Features a story about a penguin colony in Antarctica that illustrates key truths about how deal with the issue of change. The penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for many years. Then one curious penguin discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home - and pretty much no one listens to him.

This interactive business book provides individuals, managers and organisations with personalised tools to identify their talents and succeed at every level.

Teaches the reader how to become a flexible and successful leader, fitting one's style to the needs of the individual and to the situation at hand, and using the one-minute techniques to enchance the management and motivation of others.

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A parable that helps you love the work you do - even if you can't always do work that you love.

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This book will do for managerial success what the best selling Rules of Work has done for personal success.

Urging you to put a Purple Cow into everything you build, and everything you do, to create something truly noticeable, this book is a manifesto for anyone who wants to help create products and services that are worth marketing in the first place.

The vital role of emotional intelligence in the new style of management - this is the book no leader in any walk of life can afford to miss. It transforms the art of leadership into the science of results.

Examines the Chinese response to the challenges of management training and development. This book summarizes the trends in management training and development and outlines the likely course of developments.

Provides an introduction to the principles and practices associated with planning, managing and staging events. This book introduces the concepts of event planning and management, discusses the key components for staging an event, and covers the whole process from creation to evaluation. It examines the events industry within its business context.

Rejecting the belief, common among politicians, that all would be well in society if only the public sector operated more like the private sector, this book sets out a fresh approach to creating successful hospitals, police forces, universities, charities, and other non-profit-making organisations.

Offers a framework for transition acceleration that will help leaders diagnose their situations, craft winning transition strategies, and take charge quickly. This book shows how to learn about new organizations, build teams, create coalitions, secure early wins, and lay the foundation for longer-term success.

A practical, pocket-sized guide to the digital revolution. It features tables, illustrations and 'In Focus' panels on what to do in a particular situation, as well as real-life case studies that demonstrate how to understand technology, set up and maintain a website, analyse data and reach new markets.

From the bestselling business-training brand, Leadership Mastery teaches readers how to identify their leadership strengths and motivate themselves

Economic turbulence has arrived with a vengeance, and only companies that face it head-on at the beginning of this world-wide crisis will be the ones left standing once the dust clears. This title traces the causes of this crisis, identifies the essential priorities managers need to focus on now, and offers guidelines for executives and managers.

Reveals the management principles behind Toyota's worldwide reputation for quality and reliability. This book explains how you can adopt these principles - known as the 'Toyota Production System' or 'Lean Production' - to improve the speed of your business processes, improve product and service quality, and cut costs, no matter what your industry.

This title describes 24 strengths and virtues which each person can develop to their maximum potential. It provides a variety of tests and assessment tools to enable readers to discover and deploy those strengths at home and in the home.