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Who’s In Charge?
Sylvia Rohde-Liebenau
“How can you capture the attention and affection of your customers and colleagues? Join former Navy tactics instructor Jeff “Goldy” Goldfinger as he translates military-style planning and execution into the world of business and professional presentations. Packed with powerful insights and step-by-step instructions, Tell It Like a TOPGUN brings you and those you serve into the bullseye of success together.” ~ Ron Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of Uplifting Service
Tell It Like a TOPGUN
Jeff “Goldy” Goldfinger
There are 100s of casual-style “how to” books on oral presentation skills, in many languages, for every type of industry. Most of them focus on readers with basic skills to improve their design or delivery techniques. Jeff “Goldy” Goldfinger’s Tell It Like A TOPGUN, focuses on experienced, STEM-educated presenters who need to delivery highly consequential, TOPGUN worthy talks.
Tell It Like A TOPGUN not only instructs the WHAT and HOW of the highest calibre presentations, but also offers the reader the WHY, making it applicable to nearly all forms of business communication. This book will show you how to get the reaction you want from your listener, when your product, business, income, or professional success depends on it.
Loaded with secrets the author learned as the only Naval officer to serve three tours as an aviation weapons school instructor, Tell It Like A TOPGUN is about learning and applying the highest standard of presentation acumen that inspires listeners to say yes, hire you, or sign on the dotted line.
With over 40 years of teaching, instructing and public speaking experience, in front of hundreds of audiences from 1 to 1001, in nine countries, on four continents, the book includes the underlying, proven research from neuroeconomics – cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics.
Using these tips and techniques, the author and his clients have generated over $600M of new business in highly competitive situations.
After 10 years of teaching these skills solely to mid-sized and larger aerospace and defense organizations, Goldy is making his learning material available to readers for the first time.
The Rising Leader Handbook
Mark J. Silverman
It’s not about getting a soul-crushing job to suck less, it’s about changing every situation you don’t like so you can thrive.
From bestselling author, podcaster, and leadership coach Mark J. Silverman, The Rising Leader Handbook looks at leadership from four perspectives.
Leading Up – Becoming a Trusted Advisor
Leading Across – Leading on a Team of Peers
Leading Your Team – Success Through Others
Leading You – Being Your Best In All Situations
Written in the same approachable, practical, and thought-provoking style as Only 10s 2.0 (over 75,000 copies sold) you’ll learn that leadership is not about the job, the team OR the results—it’s about YOU!
Get the benefit of sought-after coach Mark J. Silverman’s experience and mastery in the pages of The Rising Leader Handbook. He coaches you about taking ownership of what’s yours—and challenges you to play the hand you’re dealt so well you can recreate it every day in your own way.
Leadership is a learned skill, and this is the handbook.
This is the most thorough, transformative and compelling book on leadership I've ever read.
Steve Chandler, Author of Time Warrior
Transmission
Teo Alfero and….
An anthology from the students of Teo Alfero, author of The Wolf Connection: What Wolves Can Teach Us About Being Human (Simon and Schuster (Atria/Enliven) 2019) and founder of Wolf Connection, a California sanctuary for wolves and wolfdogs.
In this anthology, eight master students of community leader, spiritual teacher and shamanic practitioner Teo Alfero unveil the capacity and abilities they have accessed through their years of individual and collective study and exploration of human and non-human consciousness.
For the first time published, Transmission: An Anthology of Consciousness, Dreaming and Heart is introduced by Alfero’s Twelve Elemental Teachings, tools available to the reader interested in pursuing a path to claiming your power, connecting with spirit, and dreaming your life impeccably.
Part teaching tool and compendium of reference material, Transmission is an author-led experience in Recapitulation. Witness personal essays as the authors share vulnerable details of their inner work and the range of emotions involved in transformation including exquisite joy, profound wonder and infinite possibilities.
Transmission is a curated collection of reflections resulting from years of focused, sustained, and disciplined work on the part of Amy Harris, Jen Ziegner, Nicholette Routhier, Lauren Jane Heller, Stefanie Menack, Wendy Cirello, Erin Kinney and Janet Douglas.
Books We Helped Bring Into The World...
REthink Everything
Kristi H. Turner
The Courage to Lead Differently
It's a story of one corporate leader’s climb to the top while refusing to sacrifice family for career and finding her power to lead differently.
Kristi weaves together stories of challenges, observations, and lessons learned from her childhood, ballet days, marriage, parenting, and career, to finding herself as the only woman in the corporate boardroom.
To my professional book coach, Patti Hall, who helped me in the beginning to outline the book and guided me through and endless number of cuts, edits and “rethinks”. Your creative ideas and insights were invaluable.
You have been much more than a book coach and story builder for me over the last two years. From "a book about AND" to The Ten Essentials to Joy-Full AF you were steadfast in helping me navigate the twists and turns, and ups and downs of the book-writing wilderness. You believed in me when I didn’t. You refused to give up when I thought, “No, this time the joy really is gone, I’m quitting.” Your heart, generosity, tenacity, and grit are unmatched. Words will never fully capture my gratitude.
Joy-Full AF
The Essential Business Strategy We’re Afraid to Put First
Erin Baker
Did you start your business for more joy and freedom, only to find that joy has fallen off your radar and freedom feels more elusive than ever?
Are you successful on the outside, but secretly feel dissatisfied, on the edge of burn out, or downright miserable?
Have you lost touch with your passions, desires, or sense of purpose?
Do you get caught up and overwhelmed by how much you could and should be doing to create the success and impact you crave?
Have you followed formulas, blueprints, and gurus who promise that their “proven” strategies and tactics are the “right way” to run a business, only to find that they don’t work for you?
If any of these questions ring true, but you’re worried that prioritizing joy will put your current success at risk, you’re not alone. As entrepreneurs (and really, society at large), we have come to believe all kinds of lies about what joy is and what role it can play in success. The truth is, not only can joy be your #1 business strategy, it’s key to long-term sustainable success.
Follow Your Yes
A Simple Idea to Improve Anyone’s Life
Ken Bechtel
Build Confidence and Eliminate Overwhelm
If you'd like a simple practice to end uncertainty and make confident decisions which attract the people, opportunities and experiences that support you in being your best, then Follow Your YES is the book you've been waiting for.
I believe every man, woman and child on this planet is like a rose that is here to bloom. We all have unique gifts to share, and it is only when we get our needs met that we can bloom and share them. Your YES is what is required to bring your gifts forward.
Follow Your YES shows you exactly how to find, follow and fulfill your YES so you can bloom, be your best, and share your gifts with the world.
Patti M. Hall, my book diviner, without your encouragement, expertise and enthusiasm to see this book written there’s no telling if these pages would have ever come to be. Through your generous guidance I found the confidence to do something I never thought I would do. I was convinced I was not a writer and you helped me see that wasn’t true at all.
…my writing coach, Patti Hall, I couldn’t have made it through this solo act without your gut reactions, technical critiques and late-night texts cheering me on. My guest room is always here for you.
Soulcation
Design a Life You Don’t Need a Vacation From
Mel Miles
A guide to end burnout, unwind anxiety, and become wildly free in a culture addicted to busy.
Part memoir, part instruction manual, Soulcation is a wakeup call to anyone who feels exhausted, stressed, or burned out to prioritize their happiness and design a life they don’t need a vacation from.
From international health expert and former Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation workaholic, Mel Miles candidly tells the story of how her hospitalization from chronic anxiety led to her quitting her dream job and setting out to answer the question keeping her up at night:
In a culture addicted to busyness, is it possible to avoid burnout, unwind anxiety, and feel wild and free again?
Mel documents her messy path through divorce, the sudden death of her mother, and a career change to a life where she has reclaimed her time, radically increased her energy, and incorporated the things she used to only do on vacation into the everyday rhythm of life.
Hope(less)
The truth about hope and where to find it
Catherine Hammond
Hope is not in limited supply, we cannot run out. It’s always available, no matter the circumstances. In a concentration camp, through illness and loss of a loved one, and during a pandemic when our country feels more divided than ever.
Vaclav Havel, a Czechoslovakian playwright and statesman jailed several times by the Soviet Union, said, “the kind of hope I often think about I understand … as a state of mind, not a state of the world … it’s not essentially dependent on some particular observation of the world or estimate of the situation. Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart.”
A state of mind, not a state of the world. Hope is a posture of the heart.
Over the years, as I’ve been allowed entrance into thousands of peoples lives and hearts, as they’ve allowed me to enter into the depths of their pain, I’ve discovered that I have not been alone.
You are not alone. Hope is here, in unlimited supply. Hope is your life force and your birthright.
Patti Hall, this book truly would not be half of what it is without your loving patience, insight, and curiosity. Your belief in me and in this message have carried me through the process and enhanced every idea I’ve had. Your friendship is one of my most treasured gifts. The words “book coach” don’t come close to describing your role in this process. Thank you with all my heart!
I could not have navigated the waters of writing to actual authorhood without you. Thank you for the grace and integrity you had in teaching me to sail; being a co-captain, every member of the crew and when all else failed grabbing a bucket and keeping more water out than in with me … Couldn’t have done it without you and wouldn’t have wanted to. Only the beginning, thanks for being “just to the left” with me and for me, always.
The First Year of Grief Club
A Gift From a Friend Who Gets It
Addison Brasil
First Year of Grief Club: A Gift From From A Friend Who Gets It. (Not someone who would ever claim to know exactly how you’re feeling, but from someone who gets that flowers, condolences, and casseroles are just the beginning.)
Starting from the first day, it provides a companion through the first year of what Addison Brasil calls real-life grief. The daily, and then weekly offerings are manageable check-ins from a friend who gets it. It’s a way of showing your support and also remaining a pillar of support for a year after the loss or the death of a loved one.
Author Addison Brasil is no stranger to loss and has spent thirteen years in the Grief Club arena. He lost his brother to cancer, found his father after suicide, and survived a fatal accident that killed a dear friend and left him relearning to walk. And yet still when friends or family experienced loss he would freeze - not wanting to send flowers, empty condolences, or food when he knew the realities of grief are so much more.
Lessons From A Clown
How to Find Courage to Show Up for Yourself and Laugh Every Day
Em Stroud and Orange
My recently published book, Lessons from a Clown, documents my journey to discovering my inner clown. Part memoir, part self-help, part stand-up; the book aims to help readers to be more confident, have fun, get in touch with their creativity and be happier and better as a result. Co-written with my Clown, Orange, the book gives teachings and insights acquired from 20 years of coaching, workshops and public speaking. It also offers five key lessons, which, taken together, have the potential to change lives for the better, filling them with laughter.
They are: BE SEEN, BE KIND, BE PRESENT, BE PLAYFUL, BE ACCEPTING.
Patti M. Hall — What a woman you are! Without you this would never exist. For your kindness and skill, your wit and wisdom, I will always be so grateful; along with your friendship and care. I can never fully express my gratitude for your skill in helping me get this book into something I can be proud of. Fancy doing it all again?
Ironically, words can’t even begin to describe how grateful I am for you. Formally my book coach, you are so much more than that. I cannot imagine going on this journey with anyone else. You taught me so much more than how to write a book. You dove deep into my soul to ensure I wrote a book to my highest, most authentic power.
You Do You(ish)
Unleash Your Authentic Superpowers To Get the Career You Deserve
Erin Hatzikostas
Named Best Business Career Book of 2023 by American Book Fest and Winner of a 2023 PenCraft Book Award for Literary Excellence!
You Do You(ish) hurls aside the crusty, decades-old career advice you’ve likely heard for way too long: lean in, executive presence, network, blah, blah, blah. Instead, this book will help you see that there's a better way to have success and get great results. An approach that will produce a massive win-win: you succeed, you don’t sell out.
You Do You(ish) will take you on a roller-coaster ride that will have you go deep, say “aha”, and possibly tinkle a little while laughing, sometimes all in the same sentence. The book is whimsical and inspiring, yet also grounded in Erin’s proprietary H.U.M.A.N.S. framework - Six Principles of Strategic Authenticity.
Only 10s 2.0
Confront Your To-Do List, Transform Your Life
Mark J. Silverman
How much time and money have you spent on the latest productivity tool? How many weekends have you spent finally getting organized, only to be back to your old ways in a week or less? Do you have neatly labeled files and lists because you are “Getting Things Done” only to find you are just getting lists made?
It’s time to turn potential into reality.
Patti M. Hall – You were the missing piece. This book, in its current form, and everything I write for the rest of my life, is your ripple.
To the best book coach ever, Patti M. Hall. The title book coach doesn’t even begin to describe your immense talent and support. You were my champion, cheerleader, thread puller, memory prompter, co-conspirator, therapist, coach, editor, and, best of all, friend. I could never have done this without you. I’d still be on the first chapter (crying). Thank you from the depths of my heart and soul.
Soulbbatical
A Corporate Rebel's Guide to Finding Your Best Life
Shelley Paxton
Part memoir, part manifesto.
Published by Simon and Schuster, Soulbbatical: A Corporate Rebel’s Guide to Finding Your Best Life is an invitation to become Chief Soul Officer of your own life—and to open up a whole new world of possibility. Former Harley-Davidson executive Shelley Paxton did just that. She walked away at the peak of her twenty-six year marketing career and embarked on a profoundly personal journey to reconnect with her true purpose and deepest desires. She called it her “Soulbbatical,” and it not only changed her life, it became her calling.
Paxton had a wildly successful life by most definitions—iconic brands, executive titles, and a globe-trotting career that took her to over sixty countries. She had one of the coolest jobs in the world, yet couldn’t shake the feeling that she had lost herself along the way. Something was missing.
Here, she takes readers on a sometimes harrowing, often hilarious journey through the illness, divorce, addiction, and tragedy that finally woke her up. Suddenly she was rebelling for her best life, and embracing a new mission: to encourage others to live their most authentic, courageous, and purposeful lives…today.
Soulbbatical is an unconventional, exhilarating, and totally badass road map to discovering what you really want—and getting it. Because no matter how far you’ve strayed from your soul’s true path, it’s never too late for transformation.
The Wolf Connection
What Wolves Can Teach Us About Being Human
Teo Alfero
Discover the transformative lessons from one of humanity’s oldest teachers—the wolf—with this enthralling and accessible guidebook to help us restore our connection with nature, our communities, and our deepest selves.
The wolf has enthralled humankind for millennia, as a creature to be both feared and admired. It is the focus of countless myths around the world, in cultures as varied as the Ainu people of Japan to the Apache First Nation elders who worshipped the wolf. Now in The Wolf Connection, Teo Alfero, shamanic practitioner and wolf sanctuary founder, shares the profound knowledge that can be gleaned from these majestic creatures to restore our bond with nature and our connection to humanity.
Legends, behavioral science, and biological research all suggest that human beings picked up many of their key evolutionary traits—such as cooperative hunting and raising of their young, and their high degree of emotional intelligence and deep bonding—from wolves. Teo and his team at Wolf Heart Ranch conservatory have seen first-hand how wolves and wolfdogs can shift people’s outlooks, empowering at-risk youth and benefitting people from all walks of life through their wolf therapy program, the Wolf Connection. As we restore our ancestral bond with these inspiring, resourceful beings, we begin to reclaim the best of what it means to be human.
Grounded in Teo’s years of working with wolves, as well as the findings of wolf biologists and the wisdom of First Nation elders, The Wolf Connection offers a set of twelve Wolf Principles to awaken our intuition, live more authentically, and heal from past trauma. By integrating a myriad of sources—including inspiring stories from the Wolf Heart Ranch—Teo provides a complete understanding of wolves and the lessons they have to teach us, so you can harness their powerful and transformative insights in your own life.
Patti Hall is a gem in the publishing world. She understands my thinking and writing process beautifully. My first book was a complex project on a tight deadline but Patti was able to coach me through the writing and lead me through the endless steps of book completion and publishing flawlessly. She is extremely generous with her vast knowledge and experience and she will jump into the ocean of publishing and swim next to you all the way across to solid land. She and I are on to my next book now which I know will be better than the first. Thank you Patti, I could not have done this without you!