Books published by Beard Books

Corporations must be controlled through laws and a change in the corporate culture itself.

Reaching the top in any field requires the help of a great mentor. You can’t do it all on your own. Written from the protégé’s point of view, Mentor X offers ideas and practical tips to achieving extraordinary success. In the world of Mentor X, the protégé sits in the driver’s seat. While intuition and judgment are key to finding a mentor, once a mentor is found, the protégé’s trust should be so well placed that the protégé should not hesitate to proceed with the counsel received — even when the counsel is bold,controversial, or transgressive.Always direct and often edgy, Mentor X has answers you won’t find to questions not touched in other “mentoring” books. Mentor X explains how to find a great mentor and avoid the pseudo, bad, and false ones — and the remarkable things that happen once you find an extraordinary mentor.

TOM RUSSELL gives us a behind the scenes look at his life in rock and radio. He uncovered some of the great rock bands to come out of Scotland and has interviewed and spent time with some of the absolute legends: Robert Plant, Ozzy, ACDC, Genesis, Judas Priest, ZZ Top, Iron Maiden, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Rush, Motley Crue, Journey, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Black Stone Cherry, Alterbridge and many many more. The Godfather of Rock is a fantastic read and great insight into the emergence of rock through the 60's, 70's, and 80's. Tom is still immersed in the business and remains a major influence right up to the present day.

In a detailed Question & Answer format, the author, a nationally recognized bankruptcy practitioner, addresses both the esoteric and real world issues of indenture trustees in chapter 11 cases. Topics include conflicts, direction by holders, compensation, indemnification, fee recovery, and trustee litigation, including X-Clause, intercreditor, make-whole, and TIA disputes.

This is the 2012 edition of Volume 1 of the definitive work on admiralty and maritime law by three of the leading professors in the field.

A sophisticated "how to" for owners of troubled companies who want to salvage as much of their equity as possible in the face of daunting foes.

Proven Principles for Building Successful Teams in Any Workplace"Working Together reveals for the first time how visionary project manager Alan Mulally was able to mold Boeing's many disparate elements into a well-oiled team--one that delivered the revolutionary Boeing 777 both on time and on budget. Built upon Mulally's twelve guiding principles of project management, it provides managers with clear, easy-to-understand guidance for spearheading virtually any type of project, in any organization.Written by bestselling project management author James P. Lewis, "Working Together takes into account both the human and technical sides of business as it tells organizational leaders how to develop: A clear, uncompromising mission, supported by nonconflicting performance goals Active, ongoing practices for transforming the culture of an organization Reward systems based on cooperation, not competition The ability to successfully manage a project is one of today's most valuable and sought-after skills. "Working Together outlines how any executive can plan, execute, and sustain remarkable project success, achieving desired results while virtually eliminating destructive intrateam conflict.The Boeing 777 development program is one of the past half-century's most stirring, successful examples of organizational teamwork, and Alan Mulally one of the most celebrated and accomplished project managers. Based on the principles followed by Boeing and Mulally in the 777 project, "Working Together provides hands-on details for successfully managing projects, teams, and organizations, and the techniques and strategies that executives and managers can implement to consistently achieve projectexcellence."Working together," Boeing's guiding philosophy, is more than just a program-of-the-month, or a catchy slogan. It represents an integrated set of twelve principles that a company can use to conduct itself, both internally with its employees as well as externally in relation to its customers, suppliers, and community. Each chapter in "Working Together works as both a self-contained lesson in leadership and a crucial piece in the development of organizational success, describing: Clear Performance Goals--How to develop goals that go beyond purely financial measures to encompass value drivers including customer and employee satisfaction, innovation, and quality One Plan--Methods to construct a coordinated, integrated master plan that is effectively communicated by management--with individual functional plans developed to coordinate with it The Value of Data--In-depth examination of the possibilities trapped inside data, and how solutions in a project are generally arrived at through facts rather than feelings In today's technologically complex, logistically challenging global environment, lone wolves generally do not survive long. "Working Together outlines a unique, proven system for inspiring teamwork among factions and building a unified whole from distinct and self-contained pieces. For managers of all enterprises from ten employee enterprises to 10,000, the answers it provides are direct, refreshing, and proven effective in some of today's most grueling, competitive project environments.