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JOHN LIVESAY THE GAME CHANGER – Better Selling through Storytelling Read More »
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From the CEO of Seamless.ai comes a book that will change the way you think about selling – featuring 50+ top sales leaders. Most salespeople do not achieve extraordinary results. Those that do all have one thing in common: A collection of secret strategies, philosophies and frameworks they use every day to find and close …
BRANDON BORNANCIN – Sales Secrets from the Top 1% Read More »
A Joyous Journey to Sales Success In a world full of quick fixes and hyper-aggressive focus on systematized sales, S.M.I.L.E. takes readers on a different path: better sales and better living through relationship-building. Written for both rookie and veteran real estate agents and salespeople everywhere, this book is the antidote to the frenzied, formulaic, and pressure-driven sales …
Lars Helgeson is the author of CRM for Dummies Lars Helgeson is a pioneer in sales and marketing technology. His CRM platform for small to mid-size businesses, GreenRope, was built from scratch and has grown to include over 3,000 clients in more than 40 countries since its inception in 2011. He is a frequent speaker for …
Andy Cunningham- Get to Aha!: Discover Your Positioning DNA and Dominate Your Competition Too many leaders fail to ask the two most important questions about their company: Who are we? And why do we matter? Like people, companies are organisms that reflect their creators, their environments, their obstacles, and their strengths. They carry a core …
Jan Yager- Put More Time on Your Side: How to Manage Your Life in a Digital World (Second Edition, Revised and Updated) Put More Time on Your Side: How to Manage Your Life in a Digital World, sociologist, business, and relationship expert Dr. Jan Yager helps you to become more efficient in a work world …
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William (Willy) Donaldson-Simple_Complexity: A Management Book For The Rest of Us: A Guide to Systems Thinking Every business is a system – Simple_Complexity reveals the structure and dynamics of the system so you can excel at managing it. Every manager knows a business is a system, yet very few have studied systems thinking or system …
Dorriah Rogers- DECIDE TO PROFIT: 9 Steps to a Better Bottom Line We are operating in a world defined by rapid-fire change, shifting markets, and a high demand for innovation. Yet, in spite of the world’s battle cry for newness and growth, businesses continue to suffer from net margin erosion, lack of productivity, and a …
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Rachael O’Meara- Pause: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break Rachael O’Meara was a customer support manager at Google when she realized she was burned out and needed to reassess her path. The best way to do this was to take a “pause”—a time-out to create space for her inner voice to be …
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Peter Georgescu- Capitalists, Arise!: End Economic Inequality, Grow the Middle Class, Heal the Nation Peter Georgescu arrived in this country as a penniless Romanian refugee and rose to become the CEO of Young & Rubicam. This is why he’s so heartsick that with flat wages, disappearing jobs, and a shrinking middle class, his kind of …
David Nour- Co-Create: How Your Business Will Profit from Innovative and Strategic Collaboration? What if your customers had a vested interest in guiding your company toward greater success? What if your employees had a personal as well as professional commitment to elevating your organization? Imagine how different your results would be if investors, vendors, and …
Ekaterina Walter – The Power of Visual Storytelling: How to Use Visuals, Videos, and Social Media to Market Your Brand Human brain processes visuals 60,000x faster than text. Web posts with visuals drive up to 180% more engagement than those without. Viewers spend 100% more time on web pages with videos. Attention is the new …
Brad Feld- Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist Get the inside scoop on what venture capitalists want to see in your startup. This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Brad Feld. The original live interview was 4/14/17. Venture Deals provides entrepreneurs …
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Stacey Hanke- Influence Redefined: Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be, Monday to Monday Your team is only as strong as your influence, and many leaders today are mistaken about what it means to be influential. An outdated influence paradigm, along with technological devices and distractions, is making it increasingly challenging for leaders to …
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Mike Moyer- Slicing Pie: Funding Your Company Without Funds Slicing Pie is not complicated. It is a simple formula based on the principle that a person’s % share of the equity should always be equal to that person’s share of the at-risk contributions. At-risk contributions include time, money, ideas, relationships, supplies, equipment, facilities or anything …
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Joe Calloway- Keep It Simple: Unclutter Your Mind to Uncomplicate Your Life “I’m making this way more complicated than it needs to be.” Do you ever have that thought? We all do. We live in a world that becomes more complex everyday, and cluttered processes and complications are the enemies of control in your life …
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Barbara Weaver Smith, Ph.D. -Whale Hunting with Global Accounts: Four Critical Sales Strategies to Win Global Customers This on demand audio is a part of the The Game Changer Network Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Barbara Weaver Smith. The original live interview was 7/1/16. Nothing grows your bottom line faster than new business with your global …
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Cathy Salit-Performance Breakthrough: A Radical Approach to Success at Work In Performance Breakthrough Cathy Salit presents the revolutionary approach to learning and growing that she and her company Performance of a Lifetime have been using for twenty years to help American Express, Nike, Pfizer, the United States Olympic Committee, PwC, 3M, and Chanel, among a …
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Freya Williams -Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion-Dollar Businesses What do Brazil’s top beauty brand, America’s second-fastest-growing restaurant chain, and the world’s third bestselling car have in common? They are shattering the myth that acting sustainably and building a billion-dollar business are mutually exclusive. Packed with eye-opening research, exclusive interviews, and enlightening …
David Livermore- Driven by Difference: How Great Companies Fuel Innovation Through Diversity Today’s workforce is more diverse than ever before. But despite new perspectives and talents, the promise of increased innovation rarely materializes. Why are so few businesses seeing results? Studies show that diverse teams are more creative than homogenous ones–but only when they are …
Bryan Kramer-Shareology: How Sharing Is Powering the Human Economy This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Bryan Kramer. The original live interview was 4/29/16. Technology continues to evolve and make our lives busier and more complicated, but it can never replace true human connection–our fundamental …
Dr. John H. Johnson- Everydata: The Misinformation Hidden in the Little Data You You Consume Every Day This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews John H. Johnson. The original live interview was 4/22/16. The average person consumes approximately 30 gigabytes of data every single …
Barbara Cave Henricks- MASTERING THE NEW MEDIA LANDSCAPE: Embrace the Micromedia Mindset This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Barbara Cave Henricks. The original live interview was 4/1/16. The giant brands that once dominated the media landscape—Oprah, the New York Times, NPR, CNN—have seen …
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Liz Wiseman- Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Liz Wiseman. The original live interview was 3/11/16. In a time of constant change, success depends on seeing the world through rookie eyes, …
Braden Kelley-Charting Change: A Visual Toolkit for Making Change Stick Research shows that up to seventy percent of all change initiatives fail. Let’s face it, change is hard, as is getting an organization on board and working through the process. One thing that has been known to be effective is onboarding teams not only to …
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Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez- The Focused Organization: How concentrating in just a few key initiatives can dramatically improve strategy execution This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez. The original live interview was 2/26/16. In The Focused Organization Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez shows you how fewer, more …
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Misti Burmeister- Provoking Greatness: Unleashing Hidden Potential This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends’ Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Misti Burmeister. The original live interview was 2/19/16. When complacency and survival have overtaken a thriving and effective team, you have three choices: ignore their gifts, address them poorly, or …
Whitney Johnson-DISRUPT YOURSELF: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work Read More »
Lisa Larter- Pilot to Profit: Navigating Modern Entrepreneurship to Build Your Business Using Online Marketing, Social Media, Content Marketing and Sales This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Lisa Larter. The original live interview was 1/15/16. Seatbelts fastened. Business dreams in the upright position. …
Brian Solis- X: The Experience Where Business Meets Design This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Brian Solis. The original live interview was 12/18/15. The future of business lies in experience architecture and you are the architect. Do you know how your customers experience …
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Tania Luna- Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable and Engineer the Unexpected This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Tania Luna. The original live interview was 10/23/15. Do you prefer when: A) Things go according to plan? or B) When the unexpected happens? Most of us …
Greg McKeown- Essentialism; The Disciplined Pursuit of Less This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Greg McKeown. The original live interview was 9/11/15. Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized? Are you often busy but not …
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Carol Sanford-The Responsible Entrepreneur: Four Game-Changing Archetypes for Founders, Leaders, and Impact Investors This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Carol Sanford. The original live interview was on 8/14/15. Responsible entrepreneurs are a special breed, seeking to transform industries and even society itself. They …
Steven Overman- The Conscience Economy: How a Mass Movement for Good is Great for Business This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Steven Overman. The original live interview was 7/31/15. A generation of people around the world, from Boston to Bangkok, from New York …
Mark C. Winters- Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You Want This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Mark C. Winters. The original live interview was 7/17/15. Rocket Fuel is what gets added to your business when …
Perry Marshall-80/20 Sales and Marketing: The Definitive Guide to Working Less and Making More This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Perry Marshall. The original live interview was 6/12/15. Perry Marshall has launched two revolutions in sales and marketing. In Pay Per Click advertising, …
Patti Johnson-Make Waves: Be the One to Start Change at Work and in Life Anyone can start or contribute to a wave. Patti Johnson researched and interviewed an eclectic mix of Wave Makers, from leaders in business and the community, to entrepreneurs and new professionals, to explore the decisions and actions of individuals who started …
Jeanne Bliss- Chief Customer Officer 2.0: How to Build Your Customer-Driven Growth Engine Chief Customer Officer 2.0 is based on a five-competency framework that successfully launched multitudes of Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies through their customer experience transformations. The framework addresses the issues that remain prominent, including siloed organizations and the need for clear …
Linda Hill- Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation At the heart of innovation is a paradox: you have to unleash the talents and passions of many people, yet you have to harness them into a work that is actually useful. Management professor Linda Hill offers three keys to overcoming this paradox and …
Richard Sheridan- Joy, Inc. : How We Built a Workplace People Love At Menlo Innovations, CEO and Chief Storyteller, Richard Sheridan has built a culture that removes the fear and ambiguity that traditionally makes a workplace miserable. With joy as the explicit goal, he has changed everything about how the company is run, and has …
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Dr. James Canton-Future Smart: Managing the Game-Changing Trends that Will Transform Your World Game-changing trends are coming in business, technology, workforce, economy, security, and environment. Climate change, energy demand, and population growth will redefine global risk and power. Exponential new technologies will emerge in digital money, mobile commerce, and big data. An explosive new middle …
Robert Sher-Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers Because business consultants focus on big companies that can afford big consulting fees, and because the problems of the Fortune 500 are very different than those of midsized businesses, there have been very few books that provide relevant growth advice for midsized company leaders, …
Zombie Loyalists: Using Great Service to Create Rabid Fans by Peter Shankman. Marketing and PR expert Peter Shankman has been working with the biggest companies in the world to create what he calls “Zombie Loyalists,” fervent fans that help companies massively increase their customer base, brand awareness, and most importantly, revenue. After all, why should …
Marcia Reynolds-THE DISCOMFORT ZONE: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations Into Breakthroughs his on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Marcia Reynolds. The original live interview was 10/10/14. Leaders, managers, and coaches are charged with getting people to stretch their limits but are often unsuccessful. Top …
Holly Green- Using Your Brain to Win in today’s hyper-paced world This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Holly Green. The original live interview was 9/19/14. The human brain is an amazing tool. Yet, many of its ways of working do not serve business …
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Theresa L. Corcoran- Rebounding: A Practical Guide for Getting Up (and Getting Over it!) This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Theresa L. Corcoran. The original live interview was 5/3/13. Who among us has not experienced “failure”? Rebounding is about the process of rediscovering, …
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A practical guide to developing productive business relationships to hasten your success, whether you work for a major corporation, a small business, or are a self-employed entrepreneur or freelancer. Jan Yager, Ph.D., whose bosses, over the years, have included legendary publisher Barney Rosset, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer, and academic chairs, did extensive original …
Rachael O’Meara- Pause: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break Rachael O’Meara was a customer support manager at Google when she realized she was burned out and needed to reassess her path. The best way to do this was to take a “pause”—a time-out to create space for her inner voice to be …
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Barbara Mistick- Stretch: How to Future-Proof Yourself for Tomorrow’s Workplace You know you can do more with your career. And the future is going to demand more of you. The problem is you are so busy keeping up with the day-to-day that you can’t prepare for tomorrow. Stretch: How to Future Proof Yourself for Tomorrow’s …
Gloria Feldt- Take The Lead, the organization I founded as a result of No Excuses and Strong Female Lead/How our idea of strong women unintentionally hurts female leaders Gloria Feldt is co-founder and president of Take The Lead, the new women’s leadership movement to prepare, develop, inspire and propel women to take their fair and …
Misti Burmeister- Provoking Greatness: Unleashing Hidden Potential This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends’ Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Misti Burmeister. The original live interview was 2/19/16. When complacency and survival have overtaken a thriving and effective team, you have three choices: ignore their gifts, address them poorly, or …
Laura Stack-Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time Doing the Right Things Right details precisely how today’s leaders and managers can obtain profitable, productive results by managing the intersection of two critical values: effectiveness and efficiency. Effectiveness, Stack says, is identifying and achieving the best objectives for your organization-doing the right …
Rachel Hofstetter-Cooking Up a Business: Lessons from Food Lovers Who Turned Their Passion into a Career — and How You Can, Too! This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Rachel Hofstetter. The original live interview was 11/20/15. Cooking Up a Business is an inside …
Jessica Bacal- Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Jessica Bacal. The original live interview was 11/13/15. Today’s women are being told to “lean in,” to …
David Bradford- Up Your Game: 6 Timeless Principles for Networking Your Way to the Top This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews David Bradford. The original live interview was 10/09/15. No matter where you are on your career trajectory, a new college graduate, a …
Greg McKeown- Essentialism; The Disciplined Pursuit of Less This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Greg McKeown. The original live interview was 9/11/15. Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized? Are you often busy but not …
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Emily Guy Birken- Choose Your Retirement: Find the Right Path to Your New Adventure This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Emily Guy Birken. The original live interview was 8/28/15. Even though half of all Americans put money aside for retirement, it isn’t until …
Bonnie Marcus- THE POLITICS OF PROMOTION: How High-Achieving Women Get Ahead and Stay Ahead This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Bonnie Marcus. The original live interview was 7/03/15. Working industriously, diligently, and with heads down has served women well. They now hold 57 …
Kathleen Pushor – Into the Boardroom: How to Get Your First Seat on a Corporate Board/Women in the Boardroom series-Part III This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Kathleen Pushor. The original live interview was 6/19/15. Mysterious and powerful, for decades America’s boardrooms have …
Wendy Wallbridge- Spiraling Upward: The 5 Co-Creative Powers for Women on the Rise Women comprise 51 percent of the world’s population, make up over half the workforce, and control 85 percent of consumer decisions. Never before have women been so degreed or so represented as decision makers in all areas of influence. Why, then, do …
Patti Johnson-Make Waves: Be the One to Start Change at Work and in Life Anyone can start or contribute to a wave. Patti Johnson researched and interviewed an eclectic mix of Wave Makers, from leaders in business and the community, to entrepreneurs and new professionals, to explore the decisions and actions of individuals who started …
Elizabeth Ghaffari-Tapping the Wisdom That Surrounds You: Mentorship and Women (Women in the Boardroom Series-Part II) Ms. Ghaffari’s third book, Tapping the Wisdom that Surrounds You: Mentorship and Women reveals true stories by and about women mentors and mentees and their experiences from home, school, play, and work; examples from in the media, from politica, …
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Sheila Ronning- Women in the Boardroom Long before women on boards was a hot topic, Sheila Ronning believed in women’s ability to serve on corporate boards strongly enough to become the Founder & CEO of Women in the Boardroom. Today, as one of the nation’s top leadership and board service experts, Sheila excels at connecting …
Suzanne Garber-SAFETY NETworking: A Tale of Ten Truths of Executive Networking Based on 100+ C-level executive interviews who have been laid off, downsized or just plain fired, SAFETY NETwork intertwines professional defeat with hope, humor, and humanity. Suzanne Garber has been featured in the NY Times, USA Today, US News & World Report, and BusinessWeek, …
Anna Carroll-The Feedback Imperative: How to Give Everyday Feedback to Speed Up Your Team’s Success As a veteran in the business landscape, Carroll applies her extensive research and expertise in business consulting and psychology to The Feedback Imperative, illustrating how components such as brain science, generational trends, our information economy, limiting beliefs and organizational culture …
Debra Benton- The CEO Difference: How to Climb Crawl and Leap Your Way to the Next Level of Your Career This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Debra Benton. The original live interview was 10/31/14. Stay relevant, stay connected, STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME. …
Catherine Carr-Living “Without Borders” for Médecins Sans Frontières’(MSF) Catherine Carr compares being stuck in her work and life like constantly washing dishes. Dull, unchallenging and stagnant. That is, until she decided she was through being stuck and ready to dream big. Catherine’s metaphoric dishwashing days were over. She went on the Doctors Without Borders website …
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Annette Hogan- From Rocket Ships to Cruise Ships This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Annette Hogan. The original live interview was 2/07/14 Annette Hogan is one of the founding board members of the Executive Girlfriends Group and currently serves as Managing Director, ONBOARD.COM. …
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Pamela Slim- Body of Work – Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Pamela Slim. The original live interview was 1/10/14. In our first call for 2014, it is my pleasure to welcome seasoned coach and writer, …
Renie Cavallari is an energetic trainer, strategist, speaker, author and leader who has delivered measurable results for businesses around the world over the past 20 years. She is best known for collaborating with teams to inspire success and unleash the uncharted possibilities of people and the businesses they impact. Renie’s distinct and captivating speaking style …