Bloom Activity Library

When you connect with the right angel investor, it's like finding a new best friend, you just have to know what makes him or her happy.

Smart funding is waiting for smart founders. Raising funds is all about connecting with the investor who's right for you and this book shows you how to succeed.

Turn an effective sales force into one that is truly outstanding.

This book shows executives, managers, and aspiring sales leaders how to find your NSP and create a sales force of True Believers who drive revenue and do work that makes them proud.Explains why sales organizations with a clearly stated Noble Sales Purpose (NSP) dramatically outperform sales organizations driven by numbers alone.

Having spent more than 30 years as a full-time sponsored extreme sports athlete, Will Gadd, in this humorous talk, outlines a few simple tools we can all use to navigate the risk inherent in life.

It is interesting how Hazard Recognition, Anticipation, and Lean-On-The-Fear are a perfect recipe to manage risks in our own businesses.

Watch this video, then jump into the action section to see how you can apply these tips to your enterprise.

This book explains the full scope of Internet infringement, and associated monitoring and enforcement options that are most relevant to brand owners and managers. Covering crucial topics such as brand abuse, counterfeiting, fraud, digital piracy and more. It provides a clear and in-depth exploration of the importance of, and ideas behind, the brand-protection industry.

This book provides lessons learned and case studies from real experience Discusses key knowledge flow components, success factors and traps, and where to start Covering topics such as the power of scaling, internal marketing, measuring success, cultural aspects of sharing, and the role of Web 2.0.

It allows you to stay up-to-date with today's knowledge flow management, and implement best practices to position your organization to take advantage of all of its assets.

Compensation is one of your largest expenses, one you can turn it into a strategic advantage in attracting, retaining, and motivating talent). In this practical book, the authors share 5 principles for designing effective compensation systems along with plenty of examples from leading small, medium, and large firms across various industries.

You'll learn:

		🌻The #1 mistake business leaders make in setting up their compensation  plans

		🌻The psychological aspects of compensation underpinning successful plans

		🌻How individual bonuses can backfire

	 🌻The power of gamifying gains to drive up energy and engagement

	 🌻Whether you want to be queen/king or rich!

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was.

This book explains why we are so bad at predicting the future, and how unlikely events dramatically change our lives if they do happen, as well as what you can do to become better at expecting the unexpected.

This book explains in full detail how to transform ideas into practice.

To be successful, leaders in every type of organization must find practical and action-oriented ways to market their ideas and achieve buy-in from the members of the group.

The author offers a comprehensive action guide that explains how to shape opinion, inspire action, and achieve results. Drawing on current research in the fields of persuasion, power relations, and behavior change, he discusses the complex factors involved in selling an idea—the context of the communication, the type of message being promoted, the nature and interests of the audience, the emotional tenor of the issues at stake, and much more.

Success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. It turns out that at work, most people operate as either takers, matchers, or givers. Whereas takers strive to get as much as possible from others and matchers aim to trade evenly, givers are the rare breed of people who contribute to others without expecting anything in return.

Give and Take highlights what effective networking, collaboration, influence, negotiation, and leadership skills have in common.