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Recovery Ready Recovery Ready: 27 CEOs Reveal Their Strategies For Stronger Companies in a New Landscape
by Ann Elliott

Discover how The Great Recession strengthened businesses. Business leaders in United States, Canada and Panama share their practical strategies that sustained them in global economic turbulence. These business leaders have positioned their businesses for success. Enjoy the inspiration of unexpected, positive outcomes in the midst of major challenges.

Use these top five winning strategies to position your business for success:
  • Communicate honestly to all employees about the status of your business
  • Increase efficiencies to improve profits and productivity
  • Fire under-performing employees to maximize your resources
  • Develop new products and services to meet demands for new and existing customers
  • Determine key performance indicators unique for your business to get a fast and accurate picture of your circumstances
Download the report for $69

What Successful Women Know About Leadership Successful Women Leaders
by Ann Elliott

“Strong leadership starts with being able to pull together a group of people—who may not have anything in common – and getting them to buy into a vision of themselves as a collective group who can achieve uncommon results.”

This definition of leadership emerged from a recent study by Caliper, a global consulting firm which advises companies on hiring, developing, team building and organizational concerns. It is an excellent way to describe women who own or run a business in the construction industry.

My quest in conducting in-depth interviews with women in leadership roles in the construction industry is to understand their perspective of leading businesses in a traditionally male dominated industry.

Share the journey...
Download the Report for only $19.95

Decision Mastery Decision Mastery
by Ann Elliott

For many of us, making a decision about a tough situation produces a lot of anxiety.
Important decisions with a lot hanging in the balance create sleepless nights, worry, and uncertainty. Time spent sorting it all out saps your creativity and derails your focus.

Use Decision Mastery as a simple, practical guide to bring clarity to your choices and a process to get into action. The good news is that once you realize about how much your current situation is costing you, making a decision about the best option becomes much easier.

Your ten page downloadable manual is ready to use immediately. Discover how your dilemma becomes manageable and what you can do about it. Get into action with a clear objective and a plan. Not only are you energized but your confidence increases, too.

Download the Manual for only $29.97

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The E-Myth Revisited CD by Michael E. Gerber The E-Myth Revisited (CD)
by Michael E. Gerber

Michael E. Gerber is the founder and CEO of E-Myth Worldwide, based in Santa Rosa, California. He is also the bestselling author of The E-Myth Contractor, The Power Point, The E-Myth, The E-Myth Revisited, and The E-Myth Manager, as well as a highly sought-after speaker and small business revolutionary.

In this compact disc edition of the totally revised underground bestseller -- The E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business. He walks you through the steps in the life of a business -- from entrepreneurial infancy, through adolescent growing pains, to the mature entrepreneurial perspective, the guiding light of all businesses that succeed -- and shows how to apply the lessons of franchising to any business, whether or not it is a franchise. Finally, Gerber draws the vital, often overlooked distinction between working on your business and working in your business. After you have listened to The E-Myth Revisited, you will truly be able to grow your business in a predictable and productive way.

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Recommended Reading

Strength's Finder by Tom Rath
After extensive research, the Gallup Organization developed a list consisting of 34 common talents, each of which is described in this book in a separate chapter.
This book has been a bestseller for many years, has been translated into several languages, and has been used by businesses, schools, community groups, etc. More Info >>

Good to Great by Jim Collins
Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11... that you'll read about in this book. More Info >>

Leadership on the Line
Climbing Mount Everest: dangerous. Hitchhiking in Colombia: very dangerous. Leading through change: perilous. Perilous but possible, say Heifetz and Linsky in their encouragingly practical guide to putting yourself on the line and negotiating the hazards of leadership. As the authors acknowledge, many leadership books are "all about inspiration, but downplay the perspiration." This one doesn't. More Info >>

Crucial Conversations
The New York Times bestselling authors show you how to tackle any complex and difficult issue, and achieve both personal and professional success Your ability to handle a crucial conversations and confrontations—no matter how difficult—is the single most important factor in your personal and professional success. The Crucial Conversations and Crucial Confrontations bundle offers readers a terrific cost savings on these life-changing books. More Info >>

 
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