Be the Boss is a compilation of lessons learned throughout my professional life. Although Ive started many businesses, my greatest success was founding Medicine Shoppe International, Inc., a franchisor of more than a thousand retail pharmacies, with 2004 collective revenues in excess of $2 billion. In 1995, Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) acquired Medicine Shoppe in a transaction valued at approximately $360 million. Every business I started was exactly that, a startupand all startups are smal...

Following more than ten years in England, the Busch family, with the exception of Mary, who was already at university, returned in 1958 to live in Germany, where Wilhelm had a job with Massey Ferguson, the Canadian manufacturer of agricultural machinery. Michael and his younger brother Nicholas entered the German school system and, in due course, became fluent in both English and German. Sadly, Patricia died in 1994, leaving Wilhelm living alone in his little wooden house near the town of ...

The Pilgrimage of Grace, a popular uprising in the north of England against Henry VIII's religious policies, has long been recognised as a crucial point in the fortunes of the English Reformation. Historians have long debated the motives of the rebels and what effects they had on government policy. In this new study, however, Michael Bush takes a fresh approach, examining the wealth of textual evidence left by the pilgrimage of grace to reconstruct the wider social, political and religious...

Greatness Redefined for the 21st CenturyToday's business climate is defined by speed, social technologies, and people's expectations of “values” besides value. As a result, leaders have to create an outstanding culture for all, no matter who they are or what they do for the organization. This groundbreaking book, from the creators of the gold-standard Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list, shows how it's done. Through inspiring stories and compelling research...

From Great Place to Work, which produces the popular FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For ranking, comes a new definition of what it takes to make an organization great FOR ALL--for the business, for people and for the world.For 20 years Great Place to Work has published their gold-standard list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. But their latest research shows that what was good enough to be a "great" workplace 10 or 20 years ago is not good enough now. Even at the best work...

I met the love of my life when I was ten years old.Ever since Talulla Evans walked up to me with her gap-toothed smile and told me her name means "princess," I've been entranced.For the last twenty years we've been there throughout each other's storms. And somewhere along the line I fell in love. Deep in love.There is nothing I wouldn't do for her. Which is how I found myself caught up and agreeing to be her FWB, knowing I wanted more . . ....

They were always more than friends.Amaya Jameson never forgot the night Amir Barkley touched her like she was his. They were supposed to be just friends. They tried to be. But the spark between them has always burned too hot to ignore.Now, years later, they've crossed the line for real—and there's no going back.Sexy, emotional, and unforgettable . . . The Spark is a slow-burn friends-to-lovers romance where heat meets heart and love demands...

Gautier Sadosa is a plus size internet sensation and the owner of a shop called Luxury Tea. One would think she's happy with her success but something is troubling her. Gautier is still in love with her daughter's father. Will they be able to rekindle their flame or will their past get in the way?Saz Thompson is a twenty-one-year-old hairstylist at Luxury Tea. She lusts for the finer things in life. She's with a rapper, but can he offer Saz more? Saz realizes being materialistic is...

Asha Sinclair doesn't do relationships. Ezra Bishop has been waiting for her to change her mind. Their arrangement—casual, convenient, and complication-free—was supposed to be enough. But when Asha needs a date for her sister's wedding, lines blur, rules break, and suddenly, pretending feels a lot like something real.Contains mature themes.

Discover what business visionaries on the frontiers of diverse and equitable hiring are doing to drive change in their organizationsIn Innovating for Diversity: Lessons from Top Companies That are Disrupting Old Practices to Achieve Inclusivity, Equity and Business Success, renowned Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and tech specialists Bertina Ceccarelli and Susanne Tedrick reframe the DEI discussion and move it beyond a human resources issue. While ...

Tia Kelly presents Book 3 in the Click series.

Since age eighteen, twin sisters Wyld and Allure Flowers have dominated the charts. With sultry voices belting out gems that turn into platinum plaques, The Soprano Girls have lived a life many couldn't fathom experiencing. World travel, finessing sold-out crowds, and receiving accolades fuel their passion. However, once bad news about them spreads like wildfire, the allure of the fast life becomes an afterthought. Together, the twins agree to join Better Days Rehab Center and make their h...