Magic Leadership

Brad Anderson used to have the Midas touch. Those days are long gone when he discovers that he has one week to save his job and pull the company's largest client out of a tailspin. With the help of a mysterious new mentor, Brad is taken on a whirlwind journey and absorbs the five Secrets to Exceptional Customer Experience. And he learns how to use the Magic Wand Question. With the Secrets in hand, he must find a way to fix a client relationship imploding in on itself.

This book takes everything that three remarkable authors - a corporate strategist, the former acting director of the CIA, and a world-renowned magician - have learned about magic and packs it into a unique framework that captures the best of this art form and relates it directly to lessons applicable to a wide variety of business enterprises. The authors' objective is not to create a new generation of magicians, but to adapt nine strategies of the world's greatest magicians and inspire boundless imagination, bolster innovation, energize leadership, and spark success in any business.

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.

The story revolves around Vince Steadfast, the newly named CEO of imaginary manufacturer Verity Glassworks, which has fallen on difficult times. Vince is hired to help the once iconic company return to its glory days, and he brings with him a parting gift from his mentor and former boss: a stunning crystal coffee cup from Verity's halcyon days. The cup turns out to be magic - truly - and helps him come to understand and reinvigorate the values that Verity has misplaced along the way.

Millions of people around the world have improved their lives through the timeless advice David Schwartz offers in The Magic of Thinking Big. In this best-selling audiobook, Schwartz proves you don't need innate talent to become successful, but you do need to understand the habit of thinking and behaving in ways that will get you there.

You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you!

Millions of people throughout the world have improved their lives using The Magic of Thinking Big. Dr. David J. Schwartz, long regarded as one of the foremost experts on motivation, will help you sell better, manage better, earn more money, and - most important of all - find greater happiness and peace of mind.

Celebrating the 75 anniversary of the original landmark bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People, comes an up-to-the-minute adaptation of Carnegie’s timeless prescriptions for the digital age. Dale Carnegie’s principles have endured for nearly a century. Since its original publication in 1936, his timeless classic How to Win Friends and Influence People has gone on to sell 15 million copies. Now, introducing new listeners to Carnegie’s words of wisdom, comes How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age, a new guide for a new era.

One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale Carnegie’s groundbreaking book has sold tens of millions of copies, been translated into almost every known language, and has helped countless people succeed.

Often the decision between a customer choosing you over someone like you is your ability to know exactly what to say, when to say it, and how to make it count. Phil M. Jones has trained more than two million people across five continents and over 50 countries in the lost art of spoken communication. In Exactly What to Say, he delivers the tactics you need to get more of what you want.

In Bring Your Human to Work, Erica Keswin laid down the rules and protocols of a human workplace. Now, in Rituals Roadmap, she shows us how to further employee engagement, explaining that workplace rituals foster a sense of belonging and help workers connect with one another and their work.  

A compelling, pause-resisting account of recreational marathon runner Kay Bretz’s transformation into one of the best ultra runners in the world. The listener follows the author during his physical, mental, and professional challenges and celebrates his hard-fought wins as he discovers the motivation to succeed, leaving behind his former motivation to avoid failure.

Here's the secret no one has told you until now. Your success as a facilitator has nothing to do with the types of clients you serve, but everything to do with your understanding of the predictable (and repeatable) process of transformation! Shift the Field is the definitive guide for coaches, consultants, healers, retreat leaders, and other service providers who want to facilitate powerful and lasting transformation within their programs and offerings.

Supercharge your effectiveness as a coach with this essential guide to reflective coaching. Coaching can create transformational results through the fundamental art of asking insightful questions... but how do you know which questions to ask? This audiobook introduces you to the MAGIC Coaching Methodology and provides you with an invaluable set of core questions to accompany you through the coaching process.

Virtually no business owners follow a few basic principles of business to nearly the degree they deserve. These magic principles almost ensure success, both short-term and long-term, when understood and applied. The magic lies in how easy they are to apply. Small Business Magic is all about those principles, which the author has spent years in analyzing and refining.

The Magic and Moxie of Apple delves into the best practices of Apple Inc. from the inside out and takes a close look at what makes Apple one of the leaders in the tech industry - and a global change agent. Author Kelli Richards not only worked at Apple Inc. for more than ten years, she also launched Apple's earliest focus on music and drove all music initiatives during her tenure. She saw Apple hit rock bottom before Steve Jobs returned to the company and then watched from outside, as CEO of The All Access Group, as Apple Inc. began its climb to stardom and became the global leader it is today.

This amazing practical book will help you uncover the magic of powerful teams. Creating a strong bond between team members can be elusive, whether in small or large endeavors, at work or in your personal life. But in Effective teams: Six Secrets of Powerful Teams, team management expert Michael Nir will strip away the mystery and teach you concrete methods that make team management easier for you and more rewarding for everyone concerned.

The business leader's toolbox for increasing morale, decreasing turnover, and contributing more than ever to your company's bottom line. 

What if you were able to gracefully create transformational results in your life and business? In Real Magic: The Art of Creating a Life and Business that Work...Effortlessly, Parker Winder entertains you as he pulls back the curtain and reveals the magic of creating previously impossible results in your life and business.

When companies like Wal-Mart, Kinko's, and Service Corp. International adopted active, consumer-driven marketing strategies in place of traditionally passive supplier/consumer relationships, they not only became more profitable - they became market leaders. Roger Blackwell explores what it means to be a mind-to-market leader and how any company, large or small, can beat its competition by employing visionary leadership strategies.