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9781119764212

Curve Benders How Strategic Relationships Can Power Your Non-linear Growth in the Future of Work

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    9781119764212

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    1119764211

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2021-04-27
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

A personal growth roadmap guiding you into the future of relationships in work, life, play, and giving 

Curve Benders is a personal growth roadmap. It will guide you through the complicated intersection of work, life, play, and giving. Countless new forces will shape the future, so the strategic relationships we form in these areas of life are, of necessity, changing. This book will show you how to move into the future and dramatically alter your growth trajectory in both its direction and ultimate destination. David Nour, the author of Relationship Economics and a top thought leader on business relationships, has identified 15 forces that will heavily influence what we do and how and where we engage our current and prospective relationships to create value and make a difference in the lives of others. 

 This book aims to provide you with a step-by-step guide for personal, professional, and organizational growth. The author highlights how certain relationships enable a non-linear growth trajectory. These relationships, in addition to augmenting what we can accomplish, often shape who we become. These relationships are “curve benders,” and this book will show you who and where they are, how to find and engage them, and, equally valuable, how you can become a curve bender to impact the lives and livelihoods of others profoundly. 

  • Gain insight into the value of your current strategic relationships and how they help you achieve your work, life, and giving goals 
  • Reconceptualize relationships to identify the people with the power, not only to help you achieve but to change who you become 
  • Learn how to become a “curve bender” who makes an outsized impact in the lives of others 
  • Become better at finding and engaging people, navigating the 15 forces that are reshaping our world 

This book is about strategic relationship planning, personal growth, and, ultimately, about you. Read Curve Benders to launch yourself into your best future. 

Author Biography

David Nour is one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. As the Managing Partner of The Nour Group, Inc., David is solving Fortune 500 client challenges with intracompany, as well as externally focused, Strategic Relationship Planning. David is an author, a senior management advisor, and a featured keynote speaker for corporate, association and academic forums, where he shares his knowledge and experience as a leading change agent and visionary for Relationship Economics - the art and science of relationships. He has been featured in a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, The Atlanta Business Chronicle, Georgia Trend, and Pink Magazine.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Don't Doubt Waze! 

Transactions vs. Transformations 

How Will You Get There? 

This Book's Promise  

Chapter One: Work-Life Blending 

Infrastructure of Our Lives 

Aligning Corporate Strategy 

Organization’s Value Agenda 

Four Non-Linear Growth Strategies 

Your Personal Market Value  

Chapter Two: 15 Forces Impacting Your Future  

Extent of Your Control

Five Personal Forces 

Three Organizational Forces 

Five Industry Forces 

Your Priorities Scorecard  

Chapter Three: Accelerated Relevancy 

7-Step Path to Your Curve Benders 

Sustained Relevance  

Linear vs. Non-linear Growth  

Five Steps That Accelerate Your Relevancy 

Chapter Four: Curve Benders as Risk Mitigators In Your Personal S-Curve  

Relationship Intelligence  

Power of Learning Moments 

Bending Your Growth Curve While Avoiding Fender Benders 

Your Personal S-Curve  

Relationship Onramps, Growth Boosts, and Exits 

Chapter Five: Organization of the Future  

Core Business Blind Spots 

The Sandbox Engine  

Unlocking Real Innovation  

Courage, Commitment, Construct 

Chief Entrepreneur 

Entrepreneurial Impact at Walmart.com   

Chapter Six: Curve Bender in the Lives of Others 

Curve Bending Mindset and Cadence  

Seekers and Solvers 

Compounding Refraction Points 

Curve Benders in Companies 

Workhorses vs. Show Horses 

Chapter Seven: Your Curve Benders Roadmap  

Your Future Growth Timeline – Four Phases 

Your Repeatable Actions – Five Steps 

Phase One: Act Now   

Phase Two: Strategize to Evolve  

Phase Three: Visualize Non-linear Growth  

Phase Four: Sequence Your S-Curves 

Final Step: Curve Bending Impact 

Final Thoughts

Notes

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Other Books by the Author

Index

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