Here’s OUR monthly top picks for you (and your field) for reading, listening to and utilizing in order to stay engaged, informed and one step ahead.
APP / In Your Face: Meeting Reminder
By Martin Hoeller
Inspired by a co-worker who consistently ran late to meetings, app developer Martin Hoeller created In Your Face: Meeting Reminder as a way to ensure that calendar notifications would not be easily missed. The app links to your calendar and pushes a full-screen reminder to your computer before your meeting—making it impossible to miss. It also detects video conference links in your calendar, providing easy access to virtual meetings. Custom alerts for critical tasks can also be added.
WEBINAR / Business Accelerator Training
By Michael Hyatt
After finding balance in his chaotic life as CEO of a $250 million publishing company, Michael Hyatt realized the innovative system he created could positively impact the lives of other leaders. So, Hyatt launched Full Focus, a corporate training and strategic planning company that helps the C-Suite “achieve extraordinary results without compromising their most important values.” Full Focus offers a wealth of insightful content for free; including 5 Building Blocks to a Company that Runs Itself and 5 Keys to Run Your Business Without Your Business Running You.
BOOK / The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People
By Gary Chapman & Paul White
Based on the New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages, this book is a bestseller in its own right—having sold over 450,000 copies! The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace helps you identify how your staff feels most recognized at work. Authors Gary Chapman and Paul White outline how to improve morale with your team, create a more positive environment and increase employee engagement—simply by speaking your employees’ appreciation languages.
PODCAST / The $100 MBA Show
By Omar Zenhom
Named one of the top business podcasts in the world by Forbes, Fast Company and Time, Inc., The $100 MBA Show offers short, actionable business lessons to aspiring entrepreneurs. Creator and host Omar Zenhom believes that anyone can start and run a business with the right information—and this podcast delivers! Not only does Zenhom publish a new business lesson five days a week, but he has curated his most popular episodes into collections.
YouTube Channel / Motivation Ark
With over 1.2 million subscribers and nearly a billion total views, Motivation Ark is a prolific YouTube channel that serves up inspiration and education from high achievers. Videos mash up original voiceover content from coaches and creators like Oprah, Jordan Peterson and Steve Harvey and display the words in subtitles over beautiful video imagery. The result? A moving motivational montage that pushes you to win. This vault of personal development gold provides a great way for your field to start their day.
AUDIO BOOK / Virtual Selling: How to Build Relationships, Differentiate and Win Sales Remotely
By Mike Schultz, Dave Shaby and Andy Springer
Thanks to the pandemic, business that was once face-to-face has largely become screen-to-screen. In order to succeed in the industry, distributors must now adapt to the world of remote sales. Virtual Selling offers practical advice and techniques to build rapport online, run effective virtual meetings, deliver powerful virtual presentations, boost productivity and much more. This audiobook will take your field step-by-step through mastering the medium and help them reach their sales goals without relying on in-person meetings.
From the September 2023 issue of Direct Selling News magazine.
