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Beyond Command and Control is a book written by John Seddon. It was published in 2019. The book offers solutions to the UK productivity conundrum and is about business transformation and efficiency. The book received positive reviews and is considered to be one of the first books that can really bring about significant improvement in this field.
In the 2022 book Broken to Better: 13 Ways Not to Fail at Life and Leadership, CEO of Branded Group Michael Kurland candidly shares every step of his own entrepreneurial odyssey—selling everything he owned, driving across the country to launch his new business, and ultimately building a purpose-driven culture that aligns purpose with profit. Along the way, Kurland distills a lifetime of experience down to its purest essence.
Everything can be a story! Even your brand! The book Building a Storybrand by Donald Miller provides a framework for crafting a compelling brand story that resonates with customers. It applies storytelling techniques to business messaging.
"Change from the Inside Out" by Erika Andersen is a book about the importance of building change capability in individuals and organizations. The book offers a straightforward process for overcoming resistance to change and building support for change from the ground up.
In Conscious Leadership, the authors argue that businesses should focus on purpose beyond profits to uplift humanity. They propose integrating higher levels of ethics, empathy and awareness.
Dare to Lead by Brené Brown provides research-based advice on developing courageous leadership and having transformational conversations in organizations. It focuses on vulnerability, daring greatly, rumbling with tough issues, and living into our values. The book equips readers to foster trust, connect with others authentically, support diversity and overcome shame. Dare to Lead offers actionable strategies to lead bravely, strengthen teams and create thriving workplace cultures.
The book Exceptional by Daniel Cable discusses ways to inspire teams and transform organizations by appealing to people's sense of identity, purpose and community belonging. It provides evidence-based advice for leaders.
The 12 Week Year offers a proven strategy to increase productivity by treating each 12 week period as its own "year" for goal setting and planning. The authors make the case that stretching goals over 12 months dilutes focus and urgency, while setting 3 month goals creates the optimal timeframe for executional sprint. To leverage the power of the 12 week year, you select your most important annual goals, make them 12 week objectives, and break them down into weekly actions.
In Amplify Your Influence: Transform How You Communicate and Lead, celebrated keynote speaker, trainer and leadership coach Rene Rodriguez delivers an eye-opening roadmap to using applied neuroscience to improve readers’ communication ability, critical thinking, cultural awareness, and leadership skills.The book offers practical tips, useful frameworks, guided practice, and simple application exercises to help readers create new and lasting behaviors that effect change in their life and work.
Compound interest is a powerful force, and it can help you grow your wealth and life in general.
