THE TEXTBOOKS

Reading the book is the easy part.

A good business book can change the way you think. The harder part is taking what you learned and actually changing the way the business works.

THREE BOOKS WE'LL PUT TO WORK

You may have read a hundred business books. The question is, what changed because you read them?

We will use these three books as working guides to bring structure, knowledge and proven principles into your business.

But reading them is only the start. We won't just talk about what we liked. We'll understand the principles, decide what they mean for your business, put them into practice, help your people use them, and build them into the systems and processes that shape how the work gets done.

Traction by Gino Wickman book cover

Run the business

Traction

Traction is the guidebook for the operating system I will help you install in your organization.

It gives us the structure for getting clear on where you are going, setting priorities, measuring what matters, solving issues, creating accountability and making sure things actually get done.

We won't just read Traction. We'll use it to change how your business operates.

Profit First by Mike Michalowicz book cover

Manage the money

Profit First

Put discipline around the money coming into the business so growth does not leave you wondering where the cash went or how you ended up upside down.

The Truth About Employee Engagement book cover

Help your people win

The Truth About Employee Engagement

Help people understand why their work matters, how they are doing, and what winning looks like. This is the book previously published as The Three Signs of a Miserable Job.

Barbachano & Associates is not certified by or affiliated with the authors or organizations behind these books. We are experienced in applying their principles.

THE PART THE BOOK CAN'T DO FOR YOU

Now we have to put it to work.

Reading it is one thing. Getting it into the business is another.

We have to figure out what the principles mean inside your company. Then we decide what needs to change, help your people understand it, build systems around it, turn those systems into processes people can actually follow, decide who owns what, and measure whether it is working.

That's where I come in. We will read the books and talk through the ideas. But the real work is helping you and your team apply them, build them into the way the company operates, and hold people accountable for following through.

  1. Read it
  2. Understand it
  3. Apply it
  4. Teach it
  5. Build it in
  6. Do it
  7. Make it stick

The goal isn't to finish three books. The goal is to build a better business because you read them.

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