An essential part of staying up to date in the business world involves reading recent books about this rapidly changing environment. From remote work to advice for founders, here are five new business books to consider reading:
Motivational Book About Life and Career at the Peak
Published with Forbes Books, the exclusive business book publishing imprint of Forbes, Get A Life: A Roadmap to Rule the World is the latest motivational release from Bob Fisch. A pioneer of value-fashion retailing, as CEO of rue21 he took over the specialty apparel chain as it was on the brink of closing and transformed it into a 1,200-store powerhouse, making it at the time the largest retailer of its kind in America (in store count), worthy of a $1 billion valuation.
At rue21 and other career peaks, Fisch lived everything that he preaches. In his view advocated in Get a Life, only through boldness can someone master their destiny and achieve peak performance throughout life.
New Book from Virtira Executives Guides Transformation of Remote Workforces
The Power of Remote: Building High-Performing Organizations That Thrive in the Virtual Workplace represents the collected knowledge of Virtira executives Cynthia Watson and Shane Spraggs on leading top-performing geographically dispersed teams. Long before the pandemic, where businesses and workforces needed to adjust to the new reality of remote work, Cynthia Watson was studying its potential to transform corporate life as early as 1993.
Firm believers that work is what we do, not where we do it, Watson and Spraggs want today’s leaders to know that leading a highly productive remote workforce doesn’t have to be any more difficult than leading an office-based one. Rather, if done right, Power of Remote suggests that forward-thinking companies can use remote to their advantage – and the advantages are numerous.
Young Entrepreneur’s Unfiltered Advice for Aspiring Founders
True Founder: What No One Else Has the Guts to Teach You About Starting Your First Business, by Marc Lafleur is now available. The book is published with Forbes Books, the exclusive business book publishing imprint of Forbes.
In True Founder, Marc Lafleur strips away the superficial hype associated with entrepreneurship to give his honest take on what went into building, scaling and selling a business on his own terms – and how readers can learn from his experiences.
Rather than another memoir about a CEO looking back at successes that were realized decades ago, Lafleur treats readers to the boots-on-the-ground details of what an entrepreneur faces today. His book is not a straightforward success story; although he sold his business for $16.8 million at age 30, his exit came after two failed ventures and countless sleepless nights.
A Portrait of Generation Z at Work: Nationally Recognized Management Experts Pen Comprehensive Social Science Book for a New Workforce
The new business book, Working with Gen Z: A Handbook to Recruit, Retain, and Reimagine the Future Workforce after COVID-19, from organizational leadership experts Santor Nishizaki and James DellaNeve, provides a researched portrait of Gen Zers as they enter the job market.
Co-authors Drs. Santor Nishizaki and James DellaNeve combine their management expertise in Working with Gen Z. Using original data from a nationwide survey of Gen Zers, individuals born between 1995 and 2012, Santor and James outline everything employers need to know about this workforce.
Gen Zers have had their lives and relationships with work shaped by instability—first as a result of the Great Recession and again by a global pandemic. They hold the promise of an innovative future, which employers and colleagues must understand to unlock that potential.
New Book from Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Consultant a Wake-Up Call-to-Action for Corporate Culture
Written in a conversational and straightforward style, Dr. White’s Inclusion Uncomplicated is a guide that clarifies the discussion of DEI. Dr. White’s writing expands the scope of responsibility from organizations to individuals as well, explaining that we all have a duty to make an impact within our spheres of influence.
In Inclusion Uncomplicated, Dr. White shares the lessons learned from her more than 20 years in the DEI space, leveraging the latest research as well as her own experiences founding Nika White Consulting and working with companies around the world. Dr. White explains the root causes surrounding DEI as well as the daily practices that transform leaders and their organizations.