Authors Channel

Before you write books, write articles. It’s a great way to share inspiring stories, and engage with your community, says Professor Jamie Anderson, author of The Fine Art of Success.

Writing a book is a great way to make even complex knowledge practical and to pass it on, says Professor Andrew Scott, bestselling author of The 100-Year Life.

The main reason to write a business book is to create a really great calling card for what it is you do, says Marty Neumeier, bestselling author of The Brand Gap and Zag. Especially if what you do is unique.

How former corporate CEO Alok Sinha is using his book to launch a second career as a global thought leader.

Writing a book is like getting paid to do your marketing, says David Meerman Scott, bestselling author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR. And it gives you an unfair advantage.  

‘Watch your life change,’ says Daniel Priestley, the entrepreneurs mentor, as he urges you not to sell your book, but to give thousands of copies away for free.

How writing a book wins you visibility and new clients, says Jane Downes, Ireland’s best known career and performance coach.

Why taking charge of your book marketing inevitably leads to commercial success, says Steve Piersanti, founder of Berrett-Koehler Publishers, and probably the best business book editor in the world.

In this episode Jacqueline Moore is talking to a former colleague Peter Whitehead, former Deputy Editor of the Financial Times’s weekend edition. After the impact and authority of writing for such a high-calibre paper, Jacqueline asks him… why write a book?

How Peter Lorange, former Dean of IMD and founder of the Lorange Network, uses books to think and learn. Also: why you should write your book before finding a publisher.

How Rob Moore, the Disruptive Entrepreneur, uses books to build multiple streams of income and extend his business empire.

Todd Sattersten on why every book is a startup and why you must take charge of marketing your book

How Dom Moorhouse turned his experience of building and selling a consultancy in five years into a book.

Karen Dillon, former Editor of Harvard Business Review, now multiple bestselling author, with her advice for new authors.

Bestselling author Tommy Weir is no stranger to writing books. And that passion will continue. Only now his entrepreneurial business comes first. 

To tell the tough stories that an entrepreneur needs to hear is not an easy task. Listen to how Penny Power wrote a book, 'Business is Personal', a memoir that matters for entrepreneurs at every stage of their life and business.

How former Chief Financial Officer Steve Berry turns Strategies of the Serengeti into the entrepreneurial hub of his training and consulting business.

Lynda Gratton is probably the most pre-eminent professor in the world dealing with transformational HR issues affecting organisations today. She builds and shares her thought leadership in a very distinctive way: by writing rigorous and relevant books.  Learn from her. Get the Lynda Gratton case study.

For more insights from Verne Harnish visit scalingup.com. Download free chapters and resources and model his approach when you write your book.

There's more than one book in you, says Marshall Goldsmith, the pre-eminent leadership coach. He's written 35 books, after all. But it wasn't until he changed the way he worked that he created a million seller.