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15secondpitch.com

This web site helps you to create your very own 'elevator pitch'. The 15secondpitch web site says, your 'elevator pitch' is a(n):

  • tool to help you discover who you are and what you really want
  • way to focus your thinking on what is most important
  • great introduction and conversation starter
  • way to organize the thinking process for any new venture
  • effective multi-channel personal marketing tool to communicate consistently via email, on the telephone, in person, or on your business cards

Must-Reads

Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will: How Jack Welch is Making General Electric the World's Most Competitive Corporation by Noel Tick (MKPG says: An insiders look on how GE created/improved programs & how they executed them.)

First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ by Daniel Goleman

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't by Jim Collins
(MKPG says: very solid research!)

How the Way we Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation by Kagen & Lahey
(MKPG says: Great coaching on how to work with competing commitments i.e.: "I want to prospect" -"I don't want to be rejected".)

Jump Start Your Business Brain: Scientific Ideas and Advice that Will Immediately Double Your Business Success Rate by Doug Hall & Tom Peters (MKPG says: Great marketing book!)

The Inner Game of Work: Focus, Learning, Pleasure and Mobility in the Workplace by W. Timothy Gallwey
(MKPG says: Based on his bestselling book the inner game of tennis & how he used the same concepts to help clients thrive in business.)

Love 'Em or Lose 'Em, Getting Good People to Stay by Beverly Kaye & Sharon Jordon-Evans

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Stanley & Danko
(MKPG says: For all of those hyper pro's.)

Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham & Donald Clifton
(MKPG says: Based on Gallup study of  over 2 million people.)

Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration by Warren Bennis & Patricia Ward Biederman
(MKPG says: About high-performing teams and how they created the foundation to sustain high performance.)

Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

Simplicity, the New Competitive Advantage in a World of More, Better, Faster by Bill Jensen

Storyselling for Financial Advisors: How Top Producers Sell by West & Anthony

Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins by Richard Farson & Ralph Keyes

What the CEO Wants You to Know: How Your Company Really Works by Ram Charan
(MKPG says: This is a great 100-page book that the entire AMF team including the CEO would benefit from reading.)

Working With Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

1001 Ways to Reward Employees by Bob Nelson

Emotional Intelligence In Action: Training and Coaching Activities for Leaders and Managers by Marcia M. Hughes

It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by Michael Abrashoff

The Experience Economy: Work is Theatre & Every Business a Stage by B. Joseph Pine II, James Gilmore

Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life, One Conversation At a Time by Susan Scott

QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and in Life by John G. Miller

Psychology of Sales Call Reluctance: Earning What You're Worth in Sales by George W. Dudley