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Business Book Extracts

Read extracts from top business books written by IIDM's network of contributors. Download of a chapter or more for each book. Review the book contents and purchase the book online. New business book extracts will be regularly added to the following list ... so remember to visit this web page again.

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Latest Book Extracts

Business Book Extract: Unreasonable Ambition

A tornado of change has descended upon the world of work where leaders must navigate the unknown, armed only with an outdated roadmap, bad intel and... READ MORE

Business Book Extract: Mindset Mastery: Do Less. Achieve More.

Mindset Mastery will show you how to remove distracting thoughts so you can remain focused on tasks you need to complete. READ MORE

Business Book Extract: How To Heal A Workplace

Boost wellbeing and build a robust, productive culture in your workplace. READ MORE

Business Book Extract: Money Magnet

In this breakthrough book, bestselling author and self-made multi-millionaire Steve McKnight delivers a simple yet powerful guide anyone can use to... READ MORE

 
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Business Book Extract: Fred 2.0

By Mark Sanborn

Nine years ago, bestselling author and business consultant Mark Sanborn introduced the world to Fred, his postman, who delivered extraordinary service in simple but remarkable ways. Fred's story inspired millions. Companies-even, cities-were inspired to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary each day.

Business Book Extract: The Advantage

By Patrick Lencioni

There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerful than any other. Is it superior strategy? Faster innovation? Smarter employees?

Business Book Extract: Stick With It

By Lee J. Colan and Julie Davis-Colan

How do you win in today's world? Is it having a distinct competitive advantage, such as exceptional talent, a cutting-edge product or standout service? Perhaps it comes down to being able to anticipate market trends or fostering a culture of creativity and innovation. Or maybe the answer is having the best strategy. While all of these factors are clearly important, none (nor all) guarantees success.

Business Book Extract: Think Write Grow

By Grant Butler

In a competitive age, thought leadership has emerged as a subtle but powerful way to grow your business, establish credibility and demonstrate expertise, build your profile and forge relationships with prospects and customers.

Business Book Extract: Think Next

By Roger La Salle

In the aggressive world of enterprise today, everybody is trying to identify and seize the next big opportunity.

Business Book Extract: From Bud To Boss

By Kevin Eikenberry

The transition from bud to boss is a challenging but exciting one, one that brings new responsibilities, new relationship dynamics, and new opportunities for personal and career growth. Often, new supervisors don't get the training, support, and guidance they need to be successful.

Business Book Extract: Liberate Leadership

By Suzanne Mercier

Leadership is critical to business success. It impacts every measurable dimension of business from employee engagement to innovation to effective utilisation of the organisation's assets. However, in spite of the significant investment organisations are making in identifying and developing emerging leaders, up to 75% of leaders are rated by their followers as incompetent.

Business Book Extract: The Encore Effect

By Mark Sanborn

You know what an encore is ... You are so moved by a performance that you and the rest of the audience start clapping, cheering, and yelling, "Bravo!" - refusing to let the artist or performer leave the stage. The audience wants - demands - more of that artist. What if that artist was you?

Business Book Extract: Up, Down Or Sideways

By Mark Sanborn

Up, Down, or Sideways looks at the mindsets and methods that enable us to succeed come what may. It teaches a practical way of preparing for and dealing with change by focusing on those things that should never change.

Business Book Extract: Out Of Office

By Gihan Pererra

The Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries created the need for workers to come to offices every day. Until recently, many office workers had no choice except to work in the office, because that's where they could find files, telephones, the secretarial pool and their colleagues.

Business Book Extract: Get In The Go Zone

By Mark McKeon

The Go Zone is an easy to implement, yet powerful habit and mindset that will enable you to do the important things at the right times, and the less important things when you have time. The bonus is that you will also create more time to do the things that you want to do for you, or time just to do nothing at all.

Business Book Extract: Speedlights & Elephants

By Eddie Yu

Why do most online businesses fail and what makes the successful ones great? Every entrepreneur who has an online presence or is thinking of a new online venture will want to know the answer to this question. Eddie Yu presents a very personal look into the mindsets and strategies which have worked for him and demonstrates how anyone with a good idea can create an online business worth shouting out loud about.

Business Book Extract: Execution To Die For

By Graham Haines

This book is about overcoming the barriers to execution; the barriers that frustrate managers the world over as they see their plans and strategies undermined by poor implementation.

Business Book Extract: Recommended

By Andy Lopata

We all know that a recommendation from a friend or trusted contact is worth far more than what we hear from an advert or a salesperson. Recommended shows you new ways of generating referrals which make getting recommended faster, cheaper and more valuable.

Business Book Extract: Building Resilience At Work

By Kathryn McEwen

Our resilience, or capacity to bounce back and even thrive in pressured times, is critical in workplaces today. With higher workloads, declining resources and frequent change, together with the hectic pace of personal lives, resilience is almost a key to survival.

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