David Abbott: 32 books

This book gives a complete guide to carrying out and completing a project or dissertation which has a leadership or management focus. It is written in accessible, jargon-free language and provides practical advice in all the relevant areas of research and its reporting. The authors provide...

Collaborative School Leadership investigates how and why more collaboration is taking place in a wide range of settings in the UK, South Africa, New Zealand, China, the USA, the Seychelles, Tanzania and Greece, and considers the implications for leadership and the overall effectiveness of schools....

Managing Staff for Improved Performance provides a comprehensive guide to people management in schools, giving school leaders and managers clear insights into how to develop employee performance and ensure high quality service in education. Middlewood and Abbott explore human resource management (HRM)...

Improving Professional Learning through In-House Inquiry shows how to identify the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) needs of an individual or team and then to meet those needs through carrying out specific inquiry within the organisation. Middlewood and Abbott demonstrate how the most...

Living small serves no great purpose. Living as if you are a great person is a powerful idea that changes lives, and those who take it seriously change their world. Living as if you are great means you live as if your dreams are possible and work each day to make them happen. You act as if you cannot...

Overcoming depression is hard, perhaps the hardest thing you will ever do. Conquering depression isn’t a stroll in the park; it’s a fight. But if you decide to join the fray, you can win the battle and drive depression from your mind. Your emotions are a reflection of your thoughts. When...

As a natural heir to the long-running television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural has risen to prominence with a strong cult following, and this collection of essays from contributors around the globe investigates the genre-bending series cultural footprint both in North America and abroad. The...

Too many people have a false model for change. They try to change their life by trying to change their life, and that is the recipe for failure.  They are skipping all the steps that make change possible. You can’t reverse engineer change.  You can’t start at the end...

Know what to say when your mind talks to you, and know what to say when you talk to your mind.  You have a lot of things to discuss with your mind, and Maximum Strength Positive Thinking tells you what you should be talking about.  Your mind is waiting to hear from you, and you need to send...

Mark Twain wrote, “Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts or happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing though one’s head.”   Mark Twain was right. Life consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that blow through your...

Positive Christian Self-Talk is as much about God as it is about you. The self-talk contained in this book is designed to change your life. You learn to think about yourself in a new way. You learn to think the way that God thinks and speak the way that God speaks so that your self-talk has real power....

Performance Psychology: A Practitioner's Guide is a comprehensive, evidence-based text covering the key aspects of performance culture: performer development, preparation, training and execution. Written by a team of international contributors, including national coaches, training specialists, applied...

The choice is yours. You can make a living or make a life. When you make a living, you focus on survival. When you make a life, you focus on your dreams. Never become so busy making a living that you ignore making a life. Six important principles assist you in making a life. Principle...

Dr. Dave’s Supreme Law of focus states, “A persistently positive focus creates a consistently positive mind.” Only a persistent focus, a positive focus, and a specific focus will ever make your dreams happen.  The same is true of your self-talk. It must be persistent, positive, and specific...