Business

SOME NERVE: Lessons Learned While Becoming Brave (Riverhead), a Books for a Better Life Award finalist which Oprah.com calls “Downright inspiring,” is the story of one woman’s quest to conquer her many fears and to help others do the same. Drawing on interviews with dozens of teachers, coaches, therapists and clergy, Some Nerve from Patty Chang ...

To avoid public speaking is career suicide. Speaking is a leadership skill. Too many leaders perform poorly on the platform or avoid speaking all together because of fear. Never be nervous again. Learn the secrets to being confident and fearless whether you’re speaking to one or one thousand. This interactive ebook will show you how ...

Companies, communities, and individuals fall for many reasons, but one of the most common–and easily avoidable–is the failure to reinvent. When people and organizations rest on prior successes rather than driving purposeful transformation, they discover too late that they have lost their market position altogether to competitors and external forces. The most successful companies, brands, ...

In today’s high-tech world, there are more ways than ever before to communicate: email, text messaging, voicemails, blogs, tweets, video conference calls, and remote meetings. But one thing is still exactly the same as in the old days: there are effective and ineffective ways to express yourself. All business professionals need to know how to ...

Michelle Tillis Lederman shows how networking can be as easy, enjoyable, and fulfilling as having a conversation with friends—and still be highly beneficial to career goals. “When networking feels like something you have to do rather than want to do, it’s hard to motivate yourself to do it at all, let alone do it well,” ...

In today’s digital world it’s all too easy for us as brands and individuals to let our relationship-building muscles atrophy. We get caught up in a multitasking whirlwind of emails, social updates and text messages where it’s easy to let a connection or a conversation fall through the cracks. We’re super-connected, yet somehow disconnected at ...

Play predates the development of human culture and our brains are hard-wired to use play as a tool to accelerate learning, strategically explore unfamiliar environments and develop collaborative social connections. Games are human created, formalized structures and processes designed to maximize engagement and get the most out of the “play” impulse. In fact, gaming comes ...

In today’s competitive, global, connected, and fast-paced business environment, how do young women get career savvy quickly? Two Silicon Valley insiders, Alice Nagle & Luanne Tierney, share advice gained from their professional successes, triumphs, and disappointments. Like a trusted mentor, they offer practical tips, personal stories, and exercises for becoming career smart. This book is ...

In today’s business world, it takes more than a website to stay competitive. The smartest, most successful companies are using radically new membership models, subscription-based formats, and freemium pricing structures to grow their customer base—and explode their market valuation—in the most disruptive shift in business since the Industrial Revolution. This is The Membership Economy from ...