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If you lead, manage or influence a B2B sales organization of any kind, let this be a long overdue wake-up call: the time to grow and develop women and underrepresented sales professionals is now. The question is, will your organization be ahead of the curve or get left behind? For well over three decades, Lori Richardson has been selling, running a sales strategy firm, speaking, watching sales trends, and now helping to influence them.

If you hate the concept of self-help books but desperately crave the secrets to transform your life, look no further. SPLIT-SECOND COURAGE delves into the powerful stories and mindsets of real-life superheroes who choose to recognize misfortunes as gifts and charge headfirst into their fears.

The Asshole Whisperer book for managers contains true stories and tips to deal with crappy leaders and jerks at work. You will learn how to use corporate values to hold people at work accountable for their conduct, how to give feedback about attitudes or behavior, and how to quickly assess and utilize personality traits (extrovert, introvert, ambivert) to your mutual benefit. Why? So, you can meet your goals and deadlines and to put it simply, get shit done. Assholes are part of our lives.

In this compelling and moving book, Viktoriya shares the stories from her personal life and the lessons she’s learned being a scientist, a public speaker and a mother. This is more than just a book. It is the inspiration you need to be who you are. As a woman, as a mother, as an educator, as a professional, you are no less than the men around you, and you need to know that.

What if you woke up at age 45 questioning if you've lived your life all wrong? Rendered unconscious from a motorcycle accident, Robin Stevens awakens to realize she's repressed her past and is living life recklessly and unhappily. Feeling lost and miserable she begins a profound search full of juicy twists and turns including a trip to the South of France with both psychic and spiritual revelations.

Windy Elstermeier's fittingly titled Move guides listeners through the mental roadblocks standing in the way of their personal and professional ambitions in this raw disclosure of her resilient path from poverty to the boardroom. Windy details the trials of her impoverished childhood and how she championed herself through crushing career setbacks to climb the corporate ladder at a Fortune 500 retail giant and into entrepreneurship.

TV WRITING TOOL KIT 2nd Edition—is an update of my latest story tools, breakdowns, and handouts. The book covers story structure for a TV pilot and spec script, logline formulas for Logline For Your Life and your story, and character. With character, the book goes into the wound and the flaw. I cover everything that I teach in Writers on the Verge at NBC. There are breakdowns for several shows, including—THE GOOD WIFE, MODERN FAMILY, THE NIGHT MANAGER, HOMELAND, FLEABAG, and DEAD TO ME. The book also explores staffing and development.

RVMP is a comprehensive guide offering direction and guidance to trauma survivors desiring to shortcut the healing process. You will discover how to skillfully navigate your trauma, abuse, story, and mind to emerge victoriously. Although trauma and abuse seem to be the “gift that keeps on giving,” - revealing and owning your missing peace is possible.

Today’s consumer views loyalty to a business as a fad, and they also expect everything and then some. The companies that are thriving (and will continue to thrive) deliver amazing customer experiences. Customer service isn’t just about being a department or a policy; it is about creating a culture where customers can’t wait to do business with you, and are excited to refer their friends to you as well. This book’s characters, Negative Ned and Positive Paul, illustrate the ABSURDITY of terrible customer service and the simple steps necessary to improve nearly every customer experience.

Do you make up excuses instead of doing what it takes to achieve your goals? How many times have you created a story in your head why you shouldn’t be trying something new and challenging? Are you familiar with that drunk monkey whispers in your ears and keeps you from getting what you want? Now it is time to slap the drunk monkey off your shoulder and take ACTION!

Sophia woke one morning with her home in flames and her life as she knew it, forever changed. Her soul-mate was gone and all she had left were letters and clues from him urging her to never stop growing, to never forget the lessons that he taught her about living in the wilderness. An extraordinary story about learning how to live again with the most basic of supplies and a desire to prove to herself that she can survive on her own.

Based on extensive multi-year empirical research, The Pragmatic Optimist addresses what it takes to be a leading light in the darkest hours of a business or economic crisis. Using real-world case studies, you will discover how to avoid the common cognitive and behavioral traps to which all leaders are most susceptible in the heat of a crisis. Finally, you will acquire the necessary insights to develop pragmatic optimism—a winning hybrid mindset—and practice its six results-oriented strategies for success even under extreme conditions.

If you think her only options are parenting and abortion, this book is for you. American adoption is nothing like it used to be. Those forced, secret adoptions hurt women and their children. Thankfully, adoption in the US has changed dramatically. If you never thought about suggesting adoption, (and never thought you would!), this book is for you.

If you find it hard to believe in yourself and your abilities no matter how much you pray, repeat your affirmations, still seek external validations, and are not fulfilled in your life, then this book is for you. Healing of the Heart is a poetry and prose workbook that reflects the inner struggles, the process over time, of undoing the harm done to the ego, and the constitution of the self, of the author and the many women with whom she has worked.

Our current ecosystems demand many changes. Humanity is facing multifold challenges by the mid-21st Century. So, what does leadership mean for the current generations rising to responsible roles not just in the corporate workplaces but in government, educational systems, business communities, and all levels of society? My goal for this book is to address women of all generations to participate in collaborative ways to raise and create conscious leaders of tomorrow.

Whether you're suffering from a chronic illness or simply seeking optimal well-being, this compassionate guide is tailored to those in search of effective solutions. It's not just a book; it's a roadmap to radical healing and profound self-discovery.

Can we gain renewed insight from ancient systems and discover tools to lead a balanced life of joy and authenticity today? Can we become sovereigns of our own selves? Yes! And Reign: A Guide to Ruling Your Inner Kingdom of Self with Grace, Power, and Authenticity is your manual to do just that!

As a business leader, you need this answer to find your best-fit clients, engage employees, secure partners and win investors. In this trailblazing book, storyteller Paul Furiga reveals the importance of your Capital S Story to drive these results. Finding Your Capital S Story shows how our brains are hard-wired to remember stories and use them to eliminate 21st-century information overload and digital clutter. Even before we had written language, we shared stories and now, thanks to MRIs and other scientific tools, we can prove the power of storytelling.

Discover the golden pearls that help create a harmonious work-life balance, paving the path for both true happiness and prosperity. Your first step towards mastering life's challenges begins with investing in this book.

Change is happening more quickly and with more widespread ramifications than ever before. Catalyst is the spark leaders need to understand these emerging forces and to build adaptive organizations that will excel in the rapidly evolving environment.