It’s always about the numbers, or so we’ve heard. But in real life, we also know it’s not quite true. It starts with understanding what those numbers mean and then going a step further: Why do they matter? Owners and managers need to understand how financial data helps to drive your business decisions. Financial Intelligence: A Manager’s Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean get you comfortably to first base. 

Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean
By Karen Berman, Joe Knight, and John Case

Inc. magazine calls it one of "the best, clearest guides to the numbers" on the market. Readers agree, saying it's exactly "what I need to know" and calling it a “must-read" for decision makers without expertise in finance. Accessible, jargon-free, and filled with entertaining stories of real companies, Financial Intelligence gives nonfinancial managers the confidence to understand the nuance beyond the numbers to — help bring everyday work to a new level.

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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
By Adam Grant

Renowned Wharton professor Adam Grant spotlights one of the most important and impactful themes of our time: questioning one's own deeply held beliefs. Grant frames true knowledge as not knowing everything, but rather, listening as if we knew nothing at all in this intrepid book that is what our present moment requires.

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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
By Michael Bungay Stanier

In Michael Bungay Stanier's The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your day so managers and their teams can work less hard and have more impact. Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your people’s potential. He unpacks seven essential coaching questions to demonstrate how — by saying less and asking more--you can develop coaching methods that produce great results.

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The Productivity Show
Hosted by Thanh Pham and Brooks Duncan

Thanh Pham and Brooks Duncan lead The Productivity Show, a podcast dedicated to helping listeners become more productive and efficient in their personal and professional lives. The podcast covers a wide range of productivity-related topics, including time management, organization, goal setting, and technology tools. While not exclusively targeted at management, the strategies and techniques discussed on the podcast can be valuable for managers looking to improve their leadership skills and optimize their workflow.

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The James Altucher Show
Hosted by James Altucher

The website of an entrepreneur who started 20 businesses and had 17 fail — and everything he learned along the way. James  Altucher teaches practical business advice with psychological tips too.

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Chris Winfield
Hosted by Chris Winfield 

A self-improvement website focusing on productivity hacks and how to get ahead in life. Chris Winfield teaches readers how to wield the transformative power of helping others.

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