Books published by Advantage Media Group

IN THIS INSPIRING BOOK, entrepreneur, educator, and creativity expert, Emily Greene, shows us how the disruption of school during the pandemic is our watershed moment to reinvent a better way to learn. The coronavirus pandemic brought our lives to a halt, daily routines were upended, and school changed overnight. While pandemic-era learning is exposing the glaring deficiencies in our school systems, Greene lays out an uplifting, achievable way for parents, caregivers, and educators to help children rediscover the joy of learning. She shares new research, combined with personal stories, tips, and activities, to help lighten the load that parents and children feel as we navigate this unprecedented disruption of school. She guides us through the Seven Wonders of Learning-Unlearning, Free Time, Curiosity, Making, Creativity, Individuality, and Joy-offering practical strategies to help bring back balance and optimism as we reimagine school. We walk away uplifted, with a new perspective on how to use this unexpected disruption of our children's schooling to nurture their hearts, souls, and natural curiosities. We carry forward a can-do sense of urgency to help our children come away from this difficult period with new insight, strength, and a reclaimed joy of learning.

"NO THANKS." This is the answer countless men and women have given when asked to step up and assume a leadership role. And rarely is it because of a lack of ability. Most often, it's because of uneasiness about the challenges and difficulties that most leaders face. They know that leaders have to be problem-solvers, and they've seen how leaders take the heat and get blamed when something goes wrong. In The Reluctant Leader, renowned leadership expert Pat Williams takes the fear out of leadership by answering every concern a reluctant leader might have and giving practical advice on how to navigate even the stickiest leadership challenges. If you've been told you'd make a great leader but have never said yes to a leadership opportunity, let Pat Williams help you overcome the hesitation that's holding you back.

DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS ARE DRIVING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS To the uninitiated, digital ecosystems are like swirls of mist, more nebulous apparition than tangible tool. But many of today's top companies rely on this invisible force, and the future will follow. In Rewire!, technology visionary Mike J. Walker unravels the digital ecosystem puzzle with consumable content and a road map to build next generation business models. Business executives, strategists, digital officers, and innovation leaders can turn to Rewire! to learn about: ¿ diving deeper into the digital ecosystem evolution, ¿ inspiring your leadership teams, ¿ hosting ideation workshops, and ¿ leveraging the power of digital ecosystems to maximize business value. Now is the time to shape your company's trajectory based on real-world guidance from an internationally respected and tirelessly driven innovation expert.

RETIREMENT IS NO LONGER THE STORY OF OLD AGE. IT IS THE STORY OF LONG LIFE. According to US census data, the average person spends nearly twenty years in the post-career phase of their lives. Luckily for those currently entering this phase, the traditional concept of retirement is quickly becoming outdated. We are at the dawn of the anti-retirement movement-a movement that assumes participants bring the same energy and enthusiasm to their post-career life that they brought to their career. But every movement needs leaders, and the anti-retirement movement is finding two of its leaders in authors Patti and Milledge Hart. In The Resolutionist, Patti and Milledge identify twelve resolutions that can provide a framework for your continued growth, engagement, and adventure after you've left the workplace. Using examples from their own sometimes-bumpy journey from C-suite executive to a relevant and fulfilling anti-retirement life, Patti and Milledge suggest options for how to invest your resources-time, energy, wisdom, finances-to find your passions, develop new metrics for success, and surround yourself with kindred spirits. You'll walk away from this book enthusiastic about becoming a Resolutionist and inspired to make the next phase the best phase of your life. Welcome to the anti-retirement movement!

A DOCTOR'S BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS! You may be a physician who spent an exhaustive amount of years learning to be a great doctor, to help heal other human beings. But were you taught how to weigh your first job options, or how to go balance personal finances after medical school? What about communication skills? You're taught to make a patient whole without equal thought to listening to and really understanding the patient's needs and concerns. And how will you one day lead a team, start a business, or manage your own practice? How can you do all of this while balancing your personal needs? What about balancing a family life? In Beyond Medical School: Secrets of Successful Doctors, Dr. Gregory Corradino answers all of these questions and more. In this book, the author guides readers through core concepts essential for every physician, be it a young doctor fresh from medical school or a seasoned professional looking to sharpen their communication, leadership, and business skills. He hopes you'll learn here what he gained through decades of experience and an MBA: that education is a lifelong responsibility.

Social media is broken - or at least it appears that way. To many, the industry seems to have come undone, but what if, in fact, it's just coming together? As social media has become integrated into both business and mainstream culture, we've seen euphoric novelty give way to hysteria around the ill effects of misinformation, data privacy and polarizing echo chambers. Now, as everything from the ethics behind algorithms to the legal shield social networks use to protect themselves from liability is being discussed at the highest levels of government, many are wondering if social media's problems are simply too great to fix. Against the backdrop of a global crisis, Ryan Holmes, the Founder and Chairman of Hootsuite, takes a sobering look at concerns surrounding the social media industry today and offers an optimistic view of where it's headed. Holmes argues that the hysteria we're experiencing now is part of a natural lifecycle all game-changing communication technologies go through before finding balance.As North America faces a global pandemic and societal unrest, social media has become more crucial than ever. Holmes' incisive combination of history and future-think will help industry insiders and average readers alike understand the potential and pitfalls of social media and map out a plan to thrive in the years ahead.

Tips And Techniques To Understand Yourself And Create Your Own Success Story In Becoming Your Own Best Friend, author Nami Lindquist shares her proven strategies for success and making the most out of any situation, using practical advice and exercises you can follow to understand yourself better, increase your confidence, and find the motivation to stay focused on achieving your goals to become your best self. Your change can start today. There are steps you can take to boost your self-confidence and encourage and empower yourself. There are techniques you can use to control your mindset, attitudes, and behaviors in ways that are positive and healthy. Nami shares her own story along with perspectives from other self-starters and data from science and psychology to help you understand why you respond to setbacks and challenges the way you do, and how you can make lasting, positive change. She¿ll encourage you to demand respect¿not just from others, but also from yourself. She¿ll inspire you to challenge yourself by considering fear as an opportunity, rather than a barrier. And she¿ll show you how to navigate the steps from powerless to powerful.

DISCOVER THE THREE Cs OF LEADERSHIP SUCCESS Every enterprise is a human enterprise. It doesn¿t matter what product or service your company offers; yoüre in the people business. People are the reason your business exists, the means by which you meet your business goals, and the focus of your products and services. And yet, people skills are still regarded as ¿soft¿ skills, secondary to the stuff you learn in engineering school and business college¿a nice extra, but not essential.If you want to be an outstanding leader, you must flip the formula around. Put people first. Learn how to connect to people in an authentic, respectful way, and then show them you genuinely care about them. If you can accomplish these two things, you have a chance to really change lives for the better. And there is no higher calling for any enterprise or career. CONNECT, CARE, CHANGE: A ROAD MAP FOR AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP was written primarily for leaders in customer service businesses. But when you understand the lessons this book contains, you realize every business is a customer service business.

THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO HIGH-PERFORMANCE REMOTE WORK If your office has shifted to your home, it can be hard to stay focused and ... well, get sh*t done. The distractions are endless, communication styles change, and team productivity ... needs help. Unlock the secrets to working virtually. Find out why webcams and emails are overrated, learn how to lead high-performance teams, communicate virtually with impact and authority, be fierce in your quest for accountability across business projects, and attain that coveted work-life balance.By putting these practical tips into action, you'll reboot your remote work life and maybe even say goodbye to the office forever!

THE SECRETS Your Broker Never Told You! A seismic shift has taken place in financial planning for people approaching retirement. When that change came along, author Thomas Helbig was more than ready for it. What is the new investment landscape all about? Americans planning for retirement have lost faith in risky, Wall Street-style investments. Meanwhile, new investment tools have come along, developed by the insurance sector of the financial services industry, to replace those high-risk vehicles. St. Louis-based Thomas Helbig, who began advising clients in 1977, has been specializing in these new-breed investments since their emergence. Always one who emphasized safety and loss-prevention, Helbig became an early adopter of the new portfolio options and his clients have learned, to their happiness, how: ¿ principal can be protected, ¿ a logical plan can be followed, ¿ substantial growth of the portfolio can be realized and ¿ can produce more guaranteed income regardless of Wall Street¿s performance ¿I may be a financial advisor operating in extremely volatile times, but I don¿t toss and turn at night. I know my clients¿ funds are well protected.¿ For 43 years Thomas Helbig founder of The Retirement Advisory Group has watched several trends in the retirement planning market come and go. But one thing has always remained consistent with all of his clients over the years, not one of them ever lost a dime of principal or gains as a result of following his advice. That is a statement not many Financial Advisors can make.

A startling new scientific approach for businesses that maximizes employee energy and performance during these disruptive times.The Human Vector is a much-needed business management toolset, a true antidote to strife and turmoil that has engulfed businesses worldwide but especially in America. With multitudes working unsupervised from home, the Vector is a bridge that will ensure productivity from distance working. This book is a beacon for organizations to follow with the Vector's proven new lessons in business operations and how to follow corporate leadership through scientific management techniques. It teaches how to hire, streamline operations and develop implicit trust between ownership, management and employees. The Vector brings new age practices, that marry a new European management style with American business know how.

Start Your Journey to Complete Well-Being Health is so much more than the absence of disease. In fact, according to the World Health Organization, true health is defined as ¿a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.¿ How do we achieve such high levels of health? Well, there are many simple things we can do every day to improve our own health naturally, without pills, potions, or doctors. In The Big Prescription, we discover how lifestyle factors can contribute to our health and how we can easily adapt these to help: ¿lose weight ¿eliminate stress ¿improve confidence and self-esteem ¿sleep well ¿have more energy ¿improve relationships And so much more . . .Discover complete well-being. Discover balance.

¿ Are you aware that your healthcare safety net may not be fit for purpose? ¿ Are you at the mercy of a state run health system? ¿ Are you ever confused or bewildered by conflicting health messages? ¿ Are you concerned that should you develop a medical condition you may never return to full health? ¿ Are you keen to have full control over your own health?If you can answer YES to any of these then you need to read 4006 Days. This empowering manual helps you to understand how your mouth and body interact with each other, what you can do to save money on your dental care, have a healthier mouth AND reduce the risk of many medical conditions. Mouth inflammation has been proven to increase the risk of developing numerous devastating health problems including heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, Alzheimers and cancers. Most of the population have mouth inflammation and DO NOT KNOW IT IS THERE. 4006 Days is the ultimate guide to Dental Medicine. No more searching multiple sources to work out what you should and shouldn't be doing for your mouth.You will be armed with the facts to ensure your dentist is providing you with the best care that is available. BEWARE: There is information in this book that many lazy or immoral dentists would rather you didn't know!

Secrets of Peak Performers Are you an entrepreneur working hard to grow your business, income, and influence? Or, are you like most entrepreneurs who are working hard, but not necessarily working smart? Secrets of Peak Performers shares critical WORK SMART strategies from successful entrepreneurs in over 25 industries. Included inside are personal and professional wealth creating insights that tackle important topics like sales & marketing, time management, innovation & change, managing and leading people, and much more. If you are truly committed to success, you will find yourself referencing this book time and time again.