Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World

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Jenn Granneman and Andre Solo An Amazon Book Editor’s Best Book Pick for 2023 “This important book reframes the way we think about sensitivity—our own or someone else’s—and shines a light on the great power in being highly attuned to the world.”—Susan Cain, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet and Quiet Everyone has a sensitive side, but nearly …

STEM, STEAM, Make, Dream: Reimagining the Culture of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

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Christopher Emdin STEM, STEAM, Make, Dream explores the ways that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics can transform all young people’s lives through learning. This includes reimagining our collective relationship to STEM by presenting it as more accepting and accessible than previously acknowledged. Beginning with the ways that STEM has been used to marginalize many children, the book examines the need …

Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way

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Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter From the acknowledgments of Compassionate Leadership: We have been blessed by incredible editorial support by Jeff Leeson of Benson Collister. Jeff’s commitment to clarity and simplicity has helped distill complex matter into clear insights. Leadership is hard. How can you balance compassion for your people with effectiveness in getting the job done? A global pandemic, …

Architects of Deeper Learning: Intentional Design for High-Impact Instruction

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Lissa Pijanowski Benson-Collister worked on a fast-track schedule to rewrite the manuscript to create a hands-on book for educators that still maintained author Lissa Pijanowski’s unique voice. Unlike previous attempts by developmental editors, Benson-Collister’s version was enthusiastically approved by the author and the publication date was met. From the Back Cover: “What does it take to transform into a master …

Solomon’s Code: Humanity in a World of Thinking Machines

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Olaf Groth and Mark Nitzberg After counseling the authors through the development of their proposal and the acquisition of an agent and publisher, Zehr helped conduct research, write and edit the final manuscript. His research work included interviews with more than 100 sources, while his writing contributions centered mainly on developing structure and narrative to help make a scientific/academic topic …

Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed by Early Achievement

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Rich Karlgaard From the acknowledgements of Late Bloomers: “At the top of the list is Jeff Leeson, whom I think of as this book’s managing editor and co-author. I had worked with Jeff before on a corporate culture book called The Soft Edge. He was enormously helpful in helping organize a bundle of thoughts into a structured narrative and digging …

The Sniper Mind: Eliminate Fear, Deal with Uncertainty, and Make Better Decisions

David Amerland Benson-Collister developed the idea for The Sniper Mind and then worked with published author and expert David Amerland to write the proposal and book. This project was represented by David Amerland’s agent, Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency. Snipers are exceptional. The trained sniper is a complex fusion of hard skills such as weapons knowledge, situational awareness, knowledge …

The Mind of the Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People, and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results

Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter  From the acknowledgments of The Mind of a Leader: “As nonprofessional writers, we have been blessed by incredible editorial support by Jeff Leeson of Benson-Collister. Jeff’s commitment to clarity and simplicity has helped distill complex matter into clear insights.” After our successful collaboration on One Second Ahead, Potential Project asked Benson-Collister to help write their follow-up …

One Second Ahead: Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness

Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, and Gillian Coutts From the acknowledgments of One Second Ahead: “This book has gone from good to great by the masterful minds of our editors at Benson-Collister Publishing Solutions, Jeff Leeson and Rachel Livsey.” Jeff and Rachel worked with the international mindfulness training and consulting company The Potential Project to rewrite their proposal. The finished proposal …

The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success

Rich Karlgaard Named one of the 10 best business books of 2014 by Inc.com and the Huffington Post From the acknowledgments of The Soft Edge: “Jeff Leeson of Benson-Collister deserves coauthor status for his tireless research, writing, editing, organizing, and negotiating labors.” Jeff spearheaded this collaborative business book project between Fortune 500 company NetApp, Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard, and publisher …