New Business Book Summary for Fail Better

It has become a truism in business today that failure is inevitable—and that effective leaders learn from the experience of failing. But without a roadmap, turning mistakes into positive, goal-driven insights and actions can be difficult. In Fail Better, management experts Anjali Sastry and Kara Penn offer a systems approach to evaluating what does and does not work for a team, and designing new practices that will maximize the team’s capacities, skills, and opportunities. Overall, their method ensures that every failure is maximally useful in the lessons it imparts as well as the changes it inspires.

New Business Book Summary Available for Bringing Strategy Back

Reverse innovation is the idea that many innovations originate in developing countries and trickle up to wealthier nations. In this fashion, the future of true growth and innovation will come from Asia, the Middle East, and the like. In Bringing Strategy Back, Jeffrey Sampler explores how companies in the East that are accustomed to chaos and turmoil are proactively responding to change. In order to succeed in today’s constantly shifting marketplace, companies in the West must learn from those in the East and ditch their traditional, reactive approaches to dealing with unexpected global turbulence.

New business book summary available for Mindfulness at Work

The professional world is characterized by high levels of stress, discontentment, and burnout. Individuals spend their entire lives laboring in their chosen professions, and the joyless attitudes that define much of the modern approach to work produces palpably unpleasant results. Spurred by the prevalence of mindless misery in the workplace, Dr. Stephen McKenzie pennedMindfulness at Work in an attempt to introduce the meditative discipline of mindfulness to today’s modern professionals. By offering helpful tips on integrating mindfulness practices into people’s everyday jobs, Dr. McKenzie explores how forging meaningful connections results in positive health benefits, increased job satisfaction, and improved performance.

New Summary Available for Compassionate Careers

Members of today’s young Millennial generation strive to become part of something bigger than themselves. Despite the social stigmas, family objections, and financial concerns that have typically deterred people from cause-driven work, many young people today are seeking compassionate careers in cause-focused organizations. By following the nine-step framework detailed by Jeffrey W. Pryor and Alexandra Mitchell in Compassionate Careers, young people can discover what they truly care about, explore their opportunities, build their connections, and get started in their pursuits of compassionate careers. The framework can be applied to navigate young people toward the paths that will bring meaning into both their work and personal lives.

New Business Book Summary Available for Moms Mean Business

In the United States alone, women are starting businesses at twice the rate of men, and many of those women are moms. In Moms Mean Business, Erin Baebler and Lara Galloway target moms who want to be entrepreneurs—and those with businesses already underway—who need support and advice on how to optimally juggle family and business concerns. The authors discuss the importance of a relatable business plan, realistic time management, continued self-care, and identifying and staying true to one’s authentic self. They provide clear, practical strategies for all phases of starting up, nurturing, and running a successful business.

New Summary Available for Actionable Intelligence

Leaders yearn for valuable information to help them assess risks and analyze opportunities quickly and efficiently. Businesses are fed large amounts of information for their operations, but they typically lack a central, enterprise-wide approach that lets them view all the data at one time. Also, information gathering can be time consuming, costly, and difficult. In Actionable Intelligence, Kevin B. Carter shows that business leaders are seeking actionable intelligence: the right information available at their fingertips, providing the knowledge they need to more easily make timely decisions and take proactive actions. With Carter’s approach, big data has the potential to make life easier for all business stakeholders to deliver sustainable improvements. He details a new way of approaching data that can spark organizations to think bigger and act better.

New Summary Available for The Elements of Mentoring

Mentors are the responsible leaders in a relationship that should be mutually rewarding. The ultimate goal is to develop a protégé that is more capable, more comfortable, more confident, and better connected within the organization. Like any relationship, mentorships require planning, goal setting, reinforcement, nurturing, and regular review to ensure that both individuals are getting what they need from the partnership. In The Elements of Mentoring, W. Brad Johnson and Charles R. Ridley discuss the components of a successful mentorship, as well as the pitfalls that must be avoided to see it through to a successful end.