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Leadership and Motivation: The Fifty-Fifty Rule and the Eight Key Principles of Motivating Others
The Fifty-Fifty Rule and the Eight Key Principles of Motivating Others
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009
John Adair has transformed our understanding of how leadership works with his pioneering book Not Bosses But Leaders. Here he explores the nature of motivation, individual needs and how they relate to the key tasks facing leaders and managers - good, positive motivation can create, maintain and improve...
Be a Free Range Human
Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
If you're one of the many people who would love to ditch their job, break free from the daily grind and live the dream of freedom, fulfilment and financial independence, this is the book for you. Be a Free Range Human is a breezy, energizing and above all practical guide to making the break and creating...
How to Grow Leaders
The Seven Key Principles of Effective Leadership Development
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009
How to Grow Leaders is a ground-breaking book which sets the record straight on leadership development, the nature of leadership and how it can be taught.
John Adair identifies the seven key principles of leadership development, and answers vital questions on how to select, train and educate...
Confident Data Skills
Master the Fundamentals of Working with Data and Supercharge Your Career
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
Data science is the most exciting skill you can master. Data has dramatically changed how our world works. From entertainment to politics, from technology to advertising and from science to the business world, data is integral and its only limit is our imagination. If you want to have a vibrant and...
Rethinking Reputational Risk
How to Manage the Risks that can Ruin Your Business, Your Reputation and You
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
A company's reputation is one of its most valuable assets, and reputational risk is high on the agenda at board level and amongst regulators. Rethinking Reputational Risk explains the hidden factors which can both cause crises and tip an otherwise survivable crisis into a reputational disaster. It...
The Knowledge Manager's Handbook
A Step-by-Step Guide to Embedding Effective Knowledge Management in your Organization
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2016
The way an organization manages and disseminates its knowledge is key to informed business decision-making, effectiveness and competitive edge. Because knowledge management is not a one-size-fits-all method, you need a framework tailored to your organization and its priorities. The Knowledge Manager's...
Out of Print
Newspapers, Journalism and the Business of News in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
News and journalism are in the midst of upheaval: shifts such as declining print subscriptions and rising website visitor numbers are forcing assumptions and practices to be rethought from first principles. The internet is not simply allowing faster, wider distribution of material: digital technology...
Global Logistics
New Directions in Supply Chain Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
The field of logistics continues to develop at a remarkable pace. Until recently, logistics was barely considered in long-term plans, but its strategic role is now recognised and lies at the heart of long-term plans in almost every business. Reasons for this change include: communications and information...
by Kathy Beevers, Andrew Rea
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Learning and Development Practice in the Workplace is the definitive textbook for anyone studying the updated CIPD Level 3 Foundation Learning and Development (L&D) qualifications and is also ideal introductory reading for those at intermediate level. Part One provides practical guidance for L&D...
by Patrick Forsyth
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010
Staff are ever more demanding of their employers. They want to be consulted, appreciated and, more importantly, they want to enjoy their work. When staff are content they perform well; when they are motivated they perform even better. Managers are under increasing pressure to get results, and their...
International Human Resource Development
Learning, Education and Training for Individuals and Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
International Human Resource Development provides thought-provoking questions and stimulating answers to key issues in human resource development today, putting HRD in its strategic organizational context and examining in depth the process of learning from different perspectives.
This third...
Tales for Coaching
Using Stories and Metaphors with Individuals and Small Groups
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2010
Coaching is rapidly proving to be an invaluable aid to personal development and a successful way to enhance performance within organizations of all types. More and more people are also discovering how to use storytelling to bring about change and reinforce learning. Tales for Coaching combines these...
Coaching and Mentoring
Practical Techniques for Developing Learning and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2016
Over the last 15 years, Coaching and Mentoring has become the go-to guide for anyone looking to develop their coaching and mentoring skills at individual, team or organizational level. Clear and accessible, it uses practical tools and best practice to demonstrate how to relate theoretical models to...
by Michael Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2016
From Michael Armstrong, HR expert and best-selling author, comes this new edition of the business staple, How to Manage People. Providing valuable insight into the functions and skills required to be an effective manager, this is your one-stop guide to people management. From how to manage teams to...