The Blueprint


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A Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lift your leadership to new heights Doug Conant, Founder of ConantLeadership, former CEO of Campbell Soup Company, and former President of Nabisco Foods, shares transformational insights in his new book, The Blueprint. Conant is the only former Fortune 500 CEO who is a New York Times bestselling author, a top 50 Leadership Innovator, a Top 100 Leadership Speaker, and a Top 100 Most Influential Author in the World. Get Unstuck In 1984, Doug Conant was fired without warning and with barely an explanation. He felt hopeless and stuck but, surprisingly, this defeating turn of events turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. Doug began to consider what might be holding him back from realizing his potential, fulfilling his dreams, and making a bigger impact on the world around him. Embarking on a journey of self-reflection and discovery, he forged a path to revolutionize his leadership and transform his career trajectory. Ultimately, Doug was able to condense his remarkable leadership story into six practical steps. It wasn't until Doug worked through these six steps that he was able to lift his leadership to heights that ultimately brought him career success, joy, and fulfillment. Reach High - Envision Dig Deep - Reflect Lay the Groundwork - Study Design - Plan Build - Practice Reinforce - Improve In The Blueprint, part leadership manifesto, part practical manual, Doug teaches leaders how to work through the same six steps that he used to transform his journey. The six steps are manageable and incremental, designed to fit practically within the pace of busy modern life. Knowing how daunting the prospect of change can be, Doug arms readers with exercises and practices to realistically bring their foundation to life in every situation. Now, today’s leaders who feel stuck and overwhelmed finally have a blueprint for lifting their leadership to make meaningful change in their organizations and in the world.




Blueprint for Building Community


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Blueprint for Building Community is a rare look at the career of a city manager. This career portrait is set in two Illinois communities - Park Forest and Woodridge - communities which hold high aspirations for their residents. City managers, partnering with elected leaders and citizens in these communities, have worked to fulfill those aspirations. This book highlights the values and relationships that must be cultivated by the city manager to successfully build community. Although the focus is on the role of the city manager, other key participants such as elected officials, citizens, and employees can gain from the insights. Community building requires connecting the key groups in the community to the mission and "sacred things" dear to residents. Harnessing the energy of all the players produces tremendous results. For the many people who worked to build Park Forest and Woodridge, and so many communities across this country, this book is a tribute to their efforts.--COVER.




A Blueprint for a Safer Planet


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Hurricanes and storms strike New Orleans and Mumbai; flooding causes devastation in England and Mozambique; droughts occur in Australia and Darfur&Further substantial climate change is unavoidable and the risks to the natural world, the economy and our







Change for America


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"Mark Green and Michele Jolin look to 2009 as the beginning of an era of renewal and progressive governance in America. Change for America presciently and insightfully offers specific ideas for what our next President can do to revitalize our nation and restore our standing abroad." -- President Bill Clinton It was an election about change, but how will that change actually happen? The result of a collaboration between the Center for American Progress Action Fund (the advocacy arm of Washington's leading-edge progressive think-tank led) and the New Democracy Project's Mark Green, this comprehensive volume is written by over sixty leading policymakers, scholars and advocates. Based on four core values -- of democracy, security through diplomacy, opportunity and a greener world -- Change for America offers scores of solutions how to repair our broken government and create an enduring progressive era. "The Center for American Progress Action Fund and Mark Green have assembled some of our nation's best minds, and their best ideas, into a book is packed with innovative, practical, and progressive solutions that will help take America in a New Direction." -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi "These thoughtful essays offer a progressive way forward for the vast majority of Americans who hope their government works for the many, not just the few." -- Senator Ted Kennedy "We don't just need a transition -- we need a transformation. Mark Green and Michele Jolin's encyclopedia of change offers a brilliant roadmap for the 44th President." -- Senator John Kerry "This is one of the most important books to be published this year. It's a handbook for restoring the New Deal's social compact with our citizens over the first '100 Days' and the next 1360." -- James Roosevelt, Jr. "Change for America is brilliant, timely and practical and teems with hard earned wisdom and common sense." -- Michael Eric Dyson




Breakout Blueprint


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Many of us live in a prison of our own making. We spend our lives dreading Mondays, looking forward to paychecks, and working longer hours, only to shoulder even more responsibility. It's a never-ending chase. Life doesn't have to be that way. It's time to stop going through the motions and start living. It's time to build a business that offers you freedom. After interviewing more than 150 entrepreneurs, Doug Foley realized they all had one thing in common-and it wasn't a fancy job title, car, or house. Instead of building their lives around their businesses, they built their businesses around the lives they wanted to live. This book is your blueprint for following their lead. Using the four pillars of every successful business-passion, expertise, need, and value-Foley explains how you can break free from the typical 9-to-5 and create a deeply fulfilling career on your own terms.




Blueprint Your Bestseller


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The first draft is the easy part… In Blueprint Your Bestseller, Stuart Horwitz offers a step-by-step process for revising your manuscript that has helped bestselling authors get from first draft to final draft. Whether you’re tinkering with your first one hundred pages or trying to wrestle a complete draft into shape, Horwitz helps you look at your writing with the fresh perspective you need to reach the finish line. Blueprint Your Bestseller introduces the Book Architecture Method, a tested sequence of steps for organizing and revising any manuscript. By breaking a manuscript into manageable scenes, you can determine what is going on in your writing at the structural level—and uncover the underlying flaws and strengths of your narrative. For more than a decade this proven approach to revision has helped authors of both fiction and nonfiction, as well as writers across all media from theater to film to TV.




Blueprint for Success in College


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Your Life Design Blueprint


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Are you a dreamer? Do you ever look at your life and wonder how to make it more like you imagined it could be? Have you ever had goals that you had no idea how to achieve or even where to start? In today's world, it seems only a few people have this life thing figured out while the rest of the world is destined to struggle through life getting whatever comes their way. This insightful and practical book not only answers some burning questions about how to get what you want from life and create the life of your dreams, this book offers a step by step system to follow. This book is for people who: Are always looking to improve and better themselves. Have always felt destined to achieve great things. Struggle severely with procrastination yet want to live a better life on your terms Are dreamers who jump from project to project looking for ways to get the results you seek in life. Readers who struggle with applying the ideas in many personal development books. Have big dreams for your life but just don't know where to start or how to get where you want to go. High achievers looking to attain your goals in life much faster. People looking for a step by step system in creating the life they want. As a lifelong learner and student of the masters of personal development more than 100 books were consumed and put to the test for the creation of this system. This book is like no other in that it includes a detailed step by step system not just more feel good theory. It is complete with printable life design blueprints and video training on how to use it all. Dreamers, entrepreneurs, students, and the countless others who struggle with creating your life the way you want it to be can experience breakthroughs by using and implementing a life design system that can take you from where you are now to where you have always wanted to be. Follow the advice in this book and you'll be able to Achieve your goals in record time. Put your goals on auto-pilot and form new habits. Make massive progress and see results in your life. Overcome procrastination. Gain clarity and direction for your life. Increase your performance in all aspects of your life. Gain control over your circumstances. Be the deliberate designer and creator of your life. Live in your massive potential. Ryan, a former U.S Marine, firefighter and mixed martial arts instructor from Houston, says" it gives you a clear and concise path to achieve the success and happiness you desire. Your Life Design Blueprint is not only a must read, but a must implement into your daily routine. I promise that if you will follow the Life Design Blueprint system included in the book, you will be able to accomplish more in 3 months than you did the entire year before you read this book. You will have clarity, purpose and momentum in your life but best of all you will see and make massive progress on your life goals by setting your sail in the direction of your dreams. Don't be the person who misses out in life because the life you're living now is not the life you have always wanted to create. Don't settle for just getting by with a "that's just life" mentality. The principles and system for designing your life detailed in this book has been proven to create massive change and positive impact for those who have used it. It has made dreams come true and has seen massive goals reached. It's much more than positive self help theory or personal development it is a detailed system for creating the blueprint for the life you have always envisioned. It is not enough to dream and envision a better life we must design, create and follow a blueprint for the life we have always desired. "Scroll up to the top now and click the "buy now" button." Its available as a physical paperback book, on Kindle and Audible as an audiobook. Stop living a life smaller than the one you know you are capable of living learn how to create Your Life Design Blueprint.




Building a Growth Factory


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Introducing the Four Components That Make Innovation Repeatable Even the best-performing companies eventually stall. Sustaining momentum—and remaining a great growth company—takes a system. Scott Anthony and David Duncan call this system a “Growth Factory.” They’ve seen it work in a small set of elite companies that have created environments where innovation is both repeatable and reliable, not relegated to an off-site or isolated division that has no real connection to the organization’s future. In this HBR Single, Anthony and Duncan draw on their extensive experience working with these growth factory organizations—most notably Procter & Gamble and Citigroup. They highlight the four main components that make innovation repeatable and reliable, citing real examples of what P&G, Citi, and even their own firm, Innosight, have gone through to stay firmly on a path toward growth despite huge challenges. They offer practical advice on how you can put their system into action in your own company—whether it’s a large multinational or a small start-up. HBR Singles provide brief yet potent business ideas for today’s thinking professional. They are available digitally at HBR.org and through the Kindle Store, the iBookstore, and other ebooksellers.




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