Larraine’s Books

This moving novel sweeps from South Africa to London to Los Angeles from one woman's struggle to become a surgeon to the other's rise in the fast track of big business .....through all the challenges that life presents. It is the story of a friendship that spans 30 years, of two unlikely friends, one black and a child of poverty, the other white and a child of privilege and how politics, ambition, success and failure teach each about the other's perception of reality.

Features an author who is a regular commentator on CNN and has built a reputation as a top expert on innovative strategies.

• Explains how to use Network Leadership to create a networked organization structure of internal and external alliances and flexible decision processes.
• Shows readers how to self-diagnose the personal and organizational characteristics of their company; how to effectively communicate and to forge relationships internally within the company and externally; and ways to use an assessment to implement Network Self-Leadership through an eight-step plan.
• Present case illustrations of a diverse range of corporations, including Shell Oil Co.
• Esquire magazine, Southwest Airlines, Amazon.com, and Xerox.

Crucial techniques for business and finance managers making e-business alliances
Alliances and mergers are coming fast and furious for dot.com and Internet-enabled companies-and in fact are a key strategy for any savvy digital business. In this book, Larraine Segil reveals her proven approach to business development in the Internet world-what Segil has trademarked "fastalliances.com." This is the first book to dissect the unique aspects of e-alliances, from identifying deliverables to providing tools proven to cement swift and decisive relationships in Internet time. Key points are illustrated with both positive and negative examples from companies that include Compaq, Sun, Disney, Go, Kodak, MP3, and Stamps.com.
Alliances are a crucial part of any Internet business-both dot.com and brick-and-mortar-and an important topic for business and finance managers whose companies are making use of the Web. The approach, author credentials, and unique message of FastAlliances create a package that has bestseller potential.

Alliances between companies have become a major competitive tool, allowing companies to exploit their complementary. However, many companies mishandle their alliances, wasting money, time, and effort. Now, international business consultant Larraine D. Segil shows how to establish and manage profitable alliances. "A breakthrough."--Bestselling business author Ken Blanchard.

Three grandmothers from Tuscany, Mimma and Franca, sisters, with their very close cousin Lele, grew up in family that cooked together – as do most Italian families. This book is their stories - their recipes, and a sense of their lives as they cook for family and friends, and teach how to make food with love, the Italian way. Larraine Segil, the author, was privileged to cook with the grandmothers, learn from them, and be inspired to spend more time with family and friends spreading love and good healthy and delicious food, grown fresh, cooked healthily and enjoyed slowly. 

This essential book features case studies drawn from interviews with key players at companies like IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Starbucks, Staples, and Hyundai. Weaving these and other real-life examples together, Author Larraine Segil helps readers develop the appropriate metrics and then shows how and when to use them accurately and intelligently to achieve the greatest impact.

Timely and practical, Measuring the Value of Partnering provides the tools for making any alliance is work to maximum organizational advantage.

The future of business growth is in the partnerships that companies and their executives form. Partnering explains how critical it is for business leaders to "partner" effectively, and features original contributions from more than 30 thought leaders, including such luminaries as Ken Blanchard, Jim Kouzes and Brian Tracy. Topics cover: * Ken Blanchard on situational leadership * Beverly Kaye on building, living, and leaving a legacy for the organization * Kevin Cashman's Five Touchstones of Authentic Partnering Leadership * Robert Kaplan on the Balanced Scorecard for leadership * R. Roosevelt Thomas on fostering trust and resonance through diversity * Jim Kouzes on building cultures of collaboration * Brian Tracy on the importance and power of focus * Jon Katzenbach on where team performance fits in the balanced leadership approach.

German Edition

A message to you the reader, from Maggie and Jay Wilderotter, the owners of Wilderotter Wineries.
When we began to realize our dream of creating wine, Jay became an expert in all the skills of a vintner, farmer of grapes, and oenologist. It was a long road but one filled with learning, excitement and joy. We are very blessed to have two sons who love what Wilderotter Winery represents, and want to carry our dreams as theirs, into the next generation. It is our very great pleasure to share these recipes with you, created for us by our dear friend Larraine Segil, at her Little Farm in Southern California. Good wine, good food, good friends, and good health – what else could one wish for!

This cookbook features some of our wines and olive oil - and every year we come out with more wonderful and aromatic wines to share with you. Enjoy these recipes - they are easy to make, fresh and delicious and creatively use a variety of different textures and tastes.