Business & Economics
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Financials Simplified
An Entrepreneur's Guide to Profitability by John L. Ugyan
In the competitive landscape of small business, the pursuit of profitability isn’t just a goal – it’s a necessity. The unfortunate fact is that most small businesses don’t make it to the five year mark, and many owners struggle to make ends meet....
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13 Ways to Kill Your Community 2nd Edition
by Doug Griffiths and Kelly Clemmer
13 Ways to Kill Your Community is lively, full of personality, conversational, breezy, succinct, and fun. One can imagine readers seeking out information on boosting their local community sighing dutifully as they seek out material and then being...
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The Basecamp Manifesto
How A Secure Base Can Save Your Life and Leadership In A Scrambled World by Terence C. Young
It is often said that it is lonely at the top. But this loneliness can be dangerous, not only to the leader but also to the led. It turns out we hold our environments as we are held. If we are not held in a caring and daring fashion, it shows up...
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The Handshake
Life and Leadership Lessons From a Poor Farm Kid to a Manager in the Oil and Gas Industry by Darryl Greening
The Handshake started as a book for the Author’s Children and Grandchildren. The stories and lessons start in the 1960s, with him growing up in rural Saskatchewan, then entering the rough-and-tumble oil and gas industry of the late 1970s, and...
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From Nothing To 90
Failures, Successes, Betrayal and Overcoming Doubt by Will Klein
In From Nothing to 90, Will Klein chronicles his life from hardscrabble beginnings as an adopted child in a Saskatchewan family struggling through the “Dirty Thirties” to early success as a newsboy and onto great business achievement despite...
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Money and Investing
Your Guide to Financial Independence by David Pien
Sometimes, successfully saving for retirement and financial independence feels almost impossible. But not only is it possible—you might also be able to do it sooner than you think! Using the in-depth, expert knowledge he gained from working in...
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Leadership Through Hell and High Water
by Jean–Marc Guillamot
In 2016, wildfires devastated Fort McMurray, Alberta. Eighty Six thousands residents were displaced, and twenty-four hundred homes and buildings were destroyed. With almost $9 billion in damages, it’s recognized as the most expensive natural...
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The Storytelling Salesman
Enriching Tales for Better Business by James "Jimmy Van" VanderLinden
These stories from the business world are for professionals looking to improve at work. Is your business failing to live up to expectations? Stuck in an unsatisfying job with seemingly nowhere to go? Do you manage people—or aspire to? Drawing on...
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Best Boss Ever
A Quick How-to-Guide for Inspiring Excellence as a Frontline Leader by Glenn Dorey
The underlying challenge for any leader is to optimize the potential of their team. Everything in this book relates to a leader’s ability to inspire great performance for those who they have the privilege to lead. It is not about a leader’s own...
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The Spirit of Work
Timeless Wisdom, Current Realities by Marie Gervais
Since the Industrial Revolution, the idea of “work” has been disconnected from what it means to be human. Even today, many workplaces are missing attributes like relationality, harmony, unity and equality. What if a more holistic approach—one...
