LEADing Small Business

LEADing Small Business
Author: Stewart Barnes
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2015-07-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1783475501

This is one of the first books to fully value and realise the connection between leadership and learning in SMEs. It provides a real-life narrative, encapsulating the development of business people on a leadership programme for SME managers, whilst exp

Management and Leadership Skills that Affect Small Business Survival

Management and Leadership Skills that Affect Small Business Survival
Author: Jamey M. Long
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1783089512

Have you ever wondered why many of the over 28 million small businesses in operation in the United States do not survive past the first five years? Is it the economy? The stock market? Or is it something else? Two years of research by Jamey Long on factors affecting small business survival revealed a direct relationship linking management and leadership skills. Management and Leadership Skills That Affect Small Business Survival presents the research leading to this discovery that focuses solely on small businesses in the United States and teaches them how to improve management and leadership skills so that they can survive past the historical five-year failure mark.

Business by the Book

Business by the Book
Author: Larry Burkett
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1998-03-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1418513393

What would happen if you made your business decisions by the book? By the Bible that is. This updated version of the best-selling Business by the Book offers radical principles of business management that go beyond the Ten Commandments and other biblical maxims. Business by the Book is a step-by-step presentation of how businesses should be run according to the Creator of all management rules: God. Larry Burkett, founder and president of Christian Financial Concepts, provides business principles from his own experience as well as what God’s Word says on topics such as: Hiring and Firing Decisions Pay Increases and Promotions Management Selection Employee Pay Decisions Borrowing and/or Lending Decisions Forming Corporations and Partnerships Business Tithing Retirement Whether you are the owner of a business, a corporate executive, or a manager, this best-selling classic is for you.

EntreLeadership

EntreLeadership
Author: Dave Ramsey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2011-09-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451646011

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Total Money Makeover and radio and podcast host Dave Ramsey comes an informative guide based on how he grew a successful, multimillion dollar company from a card table in his living room. Your company is only as strong as your leaders. These are the men and women doing battle daily beneath the banner that is your brand. Are they courageous or indecisive? Are they serving a motivated team or managing employees? Are they valued? Your team will never grow beyond you, so here’s another question to consider—are you growing? Whether you’re sitting at the CEO’s desk, the middle manager’s cubicle, or a card table in your living-room-based start-up, EntreLeadership provides the practical, step-by-step guidance to grow your business where you want it to go. Dave Ramsey opens up his championship playbook for business to show you how to: -Inspire your team to take ownership and love what they do -Unify your team and get rid of all gossip -Handle money to set your business up for success -Reach every goal you set -And much, much more! EntreLeadership is a one-stop guide filled with accessible advice for businesses and leaders to ensure success even through the toughest of times.

BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0)

BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0)
Author: Jim Collins
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2020-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0399564233

From Jim Collins, the most influential business thinker of our era, comes an ambitious upgrade of his classic, Beyond Entrepreneurship, that includes all-new findings and world-changing insights. What's the roadmap to create a company that not only survives its infancy but thrives, changing the world for decades to come? Nine years before the publication of his epochal bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins and his mentor, Bill Lazier, answered this question in their bestselling book, Beyond Entrepreneurship. Beyond Entrepreneurship left a definitive mark on the business community, influencing the young pioneers who were, at that time, creating the technology revolution that was birthing in Silicon Valley. Decades later, successive generations of entrepreneurs still turn to the strategies outlined in Beyond Entrepreneurship to answer the most pressing business questions. BE 2.0 is a new and improved version of the book that Jim Collins and Bill Lazier wrote years ago. In BE 2.0, Jim Collins honors his mentor, Bill Lazier, who passed away in 2005, and reexamines the original text of Beyond Entrepreneurship with his 2020 perspective. The book includes the original text of Beyond Entrepreneurship, as well as four new chapters and fifteen new essays. BE 2.0 pulls together the key concepts across Collins' thirty years of research into one integrated framework called The Map. The result is a singular reading experience, which presents a unified vision of company creation that will fascinate not only Jim's millions of dedicated readers worldwide, but also introduce a new generation to his remarkable work.

The Startup of You (Revised and Updated)

The Startup of You (Revised and Updated)
Author: Reid Hoffman
Publisher: Crown Currency
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2012-02-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0307888924

The groundbreaking #1 New York Times bestseller that taught a generation how to transform their careers—now in a revised and updated edition “A profound book about self-determination and self-realization.”—Senator Cory Booker “The Startup of You is crammed with insights and strategies to help each of us create the work life we want.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project In this invaluable book, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Ben Casnocha show how to accelerate your career in today’s competitive world. The key is to manage your career as if it were a startup business: a living, breathing, growing startup of you. Why? Startups—and the entrepreneurs who run them—are nimble. They invest in themselves. They build their professional networks. They take intelligent risks. They make uncertainty and volatility work to their advantage. These are the very same skills professionals need to get ahead today. This book isn’t about cover letters or résumés. Instead, you will learn the best practices of the most successful startups and how to apply these entrepreneurial strategies to your career. Whether you work for a giant multinational corporation, stitch together multiple gigs in a portfolio career, or are launching your own venture, you need to know how to • adapt your career plans as pandemics rage and technologies upend industries • develop a competitive advantage so that you stand out from others at work • strengthen your professional network by building powerful alliances and maintaining a diverse mix of relationships • engineer serendipity that produces life-changing career opportunities • take proactive risks to become more resilient to industry tsunamis • tap your network for information and intelligence that help you make smarter decisions The career landscape has changed dramatically in the decade since Hoffman and Casnocha first published this guide. In an urgent update to the frameworks that have helped hundreds of thousands of people transform their careers, this new edition of The Startup of You will teach you how to achieve your boldest professional ambitions.

The Go-Giver Leader

The Go-Giver Leader
Author: Bob Burg
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2016-03-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0241255260

The classic companion to the international bestseller The Go-Giver 'Share this book with those you care about' Seth Godin 'A manifesto for twenty-first-century leadership packaged in a fun and engaging story. Buy this book and get it in the hands of everyone in your company' Darren Hardy, Success Magazine Ben is an ambitious young executive charged with persuading 500 employee shareholders to agree to a merger that will save their company. But despite his best efforts, he can't convince anyone to buy in to the deal. During his week at the company, Ben realizes that his aggressive style is actually making it harder to reach his goals. Will Ben find a way to sway the shareholders before the climactic vote? The answer may surprise you, as you follow Ben on his journey to understanding that the path to genuine influence lies less in taking leadership than in giving it. PLEASE NOTE: This book was previously published under the titleIt's Not About You.

Small Business Management

Small Business Management
Author: Meir Liraz
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2017-08-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781974123391

Discover the Techniques and the "Dirty Little Tricks" That will Help Boost Your Sales, Pile Up Profits and Leave Your Competitors in the Dust. Whether you are presently running your own business or just planning to start one, "Small Business Management: Essential Ingredients for Success" can be the best business investment you have ever made. It will show exactly what you need to know to make your business a success. This guide will teach you scores of small business management tricks, secrets and shortcuts - and teach them so that you can start using them at once. This program does far more than impart knowledge... it inspire action. You will be amazed at how simple these strategies and concepts are and how easy it will be for you to apply them to your own business or project. Here's what you'll discover: * How to Make Your Business More Profitable - tried and tested business management boosting ideas to help you stay pointed toward profit. * Essential Ingredients for Your Marketing Success - what are the secrets behind constructing and executing a successful marketing campaigns? here's a step by step guide to managing your marketing activities in a way to drive your sales through the roof. * 27 Tips to Increase the Effectiveness of Your Delegation - tactics to squeeze more out of your day with foolproof delegation techniques. * How to Reach Your Goals Faster - a wise man once said: "If you're not sure where you are going, you're liable to end up someplace else." Discover the tips and techniques that will make sure you're always on the right track. * How to Deal with Changes in The Market - The winds of change are building - reshaping business and personal lives. Some people dig in their heels and try to resist change. Others ride the winds of change and seize the amazing opportunities it brings. Discover ten habits to recognize and maximize the gifts of change. * How to Build a Winning Team - powerful tips and strategies to motivate and inspire your people to bring out the best in them. Be the boss people want to give 200 percent for. * How to Make a Good First Impression - You Only Have One Chance to Make a Great First Impression!. Discover the top ten strategies proven to help you make the best first impression possible. Get These 5 Valuable Free Gifts (a limited time offer) Place your order by the end of this month and I will also include instant download instructions for the following free gifts: Free Gift #1: Business Financial Planner This is a multi featured, fully operational Excel based software program. It is a financial management program that will help you prepare budgets, cash flow projections, and much more. Free Gift #2: A Simple Business Plan Template In MS Word Format Allows you to craft a good basic business plan quickly and easily. Free Gift #3: How to Improve Your Leadership and Management Skills (eBook) How to lead and manage people; powerful tips and strategies to motivate and inspire your people to bring out the best in them. Be the boss people want to give 200 percent for. Free Gift #4: Video Training Course - How To Gain A Competitive Advantage Learn how to get a competitive advantage with this course. Learn how to brand, study your competition, identify customers and their preferences, create pricing strategies and much more. Leverage the uniqueness of your business to create a real competitive advantage. Free Gift #5: Video Training Course - How To Grow Your Business You have started your business and now you think you are ready to grow. How do you really know if you and your company are ready for the next step? This course will help you determine if a growth opportunity is right for you.

Leadership and Small Business

Leadership and Small Business
Author: Karise Hutchinson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2017-09-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319647776

This innovative book combines theoretical and practical perspectives with the power of storytelling to present a new understanding of leadership as a concept and endeavour in the small business organisation. With the assertion that leadership capability is a key function of small firm survival and growth, it underlines the importance of addressing the phenomenon within small business. Employing storytelling as a fresh alternative to a traditional case study approach, the narrative of leading with purpose in real time is captured alongside relevant and current academic debate. In building upon the Harvard model of purpose driven leadership, the author offers a new definition and discussion of leadership that connects theory to real impact, based on research carried out with UK small business organisations. The overall aim of the book is to provoke interest in small business leadership and generate new knowledge of leading with purpose.