Found insideIn Clockwork, he draws on more than six years of research and real life examples to explain his simple approach to making your business ultra-efficient. This book provides a practical roadmap for connecting profit with purpose to help executives and leaders (re)build trust and create high-performing, sustainable businesses. They are but a few of the groundswell of innovative organizations that have proven the power of pursuing both profit and purpose. THIS IS NOT A TREND. IT'S THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS. In The High–Purpose Company, corporate strategist and researcher Christine Arena shows that some extraordinary companies are driven by purpose, whereas others simply pretend to be. In this book you will learn: Why you are struggling to realize an actual cash profit even though your Net Income (P&L) is "in the black". Found insideBusiness Purpose Design is an essential guide for a human-centric and holistic purpose for businesses. From interviews with CEOs from some of the most purpose-driven brands today, to a step-by-step workshop on finding your own brand's reason for existing beyond profit, The Purpose Advantage explores how standing for something more than just ... You will be filled up and glowing from reading this book and practicing what's in it." —SARK, artist and author, Fabulous Friendship Festival "With Focus on the Good Stuff, Mike Robbins teaches us how to expand the spiritual skill of ... This book seeks to answer the question of ‘leadership for what?’. We shall outline an answer by focusing on responsible leadership of purpose through an inter-disciplinary perspective. Found insideThis book isn’t just about being in business; it’s about the business of being. This is the first book to show companies how to thread their way through economic sea change and slow the drift toward ecological bankruptcy. In Delivering Happiness, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh shares the different lessons he has learned in business and life, from starting a worm farm to running a pizza business, through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more. Found insideChristopher Marquis tells the story of the rise of a new corporate form—the B Corporation. This book makes the business case for improving your social and environmental performance and offers a step-by-step “quick start guide” on how your company can join an innovative and rapidly expanding community of businesses that want ... Provides an overview of the big issues in the business world today, with firsthand accounts from young leaders tasked with tackling these issues head on. This volume challenges reigning shareholder and stakeholder management theories using philosophical and theological dimensions of the Catholic tradition. The For-Purpose Enterprise with its powershifted operating system is a complete replacement for the conventional management hierarchy as well as for conventional management approaches including predict-and-control. Beth Bridges is the Networking Motivator (tm) and developer of the Five-Part Networking Success Plan(tm). In the last ten years she has attended over 2,300 networking events. Found insideThe Alpha Book will explain the traits of an alpha, including charisma, the process of making strong and rightful decisions, how to best communicate with others at multiple levels, and how to turn your daily actions into fruitful prospects. The On-Purpose Business helps you answer these and other questions. Written in a story format, this book will help you make the most of your God-given talent to take your career to the next level. The Business Entity-Relationship Model (ERM) presented in this work enables: - acquire a logical and interrelated view of the key elements of the business and its application in the processes of innovation, entrepreneurship and business ... Found inside100 Cities. 100 Entrepreneurs. 9 Keys for Success. Main Street Entrepreneur offers a unique look at what it takes to create a successful and thriving business. And they’re doing it for all their stakeholders. Not because it’s “politically correct”: because it’s the only path to long-term competitive advantage. These are the Firms of Endearment. Companies people love doing business with. This book contains a clearly explained, proven framework that will make this happen. Goes beyond the typical how-to guide. This is the moment when we will collectively decide what the future will look like. If we put purpose at the center, we can make the future a brighter one. Who this book is for: Maybe you are in school and considering career possibilities. Found insideThis book will inform business faculty and administrators of the degree to which university-based business schools are balancing multiple purposes which include discovery of knowledge, creating knowledge that informs the practice of ... The rules of business are changing dramatically. The Aspen Institute's Judy Samuelson describes the profound shifts in attitudes and mindsets that are redefining our notions of what constitutes business success. Found insideThis multifaceted work offers an exploration of business in relation to religion, art, neuroscience, geopolitics, energy, and beyond to inspire a better understanding of the role of business in the 21st century interconnected world. Found insideHow can purpose provide clarity? How can it accelerate success? How can it build a long term sustainable business? The Power of Purpose is your secret ingredient. Found insideThe future is purpose. It is what is driving innovation and radically reshaping careers and organizations. The Purpose Economy is a roadmap to create a better future and sums up the fundamental changes taking place in business today. Beyond Time Management demonstrates the power of doing business with meaning. Found insideOne of the biggest barriers for growth of SEVs is scalability and internationalization. This book fills the present gap between research and practice; and the non-profits and for-profit worlds. It covers the full arc-from the struggle to conceive the right idea, to funding your startup, to scaling the business, to executing the exit strategy. The appendix includes The Startup Roadmap and The Startup Funding Guide. At the heart of this life-changing book is the premise that every person can produce extraordinary results and reap the real rewards of life. But how? A direct hit with those who want to make business count-and impact the world around them. " In this revolutionary book, authors John Wood and Amalia McGibbon show once and for all that cause is not the enemy of commercialism, but perhaps the new key to it. Found insideThese are the assumptions that shape any organization's behavior, dictate its decisions about what to do and what not to do, and define what an organization considers meaningful results. PARTNER WITH PURPOSE by Steve Schmida is a step-by-step guide to planning, launching, and successfully maintaining cross-sector partnerships, illustrated with vivid real-life stories from the author's work with companies around the world. Found inside – Page vIn this book, Eugen Spivak focuses on excellence in execution of corporate initiatives and serves as a strategic partner for establishing, improving, and running world-class PMO. Found insideIn this book you will learn how a soap brand Lifebuoy taught one billion people about hygiene, how a beer is tackling gender-based violence, and how a toothpaste is tackling school absenteeism amongst many others. This book will force you to address some tough and profound questions: •What difference do we want to make in the world? •What do we really stand for? •Do we have purpose-based leaders in key roles? •Do our employees feel like what ... This book provides you with the simple tools and the mindset that you need to lead your organization into the 21st century. Prosperity tells us not only how to create and run successful businesses but also how policy can get us there and fix our broken system. In this practical guide, experienced business coach and creative consultant Fiona Killackey shows you how to scale the business without scaling the stress. 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