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The Life Cycle of a CEO

The Life Cycle of a CEO

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Claudius A. Hildebrand, Robert J. Stark

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Ground-breaking research into how CEOs succeed by navigating the storms and predictable crises of corporate life.

From the world’s most influential executive search and leadership consulting firms, Spencer Stuart, combining unprecedented research with 100 in-depth interviews, this framework charts the distinctive life cycle of a CEO. By analysing the individual performance of every twenty-first century CEO of top 500 publicly traded companies and accompanying macroeconomic and industry cycles, Hildebrand and Stark map the predictable passages of headwinds and tailwinds that leaders must face at each stage of their tenure, from the day they walk through the door till the day they walk out. They reveal how successful CEOs navigate these cycles by developing fresh skills and strategies needed for each distinct passage.

As captains of organisations crucial to the economic foundation of our society, CEOs have a critical role to play. But our understanding of why some drive phenomenal innovation and growth and others quickly falter is clouded by myths and caricatures perpetrated by the media and political and social commentators. the bewildered rookie; the rock star who can do no wrong; the corporate saviour, parachuting in to restore former glory; the treacherous villain out to destroy the planet or exploit people…

THE LIFE CYCLE OF A CEO breaks through these myths and provide insight into how those who thrive push themselves to evolve and master skills for meeting the challenges their companies face, and how they navigate the inevitable personal and organizational crises of corporate life as performance waxes and wanes.

This invaluable roadmap for personal growth yields insight needed for navigating crises such as: criticism by stakeholders; when leaders are at the greatest risk of stagnation and firing; and when aversion to risk is likely to turn into a weakness. It provides the foundation for both rookies and seasoned leaders to gain self-insight and self-confidence and unlock both higher individual and corporate performance.
Our Next Reality

Our Next Reality

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Alvin Wang Graylin, Louis Rosenberg

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Our Next Reality does a fantastic job of giving a balanced and insightful analysis to some of the most pressing questions our society will face in the near future. The material is data driven, digestible, and very actionable.” RAY KURZWEIL, Author/Entrepreneur/Futurist

“A wide-reaching exploration of the intersections between AI, VR and AR: it’s a mind-opener, and a source of reflection on how transformative and still unknown the future of communication, personal technology and even personal privacy might become.” SCOTT STEIN, Editor at Large, CNET

Over the last 100 years, technology has changed our world. Over the next decade it will transform our reality.

We are entering a new technological age in which artificial intelligence and immersive media will transform society at all levels, mediating our lives by altering what we see, hear, and experience. Powered by immersive eyewear and driven by interactive AI agents, this new age of computing has the potential to make our world a magical place where the boundaries between the real and the virtual, the human and the artificial, rapidly fade away. If managed well, this could unleash a new age of abundance. If managed poorly, this technological revolution could easily go astray, deeply compromising our privacy, autonomy, agency, and even our humanity.

In Our Next Reality, two industry veterans provide a data-driven debate on whether the new world we’re creating will be a technological utopia or an AI-powered dystopia and give guidance on how to aim for the best future we can. With a Foreword by renowned author Neal Stephenson and section contributions from industry thought-leaders such as Peter H. Diamandis, Tom Furness, Phillip Rosedale, Tony Parisi, Avi Bar Zeev and Walter Parkes, this book answers over a dozen of the most pressing questions we face as artificial intelligence and spatial computing accelerates the digitization of our world. Find out why our actions in the next decade could determine the trajectory of our species for countless millennia.

“For anyone who wants to use AI and XR to help build the future, read this book to help you skillfully navigate a future of unprecedented danger and promise.” JASON HINER, Editor in Chief, ZDNet

Our Next Reality really is a must-read for anyone who wants to prepare for the massive AI and XR driven disruption coming our way.” CHARLIE FINK, Author | Adjunct | Forbes Tech Columnist
The 12 Week MBA

The 12 Week MBA

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Bjorn Billhardt, Nathan Kracklauer

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Based on The 12-Week MBA by Abilitie, a business leadership program taught to professionals at global Fortune 500 companies, The 12-Week MBA offers practical tips for managers and aspiring business leaders.

A business school MBA takes time and money. Yet with a laser focus on what matters most, there is an alternative way for aspiring business leaders to learn business essentials and to take charge in organizations.

The 12-Week MBA offers a practical Mini MBA curriculum that gives all business leaders, regardless of their industry, function, or level, the core knowledge, skills and attitudes to effectively manage and lead. By uniquely focusing the two critical areas of leadership – managing numbers and leading people – this practical and engaging guide will inspire you to apply critical business thinking and a dynamic approach to value creation, people skills and decision making.

Transform your business and your career in 12 weeks, a pace that gives you time to absorb ideas and test them through exercises or simulations, yet is significantly less time and cost than a traditional two-year MBA.

Authors Bjorn Billhardt and Nathan Kracklauer are leaders of Abilitie, a global leadership development provider that has served over 100,000 learners in fifty countries, and whose clients include some of the world’s most recognizable brands. Now you can master the key lessons from their 12-Week MBA curriculum and get ahead in today’s new world of work.

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How To Be A CEO

How To Be A CEO

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Ben Renshaw

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The haloed CEO role is a rarified position which takes a special combination of the right mindset, skillset and tools to succeed. Many people aspire to the elevated heights of a CEO and crave the experience and versatility of the best in business – yet few have a clear pathway to develop their skills and put themselves in the picture for a big leadership role. Now, in How to be a CEO, the experienced executive coach Ben Renshaw has conducted extensive research with CEOs from small, mid-size and large companies, Executive Committee members who work for CEOs and renowned Professors of Leadership, to distill the vital essence of what it takes to become a great CEO.
In recent years the world of work has experienced unprecedented change causing organizations, leaders, teams and individuals to rethink about what work means and what they want. It has given everyone the license to ask questions about how to work in better ways and to expect straight answers from relevant stakeholders. Never has it been more important to equip aspiring leaders with the skills to succeed, as well as helping existing CEOs build robust succession plans to ensure the sustainability of their organizations.
How to be a CEO outlines a compelling journey to leadership greatness. Based on a simple 3P Model: Purpose, People & Performance it provides a practical guide to accelerate leadership development for those who want to be at the front of evolution in the uncertain world of work. The book will help unlock your thinking about what you stand for as a leader and the impact that you want to have. It will challenge you to leverage your strengths and address your development opportunities. It will invite the reader to create their own framework for becoming the best CEO candidate they can, to equip them for the role if they are in contention, and to challenge leaders at all levels to raise their game and lead greatly. All the leadership answers in one slim volume.
TomorrowMind

TomorrowMind

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Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, Martin Seligman

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A future-proof guide to rehumanising the workplace in order to bring about greater personal success and corporate productivity, from two global authorities in workplace mental health.

In recent years, workplace toxicity, industry volatility, employee isolation and technology-driven change have threatened the psychological well-being of employees. The rise of quiet quitting has shown that when we can’t flourish at work, both personal success and corporate productivity suffer.

As we sit on the cusp of some of the most turbulent economic changes in history many of us wonder if we can not only survive but flourish in our careers.

Based on the science of thriving, Tomorrowmind proves we can and provides essential plans and actionable advice for succeeding in the uncertain future of work. Build skills in resilience, foresight and creativity and help to cultivate workplace that fosters connection and meaning for yourself and your team. Engaging evidence shows how individuals, teams, and organizations that excel at these five key attributes will win in the whitewater of work every time.

A timely and crucial guide that is destined to inspire generations of workers.
Lead to Win

Lead to Win

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Carla Harris

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What does it take to lead effectively today?

The world of work has undergone a sea change, presenting a new matrix of concerns and questions for leaders and potential leaders. How can you be successful amidst the present-day pressures and threats?

In this much needed book, Carla Harris, TED speaker and one of the world’s most senior women in finance, examines the journey from individual contributor to intentional leader. She explores the essential skills necessary to succeed, such as the importance of taking risks, creating a vision, and leveraging assets like relationships and partnerships.

Based on ten attributes of leadership that you must be intentional about every day, as well as exploring the key traits of executing as a transformational leader, Lead to Win is timely and inspiring. Filled with Harris’ trademark practical advice, it is the guide you need to become powerful, impactful and influential when leading others in any environment.

Carla Harris’ TED talk has been viewed over 4 million times.


Strategize to Win

Strategize to Win

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Carla Harris

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Whether you’re starting out, striving toward a promotion, or looking for a new opportunity, the working world is changing. Discover how to manage your career and position yourself for success no matter the environment.

Wall Street powerhouse Carla Harris has distilled the tools you will need to get started; get unstuck from bad situations or redirect your momentum. With her trademark galvanizing advice, Harris identifies and clarifies issues that are often murky, offering lessons on:

· Identifying and making the most of your work profile
· Preparing for a career change without going back to school or taking a step down
· Honing three essential skills industry leaders possess
· Tuning into unspoken cues
· Thriving through change

With practical advice on planning your career, interview techniques and negotiating compensation, Strategize to Win presents battle-tested tools that Carla has used to launch and sustain her own successful career. Her book will help you move forward, recover from setbacks and set yourself up for success.
Adventures in Coaching

Adventures in Coaching

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Ben Dowman

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**Discover the power of coaching through an entertaining and lively story that will develop the skills and understanding of how to coach effectively.**


In this groundbreaking new approach to learning how to coach, join Alice on an adventure as she learns the fundamental principles of personal and business coaching. Meet a host of fanciful characters who will help you understand how to listen, how to ask questions effectively and how to have a coaching conversation from start to finish.

Adventures in Coaching introduces Coaching as an approach for managing people, improving performance and solving problems. Research shows that learning is often better retained when made fun and stimulating. This book delivers the most rigorous and advanced textbook coaching theory, including the GROW model, in a uniquely engaging and mesmerising manner. The structure and sequence of the material is based on a tried and tested progression that the author has refined through his training and workshops with hundreds of people.

The book is brought to life through relevant coaching conversations and practical examples as Alice faces some tough coaching conversations and applies her new learning to the clients she works with.

Both new and existing coaches, as well as managers and leaders, will improve their skills of listening, asking questions and exploring ideas.
Way of the Wolf

Way of the Wolf

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Jordan Belfort

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LEARN FROM THE MASTER OF SALES AND PERSUASION

Jordan Belfort – immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street – reveals the step-by-step sales and persuasion system proven to turn anyone into a sales-closing, money-earning rock star.

For the first time ever, Jordan Belfort opens his playbook and gives readers access to his exclusive step-by-step system-the same system he used to create massive wealth for himself, his clients, and his sales teams. Until now this revolutionary program was only available through Jordan’s $1,997 online training. Now in WAY OF THE WOLF, Belfort is ready to unleash the power of persuasion to a whole new generation of readers, revealing how anyone can bounce back from devastating setbacks, master the art of persuasion, and build wealth. Every technique, every strategy, and every tip has been tested and proven to work in real-life situations.

Written in his own inimitable voice, WAY OF THE WOLF cracks the code on how to persuade anyone to do anything, and coaches readers, regardless of age, education, or skill level, to be a master sales person, negotiator, closer, entrepreneur, or speaker.
Think Outside The Building

Think Outside The Building

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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Over a decade ago, renowned innovation expert Rosabeth Moss Kanter co-founded and then directed Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative. Her breakthrough work with hundreds of successful professionals and executives, as well as aspiring young entrepreneurs, identifies the leadership paradigm of the future: the ability to “think outside the building” to overcome establishment paralysis and produce significant innovation for a better world.

Kanter provides extraordinary accounts of the successes and near-stumbles of purpose-driven men and women from diverse backgrounds united in their conviction that positive change is possible.

A former Trader Joe’s executive, for example, navigated across business, government, and community sectors to deal with poor nutrition in inner cities while reducing food waste. A concerned European banker used the power of persuasion, not position, to find novel financing for improving the health of the oceans. A Washington couple enticed global partners to join an Uber-like platform to match skilled refugees with talent-hungry companies. A visionary journalist-turned-entrepreneur closed social divides by giving fifty million social media users access to free local education and culture.

When traditional approaches are inadequate or resisted, advanced leadership skills are essential. In this book, Kanter shows how people everywhere can unleash their creativity and entrepreneurial adroitness to mobilize partners across challenging cultural, social, and political situations and innovate for a brighter future.
Cracking Complexity

Cracking Complexity

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David Komlos, David Benjamin

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Complexity has met its match!

Today, every leader and organisation grapples with unprecedented complexity. Some thrive in these situations while the vast majority do not.

Now updated for a post-Covid world, David Benjamin and David Komlos share their cutting-edge, highly-engaging step-by-step formula for rapidly cracking incredibly knotty and important challenges, by involving and mobilizing all the right people-no matter where they are-to co-create solutions.

Filled with compelling stories and advice distilled from years of experience applying the Complexity Formula across a broad range of sectors, Benjamin and Komlos have delivered the defining handbook for current and future leaders.
Fully updated to include highly successful and proven virtual methods and practices that have been used to solve real problems. This book serves up the mindset, steps and skills that you and your team will need to crack complexity, wherever you are in the world, so that you can find clarity and build momentum even in the most uncertain of times.
Making a Living *CREATIVE BOOK AWARDS 2024 HIGHLY COMMENDED*

Making a Living *CREATIVE BOOK AWARDS 2024 HIGHLY COMMENDED*

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Sophie Rochester

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Highly Commended of the Best Mixed Media Book category in the Creative Book Awards 2024
Highly Commended at The Business Book Awards

Featuring Tatty Devine, HemingwayDesign, Craft Scotland and more

Making a Living has been carefully crafted to support anyone looking for practical, hands-on advice and inspiring stories to motivate them to make their dream business into a reality.

Inspiring stories from jewellery makers to basket weavers, artists to terrarium makers, printmakers to ceramicists, bring bags of real-world advice and inspiration for those wanting to take their first steps into this new artisanal economy.

With more time at home than ever before, the restorative distraction of crafts and making has seen a mainstream resurgence. So too has the desire to ‘make a living’ from creating handmade products to sell, or to sell our creative skills.

This new wave of at-home entrepreneurs are using Facebook and Instagram to promote their businesses, Etsy and Not on the High Street to sell their crafts and Paypal and Shopify to manage their payments. Technology-led businesses are transforming the way in which offline maker businesses are operating – and business is booming.

From the founder of Yodomo, the online learning platform for arts and crafts, and with chapters on market research, valuing and pricing your work, branding, marketing and sales, as well as accounting fundamentals and legal considerations, this is a step-by-step guide to getting your idea off the ground, either as a side hustle or as your next major career move.
The Best

The Best

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A. Mark Williams, Tim Wigmore

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“Insightful, thoughtful, and altogether wonderful.” DANIEL COYLE, New York Times bestselling author of THE TALENT CODE

“This book is a must read.” EDDIE JONES, Head Coach, England Rugby

“An engrossing guidebook for youth athletes, parents, coaches and perhaps even fantasy-league fans looking for a little insight.” The Washington Post

THE SECRETS OF SUPERHUMAN PERFORMANCE

THE BEST reveals how the most incredible sportspeople in the world get to the top and stay there. It is a unique look at the path to sporting greatness; a story of origins, serendipity, practice, genetics and the psychology of excellence, as well as of sports science and cutting edge technology.

Packed with gripping personal stories and exclusive interviews with top athletes including Siya Kolisi, Marcus Rashford, Pete Sampras, Steph Curry, Jamie Carragher, Ian Poulter, Helen Glover, Ada Hegerberg, Elena Delle Donne, Joey Votto and Mike Hussey, it explains how the best athletes develop the extraordinary skills that allow them to perform remarkable feats under extreme pressure.

Get inside the minds of champions and understand first-hand what makes them perform during high-octane competition, what they think about in the heat of the moment and what drives them to do what they do.

By combining examples from numerous original interviews with top athletes and leading sports science research, THE BEST deconstructs superhuman performance and answers the question on every sports fan’s mind: “How did they do that?”

“Fascinating and insightful… The Best isn’t a one size fits all, it’s a highly thought out, well-researched and accessible book that gives recommendations based on context and sport.” JOANNE O’RIORDAN, The Irish Times

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
A. Mark Williams is an academic and one of the world’s leading authorities on expertise and its acquisition in sport. He has published 18 books and written over 500 scientific articles on how people become skilled and achieve success in sport and across other professional domains. He has worked across the globe as a consultant with numerous Olympic and professional sports and has vast experience as a scientist, author and educator, and as an applied sports scientist.

Tim Wigmore is the author of Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution, the winner of the Wisden Book of the Year award for 2020. He is a sports writer for The Daily Telegraph, and has also written regularly for The New York Times, The Economist, the New Statesman and ESPNCricinfo. He is a former winner of the Young Cricket Journalist of the Year award and has been shortlisted for the Cricket Writer of the Year award.
The Promises of Giants

The Promises of Giants

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John Amaechi

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–THE SUNDAY TIMES HARDBACK NON-FICTION & BUSINESS BESTSELLER–
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“THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL BOOKS EVER WRITTEN ABOUT LEADERSHIP.” Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and host of the TED podcast WorkLife

“THE MOST UNLIKELY OF PEOPLE, IN THE MOST IMPROBABLE OF CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN BECOME EXTRAORDINARY.”

From socio-political chaos and workplace disruption to the climate change crisis, we have never needed people with the skill and will to collaborate to create a better world more than now. We need people who are willing to fill the leadership void. People who will embrace the influence they have. People who believe in improving society and workplace culture – not only because it makes life better, but because it is proven to yield positive results. We need more leaders.

The Promises of Giants is a challenge to anyone who aspires to make a difference in their environment. Over fourteen promises, it seamlessly intertwines personal anecdotes and workplace and social observation with the latest research, to provide practical, proven tips and strategies to empower you to maximize your own potential and inspire others. It is not a self-help book. It is a how-to guide for winning, rooted in the belief that the most unlikely of people, in the most improbable of circumstances, can become extraordinary.

John Amaechi well understands the responsibilities and potential that come with being a giant. The Promises of Giants is the product of a lifetime spent observing and studying effective leadership – from accompanying his mother’s visits to her dying patients to competing at the highest levels of professional sport, through two decades of management consulting with multinational corporations. These experiences have shown that everyone has the ability to act decisively to influence the world in a positive way. Everyone is a giant to someone.
The Culture Solution

The Culture Solution

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Deirdre Mendez

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“This book has it all.” Craig Storti, author of The Art of Doing Business Across Cultures

Many people today are expected to manage intercultural teams, serve culturally diverse customers and communities, and support partnerships with international companies and governments. If you are one of them, this book is for you.

It will help you discern the cultural orientation of international contacts, no matter where they-or you-are from, and understand behavior and expectations in any environment you encounter.

The Culture Solution is a practical system that applies straightforward principles to real-life situations. It will guide you in creating strategies for managing cultural differences and learning from the approaches of new counterparts.

You will learn to adapt to new cultural environments and deal with people from unfamiliar cultural backgrounds as you develop the skills you need to anticipate challenges and promote your agenda in culturally appropriate ways.
The Accidental Business Nomad

The Accidental Business Nomad

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Kyle Hegarty

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“This is the Indiana Jones of international business.” Csaba Toth

An unvarnished, story-driven, practical guide to working across cultures. The book features real stories of companies going global and highlights the realities of doing business overseas in a post-globalization world. Each story gives fascinating insights and lessons into the cultural realities and unexpected surprises of modern globalization.

The Accidental Business Nomad is for anyone working in a more global environment and who is looking to gain critical insights and communications skills needed for a shrinking world.

As Managing Director of TSL Marketing’s Leadership Nomad group, Kyle Hegarty has deciphered the culture code of doing business in Asia and the fastest growing markets. Hegarty reports on his triumphs and failures, including tales where unexpected lessons abound. The result is a no-holds-barred, gritty, and unvarnished guide to doing business across cultures.

Readers will learn:

· Why up to 70 percent of international ventures fail due to cultural issues, and how to avoid becoming a casualty
· How to navigate the invisible language of cultural misunderstandings
· Cross-cultural communications skills everyone in business needs to know
· The art and science of personality profiling and quick short-cuts to understanding people
· What outsourced call centers can teach us about the future of global communication
· How to find inspiration and innovation in the most unlikely of places
100 Things Successful Leaders Do

100 Things Successful Leaders Do

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Nigel Cumberland

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Following the success of the international bestseller, 100 THINGS SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO, Nigel Cumberland turns his attention to leadership.

100 THINGS SUCCESSFUL LEADERS DO distills all the wisdom and knowledge of a lifetime of coaching great leaders into 100 short chapters showing you how to build your own leadership skills quickly and confidently.

100 THINGS SUCCESSFUL LEADERS DO is packed with great ideas for creating long-term success for yourself and those you lead. Explore the habits, tools, techniques and mentality of smart leaders and develop your own leadership style. Every chapter features a new idea that will help you get closer to your goals. Mixing simple explanations with activities and exercises, you’ll learn the optimal mindset and habits you need to succeed.

Praise for 100 THINGS SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO
‘Inside these pages you’ll find a powerful reminder of the many ways you can make your life – and other people’s lives – more successful. It will help you identify what success means to you and give you the building blocks for making that success a reality. This is your chance to overcome whatever obstacles are stopping you. Read it, act on it and experience the difference’ Marshall Goldsmith Ph.D., bestselling author of TRIGGERS
NLP at Work

NLP at Work

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Sue Knight

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‘This book may help you to understand life more clearly’ Paul Smith, fashion designer

Welcome to THE book on NLP. The essence of NLP is the ability to study and reproduce excellence in yourself and to support others to do the same. NLP AT WORK helps you do that by developing an attitude of curiosity, naivety and learning – and giving you the ability to improvise with skill in real-time.

Neuro Linguistic Programming is how you make sense of your world and, most importantly, how you make it what you want it to be:

* Neuro: the way you filter and process your experience through your senses.
* Linguistic: the way you interpret your experience through language.
* Programming: the way you make sense of your experience to create your personal programme.

NLP AT WORK is one of the most popular books ever published on the practical skills of NLP and how it can be applied in business. It transformed NLP from a peripheral art into an accessible, practical concept with relevant applications in the areas of influence, communication, negotiation, teamwork and coaching. This major new edition has been revised throughout and expanded to include a new section on coaching with NLP, showing how this approach is so different to traditional methods, and a new chapter on Metamessages. Clear, readable and jargon free, this book will help you get to the essence of what makes you and your business excellent and unique.
Political Skill at Work: Revised and Updated

Political Skill at Work: Revised and Updated

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Gerald R. Ferris, Pamela L Perrewe, Darren Treadway, Charn McAllister, Parker Ellen

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Political skill is a characteristic that can facilitate good things for individuals and their organizations. Yes, it is possible that political skill can be used and to get away with self-serving acts at the expense of others, but contrary to the stereotypical perceptions of being political, political skill is about more than manipulation. In fact, political skill enables people to build trust and forge positive relationships, and leaders often need it to influence others and access resources critical to their teams’ success.

This edition has been revised and updated with more than 15 years of additional research on political skill, as well as new examples that demonstrate why, in today’s organizations, career success depends more on political skill than on almost any other characteristic.
Coaching the Team at Work 2

Coaching the Team at Work 2

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David Clutterbuck

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‘This book is a must for anyone involved in organizational coaching’ Adrian Moorhouse, Managing Director, Lane4 & Olympic Gold Medallist

Coaching the Team at Work 2 is the result of research over 20 years with practising team coaches and with major corporations around the world. It recognises that in a complex and constantly evolving business and social environment, teams can only keep up if they adapt frequently. But to adapt, they must have clarity about their internal and external systems and how these contribute to or undermine performance. There are multiple aspects of team function that underpins performance – and each influences and is influenced by the others. This revised edition explores the six most significant aspects:

* Purpose and motivation
* Systems and processes relating to external stakeholders
* Relationships, especially within the team
* Systems and processes relating to internal functions (such as quality and decision-making)
* Learning (how the team adapts to keep up with the pace of change)
* Leadership (how the functions of leadership are exercised within the team)

When these aspects are aligned, a team can perform at its best; but when any one or more of the aspects is malfunctioning, the result is underperformance.

This book helps team coaches develop their skills to support teams in understanding these complex dynamics and, as a result, in developing more effective ways of working together.
Counter Mentor Leadership

Counter Mentor Leadership

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Kelly Riggs, Robby Riggs

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This book is the result of over twenty-five years of combined experience from Kelly and Robby Riggs-dynamic, occasionally irreverent, always insightful, father (Boomer) and son (Millennial), who work with organizations grappling daily with multi-generational conflict. Through their collaboration, Kelly and Robby share their very different perspectives on the same problems most companies are STILL dealing with, but haven’t had the courage or the tools, to address. Issues such as: a shocking lack of leadership skills; the culture-killing generational divide that is demolishing many companies; and the stunning, often unrecognized impact of technology on the workplace.

In their “shamelessly funny, brilliantly written” debut book, Kelly and Robby will:

· Discuss today’s workplace dynamics, including the changes in communication modes, the influx of technology, and the impact of Millennials and Digital Natives
· Explain how a one-sided approach to leadership focused on “managing” Millennials is grossly insufficient, resulting in an inability to attract and retain critical young talent
· Explore the new challenges of leadership inherent with the explosion of technology-time compression, distractions, complexity and the pace of change
· Reveal how old leadership challenges persist, and explore how the younger generation will expose those challenges more than ever
· Detail the CounterMentor leadership model and prescribe specific tactics and techniques for addressing both old and new leadership issues
Leadership Material

Leadership Material

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Diana Jones

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Many leaders take great care to separate their personal qualities from their professional identity. Diana Jones, an executive coach for 30-years, argues that this is unwise. In fact, ‘soft’ skills – empathy, compassion, and authentic communication – are derived from personal experience, and are both powerful and essential to enhancing executive presence, influencing others and achieving results.

Through compelling stories and examples taken directly from Jones’s coaching sessions with experienced leaders, readers will learn how to make enduring behavioural changes that will produce better business results and create alignment among disparate groups using empathy and leadership language.
Practical Presentation Skills

Practical Presentation Skills

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Brandt Johnson

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Deliver compelling presentations in any context, from a meeting with colleagues to a client pitch or keynote address.

Whenever you talk to anyone, you are presenting yourself and your ideas to an audience. You are giving a presentation. This could be in person, on the phone, or via videoconference. In any case, both your content and your delivery contribute to the vitality and effectiveness of your message.

Too many speakers fail to engage their audience and get their ideas across. Don’t be one of them! Practical Presentation Skills will help you master the three fundamental elements responsible for a presentation’s success: authenticity, focus, and strength.
Writing for Business

Writing for Business

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Ellen Jovin

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Build essential skills and write with confidence at work!

Immediately practical guide to better business writing designed to help you develop a clear, direct, natural communication style that supports rather than obscures what you want to say.

Writing for Business covers writing principles that are relevant for a wide range of business documents, including email, letters, memos, reports, proposals, and more, while also offering editing tips to ensure you come across as professional and polished. The book features examples and tips straight from the workplace.
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