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Unleashed! Expecting Greatness and Other Secrets of Coaching for Exceptional Performance, by Gregg Thompson

Posted by Dan Janal, Your Fearless PR LEADER | November 2nd, 2007

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Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer:
- Business Leaders (Manager to Executive Level)
- Human Resources Professionals
- Professional Leadership Coaches

Q: What is the book about?
A: Coaching has been shown to be an effective way to grow organizations, maximize resources and outputs, and build a vibrant, engaged workforce.

As a result, managers are increasingly being asked to be more coach-like in their leadership roles; yet most of them find themselves ill-equipped to provide coaching.

Unleashed! presents readers with a straight forward coaching model which is based the techniques used by professional executive coaches, and provides and effective means of incorporating high performance coaching into your organization’s culture.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: I have extensive experience as both an internal HR professional and an external leadership coach. This has given me valuable insight into the practices of professional coaches, and how organizations can deploy these internally to develop a culture of high performance.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?

A: Unlike so many coaching books on the market today, Unleashed! does not provide you with a step by step guide to “doing” coaching. Rather, it outlines the best processes and practices of professional executive coaches in a simple, straight forward model which can easily be implemented in your organization.

HER TURN: Why It’s Time For Women To Lead in America, by Vicki Donlan

Posted by Dan Janal, Your Fearless PR LEADER | October 31st, 2007

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Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: The intended audience is men and women who are interested in the future of America — making sure we stay a leader across industry sectors. Men and women leading organizations, corporations, law firms, medical institutions, institutions of higher learning, nonprofit organizations and involved in political parties.

Q: What is the book about?
A: Her Turn: Why It’s Time for Women to Lead in America makes the case that women have the numbers, talents, determination and willingness to lead and they are ready for the challenge. Her Turn delves into the dramatic changes that will result when women take the lead in business, politics, higher education, health care, and philanthropy, and how those changes will benefit generations to come, in America and around the world.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: I have spent the last 10 years profiling women in business – the newspaper has profiled more than 3000 women in 9 states – and I understand the dynamics women face. I also am a woman in business and have 50+ years of experience to share.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: There are many books on women’s leadership – the how-to’s, the best practices and the what to do and not to dos. This book takes the next step as to why women’s leadership is critical to America at this time in our history. This is the first to make the case that women are the answer to our leadership across industry sectors and to keep ahead of the rest of the world.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: This book also provides a take action approach for women to understand the need for women to help women more than ever.

The Three Financial Styles of Very Successful Leaders, by Dr. E. Ted Prince

Posted by Dan Janal, Your Fearless PR LEADER | October 30th, 2007

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Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: Senior managers and executives, human resources professionals, and anyone interested in understanding their financial personality

Q: What is the book about?
A: The book develops a new approach to analyzing the impact of financial decisions by executives and shows that all individuals have personal financial traits that express themselves through our financial decisions in characteristic ways. The expression of these traits reflects a Financial Signature® that each individual possesses. There are nine Financial Signatures and each of these will lead to a characteristic impact on financial performance reflected in the valuation outcome of an organization. By understanding our Financial Signature we can improve our financial performance and that of our organizations and align ourselves more closely with the valuation target of the organization we work within.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: I have an extensive operating background at the CEO and Chairman level in both public and private companies so I have experience at the coal face on why people make or lose money. I have numerous publications in the area of leadership, human resources, management, strategy and technology and am a frequent speaker at industry conferences. I consult to CEOs, boards and senior executives on leadership and its impact on corporate financial performance and valuation. I am also the CEO and Founder of the Perth Leadership Institute, which works with senior executives to implement the Financial Signature concept at top US companies.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: The 3 Financial Styles of Very Successful Leaders delivers a unique approach which draws a direct link between behavior and the financial bottom line, something that other leadership books and models have thus far not been able to do. In fact, it opens up a new area of research within behavioral finance – a relatively new field of study which aims to explain the previously under-appreciated impact of behavior on financial decision-making. The book develops the concept of a Financial Signature possessed by all leaders and executives that drives the financial performance and outcome of the organization they lead. This book shows that the personal financial traits of leaders impact their organizations through predictable financial decisions and strategies. This issue is one that is being researched extensively by the Perth Leadership Institute and opens up a totally new perspective on leadership.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: Our Financial Signature approach has practical consequences and implications in real life. Coupled with our leadership assessments it enables us to predict the valuation consequences for a company of their particular leader. Armed with this knowledge we can show how strategies can be modified to increase company valuation and performance against competitors. This is a new and unique service that is possessed by no other company in the financial analysis or leadership areas. In addition, the book has been published in both traditional and simplified Chinese, and recently received an award as ‘one of the best imported books in China in 2006’, alongside notable books such as The Long Tail, by Chris Anderson, The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman and The Toyota Way Field Book. For more information, visit www.perthleadership.org.

Kiss Theory Good Bye – Five Proven Ways to Get Extraordinary Results in Any Company, by Bob Prosen

Posted by Dan Janal, Your Fearless PR LEADER | October 29th, 2007

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Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: As you move from planning through execution to rapidly increase performance and profits, Kiss Theory Good Bye will keep you focused on critical actions you must take along the way. Specifically, this book speaks to the following types of leaders to address issues they report as their greatest challenges.

•Presidents, owners, CEOs, and other top leaders, Kiss Theory Good Bye will show you a proven process to increase accountability, alignment, make your job easier, and make your company run more smoothly, providing you more time to plan and enjoy your personal interests while consistently meeting your company’s objectives.

•Managers and supervisors, Kiss Theory Good Bye will teach you how to be recognized as a top performer, both inside and outside the enterprise. You will also learn how to align your employees to produce the results you want without a lot of conflict.

•High-potential leaders,Kiss Theory Good Bye will give you the “executive playbook” for running a successful company so that you don’t waste resources by making costly mistakes while learning from the “school of hard knocks.”

•Leaders under siege, Kiss Theory Good Bye will show you how to achieve the operating and financial results you need immediately to put your company back on track.

•Leaders of start-up, merged, and fast-growing companies, Kiss Theory Good Bye will teach you the process for reducing risk while dramatically increasing effectiveness and increasing the probability that your company will consistently achieve its operational and financial objectives.

•Board members, Kiss Theory Good Bye will give you a proven method for ensuring that the organization you govern is fully accountable and meeting its most critical goals.

If you and your organization are ready to learn how to break free from the grip of the status quo and achieve extraordinary operational and financial results, then you will find Kiss Theory Good Bye to be a valuable and long-lasting resource. Above all, remember that executing for organizational excellence and sustained profitability is a never-ending endeavor that requires a positive mental attitude and teamwork that can only result from the buy-in of your entire organization.

I pledge to you that if you act on the directions in this book, you will achieve extraordinary results you may never have thought possible.


Q: What is the book about?

A: Kiss Theory Good Bye gives you step-by-step directions to rapidly increase performance, productivity and profit by replacing management theory with battle proven tools and tactics that get results. These are the how-to details that actually help leaders get immediate and lasting results. Direct and straightforward, this no non-sense playbook cuts like a laser through the fog of political correctness and business-as-usual giving leaders what they want most – less talk and more results, so they have more time to do the things they love.

Other business books try to tell you how to run your business better, faster and for a greater profit. But only Bob Prosen’s new book,Kiss Theory Good Bye gives you the tools and step-by-step directions to make it happen.

Kiss Theory Good Bye shows you how to quickly and consistently achieve extraordinary results in leadership, sales effectiveness, operational excellence, financial management, and customer loyalty.

Packed with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions, this book will show you how to

  • Achieve consistent results, quarter after quarter
  • Align your entire workforce to meet the organization’s top objectives
  • Increase accountability so you get the results you need
  • Attract and retain top talent
  • Beat your competition and lock in customer loyalty
  • Reduce costs while increasing quality
  • React less and have more time to plan
  • Make your job easier and your organization run more smoothly
  • Regain a healthier work life balance

Whether you are a new manager or a seasoned leader, the CEO of a Fortune 500 company or a board member for a local not-for-profit, Kiss Theory Good Bye leads the way to flawless execution and ever-increasing success.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: Bob Prosen is a seasoned business executive, speaker and author with a pragmatic grip on the reality of what it takes to deliver extraordinary bottom-line results. After 25 years in corporate America Bob founded The Prosen Center for Business Advancement, whose mission is to help business leaders rapidly increase performance and profits.

Bob is nationally recognized as the business expert who helped such companies as AT&T, NCR, Hitachi Data Systems, Sabre and achieve unprecedented financial and operational success. He has held posts ranging from Senior Vice President and Managing Partner to Chief Operating Officer.

Bob earned his MBA from Georgia State University and holds post-graduate certifications from MIT, Duke University and The Wharton School. He has received numerous awards for professional excellence and serves on the University of North Texas School of Marketing Advisory Board and is listed in The International Who’s Who of Entrepreneurs. In addition to his management training programs, speaks nationally and internationally to a wide range of companies and organizations including, VISTAGE, Young Presidents‘ Organization (YPO) and professional associations.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: Kiss Theory Good Bye is written with two principles in mind. First, theory would be replaced with proven tools, tactics, and answers that rapidly increase performance and profit. Second, all of the information must be relevant and directly applicable to today’s business challenges without the need for translation.

Kiss Theory Good Bye gives leaders everywhere what they have been searching for. The real “how to” book on business execution. The journey began with Jim Collins’ book Good to Great that explained Why some companies did well. Shortly thereafter, Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan co-authored EXECUTION that told What some companies did well. Now we have the third and most important component, Kiss Theory Good Bye, which shows How Your Company can rapidly increase performance and profits. The best part is that it’s written without any academic, consulting or theoretical language so that everyone can easily apply the blueprint and begin getting better results immediately.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: Kiss Theory Good Bye has been received the following recognition:

  • Independent Publishers top book award
  • Book of the Year by ForeWord Magazine
  • Best Management Book by USAbookNews
  • #1 Amazon Best Seller
  • Nominated for the Ethan Award and Benjamin Franklin Award
  • Summarized by Business Book Review, Audio Tech, Business Summaries, Summaries.Com, getAbstract
  • Testimonials from many prestigious leaders in corporate America