Books published by SkillBites

Is your company expanding, or has it outgrown its current space? Are you wondering how hard it could possibly be to become the point person for finding and purchasing a new building for your company? You have come to the right place! Read on before you make a move. You are probably great at running your business. But buying commercial real estate has its own language, timetable, challenges and pitfalls. It can be mystifying and daunting, but there is help and hope. Alex Ruggieri and Noah Ruggieri, the authors of The Executive's Guide for Buying Commercial Property, have over 50 years of combined experience in all aspects of buying and selling multimillion dollar buildings as well as experience in commercial building projects. They have seen many of the challenges that can come up in commercial real estate transactions. They want to help you avoid the typical pitfalls that executives can run into when they attempt the complex process of purchasing commercial property for the first time. In this powerful guide you will learn about: • The benefits of owning versus leasing or renting the property • Working with real estate professionals • Short term versus long term thinking • Planning and zoning boards and city ordinances and other political pitfalls • Financing basics • Building the right commercial real estate team • Some things to keep in mind after the purchase. It is possible to make good, data based decisions that will benefit your company now and for years in the future by heeding the advice of these experts. With this book as your guide, you can avoid the pitfalls and move forward with confidence.

Are you a senior leader or executive responsible for setting vision, championing corporate culture, or leading change and innovation? Do you want your people to learn, grow, and develop so they can achieve more dynamic organizational results? Dr. Karen takes you on her own personal leadership journey from calling and destiny in childhood to leadership deployed in adulthood. Stops along the way in this heartfelt depiction, include stories from her active duty years in the Army as well as vignettes from a variety of other life and work experiences. After reading this book you will be inspired to think about how to use your own leadership journey to first lead yourself and then your people. This book is about leveraging your own unique leadership experiences and lessons learned to build a more significant life and business.

Imagine how you would feel if you didn't know who...or what you are. In this book, you will join a small critter in search of its identity on a fanciful trip through the zoo. You will meet wonderful and unusual animals, some real and some not real. And by the end, you will have helped the small critter discover its identity.

“Hi, I’m Breezy, and this is my wife, Dodo.” With hand extended, that was how I usually introduced us to new acquaintances. They would react with a smile, a look of disbelief, and a series of questions – “How and when did you get those names?” – “How did you two meet and marry?” – etc. Our response was quite simple. We were born a week apart in December 1928 to couples who were friends in Dickson City, Pennsylvania. I was given my nickname by a nun in elementary school, at about the same time that Dodo was given hers by her brother Ted. We grew up during the Great Depression and World War II. My dad working in the coal mines and Dodo’s dad owning a local tavern. We first met and became friends in 9th grade, and our friendship grew during our high school years. We began dating while I was attending the University of Scranton, and, a few years later, in October 1950, at the age of 21, were married in the same church in which we had been baptized. I served in the military from 1952 to 1954, which led to my career working at the Department of the Army. We settled in southeastern Pennsylvania, where we lived, worked, and raised their family. This response would lead to more questions. Over the years, our three daughters, Donna, Diane, and Janet, asked similar and many more questions. We answered them with the full extent of our recollections. Yet, it seemed that there was always another question. Now, in my golden years, my daughters have persuaded me to tell them, and their children, the full story of “Breezy” and “Dodo,” including the histories of our families, their immigration from Poland to Pennsylvania, my paternal grandmother’s 21 children, and maternal grandmother’s 13 children. Life growing up and living in a small coal mining town during the 1930s and 40s. getting married and working to achieve the American dream of middle class.

Sisters Bee and Bel operate a tour company--To Be Tours--designed for the literate and adventurous traveler. Their current tour Castles, Chianti, and Classics includes a Tuscan cooking class, book discussions,and highlights of Italy for their quixotic group. The sisters impeccably planned trip is repeatedly derailed by one nasty participant. Patty manages to alienate, infuriate, and embarrass each of the guests in turn, and threatens to make the word American a new and potent profanity. Patty seems determined to ruin not only the tour but the lives of other tour members. After a series of frightening incidents, Patty is found dead. With everyone secretly relieved she is silenced, Bel and Bee discretely unravel the mysteries concealed by their companions, each of whom has an excellent motive for murder. Often hilarious, always informative, Poison Patty has a surprise ending that will leave readers wanting more in this delightful new series.