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Mergers and acquisitions are a fundamental part of the business landscape, yet over half fail to deliver on their objectives. Leading the Deal is the first essential step in boosting the probabilities of success, providing unique new insights into established strategies, and detailing the key psychological leverage points that allow leadership teams to effectively harness 'people power' in the M&A process. Leading the Deal supports leaders at each step in the M&A journey and reveals a clear pa...

VICTORY Principles is written in the three part format of a Staff Ride, the same technique used to train army officers. A Staff Ride focuses the study of history on leadership ""lessons learned"" that can be applied in the future. Part one of this book is the fascinating story of D-Day itself. Part two describes seven universal leadership lessons, the VICTORY Principles. Part three is a guide to the battlefield sites on the northern coast of France. In VICTORY Principles, Colonel Kloeber uses hi...

James Timothy White’s rise to success was a phenomenal rags to riches story until he nearly lost it all in 2007.  White opens up in his newest and most personal release, Born to Be Business Savvy, about his upbringing, strong entrepreneurial spirit and how he became one of the youngest self-made millionaires in the world and began building an empire at age 21.  In Born to be Business Savvy White shows the reader how he first attained extraordinary success at a very young age and how a crooked bu...

John C. Maxwell, #1 New York Times bestselling author, shows you how to shift from success to significance by leading with passion and purpose in a compact new book derived from his previous title, Intentional Living. We all want to live a life that matters. But what is true significance? How do we define it, and how do we achieve it? In THE POWER OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, Maxwell demonstrates what can come from combining personal passion and leadership in a way that goes beyond mere success. By find...

Yogi Berra said, leading is easy, the hard part is getting people to follow. Let this user-friendly guide show you the path to great leadership Eliciting cooperation from a group of people of any size-from a project team to an army-can be like trying to tap dance on quicksand. Although leadership might come easier to some people, it isn't necessarily something you have to be born with as you'll learn in this step-by-step guide to becoming a leader - leaders are made, not born, and just about...

Fifteen years ago, after, having completed a two-year research study, long-time Economist journalists and editors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge published an explosive critique of management theory and its legions of evangelists and followers. Their work became a bestseller, widely praised by reviewers and devoured by readers confused by the buzzwords and concepts created by the management industry. When the book was published, ideas about re-engineering, the search for excellence, qual...

GREATNESS aims at inspiring people to achieve their personal and professional best. It opens with an in-depth discussion of the nature of Greatness - what it is, what it is not and why it is worth pursing. Each subsequent chapter has a detailed story illustrating one aspect of Greatness with examples from the sports greats that Don has interviewed over the years. There are also practical tips and plans for assisting the reader in implementing new habits, routines, practices and philosophies of G...