Shirin Behzadi

The Unexpected CEO tells a compelling and powerful story of lessons carved from challenges and a life constructed despite dire circumstances. Shirin shares not only her extraordinary journey, but also the wisdom earned at every turn. Both a memoir and a guide, this book offers a blueprint for turning life’s deepest trials into stepping stones toward purpose and possibility.

Discover:
Tools for turning adversity into fuel for growth
Hard-won insights on resilience, reinvention, and rising stronger
Real-world strategies for leading with empathy—and why it works
Candid lessons on raising capital and navigating private equity
A framework for building not just a thriving business, but a meaningful life as well
True stories that illuminate the power of vision, grit, and unwavering belief

This is not a tale of overnight success, but of steady strength, rebuilding from the ground up, and what becomes possible when adversity is met with unwavering intent.

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Jason Harding

Gillian Irving, Wendy Kan

A Horn of Plenty celebrates the extraordinary life of Alan D. Horn, a devoted family man and influential leader at Rogers Communications. From his early years in Scotland to his rise as a prominent figure in Canadian business, Alan’s journey was defined by a blend of expertise and a generous spirit. A Chartered Accountant by training, Alan joined Rogers in 1990 where he played a pivotal role in transforming the company. As CFO, Chair of the Board, and Interim CEO, he guided Rogers through critical transitions and helped steer its growth for over three decades. A dedicated husband to Ruth and loving father to Susan, he always prioritized family, balancing a demanding career with unwavering support for his loved ones. This heartfelt biography celebrates the life and legacy of a man who embraced every moment and lived abundantly, both personally and professionally. Vividly illustrated in full colour, A Horn of Plenty is a tribute to a man whose abundant life continues to inspire.

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Denise Koessler Gosnell

Kathryn Erickson

This book dishes out hard-earned strategies to help you not just survive but thrive in a world that chews people up and spits them out in the name of “innovation.”

Inside these pages, you’ll meet brilliant oddballs racing to launch the next big product, engineers treating the next line of code as their personal Everest, and leaders juggling corporate politics while one breath away from the company’s last gasp. Along the way, the authors deliver sharp, painfully relatable anecdotes and practical strategies that show you how to:

Tame your ego to navigate corporate politics like a pro
Embrace the misfits and survive toxic colleagues
Moneyball the market to build products people want
Get money or get out

Packed with insights, humor, and hard-won hope, this essential guide is for anyone daring to dream big in the tech world—and still wanting a life left to enjoy.

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Michael Joseph Lopez

This book is changing the game of change, for individuals, teams, and companies. After years watching traditional approaches fail to get results, the world of change needed a new approach. This book leans into the science of change and what happens to us on a macro and micro level when we try to achieve our goals. By leveraging the latest science, CHANGE gives people a practical framework for how to implement change at any level – in life or in business. Readers are celebrating the book's direct, conversational ability to translate complex scientific concepts into everyday strategies for change. Beyond personal change, many business leaders and companies are leveraging the book's strategies to transform their companies from within.

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Marc Steinberg

Corporate Director and Officer Liability: "Discretionaries" Not Fiduciaries offers a groundbreaking model for corporate accountability — one that accurately identifies directors and officers as discretionaries and advocates for liability standards grounded in factual practice. This shift allows for a more functional, predictable, and honest approach to governance and enforcement.

The book delves into why legal terminology and accountability standards must align. First, it highlights that legal principles should reflect reality — not perpetuate myths. Second, it underscores that investors and shareholders deserve transparency about the duties and protections afforded to those in control of corporate decisions. And third, it calls for clear, truthful legal definitions that support effective governance and credible enforcement.

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Denise Koessler Gosnell

Kathryn Erickson

This book dishes out hard-earned strategies to help you not just survive but thrive in a world that chews people up and spits them out in the name of “innovation.”

Inside these pages, you’ll meet brilliant oddballs racing to launch the next big product, engineers treating the next line of code as their personal Everest, and leaders juggling corporate politics while one breath away from the company’s last gasp. Along the way, the authors deliver sharp, painfully relatable anecdotes and practical strategies that show you how to:

Tame your ego to navigate corporate politics like a pro
Embrace the misfits and survive toxic colleagues
Moneyball the market to build products people want
Get money or get out

Packed with insights, humor, and hard-won hope, this essential guide is for anyone daring to dream big in the tech world—and still wanting a life left to enjoy.

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Michael Joseph Lopez

This book is changing the game of change, for individuals, teams, and companies. After years watching traditional approaches fail to get results, the world of change needed a new approach. This book leans into the science of change and what happens to us on a macro and micro level when we try to achieve our goals. By leveraging the latest science, CHANGE gives people a practical framework for how to implement change at any level – in life or in business. Readers are celebrating the book's direct, conversational ability to translate complex scientific concepts into everyday strategies for change. Beyond personal change, many business leaders and companies are leveraging the book's strategies to transform their companies from within.

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Marc Steinberg

Corporate Director and Officer Liability: "Discretionaries" Not Fiduciaries offers a groundbreaking model for corporate accountability — one that accurately identifies directors and officers as discretionaries and advocates for liability standards grounded in factual practice. This shift allows for a more functional, predictable, and honest approach to governance and enforcement.

The book delves into why legal terminology and accountability standards must align. First, it highlights that legal principles should reflect reality — not perpetuate myths. Second, it underscores that investors and shareholders deserve transparency about the duties and protections afforded to those in control of corporate decisions. And third, it calls for clear, truthful legal definitions that support effective governance and credible enforcement.

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Faye Allen

Building Women is helping people by driving real, measurable change across the sector. At its core, the book empowers women to thrive in a traditionally predominantly male field; offering practical tools to overcome barriers such as discrimination, pay gaps, and lack of flexibility. Through the voices of over 1,000 women, it provides invaluable insight into the lived experiences behind the statistics, while presenting tangible solutions for everyone to build inclusive workplaces. Building Women doesn’t just benefit women, it helps businesses retain top talent, close skills gaps, and boost productivity. It equips male allies and industry leaders with actionable steps to foster a culture where everyone can succeed. By tackling the root causes of inequality, Building Women supports long-term career progression, innovation, and a stronger, more sustainable construction sector. It’s not just a call for fairness, it’s a roadmap to a more successful and future-fit industry for everyone.

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Maria Brinck

There are many books on leadership and how to become a better leader, but very few on the urgent need to evolve our leadership culture. The Leadership We Need argues that masculine leadership qualities such as competition, the survival of the fittest, and tribal mentality, won’t solve the lack of employee engagement in business nor the existential challenges we face. It contrasts traditional, male-centric leadership approaches with the incredible work and wisdom of leaders, many women, whose names few have heard of and their humble, nurturing and caring leadership qualities with an unwavering will to lead in collaboration and in service of others. This book champions the inclusion of women and the acknowledgment of our entire human family, incorporating leadership skills and insights from non-Western traditions to enrich our understanding of leadership.

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Alysha Randall

Financial Leadership Fundamentals helps ambitious finance professionals step up into a leadership role particularly in fast-paced startup and scaleups where expectations are high, but guidance is often missing. The book breaks down the transition from qualified accountant or finance manager to strategic finance leader, showing readers how to stop firefighting and start influencing. It helps people build confidence, think like a CFO, and understand how to add value beyond the numbers.

Through practical tools, relatable stories, and real-world examples, the book shows how to manage founder relationships, own the finance function, and contribute at board level. It’s especially powerful for women and underrepresented professionals in finance who are ready to move from being “the one who does the reports” to someone who shapes business strategy. It’s helping readers secure promotions, lead with confidence, and redefine their role within growing companies.

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Judith M. von Seldeneck

Aileen K. Alexander

This is not your typical leadership book. 

It’s the story of two very different women, Judith M. “Judee” von Seldeneck and Aileen K. Alexander, who built their careers in two very different eras. Each started out in public service—Judee on Capitol Hill in the ’60s and Aileen in the military in the ’90s. Each had a front row seat to observe leaders through challenging and historic times. And they share a common purpose: widening the circle of leaders for a changing world.

Presented as an open and engaging dialogue between the authors, this book is full of entertaining and uplifting anecdotes that will be useful for executives in any industry, any generation, and any context. Their forward-thinking wisdom sets a new standard of excellence for the leaders who will shape our future—including you.

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Dean Foster

Business Beyond Borders introduces 25 real-life stories revealing the definitive "how-to" rules for working successfully across cultures by one of the founders of the field of intercultural competency development. The greatest factor affecting the success or failure of a global business is understanding the cultural differences that lie hidden, like minefields, in day-to-day work. Recognize and manage these cultural differences, and you accelerate your success; ignore them and they will undermine your global performance. With a summary of the "golden global rules" that everyone working in the global 21st century needs to know, Business Beyond Borders is a celebration of what makes all of us around the world-all so different- simultaneously all the same.

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Charles Roamer

I wrote 83 Odyssey not just to share a great road trip experience, but to inform readers about a fascinating old highway that runs near the geographic center of the U.S. from the Canadian to the Mexican border. U.S. 83 is one of the original U.S. Highways, and this system of highways was the nation's first national road system, which will reach its 100th anniversary in 2026. I'm hoping that my book will also draw more attention to this significant anniversary and other old highways besides U.S. 83; and that readers will discover that the Great Plains region I traveled the whole length of is far more interesting and beautiful than commonly perceived. Some may even be inspired to make a similar journey after learning many things about the region. charlesroamerauthor.com

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