Bringing Your Business to Life examines the four virtues necessary for doing well and being good, within the complexities of the life of the businessperson. The authors draw from their vast combined experiences and from the rich and profound tradition of the four virtues of prudence, justice, courage, and temperance to teach today's entrepreneur in business. Practical and inspiring, this unique blend of real cases and practical insights provides a balanced approach to doing busine...

Now in its sixth edition, this classic and comprehensive resource presents an applied, realistic view of entrepreneurial finance for today’s entrepreneurs. The book provides an integrated set of concepts and applications, drawing from entrepreneurship, finance, and accounting, that will prepare aspiring entrepreneurs for the world they will most likely face as they start their new businesses.The contents are designed to follow the life cycle of a new business venture. Topics are pr...

Demands for vouchers, charter schools, the growth of home schooling and the rebirth of private education are creating increased competition for public schools. This primer and toolkit for the educators of tomorrow offers skill development ideas, specific ideas, examples, and questions that will guide school leaders as they compete in the new educational marketplace.

In the Developing the Leader Within You Workbook, John Maxwell examines the differences between leadership styles, outlines specific ways each reader can apply principles for inspiring, motivating, and influencing others. These principles can be used in any organization to foster integrity and self-discipline and bring a positive change.Developing the Leader Within You Workbook also allows readers to discover how to be effective in the highest calling of leadershi...

To be an effective leader - at all levels - you need to pay attention to vision. Creating a Vision provides the 5 compelling vision elements and the 5 vision articulation factors that will reveal a powerful image of how good your organization is and how skilled you are as a leader.

Pontefract combines years of experience and research on employee engagement, behavior and culture to create a work about the three crucial areas of purpose: personal, organizational and workplace role. If all three can come to fruition--if there is a positive interconnection between the three distinct definitions of purpose--the benefits should be felt by employees, teams, the organization, customers, and perhaps most importantly, society as a whole. We can refer to this balanced state as ...

Most supervisors do not have sufficient time and resources to successfully implement and sustain existing leadership/management theories, models, and process improvement methodologies. Moreover, it is virtually impossible to fully embrace and properly celebrate the vast emporium of different cultures and moral values found in the workplace. This book offers practical information and advice essential for leaders and managers operating in todays hyper-competitive global marketplace with multicu...

Since Peter Senge published his groundbreaking book The Fifth Discipline, he and his associates have frequently been asked by the business community: "How do we go beyond the first steps of corporate change? How do we sustain momentum?" They know that companies and organizations cannot thrive today without learning to adapt their attitudes and practices. But companies that establish change initiatives discover, after initial success, that even the most promising efforts to...

Ntsikie is a management consultant whose area of focus is strategy development, facilitation and implementation using various management practices, techniques and tools. She has experience working with public, private and NGO sectors, including facilitation with Boards of Directors. She is an avid practitioner of business excellence models and has proven track record applying her skills.

Less than 15% of family businesses survive to and through the second generation of leadership.Family Business: Practical Leadership Succession Planning provides valuable insights to (1) demystify and simplify the process of succession, (2) help ensure continuing financial security for you and your family and (3) enhance the effectiveness and balance of your professional and private life.For example, you will learn:The fifteen key causes of leadership succes...

What is leadership? How do we define leadership? What is servant leadership? What are the most effective leadership characteristics? Do you wish your company had a leadership development program, or are you frustrated with organizational leadership? Do you wonder why some leadership styles suck? You are not alone.So why does leadership suck? It sucks because real leadership is hard, requires selfless service, and because the buck stops here. Servant leadership or Level 5 leadership...

Set yourself apart from the crowd! In today's troubled economic market, everything is a tough sell. From products to services, everyone is consuming less as they tighten their belts. In this respect, it's easy to forget that the job interview is becoming more and more like the showroom—where the interview itself is the pitch, and the product you're selling is yourself.The Art of Selling Yourself will provide you with the knowhow you need to navigate today's tough b...