Beyond Fair Trade Coffee How One Small Coffee Company Helped Transform a Hillside Village in Thailand by Mark Pendergrast “What does compassionate capitalism look like? Mark Pendergrast shows us in this enlightening story of tribal life, opium, missionaries, market trends, a Thai antiques dealer, a mining entrepreneur and coffee.” Abigail Carroll, author of Three Squares:…
Power Through Partnership How Women Lead Better Together Paperback by Betsy Polk and Maggie Ellis Chotas Drawing from their own twelve-year partnership and from interviews with 125 women business partners across the world, Betsy Polk and Maggie Chotas have learned something powerful: when women work together, they discover a level of support, balance, confidence, and…
Authentic leadership Discover and live your essential mission by Bas Blekkingh You are a successful leader, you have a lot of responsibility, and for years you have loved your work, but something seems to be missing. Some of the fulfillment you used to feel in your job, even in your life, seems to have ebbed…
Monster Loyalty How Lady Gaga Turns Followers into Fanatics by Jackie Huba Famous for her avant-garde outfits, over-the-top performances, and addictive dance beats, Lady Gaga is one of the most successful pop musicians of all time. But behind her showmanship lies another achievement: her wildly successful strategy for attracting and keeping insanely loyal fans. She’s…
Small Business Owner’s Guide To Local Lead Generation Proven Strategies & Tips To Grow Your Business! by Kevin Jordan with Ray L. Perry, Justin Sturges, Phil Singleton, Mark Z. Fortune as contributing authors There is no way the small business owners can out-spend big brands in their markets. However in the local marketing arena, it’s…
Humans Are Underrated What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will by Geoff Colvin It’s easy to imagine a nightmare scenario in which computers simply take over most of the tasks that people now get paid to do. While we’ll still need high-level decision makers and computer developers, those tasks won’t keep most working-age…
The Culture Engine A Framework for Driving Results, Inspiring Your Employees, and Transforming Your Workplace by S. Chris Edmonds The Culture Engine is a guide to strategically planning a culture by compiling the company’s guiding principles and behaviors into an organizational constitution. Decide which behaviors and attitudes are desired in the organization. Secure leader commitment…
Seven Disciplines of A Leader How to Help Your People, Team and Organization Achieve Maximum Effectiveness by Jeff Wolf This is a comprehensive book for building better leaders. In this interview, Jeff shares the secrets of great leadership to help others align professional development and exemplify these traits themselves. Each of the Disciplines is valuable…
Manufacturing Demand The Principles of Successful Lead Management by David Lewis Historically, the discipline of marketing has been heavily skewed toward a subjective art at the expense of a measurable science. But today, savvy marketers and forward-looking organizations are embracing innovative new models driven by cutting-edge technology and analytics to align sales and marketing, pinpoint…
The Simplicity Cycle A Field Guide to Making Things Better Without Making Them Worse by Dan Ward The award-winning engineer, Air Force lieutenant colonel, and author of F.I.R.E offers a road map for designing winning new products, services, and business models, and shows how to avoid complexity-related pitfalls in the process. With a foreword by…