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  Masters of Money - Strategies...

  KC Rottok Chesaina

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  The chief financial officer (CFO) is critical to a company's financial success. In Masters of Money, chartered accountant and entrepreneur KC Rottok Chesaina interviews 31 CFOs from South Africa's top companies, most JSE-listed, to uncover their strategies for success.
  Masters of Moneygoes behind the scenes and allows students, professionals, entrepreneurs and managers to learn from the best. In sharing valuable lessons – learnt over many years – these finance leaders give readers the inside track to make it in the world of business. They share insights on the key elements of an effective strategy, the power of good communication, how to lead teams effectively, why values are important in the workplace, and how to deal with crises.
  Their stories show the human face behind the number cruncher and give readers a glimpse of the X-factor needed to rise to the top.
  FEATURED COMPANIES INCLUDE MTN South Africa, JSE, Old Mutual, FirstRand, Capitec, Nedbank, Investec, Sanlam, Redefine Properties, Liberty, Discovery, Aspen Pharmacare, Life Healthcare, Woolworths, Pick n Pay, Massmart, Nampak, Sasol, Impala Platinum, Barloworld, Anglo American Platinum, Harmony Gold, Kumba Iron Ore, PPC, Exxaro, Tourvest, Mr Price and Nando's.

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  Shelf Life - Chronicles of a...

  Nadia Wassef

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  The streets of Cairo make strange music: the echoing calls to prayer, the raging insults hurled between drivers, the steady crescendo of horns honking, the shouts of street vendors, the television sets and radios blaring from every sidewalk. Nadia Wassef knows this song by heart. In 2002, with her sister, Hind, and their friend, Nihal, she founded Diwan, a fiercely independent bookstore. They were three young women with no business degrees, no formal training, and nothing to lose. At the time, nothing like Diwan existed in Egypt. Culture was languishing under government mismanagement, and books were considered a luxury, not a necessity. Ten years later, Diwan had become a rousing success, with ten locations, 150 employees, and a fervent fan base. Frank, fresh, and very funny, Nadia Wassef’s memoir tells the story of this journey. Its eclectic cast of characters features Diwan’s impassioned regulars, like the demanding Dr. Medhat; Samir, the driver with CEO aspirations; meditative and mythical Nihal; silent but deadly Hind; dictatorial and exacting Nadia, a self-proclaimed bitch to work with; and the many people, mostly men, who said Diwan would never work. Shelf Life is a portrait of a country hurtling toward revolution, a feminist rallying cry, and an unapologetic crash course in running a business under the law of entropy. Above all, it is a celebration of the power of words to bring us home.

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  The High 5 Habit - Take Control...

  Mel Robbins

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  In her global phenomenon The 5 Second Rule, Mel Robbins taught millions of people around the world the five second secret to motivation. Now she's back with another simple, proven tool you can use to take control of your life: The High 5 Habit. 
  Don't let the title fool you. This isn't a book about high fiving everyone else in your life. You're already doing that. Cheering for your favorite teams. Celebrating your friends. Supporting the people you love as they go after what they want in life. 
  Imagine if you gave that same love and encouragement to yourself. Or even better, you made it a daily habit. 
  You'd be unstoppable. 
  In this book, Mel teaches you how to start high fiving the most important person in your life, the one who is staring back at you in the mirror: YOURSELF. 
  If you struggle with self-doubt (and who doesn't?) ... 
  If you're tired of that nagging critic in your head (could somebody evict them already?) ... 
  If you're wildly successful but all you focus on is what's going wrong (you're not alone) ... 
  If you're sick of watching everybody else get ahead while you sit on the couch with your dog (don't bring your dog into this) ... 
  ...Mel dedicates this book to you. 
  Using her signature science-backed wisdom, deeply personal stories, and the real-life results that The High 5 Habit is creating in people's lives around the world (and you'll meet a lot of them throughout this book), Mel will teach you how to make believing in yourself a habit so that you operate with the confidence that your goals and dreams demand.

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  BYOB - Be Your Own Boss

  C Venugopal

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  BYOB is a professional's passport to entrepreneurship .Any Professional with experience can build a successful business in their own area of expertise. Why continue in a career that seems to be going nowhere? Why let bosses decide your earnings, career growth and peace of mind. You can take back control of your Life, Earnings, and Time. This is the promise of BYOB - Be Your Own Boss, a book on entrepreneurship.The most challenging phase of a professional's career comes 10 or 15 years into it. The professional in probably in a mid-management position facing both office stress as well as financial pressures of mortgages and loans. This worry of job loss, and the fear of obsolescence, make mid-career stressful. No wonder heart attacks, strokes, and most lifestyle ailments like diabetes and hypertension manifest at this age.To top it all, the midcareer professional sees twenty-somethings, jumping into entrepreneurship, fresh out of college. The buzz around these startup wonders, creating Unicorns, wooed by global VCs, rubs salt into the already wounded ego of our experienced professional. They begin to wonder – 'have I missed the bus'?The answer is 'No'. Research shows that entrepreneurship has a better chance to succeed if the entrepreneur has experience. Maturity and discipline that comes with age, are valuable ingredients for a successful business. In this book, Venugopal explains, in a conversational style, step by step, with stories and anecdotes, the process of starting and building a successful business.  BYOB is a mid-career professional’s passport to a life as an entrepreneur.

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  Your Story Well Told! - Creative...

  Corey Rosen

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  Learn how to tell a good story with Your Story, Well Told! Jam-packed with some of the best storytelling strategies, this manual gives creatives the confidence bump they need to make the sale, land the client, propose a toast, or impress their date.The following is (not) a work of fiction. We've all got stories to tell—but how do you make your story the best story? In Your Story, Well Told!, Moth veteran Corey Rosen inspires you to get on stage and tell your story. Using the best storytelling techniques from improvisational theater, Rosen designs an accessible guide for all ages and skill levels. Crafted to help ordinary people tell extraordinary stories, this laugh out loud handbook covers everything from how to tell a good story to going off script.Spontaneous stories to tell. The best storytelling uses improvisation to enthrall, entertain, and keep audiences on edge. Laugh along with tales of performance triumphs (and disasters) and explore ways to tell your story with confidence and spontaneity. From brainstorming and development to performance and memorization techniques, you'll learn how to tell a good story with a variety of structures and editing approaches that bring out your best story; improv exercises to stimulate creativity without feeling foolish; and quick and easy lessons on building stories to tell.

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  Leading Apple With Steve Jobs -...

  Jay Elliot

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  Jay Elliot was hired personally by Steve Jobs just in time to  accompany Steve on an historic visit to Xerox's Palo Alto Research  Center, the visit that changed the course of computing. As Senior  Vice President, Jay served as Steve's right-hand man and  trouble-shooter, overseeing all corporate operations and business  planning, as well as software development and HR. This book is  about how Steve managed and motivated his peopleand what  every manager can learn from Jobs about motivating people to do the  best work of their livesan experience described by many who  worked for him.   Steve Jobs used "Pirates! Not the Navy" as a rallying  crya metaphor to "Think Different". At Apple in the days of  developing the Macintosh, it became the de-facto mantra of the  Macintosh groupa four-word mission statement. It expresses  the heart of Apple and Steve. Those lessons form the backbone of  this book.  People are eager for practical examples from Apple and Steve  Jobs that show how his principles can be used in the everyday  worlds of business and managing people. "Managing With Steve Jobs"  will answer those requests. Overall, this book is a guide to  shifting a person's paradigm to become Steve Jobs-like, to assemble  and lead innovative teams.  For example, one of the most critical requirements is finding  the right talent. Steve had a unique way of interviewing that was  less an interview than a conversationdescribing where he  wanted to go and waiting to see if the other person would jump in  to suggest how he or she could make a contribution to that effort.  Also, he wasn't much interested in a person's resume as in what he  thought they would be able to bring to the team: will this person  be so committed to the vision that they will provide their own  motivation? Steve wanted people who would have allegiance to the  captain and to his/her shipmates, the ability to come up with  original, unique ways to approach a problem, and be self-guided  with a strong sense of direction.

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