INTHEBLACK July 2025 - Magazine - Page 12
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Beyond Solo: There’s more
than one way to grow your
business
How to Chase Change:
30 Days to Master Your
Mindset
Sara Howard
Publish Central
Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa
Simon & Schuster Australia
Many small business owners can
become overwhelmed and lose
sight of why they ventured out
on their own. Creative agency
founder Sara Howard aims to help
owners overcome this challenge
and find their path to business
growth. She guides readers through
five different business models and discusses the key
decisions every owner should make, especially around
adding value and planning an exit. Drawing on real stories
from founders in Australia, the UK and the US, this book
delivers useful advice for anyone looking to grow a business
with energy instead of exhaustion.
This book introduces a 30-day
program for building the
mindset needed to reach
personal or professional goals.
Neuroscientist and podcast host
Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa blends
research, personal stories and
practical advice to explore topics
such as goal-setting, self-confidence, procrastination,
decision-making and negative self-talk. Each module
provides clear strategies and tools for navigating personal
growth and life transitions. Adopt helpful behaviours, let go
of unproductive patterns and reshape thought processes
to support emotional wellbeing and positive change.
Resurgent: How established
organizations can fight back
and thrive in an age of digital
transformation
Choose Trust: Building
relationships for business
success
Julian Birkinshaw and John Fallon
Bloomsbury Publishing
Stuart Maister and
Kevin Vaughan-Smith
Profile Books
Many start-ups are lauded for
their digital innovation, leveraging
technologies such as AI, machine
learning and cloud computing
to change the way people live
and work. Yet incumbents across
industries hold powerful
advantages — deep market knowledge, strong operations
and trusted brands — that can drive success in the digital
age, too. Resurgent is a handbook for legacy businesses
to harness these strengths as they undergo digital
transformation. It serves as a timely reminder that the
market-leading experience of traditional companies
is a key asset in staying competitive and relevant.
In both professional and personal
settings, strong relationships are
built on mutual trust, requiring
people to be trustworthy
themselves and to place trust
in others. In Choose Trust,
the authors explain how
to intentionally build trust using the three elements
of the “Trust Triangle”: clarity, character and capability.
They present a straightforward formula for generating
and sustaining trust, and include practical examples that
show how to apply these principles in workplace situations.
This book is a toolkit for nurturing trust — an essential
quality in the accounting and finance profession.
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