Business and Networking
- The Entrepreneur Within by Brian Chernett
Brian Chernett has had a long and varied business career, starting on the shop floor at Peter Jones before moving through the ranks to become a CEO and Chairman of several companies. Throughout his career and, especially, over the past 13 years as Founder of The Academy for Chief Executives, he has coached and mentored [...]
- Why are Manhole Covers Round? by Charlie Mulraine
“Why are Manhole Covers Round” is Microsoft’s well-known interview question that still stops hopeful job applicants in their tracks. In today’s job market, the last thing you need is a trick interview question that stumps you right out of the job of your dreams. It’s why so many graduates and first-time [...]
- Loan Sharp by Rob Warlow
After the credit crunch and the recession small business owners are in desperate need of finance and yet many have seen their banks turn them away. If this is you, then you may have resigned yourself to the notion that there is nothing you can do …but you’re wrong! The rules of [...]
- Innovation by Creativity by Max van Leeuwen and Hans Terhürne
“What do we actually mean by creativity?”
“I’ve no idea. Isn’t it when you create something?”
“Fair enough, and that happens in a delicate play between imagination and reason.”
This quote from Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder shows exactly where this book will give a helping hand, namely the cooperation of imagination and sense through the use of [...] - It’s Behaviour, Stupid! (paperback) by Steve Glowinkowski
It’s Behaviour, Stupid! What really drives the performance of your organisation
The premise of this book is that a leader’s behaviour or rather, the quality of their leadership delivery, drives the performance of the group or business for which they are accountable. This is irrespective of the size or scope of the leadership challenge. It [...] - Your Book in 100 Days by Mindy Gibbins-Klein & Bert Verdonck
You can write your book in 100 days. With the right mindset, motivation, guidance and determination to succeed, you will write an excellent book that will help you achieve your goals. This practical and friendly book shows you how to tap into the power of your mind and bring your best ideas to life. You [...]
- Stand and Deliver: Leave them Stirred not Shaken by Phillip Khan-Panni
Phillip Khan-Panni is a leading authority on effective verbal communication. An acclaimed professional speaker, he has been UK Champion a record seven times and is the UK’s only World No.2 in Public Speaking. Through his consultancy, PKP Communicators, he coaches business leaders in persuasive communication, cross culture and leadership, and is available to speak at [...]
- Perfect M&As by Paul Siegenthaler
Fact: 50 to 80 per cent of mergers and acquisitions fail. This book goes straight to the root causes of most of those failures and hones in on the specific elements that senior and middle managers can use or develop to deliver an orderly business integration, a smoother experience for the individuals in the organization, [...]
- Friends with Benefits by Geert Conard
Four years after his first book ‘A Girlfriend in Every City’, Geert is back with more stories, examples, quotes and glimpses into his life as a proactive networker. This time his focus is on the changed world in which we live and work today. In this new economy, networking has become more important than ever [...]
- Grad Expectations – The Essential Guide for All Graduates Entering the Work Force by Rob Cross
When just surviving at work isn’t enough! There’s a different way – you can succeed after university through just being yourself. Nervous, anxious, alone is what each of them felt on their very first day at World-Corp PLC. Sitting at the same table ready for their induction, Simon, Jane, Steve, Taylor and Angela had no [...]