Unleashing the Power of IT!
By Dan Roberts & Lou Markstrom
Go from the "IT guy" to trusted business partner...
If you're in IT, quite a lot is expected of you and your team: be technologically advanced, business-minded, customer-focused, and financially astute, all at once. In the face of unforgiving competition, rampant globalization, and demanding customers, business leaders are discovering that it's absolutely essential to have a strong, active partner keeping a firm hand on the decisions and strategies surrounding information technology. Unleashing the Power of IT provides tangible, hard-hitting, real-world strategies, techniques, and approaches that will immediately transform your IT workforce and culture. This book presents the new mindset, skill set, and tool set necessary for IT leaders to thrive in today's challenging environment.
Includes new discussion on social media
Offers online access to the IT Skill Builder Competency Assessment Tool
Features top ten lists of tips and techniques, proven frameworks, and practical guidance to help you launch and sustain your IT culture change and professional development initiatives
Profiling several world-class organizations that have implemented the principles in this book, Unleashing the Power of IT reveals the best practices to get you on the path to implementation.
Be The Master of Your Life!
By Lou Markstrom
What if the principles that create success in martial arts could be applied to every area of your life?
For centuries, martial arts have developed discipline, focus, resilience, and mental strength. Yet too often, these powerful principles remain confined to the dojo—never fully translated into business, leadership, or everyday life.
In Be the Master of Your Life, Lou Markstrom bridges that gap.
Drawing on over four decades of martial arts training and decades of experience working with leaders, organisations, and high performers, Lou reveals 11 powerful principles that drive unstoppable success—both on and off the mat.
Through real-world stories, practical insights, and timeless philosophy, you’ll learn how to:
• Commit fully and eliminate hesitation
• Learn faster by studying those who have already succeeded
• Develop the discipline to do the work—consistently
• Step into challenge instead of avoiding it
• Adapt under pressure and stay in control
• Build momentum and persist through obstacles
• Set goals that stretch your thinking and your results
• Prepare strategically to win before the moment of action
• Surround yourself with the right people who elevate your performance
• Access the deeper source of your power—the indomitable spirit within you
This is not a book about martial arts techniques.
It is a guide to mastering your mindset, your actions, and your life.
Whether you are a leader, entrepreneur, professional, or someone simply looking to raise your standards, this book will challenge you to think differently, act more decisively, and move forward with purpose.
Because success is not something you hope for.
It is something you train for.
