It's Finally Available Dave Mitchell has spoken to over 120,000 people since he founded this corporate training firm, the Leadership Difference, in 1995. Over that time his seminar - Live and Learn or Die Stupid - has been among his most popular programs. During his presentation, Dave would share stories of his own struggle to achieve a healthy balance between professional and personal excellence. Is it possible to realize your full potential at work and still be an exemplary spouse, parent and friend? Is it possible to achieve true contentedness? Over time, Dave assembled several critical personal characteristics that seemed essential to this pursuit of contentedness. Culled from his work with other professionals, his conversations with colleagues and from personal introspection; these attributes formed what Dave called, "a checklist for maximizing happiness." Thousands of exuberant comments from attendees at his seminars - words like "life changing," "the most important seminar I have ever experienced," and simply, "Incredible," indicated that Dave had touched a nerve. There was just one problem. After every seminar, Dave would be asked if he had a book. His answer was always a sheepish, "No." Until now. Finally, with the release of the book Live and Learn.or Die Stupid , you can experience the content of Dave Mitchell's popular "enter-train-ment" seminar. We hope you enjoy it and please feel free to contact us at www.theleadershipdifference.com.

An innovative approach to driving maximum performance at all levels of an organization Peak Performance Culture: The Five Metrics of Operational Excellence is a step-by-step roadmap to achieving optimal organizational development in your company or association. This practical guide helps you accurately evaluate the current state of your company and create a strategy that maximizes its future success. Author Dave Mitchell, building upon concepts introduced in his bestselling books The Power of Understanding People and The Power of Understanding, provides new applications, effective real-world tactics, powerful organizational assessment tools, and much more. The book addresses the five critical factors for organizational success: vertical alignment, horizontal alignment, leadership ideology and corporate culture, employee experience, and customer experience. Each comprehensive chapter introduces a key component to peak performance culture -- containing a detailed definition of the component, illustrative examples, expert insights, and practical considerations relevant to a diverse range of real-world situations. This must-have guide: Features exercises and assessments to identify organizational metrics drawn from 25 years of work with client organizations such as Allstate Insurance, Bank of America, Universal Studios, Hilton Worldwide, Walt Disney World, and hundreds more Explores best practices for implementing policies, procedures, and philosophies that align with an organization's mission, values, and strategy Discusses individual characteristics of high performers, how to enhance teamwork, the relationships between functional units within an organization, and employee recruitment, selection, and onboarding Addresses issues surrounding how employees responsible for customer satisfaction are experiencing their organizations Provides tools for continually evaluating and improving customer experience, including a pragmatic model that can be applied to any organization Whether your company needs to correct performance problems, or is already successful but seeking even higher levels of success, Peak Performance Culture: The Five Metrics of Operational Excellence will prove to be an invaluable resource for any organization.

How to build lasting connections through meaningful communication

Developing successful relationships is critical to our success in both our personal and professional lives. "The Power of Understanding People" shows you how to establish and develop extremely effective relationships by providing you with techniques to better identify and understand the intrinsic needs of others. As a result, you will achieve better team dynamics, increased sales and client satisfaction, higher levels of employee engagement and performance, and even more satisfying marriages and friendships. This book provides the tools to understand others' unique communication style as well as your own. Get detailed advice on how to adjust to diverse communication styles, develop a unifying language for the organization, and better match motivational techniques to team members. Through storytelling and experiential exercises, author Dave Mitchell helps you gain insight into your own unique interaction style and teaches you how to communicate, motivate, sell, and service more successfully no matter the personality types involved.Offers insight into the behavior cues and questions to ask to better understand someone's interactive preferencesExplains how to enhance your sales efforts by better targeting your brand message to the client's style so that your products/services resonate with them moreExamines strategies for creating a high performing work environment and achieve greater customer service excellenceContains conflict resolution strategies, including how to effectively work out differences within a team, between work units, with customers, and even in your personal life

Armed with the ability to interpret the behavior of the people around you, you will achieve greater levels of success at work and at home while also learning how to better handle the difficult situations involving people in your life.

1644, and Civil War rages across England. Oliver Cromwell has taken charge of the opposition to King Charles the First and Cromwell's New Model Army is gaining victories. England is in chaos. Cromwell is a puritan who has vowed to wipe out evil and sorcery, aligning it with the King's Court. The young Witchfinder Matthew Hopkins is scouring the land, holding trials and burning at the stake anybody who he considers in league with the powers of darkness or are "freaks against nature, born of the Devil". Rumours are that there is an island of riches which will fund the escape of those using magic and anybody who stands by them. The island of "Sirenswail". It is to here that adventurers will set sail. Three adventures in one, city, sea, and island, "Sirenswail" contains mature content and is suggested for OSR games including Lamentations of the Flame Princess. It is intended for 5-8 characters of levels 1-3.

It's Finally Available Dave Mitchell has spoken to over 120,000 people since he founded this corporate training firm, the Leadership Difference, in 1995. Over that time his seminar - Live and Learn or Die Stupid - has been among his most popular programs. During his presentation, Dave would share stories of his own struggle to achieve a healthy balance between professional and personal excellence. Is it possible to realize your full potential at work and still be an exemplary spouse, parent and friend? Is it possible to achieve true contentedness? Over time, Dave assembled several critical personal characteristics that seemed essential to this pursuit of contentedness. Culled from his work with other professionals, his conversations with colleagues and from personal introspection; these attributes formed what Dave called, "a checklist for maximizing happiness." Thousands of exuberant comments from attendees at his seminars - words like "life changing," "the most important seminar I have ever experienced," and simply, "Incredible," indicated that Dave had touched a nerve. There was just one problem. After every seminar, Dave would be asked if he had a book. His answer was always a sheepish, "No." Until now. Finally, with the release of the book Live and Learn.or Die Stupid , you can experience the content of Dave Mitchell's popular "enter-train-ment" seminar. We hope you enjoy it and please feel free to contact us at www.theleadershipdifference.com.