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Metric Pattern Cutting for Women's Wear provides a straightforward introduction to the principles of form pattern cutting for garments to fit the body shape, and flat pattern cutting for casual garments and jersey wear.This sixth edition remains true to the original concept: it offers a range of good basic blocks, an introduction to the basic principles of pattern cutting and examples of their application into garments. Fully revised and updated to include a brand new and improved layout, up-to-date skirt and trouser blocks that reflect the changes in body sizing, along with updates to the computer-aided design section and certain blocks, illustrations and diagrams.This best-selling textbook still remains the essential purchase for students and beginners looking to understand pattern cutting and building confidence to develop their own pattern cutting style.

Achieve "Massive Action" results and accomplish your business dreams!While most people operate with only three degrees of action-no action, retreat, or normal action-if you're after big goals, you don't want to settle for the ordinary. To reach the next level, you must understand the coveted 4th degree of action. This 4th degree, also know as the 10 X Rule, is that level of action that guarantees companies and individuals realize their goals and dreams.The 10 X Rule unveils the principle of "Massive Action," allowing you to blast through business clichés and risk-aversion while taking concrete steps to reach your dreams. It also demonstrates why people get stuck in the first three actions and how to move into making the 10X Rule a discipline. Find out exactly where to start, what to do, and how to follow up each action you take with more action to achieve Massive Action results. Learn the "Estimation of Effort" calculation to ensure you exceed your targetsMake the Fourth Degree a way of life and defy mediocrityDiscover the time management mythGet the exact reasons why people fail and others succeedKnow the exact formula to solve problemsExtreme success is by definition outside the realm of normal action. Instead of behaving like everybody else and settling for average results, take Massive Action with The 10 X Rule, remove luck and chance from your business equation, and lock in massive success.

An inspirational new take on leadership that proves you too can inspire and motivate your followers In It’s Not Magic: The Ordinary Skills of Exceptional Leaders, author, chartered psychologist and Professor of Leadership at the University of Exeter Business School, John Amaechi, delivers an impactful discussion of the dull, ordinary, energy-expensive, and transformative behaviours that define the world’s best leaders.The book walks you through the seemingly obvious but difficult-to-nail mindsets and intentions you’ll need to adopt to influence and motivate others. You’ll learn strategies and techniques you can apply immediately to help those who follow you to flourish and maximise their potential.Inside the book: Easy-to-follow explanations of the straightforward behaviours you can model to improve your ability to lead othersHabits you can adopt immediately to motivate others in any setting, from the boardroom to the classroom or the battlefieldData-driven insights into the tiny, little things that great leaders do every day and how to incorporate them into your emotional and behavioural repertoire An essential read for managers, executives, board members, and other business leaders, It’s Not Magic will also prove invaluable to entrepreneurs, founders, teachers, military leaders, academics, and anyone else expected to motive and inspire others to achieve great things.

The Global Financial Crisis broke the monetary system. Here's how to fix it.In Making Money Work: How to Rewrite the Rules of Our Financial System, Matt Sekerke and Steve H. Hanke deliver a rigorous and fascinating exploration of the monetary economy. You'll find a detailed and clear roadmap of how and why fiat money is created and destroyed, its connections to the broader economy, and the objective mechanisms that underwrite and maintain its value.In their exploration, Sekerke and Hanke solve many problems and puzzles and shed light on several important questions: Why economists misunderstand the structure and function of the monetary systemThe central role of the commercial banking system in fiat money regimes, and why commercial banks are not like other financial intermediariesThe economic and regulatory constraints on bank money creationThe interplay between banking and capital markets in funding investment projectsHow the “banks” that dominate the international financial landscape distort the lines between banking and capital markets businessWhy banking regulation and fiscal policy determine and constrain monetary policy to an equal or greater extent than central bank actionsSekerke and Hanke trace important post-crisis policy developments and sketch the broad strokes of a new operating model that would restore the performance of the monetary system and make better use of aggregate savings: Making neutrality the explicit goal of monetary policy, properly understoodIncreasing the supply of bankable projects and keeping them on bank balance sheetsBreaking the financial system's fatal attraction to land and real estateReducing regulatory distortions in lending marketsReforming universal banking institutions and stimulating competitionTransitioning to a quantity-based monetary policy frameworkAn engaging and incisive guide to the global systems of money and banking, Making Money Work is destined to become a sought-after classic for bankers, finance professionals, policymakers, regulators, academics, and laypeople with an interest in money and banking.

Combine LinkedIn and AI to multiply your selling potentialMost sales professionals and entrepreneurs are desperate to find new techniques to help them break through the overwhelming noise and get the attention of high-value decision makers. They want to make fewer cold calls, face less resistance, and have more meaningful conversations.This is why Jeb Blount (the world's most Fanatical Prospector) and Brynne Tillman (the LinkedIn Whisperer) joined forces to create The LinkedIn Edge—the definitive playbook for combining LinkedIn, AI, and proven outbound prospecting strategies to build bigger, better, and more qualified pipelines. In this highly practical guide, you will learn the tactics, techniques, frameworks, and secret shortcuts that transform LinkedIn into a list-building, prospecting, referral-getting, lead-generation machine that will help you sell more, win more, and earn more.You'll learn how to: Leverage LinkedIn + AI to build better, more effective prospecting listsIntegrate LinkedIn into your outbound prospecting sequences to increase engagementFind decision-makers on LinkedIn using smart targeting strategiesUse AI tools to streamline research and get crucial contact informationWrite prospecting messages that convert with proven frameworks + AIMulti-thread and penetrate buying committees to bend win probability in your favor through deeper relationshipsJump over gatekeepers and get direct introductions to c-level decision makersLeverage your network to warm up cold calls and generate referralsGet prospects to accept your LinkedIn connection requestsTurn LinkedIn into a powerful lead-gen engine that brings hot buyers to youDeploy the 5s familiarity framework to build name recognition, authority, trustGet more prospecting done, in less time, with better results The LinkedIn Edge is not the typical “social selling” book focused on vanity metrics or going viral. There is no fluff or shallow “moon launch” techniques that never really work.This is a step-by-step playbook, written by practitioners. It is about what works in the real world, in the grind of the sales trenches—blending fast prospecting outreach with systematic relationship building sequences to engage prospects with confidence, consistency, and relevance.With each chapter and every lesson, you'll learn how LinkedIn mastery combined with an AI edge can give you almost superhuman prospecting powers that will explode your pipeline and your income.

Explore the high-stakes world of gold and silver trading In Mastering Gold and Silver Markets: Insights from a Legendary Bullion Bank Trader, veteran precious metals trader, Robert Gottlieb, delivers an insightful blend of memoir and education that covers the world of bullion trading from a banker’s perspective. The book covers his journey from working at a certified public accounting firm to his position as the Global Head of Precious Metals Trading and Sales at many of the largest bullion banks in the world. Gottlieb dives deep into the critical role played by bullion banks in the global precious metals ecosystem. He provides a detailed explanation of financial and futures markets and how they facilitate liquidity and hedging strategies for their clients. You’ll also learn about how banks leverage arbitrage opportunities between the CME futures markets and the London OTC markets to meet customer needs. You’ll find: Explanations of the supply-and-demand fundamentals of gold and silverAn engaging combination of personal experience, industry expertise, and thought-provoking analysisExaminations of significant disruptions to gold and silver markets, including Covid-19 and the impacts of US tariff announcements in 2025Perfect for mining company executives, central bankers, Wall Stret traders, and professionals in finance and commodities trading, Mastering Gold and Silver Markets is also a must-read for hedge fund managers, wealth portfolio managers, and retail investors.

Callister's Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 10th Edition promotes student understanding of the three primary types of materials (metals, ceramics, and polymers) and composites, as well as the relationships that exist between the structural elements of materials and their properties.

The new edition of the bestselling textbook on Innovation Management, provides a strong knowledge base and a creative and entrepreneurial management mindsetAcclaimed for its practical, evidence-based tools and resources, Managing Innovation provides the knowledge base required to manage innovation, technology, and new product development. With an integrated process approach, this classic textbook helps students understand and develop the unique skill set required to manage innovation and innovation processes, in the commercial, public and social sectors.Fully updated with new data, new methods, and new approaches, the eighth edition of Managing Innovation emphasizes real-world application over abstract theory. Numerous practical and experience-tested processes, models, and tools help students develop a productive innovation management mindset, accompanied by a wealth of case studies and examples illustrating that successful innovation management is much more than managing a single aspect, such as creativity, entrepreneurship, or product development.Offering a strong empirical approach that is supportive of tailored experimentation, Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change, Eighth Edition, is the perfect textbook for MBA, MSc, and final-year undergraduate management and engineering courses on innovation, and a must-have resource for professional training courses, seminars, and workshops.New to this Edition: Updated chapters on digital innovation, business model innovation, open innovation, user innovation, social and sustainable innovation, service, and crowdsourcingEnhanced presentation of material, organized around a clear process model reflecting the new ISO standard for innovation systemsAdditional web resources, including video, audio podcasts, case studies, innovation tools, and interactive exercises and testsNew "Research Notes" present the latest empirical findings from academic studies to deepen students' knowledgeNew "Views from the Front Line" sections connect chapter topics to the actual experiences and challenges of practicing innovation managersExpanded "Innovation Portal" for students and instructors, containing searchable innovation tools, cases, and exercises

You've built a great product—now what?The brutal truth: most startups and scale-ups don't fail because of bad products. They fail because they never figure out how to grow fast—and profitably. Some chase market share at all costs, burning cash on customers who won't pay enough to sustain the business. Others over-monetize too soon, pushing away the customers they need to reach scale. Still others obsess over customer loyalty, missing larger markets and monetization potential. And then there are those who assume a great product will sell itself, only to realize too late that pricing, packaging, positioning and value selling matter just as much.The true winners take a different approach. They adopt a Profitable Growth Mindset, refusing to choose between market expansion and monetization—instead, they dominate both. Instead of relying on instinct or momentum, they architect growth with precision, making every move count towards building enduring value.In this highly-anticipated sequel to Monetizing Innovation, Madhavan Ramanujam and Eddie Hartman unveil a battle-tested playbook for architecting profitable growth. Drawing from their experience advising over 400 companies—including 50+ unicorns—the authors dissect both legendary successes and costly failures. Packed with real-world case studies, hard-hitting insights, and nine breakthrough strategies, Scaling Innovation reveals how founders, executives, and investors need to navigate the critical transition from product-market fit to building an enduring, high-value business.If you want to scale smartly, outmaneuver competition, and unlock exponential revenue, this book will show you how.Inside, you'll learn: Why the “single-engine strategy” dooms so many businesses—and how to avoid itHow to create outcome and usage-based monetization modelsThe secrets to mastering value messaging—and getting customers to pay what you're worthMastering sales negotiations—“give and get” strategies to close faster, better and more oftenHow to stop churn before it happens, maximize upsells, and handle price increases with confidenceThe essential tactics for balancing market share and wallet share—without losing momentum If Monetizing Innovation taught you how to build a great product, Scaling Innovation will teach you how to build a great business—one that thrives, scales, and creates real enterprise value.Read it. Apply it. Build something that lasts.

Research Methods For Business, 8th Edition explains the principles and practices of using a systematic, organized method for solving problematic issues in business organizations. Designed to help students view research from the perspective of management, this popular textbook guides students through the entire business research process. Organized into six main themes—Introduction, Defining the Management and the Research Problem, Theory, Collecting Information, Drawing Conclusions, and Writing and Presenting the Research Report—the text enables students to develop the skills and knowledge required to successfully create, conduct, and analyze a research project.Now in its eighth edition, this popular textbook has been thoroughly updated to incorporate substantial new and expanded content, and reflect current research methods and practices. The text uses a unique blended learning approach, allowing instructors the flexibility to custom-tailor their courses to fit their specific needs. This innovative approach combines the face-to-face classroom methods of the instructor with internet-based activities that enable students to study what they want, when they want, at their own pace.

You have great investment ideas. If you turn them into highly profitable portfolios, this book is for you. Advanced Portfolio Management: A Quant’s Guide for Fundamental Investors is for fundamental equity analysts and portfolio managers, present, and future. Whatever stage you are at in your career, you have valuable investment ideas but always need knowledge to turn them into money. This book will introduce you to a framework for portfolio construction and risk management that is grounded in sound theory and tested by successful fundamental portfolio managers. The emphasis is on theory relevant to fundamental portfolio managers that works in practice, enabling you to convert ideas into a strategy portfolio that is both profitable and resilient. Intuition always comes first, and this book helps to lay out simple but effective "rules of thumb" that require little effort to implement and understand. At the same time, the book shows how to implement sophisticated techniques in order to meet the challenges a successful investor faces as his or her strategy grows in size and complexity. Advanced Portfolio Management also contains more advanced material and a quantitative appendix, which benefit quantitative researchers who are members of fundamental teams.You will learn how to: Separate stock-specific return drivers from the investment environment’s return driversUnderstand current investment themesSize your cash positions based onYour investment ideasUnderstand your performanceMeasure and decompose riskHedge the risk you don’t wantUse diversification to your advantageManage losses and control tail riskSet your leverageAuthor Giuseppe A. Paleologo has consulted, collaborated, taught, and drank strong wine with some of the best stock-pickers in the world; he has traded tens of billions of dollars hedging and optimizing their books and has helped them navigate through big drawdowns and even bigger recoveries.  Whether or not you have access to risk models or advanced mathematical background, you will benefit from the techniques and the insights contained in the book—and won't find them covered anywhere else.

Renowned for its interactive focus on conceptual understanding, Halliday and Resnick's Principles of Physics, 12th edition, is an industry-leading resource in physics teaching with expansive, insightful, and accessible treatments of a wide variety of subjects. Focusing on several contemporary areas of research and a wide array of tools that support students' active learning, this book guides students through the process of learning how to effectively read scientific material, identify fundamental concepts, reason through scientific questions, and solve quantitative problems.This International Adaptation of the twelfth edition is built to be a learning center with practice opportunities, simulations, and videos. Numerous practice and assessment questions are available to ensure that students understand the problem-solving processes behind key concepts and understand their mistakes while working through problems.

When it comes to investing in the stock market, investors have plenty of options: 1. They can do it themselves. Trillions of dollars are invested this way. (Of course, the only problem here is that most people have no idea how to analyze and choose individual stocks. Well, not really the only problem. Most investors have no idea how to construct a stock portfolio, most have no idea when to buy and sell, and most have no idea how much to invest in the fi rst place.) 2. They can give money to professionals to invest. Trillions of dollars are invested this way. (Unfortunately, most professionals actually underperform the market averages over time. In fact, it may be even harder to pick good professional managers than it is to pick good individual stocks.) 3. They can invest in traditional index funds. Trillions of dollars are also invested this way. (The problem is that investing this way is seriously flawed—and almost a guarantee of subpar investment returns over time.) 4. They can read The Big Secret for the Small Investor and do something else. Not much is invested this way. Yet . . . Let top hedge-fund manager, Columbia Business School professor, former Fortune 500 chairman, and New York Times bestselling author Joel Greenblatt take you on a journey that will reveal the Big Secret for both individual and professional investors. Based on path-breaking new research, find out how anyone can beat the market, the index funds, and the experts by following a new approach that relies on the principles of value investing, common sense, and quantitative discipline. Along the way, learn where "value" comes from, how markets work, and what really happens on Wall Street. By journey's end, small investors (and even not-so-small investors) will have found their way to some excellent new investment choices.

A USA Today National Bestseller!An inspiring and personal roadmap to servant leadershipIn All Pride, No Ego: A Queer Executive’s Journey to Living and Leading Authentically, celebrated corporate leader James Fielding delivers an inspirational leadership story told from the perspective of an out and proud LGBTQ+ executive. In the book, you’ll explore a call-to-action for authentic servant leadership that encourages people to own their truth and bring out the best in themselves and their communities.The author explains his key decisions and inflection points and highlights how his leadership style, learnings, successes, and failures informed his rise through the rungs of the corporate ladder. You’ll also find: The importance of becoming and remaining a lifelong learner and constantly curiousHow to control the controllable while leaving space for the possibleStrategies for employing truthful and inspirational servant leadershipAn essential resource for managers, executives, directors, and other business leaders, All Pride, No Ego: A Queer Executive’s Journey to Living and Leading Authentically will also earn a place on the bookshelves of young, aspiring leaders seeking practical and impactful strategies for real-world leadership.

Discover the realities for transgender people in the workplace and beyond as they move through any of the three recognized kinds of transition—and how to be an ally.In Transgender Inclusion: All The Things You Want To Ask Your Transgender Coworker But Shouldn’t, clinical psychologist and trans inclusion specialist Dr. A.C. Fowlkes delivers an essential and remarkably honest discussion of the realities of the workplace for transgender people. In the book, you’ll explore the experiences that trans people have in the workplace as they move through none, one, or more of the three recognized kinds of transition—medical, social, and legal. You’ll learn answers to your questions about your transgender colleagues, so you can be respectful of your coworker’s feelings and work together comfortably. You’ll also find: Discussions of how and why transgender people often feel excluded from the workplace and by their colleaguesExplorations of the unfortunately common reality of harassment and maltreatment of transgender workersHow and why information about transgender experiences in the workplace is helpful to everyone Approximately 1.3 million adults in the United States identify as transgender. If you don’t already have a transgender friend, neighbor, or co-worker, you might very well have one in the future. A practical, compassionate, and evidence-based discussion of the transgender experience, Transgender Inclusion is a must-read guide for managers, executives, professionals, and allies who want to learn more and do more about trans issues in the workplace.With a foreword by Peggy Rajski, Founder of the Trevor Project.

Anatomy and Physiology is a complex subject spanning many health science disciplines. Principles of Anatomy and Physiology has always been recognized for its pioneering homeostatic approach to learning the subject. This International Adaptation of the 16th edition combines exceptional content and outstanding visuals for a rich and comprehensive classroom experience and continues to set the standard for the discipline. It has been paired with a comprehensive Study Guide, offering a thoughtfully designed course in Anatomy and Physiology. Highly regarded authors, Jerry Tortora and Bryan Derrickson motivate and support learners at every level, from novice to expert, and equip them with the skills they need to succeed in this class and beyond.

The leading introduction to the principles and processes of building construction returns Building construction covers the entire process of creating residential, commercial, and industrial structures, from planning to execution. It's an evolving field, with new technologies continuously being brought to bear and new sustainable practices emerging every day. For over four decades, Building Construction Illustrated has served as the leading introduction to building construction for all professionals involved in the process, from architects to interior designers. Richly illustrated and incorporating the latest advancements and best practices, it remains the essential volume for students and working professionals alike. Readers of the seventh edition of Building Construction Illustrated will also find: New or expanded coverage of resilient design, building systems, new finish materials, and moreThe latest updates to codes and standards requirements including IBC, LEED, and CSI MasterFormatIn-depth yet accessible treatment appropriate for all levels of prior knowledgeBuilding Construction Illustrated is ideal for students in architecture, civil and structural engineering, construction management, and interior design, as well as practicing professionals across the building trades.

A comprehensive guide to building and deploying dashboards that deliver. Dashboards That Deliver: How to Design, Develop, and Deploy Dashboards That Work teaches you a complete process of dashboard creation, from the initial spark, through discovery and prototyping, to release and maintenance. Its guidance addresses the human and social factors in making successful dashboards. You'll learn how to apply the process whether you're a sole data analyst, or the head of business intelligence in a large enterprise. Also included are over a dozen detailed chapters featuring real-world dashboards from different industries (healthcare, transportation, etc.), departments (finance, marketing, human resources), and platforms (print, desktop, cellphone, etc.). There are dashboards designed for different audiences, including one that has had 2.5 billion views. Each one has a unique creation story you can learn from and apply. The expert authors have a combined fifty-plus years of hands-on experience helping people in hundreds of organizations build effective dashboards. They have seen multiple successes and failures, bringing their own stories and empathy to help readers survive and thrive in a rapidly changing data landscape. You'll learn to: Understand the needs of your users and apply those to the language of data analytics. Create wireframes and mockups to make the most efficient user experience. Choose the appropriate data visualizations for each purpose.Release and then measure the success of your dashboard implementation. How AI might change how dashboards are developed. Whether you are a Chief Data Officer, Head of Business Intelligence, or a data analyst, this book will help you succeed in sharing actionable, data-informed insights.

A celebration of (and how to find your own) queer intersectional identity through the lens of mediaIn Black. Fat. Femme: Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices (in Media) and Learning to Love Yourself, educator and media critic Dr. Jonathan P. Higgins—aka Doctor Jon Paul—delivers an honest and extraordinary new take on how the author, and other Black Fat Femmes like them, have come to find and understand their identity.You'll learn about how standing at the intersection of multiple identities, communities, and causes shapes people and how they see the world. You'll also discover how public figures like Andre Leon Talley and Latrice Royale have helped people learn who they are and what is possible in life.Inside the book: An examination of the importance of real representation in the media for marginalized peopleDiscussions of the pioneers who fought so hard to be authentically who they are, both onscreen and offExplorations of how and why Black Fat Femme people have been left out and erased from LGBTQ+ conversations Perfect for anyone with an interest in unique voices and truly singular perspectives, Black. Fat. Femme. is a one-of-a-kind book that will help you see the world with entirely new eyes.

Must read exposé of the 13 types of bad bosses to help you become a better leader In The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses, Mita Mallick shares how bad bosses aren't born. Bad bosses are made. They are a product of their circumstances. She shares hilarious and heartbreaking stories of the 13 bad bosses she once endured and survived, even including when she was a bad boss in her career. She challenges us both current and aspiring leaders to avoid the pitfalls of bad boss behavior. With powerful storytelling and practical advice, she covers bad behaviors like: Never having time for our teams (except at midnight)Micromanaging and re-doing all of the team’s workBeing completely disengaged, and disinterested in leadingRuling with fear in hopes of driving business resultsLoving the spotlight and taking credit for all of the work and much, much moreThe Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses is a must read guide on how not to become that bad boss for anyone on their journey to be a better leader. Mita reminds us that a good leader can be the difference maker: ensuring we are recognized and valued for our contributions in our organizations. So remember that the devil emails at midnight. Let's make sure that devil doesn't become you.

Are You Ready to Scale Sales? How Fast?These two questions are mission critical to the success of any startup, product launch, or market expansion. Yet, too often we rely on gut feel—or let irrelevant signals like a recent fundraise or comparisons to past unicorns—to drive our decisions.The Science of Scaling offers a rigorous framework for founders, executives, and investors to calculate the answers using their company’s actual performance data—not wishful thinking.Drawing on insights from hundreds of startups over the past 25 years, Mark Roberge—Founding CRO at HubSpot, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, and Co-Founder of Stage 2 Capital—reveals the five most common reasons revenue acceleration efforts fail: Premature focus on top-line revenue over consistent customer value creationInadequate, non-data-driven definitions of product-market fitMisunderstanding the GTM capabilities needed before hiring salespeopleFront-loading sales hires instead of pacing hiring based on readinessConfusing temporary spikes with lasting competitive advantageWhether you're a founder starting to scale, an investor guiding your portfolio, or a GM launching a new product, The Science of Scaling is your operating manual.Don’t guess. Don’t gamble. Scale scientifically.

Design a life bursting with purpose, clarity, and genuine fulfillment by uncovering the secrets to living your good life Design Your Good Life by Charles Lee empowers readers to take control of their lives and proactively transform their dreams into reality. This book addresses the common issue of settling for less, guiding individuals to create a fulfilling life through life-shaping frameworks and actionable insights. Lee, the CEO and Founder of Ideation, shares his expertise in idea execution to help readers build a life that aligns with their deepest values and boldest aspirations. This transformative guide offers a step-by-step approach to designing and achieving your personal version of a good life. Through a rich blend of practical advice and inspirational stories, Charles Lee provides tools and frameworks to help you: Spark Your Purpose: Uncover what truly drives you and articulate a personal vision that provides direction and meaning.Actualize Your Vision: Move from idea to reality with actionable strategies that build confidence, develop essential skills, and create tangible results.Influence Your World: Learn to steward your resources—time, energy, and relationships—to create a lasting, positive impact and build a meaningful legacy.Design Your Good Life is a must-read for anyone looking for a more purposeful existence. Whether you're a professional seeking balance, an innovator aiming for impact, or an individual craving meaningful change, this book is your guide to achieving the life you've always dreamed of.

NATIONAL BESTSELLERKnow exactly how much you can safely spend each year after you retire without outliving your nest eggIn A Richer Retirement: Supercharging the 4% Rule to Spend More and Enjoy More, entrepreneur, researcher, and financial planner, William P. Bengen, delivers a straightforward, soup-to-nuts guide for maximizing your withdrawals from your investment accounts during your retirement. The author explains how you can draw heavily on your retirement accounts without spending yourself into premature poverty.This book is a comprehensive roadmap to constructing your personal retirement withdrawal plan. You'll learn how to compute a low-risk maximum withdrawal rate so that you can enjoy your retirement savings to the utmost. You'll also discover guidance on why and how to adjust your withdrawals during retirement to help make sure that your accounts last your entire life.You'll also find: The eight elements of a comprehensive personal retirement withdrawal planTechniques for selecting your withdrawal rate based on the eight elements, inflation, and stock market valuationA template for your withdrawal plan that will help you recognize if you're overspending (or underspending!) and exactly how to address that issuePerfect for well-informed laypeople entering, nearing, or in retirement, A Richer Retirement is a can't-miss retirement playbook for everyone who wants to make the most of their retirement savings without outliving their nest egg. It's also an essential read for financial professionals who serve clients in or close to retirement.

A blueprint for change leaders to learn from one of the largest transformations in corporate historyIrresistible Change:A Blueprint for Earning Buy-In and Breakout Success details one of the largest and most formidable transformations in corporate history: to shift the foundations of work for IBM’s nearly 400,000 employees and thousands of interdisciplinary teams across 180 countries and help them become more entrepreneurial, agile, and customer focused. Written by Phil Gilbert, IBM’s former General Manager of Design and architect of this ambitious change effort, this book is part narrative and part field guide. Irresistible Change describes how the choices made at IBM affected the Change Program Office’s development at each stage of its growth and provides readers with key insights they need to conduct transformational change within their own organizations.This book includes insights on: Getting buy-in for change, the biggest challenge that holds back even the most ambitious change efforts, by making it something exciting rather than inevitableSeeing change as a high-stakes “product” deserving of the same resources and rigor as your top-performing business linesRecognizing today’s newly empowered and often skeptical employees who resist authority and value autonomy and stabilityIrresistible Change is an essential roadmap for the next generation of change leaders in organizations of any size.

From Privilege to Purpose: Unlock Resilient, High-Impact LeadershipYour ability to lead with courage and clarity in uncertain times depends on mastering both your inner journey and the external challenges you face. The Unlikely Leader shows you exactly how. In this powerful new work, Abdurahman Afia draws from a deeply personal narrative of privilege, hardship, and hard-won leadership breakthroughs to offer a roadmap for mid to senior-level leaders seeking resilience, confidence, and high-performance teams.Abdurahman, CEO of Afia Partners, anchors his writing in decades of progressive leadership experience and leadership development facilitation. He has guided multicultural teams across continents, transforming cultural complexity into collective strength. This book weaves vivid case studies - real stories of executives navigating disruption - with his custom-designed coaching frameworks and interactive tools. You’ll gain actionable insights on building resilience, managing ambiguity with grace, and cultivating leadership presence that drives results. His engaging facilitation style, grounded in analytical rigor and psychological insight, ensures that each chapter equips you with practical, immediately applicable strategies - not abstract theory.The Unlikely Leader: How to Succeed, Even When the Odds Are Against You empowers you to transform adversity into leadership advantage. Inside, you will find: Case studies illustrating the transformation of real-life executives under pressureBespoke leadership development frameworks tailored for multicultural, global teamsTools and reflection exercises to embed resilience and adaptability into daily practiceA narrative-driven approach that humanizes leadership lessons through personal storytellingAnalytical models balanced with behavioural insights for actionable, measurable growth Equipping readers to lead with intention, clarity, and empathy, The Unlikely Leader is ideal for mid- to senior-level managers, C-suite executives, HR and L&D professionals, entrepreneurs, and business owners aiming to elevate their leadership in dynamic environments. It is particularly well-suited for courses in leadership development, executive coaching, or organisational behaviour, as part of MBA, Executive MBA, or professional development curricula.