English | 2026 | ISBN: 1032994983 | 216 pages | True PDF,EPUB | Small words carry enormous weight. Your words, chosen with care, are among the most powerful tools you have for making people feel seen, heard, and valued. Saying "tell me more" instead of moving on. Choosing we over I or knowing when not to speak at all. These micro-decisions shape how leaders are perceived, how teams perform, and whether organizations thrive or stagnate. Small Words of Leadership examines the often-underestimated dimension of leadership communication. Companies are defined by what leaders say, and the smallest elements of language accumulate into defining our culture. Word choice, framing, tone, silence. Drawing on psychological research and real-world examples, each chapter examines a specific facet of intentional communication, including inclusive language, the strategic use of silence, the architecture of feedback, and the subtle signals that either build or erode trust and belonging. Leadership development has long emphasized bold decisions and grand strategies. This book makes the case for something quieter and more durable. Everyday conversations are where leadership actually lives. Practical and immediately applicable, it offers leaders at every level a new lens for examining their own language habits and a concrete set of tools for communicating with greater precision, empathy, and effect.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 1041156138 | 261 pages | True PDF,EPUB | Building Adaptive Organisations is a practical guide to thriving in an era of volatility, complexity, and rapid technological change. The book argues that the 300-year-old organisational model, designed for stability and control, is no longer fit for the demands of Industry 4.0 and the changing workplace. The outdated pyramidal enterprise has bred disengaged workforces, out-of-touch leaders, and cultures that collapse under constant disruption. The book presents a compelling alternative that transforms organisations into self-organising, emergent ecosystems. Drawing on industrial-revolution history, organisational theory, original models, and case studies, it demonstrates how to ingrain adaptability into the heart of systems and culture. Building Adaptive Organisations argues that enduring adaptability will never come from top-down leadership, isolated agile initiatives, complicated nested circles, mindset shifts, or cultural makeovers. Instead, the study focuses on five critical system levers that drive adaptability: culture, design, technology, people, and process. It provides practical guidance on how to build an adaptive culture across the organisation’s architecture; designing modular structures with self-organising governance and flexible workflows; integrating digital transformation into the organisation’s core operations; enabling people strategies that support adaptive workforces; and implementing transformational change as a shared, emergent, enterprise-wide endeavour. Offering clear concepts, tools, and pathways, this book equips system leaders and organisational designers to build adaptive, responsive organisations capable of navigating the turbulence of Industry 4.0 and an increasingly unpredictable world.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1955884161 | 201 Pages | PDF Founded on the famous quote from Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, author Cicely Simpson established her C.H.A.I.R Leadership program to coach leaders and executives on how to make their own way and be a people of impact in business and life. She developed the program around five strategies—one for each letter of the word C.H.A.I.R.:

English | June 30th, 2026 | ISBN: 1761773828 | 320 pages | PDF An SAS commander's practical blueprint for elite resilience, leadership and high-performance strategies, perfect for readers of Jocko Willink and David Goggins. Forge unshakeable resilience. Build elite teams. Thrive under pressure. Mark Wales served in the Australian Defence Force for 16 years, with 10 deployments across 5 countries. As an SAS Troop Commander, he led 30 elite soldiers on combat missions deep in enemy territory in Afghanistan. After leaving the army, he completed an Ivy League business degree and worked as a consultant at McKinsey. In Mission Ready, Mark reveals the methods that drive the world's most elite teams. Part battle-tested manual, part resilience playbook, this book distils practical, actionable lessons for leaders, entrepreneurs, self-starters and anyone hungry to raise their game - in business, in sport, at home or in any competitive realm in life. With lessons taken from the battlefield and the boardroom, this is the ultimate go-to manual for high performance, leadership and resilience. Create your Mission Ready mindset. Unlock your full potential.

English | ASIN: B0H2PS8ZN1 | 2026 | 4 hours and 59 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 272 MB When business partner John Ruhlin died unexpectedly, Gift⦁ology lost its public face—and 70 percent of its most profitable revenue—overnight. Faced with that devastating choice, the author resolved to turn crisis into opportunity. From Crisis to Clarity reveals the proven framework behind ten successful turnarounds—now applied in real time to the author's own company. Whether you're facing the "fire" of a sudden blow, the "slow leak" of slipping performance, the "broken mirror" of leadership conflict, or the "hamster wheel" of chronic underperformance, this book offers a clear roadmap to transformation. Central to the methodology is the One Page Recovery Plan, which cuts through chaos to focus on what matters most: clear purpose, strategic priorities, financial fundamentals, and team essentials. Candid "Messy Moments" expose real setbacks, while practical "Marching Orders" guide immediate action. Leaders learn that mess is inevitable—and that embracing it unlocks growth. Every organization will face crisis. The difference between mere survival and thriving transformation lies in how leaders respond. From Crisis to Clarity shows you how to make your greatest challenge your greatest opportunity.

English | 2026 | ISBN-10: 1636942350 | 86 pages| PDF Your Audit Report Matters as Much as the Findings. An audit report is more than a recap of conversations-it's the formal record that establishes what was verified and validated, what must be corrected, and what can be improved. When audit reports are weak, unclear, or incomplete, leaders tend to argue rather than act-and auditors lose credibility. Writing Effective Audit Reports demonstrates how disciplined reporting transforms audit activity into defensible conclusions that protect the organization and drive meaningful change. This book will show you how effective audit reports: Define nonconformities vs. improvement opportunities Protect privacy and confidential information Demonstrate verification and validation Support objective, defensible management decisions

English | 2026 (1997) | ISBN: 0471185396 | 394 Pages | EPUB When nationally renowned options expert Bernie Schaeffer talks, everyone listens. A "Market Maven" on CNBC, a frequent guest on CNN, and a top-rated Timer Digest market timer for the past decade, he has also been a featured speaker at numerous investment conferences. His views on the stock market and the economy are regularly quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Barron's, and Investor's Business Daily. Thousands of subscribers eagerly await each issue of his Option Advisor newsletter, and when he distills his decades of knowledge and experience-as he does in this remarkable book-savvy investors everywhere pay close attention. In The Option Advisor: Wealth-Building Strategies Using Equity and Index Options, Schaeffer offers his own carefully tested, prudent, and profitable strategies for trading options. He begins by dispelling outdated folklore and beliefs about the options world, and reveals instead how options can be used as an inexpensive, leveraged vehicle for profiting from the movement in an equity. With clarity and logic, he explains the basic principles of options trading, emphasizing, in particular, why options cannot be traded like stocks-a very common and potentially very costly mistake. Schaeffer delves into the psychology of options trading, demonstrating how to distinguish between "high" and "low" expectation stocks, how to measure sentiment, and how to master the valued Contrary Opinion Theory for successful trading. He shares his wealth-building techniques for selecting the right stocks, assessing risk, managing your options portfolio, and, most important, for reading market timing indicators. What The Option Advisor boils down to is expert guidance on managing your money, while avoiding the most common errors of options trading. In a detailed section on applications, Schaeffer gives you practical, hands-on advice on how to use a full array of real-world trading strategies, including quick trades, aggressive trading strategies, conservative approaches, portfolio protection, and the increasingly popular Long-term Equity AnticiPation Securities (LEAPS). With characteristic thoroughness, Schaeffer also offers invaluable information on selecting an options broker, opening an options trading account, and doing research on the Internet. From the novice to the experienced investor, The Option Advisor offers a gold mine of information on how to achieve success in options trading.

English | 2026 | ISBN-10: 3032214181 | 428 pages| Epub PDF This book offers a critical evaluation of the political, technological, and sustainability shifts reshaping international business. As global firms confront challenges such as geopolitical tensions, digital disruption, and growing sustainability pressures, the volume provides timely insights into how these forces influence firm strategies and value creation. Drawing on the best papers from the 51st AIB UK and Ireland Chapter Conference, it examines themes including political instability and protectionism, digital transformation of business models, and strategic responses to sustainability challenges. Contributions from leading scholars deliver rigorous analysis and expert perspectives on the evolving international business landscape. The book equips readers with a comprehensive understanding of how firms can adapt to volatility and remain competitive in a rapidly changing global marketplace. It is an essential resource for academics, students, and practitioners seeking to understand contemporary international business dynamics and their implications for research, policy, and strategic decision-making.

English | 2026 | ISBN-10: 3032175291 | 238 pages| Epub PDF Luxury today is no longer defined by products alone. It is also shaped by the experience clients live, feel and remember. Intentional Luxury is a transformative guide for professionals who seek to engage clients in meaningful, high impact interactions, from boutique advisors and hospitality hosts to brand leaders and experience strategists. Drawing on over a decade of global practice, Dr. Matthieu Mielet introduces the concept of Elevated Client Engagement – a framework for delivering Intentional Luxury. Through real-world stories, practical tools, and a fresh perspective on luxury, this book reveals how the functional, relational, and sensorial dimensions shape client engagement, and how to develop them with expertise to consistently reach the elevated level expected today.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 0642572333133 | 57 Pages | PDF Your calendar is fragmented into 30-minute blocks. Teams wait on your decisions. You've become a single point of failure in your own organization. It's not your fault, however. It's a systems design problem; and The Operator's Manual for Engineering Leadership is the practical guide that treats it as such. Don't expect soft management advice or career anecdotes. In this unique approach to challenges, you'll find engineering thinking applied directly to leadership.

English | June 22nd, 2026 | ISBN: 1788609557 | 262 pages | True PDF What if the organizations we work for, volunteer for, or support had a much simpler way of understanding, measuring and maximizing the difference they make in the world? And what if we could cut through complication and put social impact at the heart of strategy? This is easier to do than ever before, but very few organizations manage it. This is largely due to impact measurement being over-complicated, not central to strategy, and not prioritized. This book sets out to change that.

English | 2025 | ISBN: 9815305522 | 180 Pages | PDF Cryptocurrency Market Forecasting With Catboost Models explores the intersection of Financial Technology (FinTech) and Big Data Analytics, specifically their impact on cryptocurrency market predictions. It also discusses advanced machine learning techniques, such as the Catboost model, and the evolving landscape of technologies like quantum computing and blockchain.

English | July 21, 2026 | ISBN-10: 3032277647 | 138 pages| Epub PDF A reliable data foundation is the cornerstone of sound management decisions. Market research serves as a vital source of data and insights on customers, competitors, and markets. This book provides a concise and easily understandable guide for practitioners from SMEs, founders, and startups—regardless of industry—on the key aspects of conducting a market research study. Scientifically validated principles of data collection and analysis are presented pragmatically. This enables decision-makers in small and medium-sized enterprises to gain a quick yet thorough understanding of quantitative surveys and qualitative group discussions. From precise research questions to actionable data interpretation, this guide covers it all. Artificial intelligence is integrated throughout the entire market research process presented in this book. It shows how established tools, such as ChatGPT, can be applied effectively across all stages, from developing research questions to data analysis and interpretation. Practical examples demonstrate how AI enhances efficiency and depth of insight while complementing sound methodological thinking. A dedicated section also addresses the opportunities and limitations of AI, ensuring a balanced and practice-oriented perspective.

English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031238435 | 750 Pages | PDF EPUB This book features a collection of high-quality and peer-reviewed papers from the 2022 6th International Conference on Applied Economics and Business (ICAEB), which was held in Stockholm, Sweden, during August 24-26, 2022. ICAEB serves as a platform for presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of applied economics and business. Applied economics is used to improve the quality of practice in business and public policy by thinking meticulously about new ways to approach old problems. Presentations at the conference include the topical areas of development, ecological, financial, forensic, information, institutional, international, labor, managerial, mathematical, monetary, and other related economic aspects. All these topics relate to an overall theme of sustainable development from an economic perspective. The conference brings together scientists from different fields of applied economic research in order to exchange ideas and experiences leading to improved methods of economic analysis.

English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031499506 | 351 Pages | PDF EPUB This book features a collection of high-quality and peer-reviewed papers from the 2023 7th International Conference on Applied Economics and Business, which was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, during August 24-26, 2023. ICAEB is held annually as a platform for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of applied economics and business. Applied economics is a way of dealing with esoteric economic concepts in a practical and analytical way. It allows for decisions to be made that are underlined by theoretical economic principles but utilized in such a way that they transform into real work applications.The contributors cover topics such as environment, development, finance, forensics, information, institutions, international, labor, management, mathematics, currency, tourism and many more. Applied Economics affects all aspects of life and science and it is brought to the forefront in this collection of papers. The conference, with its aim to bring together economists from different fields, lends itself to a natural and rich collection of scientific papers all focused on the practical application of economic principles. The scope of this collection of papers will be useful to academics and practitioners who look to economics to help solve problems.

English | 2026 | ISBN-10: 9819591120 | 585 pages| Epub PDF This book, bringing together selected papers from the 6th International Conference on Research in Management and Technovation, examines the worldwide ramifications of technology, corporate management, and innovation. Innovation and fast expansion have transformed business and technology in recent decades. Computers and automation are increasingly used in personal and professional life. In the new normal, startups and established companies prioritize business and technology when planning, strategizing, and operating. Academic researchers and organizational leaders are focused on becoming innovators as the global market becomes more tech-dependent. Instead of looking at these subject areas in silos, this book explores them in forms of interdisciplinary approaches and sees them as interconnected systems.

English | May 24, 2026 | ISBN-10: 9819696062 | 335 pages| Epub PDF This book sorts out the causes, consequences and the evolution path of China's economic reform process from the historical dimension of China's economic policy changes, from which the long-standing contradictions and conflicts between the two different models can be seen throughout the process, i.e. the market economy and the state-dominated economy (e.g., Lenin's 'special state capitalism') as well as the potential risks that will be brought by the pause of market and law reform on China's economic and social development. The dispute on the paths exists and will continue, which builds the great complexity and arduousness since China's Reform and Opening-up. This book is written by Chinese economist Jinglian Wu, which helps readers to understand the history and logic behind China's reform and opening-up, as well as the challenges China is facing.

English | July 29, 2026 | ISBN-10: 3031880595 | 438 pages| Epub PDF (True) | The "Great Thinkers in Marketing" series highlights the significant contributions of the most influential scholars to marketing research, theory, and practice. The series and volume editors organize each legend's most impactful articles into several volumes as an anthology set. Volume editors also seek commentaries from other scholars familiar with the legend's work on the articles included in that volume. This set, comprising six volumes of contributions of Donald Lehmann, covers a broad spectrum of topics relating to customer behavior and decision-making processes, the estimation of stochastic models, empirical replication for theoretical generalization, advertising and branding, new product and innovation diffusion, and performance outcomes of marketing strategy. This volume, edited by Lohn Lynch, synthesizes Lehmann's work on meta-analysis and empirical generalization. Along with a collection of his related articles, it features an interview with Lehmann himself and three insightful commentaries from frequent co-authors. Showing how Lehmann's research has theoretical and practical relevance, this work outlines his impact on the marketing field to assess better the generalizability and robustness of their published empirical findings.

English | May 27, 2026 | ISBN-10: 3031778162 | 254 pages| Epub PDF (True) | Despite the growing population and significant natural resources of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), economies in that region currently represent only 2% of global GDP. Finished goods are imported to Africa from the US, Europe, China and Japan, while commodities remain the primary export. Addressing this balance must be the primary focus of initiatives to foster economic growth and development across the region in the coming years. However, there is currently a lack of intellectual discourse that incorporates diverse firm-level and institutional-level theories, as well as the stakeholder perspective, to explain the transformation of Sub-Saharan Africa into a production economy. This two-volume edited work brings together scholars of business in Africa and economic transformation to discuss topics including the knowledge economy, inter-regional relations, supply chains, the informal economy, the service sector and more, creating a broad and probing analysis of Africa’s potential for transformation and strategies to achieve it. This second volume explores the relationship between institutions and sectoral productivity in SSA, emphasising the need for policies that integrate informal economy players into the formal structure to enhance socio-economic development. The volume suggest that strong governance, aligned policies, and the inclusion of informal sector innovations are crucial for improving productivity and achieving sustainable economic transformation in SSA. It will be of interest to scholars of business in Africa, international business, developing economies, business strategy and innovation.

English | May 26, 2026 | ISBN-10: 3032183413 | 268 pages| Epub PDF (True) | 23 MB This book highlights world perspectives on critical aspects impacting the circular economy and the Just Transition. In doing so, it provides recommendations based on the seven pillars of the circular economy which involve: design for durability and longevity, reduce, reuse and recycle, refurbishment and remanufacturing, recovery and regeneration, product as a service, sustainable supply chains, and digital technologies and data.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 1009483714 | 255 Pages | PDF | What ethical norms and obligations apply to economic agents such as companies and consumers? This question sits between two distinct strands of thought: ethics and economics. While economic behaviour often centres on self-interest and competition, ethical thinking emphasises empathy and cooperation. Business ethics seeks to bridge this divide―but past approaches have leaned too heavily toward either moral idealism or economic detachment. This book proposes a more balanced framework, where both ethical and economic reasoning have their place. Drawing on historical and contemporary debates, the authors examine key issues including the profit motive, justice in prices and wages, market harms, the limited liability corporation, and corporate social responsibility. The resulting theory is sensitive to the unique moral dynamics of market contexts and their broader societal consequences. Between Ethics and Economics is essential reading for anyone interested in how ethics and economics intersect in today's marketplace.

2025 | English | 1783307846 | True EPUB | 216 pages | Dirty data is a problem that costs businesses thousands, if not millions, every year. And with the increasing use of AI and Generative AI, it's only getting worse. In organizations large and small across the globe you will hear talk of data quality issues. What you will rarely hear about is the consequences or best practices on how to fix it. Fully revised and updated throughout, this new edition of Between the Spreadsheets draws on classification expert Susan Walsh's years of hands-on experience in data to present a fool-proof method for cleaning and classifying your data. The book covers everything from the very basics of data classification to normalization and taxonomies, and presents the author's proven COAT framework, helping ensure an organization's data is Consistent, Organized, Accurate, and Trustworthy. A series of data horror stories outlines what can go wrong in managing data, and if it does, how it can be fixed as well as new advice on using GenAI and why it is so important to have clean data before using it. After reading this book, regardless of your level of experience, not only will you be able to work with your data more efficiently, but you will also understand the impact the work you do with it has, and how it affects the rest of the organization. Written in an engaging and highly practical manner, Between the Spreadsheets, Second Edition gives readers of all levels a deep understanding of the dangers of dirty data and the confidence and skills to work more efficiently and effectively with it.

English | 2026 | ISBN: 1032766700 | 559 pages | True PDF,EPUB | This handbook explores and critically evaluates key debates and controversies in the emerging field of Dark Events. It brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geographical regions to provide state-of-the-art theoretical reflection and empirical research on celebrations, heritage and customs of death (events) and the macabre. Divided into ten parts, the book explores traditions of dark festivals and events; the display of the dead; commemoration and authenticity within the context of dark events; dark events from the past; dark events in popular culture; controversial dark events; grief and memory; managing dark event experiences; decolonisation and equality for the dead; and dark event futures. This significant volume offers the reader a comprehensive synthesis of this emerging field, conveying the latest thinking and research. The text is international in focus, encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries and areas of study, providing an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in Dark Events. This is essential reading for students, researchers and academics of Dark Events, as well as those of related studies such as tourism, cultural studies, leisure, geography, sociology, death studies and museums.