hill and Kent Lineback describe four critical elements of team culture that you, as a good boss striving to be a great one, must make sure your team clearly understands: 1) Individual roles-who does what, and how each role contributes to your team's goals; 2) How the team works-its systems, practices, and processes; 3) How team members work together-the values and norms that guide their interactions and collaboration; and 4) Team progress-feedback you give your team and its members about work results and how well the team is functioning. With specific questions designed to help you assess your team's culture and also make needed adjustments, this chapter provides a roadmap for any manager seeking to master the challenges of becoming an effective team leader-and a great boss. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 9 of "Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader."
Be Data Analytical: How to Use Analytics to Turn Data into Value
by Jordan MorrowBe Data Analytical is the book organizations and individuals need to understand how to truly use analytics to turn data into valuable insights and drive smarter decision making.Data needs analytics to turn it into value and for organizations to be truly data-driven, they need to use analytics correctly. However, most organizations do not move beyond the first, most rudimentary stage of analytics. They miss out on the powerful insights and opportunities available with all the four levels of analytics: descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive. Be Data Analytical reveals how to supercharge data value through all the four levels of analytics, bringing data to life and enhancing data-driven decision making. Be Data Analytical examines each of these four levels of analytics in-depth: what they are, why they matter, how they can be used strategically and how they can be implemented. The book also explores how individuals and organizations can improve their skills and performance in each of these areas. Written by a global trailblazer in the world of data literacy, the book shows professionals, managers, leaders and organizations how to use analytics for the successful and strategic conversion of data into value, insight and action.
Be Data Driven: How Organizations Can Harness the Power of Data
by Jordan MorrowMake any team or business data driven with this practical guide to overcoming common challenges and creating a data culture. Businesses are increasingly focusing on their data and analytics strategy, but a data-driven culture grounded in evidence-based decision making can be difficult to achieve. Be Data Driven outlines a step-by-step roadmap to building a data-driven organization or team, beginning with deciding on outcomes and a strategy before moving onto investing in technology and upskilling where necessary. This practical guide explains what it means to be a data-driven organization and explores which technologies are advancing data and analytics. Crucially, it also examines the most common challenges to becoming data driven, from a foundational skills gap to issues with leadership and strategy and the impact of organizational culture. With case studies of businesses who have successfully used data, Be Data Driven shows managers, leaders and data professionals how to address hurdles, encourage a data culture and become truly data driven.
Be Data Literate: The Data Literacy Skills Everyone Needs To Succeed
by Jordan MorrowIn the fast moving world of the fourth industrial revolution not everyone needs to be a data scientist but everyone should be data literate, with the ability to read, analyze and communicate with data.It is not enough for a business to have the best data if those using it don't understand the right questions to ask or how to use the information generated to make decisions. Be Data Literate is the essential guide to developing the curiosity, creativity and critical thinking necessary to make anyone data literate, without retraining as a data scientist or statistician. With learnings to show development and real-world examples from industries implementing data literacy skills, this book explains how to confidently read and speak the 'language of data' in the modern business environment and everyday life. Be Data Literate is a practical guide to understanding the four levels of analytics, how to analyze data and the key steps to making smarter, data-informed decisions. Written by a founding pioneer and worldwide leading expert on data literacy, this book empowers professionals with the skills they need to succeed in the digital world.
Be Data Literate: The Data Literacy Skills Everyone Needs to Succeed
by Jordan MorrowWINNER: International Book Awards 2023 - Business: Technology (1st edition) Not everyone needs to be a data scientist, but everyone should be data literate in a fast-moving world that brings new technological developments every day. It is not enough for a business to have the best data if those using it don't understand the right questions to ask or how to use the information generated to make decisions. Be Data Literate is the essential guide to developing the curiosity, creativity and critical thinking necessary to make anyone data literate, without needing a data science degree. With learnings to show development and real-world examples from industries implementing data literacy skills, this new edition includes groundbreaking insights into the future of data and AI. Be Data Literate is a practical guide to understanding the four levels of analytics, how to analyze data and the key steps to making smarter, data-informed decisions.
Be Excellent at Anything
by Tony Schwartz Jean Gomes Catherine MccarthyThis is the paperback edition of 'The Way We're Working Isn't Working'.Through his years of intensive work consulting to companies including Procter & Gamble, Sony, Toyota, Microsoft, Ford and Ernst & Young, with his firm The Energy Project, Schwartz has developed a powerful program for changing the way we are working that greatly boosts our engagement and our satisfication with our work and increases our performance. In this book he marshalls a wide range of powerful evidence from business research and psychology that shows that the current model of work is not only not optimal, it is specfically counter-productive because it saps us of our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energy. In order for us to perform at our best, we must make a set of key changes in our work lives -- and in order to develop the full potential of their work force, our managers and companies must institute changes that will provide us with the regular physical renewal, emotional reward, mental focus and stimulation; and sense of purpose and significance that we need.
Be Exceptional: Master the Five Traits That Set Extraordinary People Apart
by Joe Navarro Toni Sciarra Poynter"Anyone pursuing success must read this book." —Chris Voss, author of Never Split the DifferenceA master class in leadership from the world’s top body language expertFrom internationally bestselling author and retired FBI agent Joe Navarro, a groundbreaking look at the five powerful principles that set exceptional individuals apartJoe Navarro spent a quarter century with the FBI, pursuing spies and other dangerous criminals across the globe. In his line of work, successful leadership was quite literally a matter of life or death. Now he brings his hard-earned lessons to you. Be Exceptional distills a lifetime of experience into five principles that outstanding individuals live by:Self-Mastery: To lead others, you must first demonstrate that you can lead yourself.Observation: Apply the same techniques used by the FBI to quickly and accurately assess any situation.Communication: Harness the power of verbal and nonverbal interaction to persuade, motivate, and inspire.Action: Build shared purpose and lead by example.Psychological Comfort: Discover the secret ingredient of exceptional individuals. Be Exceptional is the culmination of Joe Navarro’s decades spent analyzing human behavior, conducting more than 10,000 interviews in the field, and making high-stakes behavioral assessments. Drawing upon case studies from history, compelling firsthand accounts from Navarro’s FBI career, and cutting-edge science on nonverbal communication and persuasion, this is a new type of leadership book, one that will have the power to transform for years to come.
Be Fearless: 5 Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose
by Jean CasePhilanthropist, investor, and technology pioneer Jean Case brings to life the five Be Fearless principles common to the people and organizations that change the world.This book is a call to action for those seeking to live extraordinary lives and bring about transformational change. When National Geographic Chairman Jean Case set out to investigate the core qualities of great change makers, past and present, from inventors to revolutionaries, she found five surprising traits all had in common. They weren’t wealth, privilege, or even genius. It was that all of these exceptional men and women chose to make a “big bet,” take bold risks, learn from their failures, reach beyond their bubbles, and let urgency conquer fear. Throughout Be Fearless, Jean vividly illustrates these principles through storytelling—from her own transformational life experiences, to Jane Goodall’s remarkable breakthroughs in understanding and protecting chimpanzees, to celebrity chef José Andrés’ decision to be a “first responder” and take his kitchen to the sites of devastating hurricanes to feed the hungry, to Bryan Stevenson’s ambitious efforts to end incarceration inequities, and more. She shares new insights to stories you might think you know—like AirBnB’s tale of starting from scratch to transform the hospitality industry, to John F. Kennedy’s history-making moonshot—and gems from changemakers you’ve never heard of. Weaving together storytelling, practical tips and inspiration, Be Fearless will teach you how to put the five fearless principles to work so that they too can spark the sorts of remarkable breakthroughs that change the world.
Be Great: The Five Foundations of an Extraordinary Life in Business - and Beyond
by Peter H. ThomasPeter Thomas has lived a tremendously successful and fulfilling life, despite personal tragedy and occasionally grave financial circumstances. He founded and built Century 21 Real Estate into the largest real estate network in Canada, and profitably spearheaded dozens of large-scale real estate developments all over North America. He has founded several more wildly successful businesses, the not-for-profit organizations LifePilot and the Todd Thomas Institute for Values-Based Leadership, flown a helicopter, dived to 850 feet in a submarine, and raced motorcycles. So why him? Peter Thomas doesn’t believe he is a particularly gifted person or any smarter than the average man or woman in the street, but his achievements in business and philanthropy are world class. So what is the secret to building an exceptional life? The answer is that there are many paths to success, but what they all have in common is being true to the people on them, and you get to – have to – pick your own. Thomas shares his life, experience, and wisdom with you to illustrate his Five Foundations for achieving the life you want: Values: Clarify your personal values and live them. Focus: Understand the power of focus and how to apply it. Visualization: If you can picture your goal, you can work towards it. Inspiration: Celebrate the genius within you. Reflection: Tap into positive forces you control. For Peter Thomas, learning and applying these principles has brought him fame and fortune, aligned with a resolute conviction to help the less fortunate. There is no limit to what we are capable of achieving. Be Great is a manual for unlocking human potential.
Be Heard Now!
by Lee GlicksteinAs followers of Lee Glickstein's popular seminars attest, effective public speaking isn't the result of being over-prepared or having a slick delivery. It's actually a creative, interactive process relying on the speaker's natural presence and willingness to be "in the moment." Now Glickstein shares his dramatically successful "transformational speaking" approach, showing that the key to successful public speaking lies in spiritual principles that emphasize self-realization and authenticity. Be Heard Now! teaches you how to:Heal your "inner speaker" and overcome your fear of exposureProject a genuine, personal presence to enhance your overall performanceDevelop a keen awareness of the audience and benefit from their responseUse humor and vulnerability to captivate your listenersApply four essential components to write a successful speechWith Glickstein's compassionate, realistic approach, Be Heard Now! can help anyone become a confident, jitter-free public speaker whose ideas flow freely and persuasively.From the Hardcover edition.