Results for "the accidental" in Management & Leadership

In The Accidental CIO, veteran software developer-turned-executive Scott Millett delivers an essential playbook to becoming an impactful, strategic leader at any stage of your IT leadership journey. You'll find a wealth of hands-on advice for tackling the many challenges and paradoxes that face technology leaders, from creating an aligned IT strategy, defining a target architecture, designing a balanced operating model, and leading teams and executing strategy.

Get out of the firefighting business and into the business of developing the people who develop your profits. Successful salespeople rightfully become sales managers because of superior sales records. Yet too often these sales stars get stuck doing their old sales job while also trying to juggle their manager role, and too often companies neglect to train their sales managers how to excel as managers. That's the "sales management trap", and it's exactly what The Accidental Sales Manager addresses and solves. 

If you are feeling stressed out with your life, career, and personal finances, read on.... This audiobook inspires, motivates, and teaches you step by step on how to build generational wealth. In the audiobook, Michael Dillard provides the formula that he used to go from unemployed on a Friday to traveling around the world as a Foreign Service officer on a Monday. How did Michael go from a life of food stamps to a man who helps eradicate poverty throughout the world? Through his life stories, he aims to inspire everyone who is contemplating a major life or career change.

When it comes to civil service, William James has been there, done that. Starting at the lowest rung in federal service, he achieved the rare feat of climbing to the highest levels of leadership, shaping decisions that impacted millions. The Accidental Executive chronicles William’s remarkable career from a GS-1 clerk handling routine paperwork to the federal Senior Executive Service, balancing mission and bureaucracy while navigating the revolution of global technological change.

If you're responsible for founder-led marketing, trying to build a marketing system, or searching for a marketing strategy that can drive predictable revenue and sustainable business growth, you're exactly who this book was written for. YOU DIDN'T START YOUR COMPANY TO RUN MARKETING. And yet somehow, here you are; reviewing ad campaigns, debating agency reports, and spending Tuesday nights trying to figure out why growth feels harder than it should. The Accidental CMO is for founders at $1M-$30M companies who inherited marketing by default and are ready to stop winging it.

Filled with insights and tips, this updated edition of The Accidental Instructional Designer, by e-learning veteran Cammy Bean, covers nearly every aspect of the learning design process for those getting started or even for the experienced practitioner in need of new ideas.

Make a quantum leap in your power, influence, and performance as a leader. Whether you are an entrepreneur, a CEO, a VP, or a manager or want to be one, this book is a must read!

In this engaging business fiction debut, Tom Voccola convincingly takes us into the pressured, reactionary world of The Accidental CEO and delivers a powerful new message for all who aspire to lead.

Most people never choose sales. They fall into it by accident and one day realise they are actually quite good at something they never meant to do. This show is the story of that moment, and the framework hiding inside it

What's an accidental agile project manager, you ask? Anyone who suddenly and unexpectedly finds themselves responsible for an agile project. Maybe, the home remodel project turned out to be a little more complicated and complex than you expected. Or, your manager gave you a project management book and put you in charge of an important work project. It's not uncommon to see team leaders doing project managers' work, and they may not even be aware.

When a manager is pressed to find a project manager for an important client, he looks to Rhett Sero, our to-be hero. He introduces Rhett to Heda Heldenmacher, a noted project management consultant. Designed to increase success, this book is for accidental and new project managers, beginning project management learners, and those exploring project management careers or looking for a refresher. Told in the form of a business fable, concepts are put in everyday terms and stories make it more memorable. 

Two different innovators that stumbled on ideas in the veterinary field, built a company, then sold for millions........ without having any idea what they were doing. Each week, Ira and Stacee will spin the wheel of start-up questions and share the knowledge they wish they had back then.

Lindsey Stephens has spent her working life across the media, so she knows a good story. And that’s what sparked her idea for the Accidental Careers podcast, where she talks frankly and with great humour with fascinating people who are in jobs they never imagined would be their 9 to 5 (and then some) when they were sitting in front of the careers officer at school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A show for people interested in finding out how others have navigated pursuing creative jobs in traditional or untraditional ways! Hosted by DIY Queen, Tay Beepboop and Creative Decorator Dani Klaric — new episodes out each Wednesday wherever you listen to podcasts and on YouTube.

Ever really wondered what it takes to become a millionaire? In this podcast, Kimberley Valerie shares the “secrets” and processes it took for her to accidentally become a millionaire, despite being a homeless foster kid, single mother and a high school drop-out. A true rags to riches story, join Kimberley (and her guests) as they take you on a journey of how personal development & growth, healing and serving became the pillars of finding abundance and success in all areas of life. Diving into the subconscious and all things “woo woo”, along with some strategy and action tips, this ...

Accidental Fundraiser, an original show from Network for Good, is written to you - the nonprofit leader, the Chief Everything Officer– answering the often unspoken questions rattling around in your mind. Letting you know that no matter what’s ahead, you’re not alone. Host and fundraising expert Kimberly O’Donnell empowers you with a “yes, I can” mentality ready for anything – including your next big fundraiser.

I am Tom Spitale, a Partner at Impact Planning Group - welcome to our Podcast! Along with my colleagues and Partners Mary Abbazia and Sean Welham, we are the authors of "The Accidental Marketer" published by Wiley. Through our book and our consulting practice, we help (mostly B2B) Accidental Marketers create unique and compelling strategies that differentiate their products and services from the competition. Our podcast addresses important B2B strategic marketing issues and is designed to help listeners maximize profits in their area of responsibility by creating, communicating and capturing (...

This is the Accidental Marketers podcast where we feature some of the best and brightest of the B2B Tech and SaaS world sharing some of their inspiring stories.

The Accidental Health-Preneur. Great Health is the Foundation for Everything Else!

Most retirement benefits for American workers are built up through workplace savings plans where employers play a pivotal administrative and legal role as the plan sponsor. The Accidental Plan Sponsor®, hosted by Josh Cohen, explores the origins, evolution and trends within the employer-based retirement system and examines other ways, both domestically and globally, that benefits can be delivered.

If you’re a business owner who wants to learn effective business strategies to increase profits, lead your team confidently, and enjoy your entrepreneurial journey, this podcast is for you! Amber is a sought-after coach, trainer, speaker, writer and the creator of Leverage Lab®. In this 12-week series, she gives business owners the straight talk on what it takes to become the CEO you're meant to be. Amber dives into topics such as mindset, operational efficiency, financials, decision making, leadership, strategic planning, and work/life balance. No B.S., fluff, or over-used jargon. Just ...