Leadership and motivation Books

In this Open Access Publication, we present four chapters that provide a holistic view of the critical steps in a family firm’s decarbonization journey. Achieving the EU's climate targets relies heavily on German family firms, given their pivotal...

 Remote but Not Alone: Navigating the Challenges of Working from Home is an honest, down-to-earth guide for anyone who's found themselves overwhelmed, disconnected, or simply exhausted by the realities of remote work. Whether you're juggling...

Are you a leader feeling overwhelmed by AI's rapid advancement? In a world where artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, you need to navigate ethical challenges, reimagine work, and evolve your leadership style. But where do you start, and how...

How to develop young people's leadership potential and ambitions though a three-stage coaching model that is simple, effective and measurable.

In this book, management experts Brian Sutton and Robina Chatham describe six management techniques to help you develop your leadership capabilities and deliver benefit to your customers, team and organisation. With real life examples, tips and mini...

This concise overview of the theories and practice of leadership in the African context is the first of its kind. Essentials of Leadership in Africa introduces leadership as an art and science to inspire confidence and support among the people who need...

This book provides valuable insights into the challenges faced by businesses striving for survival during the COVID-19 pandemic. It presents the grave issues encountered during the pandemic, highlighting the threats and the strategies adopted to seize...

Your business isn't broken. It's just not built to scale.If you're still the most capable person in your company, you're the bottleneck. The Apple Effect gives you the playbook to fix that.Built for founders, CEOs, and operators scaling service-based or...

Navigate Your Path to Success speaks to those passionate about personal growth. It was created by Allegheny County Judge Ron Arnoni (a former mayor, councilman, and GM of a multi-million-dollar environmental company) and national speaker Mr. Brad...

What really happens in those split-second decisions that can change the course of a college football game? As an SEC football official and successful business leader, Chris Garner gives readers an unprecedented look inside the high-pressure world of...

In einer dynamischen und unsicheren Unternehmenswelt, in der Planbarkeit oft an ihre Grenzen stößt, wird die Fähigkeit zur Improvisation zu einer unverzichtbaren Managementkompetenz. Dieses Buch zeigt, wie sich Improvisation auf allen Ebenen - von der...

Forget everything you think you know about failure. The most successful people don't avoid failure - they transform it into their greatest competitive edge.Are you tired of feeling like one misstep could expose you-or set you back for good?If you're a...

Show Up and Lead is your guide to leading with self-awareness, values, and purpose!Do you ever wonder how others really see you at work? Are you showing up as the kind of leader you think you are-or the one your team actually experiences?In this book, Dr...

This transformative book has helped people all over the world to not only envision and create success but also build a truly visionary business: one that supports its employees, the community, and the environment.We meet Marc Allen's mentor Bernie, an...

Safety Theater shows how our desire for perfection drives compliance clutter, inauthentic relationships with work-as-done, and new kinds of accidents. This hopeful, forward-looking book is the final instalment of a three-part series on the effects of...

The Secret of Success; or, How to get on in the World, by W. H. Davenport Adams, offers timeless advice on achieving success and making the best use of life. Originally published in 1880, this book explores the nuances between true and false success,...

Wealthbound to the Wyrm Below is an underground manifesto for those who are done chasing surface-level success. Beneath every market, system, and ego slithers a force older than currency, more intelligent than any algorithm-the Wyrm. This book isn't...

Imagine having a network of trusted friends and colleagues who:Rave about your work to others. Refer tons of clients to your business. Support you during difficult times. Open doors that would otherwise be closed to you. Genuinely...

Live Well. Serve Strong.In high-stakes domains like frontline professions, we have to be intensely driven about what we do. Yet, sometimes, the demands and our passion burn so brightly that it leaves us feeling drained, agitated, and distracted. This...

The leadership of tomorrow is here today! Unlock the future of leadership with The PinLeader Path, a groundbreaking guide to identify, engage, and develop effective human and AI leadership for your organizational culture.Dr. Shanda Gore rolls...

Route 116 To Sonoma is a helpful guide for navigating the various stages of life and career. Drawing on over thirty-five years of experience, Ross McWilliam explores the 'Four Seasons of Life'. This book offers practical insights for young...

Take time to think, build trust, make time for yourself - these are three essential acts for today's leaders. But how do you do it - against a backdrop of crammed diaries, complex decisions, hybrid working, exponential data growth, disruptive change and...

The book aims to provide a contemporary and thorough analysis of how AI is playing a pivotal role in shaping new forms of entrepreneurship across various industries. It seeks to illuminate the ways in which entrepreneurs are leveraging AI technologies to...

We've all been there. We are in a working group or at a meeting, discussing a topic or a challenge, and all the while, as a separate track running underneath our conversation, there is a subtext that no one explicitly addresses.

Nearly every human triumph-launching a product, scaling a mountain, or running a race-depends on teamwork. As a collegiate head swimming coach and former Olympic swimmer and Ironman, Lars Jorgensen understands the value of teams. In Pull Together:...

Inevitable change. It's a phenomenon that enters your life, whether or not you invite it. It can make you feel helpless and out of control, but don't let these feelings mislead you. You, in fact, control the most important element of change: your...

Making an impact is essential for leaders who want to create positive change and leave a legacy-a trendy thing to say, but a hard tenet to live by.LeaderImpact, a movement of professionals dedicated to inspiring one another in this quest, has worked with...

When Marcus Whitney moved to Nashville in 2000, he was a college dropout with a one-year-old and a baby on the way. He waited tables and lived in a week-to-week efficiency hotel. From the outside, Marcus looked like the furthest thing from a budding...

High-impact speaking and presenting comes with various obstacles, and every so often, even the most experienced speakers and presenters find them challenging to overcome. As essential as communication skills might be, many people are still struggling to...

Today the term 'career' is becoming a concern, especially for many organizations because of the need for highly productive and efficient labour in high demand. Many organizations are folding for this single reason as their managers may lack the...

Sin la menor duda, la lectura y el dominio de los conceptos que propone el autor en este trabajo, le proporcionará ideas que le permitirán modificar radicalmente su forma de comportarse, descubriendo que usted, y sólo usted es el responsable de asegurar...

This book innovatively explores:* Stories that every change leader needs to read* The often unexamined role of the "ordinary" person in change* How stories can help you be a more engaging coach, facilitator, trainer, leader, ...* The power of story as a...

Most classic success stories go something like this: “I had nothing, but then discovered a new way of thinking, turned my life around and got everything I ever wanted…” I could tell you one such story. I went from having nothing to...

Wise Leadership provides current and emerging leaders with a grounded, intuitive framework to help them understand and master multiple leadership identities, allowing them to adapt seamlessly to different leadership settings and challenges.Anchored in a...

The past 15 years of leadership research have taught us a valuable lesson: There is more than one way to be a successful leader. The Charismatic, Ideological, and Pragmatic (CIP) approach to leadership showcases three unique yet equally viable pathways...

Are you tired of being the best-kept secret in your industry? Do you want to be recognized as the go-to expert in your field? Look no further than "Are You Visible?" -The ultimate guide to being seen, heard and chosen.Dr. Izdihar Jamil, a visibility...

 Who are you? Why are you, you? Do you like being you? Are you satisfied with who you are? Do you want your mojo back? What if you could design and become the best version of yourself? Would you be willing to walk that journey? What if you could...

Power is the most ugly term in leadership. It brings forward crass imagery and evokes the rhetoric of hard leadership. And in the arts, the entire idea of power feels as though it dirties the soft elements of artistic expression. Ignoring the discussion...

Mental Health has become a buzzword in contemporary society. At times it functions as a source of positive, progressive change and at other times it functions as a nebulous suggestion for positive life experiences. In the arts world, where the psyche is...

The arts are a uniquely human endeavor. It is important that arts leaders capture that human element while remaining part of the industrial systems they operate in. The key to this balance is a healthy organization culture. This book provides a short...

The Uprising of Women in Philanthropy tells the inspiring, never-before-told, story of the Global Women's Funding Movement -- considered the women's movement's greatest secret - and how it enabled women from all walks of life to harness the power of...