It's one thing to come up with a good business idea, and quite another to marshal the people, money, and other resources entrepreneurs need to make the dream a successful reality. That's why most businesses fail within the first two years. "The Entrepreneur's Guide to Successful LeadershiP" helps budding moguls make it out of the toddler phase of entrepreneurship and into adolescence and adulthood with confidence. A concise and practical guide to leading smaller enterprises, the book is based on a proven, nine-step model of effective leadership developed by Dan Goldberg--the founder of the For Eyes optical chain--and entrepreneur and educator Don Martin. Step by step, readers learn what real leadership looks like and how to lead and grow the successful enterprise.

Creating a vibrant business starts with understanding who you are, say the authors, and then coming up with a vision, mission, and strategy. That's the easy part. The hard part is to execute the strategy in line with your dreams, while using effective, ethical tactics to establish the business and prosper. Seasoned hands, the authors make that job easier, while helping entrepreneurs understand what makes employees tick and helping them become their productive best. The hard work not only gets easier, say the authors--it pays off as entrepreneurs watch their fledgling businesses take graceful flight. This book is a treasure chest that provides key insights and methods in the form of real-life stories, humor, strategies, techniques, exercises, checklists, templates, and other resources. Each illustrates in a unique way how good leaders achieve powerful results. Many books on leadership are gimmicky. "The Entrepreneur's Guide to Successful LeadershiP" focuses--in clear, simple, and direct terms--on the essential fundamentals, the blocking and tackling, required for business success.

Soaring To Enlightenment - The Secret to Living a Contented Life, is a story based on real life events. It relates the journey of one man's path to discovering enlightenment and contentment. The events revealed in this book tell of Ed Elias' ability to view life from a much broader perspective while rising above his physical self. Join Ed as he spends a day with his old friends Chaz Samuel and Gail Carlow and relates to them the powers he has discovered which are hidden in everyone, yet far too many people fail to realize they have. This extraordinary book will take you to places that; reside inside of you, are all around you, and will help you see, understand, and live in ways that may just change your life for the better...forever.

For more years than I'd like to count I have been training, coaching, and consulting to individuals and organizations on building more effective, efficient, and profitable businesses through leadership.sales leadership, executive leadership, management leadership, and all the other leaderships you can imagine. Obviously each area has a common thread - someone has to lead, even if it's you leading you What does it take? As you read through "Lighten Up And Lead" you'll be able to discern that laughter, humor and fun play a foundational role in my writing and philosophy of leadership. Too often leaders take themselves so seriously that they create an underlying angst within their organizations. People either become anxious and learn to deal with the situation (antacids and a glass of wine at lunch may be part of the solution), play "How do we avoid the boss?" or quit. You see.leadership isn't always positive. A leader can lead his or her company right into bankruptcy, dissolution, or chaos. The most important element in any organization is its people, even in this virtual world.someone has to be behind the screen. So what's the secret in being an effective leader, a leader who people line up to work for? Of course focus, planning, understanding the market, knowing yourself and your team members' behaviors, attitudes, motivators and information processing styles are important elements. As are a complete knowledge of the goals and objectives of the organization, as well as trust, keeping your word, respect, integrity, and being able to make productive decisions. However the real secret is making people want to work for and with you because you are light, bring lightness to their lives, and create an enLightened workplace. And that means laughter, humor, and fun, which coincidently translate into lower turnover and more creativity.