Business Bookshelf

Episode 164 of the Business Bookshelf podcast - Alistair Gordon - Co-author of "Master Expert: How to use Expertship to achieve peak performance, influence and seniority in a technical role". 

Alistair is the CEO of Expertunity, an expert coach, speaker and author. A long-time veteran of the media and organisational development worlds, he has been publisher of one of Australia's best-known business magazines, BRW.

Alistair is the co-author of “Master Expert: How to use Expertship to achieve peak performance, influence and seniority in a technical role”.  It's time technical specialists like yourself got the same deal as managers.

From the very first day a new manager starts work, they're given a LOT of help. A career ladder. Appraisals, Mentoring. Networking. Capability frameworks. Support, connections - they're trained to deal with whatever business problems come along.

Technical people don't get that kind of support, and it's time they did. Master Expert details how to evaluate the performance of technical specialists, and includes a capability framework to understand your own and your team's progress toward Master Expert status.

Alistair has been coaching developers, scientists, lawyers, engineers, policy writers, economists, medical researchers and other technical specialists for close to ten years now, and their book distils everything they've learned.

The book can be purchased here - https://amzn.to/3zVv358.

Alistair's company is called Expertunity and the website can be found here - www.expertunity.global.

You can email the host Lance Peppler at [email protected].

Episode 163 of the Business Bookshelf podcast - Tamsen Webster - Author of "Find Your Red Thread: Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible". 

Tamsen Webster has spent the last twenty years helping experts drive action from their ideas. Part message strategist, part storyteller, part English-to-English translator, her work focuses on how to find and build the stories partners, investors, clients, and customers will tell themselves--and others.

Tamsen is the author of “Find Your Red Thread: Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible”.  You have a terrific idea. It’s so powerful that it could change a life, a market, or even the world. There’s just one problem: others don’t see its power—yet. If you truly value the possibility of your idea, then you’re ready to find your Red Thread—the through line that connects your idea to your audience’s hearts and minds.

The best part is, the Red Thread already exists. It’s the connection that makes the invisible link between your audience’s problem and your solution tangible—and actionable. With the Red Thread, you’ll inspire audiences to act and get the outcome you’re both looking for.

The book can be purchased here - https://amzn.to/2XU6ad5.

Tamsen's website can be found here - https://tamsenwebster.com.

Email the host Lance Peppler at [email protected].

Episode 162 of the Business Bookshelf podcast - Hana Ben-Shabat - Author of "Gen Z 360: Preparing for the Inevitable Change in Culture, Work, and Commerce".

Hana is the founder of Gen Z Planet, a research and advisory firm that helps leaders across sectors and industries to prepare for the next generation of culture creators, employees, and consumers. In this role, Hana combines her passion for turning insights into a growth engine with her commitment to support the integration of the next generation into business and into society in general.

Hana is the author of “Gen Z 360: Preparing for the Inevitable Change in Culture, Work, and Commerce”.  Generation Z doesn’t play by the same rules or wait for permission. They don’t stand for social injustice or splash cash with reckless abandon. They innovate. They influence. They side-hustle. They disrupt. Their arrival is changing everything we know about culture, work, and commerce and understanding who they are and how they think and behave will be crucial to educators, business leaders, and policy makers alike.

The book can be purchased here - https://amzn.to/3kcRoX4.

You will find Hana's company Gen Z Planet here - https://genzplanet.com.

You can email the host Lance Peppler at [email protected].

Episode 161 of the Business Bookshelf podcast - Fabrice Testa - Author of "Super Entrepreneurship Decoded".

Fabrice is an exponential thinker, innovator, serial tech entrepreneur, business angel investor, trusted advisor, public speaker, author, and highly sought-after mentor. He has successfully founded, co-founded, or participated in the launch of multiple companies that created hundreds of jobs and generated multi millions in revenue.

He is the creator of the Superpreneur Blueprint framework and has developed a set of cutting-edge strategies and tactics that enable super-entrepreneurs to materialize crazy ideas, build breakthrough ventures, and solve the world’s biggest problems.

Fabrice is the author of “Super Entrepreneurship Decoded”.  Super-Entrepreneurship Decoded will show you step by step how to make that dream a reality, from tackling an insurmountable problem to creating the kind of breakthrough business that can fix it.

Learn about the Age of Exponential Acceleration, in which super-entrepreneurs have become motivated to act boldly in solving the world’s biggest problems. Discover the five secrets of the top super-achievers who are changing the way we travel, eat, work, and simply go about our daily lives.

By applying the unique method presented in Super-Entrepreneurship Decoded, you will be able to materialize your dreams, build your own future, and achieve anything you want in life.

The book will be launched on 14th September.

You will find Fabrice's websites here - www.fabricetesta.com and www.superpreneur.online. The website for Meena Electric is found at www.maanaelectric.com.

Email the host Lance Peppler at [email protected].

Episode 160 of the Business Bookshelf podcast - Joel Schwartzberg - Author of "The Language of Leadership".

Joel is a communications coach and writer.  He is an expert in the practice of successful presentations and point-making, Joel's articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Toastmaster Magazine, and The Huffington Post, and he's been the featured guest on many business and communication podcasts.

Joel is the author of “The Language of Leadership”.  Everyone seems to have an opinion about leadership. We know good leaders Eat Last, Lean In, Break the Rules, Dare to Lead, and are Radically Candid as well as extremely aware of their Tribes, Drive, and Principles. But books about these topics overlook the value of leadership impression—the instant projection you exude as a leader. How do leaders sound? What do leaders say and not say? How do leaders tell stories, send emails, run meetings, conduct video conferences, give speeches, conduct interviews, and even listen to others?

Drawing on his experiences as a leadership coach Joel offers practical tips and entertaining but eye-opening exercises that help readers convey genuine and impactful leadership in every conceivable situation.

The book can be purchased here - https://amzn.to/2WMzQsc.

You will find Joel's website here - www.joelschwartzberg.net.

Email the host Lance Peppler at [email protected].

Episode 159 of the Business Bookshelf podcast - Dr Zina Sutch - co-author of "Leading with love and laughter". 

Zina is an innovative and visionary leader in the area of education, executive development, diversity and inclusion, with expertise in strategic planning, communication, and change management.

Zina is the co-author of “Leading with love and laughter”.  Science tells us that humans are deeply wired for empathy and compassion and that our emotional selves help us make better decisions and motivate others. However, the tactics we use to train leaders bear little reflection of these advancements; we’re still creating competent but emotionally distant leaders who “manage human assets” and lead by setting goals, deadlines, and deliverables.

In seven succinct chapters, the authors show that people lead best when they tap into their genetically driven human nature to love and nurture, connect and trust. Leading with love and laughter offers powerful dividends: tighter teams, stronger performance, improved morale, greater trust, more creativity, and even better health.

The book can be purchased here - https://amzn.to/3yjxD4a.

You will find Dr Zina Sutch's website here - www.sutchmalone.com.

The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler.  Email him at [email protected].

Episode 158 of the Business Bookshelf podcast - Matthew L. Moseley - co-author of "Ignition: Superior Communication Strategies for Creating Stronger Connections".

Matthew is a communication strategist, author, speaker, and he holds three world records for long-distance swimming. Spending his career at the intersection of public policy, business and government, he is principal and CEO of the Ignition Strategy Group, which specializes in high-stakes communications and issue management for organizations of all sizes.

Matthew is the author of “Ignition: Superior Communication Strategies for Creating Stronger Connections”. Ignition is a book of dispatches from the frontlines of communication strategy. Matthew draws on his eclectic life experiences to investigate the link between success and effective communication. Whether he’s choreographing a fine dining experience at the top restaurant in America, using rock stars to register voters, helping a national chain save its reputation after a gaffe goes viral, or serving as media liaison at the epic ash-blast send-off for author Hunter S. Thompson, Matthew identifies the principles that guide communication strategies toward their goals.

The book can be purchased here - https://amzn.to/3z7lH6w.

You will find Matthew Moseley's website here - www.matthewlmoseley.net.

You can contact the host Lance Peppler by emailing [email protected].

Episode 157 of the Business Bookshelf podcast - Dr Graham Boyd - co-author of "Rebuild: the Economy, Leadership, and You". 

Graham is an experienced entrepreneur and consultant leading businesses to become deliberately developmental and self-governing with a FairShares Commons incorporation.

He recently completed transforming an international non-profit into 3 for-profits, and now growing a company making it easy for businesses and leaders to continuously adapt themselves, to rise to the adaptive challenges they are facing.

Graham is the co-author of the book “Rebuild: the Economy, Leadership, and You”.  This is how the book is described on Amazon - “We believe that there has never been a better time to start businesses and build an economy that works for all of us, and all our needs. This book gives builders of a better world the toolkit and building blocks capable of doing the job, because each is designed for a regenerative, sustainable, circular economy that delivers a good life for all within the planet's boundaries.”

The book can be purchased here - https://amzn.to/2VMLqCA.

You will find Dr Graham Boyd's website here - https://graham-boyd.biz

You can email the host of the show Lance Peppler at [email protected].

Episode 156 of the Business Bookshelf podcast - Dr Tshilidzi Marwala - author of "Leadership Lessons From Books I Have Read".  

Tshilidzi Marwala is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor: Research and Internationalisation at the University of Johannesburg.  He has published 9 books (one has been translated into Chinese), over 280 refereed papers and holds three international patents. He is an associate editor of the International Journal of Systems Science (Taylor and Francis Publishers) and has been a reviewer for more than 40 ISI journals. He has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University, University of California at Berkeley, Wolfson College-University of Cambridge and Nanjing Tech University. He has received more than 45 awards including the Order of Mapungubwe. His writings and opinions have appeared in the New Scientist, The Economist and Time Magazine.

In “Leadership Lessons From Books I Have Read” Tshilidzi adopts the thesis that the source of good leadership is knowledge, and the source of knowledge is experience, which can take many forms – reading widely, listening, and engaging in discussion and debate with other knowledge seekers. If leadership is derived from knowledge and knowledge is derived from experience, the ‘experience’ in this book is from 50 books that Tshilidzi has read, and so the source of knowledge informing leadership is the collective experience of the more than 50 accomplished authors who wrote those books

The book can be purchased here - https://amzn.to/3Aj84S8.

Dr Tshilidzi Marwala has a Wikipedia which can be found here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tshilidzi_Marwala.

The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler - email him at [email protected].

 Episode 155 of the Business Bookshelf podcast - Angie Morgan - co-author of "Spark: How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success".

Shortly after launching her professional career, Angie saw a need in the workplace: professionals consistently showed the capacity to be leaders, but no one was actively helping them get there.

Angie founded Lead Star to help professionals understand how they can achieve greater success by implementing leadership practices into their work routines. Her remedy: designing leadership programs that are culturally relevant for her clients and focused on results. As a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, Angie inspires individuals to take action to ensure their performance is high and their goals are achieved.

Angie is the co-author of “Spark: How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success”.  “Sparks” are the doers, thinkers, innovators, and key influencers who are catalysts for personal and organizational change. But these extraordinary individuals aren’t defined by the place they hold on an organizational chart—they are defined by their actions, commitment, and will.

Leadership experts Angie Morgan, Courtney Lynch, and Sean Lynch show how you can become a Spark by cultivating seven key leadership behaviors. Grounded in the latest research on leadership development, this fresh, accessible road map is packed with real-world stories from inside companies like Facebook, Google, and Boston Scientific, and from the authors’ own high-stakes, challenging experiences serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.  With SPARK as a blueprint, anyone can become a catalyst for change, and any organization can identify and develop Sparks.

The book can be purchased here - https://amzn.to/2WDEtEn.

You can find the website of Lead Star at www.leadstar.us.

You can contact the host of the podcast by emailing [email protected].