New Business Book Summary Available for Breaking Through "Bitch"

In Breaking Through “Bitch,” Carol Vallone Mitchell examines why and how women must lead differently than men in today’s business climate by “feminizing” leadership competencies. She outlines a nine-part leadership competency model based on the experiences of successful female executives that aspiring women leaders can apply to their own journeys to the top.

New Business Book Summary Available for Don’t Wear Flip-Flops to Your Interview

Competition for jobs has become tougher, and people have become a lot more astute about conducting a job search, so just sending out a few résumés and waiting for a response is no longer a valid way to look for a position. Rather, assigning themselves the “job” of looking for a job is the way successful job seekers operate today. It takes the right combination of energy, commitment, and optimism, tempered with a sense of humor, to keep the doldrums away while searching for a job. In Don’t Wear Flip-Flops to Your Interview, Dr. Paul Powers shares his years of experience helping people obtain jobs they love.

New Business Book Summary Available for Screw the Valley

Screw the Valley is Timothy Sprinkle’s take on the tech startup boom in places outside of the California Bay area. He encourages entrepreneurs to look at other regions of the country when locating their businesses. Sprinkle visited seven different areas and interviewed leaders at all levels, from new entrepreneurs to seasoned tech veterans to venture capitalists. He shares his findings about each city and its appeal to tech startups and their employees.

New Business Book Summary Available for The Conscience Economy

In The Conscience Economy, strategy and innovation consultant Steven Overman describes how the desire of consumers and businesses to make a positive impact on the world is driving the global economy. Today’s new generation of technology-savvy, interconnected customers have both the vision and the power to choose what companies they buy from based on their value systems. Businesses, in turn, must understand that transparency and awareness are the keys to sustainable growth in today’s Conscience Economy.