New Summary Available for Jumpstart Your Leadership

In Jumpstart Your Leadership, Shawn Doyle summarizes 10 key principles that will help current leaders become better leaders and help future leaders get a head start on techniques they will need to become great leaders. The principles, along with tips and techniques, are presented as “jolts” that can jumpstart efforts toward becoming authentic, motivating, and effective leaders. Leaders who apply the principles will see a striking change in results and become the boss on whose team everyone wants to be assigned.

New summary available for Sticking Points

For the first time in history, four generations (Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials) are working alongside one another, each completely different from the others. Each new generation brings about change, and if an organization wants to survive, it cannot fight that change. Instead, it must find ways of mixing the old with the new. Generational differences have the ability to tear teams apart, but in Sticking Points, Haydn Shaw provides a practical resource for working through these differences.

New Summary Available for Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution

Depending on who is talking, the cloud can be anything from a revolutionary technology that will forever transform the digital world to nothing more than a big batch of servers end users connect with over the Internet—in other words, nothing new or remarkable. While the debate over the value and viability of the cloud is ongoing, the migration to cloud computing is well underway. InManagement Strategies for the Cloud Revolution, author and technology expert Charles Babcock seeks to make sense out of the debate by explaining what the cloud is and is not, the opportunities it offers, and how businesses can maximize its value now and into the future. Babcock makes the case that regardless of a person’s opinion of the cloud, everyone can benefit from understanding more about what it is, what it can do, and how to leverage its capabilities. For businesses, developing a comprehensive cloud management strategy is a strategic imperative.

New Summary Available for Your Perfect Presentation

In Your Perfect Presentation, Bill Hoogterp conveys many important principles of public speaking, such as the importance of telling stories, the unique value of obtaining constant feedback, and the need for continual improvement. Focusing first and foremost on dramatically improving individual presentations, Hoogterp also applies the same principles and techniques to conducting meetings and conference calls, hosting and participating in panel discussions, giving motivational speeches, and developing and delivering effective elevator pitches.

New Summary Available for HARD Goals

Many people attribute not achieving their goals to poor execution or a lack of motivation. The truth is that most goals fail because they were subpar from the moment they were set. In HARD Goals, author and CEO of Leadership IQ Mark Murphy taps into scientific research to demonstrate that by utilizing psychological tricks and techniques, people can not only set better goals, but also kick-start the motivation necessary to see them all the way through to completion. To this end, Murphy provides readers with the essential steps to develop superior, inspirational goals along with insight into their successful implementation.

New Summary Available for The Ten Trillion Dollar Gamble

The U.S. budget deficit represents a major risk to the health of the American economy. In fiscal year 2010, the deficit was around $1.3 trillion. Experts believe that by 2020 the national debt will more than double from these levels. In all likelihood, tax rates, inflation, and interest rates will increase. In light of these developments, investors must reexamine their strategies and develop new plans for taking advantage of the new economic environment. In The Ten Trillion Dollar Gamble, Russ Koesterich offers advice on how individuals can adjust their investment portfolios to protect their financial well-being.

New summary available for Find Grant Funding Now!

More and more businesses are seeking alternate forms of financing, including through government and foundation grants. In Find Grant Funding Now!, Sarah Beth Aubrey shares her winning strategies for securing different types of grant funding. Every year there are hundreds of billions of grant dollars aimed at promoting business activities, and Aubrey explains how entrepreneurs and businesses can take their ideas, develop them into fundable projects, and find the right grants.