The granddaddy
reference for small business people - how to shift from
being purely a "technician" to manager and
entrepreneur and how to get out of the trap of letting
your business run you. Told in highly readable story
format.
Most business owners don't have a business plan - they know
they "should." With this book you can actually produce one
in a short period of time that will truly help you run and
grow your business, rather than have it run you!
This is one of THE BEST "time management books." It explains
in compelling fashion how it's ENERGY we must manage, not
time. I based one of my popular "time management" workshops
on the ideas in this book.
The other "must read" book on how to be productive. Not an
instant fix - but nothing truly valuable is. Allen truly
deserves his guru reputation!
I almost never meet people who enjoy conflict and difficult conversations. So I
always recommend these two superb resources on how to talk when the subject is
important, emotions run high and the parties disagree (Crucial Conversations)
and how to talk when agreements have been broken (Crucial Confrontations).
A wonderful book for those interested in locally based,
socially responsible, employee owned business. The story of
South Mountain contracting company on Martha's Vineyard.
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