Bøger udgivet af Forbesbooks

WHAT'S YOUR CURRENT CULTURE COSTING YOU? Learn how to create and cultivate a championship culture in your business. It will increase your bottom line by attracting and retaining better people, better clients, and reducing rework. Practical tips and methods will help you maximize productivity, performance, and profit by increasing passion throughout your organization. 7 Steps to Scale & Succeed in Your Business: - Open Up the Communication - Create a Sense of Team - Establish a Repeatable Process - Use Hard Copy Communication - Sell While the Shop is Full - Continuously Recruit Top Talent - Give Back to Your Community Foreword by General Martin Dempsey, 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

The oil and gas industry is old and is notoriously resistant to change. Author Jay Young wants to revolutionize it. In his book, The Upside of Oil and Gas Investing, Jay Young presents a new investment model for the oil and gas industry that represents a total change in the way much of the smaller, independent companies in the industry operate. He dissects the industry in detail, showing you the pitfalls investors can find themselves falling into when they sign onto a deal structured according to the old model. Aiming to give investors the opportunity to participate in the extraordinary investment of oil and gas with a transparent understanding of both the downside risks and the upside potential, Jay Young outlines a new process that allows for efficiency, productivity, and, as a result, building wealth quickly.

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE ADVANCE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF PERFORMANCE, WHILE OTHERS WITH SIMILAR EXPERIENCE AND ABILITY DO NOT? In LEAP: Master Your Superpowers, Soar to the Leading Edge, leadership expert and CEO Marta Wilson teaches what she and her team have learned through a career of applied research-that individuals with certain types of mastery become superstars, and those who don't tend to stall out without achieving their full potential. High performers exhibit mastery in four critical areas of life: 1. PERSONAL 2. INTERPERSONAL 3. ORGANIZATIONAL 4. MOTIVATIONAL Marta Wilson demonstrates that these areas of mastery can be developed and honed by anyone ready to take the leap. Part action plan, part case study, LEAP is packed with tools to help you unleash your potential.

CHANGE YOUR MATH CHANGE YOUR BUSINESS CHANGE YOUR LIFE Almost Alchemy challenges your existing beliefs and self-imposed limitations-forcing you to re-imagine, reinvent, and reorganize your business to achieve and exceed goals in a systematic and sustainable way. In this radical new book, Dan Kennedy destroys the myth that "Knowledge is Power" by exposing 20 different proven strategies to ensure business sustainability and maximize wealth extraction. It is thought-provoking, cage-rattling and mind blowing all in one. Alchemy isn't writing slightly better copy or tweaking your marketing to take advantage of some new media or some other hot trend. Instead, it's about reinventing the way you think about your business, recognizing the "brutal realities" that few dare to embrace or refuse to even recognize... and turning information into ACTION and PROFIT. In its mythical context, Alchemy was about one thing and one thing only: transforming ordinary metals into gold. And like thousands of others, you may start this book thinking you're in an ordinary business and finish realizing you instead have a different, bigger, better, more valuable one.

In CHALLENGE EVERYTHING(TM) THE BATTLE CRY THAT BLEW SH*T UP AND INVNTd LIVE BRAND STORYTELLING(TM) Scott Cullather and Kristina McCoobery the husband and wife co-founders of INVNT(TM), the global live brand storytelling agency(TM) share their story of launching a scrappy start-up - at the beginning of a global recession - and evolving it into a fully fledged global agency business, discuss the power of live brand storytelling and provide tactics for incorporating it into wider marketing strategies, and reveal the next frontier of business success: predictive analytics. So whether you're a budding entrepreneur considering going out on your own, a business leader looking to take your company to the next level, or CMO eager to build your brand, this book will help you blow sh*t up and take your projects, partnerships, and performance to the next level.

Living Sober in an Industry Ravaged by Addiction As a child, Steve Palmer never belonged-not in school, not in his troubled home, not with friends. After his father and grandfather passed away, he was sent to a series of rehabs and halfway houses before ending up on the streets. Drugs and alcohol soon became a way of life. Eventually, he would go on to a career running some of the country's most celebrated and innovative fine dining establishments. But first, he had to learn how to be sober in an industry awash with alcohol and drugs. Thanks to coworkers that were able to love him when he couldn't love himself, Steve got sober. He escaped addiction alive. Many in the industry do not. No other industry has higher rates of alcohol and drug abuse. People are losing careers and families. They're losing their health. They're losing their lives. This is the story of one man who found healing and recovery in the industry that enabled his addiction-and he's on a quest to help others do the same.

LIFE IS COMPLICATED. CAN YOU HACK IT? We all lead busy lives with conflicting responsibilities. How can we succeed at work and at home? Alyssa Rapp knows better than anyone that sometimes we need shortcuts, work-arounds, and work-throughs to navigate the different spheres of everyday life. In other words: hacks. Leadership & Life Hacks is the perfect guidebook for anyone hungry to be more efficient and effective. Alyssa takes you into the boardroom and into her own home, providing invaluable strategies for everything from leading a meeting with key stakeholders and managing a household, to answering emails and taking colleagues to rock concerts. It's The 4-Hour Workweek meets Emily Post. Whether you're a CEO, entrepreneur, businessperson, athlete, teacher, spouse, stay-at-home parent, community leader-even if you're still figuring out who you want to be-you'll walk away from this book feeling confident and empowered, ready to hack your life.

LEARN A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO INVESTING IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. From his roots in Hyderabad, India, to the heart of America's Southwest, Shravan Parsi tells the story of his journey from pharmaceutical scientist to founder and CEO of successful real estate investment firm American Ventures. The secret to his investment success is like any science: a marriage between quantitative and qualitative facts, between abstract numbers and concrete action. Here Parsi outlines the technical information you need to learn how to invest in multifamily and commercial real estate, how to understand what makes a good potential investment, and when to walk away. In conversational style, the book shares ideas about how to identify, evaluate, and mitigate risks; how to learn from downsides as well as upsides; and how giving back to your community is as important to success as the right numbers. It's wisdom that benefits any entrepreneur.

Pick up a newspaper, turn on the TV or radio, or log onto a news website and you will discover a plethora of experts offering insights on the day's events or providing tips to help readers, viewers, or listeners improve their lives. But these experts and the media didn't find each other by happenstance. In Gaining the Publicity Edge: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Growing Your Brand Through National Media Coverage, Marsha Friedman-- bestselling author and founder of News & Experts--reveals how to build your brand by becoming one of the go-to people the media turn to again and again. Marsha has helped thousands of top professionals develop and enjoy the status of being known in the media and in society at large as leading authorities in their fields. Now she's here to share her knowledge and help you do the same. In Gaining the Publicity Edge, you will learn how to- understand the needs of the media;- successfully pitch yourself to journalists, producers, and hosts;- determine which medium is the best match for you and your message;- give a great interview; and>Let Marsha's expertise help you gain the coverage you deserve as an expert in your field!

Entrepreneurs believe nobody else understands what they are going through. They are hard-working individuals who feel like nobody gets it; but Shawn Burcham has been there. His experience in growing his company, Pro Food Systems, Inc., into a national success is the perfect primer for his debut book on how others can achieve the same kind of achievements for their own companies. Keeping Score with GRITT: Straight Talk Strategies for Success is for the CEO, the small-business owner, the manager, or the employee who feels stuck. Shawn's leadership lessons are geared toward those who know they want to be more efficient, have more fun, make more money, and have less stress-those that want to be more successful, yet can never seem to get ahead. Using Shawn's GRITT system, readers can transform those frustrations and challenges into positive growth and results.

Know Grow Exit is about living, learning, and leaving your company as an entrepreneur when your business is your identity. Cliff Oxford wrote Know Grow Exit: How Entrepreneurs Grow and Finish Fast to give entrepreneurs the full story of being a business owner, which includes the dark side, the sunny side, and the blueprinting phase of building a company from scratch to sell. Painting the picture in words, graphs, tools, and charts, Know Grow Exit has the educational glow of a shiny Harvard MBA and the growl of hard-knocks experience. While Oxford doesn't try to teach you everything about business, he does drill deep into the do-or-die hurdles you have to clear in all three phases of a business's growth, which includes hyper-growth, human and financial scaling, and--most importantly--how to stay out of no man's land between being a big operation and a small one. What Oxford writes on exiting your business has never been discussed, much less documented, especially in regard to how lawyers, accountants, and investment bankers can set entrepreneurs up to fail. Oxford also wisely shows entrepreneurs that wealth creation is tied directly to great health, charity, and a lasting legacy. This book, in its very essence, is a true story.

Mütüal Men¿tor¿ing n. The act of two parties exchanging knowledge to help each other reach their full potential Who's really winning the battle between Millennials and Baby Boomers for cultural and workplace superiority? It's those in both generations perceptive enough to see that victory-and success in both life and business - means finding common ground. That transformative idea has given rise to a new generational label: Millennial Baby Boomer. In FischTales: the Making of a Millennial Baby Boomer, Bob Fisch outlines his vision for a new paradigm of Generation Splicing that bridges the divide between Millennials and Baby Boomers. Whether you're a Millennial entrepreneur, a retail intrapreneur, or an ageless Baby Boomer, FischTales contains the knowledge to show you that your best days are yet to come.

Know Grow Exit is about living, learning, and leaving your company as an entrepreneur when your business is your identity. Cliff Oxford wrote Know Grow Exit: How Entrepreneurs Grow and Finish Fast to give entrepreneurs the full story of being a business owner, which includes the dark side, the sunny side, and the blueprinting phase of building a company from scratch to sell. Painting the picture in words, graphs, tools, and charts, Know Grow Exit has the educational glow of a shiny Harvard MBA and the growl of hard-knocks experience. While Oxford doesn't try to teach you everything about business, he does drill deep into the do-or-die hurdles you have to clear in all three phases of a business's growth, which includes hyper-growth, human and financial scaling, and-most importantly-how to stay out of no man's land between being a big operation and a small one. What Oxford writes on exiting your business has never been discussed, much less documented, especially in regard to how lawyers, accountants, and investment bankers can set entrepreneurs up to fail. Oxford also wisely shows entrepreneurs that wealth creation is tied directly to great health, charity, and a lasting legacy. This book, in its very essence, is a true story.

Andres Pira shows that attracting wealth and creating opportunity is less of a secret and more of a systematic lifestyle.

Diversification Works Many investors share a short-term outlook, narrowing their focus so much that they miss the long game being strategically implemented by the uber-wealthy and institutions. While you've not been doing anything wrong by using just stocks and bonds, what if you could now obtain wiser investment strategies? Don't put all your eggs in one basket when building your portfolio. In Wiser Investing: Diversify Your Portfolio Beyond Stocks and Bonds, Benjamin C. Halliburton will teach you strategies that can help you build and protect your wealth, produce extra income, and help you secure your future. You'll learn that even though investors may be playing a great game with only stocks and bonds, their hand is only utilizing a portion of the available cards in the investment deck. No one wants to be worrying about their investments and wondering if they will have enough capital and income to take care of themselves and their families. This book explores a way to potentially improve your portfolio and become a wiser investor.

As Millennials step into positions of greater authority and power, they will, without a doubt, modify their marketing strategies to sell to people of their generation exactly as they wish to be sold to, which puts a lot of us on a timed collision course. The invention and usage of the Internet taught Millennials to play the game in a different way and if we want to remain competitive and connect with this generation, we have to adapt to their way of playing. Educating yourself on Millennial habits is the first step in a longer journey to figuring out the best way to appeal to their style of connecting, buying and investing. Millennials Are Not Aliens is Gui Costin's survival guide to adapting to a future that will be owned by 80 million Millennials in the United States and 2.7 billion globally.

Balance Your Business, Balance Your Life It's hard enough trying to run a business, support your family, and take care of yourself. The hardest part is balancing all three. But what if you could combine those three areas of your life to make each one stronger? In Three Cords Approach to Life and Wealth Management for Business Owners, Rocco Carriero-MBA, CRPC(c), APMA-shows that just like a strong cord made of three smaller, braided cords, your life is strongest when all three aspects of it-family, business, and self-are interwoven. Rocco delves into the many responsibilities an entrepreneur needs to manage if he or she wants to be fulfilled, both professionally and personally, including taking care of your health, balancing work and life, building a retirement portfolio, and estate and legacy planning. Rocco hits on every major part of planning it out. From your business exit plan to developing strategies for eldercare, Rocco starts with the moment you ask yourself: What's next in life? By sharing his journey-from learning the ropes of business in his dad's tailor shop as a kid to tailoring multi-million dollar portfolios for clients-you will learn the steps to striking the perfect balance in your life, one cord at a time.

AN INTENTIONAL PLAN FOR A LASTING LEGACY You will Leave A Legacy for the next generation. We all will. Will your legacy include the values, virtues, guiding principles, and culture that you've worked hard to instill in your family or business? In Create a Thriving Family Legacy: How to Share Your Wisdom and Wealth with Your Children and Grandchildren, Jeff Rogers details how you can take a different approach to estate planning. Instead of merely transferring wealth to the next generation, Jeff teaches you how to prepare your heirs with wisdom and values, helping them thrive well beyond your years. Don't just transfer your valuables; transfer your values. Don't just transfer your wealth; transfer your wisdom to your children and grandchildren. Let Jeff become your guide as you intentionally create the legacy you truly want to leave behind. This book will be your field guide to whole-life stewardship, looking at five aspects of legacy: PERSONAL LEGACY FAMILY LEGACY FINANCIAL LEGACY BUSINESS LEGACY KINGDOM LEGACY If you want to create a lasting legacy that blesses your family, furthers God's Kingdom, and supports the causes you love, then Create a Thriving Family Legacy is for you.

Called "ideal reading for people who want to make a positive impact in their organizations" by best-selling author and top-rated TED speaker Daniel Pink, Do Good to Lead Well - The Science of Positive Leadership by Craig Dowden (Ph.D.) is resonating with top corporate executives and international thought leaders, with endorsements from best-selling authors and world-class TED speakers such as Adam Grant and Marshall Goldsmith, as well as over 24 CEOs of leading organizations. A long-time columnist for the Financial Post and the Huffington Post, with an upcoming column slated for Forbes, Dowden combines years of interviewing and coaching top CEOs with his extensive knowledge of business psychology to share six pillars of positive leadership: self-awareness, civility, humility, focus on the positive, meaning and purpose, and empathy. Although these qualities are not often traditionally associated with the corporate boardroom, research provides a compelling business case for their importance and effectiveness. His book provides an evidence-based roadmap to positive leadership, outlining the return on investment of these six pillars. Do Good to Lead Well also shows how executives can effectively demonstrate these behaviors within their day-to-day leadership practice, for their benefit, as well as for the benefit of the teams and organizations they lead.

No One Gets To Decide The Hand They're Dealt In Life Become The Dealer When Kate Delaney, an award-winning journalist, felt down on her luck and her career, she decided to take the fate of her future into her own hands. Through anecdotes from her early career, as well as reflections on the stories of great athletes, Deal Your Own Destiny reveals how Kate went from working at small, local radio stations to hosting two nationally syndicated radio shows and how you can take control of the trajectory of your future. In this quick and impactful read, Delaney walks you through the decisions that were paramount to her career's success and how you can make bold moves that change the course of your destiny. Filled with valuable lessons including finding the right balance between work and life and dedicating yourself to your path, Deal Your Own Destiny is essential for anyone seeking to make life- or career-changing decisions. Start dealing your own destiny today.

Health Care Reboot - Megatrends Energizing American Medicine - injects a much-needed dose of optimism into the national health care debate. The book makes a compelling case that a series of powerful trends are leading the nation's health care system toward greater quality, safety, access, and affordability. The trends include historic breakthroughs in treatments for heart disease and cancer; integration of behavioral health services into primary care; recognizing and acting upon the broad effect of social determinants of health; consumer empowerment focused on measures and outcomes that matter most to patients; paying for value rather than volume causing doctors and hospitals to shift to a newly aggressive proactive approach to caring for patients. Collectively, these trends are rebooting our health care system to better serve the needs of providers, payers, and, most importantly, patients.

Nearly 14 percent of working age Americans are either starting or running a business. 50 percent of those businesses will fail in five years or decline over 70 percent after ten years. Starting a company is no walk in the park- it takes confidence and heart, but most of all, it takes planning and understanding what exactly your business needs to succeed in its niche. The worst thing you can do when taking that leap to start a business is leaping "without a parachute." Dr. Sterling L. Carter and Stephen Levi Carter, MBA, know this all too well, and in Double Your Success, they share their decades of experience and knowledge so that you can plan how to build your business every step of the way.

Author Harry Nelson has been on the front lines of behavioral health and medical advocacy for 2 decades. He is the leading healthcare legal expert in the country addressing the worsening problems in how we treat pain and addiction. His insights have earned the attention of lead policymakers and regulators at every federal agency touching the opioid crisis. He has been one of the few voices in the room with direct experience of where we are going wrong. Read The United States of Opioids to join his campaign to stop talking about and start doing something about out-of-control overdose death rates, addiction, and chronic pain.The United States of Opioids explains: ¿why coverage of greedy drug companies and doctors has been reductive, missing the real story, shortchanging the American public and impeding progress; ¿the structural roots of the crisis in multiple points of health system failure ¿why healthcare industry and government efforts will never be enough to tackle the crisis; ¿how grassroots action can force a new conversation about the parallel crisis of rising suicide rates ¿why the opioid crisis, including spiraling overdose death rates, will continue to worsen until we take on root causes, including rising rates of anxiety, social isolation, chronic stress, and despair ¿practical steps we can take to address the opioid crisis. The United States of Opioids tells the real story of what went wrong. It offers a roadmap out of the crisis that empowers and offers practical resources for people, families, employers, and communities to connect, prevent, and intervene in addiction, chronic pain and the rising death toll. Harry's call to action has resonated and is leading to new conversations across America, including: ¿how religious communities can play a pivotal role in taking on the opioid crisis ¿how employers and employees can re-imagine workplace wellness in ways that detoxify the American workplace and lead to healthier workforce, with less stress and anxiety at work ¿how all of us can rethink what wellness means in our own lives and social circles to become more self-aware, more conscious of hidden shame and judgment that fuels substance abuse, and agents of prevention and intervention ¿how parents and schools can rethink our approach to early and elementary education to raise a generation of more resilient kids who are less prone to the plague of distress and substance use infecting middle schools and teens across America ¿how people can share their addiction and recovery journeys to inspire others and make a difference in the opioid crisis

Dentistry isn't just about teeth. Oral health is a huge piece of the jigsaw puzzle that can be the human body, especially when it comes to treating health issues and ailments. Dr. Nammy Patel makes light of this issue in Age with Style: Your Guide to a Youthful Smile and Healthy Living by introducing the field of functional, holistic dentistry, which replaces the old "drill and fill" dental treatment with actual, problem-solving methods that get to the underlying cause of any problem.With decades of experience, Dr. Patel hopes to inform you about the treatment options for any of your dental ailments. Her goal is to make sure you are chewing properly and that your teeth look good, feel good, and last a long time. In this book, you'll learn:-the inflammatory response and how it affects your oral health,-how to combat dental anxiety and fear,-what problems you should be aware of at every stage in life, and-creating a healthy oral environment for you and your children.You only have one life-why not make it the healthiest it can be? By reading this book, following Dr. Patel's knowledge, and taking care of your oral health, you are making sure the rest of your body lasts a lifetime.

Asia's growing economic clout is starting to re-shape global business rules that have been molded by Western multinationals for many decades. The region's rising star, Vietnam, is now flexing its economic muscles and Competing with Giants tells the story of its transformation from war ruin to dynamic nation through the experiences of Tân Hi¿p Phát (THP), the drinks company founded by Ph¿¿ng Uyên Tr¿n's family. Narrated through the eyes of the daughter who watched her parents overcome numerous obstacles to achieve success, the book offers a primer for others to follow suit. Its message is an empowering one. East and West can learn from each other. Family-owned businesses are thriving. Asian women are making their mark. Most importantly of all, it shows that small companies, which take advantage of their local knowledge and marry it with the best international standards, can hold their own and even outflank giant global corporations. It is not easy, but as THP's founder, Tr¿n Quí Thanh, tells himself daily, "Nothing is Impossible."

In Business And In Life: The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is Straight Talk! Candor doesn't necessarily come naturally. It requires practice, but one can learn the behaviors and authentic ways of speaking that tap into the power of candor. With her executive experience, Nancy Eberhardt knows how to help people build success from the inside out. She coaches them to understand their passions, identify a vision, and follow through with velocity. By learning what candor is and is not, you can tap into the immense potential that honest and helpful communication has to offer. By implementing succinct and direct talk into your team's culture, you can participate in open conversations that unify your team through constructive feedback. If you feel you are working harder than ever but falling short on your desired results, Uncommon Candor will give you a fresh and no-nonsense approach for moving the needle.

How Do We Evolve Autism Services? We are approaching a critical period in the autism community. With a growing population of maturing and aging individuals living with autism, it is time to look to the future and ask how we can provide meaningful outcomes that enable a real quality of life for individuals with autism and successful investment opportunities for investors. In her latest book, Autism Matters: Empowering Investors, Providers, and the Autism Community to Advance Autism Services, Dr. Ronit Molko takes a critical look at the autism services industry and outlines the path for providers, clinicians, and investors to forge new programs and opportunities that will equip autistic individuals with the skills they need to build high-quality, self-determined lives. A growing number of individuals with autism are speaking out about the deficits in current autism services. These individuals need support and services that will help them achieve long-term successes as well as independent and self-fulfilled lives. It's time to revolutionize the autism services industry; but the market won't change itself. Investors are needed to advance and evolve an industry that is paramount to the successful development and support of countless autistic individuals. With Dr. Molko's unparalleled knowledge and experience, Autism Matters is the primary resource for investors looking to enter the autism services market.

Learn how to use Authority Marketing(R) to build thought leadership and dominate your competition by playing a game no one else knows is being played with this ground-breaking book! Are you the Authority in your field? Are you recognized as a stand-out thought leader, a published author, a keynote speaker, or a media personality? Are you viewed as a commodity? A hard-working expert who is a commodity and has to compete on every level, including price? One thing is for certain: Authority doesn't just happen; Authority is built through a systematic process called the Authority Marketing System. But how can you make this shift in an environment that is noisier and more crowded than ever before? If you are an entrepreneur, CEO, or professional who is frustrated with the traditional approach to marketing and wants to grow your business and make a bigger impact, this book will show you how to use the Authority Marketing System to create a clear and trackable blueprint to shift yourself from a commoditized expert to a highly visible Authority. In this book you will learn: - What Authority Marketing is and how to use it to grow your business - The Pillars of Authority Marketing - How others have used Authority Marketing to create unimaginable success - Why thought leadership is your most important secret weapon Authority Marketing isn't about ego or attention--it's about accelerating the speed of trust so you are viewed not as an expert with something to sell, but as a thought leader with important insight to teach. Start growing your Authority today!

BUSINESS INTERRUPTED: Successfully Navigating the Interruptions in the Family Business Cycle Family business: A distinct, vital form of business representing 80 percent of all firms in the US, 85 percent in the European Union, 90 percent in the Middle East, and 99 percent in Japan. As the percentages indicate, family business is everywhere. In INTERRUPTED ENTREPRENEURSHIP, multigenerational family business member Raméz A. Baassiri seeks answers to an array of hurdles that every family business has faced and could face, not only from the perspective of his own family business but also from the viewpoint of dozens of family businesses that have confronted interruptions and not only weathered the storms, but thrived. While this is not a one-solution-fits-all book for business interruptions, it is intended as a glimpse into history fro which you can derive lessons and gain inspiration for your own exponential possibilities for the future by offering the following: ¿ a wealth of historical knowledge ¿ practical support ¿ valuable insight ¿ viewpoints that span age, gender, and geography ¿ observations not only of the past and present, but of the evolving landscape of the future Interruptions are uncontrollable, but you can choose how to confront and deal with those interruptions- and do so in a beneficial way to your business and your personal well-being.