The Barefoot Executive By Carrie Wilkerson
Thomas Nelson, Inc. www.thomasnelson.com
As the jobless rate continues to rise, millions are coming to terms with the reality that the only boss they may ever have again is staring back at them in the mirror.
A Texas mother of four and successful work-at-home entrepreneur, Carrie Wilkerson has written The Barefoot Executive as the ultimate manual for being your own boss.
In it, Wilkerson shows innovative strategies to develop new streams of income and stabilize personal finances; provides business models that are recession proof; teaches the reader how to establish credibility and business presence; and demonstrates ways to maximize the use of technology for social media, mass marketing, personal management, and more.
Operation Attitude –
God’s Secret Weapon: Humor
By J. Lissner
AuthorHouse www.authorhouse.com
Operation Attitude is a motivational and humorous autobiographical and pictorial account of Lissner’s struggles with breast cancer, divorce, dating, finances, and employment. It’s also an inspirational guide on how to apply humor and a positive attitude to face life’s challenges.
As most persons of faith would do in a time of crisis, Lissner prayed for guidance. After days of attributing the message she received to a misinterpretation or the side effects of chemotherapy, Lissner purchased a conehead and some crazy costume wigs and wore them to her cancer treatments.
The Secret Language of Leadership By Stephen Denning
Jossey-Bass www.josseybass.com
How do leaders connect and engage with their audiences? In this sequel to The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling, business narrative expert Stephen Denning explains why traditional approaches to leadership communication don’t work and reveals the hidden patterns that effective leaders use to spark change.
The book shows how anyone can inspire enduring enthusiasm for a cause, even in skeptical, cynical, or even hostile audiences. It introduces the concept of narrative intelligence—an ability to understand and act and react agilely in the quicksilver world of interacting narratives.
It shows why this ability is key to the central task of leadership, what its dimensions are, and how you can measure it.
