Small Business Culture

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...

Do you want to make a difference? There are many ways someone in a leadership role can have a positive impact on the lives of their employees. Perhaps there is no leadership responsibility more profound than creating a sustainable, injury-free workplace. This audiobook is a collection of leadership concepts, thoughts, words, and actions that (when strategically implemented) can move your organization toward a better safety future.

What really sets the best managers above the rest? It's their power to build a cadre of employees who have great inner work lives—consistently positive emotions; strong motivation; and favorable perceptions of the organization, their work, and their colleagues. The worst managers undermine inner work life, often unwittingly.

Carol Fleming wants to show you that small talk is not as “small” as you might think. It’s the foundation of every relationship, professional and personal. It is the sound of people reaching out to each other, searching for similarities, shared interests, goodwill, connections, and friendship. And it’s something we all do every day with people we know. It’s just the one little bit about strangers that throws some people off. Graceful social conversation can be learned, even by those requiring the smallest of baby steps.

Here are short but powerful leadership strategies and tactics to make you more effective in your position. Berkus is a master strategist, having been in executive and leadership positions as CEO for thirty-six years and board member or chairperson for over thirty more. And as a board member in over forty companies and a private equity investor in 214 more, he has seen so many opportunities to avoid risk or failure and found ways to help management overcome obstacles while aggressively growing their companies. You will benefit from his experience as he illustrates his insights with his ...

The world's most successful companies don't just sell products, they've created cultures so compelling that people line up to buy from them, work for them, and promote them. Now small and medium business owners can ethically "steal" these same systems without the corporate expense or bureaucracy. Discover the simple equation that transforms ordinary businesses into market dominators! • Become the obvious choice customers prefer even when you cost more • Build a team that recruits and markets for you while you focus on what you do best • Generate word-of-mouth growth on autopilot ...

For us to thrive - not simply survive - in this accelerating economy, we need to adopt small, intentional behaviors and practice them each day. From simply taking care of our rest and exercise to building our self-confidence and embracing challenges, author Shawn Hunter's latest book Small Acts of Leadership will guide you through a series of incremental steps you can take to build a stronger version of yourself and make a broader impact in the world.

Based on the author’s experience in the world of inventing and promotion, Hardcore Inventing offers the kind of advice you can only learn from experience: how to developing an idea into an invention, how to build a prototype for show, how to safeguard intellectual property, how to market both strategically and in “guerilla" mode, how find investors, and much more. And all of that is based on his IP 3 Tacitical Method which breaks everything down to Invent, Protect, Promote, and Profit.

Continuing with his successful Your Restaurant Sucks series, Donald Burns, The Restaurant Coach, digs down to the root of all business problems and that is culture. All restaurants can buy from the same vendors and hire from the same labor pool. What separates the good, from the great to the outstanding is culture!

«Si buscabas un plan sencillo y probado para hacer crecer tu negocio, ahora lo tienes en tus manos». —LEWIS HOWES, autor de La escuela de la grandeza Bestseller del Wall Street Journal. Dirigir un negocio suele alejarse mucho de lo que nos imaginamos al emprender. Creemos que lo más...

People Operations explains how leaders at small- and medium-sized businesses can stop spending time on HR administration - "paperwork" - and start focusing on the "peoplework" that truly fuels employee growth and productivity. Authors Jay Fulcher, Kevin Marasco, and Tracy Cote provide listeners with a playbook for creating a massive competitive advantage by eliminating antiquated approaches to HR. The book takes a look at how work has changed and what companies need to do about it, and the new approach they must take to processes, systems, and best practices.

In The Mac & Cheese Millionaire: Building a Better Business by Thinking Outside the Box, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and culinary innovator Erin Wade shares her inspiring and often hilarious journey of leaving her corporate lawyer job to open a hit mac and cheese restaurant, taking you through the challenges and victories that paved her path to success. By sharing the lessons that helped her sell millions of dollars in cheesy carbs, she delivers the tools you need to create change and surpass all your expectations.

Using stories from his time at Netscape, Apple, and Slack, Michael Lopp presents a series of small but compelling practices to help you build leadership skills. You’ll learn how to create teams that are highly productive, highly respected, and highly trusted. The essays in this book examine the practical skills Lopp learned from exceptional leaders - as a manager at Netscape, a senior manager and director at Apple, and an executive at Slack. You’ll learn how to apply these lessons to your own experience.

The first book by the reclusive inventor of the world’s most iconic puzzle THE RUBIK’S CUBE. Erno Rubik inspires us with what he’s learned in a lifetime of creating, curiosity, and discovery. Erno Rubik was a child when he first became obsessed with puzzles of all kinds. “Puzzles,” he...

What nobody tells you before you start building — until now. You've read the success stories. You've watched the highlight reels. You've been told to follow your passion, trust the process, and hustle harder. And yet something still feels off — because the entrepreneurship you're living doesn't look anything like the one you were sold. Built Different is the business book for first-time entrepreneurs and small business owners who are done with the myth and ready for the reality. This isn't a startup guide. There are no frameworks, no growth hacks, no ten-step systems for scaling to six ...

Are you trapped in a false choice between your company's soul and the pressure to automate? Every headline screams about AI, and every consultant tells you to digitize, automate, and scale. But you've built your successful small or medium-sized business on personal connections, human relationships, and a culture that feels like family. The pressure to adopt new technology feels like a threat to everything that makes your business special. What if there’s a third way? In The Soul of the Machine, veteran business advisor Tom Glover reveals that the struggle between people and technology is ...

You don't have to be a mechanical genius to be an inventor. Anyone can invent - a parent wrestling with a baby sling...a coach frustrated with slick-soled running shoes...an office worker determined to keep the computer cords untangled. Inventing is simply finding clever solutions to everyday challenges. Author and inventor Patricia Nolan-Brown has turned common annoyances into ingenious and money-making products.

The entry of Generation Z into the workforce marks a pivotal transition point in workplace history. Born between roughly 1997 and 2012, Gen Z professionals have grown up amid unprecedented technological advancement, societal shifts, and global disruptions, including the COVID-19 pandemic, economic volatility, and heightened awareness of social justice issues. These formative experiences have significantly influenced their expectations, values, and behaviors, creating both opportunities and challenges for organizations. Businesses across sectors increasingly report difficulties integrating ...

This is a complete guide to how to create a plan for, open, operate, and market a new small business. This book intends to help you overcome fear and inspire you to own and operate your own small business.

International business speaker, Michael Kerr, believes you owe it to your employees and their families, to your colleagues and customers, and to yourself to embrace your role as a culture leader to create a kinder, more compassionate, and ultimately inspiring workplace that works for everyone.