Books Written by Authors

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Allyship In Action
10 Practices for Living Inclusively

Julie Kratz

Everyday people are looking for ways to actively become an ally. Allyship in Action will help you practice allyship in all spaces–personally and professionally–because there is no on and off switch for allies.Julie Kratz, a leader in the DEI space, shares her personal journey while providing ten actionable skills to practice allyship in your everyday life. Each chapter ends with specific activities you can use right away with people you care about–friends, neighbors, your children and partners, family, team members, and more.

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Be Your Own Commander In Chief
The Authoritative Guide to Creating A Life of Clarity, Meaning, Impact & Success in Times of Chaos

Yuri Kruman

A powerful and authoritative guide for bringing all the major aspects of your life into alignment and taking back ownership of your time, relationships, career, mind and body - from top-rated executive coach and award-winning Chief People Officer, Yuri Kruman.

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Build your Dream Team
Leadership based on a passion for people

Candela Iglesias Chiesa

This book is a practical guide to accompany you through the process of becoming a great leader and putting together a dream team. It will show you how to identify the leadership skills you already possess and build on them, successfully transition from team member to team leader, get rid of overwhelm and learn to manage your time.You’ll have a clear vision of who you want to be as a leader and what you want your dream team to look like, and most importantly, the tools and the plan that will make that vision a reality. 

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Business Breakthrough 3.0
Building a truly dynamic & resilient organization that fuels engagement, boosts agility & drives lasting change

Ken Gavranovic

Ken’s new book, BUSINESS BREAKTHROUGH 3.0, written with Lee Atchison, is an accessible, no-nonsense guide for business transformation and sustainable change. Ken draws on his decades of experience to provide a step-by-step methodology for clarifying how your company operates, while uncovering the entrenched patterns that are holding you back.

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Campfire Lessons for Leaders
How Uncovering Our Past Can Propel Us Forward

Tony Martignetti

"Campfire Lessons for Leaders" explores the transformative power of storytelling in leadership. Through engaging narratives and practical insights, Tony Martignetti illuminates how leaders can inspire, connect, and guide their teams more effectively by embracing the ancient art of storytelling to forge deep, authentic connections.

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Change Isn't Hard
A practical playbook for people-centred change communication

Mel Loy

If you're looking for practical, step-by-step guide to successfully communicating change, this book is it! Drawing on decades of experience and the research of international behavioural scientists, Change Isn't Hard steps out a process anyone can follow to successfully communicate change, along with 10 key strategies you can consider using to help influence behaviours.

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Charting the Course
CEO Tools to Align Strategy and Operations

Tara Rethore

*Charting the Course* makes it easier for executives to create and manage the link between strategy and operations. Unlike other business books, *Charting the Course* includes specific tools that can be immediately applied to common executive challenges. Executives enhance their ability to adapt nimbly and accelerate performance.

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Climbing The Right Mountain
Navigating the Journey to An Inspired Life

Tony Martignetti

"Climbing the Right Mountain" challenges leaders to reassess their paths to ensure they align with their true values and purpose. Tony Martignetti provides insightful guidance on navigating career and life decisions, helping readers identify and ascend their ideal mountains for a fulfilling and impactful journey.

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Dancing with Disruption
Leading Dramatic Change During Global Transformation

Jeff Skipper

When it comes to rapid transformation, what’s the key to success? A strategic change leadership plan. Jeff illustrates 12 strategies that will drive your plan for change to success, leveraging the pandemic as an incredible case study on leading disruptive change. It was the largest experiment for promoting instant behavior change, with people and organizations transforming faster than we thought possible. It offers unparalleled lessons in how change can (and cannot) be led. 

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Deep Collaboration
Accelerating team performance across silos

Dr. Tanvi Gautam

True competitive advantage for a company lies in its ability to learn faster, innovate quicker, and deliver better than other players in the ecosystem. However, this is impossible when teams are unable to collaborate across silos, keeping valuable knowledge and possibilities locked up inside their own functions. Deep collaboration is the purposeful approach to get around this hurdle. 

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Do Good while Doing Well
Invest for Change, Reap Financial Rewards, and Increase Your Happiness

Marcia Dawood

This book is your comprehensive 'why-to' manual for angel investing, illuminating how your contributions can go far beyond monetary value. Whether you're new to investing or simply looking to align your portfolio with your values, 'Do Good While Doing Well' will equip you with the necessary tools and knowledge

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From Start-Up to Grown-Up
Grow Your Leadership to Grow Your Business

Alisa Cohn

From Start-Up to Grown-Up gives you, the founder and CEO of a great start-up, the knowledge and experience that executive coach Alisa Cohn has gained from helping companies such as Etsy, Foursquare, InVision and The Wirecutter become headline names. Growth of your company begins with growth within you. The book provides you with effective and practical ways of maximizing your strengths, defusing your triggers, controlling your self-doubt and building on your motivators. 

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Future Widow
Losing My Husband, Saving My Family, and Finding My Voice

Jenny Lisk

When her forty-three-year-old husband is diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, Jenny Lisk is thrust into the role of caregiver. In Future Widow, she goes behind the scenes of her tumultuous and heartbreaking journey, and asks: Do I have what it takes to help my young family survive my husband’s terminal illness?

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Goodbye, Perfect
How to Stop Pleasing, Proving, and Pushing for Others...And Live for Yourself

Homaira Kabir

Goodbye, Perfect is for those of us who are hooked onto perfectionism, approval seeking and endless doing. Grounded in scientific research and filled with relatable stories, it offers a paradigm shift in our approach to flourishing and highlights compassion, connection, and joy as fundamental tenets of a purpose-driven life.

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Happiness Through Goal Setting
A Practical Guide to Reflect on and Change the Reasons Why You Pursue Your Most Important Goals in Life

Sashenka Milston

An evidence-based, practical guide to reflection on the most important goals in life, this book provides a unique framework and thought-provoking exercises to modify personal and professional goals to increase happiness.

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Land Sharks
Zana West's Diary, and Managing Risk in Sports & Recreation

Katharine M. Nohr

Young attorney, Zana West, is assigned the perfect case for a triathlete--a lawsuit filed by Brad Jordan, a man who claims he was paralyzed during the Honolulu Olympic triathlon trials. Clues mount up, but Jordan's attorney, Rip Mansfield, a shark in an attorney's suit, takes every opportunity to harass Zana. To make matters worse, she's always one mistake away from being fired and she's stuck working with her boss's mini-me, Lucas Rossi, who would rather play video games than help with pre-trial discovery.Will Zana be able to figure out the truth before the case goes to trial?

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Marketing Above the Noise
Achieve Strategic Advantage with Marketing that Matters

Linda Popky

With all the new marketing techniques accessible to the masses, it's becoming harder to stand out from the crowd. The result is more messages hitting us in more intrusive ways: it's a lot of noise. Move the discussion to what really counts: convincing customers to trust you with their business.

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Mastering Executive Transitions
The Definitive Guide

Navid Nazemian

Research proves that executive transitions are risky with 40% failing during the first 18 months. New executives often require 6+ months to break-even productivity levels.The global pandemic coupled with #TheGreatResignation have further intensified the risk ofa rocky start, so executive transitions are even more challenging now. #MasteringExecutiveTransitions distills key insights, guidance and coaching for maximizing leadership impact.

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Over Coffee
A card game

Gena Scurry

Over Coffee® is the ultimate card game for curious people. It is designed for people to have deeper sustained conversations by teaching you the undeniable value of listening and asking follow-up questions. You will be surprised by the sense of belonging all players experience after just one round.

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Reimagine Inclusion
Debunking 13 Myths to Transform Your Workplace

Mita Mallick

In "Reimagine Inclusion: Debunking 13 Myths to Transform Your Workspace," a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller, Mita Mallick tackles the myths that stop us from making progress in our workplaces. Myths like: "I’m all for diverse talent. As long as they are good” and "Our ad wasn’t racist. It was simply a mistake.” Each myth opens with a powerful story and leaves readers with actionable tips on how to show up differently to work.

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Shared Decision-Making in the Corporate Arena
A Journey into Organizational Cultures of Autonomy and Responsibility

Lorraine Margherita

60 real-life stories of companies in 14 countries, based on interviews and research and showing how shared decision-making has an impact on teams, sustainability and the planet (economy and society). A traveling book through multiple frameworks for those who are intereted in or part of a movement where culture and collaboration boost performance.

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Stop Being the Best Kept Secret
Manufacturing eCommerce Strategies

Curt Anderson

An effective eCommerce strategy is no longer just a competitive edge for small business owners. It’s a necessity. So what’s holding you back from entering the exploding eCommerce market? --Overwhelmed?--Feel late to the game? --Struggling to find someone you trust for guidance? Well, look no further—this book provides an eCommerce strategic roadmap that’s all about you. Step by step, we’ll focus on Manufacturing eCommerce Strategies and how they apply to your business.

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Stripping
My Fight to Find Me

Dr. Sunita Merriman

Poetry that translates the language and spirit of the unconscious.
Stripping will take you into the mind, body and soul of Dr. Sunita Merriman as she journeys to reclaim her true self. The author shares her fight but also celebrates the human spirit that defies suffering and reaches out to be healed and loved.

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Suddenly in Charge
Managing Up, Managing Down, Succeeding All Around

Roberta Matuson

Suddenly in Charge, 3rd Edition, is an essential guide for navigating the complexities of leadership in today's modern workplace, including hybrid and remote environments. Packed with practical strategies, it empowers readers to effectively manage up, down, and across, unlocking the keys to success in any organizational setting.

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The Adventures of Rocky Road's Super God of the Universe

Pamela Abeyta

Adventures of Rocky Road’s Super God of the Universe is a poetic journey of Rocky Road, a fun-loving dog daring to race through the universe showcasing a big, big God’s awesome power. The picture book boasts of positive prose and rhythmic rhymes that are craftily drawn in watercolor and pencil inspired by the real-life Rocky Road, an Australian Shepherd. (Ages 3-8 - Kindle download)

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The Art of Healthcare Innovation
Interviews and Industry Insights from 35 Game-Changing Pioneers

Christina D. Warner

Step into the future of healthcare with a crystal ball in hand! Imagine wielding the power to foresee industry shifts and turbocharge your success. Embrace change's inevitability and unlock the secrets to navigate it. Join pioneers sharing insights and predictions to stay ahead in this thrilling healthcare revolution! Don't miss out!

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The Clarity Papers
The Executives Guide to Clear Thinking and Better, Faster Results

Ann Latham

Without clarity, we walk around the block to get next door, sabotage perfectly good strategy, erode profit, and thwart innovation. The Clarity Papers, a series of standalone, thematically related papers, provides specific, actionable techniques for creating strategic clarity from the top of your organization to the bottom.

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The Disconnect Principle
Eliminate Difficult Conversations with Clarity and Empathy

Ann Latham

The way we traditionally think about feedback, accountability, and performance management prevents us from being the kind of human beings we want to be. The Disconnect Principle is a game changer that takes the difficulty out of difficult conversations so you can be helpful, empathic, fair, and effective.

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The Economy of Algorithms
AI and the Rise of the Digital Minions

Marek Kowalkiewicz

Dive into the algorithm-driven future with this insightful guide, exploring the impact of algorithms on our jobs, privacy, and everyday life. Unlock the potential of digital transformation with nine key strategies for success in the emerging algorithm economy.

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The Power of Clarity
Unleash the True Potential of Workplace Productivity, Confidence, and Empowerment 

Ann Latham

We aren’t as clear as we think we are … and it’s costly. How unclear are we? How costly is it? The Power of Clarity makes both perfectly clear! Fortunately, it also teaches how to create the kind of clarity that increases productivity, confidence, and our ability to truly empower others.

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The Promotability Index® Guidebook
How the Promotability Index® Can Help You Get Ahead in Your Career

Amii Barnard-Bahn

Fast-Track the Promotion You Deserve, Create Your Own Custom Career Roadmap and Stand Out Where It Counts. No matter where you are on your career path… If you’re ready to spread your wings and finally climb that corporate ladder, the PI Guidebook is designed to help you move forward. Executive coach, consultant and author Amii Barnard-Bahn has created the ultimate roadmap to help you move up the ranks. She specializes in accelerating the success of Fortune 500 executives and their teams.

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The Wisest Investment
Teaching Your Kids to Be Responsible, Independent and Money-Smart for Life

Robin Taub

A financial road map for teaching kids of all ages about money. Written in short, punchy chapters, it's a resource you will turn to again and again. Canadian and US editions available.

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Top of the Mountain Leadership
The Future of Performance and Productivity in a Technology Changing World

Tiffany Prince

What does transformational leadership look like in navigating artificial intelligence and emerging technologies? In this book, the author will address global workforce implications on the horizon from the advances in technology. Through her vast experience in working with companies and interviewing top leaders from around the world from companies such as Zappos, Sodexo, Amgen, and the WD-40 Company, she has distilled the best ways to prepare teams and leaders, in order to build better teams and drive superior results.

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Uncommon Meetings
7 Quick Tips for Better Results in Half the Time

Ann Latham

After decades of training and advice, why are meetings still so unproductive? Are you ready to learn the real reasons? This short, powerful book contains new insights and techniques that will make your meetings short and powerful! Don’t start another meeting without it!

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Widowed Parents Unite
52 Tips to Get Through the First Year, from One Widowed Parent to Another

Jenny Lisk

Widowed Parents Unite shines as a beacon of hope and practical wisdom for those facing the first year of parenting in the wake of loss. This book weaves together the voices of 49 moms and dads from around the globe and offers a rich blend of support and advice in bite-sized pieces perfect for moments when grief seems all-consuming.

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