Best Seller Podcast

Richard Marker, author of Saying Yes Wisely: Insights for the Thoughtful Philanthropist, targets philanthropists of all levels — from the very rich to the occasional donor. The book explains how ‘saying yes wisely’ means that you’ve thought about why you’re giving and why giving is a priority for you. Marker states that while many people are charitable, many don’t know the intricacies of philanthropy such as best practices, core competencies, ethics and laws — all leading to making good, responsible decisions. The book aims to fill that gap and also argues how philanthropy can’t take the place of government, given the current administration’s change in policy.

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Tony Chatman, author of The Force Multiplier wrote the book as a way to address a gap in leadership in a more practical, and less theoretical, way that would be applicable to everyone — from first-time leaders to executives. Chatman argues that if first-time leaders have a solid foundation about what it means to be a leader, they can avoid a number of pitfalls when they become executives. He also defines a ‘force multiplier’ as someone who brings out the best in others simply because of their presence. This, Chatman says, is “what makes a leader indispensable.”

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Joel Block, author of Stop Hustling Gigs and Start Building a Business: 101+ Tricks of the Trade to Help Entrepreneurs and Self-Employed People Build a Money-Making Machine talks about giving people the tools and know how to put things in motion successfully. Block states that the trick to being successful is having a business that can do multiple things that are derivative of each other, and do them well. He adds that the reason a business isn’t successful is because they’re “always scrambling” and going from gig to gig, lacking stability.

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Jo Hausman, author of Go For It! A Woman’s Guide to Perseverance shares her personal memoir, which also has a business twist to it. Hausman first started this book as a chronicling of her late husband’s death due to a terminal illness but it turned into a book on how she found herself and her inner energy to keep going and how writing this book really changed her life. She talked about how she has accomplished things since his passing that were things she thought they would accomplish together but she was able to do it on her own. Hausman wants to be able to help people and get them through the hard times with lessons she has learned throughout her experiences.

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Phil M. Jones, author of Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words For Influence and Impact focuses on the importance of word choices and highlights that the difference between a good job and a great job is having the right words at the right time. Jones says that the book is applicable for verbal conversations as well as digital conversations. He stresses that questions help build relationships but people need to know how to ask the right questions to optimize the end result. He also mentions how people can have a “Columbo moment,” which means asking a key question that provides a key piece of information that helps move the conversation forward.

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Doug Andrew, author of Entitlement Abolition: How to Lead Your Family from Me to We decided to write his book to reflect some of the lessons he learned as a child and, in turn, taught his own children, about responsibility and accountability. Andrew spent many years as a financial advisor to many who were financially successful but faced a dilemma when planning to divide their wealth among family members, especially their children. Andrew noticed a tear in the family fabric because of the money children inherited and decided to write a book stressing the “together we’re better” philosophy. In his book, he makes the case about giving children a “hand up, not a hand out” in order to build a strong foundation and teach them about resilience.

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Jill Griffin, author of Women Make Great Leaders: Real World Lessons To Accelerate Your Climb offers twenty-four lessons for women to become great leaders, stand their ground, and learn how to say no. Griffin argues that many women seek to be people pleasers and have a hard time saying no. She encourages women to find male champions who are “two or three rings” above them because that’s how you get on the corporate radar and emphasizes that women shouldn’t ask, they should just do. Griffin says that “women have been making strides” in becoming great leaders and that a pipeline must be built in order to get more women moving into the c-suite and corporate boards.

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Brian Hazelgren, author of Healthy Habits of Highly Productive Employees: Thriving in Health, Wealth and Self talks about how an employee’s health has a direct correlation with their level of productivity. As the owner of a health and wellness company and a former 4-sport athlete, Hazelgren is aware of the impact one’s health has on the rest of our lives, including job performance. He saw the need to create a wellness program — not just to boost morale, but to give employees a bonding experience. This program is something employees have to buy into, but the ability to stay focused and create a balance in life are essential to a successful workplace environment.

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Deirdre Breakenridge, author of Answers for Modern Communicators: A Guide to Effective Business Communications, delves into how the definition of the modern-day communicator has changed. It used to mean that only people who were trained were the communicators, but nowadays; with the changes in media and social media, anyone can be a citizen journalist and act as a communicator. Breakenridge says that communication is at the heart of every business as it helps build relationships with customers. But as more channels or platforms emerge, attention spans across the board are fragmented with the average span being eight seconds for highly digitized individuals. She argues people don’t have to be everywhere, just where your customers need and want you to be in order to be an effective communicator.

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Cathy Dolan-Schweitzer, the author of Health Well Done, talks about the fast pace of the healthcare industry and what needs to happen in order to make it a better system overall. Dolan stresses that, in healthcare, things need to be “well done” not just done as there needs to be intention behind it. She argues that it’s no longer a matter of quantity, it’s a matter of quality and making the industry accountable for patient care. Dolan says healthcare has evolved to become more personal, hoping to build environments that are more patient-centric but also making sure the medical professionals are taken care of who, in turn, will take care of their patients.

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