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February 14, 2015

Judy Robinett with How to Be a Power Connector: The 5+50+100 Rule for Turning Your Business Network Into Profits

Judy Robinett is the author of How to Be a Power Connector: The 5+50+150 Rule, a book that provides instant, effective strategies for meeting the people you need to know and bonding with them fast to further your goals and theirs. Robinett is a business thought leader who is known as “the woman with the titanium digital Rolodex.” She has been profiled in Fast Company, Forbes, Venture Beat, Huffington Post, and Bloomberg Businessweek as a sterling example of the new breed of “super connectors” who use their experience and […]
February 9, 2015

Featured Author – Stephen Platt with Criminal Capital: How the Finance Industry Facilitates Crime

Stephen Platt is a highly respected practitioner of financial crime prevention and the conduct of related regulatory investigations. He is an English Barrister and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Over the past 20 years he has been engaged in several high profile matters involving money laundering, corrupt public officials, drug trafficking, terrorism, piracy, proliferation, sanctions, and fraud. Stephen has trained several national and supranational law enforcement and regulatory agencies. He was co-opted by the World Bank […]
January 23, 2015

Featured Author – Michio Kaku with The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind

Michio Kaku is a professor of physics at the City University of New York, cofounder of string field theory, and the author of several widely acclaimed science books, including Hyperspace, Beyond Einstein, Physics of the Impossible, and Physics of the Future. He is the science correspondent for CBS’s This Morning and host of the radio programs Science Fantastic and Explorations in Science. About The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind The New York Times best-selling author of Hyperspace, Physics of the Impossible, and Physics of […]
January 22, 2015

Featured Author – Gretchen Rubin with Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives

Gretchen Rubin is one of the most thought-provoking and influential writers on the linked subjects of habits, happiness, and human nature. She’s the author of many books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, Happier at Home and The Happiness Project. Rubin has an enormous following, in print and online; her books have sold more than a million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages, and on her popular daily blog, gretchenrubin.com, she reports on her adventures in pursuit of […]
January 11, 2015

Featured Author – Robert Sher with Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers

Robert Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that accelerates the performance of midsized companies by improving their leadership infrastructure. Based in San Ramon, Calif., CEO to CEO has worked with the executive teams at more than 80 companies across the U.S., including skincare products seller Rodan + Fields, mobile phone accessories retailer Cellairis, law firm Hanson Bridgett, and cloud services provider GoGrid. A frequent speaker on the successful leadership traits and […]
January 9, 2015

Featured Author – Amy Wilkinson with The Creator’s Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs

A strategic advisor, entrepreneur, and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Amy Wilkinson has spoken on innovation and entrepreneurship at the Wall Street Journal Women in the Economy conference, The Economist Innovation Summit, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, National Governor’s Association, and International Council of Small Business Summit, as well as national media outlets such as Fox News and CNN. Amy’s background is in international business and trade including serving in the White House as a Senior Policy […]
December 29, 2014

Featured Author – Susan Packard with New Rules of the Game: 10 Strategies for Women in the Workplace

Susan Packard is the co-founder of Scripps Networks Interactive and former chief operating officer of HGTV. Under Packard’s helm, HGTV became one of the fastest growing cable networks in television history. Today HGTV is available in more than 99 million U.S. homes and distributed in 175 countries and territories. Packard helped to build Scripps Networks Interactive to a market value of over $10 billion. She can be found online at SusanPackard.com, @PackardSusan and at facebook.com/PackardSusan. About New Rules of the Game: […]