Couple's book receives top honors

A Midlothian couple recently published a small business book that received top honors in December from the National Federation of Independent Business as best business book in 2011.

Doug and Polly White wrote Let Go to GROW, which has been described as a culmination of extensive research as they interviewed more than 100 small and midsize business owners. They discovered it is possible to have a profitable, growing business in this economy, but the business owner must be willing to take a close look at how the business is managed.

The Whites have been featured in Entrepreneur, CNNMoney.com, Huffington Post.com, Virginia Living Magazine, SHRM Magazine, CFO.com, US Daily Review, America’s Radio News Network and other broadcasts.

More information about them and the book can be found on www.WhitestonePartnersInc.com.

In their writing, the Whites address:

• Focusing on four key steps can help you to have a breakout 2012 both personally and professionally.

• How now, in this economy, it is actually a great time to start the business you have been dying to do.

• How to incorporate strong values, ethics and morals in your business and why it is so important.

• How the small businesses give back to the community: local and national examples of ways executives make a difference.

• Doug White began his career with McKinsey & Company. He then worked as the chief executive officer or chief operating officer for several small and midsize businesses. His areas of focus are strategy, operations and finance.

He received a B.S. in physics from Randolph-Macon College and earned a B.S. and an M.S. in mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech and received an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School.

Polly White served as the head of human resources at several midsize companies. Her expertise is in people management and human systems. She received her B.A. in business from Averett University and her M.A. in adult education and human development from The George Washington University.