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Robert Clinkenbeard
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  • About
    • Team
    • Testimonials
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    • Blog
    • Worksheets
    • Hire Robert
    • Books
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    • Ironman Mindset
    • Rock and Sand
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    Leadership Challenge - James Kouzes and Barry Posner
    The Leadership Challenge positions leadership both as a skill to be learned, and as a relationship that must be nurtured to reach its full...
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    4 Disciplines of Execution- Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling
    This book looks not only at the ‘what’ but also ‘how’ effective execution is achieved using numerous examples of companies that have done that...
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    Execution- Ram Charam and Larry Bossidy
    Bossidy and Charan reframe their empowering message for a world in which the old rules have been shattered and radical change is becoming routine....
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    Topgrading- Brad Smart
    Great companies, large and small, rise or fall because of their talent; the more high performers on your team, the more successful your organization...
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    The Effective Executive - Peter Drucker
    Peter Drucker reminds us that the measure of an executive is the ability to “get the right things done.” This often includes doing what...
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    Key Performance Indicators- David Parmenter
    Key Performance Indicators are a set of measures that focus on the factors most critical to an organization’s success. Most companies have too many,...
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    The Founders Mentality- Chris Zook & James Allen
    Performance is key in business and when you’re looking at performance, how you organize can be the key to growth. The Exponential Organizationhas revolutionized...
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    The Great Game of Business- Jack Stack
    Jack Stack’s revolutionary system of Open-Book Management suggested that every employee in a business should be able to understand the company’s key figures, act...
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    The Culture Secret- Dr. David Vik
    Why is a great company culture so rare and how can you make sure your organization has one? According to Dr. David ”Doc” Vik...
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    Out of the Crisis- W. Edward Deming
    According to W. Edwards Deming, American companies require nothing less than a transformation of management style and of governmental relations with industry. Deming offers...
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    The Carrot Principle- Dan Gostick and Chester Elton
    Revealing the groundbreaking results of one of the most in-depth management studies ever undertaken, The Carrot Principle shows definitively that the central characteristic of...
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    Blue Ocean Strategy- W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
    This bestselling strategy book, written by world-renowned professors W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, challenges everything you thought you knew about strategic success and...
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    The Culture Engine- Chris Edmonds
    The Culture Engine shows leaders how to create a high performing, values aligned culture through the creation of an organizational constitution. With practical step-by-step...
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    The Oz Principles- Roger Connors and Tom Smith
    At the core of the authors’ message is the idea that when people take personal ownership of their organization’s goals and accept responsibility for...
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    The 5 Levels of Leadership − John C Maxwell
    True leadership isn’t a matter of having a certain job or title. In fact, being chosen for a position is only the first of...
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    Built to Sell- John Warrilow
    Many business owners start companies in a search for more freedom. They want to control their own schedules. They want a higher level of...
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    The SPEED of TRUST: The One Thing That Changes Everything- Stephen M .R. Covey with Rebecca R. Merrill
    Stephen M.R. Covey shows how trust—and the speed at which it is established with clients and, employees—is essential to a successful organization. In fact,...
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    The Lords of Strategy- Walter Kiechel
    Fifty years ago many businesses made plans without understanding the underlying dynamics of competition, costs, and customers. It was like trying to design a...
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    Great by Choice- Jim Collins
    Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins began to ask: why do some companies thrive in uncertainty and even chaos,...
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    Freakonomics- Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
    Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life—from cheating and crime to parenting and sports—and reaches conclusions...
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    Good to Great- Jim Collins
    The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice...
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    ON BECOMING A LEADER - Warren G. Bennis
    In this penetrating, insightful book, Bennis distinguishes leadership by focusing on 28 individuals in leadership positions, including Apple’s John Sculley, Johnson & Johnson’s James...
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    Built to Last- Jim Collins
    What makes the truly exceptional companies different from the other companies? Built To Last examines what lies behind the extraordinary success of 18 visionary companies...
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    The Ultimate Blueprint for an Insanely Successful Business- Keith Cunningham
    Candid and even blunt at times, businessman, entrepreneur, international speaker, and author, Keith Cunningham, reveals his core business principles, including why great operators get...
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    Outthink the Competition- Kaihan Krippendorff
    “Outthinkers” are entrepreneurs and corporate leaders that see opportunities others ignore, challenge dogma others accept as truth, rally resources others cannot influence, and unleash...
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    FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM − Patrick Lencioni
    What does it take to be a great leader? John Maxwell looks at 21 "laws of leadership" that determine whether someone will succeed as...
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    Leaders Eat Last- Simon Sinek
    Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling...
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    QBQ: The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life- John Miller and Kristin E. Lindeen
    QBQ! The Question Behind the Question, addresses the most important issue in business and society today: personal accountability. A lack of personal accountability has...
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    Keys to the Vault- Keith Cunningham
    If you have a great idea for a business but don’t know what to do next, this book was written for you. Keys to...
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    Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard- Chip and Dan Heath
    Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? Chip and Dan Heath...
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    Delivering Happiness- Tony Hsieh
    The CEO of Zappos shows how a different kind of corporate culture can make a huge difference in achieving remarkable results — by actually...
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    THE ADVANTAGE: WHY ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH TRUMPS EVERYTHING ELSE IN BUSINESS − Patrick Lencioni
    What is the single biggest competitive advantage your company can possess? It’s not a superior strategy, faster innovation, or smarter employees. Patrick Lencioni, argues...
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    Getting Things Done- David Allen
    David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization....
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    Exponential Organizations: Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, and cheaper than yours (and what to do about it)- Salim Ismail and Michael S. Malone
    Performance is key in business and when you’re looking at performance, how you organize can be the key to growth. The Exponential Organizationhas revolutionized...
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    The Ideal Team Player- Patrick Lencioni
    Lencioni presents a practical and compelling framework and actionable tools for identifying, hiring and developing ideal team players. These are helpful insights for leaders...
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    Start with Why by Simon Sinek
    In 2009, Simon Sinek started a movement to help people become more inspired at work, and in turn, inspire their colleagues and customers. Since...
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    Scaling Up- Verne Harnish
    In Scaling Up, Verne Harnish and his team share practical tools and techniques for building an industry-dominating business. These approaches have been honed from...
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    The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
    Solid business strategy is more important than ever in our world of stiffening competition. Despite that, most organizations struggle—not so much with formulating a...
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    Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers by Alexander Osterwalder and Alexander Osterwalder
    Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow’s enterprises. If your...
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    Getting to Plan B- John Mullins and Randy Komisar
    You have a new venture in mind. And you’ve crafted a business plan so detailed it’s a work of art. According to John Mullins...
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    The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever- Michael Bungay Stanier
    Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock employee’s potential by using seven essential kinds of coaching questions that help you say less and ask more—and...
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    Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to Unlock Your Business Potential- Greg Crabtree
    Take the mystery out of small business finance with this no-frills guide to understanding the numbers that will guide your business out of any...
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    Crucial Conversations- Stephen M .R. Covey with Rebecca R. Merrill
    The first edition of Crucial Conversations exploded onto the scene and revolutionized the way millions of people communicate when stakes are high. This new...
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    Execution is the Strategy- Laura Stack
    In today’s world of rapid, disruptive change, strategy can’t be separate from execution—it has to emerge from execution. You have to continually adjust your...
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    The Automatic Customer- John Warrilow
    Having repeat customers is the lifeblood of any business. So how do you ensure a steady flow of repeat business? The secret—no matter what...
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    7 Habits of Highly Effective People- Steven Covey
    This is one of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for 25...
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    Turn the Ship Around - David Marquet and Stephen R. Covey
    Turn the Ship Around is Navy captain David Marquet’s true story about leadership onboard the Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered submarine. Facing the high-stress environment...
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    21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership − John C Maxwell
    Patrick Lencioni says, “Successful teamwork is not about mastering subtle, sophisticated theories, but rather about combining common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and...
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    How Win Friends and Influence People- Dale Carnegie
    One of the most groundbreaking and timeless best sellers of all time, Dale Carnegie’s rock-solid, time-tested advice has carried countless people up the ladder...
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    MULTIPLIERS - Liz Wiseman
    Why do some leaders drain capability and intelligence from their teams while others amplify it to produce better results? Some diminish talent and commitment...
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    Now Discover Your Strengths- Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton
    How can you develop your strengths if you aren’t even aware of them? Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of the national bestseller First, Break All the...
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    The New One Minute Manager- Ken Blanchard
    For decades, The One Minute Manager® has helped millions achieve more successful professional and personal lives. While the principles it lays out are timeless,...
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    The Balanced Scorecard- Robert S. Kaplan
    The Balanced Scorecard translates a company’s vision and strategy into a coherent set of performance measures. The four perspectives of the scorecard—financial measures, customer...
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    Financial Intelligence- Joe Knight
    This accessible, jargon-free book is filled with engaging stories of real companies and gives nonfinancial managers the confidence to understand the nuances beyond the...
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    Who- Geoff Smart
    Geoff Smart and Randy Street provide a simple, practical, and effective solution to what The Economist calls “the single biggest problem in business today”:...
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    The Answer- John Assaraf and Murray Smith
    New York Times bestselling author John Assaraf and business guru Murray Smith—two hugely successful entrepreneurs—combine forces to bring their insights and techniques together in...