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In this discussion learn to inspire your team by creating a high degree of inspiration, trust, and support.

In this discussion refine your listening skills and learn to better recognize potential by adopting the vantage point of the individual.

In this discussion learn about what "whack-a-mole" leaders are, how they act, and how to avoid being one.

In this discussion Simpson introduces the Organizational Effectiveness Cycle as a way to track an entire organization's growth.

In this discussion, learn how to seek strategic clarity and create your personal mission statement.

In this discussion learn how to recognize and tailor potential in both your overall team and in each individual.

In this discussion go in depth into building trust, the first of seven coaching skills.

In this discussion create a continuous effort to reach team and individual goals by creating a powerful and purposeful flow with full engagement and optimal energy.

In this discussion, adopt the four steps to challenge paradigms and remove false assumptions.

In this discussion create a lasting commitment with your team through empowerment and purpose.

In this discussion challenge paradigms by changing your perspective and help fuel the flame of your team's potential.

In this discussion learn how to create a vision that includes a strategic attack to accomplish team and individual goals.

Decision Making for Dummies is a candid resource that helps leaders understand the impact of their choices, not only on business, but also on their credibility and reputation. Designed for managers, business owners, and anyone else who makes tough decisions on a daily basis, this guide helps you figure out if the decisions you're making are the right ones.

Competitive intelligence is the art of defining, gathering, analyzing, and distributing intelligence about products, customers, competitors, individuals, concepts, information, ideas, or data needed to support executives and managers in making strategic decisions for an organization. Competitive Intelligence for Dummies introduces you to this fascinating subject and gives you the tools you need to incorporate it into your business decision-making process.

Survival fact: The people who will succeed today are those who figure out how to benefit from, or take advantage of, continuous disarray, disorder and disruption. Welcome to the age of continuous personal disruption. When even the most basic daily routines get swept up in a storm of ambiguity. When nothing is certain. When there is no perfect decision to be made. That’s why author Bill Jensen identified the 25 habits most necessary for success in today’s crazy world.

With Zoom, Fortune magazine extends one of its most successful franchises, 40 Under 40, to bring you original insight on the best-kept secrets of top entrepreneurs, business leaders, and rising tech stars. Discover how Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh built a uniquely attractive corporate culture, how Under Armour founder Kevin Plank took on Nike, and what Marissa Mayer told herself before leaping from a safe post at Google to the high-risk top job at Yahoo. Zoom features the fascinating profiles of these and other young innovators and provides listeners with tips to fast-track their own career success.

Survey after survey confirms how the success of businesses has become increasingly dependent on the ability and skills of their staff. And because talented workers are in short supply the hunt for people of unusual ability will continue in earnest. Hiring such people is the relatively easy part; keeping them engaged so that they don't move on and getting the best out of them while they are with you is what really matters.

Every day, leaders around the world make decisions that affect millions of people. The results of these decisions are mixed. Sometimes - like when Nelson Mandela led the fight against apartheid - our leaders inspire positive change on a grand scale. But at other times - like when various leaders failed to respond adequately to Hurricane Katrina - poor leadership yields disastrous outcomes. Anyone can claim to be a leader in times of calm, but crisis situations sift the true visionaries from the false ones.

Patience and aggression are key elements of a successful poker strategy, but also, as this innovative and accessible guide reveals, to a successful leadership strategy in business decisions. Acclaimed poker instructor Charles Swayne presents down-to-earth career advice using a language that makes the valuable guidance both relatable and understandable - the language of poker.

Customization is coming in every industry, for every product. Embrace it or get left behind. Smart brands such as Chipotle, Zazzle, Nike, and Pandora are ditching the outdated 20th century model of a one-size-fits-all approach to providing products and services. From a Netflix movie night to a marriage courtesy of eHarmony, customization is changing every corner of American life and business.