Dave Anderson

When you face personal challenges, you turn to the Holy Bible for spiritual guidance. But when you need guidance for running your business well and successfully, where can you turn?

You might be surprised to learn that the Bible doesn't just provide guidance on living your life, but also on running a successful business. In "How to Run Your Business by THE BOOK", famed leadership guru Dave Anderson reveals powerful biblical wisdom for transforming the people, culture, and results of your business. He cull timeless leadership principles from the Good Book to help you build a rock-solid foundation for long-term business success.

This is not your typical business book. You won't find academic remedies to your business challenges or exhortations to create a warmer and fuzzier workplace. In fact, you'll find the opposite-tips on how to be a tougher, take-no-prisoners-style manager. It's time to stop letting workplace political correctness push you around and get serious about your business. In this book, Dave Anderson doesn't pull any punches. Offering simple wisdom and politically incorrect solutions that really work, he's not here to inspire you, but to taunt you into action. He shows you how to be more direct without being disrespectful; how to give honest feedback even when it hurts; and how to hold employees accountable for results. In short, you'll learn how to get the most out of your business.

Up Your Business! is a no-holds-barred manifesto on making your organization perform at the highest possible level. Straightforward, honest, and in your face, it doesn't offer empty buzzwords or mysterious acronyms or questionable cure-alls. It outlines seven no-nonsense steps you can take to fix, build, or stretch your business. This revised edition is better than ever, featuring updated strategies at the end of each chapter. In addition, a new final chapter called "Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing" equips you with the tools and inspiration to successfully implement the book's strategies. Up Your Business! proves it takes quality leaders to build quality companies. If your business is struggling, look in the mirror first, then get to work with Dave Anderson's seven vital steps.

Selling Above the Crowd is a daily guide for building the skills, habits and attitudes to excel selling any product or service. Its interactive format with action plans lets you turn good intentions into action and results. Eight short chapters lay the foundation the 365 strategies build on.

Why put any effort into trying to sell to stubborn, obnoxious, and belligerent customers (SOBs)? As Dave Anderson points out in How to Deal with Difficult Customers, 10% of your business adds up to a very large amount of money over the course of a career. Here's the big surprise: Once you've gained the trust of your really difficult customers, they become your most loyal and supportive clients. In this one-of-a-kind guide, you'll discover that SOBs are made, not born, and you'll learn how to win over the customers who make most salespeople want to run away screaming. So, the next time you're struggling with a grumpy, cranky, whiny SOB, you won't have to just stand there wondering, "How can I sell to this jerk?" With the can't-miss strategies you'll find in How to Deal with Difficult Customers, you'll turn that sourpuss into a sweetheart, close the deal in no time, and find yourself eager to take on the next tough customer.