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Blog / Book Giveaways
The King of Content: Sumner Redstone's Battle for Viacom, CBS, and Everlasting Control of His Media Empire
By Porchlight
Keach Hagey's biography of Sumner Redstone is chockfull of riveting personal, family, and corporate drama, and a lens into how the traditional media industry is faring in an increasingly digital world.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / News & Opinion
2018 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards call for entries is now open
By Porchlight
Any business book published in the U.S. within the year 2018 is eligible and submissions to the awards are free.
Categories: news-opinion, the-company
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Conscious: The Power of Awareness in Business and Life
Book Review by Porchlight
Bob Rosen and Emma-Kate Swann’s new book is basically a 272-page admonition and instruction guide to stay woke.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Powered by Change: How to Design Your Business for Perpetual Success
By Porchlight
Jonathan MacDonald teaches companies how to harness the energy of perpetual change rather than resist it.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
The Omega Principle: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet
Book Review by Porchlight
Paul Greenberg's new book is a profound look at life on earth through the lens of a single molecule.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / Excerpts
The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time
By Porchlight
In this excerpt, Allen Gannet—a Forbes and Inc. “30 Under 30” awardee—explores The Sitcom Secret to Creative Success.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Would You Do That to Your Mother?: The "Make Mom Proud" Standard for How to Treat Your Customers
By Porchlight
Jeanne Bliss provides the question to end all questions when designing and delivering customer service: Would you do that to your mother?
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Leading with Emotional Courage: How to Have Hard Conversations, Create Accountability, and Inspire Action on Your Most Important Work
Book Review by Porchlight
Peter Bregman's new book about leading with emotional courage is itself emotionally courageous, and a great call to action.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Five Stages of Purposeful Engagement
By Jennifer Dulski
"While at Change. org, I got a unique perspective into the world of decision-makers because of the more than one thousand campaigns started every day on the site asking people and institutions for change. From the data, I've seen that there are a series of predictable stages decision-makers tend to go through as they react to campaigns that are directed at them. I call them the Five Stages of Engagement: denial, listening, acceptance, embracing, and empowering. Not all decision-makers go through each of the five stages, but we do see each of these stages play out on a regular basis. Understanding the stages can help you be more effective in persuading decision-makers that you are working to influence. In particular, helping decision-makers see the risks that come from denial and the benefits that come from listening and then acting can help you make your own case more persuasive. For the purposes of describing each stage briefly below, I've referenced petitions to corporate decision-makers, since they take place in a shorter time frame and clearly demonstrate each stage.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
A Boss Life
By Emily Thompson, Kathleen Shannon
"No matter how you've come to entrepreneurship, you may find yourself needing some direction. You're just trying to figure it out as you go, and guess what—so is everyone else! This manifesto is here to give you the guidance you crave and to let you know we're in it together. Being boss is a constant practice, and after three years of hitting publish on our podcast (and now a book) we've learned that it's conversation that is constantly evolving. Here are some key patterns and foundational insights we've picked up along the way."
Categories: changethis