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Winner of the International Book Awards for General Business

Winner of the Readers'' Favorite International Book Award for Non-Fiction Business

It’s been over a decade since Verne Harnish’s best-selling book Mastering the Rockefeller Habits was first released. Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) is the first major revision of this business classic which details practical tools and techniques for building an industry-dominating business. This book is written so everyone — from frontline employees to senior executives — can get aligned in contributing to the growth of a firm. Scaling Up focuses on the four major decision areas every company must get right: People, Strategy, Execution, and Cash. The book includes a series of new one-page tools including the updated One-Page Strategic Plan and the Rockefeller Habits ChecklistTM, which more than 40,000 firms around the globe have used to scale their companies successfully — many to $10 million, $100 million, and $1 billion and beyond – while enjoying the climb!

Ha pasado más de una década desde que fue lanzado por primera vez el Best Seller Dominando los Hábitos de Rockefeller escrito por Verne Harnish. Scaling Up: Cómo es que Algunas Compañías lo Logran… y Por qué las Demás No es la primera revisión importante de éste clásico de los negocios. En Scaling Up, Harnish y su equipo comparten herramientas prácticas y técnicas para establecer un negocio o industria dominante. Estos enfoques se han afinado por más de tres décadas de asesoramiento de miles de CEOs y ejecutivos para ayudarles a navegar la complejidad (y peso) cada vez mayor que trae consigo la expansión de un emprendimiento. Este libro está escrito para que todos – desde empleados de primera línea hasta ejecutivos senior – puedan alinearse y contribuir al crecimiento de la firma. No hay razón para hacerlo solo, sin embargo muchos líderes sienten que ellos son los que arrastran al resto de la organización sobre la curva-S de crecimiento. El objetivo de este libro es ayudarle a convertir lo que siente como un ancla en un viento a favor—creando una compañía donde el equipo esté comprometido, los clientes estén haciendo su marketing; y todos hagan dinero. Para lograr esto, Scaling Up se enfoca en las cuatros principales áreas de decisión que cada empresa debe tener: Equipo, Estrategia, Ejecución y Efectivo. El libro incluye una nueva serie de Herramientas de una página incluyendo la actualización del Plan Estratégico en Una Página y una lista de control de Los Hábitos de Rockefeller, la cuál han utilizado más de 40,000 empresas alrededor del mundo para la expansión exitosa de sus compañías—muchos a $1 billón de dólares y más allá. Un negocio es en última instancia sobre la libertad. Scaling Up le muestra a los dueños cómo alcanzar la libertad sin importar cuán grande crece su negocio.

How you compensate people is one of the most important strategic decisions your company will make - but few "get it right and out of sight." Nail it and you can add hundreds of percentage points to the bottom line while driving up the energy in the organization. Make the wrong call (or piecemeal the decision together), and the results will create needless drama throughout the organization. Do any of these challenges sound familiar? • "I gave a star performer a raise, and now everyone else is marching into my office, demanding one, too." • "If anyone looked closely at our payroll, it would be hard to rationalize why we''re paying certain people what we do." • "I''m tired of losing our best people to the Googles of the world because we can''t match their salaries." Compensation is one of your largest expenses, one you can turn it into a strategic advantage in attracting, retaining, and motivating talent (or not accidentally demotivating them). In this highly practical book, the authors share 5 principles for designing effective compensation systems along with plenty of examples from leading small, medium, and large firms across various industries. You''ll learn: 1. The #1 mistake business leaders make in setting up their compensation plans 2. The psychological aspects of compensation underpinning successful plans 3. How individual bonuses can backfire 4. The power of gamifying gains to drive up energy and engagement 5. Whether you want to be queen/king or rich!

Take Center Stage in Life—with Confidence That Commands the Spotlight

What’s stopping you from stepping into the life you’ve always wanted?

In Center Stage Confidence, Justin Guarini walks you through every part of the process to build the confidence you need to achieve your personal and professional goals. With over two decades of success in entertainment, he uses the powerful metaphor of the journey from script to stage to guide you in transforming your dreams into reality.

This journey isn’t just about confidence—it’s about owning every step of your story. Here’s how you’ll own yours:

Permission to Dream: Define your vision and give yourself permission to dream big.

Workshop: Sharpen your skills through feedback and small wins that build momentum, whether in your craft, career, or business.

Previews: Test, tweak, and refine your ideas in a safe space before the big reveal.

Dressing Room: Lean into uncertainty and learn how to keep moving, even when it’s uncomfortable.

Backstage: Face the fear of judgment head-on and build a strong support system for your life and business.

Center Stage: Nail your delivery with confidence, from body language to voice to presence.

Standing Ovation: Celebrate your unique impact and recognize the ripple effect of your actions.

Including celebrity interviews from: Michael Bublé, Jordan Fisher, Chalene Johnson, Russell Brunson, and Kim Walsh Phillips.

The spotlight’s waiting. Are you ready to step into it?

Navigating the Challenges of the Social Service Sector

The guidance you need to find fulfillment and success in a unique workplace

Many people are drawn to working in the social services sector because it offers a kind of fulfillment usually not available in the for-profit sector. But it also provides a unique set of challenges — often very different from those encountered in for-profit organizations — that can stand in the way of success. Dr. Bruton applies her knowledge about, and experience in, the social services sector to act as your mentor, helping you avoid the pitfalls and take advantage of the opportunities endemic to this unique work environment. Dr. Bruton divides the pitfalls and opportunities into five categories, which she calls the 5 C’s, and leads you through each of them:

Dr. Bruton lays out both how you can avoid wrong moves in these areas and how to do the right things. As a psychologically sophisticated guide to working in the social services sector, she provides you with the tools you need to succeed and be fulfilled.

Why should you even consider an annuity? How can you determine if an annuity is right for you?

You’re about to find out. In Rest - Easy Retirement: The Truth about Annuities, Scott Stolz has written a guidebook for investors that shows how annuities can be an important component of anyone’s investment portfolio. In addition to showing how different annuities are designed to address different financial goals, Scott also shows how they can enhance any investor’s most basic and important financial goals.

You’ll discover how annuities work in your portfolio to: Help you to preserve wealth by providing protection against the ups and downs of the stock market. Allow you to accumulate wealth much faster than with investments that are taxed each year. Fund your retirement income until the day you die.

For those investors who want to know more about the protections and benefits that annuities can offer, Scott Stolz offers an invaluable resource with Rest - Easy Retirement: The Truth about Annuities. Another bonus? This book is written in an enjoyable and conversational style that will answer any questions you may have about whether annuities are the right financial vehicle for your portfolio. In Rest - Easy Retirement: The Truth about Annuities, you’ll find all that you need to know to be able to make the most of annuities in your investment decisions.

Mergers. Layoffs. Management shifts.They’re unavoidable in today’s working world. But major change doesn’t have to derail your career, let alone your life. In fact, if you know how to handle these inevitable bumps in the road, you can find incredible opportunities for growth hiding behind the uncertainty. This book will show you how. Guiding you step by step through the process of starting from scratch, this book is a toolkit, packed with everything you need to make change work for you. You’ll learn how to grow your knowledge, build your resilience, connect with the right kind of support, recognize when change is coming, design your role model, step into her shoes, and manage your mental health along the way.

Leading with Trust delivers a powerful framework for building exceptional leadership skills through the cultivation of trust. Drawing from extensive research and real-world case studies, Emil Everett presents the 12 Elements of Trust—essential character traits and management skills that drive peak performance in any business environment.

This practical guide helps readers navigate both traditional business challenges and VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) conditions through proven strategies and interactive self-assessment tools. Everett combines insights from industry giants like Starbucks, Apple, and Ford with academic research from Harvard Business Review and other respected sources to create a comprehensive approach to trust-based leadership.

Readers will learn to:

Featuring Challenge Questions throughout, this book transforms theoretical concepts into actionable strategies for immediate implementation. Perfect for both emerging and experienced leaders seeking to enhance their effectiveness and build high-performing teams.

Unlock Your Potential in Real Estate Through the Art of Systems!Today’s real estate industry is mirroring the breakdown that occurred when the Black Death decimated the global population and led to a rebirth of innovation, art, and creativity known as the Renaissance. Just as leaders like Leonardo da Vinci harnessed the power of systems to achieve the greatest portfolio of human achievement in history, so can the leaders of today.Real estate is repositioning for a “new normal” as the world recovers from COVID-19, the growth of AI, the expansion of Wall Street in real estate markets, and the ever-changing consumer.We have a choice: Evolve with the industry and reinvent ourselves, or cling to the old ways of doing business and slowly die.Real estate is a roller coaster for most agents. Tough market conditions, personnel issues, and fierce competition can leave you feeling down, but systems can change everything—especially when you approach them as an art form.This book promises to show you that your career in real estate can be as big as you want it to be—by unlocking your potential and unleashing the art of systems—to create the life you always dreamed of living.

“I’ve had a successful career, and I’m financially comfortable—but it still seems like something is missing.”

You’re not alone. Jeff Bernier has seen countless people in this situation—they seem to be living the American Dream, but they find themselves missing out on joy and a sense of purpose. In The Money and Meaning Journey, Bernier imparts some of the wisdom he has gained from over thirty-six years of being a financial advisor who understands that the goal of financial planning should not be to outperform the market, but to fund your dreams.

This book outlines a goal-focused and evidence-based process that focuses on the rate of return you need to fulfill those dreams. Sure, you’ll read about risk management, retirement planning, investments—but more importantly, you’ll receive guidance on discovering the larger, more significant purpose that all of these subjects serve.

This is a new kind of finance book: one that doesn’t separate your bank statement from your inner life, your spiritual quest from your material needs, or your money from your life’s meaning.

More women than ever before are the primary financial decision-makers in their households, but the number of women in wealth management careers continues to lag In Wealth is Women’s Work, Peggy Ruhlin combines stories and statistics to dispel the myths, hesitations, and beliefs that keep women from pursuing careers as financial planners. Ruhlin argues for the benefits of a career in wealth management— including work-life balance, excellent pay, and rewarding relationships—and highlights the unique skills and talents that women bring to the field. In these pages, Ruhlin speaks to women of all ages, inviting them to consider careers as financial planners, showing them the transferable skills that they already possess, and offering advice on how to pursue internships, jobs, and formal certification. In conjunction with her efforts to recruit women to the profession, Ruhlin directly addressed industry gatekeepers, at once admonishing and encouraging them to hire and mentor more women.

You’ve worked hard and planned carefully so that one day you can retire comfortably. That time has finally arrived. So why doesn’t it feel as carefree as you imagined? After building your retirement account, it’s time to take money out and use it for everyday expenses — and that requires an entirely new approach to financial planning. You have lots of questions.

This book is a step-by-step guide to the answers you need to let go of your concerns. The key is to enlist the help of a financial professional with the experience to understand your needs now that you’ve retired.

Learn which questions to ask and what answers to expect from an advisor with the specialized knowledge to help you enjoy the worry-free retirement you deserve, so can make your golden years the most meaningful and rewarding years of your life.

Have you ever wondered how to lead your teams effectively? In Foundational Leadership, Robert Griggs shares the story of his encounter with Jack Stack, author of The Great Game of Business. This first interaction changed Robert’s life and it formed the basis for an entirely different way to view leadership – one where leaders led with an open book and were willing to share the ins and outs of how a company was run. As Robert shares, this approach, while unsettling in the early days of its implementation at Trinity Products, completely changed the way he and his team did business. Through the utilization of concepts such as profit sharing, benchmarks, scoreboards, and continuous improvement, Robert has created a company that continues to grow from year to year.

What do you stand for as a leader?Great leaders have clarity about their internal values. They communicate and lead with those values in mind every day. Author Pat Kunz writes about his leadership experiences as the president of a large professional services engineering/architecture firm in a straightforward and easy-to-read way.After decades at the helm of a leading company driving successful strategies and dramatic growth, he decided to capture and share his favorite leadership lessons. No matter what kind of organization you work in, this is a book that will demystify your leadership journey.Pat keeps it simple: values are what really matter. Teams that truly work are driven by enthusiasm, integrity, and respect.

Changing the Game is a deeply personal and ultimately inspirational firsthand account of how a law firm in Houston, Texas — D. Miller & Associates, PLLC — helped a group of sexual - abuse survivors win the single-largest mass tort settlement in the history of American higher education. Attorney Darren A. Miller’s engrossing collection of practical business advice, team-building strategies, and marketing wisdom chronicles the landmark case against the University of Southern California. The result is a set of written blueprints for how to succeed in the world of high-stakes mass torts. It’s a book written for anyone seeking to enter the field or grow their legal practice with speed, insightfulness, and true purpose. By revealing critical events from his own life, Miller has written a show-stopping memoir that showcases the extraordinary personal and professional benefits of helping others find true and abiding justice under the law.

A massive train of wealth transfer is bearing down on society, and it is not going to stop. During the next quarter century, the United States will experience the largest transfer of wealth in modern history. According to the financial consulting firm Cerulli Associates, over the next twenty-five years, forty - five million households will transfer an estimated $68.4 trillion to the next generation. If your family is among those participating in this transfer, there are many significant actions you need to take — because doing it well will affect the lives of everyone in your family and their descendants, and the life of our society as a whole. Effective wealth transfer requires intelligent dialogue with, and consideration for, each inheritor and the whole family. In Your Time with the Baton, Steve Braverman, a veteran wealth manager and man of wealth himself, provides you with an intimate perspective on how to make this happen.

Every company needs a framework—a blueprint to follow so that the enterprise can carry out its best work.

Enterprise architecture provides just that, and with Architecting Enterprise Transformations, author Suresh Done shows how you can optimize your business systematically and strategically. Great businesses don’t just happen. They follow a deliberate plan that considers every facet of an organization. Inside, you’ll learn about the different architectural frameworks to determine which approach will bring your business fantastic results. But it doesn’t stop there. Successful leaders continually review their processes and structure to adapt to the changing market. In the end, your company will reap the benefits of this transformation, as will your employees, the customers you serve, and the world at large.

EVER SINCE THE UPRISINGS OF 2020, consumers and employees alike have demanded more accountability from US business leaders. As a leadership coach, author Dr. Adriane Johnson - Williams noted the increasing volume of demands but saw no guidance out in the world that makes the work of organizational change for equity clear. That’s when she decided to write this book.The author simply asks this of you: Give her — this book, its calendar, activities, and additional provided resources included — 90 days. Spend this time with her and she’ll challenge you to examine who you are as a leader and a person. You’ll look at how you value others, how you are a reflection on your organization, and how to discover how you want to be reflected in the world.In Not Your Father’s Capitalism, Johnson - Williams distinguishes diversity and inclusion from equity and shows readers how to build a diverse team and inclusive culture — and what it really means to commit (or not) to race equity.

Are your assumptions about success showing results in your life? We often look at success as a financial pinnacle — a mountaintop where we’re in command and respected. The truth is that if your personal life, core values, and self-knowledge aren’t a part of the equation, all the success in the world won’t do much for you. It will all come crashing down.

Is Everyone Smiling But You? explores the true meaning of success — how to organize your life to draw success to you, and also, how to create a perfect day that makes success sustainable while opening the floodgates to exponential growth. With Dr. Rice’s well-rounded view of the big picture, you’ll stop spinning your wheels. Ultimately, a full investment in yourself is an investment in your future. This book shows you how, step by step.

Key topics discussed in the book include: • How to find your happy place • Recognizing the big picture vision for yourself and making it happen every day • Key insights into the power of mentorship • A personal core values wakeup call to steer you in the right direction • Increasing your value through personal investment

Dr. Rice is the founder of igniteDDS, the nation''s largest student and new dentist community. Influencing young dentists on a larger scale was a dream come true for him, but as you’ll see, it didn’t come easy, but his discoveries inspired a method everyone can use. He learned from the school of hard knocks and wrote this book so that you won’t have to.

Is Everyone Smiling But You? inspires you to hone an understanding of yourself, where you want to be, who can help you along the way, and ultimately, it guides you to your success story. Infused with wit and character, you’ll learn from Dr. Rice’s journey while rewriting your own future along the way. The exercises that accompany each chapter help guide you to your aha moment — that instance when you realize what your vision for yourself truly is, and exactly how to get there.

Turning 50 is often a line in the sand for women. On one side is youth, on the other is the decline into old age. But that doesn’t mean we have to look old or act old — in fact, it’s quite the opposite. In our 50s we get the best of both worlds – the spryness of youth and the wisdom of aging. It’s the perfect decade to live our best lives and Maria Sabando has cracked the code on doing just that. Through loads of fun, delicious, and healthy recipes sprinkled throughout, Maria motivates women to make food their friend, not their foe, and do it with pizazz as they entertain friends and family. Maria loves yoga, and she introduces readers to a new pose in every chapter – encouraging them to find their own “yoga” – the exercise that feels like fun rather than work, helping to maintain a healthy weight with ease. Along the way, she inspires readers to come to peace with their bodies. She helps women find a balance between enjoying food but not overindulging. Yet she’s no stranger to letting loose and having some fun, expressed in her quirky saying, “Indulge or you’ll bulge,” which means giving into temptation a little bit now so you can ward off the temptation to binge. Through clever quips and true wisdom, Maria encourages women to embrace and enhance what makes them beautiful and release the rest with good humor. She goes well beyond giving tips to adopt a healthy lifestyle, eat well, and maintain a healthy weight. To Maria, these habits simply set the stage for readers to live the exact life they want to live, right now — one where women feel fully alive. Yet, this is not just a self-help book. It’s also a memoir. Along the way, readers find a friend in Maria through personal stories that will make them laugh out loud at her mishaps and successes. It gives them a glimpse into what it was like growing up Italian in America, and being a bit of an Ita lian diva, today. Like listening to a familiar tune on the radio, women who grew up in the 60s and 70s will relate to her reminiscing and feel like they’re in a car loaded with friends, taking a ride through time with the top down. This book is for every woman who could use a big shot of inspiration, a little boost, or simply a chance to laugh out loud as they step into their 50s and beyond. By the time readers turn the final page, they will have hundreds of clever ideas on how to craft a life of love, happiness, and meaning.

The Advantage of Other is a practical, personable guide for anyone who has the right intentions around Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, but doesn’t have the tools they need to create a long-term, sustainable cultural shift in their company culture.

If you are a little intimidated by the concepts of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, this book will teach you everything you need to know about transforming your workplace from the inside out.

The chapters will touch on the five pillars of an organization: People, Presence, Pipeline, Partners, and Profits. Each chapter includes personal stories and struggles, clear goals and objects, and actionable objectives and recommendations for personal and professional transformation. Written in a clear, personable and easy-to-understand style, this book will take you step by step through the process of creating a culture of inclusivity to build a high performing team.

As artificial intelligence reshapes entire industries, business leaders face a stark reality—adapt or die. Companies failing to harness AI’s transformational power risk joining the ranks of obsolete organizations gone extinct. In AI Driven, digital strategists Wolf Ruzicka and Victor Shilo crystallize decades of experience guiding enterprise transformations into an accessible playbook for thriving in the age of Digital Darwinism.

Through five real-world case studies, Ruzicka and Shilo demystify AI in clear prose tailored to executives overseeing complex organizations. The examples range from adding predictive analytics to real-time structured data streams to probabilistic engineering on top of unstructured data to the correct use of generative AI on an enterprise-scale. While underscoring AI’s competitive imperative, the authors detail proven methodologies to assess organizational readiness, drive cross-functional execution, and balance innovation velocity with economic viability.

Far from an abstract technology treatise, AI Driven equips business and IT leaders alike with the practical wisdom to spearhead an AI paradigm shift. The fundamental capabilities covered include future-proofing architecture to enable algorithmic business models, launching minimum viable predictions to validate AI value quickly, and leveraging engineering best practices to accelerate AI adoption enterprise-wide. While debunking the myth that AI is magic, Ruzicka and Shilo document how deliberate vision, relentless experimentation and technical recalibration can transform enterprises into category-killing disruptors rather than victims.

Master the new digital playbook or accept irrelevance. For executives struggling to translate AI’s promise into practice, AI Driven provides the blueprint. Harness its competitive power before your organization goes extinct.

How a Neurotic Jewish Real Estate Developer from New Jersey Found Enlightenment (And How You Can, Too)

The answers to these questions and more can be found in this enlightening book. Its author, however, is the antithesis of the traditional spiritual guru. He dresses in business clothes rather than a robe and sandals. He has never lived in a small stone hut in the Himalayas, nor does he collect crystals or read auras. All his insights have required eyeglasses.

Married for 40 years with three kids, Charles “Chick” Atkins has experienced all the joys and sorrows that life normally bestows. He is human – just another guy behind the wheel in traffic. Non-descript.

But Chick is different in one significant way. Chick is “awake.”

In the nine chapters of this book, he identifies nine moments of enlightenment in his life. Each provided a new level of comprehension and understanding that led to greater peace and happiness. Each provided answers to life’s big questions.

This book is for everyone who feels disconnected or overwhelmed and who is yearning to be happy and whole, but who can’t leave their 9-to-5 job or spend a week meditating in the Berkshires. Unlike most books of this type, this is not about using spirituality to escape ordinary life and live with your head in the clouds. Rather, it’s about using spirituality to embrace ordinary life and realize how extraordinary it actually is. It’s a philosophy grounded in today’s reality.

Enlightenment, as you’ll learn, is simply living moment to moment, amid all the usual nonsense, with awareness and appreciation unblemished by the past. You are capable of that. After all, even once you get all your wishes, there will always be the dishes.

Chick writes with humor, humility and, most important, practicality. His path can be your path, too. In the life story of an unlikely guru, you just might find insight into your own.