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The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation
Mark Graban
This book helps individuals remember that we all make mistakes, but what matters is learning from them. The book shares many stories from incredibly successful people who have succeeded in spite of their mistakes—or, sometimes, because of a mistake. The book also shows leaders how they can cultivate a workplace culture of learning from mistakes, which leads to greater innovation and better results. The book introduces practical concepts and methods readers can use to prevent serious mistakes, while learning from mistakes that inevitably happen. And how to leaders build a culture of "psychological safety," where employees feel safe to admit mistakes, point out problems, and test new ideas.
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Risk-Free Innovation: 10 Ways to Manage Uncertainty
Thomas D. Kuczmarski
Jacob T. Sherman
Innovation is essential for survival. Risk-Free Innovation: 10 Ways to Manage Uncertainty offers innovators of all kinds the insights required to survive and thrive in today’s competitive market. Authors Thomas Kuczmarski and Jacob Sherman wrote this book to create a safer way to innovate. Their commitment to educating, connecting, and celebrating innovators in the Chicago area is reflected in the insights gathered in Risk-Free Innovation. Because innovation is intrinsically linked to a company’s success, identifying the ten most effective ways to reduce risk in the process supports those without innovation experience in creating effective strategies and maintaining their organization’s relevance. The emphasis on an accepting workplace culture, the importance of diversity, and building a network of support provides a framework for a more uplifting world for all.
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Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff
Aytekin Tank
In Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Jotform Aytekin Tank delivers a can’t-miss blueprint to help you make the most of your most precious asset: time. You’ll explore what’s possible when you offload repetitive tasks, why automation has democratized innovation, and how you can use cheap―or even completely free―no-code automation tools to transform your ability to focus on what truly matters in your business and life.
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Your Company Is Your Castle: Proven Methods for Building a Resilient Business
Sandeep Chennakeshu
By delving into the intricacies of leadership, the book cultivates essential skills like effective communication, strategic decision-making, and fostering innovation. It not only equips readers with the tools to navigate complex corporate landscapes but also emphasizes the significance of ethical leadership, promoting a culture of integrity and empathy.
Furthermore, the book addresses the evolving dynamics of modern businesses, from startups to established enterprises, adapting to changing paradigms such as remote work and digital transformation. This adaptability resonates deeply with readers striving to excel in today's fast-paced world.
Through real-world examples, interactive exercises, and compelling anecdotes, my book stimulates self-discovery and personal growth. It's a guiding light for aspiring leaders and entrepreneurs, driving them to reshape their approaches, make meaningful contributions, and ultimately change lives within their organizations and beyond.
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The Sales Professional's Survival Guide: A Blueprint for Tactical Prospecting
Mike LaRusso
The Sales Professional's Survival Guide is a textbook that provides an in-depth tutorial on Tactical Prospecting and the Alliance Prospecting Process. But more, it uses true-to-life experiences and supporting analytics to blow up the common prospecting myths and stands on the side of the sales professionals by providing much needed alternative methods to hunt for new business.
The Sales Professional's Survival Guide reveals:
Why Sales Professionals are being forced to prospect for new business in ways that are destined to fail.
Why Sales Professionals face prospecting obstacles imposed upon them by others.
Why Sales Professionals need new prospecting methods that aren't controlled by endless processes.
The Sales Professional's Survival Guide teaches:
How to gain the most sought-after reward in sales-selling new business.
How to employ prospecting methods, tactically with extremely high success rates.
How to make natural born salespeople out of trained ones.