FIND YOUR CLARITY AND SUCCESS WILL FIND YOU!

Clarity can mean different things to different people. For some, it arrives in the form of an answer or a direction. For others, it’s understanding the context of a complex situation. For most, however, clarity evokes a calm and focused state of mind with lower stress and diminished anxiety over what to do next.

As satisfying as it is to help people find clarity with their business problems, it’s far more rewarding to teach someone how to find their own clarity. That’s the purpose of this book – to describe how people can find the clarity to help manage, grow, and lead their businesses to greater success.

Any executive, leader, or owner can benefit from greater clarity regarding their business. Let Clarity show you how you can:

• Learn to quickly sift through distractions and address the real issues.
• Identify the core problems affecting your business and impeding your success.
• Develop the curiosity to destroy assumptions and find solutions.
• Enhance your awareness of the emotions and context that lead us astray.
• Improve your success with better sequencing, timing, and patience.
• Create Conscious Competence around the most impactful parts of your business.
• Develop your own Business Wisdom® to see the world clearly!

GROW WISER, WORK LESS, AND WIN BIG IN BUSINESS!

In this newly revised third edition of Leading with Questions, renowned global leadership consultants Michael Marquardt and Bob Tiede describe how to ask powerful questions that generate short-term and long-term results and success. They show you how effective leaders use questions to encourage participation and teamwork, foster creative thinking, empower others, create relationships with customers, and solve problems.

The authors offer step-by-step guidance on the process of learning the art of questioning and techniques―like active listening and follow-ups – you can use in myriad situations with individuals, teams, and entire organizations. You’ll also find:

• The most recent research on how questions change people and companies for the better
• Interviews with over 40 world-leading executives and managers from a wide variety of industries and regions
• Concrete, hands-on strategies for generating short-term results and long-term change with questions

Perfect for managers, executives, and other business leaders, Leading with Questions will earn a place on the bookshelves of anyone interested in better engaging with and leading others.

The cornerstone of any leader's personal brand is how people perceive their listening skills. Distractions, biases, unhealthy expectations, and misaligned perceptions make it difficult for leaders to truly understand and influence their audiences. An important skill in reducing missed opportunities and increasing commitments to action is recognizing the value of the clues people display during every interaction.

As a Certified Forensic Interviewer, Michael Reddington traveled the world for many years conducting interrogations and teaching professional investigators how to obtain the truth with non-confrontational techniques. His experience in the interrogation room opened his eyes to the strategic, ethical observation, and persuasion techniques necessary to influence people to share sensitive information under vulnerable circumstances. Now, he coaches leaders working to build valuable relationships and affect more positive results.

The Disciplined Listening Method provides leaders with the skills, techniques, and perspectives necessary to identify hidden value in every conversation. The seven core behaviors of the Disciplined Listening Method position leaders to discover the truth often hidden in plain sight by leveraging a learning mentality and a goal-oriented approach to encourage their audiences to save face, commit to sharing sensitive information, and change their behavior.

The truth is, the way we think about ourselves and the world around us dramatically impacts our happiness, health, how fast or slow we age, and even how long we live. In fact, people with a positive mindset about aging live on average 7.5 years longer than those without.

That might sound alarming to those of us who struggle to see the bright side, but the good news is we can make surprisingly simple changes or small shifts to how we think, feel, and act that will really pay off.

In The Positive Shift: Mastering Mindset to Improve Happiness, Health, and Longevity, Dr. Catherine Sanderson breaks down the science of thought and shows how our mindset—or thought pattern—exerts a substantial influence on our psychological and physical health. Most important, this book demonstrates how, no matter what our natural tendency, with practice we can make minor tweaks in our mindset that will improve the quality—and longevity—of our life.

Combining cutting-edge research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, as well as vivid real-world examples of the power of mindset, The Positive Shift gives readers practical and easy strategies for changing maladaptive thought patterns and behaviors so they can live longer, happier lives. These behaviors include:

• Appreciating nature, with actions as simple as eating lunch outside
• Giving to others, like volunteering
• Spending money on experiences, not possessions

Living your best life is truly mind over matter. Believe in yourself and rethink your way to a happier reality.

Why do good people so often do nothing when a seemingly small action could make a big difference? A pioneering social psychologist explains why moral courage is so rare―and reveals how it can be triggered or trained.

We are bombarded every day by reports of bad behavior, from sexual harassment to political corruption and bullying belligerence. It’s tempting to blame evil acts on evil people, but that leaves the rest us off the hook. Silence, after all, can perpetuate cruelty. Why We Act draws on the latest developments in psychology and neuroscience to tackle an urgent question: Why do so many of us fail to intervene when we’re needed―and what would it take to make us step up?

A renowned psychologist who has done pioneering research on social norms, Catherine Sanderson was inspired to write this book when a freshman in her son’s dorm died twenty hours after a bad fall while drinking. There were many points along the way when a decision to seek help could have saved his life. Why did no one act sooner?

Cutting-edge neuroscience offers part of the answer, showing how deviating from the group activates the same receptors in the brain that are triggered by pain. But Sanderson also points to many ways in which our faulty assumptions about what other people are thinking can paralyze us. And she shares surprisingly effective and simple strategies for resisting the pressure to conform. Moral courage, it turns out, is not innate. Small details and the right training can make a big difference. Inspiring and potentially life transforming, Why We Act reveals that while the urge to do nothing is deeply ingrained, even the most hesitant would-be bystander can learn to be a moral rebel.

A brotherhood born in battle is endangered by a deadly secret in the latest astonishing thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Tom Clancy Zero Hour and Hostile Intent.

As a team, Matt Drake and his partner, Frodo, have watched each other's backs through some very dark days. But one thing they've never doubted was their commitment to each other...until now.

Frodo has been accused of a war crime ten years after leaving Afghanistan. Matt is determined to prove his friend innocent, but what will he do when he finds that his closest friend has secrets he won't share?

Defense Intelligence Agency operative Matt Drake broke a promise. A promise that cost three people their lives and crippled his best friend. Three months later, he's paralyzed by survivor's guilt and haunted by the memories of the fallen. Matt may have left Syria, but Syria hasn't left him.

In the midst of his self-imposed exile, Matt is dragged back into the world of espionage and assets that he tried to forget. A Pakistani scientist working for an ISIS splinter cell has created a terrifying weapon of mass destruction. The scientist offers to defect with the weapon, but he trusts just one man to bring him out of Syria alive—Matt Drake.

It’s a suicide mission—one man against an army of terrorists. Still, with stakes this high, Matt has no choice but to try. He’s going in on high alert, but he’s blind to his greatest vulnerability. His most dangerous enemy is closer to home—not on the battlefield, but in the Oval Office.

Finally, a Book That Tells the Truth About Black Americans and Money

We're often told that anyone can make it if they just work hard enough, but what does that really mean when the odds are stacked against us from the start?
Are you an African American entrepreneur looking to invest in knowledge to be rich or richer despite the obstacles in your way?
Do you wish to discover valuable resources to help you achieve financial success and create lasting change for the Black community?
Do you want to understand how racism works and what you can do to fight it as an entrepreneur?

Why Black Wealth Matters in White America: Turning Black Spending Power Into Generational Wealth is a detailed manifesto that teaches how to achieve Black generational wealth.

In this book, Solomon recounts his first-hand experiences with diversity, determination, and proven successes to demonstrate that generational wealth is attainable. From his rise to affluence, to financial devastation, and back to a position of monetary abundance, the words directly from Solomon in this book will engage his audience to take action.

In this intimate, raw, and reflective narrative, Solomon reveals:

• knowledge and information you need to be financially successful as an African American entrepreneur
• insights and strategies for building wealth
• a wealth of knowledge that will help you to realize and reach your financial goals
• actionable plans to increase your net worth and achieve financial freedom
• a unique perspective on financial success
• a blueprint for reinventing your financial destiny
• information about the tradition, politics, and policies that affect the African American community and what you can do about it

"Solomon will show you how to ignite a success mindset, sharpen your skillset and monetize your ideas. This book is a groundbreaking read! Get ready to experience an incredible journey that will open a new realm of enrichment as you apply these outstanding principles."
- Les Brown, world renowned motivational speaker

While this book is an essential read for anyone who wants to understand the unique challenges African Americans face when it comes to money, it offers the tools for financial success tailored specifically for Black entrepreneurs.
If you want to finally achieve the financial freedom you truly deserve and break down the barriers preventing you from being left out of the American Dream, then it's time to read Why Black Wealth Matters in White America.
This book contains valuable insights on:

• The Making of the American Racial Wealth Gap
• How Corporate America Benefits from Black Spending
• The Politics & Policies That Power Systemic Racism
• Reinventing Our Financial Destiny and Influence

Solomon's no-nonsense approach to financial wisdom will get you fired up and inspire you to put his blueprint for reinventing your financial destiny into motion immediately. By taking advantage of Solomon's roadmap to financial freedom and self-empowerment, you will finally have the knowledge and tools you need to build wealth and create lasting change.

Get ready to reinvent your financial destiny and influence to create real wealth!

Are you in sales and want to win more customers, make more money, and build a solid reputation that skyrockets your career? Success in selling doesn’t always depend on doing everything right. Closing a deal often relies on remembering what not to do—like don’t hate on your competition and never fax the facts.After three decades in the office trenches, Glenn Poulos has figured out exactly what to do—and what to avoid—to get the deal.Get results and stay on top of your sales game with the personal wisdom, expert storytelling, and effective business strategy found in Never Sit in the Lobby! Inspired by real-life lessons that shaped Glenn’s career, this guide provides 57 factors for navigating the interpersonal dynamics of selling and the art of negotiation to help you sidestep common costly mistakes—before you lose the sale.You’ll discover:

• How to show them the WSP, a method to maximize you and your product’s attractiveness in the eye of your customer.
• The power of greed-based learning to help you effortlessly obtain the knowledge you need to sell your product.
• The 10 types of challenging customers.
• Secrets to make your emails and voice mails count, including example scripts that will start a digital dialogue rather than get screened.
• Communication and public speaking skills that increase your influence, like active listening, confident body language, and rapport subtleties.

Showcase winning sales factors that close the deal! Get Never Sit in the Lobby and better connect with new customers and build better relationships for the best opportunities that benefit both of you.

Proven principles of leadership from a veteran fighter pilot and military leader

In Flying in the Face of Fear: A Fighter Pilot's Lessons on Leading with Courage, former fighter pilot and retired Air Force Colonel Kim "KC" Campbell delivers an inspiring and practical discussion of leadership and decision-making. In the book, you'll follow the author's journey through the principles that got her through her 24-year career in the high-stakes and high-risk world of aerial combat.

You'll discover lessons and stories that will serve as a resource for you as you lead your employees, students, and others through the challenges of life and work, learning to create a positive impact and make a big difference in the lives of the people who follow you. You'll also find:

• Specific strategies and techniques for leading in situations of extreme stress and risk
• Methods for female leaders to overcome the challenges of working in male-dominated environments
• Ways to act in critical moments by recognizing that being brave and afraid at the same time is both normal and necessary

An essential leadership blueprint for business and military professionals seeking to improve their ability to inspire others to greater achievements, Flying in the Face of Fear will also earn a place in the libraries of young and mid-career professionals looking for mentorship and sound, proven advice.

How do you become the aware, authentic and emotionally intelligent leader needed to facilitate the trust, innovation, agility, engagement and success that the fast changing environment of today demands? How do you develop the competencies that enable the heads up leadership style every organisation needs today, just to remain competitive?

Some leaders know about these requirements but struggle to find their way. These leaders understand intuitively that the way they lead now is unsustainable for them and for their people but cannot seem to change direction. Other leaders see their competition evolving, but keep their heads stuck in the sand, too uncomfortable with change to change.

Because we are often unknowingly guided by assumptions and biases, or too influenced by a culture when deciding how to lead, we can limit our capabilities as if blindfolded. We are often unaware of our conditioning, but with a little insight, choices open up for us so we can drop the shackles that bind us to our one way thinking, emotions and behaviours.

The clarity that comes from awareness allows us to operate with a purpose and authenticity that operates like a bright light, guiding us and our people through the fog of challenge and change.

Aidan James Higgins BE MBA is a Leadership and Teamwork Specialist with over 30 years experience working with organisations of all sizes in various roles from Consultant to CEO. Working with world class teachers and some wonderful clients over the last 20 years he has gained a greater understanding of how people perform at their best. Aidan is also a certified Enneagram Teacher and a Master Practitioner of NLP, and he brings a very original and effective perspective to organisational leadership. For well over a decade now, he has been running leadership programs that develop Awareness, Authenticity and Emotional Intelligence in leaders and leadership teams from all levels of the public and private sectors. Leaders who engage with and implement the concepts he teaches often report life-changing insights, improved performance and greater success in achieving their goals.

Paranoid about the “ums” and “uhs” that pepper your presentations? Concerned that people notice your vocal fry? Bewildered by “hella” or the meteoric rise of “so”? What if these features of our speech weren’t a sign of cultural and linguistic degeneration, but rather, some of the most dynamic and revolutionary tools at our disposal?

In Like, Literally, Dude, linguist Valerie Fridland shows how we can re-imagine these forms as exciting new linguistic frontiers rather than our culture’s impending demise. With delightful irreverence and expertise built over two decades of research, Fridland weaves together history, psychology, science, and laugh-out-loud anecdotes to explain why we speak the way we do today, and how that impacts what our kids may be saying tomorrow. She teaches us that language is both function and fashion, and that though we often blame the young, the female, and the uneducated for its downfall, we should actually thank them for their linguistic ingenuity.

By exploring the dark corners every English teacher has taught us to avoid, Like, Literally, Dude redeems our most pilloried linguistic quirks, arguing that they are fundamental to our social, professional, and romantic success—perhaps even more so than our clothing or our resumes. It explains how filled pauses benefit both speakers and listeners; how the use of “dude” can help people bond across social divides; why we’re always trying to make our intensifiers ever more intense; as well as many other language tics, habits, and developments.

Language change is natural, built into the language system itself, and we wouldn’t be who we are without it. Like, Literally, Dude celebrates the dynamic, ongoing, and empowering evolution of language, and it will speak to anyone who talks, or listens, inspiring them to communicate dynamically and effectively in their daily lives.

Naked at The Knife-Edge, Vivian James Rigney’s compelling and often harrowing true account of summiting Everest, offers a unique window into lessons on leadership and what it takes to succeed in any circumstance.

Only a relatively small group of individuals has climbed the highest peak on each of the planet’s seven continents. Known as the Seven Summits, it is a feat that typically takes years and an enormous amount of planning, training, and effort, in some of the most inaccessible places on earth. But Vivian James Rigney was determined to do just that.

An executive coach and globally recognized authority on leadership and teamwork in business, Rigney relied on skills learned in the corporate world in addition to physical training to attempt these summits. Everest, his seventh and final peak, almost broke him. There, he and his team confronted wild storms lasting for days, near-vertical walls of ice, and a knife-edge ridge with fatal drops on either side. They endured avalanches, sub-zero temperatures, and tragedy unfolding around them. The roller coaster of pain, self-reflection, questioning, and above all, loneliness left Rigney with ego in tatters. It was then he discovered an awakening of what real purpose and legacy actually is.

This unique and powerful journey reveals critical wisdom for individuals and leaders in any circumstance, including how to:

• Overcome the ego trap and get out of your head
• Triage what you can and cannot control
• Harness your intuition
• Create shared purpose and real followership
• Tap into the power of vulnerability and authenticity

In Naked at the Knife-Edge, Rigney uniquely combines the hands-on and reflective approach of one of today’s most respected executive coaches with adventure and a raw and revealing personal story.

Based in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness practices, this self-help guide offers breakthrough insights and simple techniques for managing anxiety and developing long-lasting confidence.

The author of The Happiness Trap offers “an exciting alternative to the usual approach of so many self-help books,” demonstrating “the simple and effective methods of ACT” (David Richo, PhD, author of How to Be an Adult in Relationships).

Too many of us miss out on opportunities in life because we lack self-confidence. Whether it’s public speaking, taking on a leadership role, or asking someone for a date, there are situations in which we just don't feel equipped to handle the challenges we face.

Russ Harris offers a surprising solution to low self-confidence, shyness, and insecurity: Rather than trying to “get over” our fears, he says, the secret is to form a new and wiser relationship with them. Paradoxically, it’s only when we stop struggling against our fearfulness that we begin to find lasting freedom from it.

Drawing on the techniques of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a cutting-edge form of cognitive-behavioral therapy, The Confidence Gap explains how to:

• Free yourself from common misconceptions about what confidence is and how to build it
• Transform your relationship with fear and anxiety
• Clarify your core values and use them as your inspiration and motivation
• Use mindfulness to effectively handle negative thoughts and feelings.

“This book could save you years of psychological struggle, yank you out of negative emotional patterns, and help propel you to a much happier, more productive life.”
—Martha Beck, author and Oprah Winfrey’s life coach

Confidence noun con·fi·dence : when you know who you are, own who you’re not, and choose to embrace all of it

If you had more confidence, what decisions would you make? What risks would you take? What dreams would you chase?

For women, confidence is often associated with doing it all—and doing it perfectly. When I earn that promotion, lose ten pounds, or meet the person of my dreams…then I’ll feel confident. We’ve been bombarded with messaging telling us to be confident, but no one has told us how. Speaker, leadership strategist, and coach Nicole Kalil is changing that.

In Validation Is for Parking, Nicole provides a comprehensive guide for building internal trust and reclaiming confidence, a skill built from the inside out. You’ll learn how to create boundaries, give yourself grace, and overcome the five most common derailers that impede progress and contribute to unhealthy patterns. This is a journey in which there are no shortcuts, but Nicole provides the guidance and support you need to break free from limiting narratives. A book for all women, Validation Is for Parking is an uplifting exploration of the untruths we believe and the internal antidotes that teach us to trust ourselves and become who we’re meant to be.

Embark on a transformative journey with Helen Hanison in "UNSTUCK," as she guides us through her 3 A.C.T. formula for Purposeful Career Redesign. She packs every chapter with the exact resources her clients use, allowing us to apply the learnings to solve our own career problems. In Act 1, she coaches us to create a personal career compass before shifting focus to making concrete plans in Act 2, which we will be excited to act on. Moving into the final Act, Hanison unravels the truth about transformation, equipping us with tools for mindset mastery to ensure that we finish the book not only knowing how to act on redesign plans but also how to sustain the momentum needed to achieve them. Say goodbye to the relentless cycle of trying to solve your career problems alone. It's time to get unstuck and make a well-aligned career transformation your reality!

Climbing the right mountain will require you to get clear about what you want, who you want to be, and how to get there. Tony will take you through these guideposts to help you navigate the way: Evaluate Where You Are, Connect with the Leader Within, Calibrate Your Being, Check Your Surroundings, Be Ready to Adapt, Get Your Bearings, Evaluate Your Footprint, and Make a Meaningful Impact.

We rarely speak about how many people get to the top of the mountain only to realize they gave everything they had only to summit the wrong peak. If you are a leader who has had success in the past, but feels unfulfilled and wants more out of life, then you have the right book in your hands.

If you want to have a more meaningful impact and are motivated and ready to do something about it, I invite you to climb the right mountain.

Tony guides leaders and their teams to design their work and life to feel fulfilled and live an inspired life. He creates space for people to open their minds, expand their world, imagine new possibilities, and inspire bold actions. Tony inspires leaders to disrupt their thinking patterns, make a more meaningful impact, and shape their legacy.

Imagine if you could unlock the power of emotional intelligence in a matter of weeks.

The secret to success isn’t IQ, a fancy degree, or even hard work. While those things might land you your first job and even your first promotion, it’s your ability to connect, persuade, and lead that will skyrocket your career.

Research is undeniable–emotional intelligence is the number one factor in work performance.

In the coming age of AI, automation, and robots, your ability to connect on a human level is your ultimate advantage.

This book will teach you how to:

• Discover your strengths and weaknesses with greater self-awareness
• Stay calm under pressure by monitoring and managing moods and emotions
• Influence and persuade with your understanding of others
• Build strong relationships through empathy
• Resolve conflict easily with collaboration and negotiation strategies
• Improve decision-making by uncovering biases
• Be a strong leader who motivates others and fosters teamwork

Agent-turned-entrepreneur Rupal Patel shares the unique skills she developed as a woman and field agent in the high-stakes, alpha-male world of the CIA, and combines those clandestine insights with her experiences as a business leader and advisor. Each chapter brings tools and tips from the top-secret world of the CIA into everyday living and leading, including methods like Profiling and Situational Awareness that uncover and amplify strengths, and game-changing new frameworks like Identity Driven Leadership and Personal Energy Mapping that unleash performance and develop steel-core confidence.

Full of motivating stories and truly unique exercises, From CIA to CEO shows readers how to leverage the CIA mindset to remake the rules and become unstoppable on their way to Mission Success.

'Michelle's approach to finding purpose and meaning is different; it's grounded and practical. There isn't a better or more important business read out there today.' Carlos Valdes-Dapena, author and former Director and Sr Consultant, Change and Collaboration, Mars, Inc.

Meaning Indicator establishes why we need a new way of thinking about meaning and why we need it now. By introducing four dimensions of meaning - Comprehension, Purpose, Significance, and Belonging - this book will help its readers explore how to experience meaning through Challenge, Work, and Love, with practical exercises and stories. Readers, as well as executive and life coaches, coach practitioners and leadership consultants, conscious business practitioners and their clients, will be able to impact future generations by implementing this method not only to heal themselves but also to inspire individuals to pursue greater significance and belonging in life and work. It is the author's hope that the reader will develop new ways of thinking, raise social awareness and create a more sustainable future for all.

Doubt and imposter feelings are a big reason women hold back and play small instead of going for what they truly desire at work. Coupled with the systemic gender equity issues and the resulting burnout that plagues women in the workplace today, it’s no wonder that so many women are undervaluing themselves and their abilities.

These doubtful thoughts and systemic issues are expensive―they cost women their peace, their potential, and their paychecks.

To close the confidence gap and see more women showing up in their full potential at work, we need more women leaders at the top of organizations. Closing the Confidence Gap will show you how to advance with confidence, despite the systemic issues that women face every day at work. You’ll hear deeply personal stories and walk away with practical tools to show you how to claim your role as a confident leader.

It’s time to own who you are, trust yourself, and take your bravest next step.

There are always twists and turns on the way to success. We know that, maybe even expect it, yet when they happen we often wonder: Where did I go wrong? If I want more, does that mean I've made terrible decisions? Am I broken? That's what Jaime Taets asked herself. Then she realized it was normal: all paths to success are winding and unclear, and everyone feels stuck, lost, or uncertain along the way. In You Are Here, Taets shares her lessons, pains, and successes to inspire you to take action, make a change, and own your unique path to success. She reminds you that navigating the unpredictable journey is the journey. This kick-ass collection of stories and guiding ideas will keep you going on the path to achieving your purpose. You will learn to:

• Take action when you're feeling paralyzed
• See options and opportunities even when fear is present
• Break through the fog of routine to embrace new perspectives
• Tap into your inner guidance
• Embrace the journey even when it's challenging

Equal parts best friend and challenging mentor, Taets keeps it real and leaves you with a refreshed sense of can-do-it-ness to navigate the zig-zagging path to success that is yours to own.

Train your brain for achievement.

Award-winning, bestselling author Scott Mautz defines mental strength as the ability to self-regulate emotions, thoughts, and behaviors to achieve exceptional outcomes, despite adversity. It’s the superpower of our times. Mentally strong leaders are confident and in control of themselves and their environment; they have endurance, they stay disciplined, and stress only makes their decision-making sharper. They manage themselves internally to lead others externally.

The Mentally Strong Leader gives readers a mental exercise plan to become that person. Readers begin with a diagnostic Mental Strength Self-Assessment, and receive a customized plan of 50 proven, science-based tools to build their six core mental muscles:

• Fortitude
• Decision-making
• Confidence
• Goal-focus
• Boldness
• Messaging

Inspired by Mautz’s hit LinkedIn Learning course, “10 Habits of Mentally Strong People,” his 25 years leading some of Procter & Gamble’s biggest multi-billion-dollar businesses, and over 30 years of studying this topic, The Mentally Strong Leader relies on mental models, data and research, habit-building science, and practical tools and exercises to create enduring strength for readers.

New York Times bestselling author Daniel J. Seigel, MD, wrote in the foreword, "Filled with fascinating interviews of leading experts and Greg Hammer's insights into how to transform personal and professional challenges into strength and wisdom."

“GAIN Without Pain offers a clear path for self-care that incorporates the most recent science with a heart-centered approach. The GAIN approach offers one the ability to reconnect with why they became a healer and more importantly how to be happy while being a healer.” - James Robert Doty MD, New York Times bestselling author.

Greg Hammer, MD, is a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. As a pediatric anesthesiologist and an intensive care physician he cares for children and their families during very stressful times.

Burnout is on the rise. This is a problem we cannot afford to ignore. The rising costs of burnout are staggering. Health care professionals sacrifice their health, happiness, and relationships. Fortunately, there is a solution. Dr. Greg Hammer created GAIN Without Pain so that health care professionals can prevent burnout and reclaim happiness.

This proven path toward personal resilience can be implemented by anyone, anywhere, in just a few minutes a day. Increased resilience could save your practice, your patients, your marriage - or even your life. GAIN Without Pain is a four-step process toward happiness. GAIN is an acronym for Gratitude, Acceptance, Intention, and Nonjudgment.

"As physicians, we owe our patients two things…our time and our skill. We do not owe our patients our lives.” - Joseph D. Wassersug, MD, bestselling authorDr. Hammer frequently speaks around the world to share his expertise and philosophy. www.GregHammerMD.com

In many workplaces today, workplace conflict is an escalating issue. The shift to remote work and hybrid teams has left many people longing for deeper human connection. On top of this, add a younger generation clamoring for more feedback and impatient for change, steady advances in technology that can feel threatening to job security, or people reexamining priorities and quietly quitting. Take the increase in anxiety, stress, and depression, mix in the loss of human relationships, and you get less tolerance and understanding leading, ultimately, to more unresolved workplace conflict.

Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict is an essential resource for all employees (and their managers) who are looking for help on how to navigate frequent workplace conflicts, including with their boss and other difficult people, so they can rebuild trust, collaboration, and ultimately enjoy more influence at work.

Leadership and workplace culture experts Karin Hurt and David Dye share practical and easy-to-follow tactics such as:

• Over 300 actual phrases you can use to deescalate common workplace conflict situations, build trust, and make better decisions.
• Clear examples and explanations of how phrasing will improve interactions.
• Critical communication tools to ensure workplace issues are addressed before they fester and become more difficult to manage.
• Findings, real-world cases, and inspiring stories from the World Workplace Conflict and Collaboration Survey of 5000+ people in more than 45 countries conducted by the authors.

Leading a team is hard. There is immense pressure to deliver results while leading a team of unique, diverse individuals. As a Taco Bell manager, Monica Rothgery tried muscling her way through, working extremely hard, only to produce mediocre results. Over time, she learned that her job was not to run the business but to lead the team. Once leadership became the focus, turnover decreased, the customer experience improved, and the business grew.

In Lessons from the Drive-Thru: Real Life Wisdom for Frontline Leaders, Monica uses stories from behind the counter to illustrate the power of true servant leadership. Both new and experienced leaders will learn how to:

• Shift the focus from “me” to “we” and watch the team thrive while the business grows.
• Discover the power of using uniqueness to lead with ease, authenticity, and vulnerability.
• Realize the potential to impact the lives of those of team members.
• Anticipate the unexpected and persevere with grace.

Enjoy Monica’s sometimes funny, sometimes soul-crushing stories of her journey to discover the true meaning of leadership in Lessons from the Drive-Thru.

“A discerning examination of what all of us can learn from some of our most effective leaders who have held—and wielded—ultimate power at the highest level.” —Jon Meacham

David O. Stewart (author of George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father) on the George Washington chapter:
“In How the Best Did It, Talmage Boston demonstrates rare gifts in sifting gold nuggets from the endless gravel beds of known facts about eight leading presidents, then delivering them concisely and persuasively. In his insightful study of George Washington, he finds the core of America’s first great leader without exaggerating his talents, and makes him someone from whom we can learn and cherish.”

Annette Gordon-Reed (Pulitzer-winning historian and coauthor of Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination) on the Thomas Jefferson chapter:
“Thomas Jefferson was one the most effective American leaders of his time, creating a political party that dominated American politics for more than a quarter of a century. With great insight and clear writing, Talmage Boston brings Jefferson to life as the talented leader who shaped the course of early American society.”

Ronald C. White Jr. (author of A. Lincoln and three other notable books on Lincoln) on the Abraham Lincoln chapter:
“Talmage Boston offers a wise and wide-ranging understanding of Lincoln’s leadership qualities. What makes Boston’s chapter distinct is the personal questions that challenge the reader to apply Lincoln’s values to their lives today.”

Do you have the courage to look at its bright and shadow sides - to assess if it even belongs to you?

This book is an invitation to allow your ambition to unravel…and return to the root of your power, peace, and purpose.

In a category well beyond traditional “self-help” or “personal leadership,” Unraveling Ambition propels you into the inner workings of your inherited drive in order to reclaimwhat truly matters most to you in this life. The journey will take you through practical leadership insights, universally relatable first-generation stories, and deep existential and spiritual musings–all sprinkled with humor and heart.

For emerging and established leaders alike, Unraveling Ambition offers a provocative and timely perspective on replacing assumptions and inherited rules with authenticity and personal freedom.

In today's competitive job market and business environment, career advancement and employment security come from setting high standards and knowing how to achieve them. Seasoned professionals know how. But, they learned the hard way: over time, through experience, and by trial-and-error. This book includes the professional behavior that matters, so you do not need to spend years acquiring it the hard way.

Through quite candid and sometimes funny interviews and experiences, the author compiled a wealth of subtle details pros wish they knew earlier.

Secrets of Seasoned Professionals delivers more than 600 ways you can:

• Identify mistakes you make that no one will tell you to your face
• Interact comfortably with everyone from interns to executives so you form lasting, professional relationships you can count on
• Manage up to form mutually beneficial relationships with your boss and other leaders
• Deliver results so you are selected for advanced opportunities
• Present yourself professionally without triggering embarrassing feedback from your boss

You owe it to your career to ensure there are no subtle mistakes tarnishing your credibility and holding you back.

At a time when many long-held workplace structures and beliefs are changing, Career Forward is a beacon for women aspiring to achieve success and satisfaction in rewarding careers. Drawing on decades of experience reaching the top of Fortune 500 companies, Grace Puma and Christiana Smith Shi show women how to maximize their career journeys, get paid what they’re worth, navigate the shifts that occur in any company, build a leadership identity, and have a full life in and out of work.

The authors challenge negative stereotypes about female ambition, and urge women to be bold, follow their dreams, and seize the chance to lead “big” lives. The secret is to focus on career first, job second. Instead of chasing a better job title or a salary bump, the goal should be a long-range career path that leads to success. “Career forward” means keeping a focus on the future and recognizing that being good at your job is often not enough—that you should take every opportunity to boost your connections, take on “difficult” assignments, and work actively to broaden your skills.

Packed with personal anecdotes and wisdom from women who’ve been there, and featuring quizzes and checklists for self-evaluation, Career Forward provides a wealth of valuable lessons, including the value of thinking of yourself as a “growth stock” and, instead of chasing the elusive work-life balance, living a well-rounded 360-degree life that fully embraces both. Offering a refreshing response to anyone who wonders whether working hard is really worth it, Puma and Smith Shi’s emphatic answer is “yes,” because by correctly following the blueprint in Career Forward, the rewards will far outweigh the effort.

Masterful Coaching, according to author Robert Hargrove, is co-creating an Impossible Future with someone—from a good leader to a great one, from a third world nation to a first, from industry follower to industry game-changer.

An advisor to CEOs, executives, and their teams, Hargrove states that coaching is the fastest, most powerful way to develop leaders at all levels. Ask people, "What is impossible that you are going to do today?" As people stretch to reach goals, they realize that what got them here as a leader isn't going to get them there.

In this completely revised third edition of his groundbreaking book, Hargrove presents his profound insight into the journey of becoming a masterful coach along with guiding ideas, tools, and methods.

You will gain the confidence and skills needed to master a one-year coaching engagement using Hargrove's 12 Catalytic Coaching Conversations.

You will learn to:

• Stand in people's greatness, even when they fall from it
• Coach executives to realize an Impossible Future and produce transformational change
• Co-create a winning game plan and jump start it with catalytic breakthrough projects
• Develop extraordinary leaders in the process of producing extraordinary results
• Provide people the ultimate self-development and growth experience
• Implement the "secrets" of world-class coaches in building a super successful coaching practice

Masterful Coaching third edition has become the standard resource for anyone who is a coach, considering becoming a coach, or is curious about being an extraordinary coach. If this is you, click on the "look inside" and begin your journey now.

I got tired of all the military transition books coming out that offer a "follow the yellow brick road" fairy tale on how, if you just get your LinkedIn page right and follow some BS "to-do list" everything will be OK. So... I wrote my own that skips the to-do list and gets right to the point with the psychological transition we all eventually experience regardless of how prepared you are.It's a Non-PC approach to the transition conversation that uses the dark humor military people know and love to discuss something well known for ruining lives.About 70% of military service members transition out of the military before 10 years. And the vast majority of those that do, are junior enlisted personnel (E4-E6). Yet, most transitioning books on the market are written by lifers who have spent 20+ years in the military, or they are written by an officer. While both perspectives may offer valuable insights, there are some key ingredients junior enlisted personnel face that officers and retirees could never truly understand.When you transition from the military before 20 years, there is no guaranteed safety net made of a pension or disability payments. There is no good ole boy club helping you land a cush DOD retirement gig. And there is no additional support for family members.It is just you. On your own. Doing the best you can...Which has been proven, unfortunately, to not be going well for those of us who transition without post-secondary education, guaranteed pensions or disability, and a distorted world-view that 99% of the public does not fully understand. This book is written by a junior enlisted (E-6) Navy Special Operations (SWCC) veteran who transitioned at 12 years (honorably), without guaranteed income, without education, without family support, and without a solid plan. It illuminates the reality that many of the obstacles we face during transition are self-imposed. And one of the best ways to grow mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially beyond the military is to get out of our heads and into the world through sustained engagement with civilians.

Clarity can mean different things to different people. For some, it arrives in the form of an answer or a direction. For others, it’s understanding the context of a complex situation. For most, however, clarity evokes a calm and focused state of mind with lower stress and diminished anxiety over what to do next.

As satisfying as it is to help people find clarity with their business problems, it’s far more rewarding to teach someone how to find their own clarity. That’s the purpose of this book – to describe how people can find the clarity to help manage, grow, and lead their businesses to greater success.

Any executive, leader, or owner can benefit from greater clarity regarding their business. Let Clarity show you how you can:

• Learn to quickly sift through distractions and address the real issues.
• Identify the core problems affecting your business and impeding your success.
• Develop the curiosity to destroy assumptions and find solutions.
• Enhance your awareness of the emotions and context that lead us astray.
• Improve your success with better sequencing, timing, and patience.
• Create Conscious Competence around the most impactful parts of your business.
• Develop your own Business Wisdom® to see the world clearly!

GROW WISER, WORK LESS, AND WIN BIG IN BUSINESS!

“In an era when business advice is often loud and insistent, this book is a refreshing change. Its quiet wisdom will help you see your professional challenges and opportunities more clearly and find a pathway to greater success and meaning.”
– Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times best-selling author of To Sell is Human, Drive, and The Power of Regret

“Exceptionally relevant and as precisely focused on a leader’s greatest challenge as its ambitious title. Jim Vaselopulos’s Clarity is a common-sense primer on the things business leaders face daily. Every story resonated brilliantly.”
– Stan McChrystal, Founder & CEO, McChrystal Group General, US Army (Ret)

"What sets visionary leaders apart from the rest of us? Clarity. Jim Vaselopulos brings you on a captivating journey to unlock your power and influence so that people will be eager to join in bringing your great ideas to life.”
– Zoe Chance, author of Influence Is Your Superpower

Clarity is the foundation that supports excellence at all levels of an organization. Jim Vaselopulos' book Clarity includes wonderful depictions of how to serve your customers, engage your employees, and build true leadership within your organization.
– Horst Schulze, co-founder of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

The Program: Lessons From Elite Military Units for Creating and Sustaining High Performing Leaders and Teams offers a hands-on guide to the winning techniques and tactics of The Program, the acclaimed team building and leadership development company. Drawing on the actual experiences of The Program's instructors from their personal combat stories to working with world-class athletic teams and successful corporations, the book clearly shows how The Program's training operations can help to achieve life goals and ambitions.

Leadership has never been more challenging. Your colleagues disagree, their emotions run high, and the way forward through the everchanging, complex work environment confounds even the most seasoned leader.

In You're the Leader. Now What?, Dr. Richard Winters, a Mayo Clinic emergency physician, executive coach, and director of leadership development for the Mayo Clinic Care Network, uses proven frameworks, practical tactics, and real-life experience to help you become a more effective leader as you face your thorniest organizational challenges.

You will learn to: question best practice; explore fear and worries; delegate and develop; lead with story; challenge assumptions; cultivate diversity; create shared reality; spark engagement; think before reacting; decrease burnout; teach, coach, supervise, and sponsor; take charge in chaos; align behavior with values; and drive and achieve results.

Whether you are a seasoned leader, you are stepping into a new leadership role, or you are a leader without a title sitting in yet another meeting wondering why things aren't working, You're the Leader. Now What? will guide you to be a more effective leader.