BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL

Finding and recruiting the best people. Training them with the skills they need to get the job done. Establishing connections with the right people. Making contingency plans and dealing with change, mistakes, and the unexpected...all while getting the job done.

Sound like the CIA, or what you do at the office every day?

Deeply involved in America's Cold War intelligence operations, Peter Earnest knows the surprising similarities between what the Central Intelligence Agency does to coordinate operations and protect the country and what any smart organization can do to protect its bottom line. In Business Confidential: Lessons for Corporate Success from Inside the CIA, Earnest and coauthor Maryann Karinch demonstrate what you and your organization can learn from how the CIA does business.

Filled with fascinating and instructive examples from CIA operations and the business world, Business Confidential vividly illustrates the value of the intelligence mindset in today's unpredictable corporate landscape.

In addition, the book gives you insights into the Agency's extraordinary screening, testing, and training practices; methods for supporting employee retention; creative and agile problem solving; and methods for establishing mission-focused outcomes. Packed with insider strategies from one of the world's smartest intelligence organizations, this book provides you with the intel you need to gain the edge over your corporate competition.

PETER EARNEST worked in the Central Intelligence Agency for 36 years, including a quarter-century in the Agency’s National Clandestine Service. He is the Executive Director of the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.

MARYANN KARINCH is the author of How to Spot a Liar, I Can Read You Like a Book, and How to Become an Expert on Anything in 2 Hours (978-0-8144-0992-3).