Featured Titles for Adults: Begin With WE & The Power to Persist
Begin With WE by Kyle McDowell
Published by Scribe Media
World Rights Available
A Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller, Begin With WE, exposes the root causes of business and team dysfunction, offering a remedy through The 10 WEs framework.
Tired of your toxic work culture? Ready to be the leader you never had?
Begin With WE is a rallying cry for a different kind of leadership—one grounded in people, not power. Written by a former Fortune 10 executive who led tens of thousands around the globe, this book offers a groundbreaking, yet practical path to leading with integrity, authenticity, and purpose.
At the heart of this movement are The 10 WEs—ten proven principles that dismantle dysfunction and build what every workplace needs: a Culture of Excellence.
This isn't another jargon-filled leadership book. It's filled with straight talk, real stories, and lessons earned in the trenches. McDowell doesn't preach—he relates. And he gives you tools you can actually use.
If you're ready to lead with heart, find fulfillment, and have a massive impact, it all starts here.
Transform apathy into optimism. Replace fear with fulfillment. Create the culture you always wanted to be part of. Join the movement. Leave your mark. Start building your Culture of Excellence with Begin With WE!
⭐ Reviews
“Whether you’re an athlete, coach, intern, or CEO, Begin With WE is a must-read for anyone looking to build a high performing team and inspire others to deliver at their highest potential.”—Monte Kiffin, NFL Coaching Legend and Super Bowl Champion
“McDowell has created a framework that allows everyone on the team to come as they are and deliver their best work. His candid approach is refreshing and speaks to the hearts and minds of all leaders. Begin With WE uses vivid storytelling and real-life examples to inspire leaders to be their best.”—Harry Kraemer, Professor of Leadership at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and former Chairman and CEO of Baxter International
“In both business and sports, exceptional results are only delivered via exceptional teams. Begin With WE cracks the code for leaders to deliver both. Kyle’s guiding principles apply from the ballpark to the office park.”—Kevin Kiermaier, MLB outfielder and World Series Champion, 4x Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner, 1x Platinum Glove Award winner
Kyle McDowell is a former corporate executive turned bestselling author, speaker, and leadership coach, widely recognized for his transformational approach to leadership rooted in authenticity, courage, and a powerful sense of “WE.” During his thirty-year run in the corporate world, McDowell led tens of thousands of employees and was responsible for multi-billion dollar P/Ls. A feeling familiar to many, McDowell also became disillusioned with traditional corporate culture. Until a moment of clarity led him to create The 10 WEs—a set of guiding principles that inspired his bestselling book, Begin With WE: 10 Principles for Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence. Kyle’s message is simple yet profound: when leaders prioritize people over egos and principles over politics, teams thrive. Today, he helps leaders and organizations around the world build what McDowell has coined, "a Culture of Excellence: a work environment void of fear and rich in collaboration where authentic leaders and team members operate on a level playing field in pursuit of aligned personal, professional, and organizational goals."
The Power to Persist by Lamell J. McMorris
Published by Greenleaf Book Group
World rights available
Unlock your inner strength and become unstoppable—no matter the odds.
Are you tired of hitting walls, both in your personal life and career, without knowing how to bounce back stronger? Dr. Lamell McMorris knows what it's like to rise from adversity. Growing up in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, Lamell faced life-threatening violence and roadblocks every day. But through resilience and determination, he turned his hardships into a blueprint for success.
Now, Lamell offers strategic insights to top leaders in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors and uses his success to inspire and impact others. Whether he's working alongside powerful corporate and business leaders or famous civil rights leaders to help make policy change, personally lending a hand to everyday folks who need it most, or actively developing his childhood neighborhood where his mother still lives, Lamell has built a reputation for high-impact advocacy, entrepreneurial leadership, and unmatched resilience.
In The Power to Persist, Lamell shares the eight powerful and proven habits that fueled his rise: attitude, work ethic, agility, vulnerability, network, focus, dogged determination, and faith. Lamell shows how he used these habits to turn his struggles into powerful lessons for overcoming adversity—and how you can too.
Whether you're navigating personal challenges, scaling your career, reflecting on where you've been, or wondering how you can do better moving forward, these habits will give you the tools to bounce back stronger, win big, and transform obstacles into opportunities. No matter what life throws your way, this book will show you how to turn setbacks into victories and achieve lasting success.
⭐ Reviews
“The Power to Persist is a road map for anyone looking to overcome obstacles and elevate their personal lives or careers. Lamell uses a mix of his own inspiring stories and tried-and-true methods to help readers confront adversity and reach their full potential.”—David Kohler, chair and CEO, Kohler Co.
"Stocked full of practical tips for self-improvement, The Power to Persist is this year's best book in personal growth."—Randall Woodfin, mayor of Birmingham
“The Power to Persist is an inspiring and exciting read, which I strongly recommend to anyone who is seeking to elevate their skills and achieve positive results in the face of adversity.”—Adam Silver, NBA commissioner
Dr. Lamell McMorris grew up on the South Side of Chicago and went on to find phenomenal success as an entrepreneur, a D.C.-policymaker, a consultant in the financial and professional sports arenas, a civil and human rights advocate, as well as in a Fortune 300 securities firm.
Dr. Lamell McMorris is the founder and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based company Phase 2 Consulting. Dr. McMorris offers strategic insight and external affairs services to some of the nation's leading decision-makers in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Additionally, he manages an in-house team of experienced government and public relations professionals and lawyers, offering a multitude of services to clients in a wide range of disciplines and specialty areas.
In recent years, through Perennial Sports, Dr. McMorris led a premier, full-service sports agency representing NFL and NBA players and personalities. Collectively, its agents signed multiple first-round picks and negotiated several multimillion-dollar contracts.
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Take Back Your Life
By Janja Lalich
A proven resource on cult recovery.
Cult victims and those who have experienced abusive relationships often suffer from fear, confusion, low self-esteem, and post-traumatic stress. Take Back Your Life explains the seductive draw that leads people into such situations, provides insightful information for assessing what happened, and hands-on tools for getting back on track.
Take Back Your Life is a lifeline for survivors of cults, coercive groups, and abusive relationships. It explains how ordinary people get drawn into high-control environments and offers trauma-informed tools to understand, recover, and reclaim life on one’s own terms. Written for the victims, their families, and professions, this book leads readers through the healing process.
⭐ Reviews
"Take Back Your Life is a must-read for everyone who wants to understand the powerful appeal that cults have for so many ordinary people, using so many disguises, with so many subtle tactics."—Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
"This book is a wealth of information and highlights specific scenarios that are both incredibly powerful and profoundly relatable to this population."—Rachel Bernstein, LMFT, MSEd, Host of IndoctriNation Podcast
Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is a researcher, author, and educator specializing in self-sealing, or closed, systems (cults, human trafficking, situations of coercive influence and control, ideological extremism), with a particular focus on recruitment, indoctrination, and methods of influence and control. She is Professor Emerita of Sociology at California State University, Chico and has been studying the social psychology of controversial groups and exploitative and abusive relationships for 30+ years. Dr. Lalich has written and lectured extensively, has advised the international intelligence community on extremism and indoctrination, and has served as consultant and expert witness in civil and criminal cases.
