Books Published
During Covid-19, Tom published his first book.
Sage BUSINESS ADVICE From a LUCKY GUY!
This first book is a compilation of over 240 of Tom’s blogs with some embellishment and a special honoring of his six mentors.
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HUNTER EXTRAORDINAIRE – Sage ADVICE from the LUCKY GUY Series
This book is a field manual with lots of great suggestions for new business development associates.
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REBOOT YOUR MIND for a Healthier Workplace – Sage ADVICE from the LUCKY GUY Series
This book is a unique field manual filled with the most common issues that sabotage businesses. It is a combination of practice business and psychological advice from a guy who has experienced the best and the worst team behaviors.
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Build your own DREAM TEAM – Sage ADVICE from the LUCKY GUY Series
This book is a field manual summarizing the best practices of the world’s most successful teams.
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Mentoring Books Published
As my readers know, I am a huge fan and beneficiary of mentoring throughout my entire life. The following books summarize mentoring situations that I had the privilege of experiencing.
Frank & me (100 Year Celebration) – Sage ADVICE from the LUCKY GUY Series
This book includes some of my favorite memories of Frank S. Moran, who was the co-founder of Plante Moran and my mentor until his death in 1997.
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The Ultimate Mentor – Sage ADVICE from the LUCKY GUY Series
This book includes some of my favorite memories of Ken Kunkel, my Plante Moran Team Partner and Mentor starting in 1970 and continuing to this day.
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My Spiritual Mentor – Sage ADVICE from the LUCKY GUY Series
This book honors my spiritual mentor, Roger VanNoord, who continues to mentor me and other businessmen. It also includes highlights of my faith journey.
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Our Mission Trips and Mission Mentors – Sage ADVICE from the LUCKY GUY Series
This book honors our Mission Trip Mentors and also provides stories and pictures from over 30 Mission Team that we led around the world.
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Harley and the Old Man – Sage ADVICE from the LUCKY GUY Series
This book tells the story of my mentoring a 12-year-old living at Whaley Children’s Center in Flint Michigan.
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Other Books Published
The Last Life Marathon – Sage ADVICE from the LUCKY GUY Series
This book chronicles Barbara & my transition from Plante Moran and Bloomfield Hills to Doescher Advisors and Flint.
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My journey to Discover the History About Black Racial Injustice in America – Sage ADVICE from the LUCKY GUY Series
This book chronicles my epiphany related to the treatment of Black Americas which has led to our activities in our new hometown of Flint.
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Podcasts
The following are segments from an interview of Tom by Romy Gingras of Gingras Global for her business which is focused on advising social enterprises. Each of the segments focus on a specific subject and are approximately 5 minutes in length. Hope these audio clips are encouraging and helpful to our clients and friends.
Focus On Jobs
Olympic Athletes
Partner/Advisor Not a Coach
3) Partner Advisor Not A Coach
Try a Pilot (Experiment)
It’s All About a Great Team Focused on Customers
5) It’s all about a great team
The Next Season
On September 18, 2012, Tom was interviewed by Dan Mountney at Kensington Community Church about finances:
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Food for Thought Articles
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
Extraordinary Customer/Client Service
- More Common Sense from Famous People
- Business and Businesspeople Are Not Evil
- Let Us Give Thanks
- New Business Development Principles and Philosophies
- Announcing the “Sandbox ‘Hunters’ Game Plan” Blog Series
- Advisor or Coach? What is Doescher Advisors?
Ideas to help you build a solid team
- Pearls of Wisdom from a Pair of Coaches to Business Leaders
- Getting Everyone on the Same Page
- Levels of Leaders: Is he or she a leader?
- Business Lessons Learned from a Successful Coach
- Build Your Own Dream Team
- Leadership Team Checklist
Nuggets and Encouragement regarding Strategy and Focus
- I Make My Money During Bad Times
- What’s Luck Got to Do With It?
- What You Can Learn From A Family Business
- Execution, Execution, Execution
Sharpening Your Personal Leadership Skills
- Doescher Advisors Leaders Health Check-up
- Level 5 Leaders Are “Really Good” at Crucial Conversations
- Perspective Helps…
- Top Three Books Read in 2011
- Can Old Dogs Learn New Tricks?
- Was Steve Jobs a Great — or Even a Good — Leader?
- Summary of Blog Posts
- Is the Problem Time Management or Sticking to Your Priorities?
- Doescher Advisors Executives Health Check-up
Doescher Advisors Book List
The Next Season
Other Essays & Articles
- Client/Customer Service Review (CSR) Checklist (PDF)
- The New Strategic Selling Excerpted Outline (PDF), Dan Doescher
- Sandbox ‘Hunters’ Game Plan Outline (PDF), Dan Doescher
- How To Win Friends & Influence People By Dale Carnegie Excerpts 1936 (PDF)
- Wanted A few good businesspeople (PDF), Craig Doescher
- MIT Essay Competition (PDF), Craig Doescher
- First Break All The Rules (PDF), Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
- How I Spend my Time Worksheet (Excel)
- Buckingham 8 Questions (PDF)