Impact Business

This passionate expertise manifesto is intended to elevate the impact of advisors who sell insight as entrepreneurs. Three foundational chapters form the basis of the entire audiobook: Experts develop insight by isolating patterns in data; they convert those insights to wealth by crafting a unique positioning for which few available substitutes exist; and their confidence grows as the marketplace embraces their application of expertise. The next 15 chapters - building on that foundation - each answer a single question.

A research-backed, story-driven guide that shows how humility—properly understood—multiplies personal growth, connection, and influence—from the co-author of The One-Minute Entrepreneur and Prosper. Includes audiobook-exclusive Humble Power Reflections bonus tracks and a foreword narrated...

Why do some people break through and make an impact while others get stuck going through the motions? In every organization there are Impact Players—those indispensable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situations and who consistently receive high-profile assignments and new...

When you know what to say and how to say it, people listen. Find your powerful voice, and step into leadership. Speak with impact. Every day, you have an opportunity to use your voice to have a positive impact -- at work or in your community. You can inspire and persuade your audience -- or you...

Often the decision between a customer choosing you over someone like you is your ability to know exactly what to say, when to say it, and how to make it count. Phil M. Jones has trained more than two million people across five continents and over 50 countries in the lost art of spoken communication. In Exactly What to Say, he delivers the tactics you need to get more of what you want.

Based on his highly popular Columbia Business School course “Personal Leadership & Success”, Dr. Hitendra Wadhwa shares key principles for how to pursue success by letting your true self shine through in everything you do. In our pursuit of success, we often struggle to balance the world’s...

But here’s the thing: Pitching isn’t just for salespeople; it’s for anyone with a message, a mission, or a dream. Imagine walking into any conversation, meeting, boardroom, or Zoom call knowing exactly what to say to get the result you want. Whether you’re closing a deal or simply wanting to be heard, your ability to pitch is the difference between missed opportunities and massive success.

Read by the author. Learn the keys to energizing your writing, engaging readers, and breaking out with influence. What good will it do to skillfully craft a written argument if you lose your audience? Simple emails, formal reports, blogs, presentations, articles—they need punch to gain...

What if becoming more influential had less to do with being persuasive and more to do with being trusted? Influence shapes almost every part of life. It affects whether people listen to your ideas, trust your judgment, support your decisions, work with you, and remember what you say. Yet real influence is not about manipulation, pressure, or forcing people to agree. The Skill of Influence is a practical guide to earning trust, communicating with greater confidence, understanding what motivates people, and creating positive outcomes without compromising your integrity.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don’t know, now with a new section called “On Robustness and Fragility.” A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal...

Today's design leaders and UX professionals are faced with a growing challenge: How do you choose the right UX skills to meet critical business goals, while proving their value to stakeholders? This book presents your solution, offering a clear, actionable framework for linking UX decisions...

Storytelling is mission-critical to the advancement of our careers and our businesses. In this book, you'll learn how to create compelling presentations, write persuasive reports, and convey important messages in meetings with stories that capture the attention of your audiences.

Why do some people create extraordinary impact while others with the same ability stall? This book lays out four fundamental principles grounded in science that have a multiplier effect on life and leadership and explain this paradox. It turns out it's not what talent you have – it's how you...

Read by the author. “Andy Stanley's seven essentials come directly from his thoughtful, curious approach to leadership and life. If you want to lead better, read this book.” —John C. Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author Great is what great does. In What Great Leaders Do, bestselling...

Your entire career depends on communication. When you can communicate effectively, you already have the foundation for being not just a good leader, but a great one…. A leader who inspires…. A leader who motivates…. A leader who is remembered. Whether you’re leading an entire organization, you’re an entry-level manager, or you’re considering beginning your journey into leadership, it all starts with communication.… And you’re about to uncover its secrets.

Since the Industrial Revolution, much of human history has revolved around conquering Nature. But just as species have been hunted to extinction and forests have been leveled to create farmland and factories, the wildness inside you, too, has been suppressed. You’ve been taught that your wildness is unsafe. You’ve distanced yourself from the untamed parts of your soul: your creativity, your prolific ideas, your truest life. But to become the business owner you long to be, you need to unleash your wildness.

Forget the grind. We can create sustainable success without exhaustion—in fact, we’re more likely to succeed if we know when to stop working. We’ve been sold a broken version of work-life balance—one that assumes that busyness is the same as productivity and that resting is a weakness. In Take Breaks, Work Better, John Briggs teaches small business owners how to break free from these toxic myths, using a science-backed approach to mastering efficiency.

Our society is an ever-changing reflection of what we buy into—from our deepest fears to our greatest hopes, from the companies that fail to the ones that thrive. If your business is on a mission to provide authentic value and achieve a positive impact, society doesn’t just need you to think about sales and marketing. It needs you to be great at them.

Welcome to the new sales economy: the ever-changing intersection of business trends, technology, and cultural dynamics. It's disruptive. It's transformational. It's also full of opportunity. Left-field competition. Commoditization. App-like mindsets. Less loyalty. More decision makers. Faster ROI expectations. All of this has shifted what our prospects and clients need to succeed, and how they want to interact with and buy from us.

USA Today Bestseller! A step-by-step blueprint that helps educators—especially Black educators and educators of color—turn their expertise into a purpose-driven consulting business that finally pays them what they’re worth. If you’re a high-performing educator who’s ever wondered, Is...