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What Every CEO Must Know

November 10, 2025 By Jeremy Shapiro

Bill Miller Auhtor of What Every Ceo Know

The biggest threats to your business are the ones you can’t see coming. This book helps you identify the blind spots that quietly threaten your company’s success. By exposing these hidden pitfalls, you’ll gain the clarity needed to make confident, growth-driven decisions. In What Every CEO Must Know, Bill Miller distills over 30 years of […]

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Gita for the CEO

July 14, 2025 By Jeremy Shapiro

Gita for the CEO by Chaitanya Charan

Gita for the CEO distills timeless principles from the Bhagavad-Gita into actionable insights for business leaders. With its ten sutra-like teachings, this book connects spiritual clarity with strategic leadership. Business owners and Entrepreneurs will find both inspiration and structure for navigating business challenges. Rather than abstract philosophy, this book offers practical tools for growth and […]

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Tribal Leadership

October 28, 2024 By Jeremy Shapiro

Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization

Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization explores human dynamics within organizations. The book explains how groups, or “communities,” naturally form in companies and impact productivity. Leaders can harness these communities to boost both growth and team performance. As an entrepreneur, understanding these natural groups within your business can help you cultivate […]

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People

August 24, 2021 By Jeremy Shapiro

Managing people is fraught with challenges―even if you’re a seasoned manager. Here’s how to handle them. If you read nothing else on managing people, read these 10 articles (featuring “Leadership That Gets Results,” by Daniel Goleman). We’ve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your employees’ […]

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Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader

May 25, 2021 By Jeremy Shapiro

Being the Boss

You never dreamed being the boss would be so hard. You’re caught in a web of conflicting expectations from your subordinates, from those above you, and from your peers and customers. You’re not alone. As Harvard Business School’s Linda Hill and manager and executive Kent Lineback reveal in Being the Boss, becoming an effective manager is […]

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Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

May 14, 2014 By Jeremy Shapiro

Now in trade paperback, the hip, iconoclastic CEO of Zappos shows how a different kind of corporate culture can make a huge difference in achieving remarkable results — by actually creating a company culture that values happiness –and then delivers on it. Pay brand-new employees $2,000 to quit Make customer service the responsibility of the […]

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

May 7, 2014 By Jeremy Shapiro

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen, […]

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Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business

April 2, 2014 By Jeremy Shapiro

Traction by Gino Wickman is a must-read for any entrepreneur or business leader who wants to create a successful company. In this book, Wickman lays out a simple but effective framework for creating a company that is focused, productive, and profitable. By clearly defining your vision, mission, values, and metrics, you will create a shared […]

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