Publisher: Forbes Books
Great leadership isn’t about maintaining the status quo—it’s about thinking bigger. In Think Bigger, Lead Better, Rick Tollakson shares the “Eight to Great” principles that fueled his company’s transformation from a modest real estate company into a thriving, diversified organization.
Using a proven three-part framework, this book shows how anyone-from a CEO to frontline employee-can play a pivotal role in creating a diverse and welcoming workplace. Creating a diverse workplace needs to be an ongoing effort, not just the subject of an occasional training. What can you do to help? Celeste Warren, vice president for global diversity and inclusion at Merck, says you can become a diversity and inclusion ambassador. These people are committed to helping everyone see the importance of inclusive and equitable practices. Warren offers a straightforward three-stage model: 1. Become aware of your own conscious and unconscious biases. 2. Take an inventory of your surroundings: what is getting in the way of there being an inclusive environment in your organization? 3. Develop a personal action plan. Depending on readers' positions, the actions they take can be as simple as consistently raising DEI-related issues in staff meetings or as far-reaching as leading an employee resource group or developing a new hiring policy. In separate chapters, Warren offers specific advice for chief diversity and inclusion officers, C-suite leaders, frontline managers, human resources practitioners, and individual contributors. Featuring tools, exercises, and examples, this book offers everyone the opportunity to help make diversity a workplace reality. Reading group discussion guide available in book.Show book
This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. From the first days of Emancipation to the modern Black entrepreneur, Black American Wealth takes readers on a powerful journey through the financial history of Black America. This deeply researched and emotionally charged book exposes the forgotten truth: Black Americans have always strived for economic independence—and often succeeded—despite facing systemic oppression, racial violence, and intentional barriers at every turn. In this compelling narrative, author Oliver E. Robinson traces the roots of Black wealth from land ownership and early Black millionaires to the rise—and destruction—of thriving Black communities like Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Rosewood, and Wilmington. The book explores the forces that interrupted generational wealth, including redlining, government sabotage, mass incarceration, and economic exclusion. But this is not just a history of struggle—it’s a blueprint for empowerment. Black American Wealth also highlights the modern resurgence of Black wealth-builders, financial educators, and investors who are reclaiming economic power through stocks, entrepreneurship, group economics, and smart planning. More than a book—it’s a call to action, a reminder of legacy, and a roadmap for the future.Show book
Disclaimer: This is not the official book. This is a summary book & it does not accompany the official. Unravel the power of storytelling in business with our concise and captivating summary of 'Building a StoryBrand' by Donald Miller. Discover how to transform your brand's message into an engaging narrative that captivates customers and accelerates your business growth. In 'Building a StoryBrand', Miller presents his innovative StoryBrand Framework, a seven-part model rooted in the time-tested structure of effective storytelling. He guides businesses through the process of defining their brand's story in a manner that is not only clear and compelling, but also positions their customers as the heroes of the narrative. Our summary distills the essence of Miller's groundbreaking strategy, revealing the secrets of successful brand storytelling. Learn how to clarify your message, create a customer-centric narrative, and craft marketing materials that not only resonate with your audience but also drive them to action.Show book
Digital Marketing Essentials Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: Epic Content Marketing and Visual Social Media MarketingContent marketing is not just a fad. It’s a solid marketing strategy that has brought success to brands and businesses of all sizes. When you do content marketing correctly, you can expect for your brand and business to benefit from it for a long, long time. Social media platforms reach an enormous audience that’s why businesses should also focus their marketing strategies on the popular social media platforms. Social media is a platform where a whole lot of individuals and companies fight for the attention of the masses and do whatever they can to stand out from the crowd. So what can you do to stand out and make more of an impact? What can you do that doesn’t mean tricking your reader or selling them short in terms of value? This bundle will teach you different content marketing strategies and social marketing strategies that can help promote your brand and bring a ton of traffic to your site without paying exorbitant amounts of money for advertisements. You will learn strategies that will help make you stand out from the crowd and finally put your brand and business on the radar. You will learn how to use the right visuals so you can drive traffic to your site and promote your business.This 2 in 1 bundle includes the following audiobooks:1. Epic Content Marketing: A Guide to Successful Content Marketing Strategies That Can Expertly Promote Your Brand and Business2. Visual Social Media Marketing: Discover the Power of Effective Social Media Marketing to Help Put Your Brand on the Map!If you want to learn more, download your copy of Digital Marketing Essentials 2 in 1 Bundle today!Show book
JUMPSTART YOUR NEW AND EXCITING CAREER AS A PENETRATION TESTER The Pentester BluePrint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker offers listeners a chance to delve deeply into the world of the ethical, or "white-hat" hacker. Accomplished pentester and author Phillip L. Wylie and cybersecurity researcher Kim Crawley walk you through the basic and advanced topics necessary to understand how to make a career out of finding vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications. You'll learn about the role of a penetration tester, what a pentest involves, and the prerequisite knowledge you'll need to start the educational journey of becoming a pentester. Discover how to develop a plan by assessing your current skillset and finding a starting place to begin growing your knowledge and skills. Finally, find out how to become employed as a pentester by using social media, networking strategies, and community involvement. Perfect for IT workers and entry-level information security professionals, The Pentester BluePrint also belongs on the bookshelves of anyone seeking to transition to the exciting and in-demand field of penetration testing.Show book
**TAP INTO THE MAGIC OF EMPOWERMENT ** Empowerment can come from many outside influences — your friends, family, and business associates who believe in you and support your goals. But it can also come from within, when you dare to take risks, learn how to leverage your own personal creativity, continue persevering in the face of adversity, remain open to new and energizing challenges, and allow inspiration and motivation to recharge your spirit and make progress toward your goals. Veteran business leader J. Derrill Rice understands empowerment through and through — because he’s benefited from it his entire life. And he’s always made sure it benefited those around him as well. Now, in his new book, The Magic of Empowerment: My Journey in Servant Leadership, Rice explores how empowerment fueled his many achievements from growing up the child of a single mom to becoming the CEO of a number of successful manufacturing companies. From his transformation from high school nerd to captain of the football team, to rising from the ranks to be recognized as an outstanding business leader, Rice explores the many ways any of us can be empowered to reach our objectives, through personal and revealing anecdotes filled with humor, wisdom, and surprises. To Rice, empowerment truly is magical — and he should know since he began studying magic as a teenager. It’s a skill that has actually added to his professional empowerment, as he once dazzled Edsel Ford, the then-head of the Ford Motor Company, by making a car disappear right before his eyes. You’ll hear about that and more (like the time he turned a corporate presentation into his own version of The Tonight Show ) in The Magic of Empowerment. More importantly, you’ll discover how to unlock the secrets of empowerment in your own life to create meaningful progress in your personal and professional life.Show book
