Hot New Releases for May 3rd 2016

Expert Selling: A Blueprint to Accelerate Sales Excellence

Contributor: Hill, Sedric

Annotation: Most people assume expertise comes from natural talents or many years of experience. Although we know that elite salespeople achieve the highest levels of performance, few understand how and why. Expert Selling: A Blueprint to Accelerate Sales Excellence culls the thinking of expert performers to answer two elusive questions and to help YOU become the best salesperson you can be: What specific knowledge and skills are most important for top performance? How can these skills be acquired faster without giving up valuable selling time?

The Helvetian Affair: Book Two of the Gaius Marius Chronicle

Contributor: Gleason, Ray

Annotation: Not lyrical, but accurate, Insubrecus. All these stories and reports of Romans, Belgae, Krauts, and whatnot have become a knot I do not have time to unravel, so I m just going to slice it open Caesar announced. Tomorrow at dawn, this army marches on the Aeduan capital. . .we march on Bibracte With these words, Gaius Iulius Caesar sent his army on what most of his officers considered a suicide mission with the Helvetians and their German allies across their line of retreat and the army trapped against the impregnable walls of Bibracte, the fortress-capital of their treacherous Gallic allies, the Aedui.

“The Helvetian Affair” is the second book of the Gaius Marius Chronicle, the memoir of a retired Roman soldier, Gaius Marius Insubrecus, a legionary who fought with Caesar throughout his Gallic campaigns and the Roman civil wars.

“The Helvetian Affair” recounts Insubrecus coming of age as a Roman soldier in the legionary camps outside the city of Aquileia, and serving his patron, Caesar, as he conducts a lightening campaign to prevent the fierce and ruthless attempt by the Helvetii to conquer Celtic Gaul and threaten the Roman province.

The narrative recreates a colorful and culturally complex portrait of ancient northern Italy and the Rhone valley, as Romans, Celts and Germans struggle for supremacy in the hills and dark forests of western Gaul.

Never Kick a Cow Chip on a Hot Day: Real Lessons for Real Ceo’s and Those Who Want to Be

Contributor: Ordal, Todd

Annotation: CEO’s and other leaders can find leadership advice from the likes of Martha Stewart, Steve Jobs, Tony Soprano, Jack Welsh, Oprah and even Jesus. They can read about how to lead by serving, by leaning in, by becoming great rather than merely good and by breaking all of the rules.

While the stories of the rise and fall of the mighty (and the Almighty) demonstrate valuable lessons, the implied message is that you too can be the next Martha or Steve or Jack. Only in Garrison Kiellor’s mythical Lake Wobegon are all of the women strong, the men good looking, the children above average and the CEOs god-like.

What is missing? Real lessons for real leaders in real language.

Todd Ordal is a former business leader with 25 years in management roles who led teams as large as 7,000 employees, was CEO of several companies and has served on over 10 boards of directors. He did a lot of good work in those roles and also made a lot of mistakes. Todd now helps other CEOs and executives lead better, profit more and sleep more soundly at night—usually without narcotics

Todd’s clients are successful business people, but they are not rock stars, untouchables or even god-like. They work hard, they are emotionally intelligent, they want to win and they want to run an ethical business that is a great place to work. In other words, they are real and they want real lessons on leadership, not platitudes, parables or posturing. If you want to learn the real lessons to become a successful real CEO start here.