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In this short-form book, Dr. Nick Morgan tells you how to tap the power of great storytelling to boost your business and your career.

How do you prepare and structure a great presentation? Too many people assemble slides from previous presentations as if a presentation were a deck of cards, writes Dr. Nick Morgan in this short-form book. Morgan, one of America's top communication theorists and coaches, says the right process begins...

We all have conversations we dread: The tough one with the boss or the tricky one with a co-worker who needs straightening out. These conversations are emotional, difficult, and liable to go wrong. You fear they won't go well and you won't get what you want. Here, in this short-form book, is how to make those conversations work for you.

Bourbon whiskey has had a long, rugged ride from the frontier to the top shelf. Here, in this essay by award-winning journalist Frederick Allen, is its seldom-told story.

For more than three decades, Tom Peters has been obsessed with Excellence (with a capital E). In this beautifully designed eBook, he's sharing his thoughts, ideas, inspirations, formulas, stories, tips, lessons, experience, examples, and, perhaps most important, attitude. The bottom line: Don't ask what Excellence is. Ask when. Tom's answer: Excellence Now.

In 1982, Tom Peters and Bob Waterman put "A Bias for Action" at the top of their list of eight traits of successful companies in their groundbreaking book In Search of Excellence. Given the subsequent acceleration of change, "A Bias for Action" would doubtless top a similar list in 2012. Here's Peters' excellent (and beautifully designed) take for today.

A ruggedly independent, often bullheaded genius, Henry Ford was scarred by battles with bankers, labor unions, newspapers, and courts. He had been denounced as a tyrant and a crank and hailed as a prophet. Through it all, he went his own stubborn way, telling his opponents and the entire nation exactly...

George Eastman's inexpensive, popular camera ushered in the modern age. Here, in this essay by award-winning historian Bernard Weisberger, is his amazing and ultimately tragic story.

Some people have the ability to start a conversation and immediately draw in listeners, while others - perhaps even those with more valuable information - get pushed to the side, seemingly ignored. Unfortunately, for those who don't have "It," this undeniable factor is not only an attractive...

Revered by many, reviled by some, Margaret Thatcher was respected for the strength of her character and convictions. Her legacy as one of the twentieth century's seminal figures is indelible. Here, in this short-form book from bestselling author and consultant Will Peters, is the story of her life and career along with lessons for leaders the world over.

It would be difficult to overstate the impact that Sam Walton had on business. The stand-alone box stores he pioneered changed America and the world. His innovations in supply-chain management and distribution reshaped the relationship between suppliers and retailers and took wholesalers out of the...

Sir Winston Churchill's blend of talents made him uniquely suited to carry Great Britain through the ordeal of World War II. It was his determination to rally his fellow citizens that not only saved his country but, in all likelihood, all free peoples. Leaders everywhere can benefit by emulating him. This short-form book shows how.

America's former First Lady Michelle Obama, the direct descendant of slaves, lived in a house that was built by slaves. This daughter of a nurturing if demanding family grew up on Chicago's South Side, where she developed discipline and diligence, two traits that carried her to Princeton and then to...

When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 after a ten-year exile, he wasted no time. He immediately eliminated any ill-conceived products that were dragging the company down. Then he fired dozens of people, curing what he termed Apple's infestation of "bozos" and paring down his team to...