Head On: A Memoir

Larry Csonka

Matt Holt

The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team

Patrick M. Lencioni

Across all industries and levels of organizations, one key leadership trait inspires and motivates more than any other: hospitality. We have all encountered inspirational leaders who've helped us, taught us, encouraged us, pushed us to get outside our comfort zones, or motivated us to become the best version of ourselves. What is it about their leadership styles that inspires us to do more for our team and our personal and professional growth?&nbsp; Turns out, we admire these leaders for the same reasons we love our favorite hotels, resorts, restaurants, or bars: How they make us feel is essential. Members of today's workforce--especially millennials and Gen Z--are looking for inspiring environments and work that truly fulfills them. Before anyone is compelled to do anything they first must feel. Speaker, consultant, and hospitality industry veteran Taylor Scott knows that the most effective leaders approach their roles with heart, emotionally connecting with their team members before attempting to manage them. Scott draws from his two decades in leadership roles at respected hotels, resorts, and restaurants. He distills the principles of gracious hospitality, translating them into actionable leadership lessons which apply in any industry, such as:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;How making people feel welcome fosters loyalty and keeps workers engaged with an organization's purpose &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;How serving people with empathy and compassion sparks workers' highest productivity &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;How making people feel comfortable encourages exploration, curiosity, and discovery while inviting everyone to lean into their creativity&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;How making people feel significant drives them to deliver their best work He also shares specific, practical steps you can take to put these principles into action. Scott shows how to connect, serve, engage, coach, and inspire your peers, teams, and even your own leaders. Lead with Hospitality is a call to action to connect with people on a human level which ultimately inspires teams, organizations, and companies to go to the next level.

Lead with Hospitality: Be Human. Emotionally Connect. Serve Selflessly.

Business & Money

Scott, Taylor

Business Culture

Create Amazing: Turning Your Employees into Owners for Explosive Growth

Are you considering starting an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) or converting your company to an ESOP? Or maybe making the big leap to a 100% employee-owned company?&nbsp; If you want your company to perform at its absolute peak and you want the people who make that happen (you included) to receive the ultimate financial return--that of an owner--Create Amazing is your practical field guide to creating an amazing company and leaving a great legacy. There are more than 10,000,000 employee owners in America today. The results of employees owning a piece of the pie has been proven throughout American history, even before ESOPs became IRS law in 1974. Employees with even a small capital interest in their firms' successes are more likely to stay, have greater loyalty and pride, are willing to work hard, and make more suggestions for improvement.&nbsp; Economic injustice caused by wealth disparity is quickly becoming the hottest debated topic in America especially in combination with the most regressive recession in America's history and the nation's hopeful new commitment to equalizing opportunities across all people. Employee ownership is not the only answer for economic justice but it can be a critical puzzle piece for tens of millions of Americans where the current inherent disadvantage of circumstance stands in their way. Create Amazing demonstrates how ownership can provide the ultimate competitive advantage to a growing company--and the nation. The vast majority of what's been published about employee ownership comes from academe--compelling research from Rutgers, the feds, and several national ESOP associations. Create Amazing puts ESOPs feet-on-the-ground, written by Greg Graves, a CEO who has walked the talk. Graves operated one of the most successful ESOPs in American history. Graves shares: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;The history of employee ownership in America and the principles of its purpose &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;Why employee ownership is a viable solution fiscally and futuristically &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;What an ESOP is, what it does, and what's happening in Washington, DC, to promote this model &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;How ESOPs work, and how they're structured legally, fiduciarily, and financially &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;A deep dive into the impact of ESOPs on America and on employee owners personally&nbsp; If you're a business owner considering an ESOP start-up or transition to employee ownership, if you are a current employee owner who believes your firm can do more, or if you simply believe that our nation needs a shot of steroids to be both more productive and more just, this is the book that speaks from a real-world, executive-to-executive perspective about the process, the problems (and how to avoid them), and the deliverables. Create Amazing explores how employee ownership--done the right way--sparks an ownership mindset among employees and can be a catalytic force for economic prosperity and corporate endurance.

Graves, Greg

Bringing Up the Boss: Practical Lessons for New Managers

Managing is hard. Managing for the first time is even harder. A new start-up comes on the scene filled with a team of talented people. The start-up grows, the team expands, and those early joiners all of a sudden are responsible for leading a team. Just a few years prior, these folks were barely able to figure out their own roles in their crazy, ever-changing company. Now, as managers, they are expected-often without any direction or role models-to know how to develop, coach, structure projects, review, and set expectations for a whole bunch of new, incredible people. First-timers want to quickly learn what it takes to be a successful manager-like they learned how to code, how to design, how to sell-and put those learnings into practice. But what does it mean to manage, and how do you teach someone to be a good manager? Enter Rachel Pacheco, an expert at helping start-ups solve their management and culture challenges. Pacheco, a former chief people officer and founding team executive at multiple start-ups, conducts research on management and works with CEOs and their managers to build the skills necessary to navigate a rapidly scaling organization. In Bringing Up the Boss- Practical Lessons for New Managers, Pacheco shares these skills, along with cutting-edge research, data, anecdotes, how-to exercises, and more, to help overwhelmed employees become expert managers.

Pacheco, Rachel

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