Management
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The Art Of Constructing A Second Brain: Dive Into The Proverbial Pool Of Knowledge Management To Better Sort Tedious Information, Manage Your Time, And … Learning And…
You don’t need to pay for a personal assistant. We can help you build one.
We’ve all been there: constantly reminding ourselves not to forget our wallet and keys.
When it’s time to head out, our brain seems to remember everything except those.
But let’s not jump to conclusions and put all the blame on our cognitive abilities.
After all, there’s only so much our brain can remember at a given time.
In fact, according to American psychologist George Armitage Miller’s The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two, short-term memory lasts about 15-30 seconds.
And short-term memory can only hold seven pieces of information.
In times like these, we all wish we could afford a personal assistant to remember all the minute details of our day-to-day endeavors.
What if we told you that you could build your very own personal assistant, intricately designed just for you, at a low cost?
This book is an all-encompassing self-help guide that helps you get there by laying out all the nitty-gritty of building a second brain—an efficient and effective knowledge management system.
According to the Technology Services Industry Association, over 70% of companies predict a 20% increase in productivity as a result of effective knowledge management.
That’s not to say that knowledge management is only suitable for big corporations.
Truth be told, if you’ve been creating a checklist on your phone’s inbuilt notes app or a sticky note on your fridge, you already have a knowledge management system in place.
We’re here to show you how you can utilize tools already at your disposal to refine your approach to knowledge management into a brilliantly polished gem.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll discover inside the book:
- Google’s simple yet effective goal-setting methodology (that you can apply to your personal life!)
- How to use gaming elements to turn your plans into epic adventures (reaching your goals doesn’t need to be boring)
- How Netflix uses its intricate knowledge management system to keep you satisfied (AND save the company about $1 billion a year!)
- Four free and easy-to-use note-taking apps to elevate your knowledge management system (you can use any or all based on your needs)
- How to keep a knowledge management system alive without killing off traditional physical sources of information in the digital age
- The one extremely common thing that can lead to increased unhappiness, a negative work environment, and decreased productivity and creativity
- A brilliant CODE for effective and efficient note-taking and organization
- Why you shouldn’t create a rigid knowledge management system—employ a mix of these six flexible elements instead
…and much, much more!
We’ve come across numerous books on knowledge management that teach the power of organization. But much to our surprise, they are filled with tenuous technical jargon and rigid systems.
While other books lack certain credibility, focus, and organization, this book makes up for all of it—tenfold.
It doesn’t simply present you with a rigid system to follow mindlessly; this book presents a myriad of possible solutions for readers from all walks of life.
Whether you’re a teacher, student, CEO, remote employee, parent, or homemaker, this interactive book will help you create a system designed for your specific needs.
Craft your cognitive powerhouse and unlock the path to greater productivity and success. Scroll up and hit the “Add to Cart” button now!
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How They Blew It: The CEOs and Entrepreneurs Behind Some of the World’s Most Catastrophic Business Failures
How They Blew It is a series of eye-popping tales of entrepreneurs and business leaders who went from corporate gurus to financial disaster zones in rapid and humiliating fashion. Full of surprising details and mind-blowing sums of money, it looks at the characteristics of these leaders and the fine line between hero and zero.How They Blew It is about the people at the heart of these business catastrophes. It is about what drives them to succeed and then to fail. It is a compelling examination of the rights and wrongs of each case and it seeks to get into the minds of the people behind the business disasters and ask “Why the hell did they do that?”
The characteristics of successful entrepreneurs include resilience and the ability to learn from failure, and so the aim of How they Blew It is ultimately positive. By examining how business ventures can go so badly wrong, you can learn to avoid those mistakes in the first place.
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Spark for the Fire: How youthful thinking unlocks creativity
This is the most extraordinary time for people with a desire to make things
Spark for the Fire is for everyone who wants to excel. For the people who are passionate about what they want to do. For those whose imaginations demand to be put to use, in any discipline. it is for the youthful: in age, experience or attitude – and those who want to be – whether to kick-start a career or reignite an established one.
Now more than ever, youthful thinking can help spark the fire of creativity. This must-read book reveals how.
Featuring among others
– Nick Park
– Michael Wolff
– Lord David Puttnam
– Jean Oelwang
– Rory Sutherland
– Ajaz Ahmed
– Jamie OliverRead more
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Shikake: The Japanese Art of Shaping Behavior Through Design
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up meets Nudge in this irresistible design method from Japan.
Following The Little Book of Hygge, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning and other bestsellers, Shikake introduces the latest example of practical wisdom from abroad: shikakeology, a phenomenon sweeping Japan. Naohiro Matsumura-renowned as the founder of the study of shikake, the Japanese word for “device”-has devised a new approach to design as astonishingly simple in its logic as it is sophisticated in its psychology. For example: * a staircase painted like piano keys prompts people to exercise * a symbol of a shrine placed in a public square discourages vandalism Combining traditional Japanese aesthetics with the lessons of behavioural economics, Matsumura presents a tool kit for literally anyone who wants to create their own mindful designs-and reveals how shikakes can help us address big challenges, including even climate change. Mind-bending yet elegant, Shikake will inspire readers to appreciate-and transform-the analogue world around them.
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Dream like Vision Board Book: Craft Empowering Vision Boards with Over 500 Images, Quotes, and Words for Your Most Fulfilling Year Yet | Motivating Visuals for All Genders
Unlock the potential to manifest the life you desire in 2024 and beyond with the aid of this book. It’s your key to crafting dynamic, impactful, and visually captivating vision boards. Inside, you’ll discover a wealth of over 500 stunning images and word art pieces that can be effortlessly integrated into your personal vision board.Our clip art selection has been thoughtfully curated and thoughtfully printed on high-quality, single-sided paper to ensure the best experience.
The 2024 Vision Board Clip Art Book serves as your comprehensive toolkit for not only defining your dreams but also strategizing for the year 2024. It empowers you to harness the proven visualization technique of vision boards.
By using this resource, you’ll save valuable time and effort while crafting a vision board that’s not only aesthetically pleasing but also deeply meaningful.
Within these pages, you’ll discover a rich tapestry of ethnic diversity and inspirational content, including striking photographs, captivating graphics, engaging word art, and motivating quotes covering a wide spectrum of life areas:
Health, Finances, Family, Career, Personal Growth, Friendships, Romance, Lifestyle, Aspirations, Travel.
This book serves as your guide to constructing your vision board and taking tangible steps towards realizing the life you’ve always dreamed of.
No more blank or uninspiring boards. All you require is a sizable paper poster or corkboard, a pair of scissors, some glue, and this book to help you set, affirm, and manifest your desires.
IGNITE YOUR PASSIONS:
What vision do you hold for your future? Are you grappling with defining your dreams, or perhaps you’re uncertain about what you truly desire? If any of these questions resonate with you, you’ve landed in the right place.DESIGN YOUR PERFECT YEAR:
This clip art book provides you with the creative tools you need to kickstart your journey toward crafting an inspiring, powerful, and effective vision board. It’s your ticket to set the Law of Attraction in motion and design your perfect year.Read more
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Run It Like a Business: Strategies for Arts Organizations to Increase Audiences, Remain Relevant, and Multiply Money–Without Losing the Art
TEDx speaker Aubrey Bergauer―“the Steve Jobs of classical music”―reveals how to run a successful arts business in the post-pandemic era, adapting for-profit methods for not-for-profit goals. In the US alone, the arts are a $763 billion sector whose 100,000+ organizations serve almost every community in the nation. There’s no reason arts organizations should struggle to make ends meet. And now, with arts-tested strategies from Aubrey Bergauer, they won’t. This foolproof guide shows how to reach new levels of engagement―while always putting art first. Running your arts organization like a business is your path forward to: Grow audiences and keep them coming back again Make our organizations more inclusive Get younger attendees in the seats and on the donor rolls Generate millions more dollars in revenue Continue to create the art we love―without the stress of figuring out how to afford it Just because arts organizations are non-profits doesn’t mean they shouldn’t make money; it means the money they make goes back to fund the mission―whether that’s music, visual arts, theatre, dance, or one of many other mediums that enrich our lives.Read more
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Good Art Does Not Sell Itself: The Artist’s Definitive Guide to Visibility and Opportunities
Over the past decade, Shirley-Ann O’Neill and Laura O’Hare have worked with hundreds of artists to help successfully build their practices and sell their work. During the past two years they have built a community which focuses on
supporting artists in their professional lives. Now, they are sharing their knowledge and experience with you.Good Art Does Not Sell Itself guides artists through the ins and outs of income streams and art sales. Success is a
journey and this book is the roadmap. No matter what stage you are at in your career, Good Art Does Not Sell Itself will equip you with the knowledge to increase your visibility and create more opportunities.Read more
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Teaching WalkThrus 2: Five-step guides to instructional coaching
In the groundbreaking and best-selling Teaching WalkThrus Volume 1, Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli produced a brilliantly concise and accessible repository to 50 essential teaching techniques.
In this follow-up second volume, Tom and Oliver team up with 10 experienced educators to present 50 brand new WalkThrus, covering all the key areas of teaching: behaviour and relationships; curriculum planning; explaining and modelling; questioning and feedback; practice and retrieval; and Mode B teaching.
Alex Quigley, Martin Robinson, Claire Stoneman, Bennie Kara, Zoe Enser, Mark Enser, John Tomsett, Simon Breakspear, Bronwyn Ryrie Jones and Oliver Lovell bring a huge wealth of expertise as they help to further expand and elaborate this essential teaching manual.
As always, each technique is concisely explained and beautifully illustrated in five short steps, to make sense of complex ideas and support student learning.
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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
**Now on Netflix as The Call to Courage**
‘She’s so good, Brené Brown, at finding the language to articulate collective feeling’ Dolly Alderton
Every time we are faced with change, no matter how great or small, we also face risk. We feel uncertain and exposed. We feel vulnerable. Most of us try to fight those feelings – or feel guilt for feeling them in the first place.
In a powerful new vision Dr Brené Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability, and dispels the widely accepted myth that it’s a weakness. She argues that, in truth, vulnerability is strength and when we shut ourselves off from vulnerability – from revealing our true selves – we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives.
Daring Greatly is the culmination of 12 years of groundbreaking social research, across every area of our lives including home, relationships, work, and parenting. It is an invitation to be courageous; to show up and let ourselves be seen, even when there are no guarantees.
This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly.
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The Squiggly Career: The No.1 Sunday Times Business Bestseller – Ditch the Ladder, Discover Opportunity, Design Your Career
THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER 2020
‘The Squiggly Career is about navigating work in a way that suits you, it’s a timely and brilliant handbook for now’ Stylist
‘A brilliant guide. Read it and get the tools you need to thrive in your career now and in the future’ Marie Forleo, author of Everything is Figureoutable
‘Logical, practical and based on tried and tested models’ Financial Times’s Book of the Month
Career ladders and jobs for life are a thing of the past
Today, we’re living in a world of squiggly careers, where moving frequently and fluidly between roles, industries, locations, and even careers, is becoming the new normal. Squiggly careers can feel stressful and overwhelming, but if you know how to make the most of them, they can be full of opportunity, freedom and purpose.
And to make the most of our increasingly squiggly careers we need to answer some important questions: What am I good at? What do I stand for? What motivates and drives me? Where do I want to go in the future?
In The Squiggly Career, you’ll learn how to:
– Play to your super strengths
– Discover your values
– Overcome your confidence gremlins
– Build better support networks
– Explore your future possibilitiesPacked with insights about the changing shape of work and inspiration from highly successful people, this book will fuel your growth and help you be happier, and ultimately more successful in your career.
If you enjoyed reading this, check out You Coach You, Helen and Sarah’s practical guide to getting unstuck, increasing self-awareness and solving knotty career conundrums.
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Teaching WalkThrus 3: Five-step guides to instructional coaching
Following the break-out success of Teaching WalkThrus Volume 1 (2020) and Volume 2 (2021), Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli present the third instalment of their five-step instructional coaching techniques. Volume 3 features 50 more essential teaching methods in the authors’ concise and accessible format, covering all the key areas of teaching: behaviour and relationships; curriculum planning; explaining and modelling; questioning and feedback; practice and retrieval; and Mode B teaching. Tom and Oliver have teamed up with a stellar supporting cast of educators to present the new WalkThrus, with contributions from: Adam Boxer, Alison Wilcox, Andy Buck, Andy Tharby, Ayellet McDonnell, Bennie Kara, Blake Harvard, Christopher Such, David Goodwin, Efrat Furst, Emma Slade, Emma Turner, Eva Hartell, Harry Fletcher-Wood, Josh Goodrich, Kat Howard, Leila MacTavish, Mary Myatt, Peps Mccrea, Richard Kennett, Shaun Allison, Sonia Thompson, and Tom Needham. Each technique is concisely explained and beautifully illustrated in five steps, to make sense of complex ideas and support student learning. The WalkThrus books are supported by an online PD toolkit, which is now used by 2,000 organisations in 35 countries.Read more
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The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION
‘The Lean Startup changes everything.’ – Harvard Business Review
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Most new businesses fail. But most of those failures are preventable.
The Lean Startup is a new approach to business that’s being adopted around the world. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.
Essential reading for any ambitious entrepreneur, The Lean Startup will teach you to identify what your customers really want. You’ll learn how to test your vision continuously, adapting and adjusting before it’s too late.
With over a million copies sold across the globe, now is your time to think Lean.
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The Coaching Manual: The Definitive Guide to the Process, Principles, and Skills of Personal Coaching
Translated around the world, and recommended reading on many coaching programmes this bestselling book is trusted globally as the definitive guide to coaching.
This carefully revised edition will guide you through the entire process from first meeting to when coaching ends, with methods, tips and techniques that simply work.- Understand and develop the core skills and beliefs of an effective coach
- Know how to ask insightful questions that deliver valuable answers
- Gain practical help to plan coaching assignments that accelerate and improve your results
- Adeptly handle the main barriers to great coaching
- Feel fully confident in your ability to coach in any situation
Whether you’re new to coaching or already an experienced coach, you’ll find clear guidance and principles to help you coach more effectively and with greater impact.
To support you further The Coaching Manual has a range of free to download resources – templates, tools and checklists.Read more
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The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION
‘The Lean Startup changes everything.’ – Harvard Business Review
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Most new businesses fail. But most of those failures are preventable.
The Lean Startup is a new approach to business that’s being adopted around the world. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.
Essential reading for any ambitious entrepreneur, The Lean Startup will teach you to identify what your customers really want. You’ll learn how to test your vision continuously, adapting and adjusting before it’s too late.
With over a million copies sold across the globe, now is your time to think Lean.
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HR Approved Ways to Tell Employees They’re Stupid: 52 Week Planner – Each Week has A Witty Phrase & Blank Lined Notebook Pages, Funny Sarcastic Gag … Employees, Gift For Boss,…
Great gag gift for the sarcastic people in your life. Give a snarky coworker an entertaining gift that gives a chuckle every week of the year! Perfect for HR employees, Manager, Boss, coworkers, or even your rude friends.Give them all a unique present and watch them smile every week of the year. Maybe get a copy for yourself, too?
Featuring quotes like:
- I didn’t call you stupid, I said that sounds like something a stupid person would say.
- I don’t know what your problem is, but I bet it’s hard to pronounce.
- If you ever had a clever thought, it died alone and afraid!
HR Approved Ways To Tell Employees They’re Stupid
This weekly planner / notebook has many uses:
- Get a good laugh every week
- Take meeting or class notes – if you dare bring it into your office
- Jot down names of your stupid coworkers and which phrase you’d like to use on them!
And more!
This planner is the best size to keep (Hide) on your desk, bring it to work or school, or stash in your laptop case or backpack.
WARNING – Take to work at your own risk! Definitely NOT really HR Approved!!!
Details of Planner:
- Size: 6” x 9”
- Pages: 105 pages
- Paper: 52 Weekly Planning Pages and 52 white lined note taking paper
- Cover: High-quality cover with professional finish – should get great reactions when people see it.
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Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Beautiful and uplifting’ Davina McCall
‘So inspiring, so heartfelt … the way Donna writes is beyond beautiful.’ Lisa Snowdon
‘Some people have the Bible by their bed. Others a self help manual. I have Donna Ashworth’s new poetry collection.’ Susannah Constantine
Wild Hope is Donna Ashworth’s powerful new collection of wisdom to help us find hope, peace, self-acceptance and inspiration on the days we feel worn down, helpless or sad. Written with love and understanding, Donna – who is also the bestselling author of I Wish I Knew – reminds us that amidst our daily struggles and constant outpourings of bad news we have so much to hope for, and that every one of us can play a part, big or small, in making the world a better place.
With poems such as ‘Surrounded by Treasure’, ‘That Thing You Do’, ‘Through the Wringer’ and ‘Rope Ladder’, Donna helps us to remember that most people in this world are good, and that acts of kindness and love within our individual spheres of influence, however small, all contribute to a better future. She also gently guides us, no matter how busy or overburdened we may be, to practice better self-care and self-acceptance.
Hope exists when nothing else can. On the darkest of days Wild Hope will help you find more light.
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The Personal MBA: A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume
This revised and expanded edition of the bestselling book, The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman, gives you everything you need to transform your business, your career or your working life forever.
An MBA at a top school is an enormous investment in time, effort and cold, hard cash. And if you don’t want to work for a consulting firm or an investment bank, the chances are it simply isn’t worth it.
Josh Kaufman is the rogue professor of modern business education. Feted by everyone from the business media to Seth Godin and David Allen, he’s torn up the rulebook and given thousands of people worldwide the tools to teach themselves everything they need to know.
The Personal MBA teaches simple mental models for every subject that’s key to commercial success. From the basics of products, sales & marketing and finance to the nuances of human psychology, teamwork and creating systems, this book distils everything you need to know to take on the MBA graduates and win.
‘File this book under: NO EXCUSES’ Seth Godin, author of Purple Cow and Linchpin
‘Finally, here’s a 10.99 MBA. Well on its way to becoming a business classic. You’re pretty much guaranteed to get your money’s worth – if not much, much more’ Jason Hesse, Real Business
‘Josh Kaufman has synthesized the most important topics in business into a book that truly lives up to its title. It’s rare to find complicated concepts explained with such clarity. Highly recommended’ Ben Casnocha, author of My Start-Up Life
Josh Kaufman is an acclaimed blogger and consultant who helps people improve their business skills. He previously worked at Proctor & Gamble. Since 2005 Josh has been helping people learn about business without remortgaging their lives through his website.
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Eat That Frog!: Get More Of The Important Things Done Today
There just isn’t enough time for everything on our ‘To Do’ list – and there never will be. Successful people don’t try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done.
There’s an old saying that if the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that it’s probably the worst thing you’ll do all day. Using ‘eat that frog’ as a metaphor for tackling the most challenging task of your day – the one you are most likely to procrastinate on, but also probably the one that can have the greatest positive impact on your life – Eat That Frog! shows you how to zero in on these critical tasks and organize your day. You’ll not only get more done faster, but get the right things done.
Bestselling author Brian Tracy cuts to the core of what is vital to effective time management: decision, discipline, and determination. In this fully revised and updated second edition, he provides brand new information on how to keep technology from dominating your time. He details twenty-one practical and doable steps that will help you stop procrastinating and get more of the important tasks done – today!
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How to Talk to Anybody: Learn the Secrets to Small Talk, Business, Management, Sales & Social Conversations & How to Make Real Friends (Communication Skills)
(With Bonus Audio) Would you like to skyrocket your communication skills in your career, personal and intimate life?
Would you like to be able to draw people towards you like a magnet?
This book is NOT just another communication book and is NOT just a book of tips.
This is the ultimate communication system for talking to anybody, anywhere and in any situation.
Using the scientific principles of communication and ©POWER2MIND technology, it will have you talking and communicating to anyone with confidence, charm and conviction, rapidly and naturally.
This will massively transform all areas of your life.
[Includes a Rapid Learning Accelerator Audio to download to accelerate your success]
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:
✓ Skyrocket your communication skills in your career, personal and intimate life.
✓ Effortlessly talk to anyone, anytime, anywhere and in any situation
✓ Powerfully take control of any conversation
✓ Intuitively master small talk
✓ Effectively develop unstoppable charisma
✓ Naturally get anyone to like you
✓ Easily attract real new friends and intimate partners
✓ Successfully talk to difficult people
✓ Automatically draw people towards you like a magnet every time you speak
And a lot more…
TWO BOOKS IN ONE
In Part One, you will learn how people are wired, what they respond to, and what motivates them.
In Part Two, you will learn how to use all the principles and techniques to be a truly masterful communicator.
Are you ready to skyrocket your business, personal and intimate communication?
Scroll up, click the “Buy Now with 1-Click” button and Start Reading Now!
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Keep Calm I Have a Spreadsheet for That: 6×9 Lined Funny Work Notebook, 108 Page Office Gag Gift For Adults | Secret Santa Card Alternative & Coworker White Elephant Gift Idea
This lined notebook is sure to get a few smiles and chuckles in meetings or around the office!
Have a little more fun at work and let you coworkers know what you’re really thinking.
- 108 lined pages, 6″ x 9″
- Makes a great gag gift, white elephant gift or Secret Santa gift for a lucky colleague
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Revolution: The new sports biography revealing the incredible true story of Mikel Arteta’s success at Arsenal football club
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
The inside story of Mikel Arteta’s astonishing transformation of Arsenal
November 2019. Unai Emery’s final game as Arsenal manager sees the Gunners languishing eighth in the league. Appointed in the dying embers of the Wenger years, Emery’s 18 months as Arsenal boss has seen the team and the club go backwards – playing unimaginative, pragmatic football, and recently losing to London rivals Chelsea in the final of the Europa League. Something had to change; a fresh head with fresh ideas. A new leader.
This is the story of how Mikel Arteta turned Arsenal into one of the most exciting, innovative and feared teams in the league. From cutting his teeth as an assistant under Pep Guardiola before joining Arsenal in the winter of 2019, through to title contenders years later – including bust-ups, Covid, disappointments, FA Cup wins, fan revolt, and eventually the rise of an extraordinary young team standing on the edge of greatness – this book will be the first of its kind to explore the workings of Arteta’s philosophy and how he transformed the club from outsiders to title challengers.
With chapters on his tactical innovations, in-game strategies, transfer insight and, of course, an account of the memorable 2022-23 season – Revolution is the story of an extraordinary football ascent and the first draft of Arsenal’s new history.
Charles Watts’ book ‘Revolution’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 28-08-2023.
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Coaching for Performance: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership FULLY REVISED 5TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION: The Principles and Practice of … FULLY REVISED 25TH…
Coaching for Performance is the #1 book for coaches, leaders, talent managers and professionals around the world. This is the definitive, updated and expanded edition.
“The proven resource for all coaches and pioneers of the future of coaching.” Magdalena N. Mook, CEO, International Coach Federation (ICF)
An international bestseller, featuring the powerful GROW model, this book is the founding text of the coaching profession. It explains why enabling people to bring the best out of themselves is the key to driving productivity, growth, and engagement. A meaningful coaching culture has the potential to transform the relationship between organizations and employees and to put both on the path to long-term success.
Written by Sir John Whitmore, the pioneer of coaching, and Performance Consultants, the global market leaders in performance coaching, this extensively revised and extended edition will revolutionize the traditional approach to organizational culture. Brand new practical exercises, corporate examples, coaching dialogues, and a glossary, strengthen the learning process, whilst a critical new chapter demonstrates how to measure the benefits of coaching as a return on investment, ensuring this landmark new edition will remain at the forefront of professional coaching and leadership development.
“Shines a light on what it takes to create high performance.” John McFarlane, Chairman, Barclays, Chairman, TheCityUK
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Turn The Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
‘David Marquet is the kind of leader who comes around only once in a generation . . . his ideas and lessons are invaluable’ Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why
Captain David Marquet was used to giving orders. In the high-stress environment of the USS Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered submarine, it was crucial his men did their job well. But the ship was dogged by poor morale, poor performance and the worst retention in the fleet.
One day, Marquet unknowingly gave an impossible order, and his crew tried to follow it anyway. He realized he was leading in a culture of followers, so he upended the traditional leadership model and put control in the hands of his crew. Before long, his team became fully engaged and the Santa Fe skyrocketed from worst to first in the fleet.
No matter your business or position, you can apply Marquet’s approach to create a workplace where everyone takes responsibility for their actions, people are healthier, happier – and everyone is a leader.
___________________________________________________________________________________WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT TURN THE SHIP AROUND:
‘I have bought this book for my entire senior team’ Amazon Review
‘Putting in place the ideas and practices has transformed my work life balance, engaged my teams and improved performance’ Amazon Review
‘Love this book. The most practical actionable advice I can remember reading’ Amazon Review
‘As an owner of a small business I found Marquet’s book inspirational’ Amazon Review
IN HIS LATEST BOOK, LEADERSHIP IS LANGUAGE, MARQUET BUILDS ON HIS TEACHING, SHOWING US HOW TO LEAD OUR TEAMS TO SUCCESS THROUGH THE LANGUAGE THAT WE USE.
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Who Moved My Cheese: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
With over 2.5 million copies sold worldwide, Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable that reveals profound truths
It is the amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life, for example a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions, health or spiritual peace of mind. The maze is where you look for what you want, perhaps the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live in. The problem is that the cheese keeps moving.
In the story, the characters are faced with unexpected change in their search for the cheese. One of them eventually deals with change successfully and writes what he has learned on the maze walls for you to discover. You’ll learn how to anticipate, adapt to and enjoy change and be ready to change quickly whenever you need to.
Discover the secret of the writing on the wall for yourself and enjoy less stress and more success in your work and life. Written for all ages, this story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights will last a lifetime.
Spencer Johnson, MD, is one of the world’s leading authors of inspirational writing. He has written many New York Times bestsellers, including the worldwide phenomenon Who Moved My Cheese? and, with Kenneth Blanchard, The One Minute Manager. His works have become cultural touchstones and are available in 40 languages.
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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER
If you can change your mind you can do anything.
Why do we refresh our wardrobes every year, renovate our kitchens every decade, but never update our beliefs and our views? Why do we laugh at people using computers that are ten years old, but yet still cling to opinions we formed ten years ago?
There’s a new skill for the modern world that matters more than raw intelligence – the ability to change your mind. To have the edge we all need to develop the flexibility to unlearn old beliefs and adapt when the evidence and the world changes before us.
Told through fascinating stories, informed by cutting-edge research and illustratedwith amazing insights from Adam Grant’s conversations with people such as Elon Musk, Hilary Clinton’s campaign team, top CEOs and leading scientists, this is the ultimate guide to keeping your thinking fresh, learning when to question your ideas and update your own opinions, and how to inspire those around you to do the same.
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COACHING HABIT: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Look for Michael’s new book, The Advice Trap, which focuses on taming your Advice Monster so you can stay curious a little longer and change the way you lead forever.In Michael Bungay Stanier’s The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your day so managers and their teams can work less hard and have more impact.
Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples’ potential. He unpacks seven essential coaching questions to demonstrate how―by saying less and asking more―you can develop coaching methods that produce great results.
· Get straight to the point in any conversation with The Kickstart Question
· Stay on track during any interaction with The Awe Question
· Save hours of time for yourself with The Lazy Question, and hours of time for others with The Strategic Question
· Get to the heart of any interpersonal or external challenge with The Focus Question and The Foundation Question
· Finally ensure others find your coaching as beneficial as you do with The Learning QuestionA fresh innovative take on the traditional how-to manual, the book combines insider information with research based in neuroscience and behavioural economics, together with interactive training tools to turn practical advice into practiced habits. Witty and conversational, The Coaching Habit takes your work―and your workplace―from good to great.
“Coaching is an art and it’s far easier said than done. It takes courage to ask a question rather than offer up advice, provide and answer, or unleash a solution. giving another person the opportunity to find their own way, make their own mistakes, and create their own wisdom is both brave and vulnerable. In this practical and inspiring book, Michael shares seven transformative questions that can make a difference in how we lead and support. And he guides us through the tricky part―how to take this new information and turn it into habits and a daily practice.
―Brené Brown, author of Rising Strong and Daring Greatly.Read more
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PRINCE2® 7 Managing Successful Projects
PRINCE2 7 is a practical and structured approach designed to facilitate effective project management. It offers a clear method for organizations to successfully manage projects, introduce novel products or services, and drive transformative change. The PRINCE2 method is versatile and universally applicable. Flexible and adaptable to suit the needs of any organization, it can be tailored to any project, regardless of size, purpose, or industry. PRINCE2 7 addresses changes in the project management sector and adapts to evolving working practices and technologies. With a central focus on people management, it also embraces Digital and Data Management and incorporates sustainable practices. PRINCE2 7: A major upgrade to the world’s leading project management method Key updates empowering success with PRINCE2 7 include: 1. Universal Applicability: PRINCE2 7 is relevant to all professionals, not only project managers. A project-oriented approach can be embraced by those in every role involved in project activities, applying it to any endeavor. 2. The Latest AI Guidance: PRINCE2 7 integrates the latest artificial intelligence (AI) guidance, enabling projects to leverage AI’s predictive and analytical capabilities for more effective and innovative project management. 3. Further Focus on People Management: Acknowledging the significance of human capital in project success, PRINCE2 7 prioritizes effective people management, enabling teams to excel and deliver exceptional results. 4. Enhanced Flexibility and Customization: Understanding that each project is unique, PRINCE2 7 provides enhanced flexibility and customization options, tailoring the method to suit your project’s specific requirements. 5. Embracing Digital and Data Management: In an increasingly digitized world, PRINCE2 7 equips you with tools to leverage digital technologies and data management efficiently, ensuring your projects stay ahead in the digital era. 6. Integration of Sustainability iRead more
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Doctor Who, Classic Edition 2024 Calendar, Month To View Square Wall Calendar, Official Product
2024 Doctor Who Classic Edition Square Calendar. This calendar commemories 60 years of Doctor Who with each month featuring interesting images of popular character. This wall calendar also has large monthly date panels where you can keep track of appointments, birthdays and make plenty of notes.
Product Dimensions: 305 X 305 MM
Danilo is the leading publisher of officially licensed calendars, diaries, greeting cards, gift wrap and gift bags in the UK. We are a family run company that’s been operating for more than 40 years. Our licenses range from baby to adult. All the paper we use is responsibly sourced and we only work with suppliers and manufacturers that meet our stringent ethical requirements.
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In addition, we have an overwhelming variety of tools, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, stream or batch processors, and message brokers. What are the right choices for your application? How do you make sense of all these buzzwords?
In this practical and comprehensive guide, author Martin Kleppmann helps you navigate this diverse landscape by examining the pros and cons of various technologies for processing and storing data. Software keeps changing, but the fundamental principles remain the same. With this book, software engineers and architects will learn how to apply those ideas in practice, and how to make full use of data in modern applications.
- Peer under the hood of the systems you already use, and learn how to use and operate them more effectively
- Make informed decisions by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of different tools
- Navigate the trade-offs around consistency, scalability, fault tolerance, and complexity
- Understand the distributed systems research upon which modern databases are built
- Peek behind the scenes of major online services, and learn from their architectures
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Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us about the Business of Life
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Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t
Leadership is not a rank, it is a responsibility. Leadership is not about being in charge, it is about taking care of those in your charge.
When we take care of our people, our people will take care of us. They will help see that our cause becomes a reality.
In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek, internationally bestselling author of Start With Why, investigates these great leaders from Marine Corps Officers, who don’t just sacrifice their place at the table but often their own comfort and even their lives for those in their care, to the heads of big business and government – each putting aside their own interests to protect their teams.
‘Simple and elegant, it shows us how leaders should lead’ William Ury, co-author of Getting to Yes
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StrengthsFinder 2.0: From Gallup: By the New York Times Bestselling Author of Wellbeing
DO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU DO BEST EVERY DAY? Chances are, you don’t. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book spent more than five years on bestseller lists and ignited a global conversation, while StrengthsFinder helped millions discover their top five talents.
In StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular assessment. While you can read this book in one sitting, you’ll use it as a reference for decades. Loaded with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, this new book and accompanying website will change the way you look at yourself — and the world around you — forever.
Available exclusively through the unique access code included in StrengthsFinder 2.0: A new and upgraded edition of the StrengthsFinder assessment, a personalized Strengths Discovery and Action-Planning Guide for applying your strengths in the next week, month and year, 50 Ideas for Action (10 strategies for building on each of your top five themes) and the redesigned StrengthsFinder 2.0 companion website.Read more
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Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A SPECTATOR AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022
A WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH‘If you read just one book about how the modern world is driving us crazy, read this one’ TELEGRAPH
‘This book is exactly what the world needs right now’ OPRAH WINFREY
‘A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind’s ability to pay attention’ STEPHEN FRY
‘A really important book . . . Everyone should read it’ PHILIPPA PERRY—
Is your ability to focus and pay attention in free fall?
You are not alone. The average office worker now focuses on any one task for just three minutes. But it’s not your fault. Your attention didn’t collapse. It has been stolen.
Internationally bestselling author Johann Hari shows twelve deep factors harming our focus. Once we understand them, together, we can take back our minds.
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Inspirational Coloring Book for Adults: 50 Motivational Quotes & Patterns to Color – A Variety of Relaxing Positive Affirmations for Adults & Teens
Introducing our latest PREMIUM coloring book for adults, designed to uplift and inspire your mind, body, and spirit. This 50-page coloring book features a variety of patterns and designs that will take you on a journey of self-discovery and inner peace. Suitable for teens & adults!
Inside you’ll find:
- 50 pages of beautifully illustrated designs, featuring a mixture of patterns, and quotes
- Single-sided printing to prevent bleed-through
- A perfect way to unwind and relax after a long day
- Inspirational quotes on each page to encourage and motivate you as you color
- A great gift for friends and loved ones who could use a little inspiration in their lives
What makes our books ‘premium’?
Most coloring books sold online are quite simply repackaged assets purchased from stock image websites. We don’t do that at Pepper Lomax. We have a team of designers who hand-draw the designs using tablets, ensuring that every page in every one of our books is 100% and can’t be found elsewhere online! Our designers put all their love and care into their work, which gives each page a unique feel that you can’t find elsewhere.
Sample Quotes:
- ‘Follow your heart, but don’t forget your brain’
- ‘Face your fears or they will forever hold you back’
- ‘Just because I’m on a different path, it doesn’t mean I’m lost’
- ‘When one door closes another one opens’
- ‘If you’re going through hell, keep going’
And many more! You’re going to love this book.
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Compassionate Leadership: Sustaining Wisdom, Humanity and Presence in Health and Social Care
Swirling Leaf Press (publisher) price on Amazon are fixed as follows: UK £15, Europe: €20+country tax, Amazon.com $22US, Canada $26, Australia $31.80+sales tax, Amazon Japan Yen2400+taxThose who work in health and social care give inspiring support for the health, happiness and well-being of all – communities, societies and nations. Yet their workplaces often harm their own health and well-being, affecting care quality, motivation, patient satisfaction and corroding cultures of compassion.
In these pages, an evidence-based approach to transforming the leadership and cultures of health and social care teams and organisations is described. Practical, powerful and compelling, it describes a strategy based on the core human value of compassion, showing that by sustaining that value in health and social care, we can cultivate wisdom, humanity, presence and high-quality in health and care services. Supplemented with practical resources, case examples and searching questions for discussion, it offers a simple, radical and powerfully effective strategy for change.
It is a call for leaders to nurture compassion within themselves and across health and social care institutions, to support healthier and happier institutions and communities. It challenges leaders at every level to have the courage and authenticity to embody compassion in their leadership now and for the long-term future.
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The Silva Mind Control Method: The Revolutionary Program by the Founder of the World’s Most Famous Mind Control Course
The revolutionary program that teaches you how to use meditation and visualization to change your life.First published in 1978, The Silva Mind Control Method has helped millions of people create better, happier, and more successful lives. Based on the extraordinary course pioneered by José Silva in the 1960s, this accessible guidebook uses meditation and visualization to help you alleviate stress, overcome bad habits and emotional insecurity, increase creativity, develop concentration, harness your dreams, and deepen your relationships. Featuring transformative advice and fascinating case studies, this revolutionary book teaches you to use your mind at a deeper and more effective level and reveal its extraordinary power.
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Teaching WalkThrus: Five-step guides to instructional coaching: Visual step-by-step guides to essential teaching techniques
Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli team up to present 50 essential teaching techniques, each with five clear and concise illustrations and explanations. It forms a truly unique repository of key teaching methods, valuable to any classroom practitioner in any setting.The book covers important practical techniques in behaviour and relationships; curriculum planning; explaining and modelling; questioning and feedback; practice and retrieval; and Mode B teaching. Each technique is simply explained and beautifully illustrated in five short steps, to make sense of complex ideas and support student learning.
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Mindset – Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea-the power of our mindset.
Dweck explains why it’s not just our abilities and talent that bring us success-but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn’t foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment, but may actually jeopardize success. With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades, as well as reach our own goals-personal and professional. Dweck reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs, and athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning and a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area.
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (J–B Lencioni Series)
In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech’s CEO, faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencioni’s utterly gripping tale serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight. Throughout the story, Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. He outlines a powerful model and actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team. Just as with his other books, Lencioni has written a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional team leaders.Read more
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Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
In 2006, Will Guidara and Swiss chef Daniel Humm were placed at the helm of Eleven Madison Park. The establishment, a brasserie with an identity crisis, was in desperate need of magic. In 2017, Eleven Madison Park was named the best restaurant in the world, legendary for its memorable, over-the-top, bespoke hospitality as much as its food. How did Eleven Madison Park pull off this radical transformation? The answer is simple – its world-class hospitality. Guidara’s team would send a family who had never seen snow to Central Park with a sled on a snowy night or track down the cab that a guest had left their iPhone in to retrieve the device. And his hospitality extended beyond the dining room and into the kitchen, where he encouraged his entire restaurant team to learn continuously, tap into their own passions, and think like owners no matter their roles. We can all transform ordinary business transactions into an extraordinary hospitality experience. Through sparkling stories of Guidara’s journey through the restaurant industry, featuring the industry’s most famous players like Daniel Boulud and Danny Meyer, Guidara urges us all to find the magic in what we do – for ourselves, the people we work with, and the people we serve.Read more
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