In the world of American business, we often perceive hard work and persistence as the key behaviors that allow us to get ahead. They are often touted as the key elements of success. But life is rarely that simple. At critical junctures, we are faced with significant choices that determine the arc of our remaining life. Sometimes those choices are subtle, such as who to stand next to at a cocktail party. Or they might be more obvious, like taking a job in a far off city, or agreeing to take back a cheating spouse. Or pursuing a murderer. Mark Carson was on a fast rise to the top of Global...

Julia McCoy finds herself working as an auditor for Matrix Corporation, an international mining conglomerate. Her first field assignment is to review the copper reserves of EthioCupro, a mining operation in Ethiopia, where she is joined by senior financial auditor Mick Stanton. Julia notices there are some odd things going on at the mine. The evidence suggests the mine is extracting something in addition to copper, but what or why remains shrouded in mystery. Julia and Mick head to the Danakil depression to see the unusual hot springs there. Aman arranges for Julia to be captured by...

Roger Follansbee thinks he is helping to protect his country from corrupt senior managers. Management plans to license the company's new energy storage technology to a German firm, one whom federal operatives claim works regularly with unfriendly governments. With the help of a retired CIA operative, Roger discovers the government agent he reports to may not be what he claims.

Corporate Politics. Every large organization is rife with them. Most employees find politics to be confusing, irritating, unfair, and something to be avoided at all costs. Many years in senior positions inside a variety of large corporations forced me to realize ignoring an organization's politics was essentially impossible. Ignoring politics makes you vulnerable. Ignoring politics can cost you your job. And don't even think about ascending the corporate ladder, where you'll be easily victimized by the expert politicians who lurk there. Navigating Corporate Politics is written for those new...

A killer lays out plans to execute a targeted company's CEO, and cover up the crime by murdering other Chief Executives in the local area. Joel Smith, a former CIA agent and Private Security Consultant is called by a fearful company CEO for protection, only to find himself trying to stop the killer from striking again.

Vice President of Corporate Development at Andax Corporation, Joan Priest is trusted by management to negotiate and close delicate deals that add significant growth and profits to the company. But Joan has a secret -- one that she fears will be revealed, turning her life upside down. Andax is in the midst of a succession race, structured with two "Co-CEOs," one of which will ultimately succeed retiring Oskar Christoffersen. While Joan is in Brazil, things go from bad to worse. Her boss' body is found -- the victim of an apparent suicide. There's a suicide note, and Priest learns her name is...

At a corporate retreat in British Columbia, kidnappers descend on a group of senior corporate executives from Redhouse Consulting, snatching the CEO. The kidnapper's plans go wrong almost from the start as they become lost in remote mountainous region. Matt Lively, an employee at the Layoko Lodge, where the executives are staying, pursues the kidnappers through the BC wilderness. Meanwhile, the remaining Redhouse executives jockey for position, while suspecting each other of being the "inside source" for the kidnappers.

Newly hired Division President Colin Jensen, inspired by the television program "Undercover Boss," secretly slips into TruePhase Chemical's shipping department for some intelligence gathering -- sans camera. Rather than the honest, hardworking employees he expects to discover, he finds a web of crime, violence, and oppression. Behind all of this Colin knows there must be a puppet-master pulling the strings -- but who is it? Colin launches an investigation with the help of Financial Analyst Sandy Martin, and when their efforts are unintentionally exposed both of them are at extreme risk....

Most people realize they should avoid that bad boss everyone is talking about, but fewer realize that the ones people aren't discussing could be worse. Bad bosses seem to be hidden around every corner and stashed in every niche. And they come in more varieties than Baskin-Robbins ice cream. Bad Boss, Great Boss tries to make sense of a plethora of problematic supervisors -- from the Gentleman to the Screamer and everywhere in between. Inside this book's pages you'll learn about the ten types of extreme bosses that ultimately fail in their jobs. You'll also learn the keys to identifying such...

This novel reintroduces the character of JC "Disco" Martin, who made his first appearance in the novel INCENTIVIZE. In this story, JC Martin has retired from the Navy, and taken a job with a socially responsible fashion company named Dam Yankee. His position with the firm, as the supplier auditor, is considered critical to the business as their reputation revolves around doing good works in the poorest nations of the world. Martin's first field assignment is to travel to Honduras and audit a firm there known as Moda Cortez, a shirt manufacturer. A successful audit is critical to Martin's...