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The Concise Laws of Human Nature
The concise edition of the 2019 WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS BOOK AWARD
From the million-copy bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all – understanding people’s drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves.
We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess, without which our other talents can only take us so far. Drawing from the ideas and examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control, how to develop the empathy that leads to insight, how to look behind people’s masks, and how to resist conformity to develop your singular sense of purpose.
Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around you, The Concise Laws of Human Nature offers brilliant tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defence.
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A Practical Guide to Logistics: An Introduction to Transport, Warehousing, Trade and Distribution
Few people come into logistics management with knowledge and experience of all aspects of the profession. Some may have worked their way up from driving a vehicle but know little of warehouses, others may find themselves taking responsibility for logistics as part of a wider remit such as operations.
A Practical Guide to Logistics aims to equip them with the necessary knowledge to move on to the next stage, with simple non-technical explanations of the options available, and impartial advice on how to choose the right option for their business. It is also an excellent primer for students studying logistics for the first time, on BSc or MSc courses, as well as practitioners on professional training courses.
A Practical Guide to Logistics is a straightforward guide taking readers through all aspects of this fascinating industry, covering packaging, transportation, warehousing and exporting and importing of goods. There is a real need for this basic knowledge, both for practitioners starting out in the industry or more experienced practitioners who may have gaps in their knowledge. The book examines each aspect of logistics in turn and the text is supported by numerous illustrations.
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The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit: Over 100 Tools for Transport, Warehousing and Inventory Management
The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit provides practical tools for warehouse, inventory and transport managers and students to help them tackle the challenges of logistics and supply chain management. It is full of practical ideas and information to optimise the management of logistics and supply chain processes.
The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit offers solutions and plans spanning across a variety of sub-disciplines such as warehousing, logistics, supply chain management, inventory and outsourcing. Each toolkit addresses key principles within its area of discipline, providing the reader with a precision approach to be used in complex and sensitive circumstances. The toolkit presents a number of major management tools such as Fortna’s Product Flow Smart Design, SMART, DMAIC and Gantt charts. General management, performance management and problem-solving tools have also been included to provide a broader, transferable scope of tools for the reader.
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Technical Recruiting 101: How to Become a Rockstar Recruiter and a Six-figure Earner
Learn, level up, and recruit. Master your field in the tech industry and grow your entire wealth of potential success.
Have you been in the tech industry for quite some time and are ready to take on something bigger than just your regular work?
Are you a recruiter who wants to switch to technical recruiting but feel intimidated by all the technical jargon?
Do you want to become part of the hiring process, but you aren’t sure how the recruiting is done yet?
Have you been tasked with hiring the next round of potential candidates for the job and want to master the art of the interview?
It is quite an inspiring move to go from employee to recruiter, but it can also be a daunting task if you aren’t prepared for it.
Recruitment is one of the most essential functions of any company. Why?
Because it is your job to determine if candidates will be a good fit, thrive in your office environment, and genuinely benefit the company.
You are searching for the best of the best.
And you need to know how to pick them out from a sea of candidates – that’s a recruiter’s job.
When it comes to the tech industry, selecting the best and the brightest becomes a talent that you have to take time to master.
Uncover the ways of recruitment so you can help the company and earn yourself a bigger and better income.
In this practical guide, you will discover:
- The ultimate basics of recruiting in the tech industry, so you truly understand the ins and out of the field
- The advantages and expectations of working in technology recruitment to prepare yourself for an exciting career ahead
- How to become a master interviewer by determining unqualified resumes and conducting professional and effective questioning
- The 10 powerful phases of the software development life-cycle that you can follow to increase your knowledge of the process
- What IT development really is, and it’s 4 phases that take you through the various departments of the field
- How to properly hire staff for the tech industry based on their talents, experience, and skills… even if you have never hired anyone before
- The best possible way to grow your income into six figures is by being the best recruiter and inspiring manager
- What Boolean Searches are and how they are integrated into the recruitment process to uphold quality recruiting
And much more.
No one should ever take recruitment lightly.
Some managers think, “Well if this doesn’t work out, I’ll just hire another one.”
That kind of mentality won’t work in the tech industry. Hiring the wrong person is a waste of your time and money.
Remember, the right choice means the best reward.
Enter this new role with the knowledge you need to confidently pick out the ones who will support your company through thick and thin.
If you’re ready to become one of the best and brightest tech recruiters, scroll up and click the “Buy Button” right now.
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Technical Support Specialist Funny Gifts: 6×9 inches 108 Lined pages Funny Notebook | Ruled Unique Diary | Sarcastic Humor Journal for Men & Women | … Santa Gag for Christmas…
A Most Beautiful Gift Under $5.00!
An excellent blank lined journal. This awesome and crazy lined paper book for Adults. The perfect gift for any person to keep their ideas in one place. Also a great present for a son, daughter, brother or sister.
The Book Contains:- Blank, Lined Pages.
- White Color Pages.
- 6″ x 9″ – Large size provides plenty of room for writing inside.
- 108 pages.
- High-quality paper – 60gm.
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Advanced Charting and Technical Analysis For Beginners: Secret Guide To Read Chart Patterns, Candlestick Patterns, Supply and Demand, RSI Indicators and Channel Trading Strategies
“Advanced Charting and Technical Analysis for Beginners” is an informative guidebook that provides a comprehensive introduction to the world of charting and technical analysis. Whether you’re a novice or an experienced trader, this book equips you with the necessary tools to analyze charts and make informed trading decisions.The book covers a range of topics, including candlestick patterns, chart patterns, trend analysis, indicators, and oscillators. It provides step-by-step guidance on how to use these tools to identify potential market trends and assess market sentiment.
The language used in the book is easy to understand, and the examples are presented in a clear and concise manner. The author takes a practical approach to teaching, focusing on real-world scenarios and trading situations. This approach helps beginners to quickly grasp the concepts of charting and technical analysis and apply them to their trading strategies.
By the end of the book, readers will have a solid understanding of charting and technical analysis and will be able to apply these skills to their own trading activities. The book is an essential resource for anyone who wants to learn how to analyze charts and make informed trading decisions.
Here are some of the top topics that readers will learn from “Advanced Charting and Technical Analysis for Beginners”:
1. Understanding price charts and candlestick patterns
2. Identifying chart patterns, including support and resistance levels
3. Using trend lines to determine market direction and momentum
4. Understanding technical indicators, such as moving averages and Bollinger Bands
5. Using oscillators, such as the Relative Strength Index (RSI) and the Stochastic Oscillator
6. Applying technical analysis to different markets, including stocks, currencies, and commodities
7. Creating and implementing a trading strategy based on technical analysis
8. Managing risk and minimizing losses through the use of stop-loss orders and other techniques
9. Developing a trading plan that fits your personal style and risk tolerance
10. Avoiding common pitfalls and mistakes that beginners often make when trading based on technical analysis.These topics are all covered in-depth in the book and provide readers with a solid foundation in charting and technical analysis.
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Technical Agile Coaching with the Samman Method
Samman Technical Coaching is an approach to Agile training that focuses on technical questions concerning how code is written. It is a highly effective way of increasing agility in your software development organization. The first part of the Samman method involves the coach working in an ensemble with development teams, programming in their production codebase. This hands-on mentoring is accompanied by daily “learning hour” sessions for mastering particular techniques. In this book you will discover how to put Samman into practice, improve your coding procedures and how you collaborate. It is a practical guide for aspiring and experienced coaches looking for fresh ideas and new ways of teaching Agile. It is both challenging and fun for developers and coaches alike.Read more
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Training and Assessing Non-Technical Skills: A Practical Guide
Providing a practical guide to the training and assessment of non-technical skills within high-risk industries, this book will be of direct interest to safety and training professionals working within aviation, healthcare, rail, maritime, and other high-risk industries. Currently, each of these industries are working to integrate non-technical skills into their training and certification processes, particularly in light of increasing international regulation in this area. However, there is no definitive guidance to assist practitioners within these areas with the design of effective non-technical skills training and assessment programs. This book sets out to fully meet this need. It has been designed as a practically focussed companion to the 2008 book Safety at the Sharp End by Flin, O’Connor and Crichton. While Safety at the Sharp End provides the definitive exploration of the need for non-technical skills training, and examines in detail the main components of non-technical skills as they relate to safe operations, the text does not focus on the “nuts and bolts” of designing training and assessment programs. To this end, Training and Assessing Non-Technical Skills: A Practical Guide provides an extension of this work and a fitting companion text.Read more
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Ace the Technical Pilot Interview
Advance your career with this dynamic tool for acing the technical pilot interview…Let an experienced airline pilot help you succeed on the Technical Pilot Interview. This one-of-a-kind study tool asks the right questions so you’ll know the right answers. Open it and start learning what you need to know in order to get a powerful edge over the competition – at every stage of your piloting career. This unique study guide helps you: get to know material likely to be asked on your interview; practice with almost one thousand exam-style questions – complete with answers; build confidence, skills, and knowledge; and, focus your study on what you need to know.Can you answer these questions? If you were loading an aircraft to obtain maximum range, would you load it with a forward or aft center of gravity? Why does an aircraft climb as high as possible? What does an aircraft descend quicker when it’s lighter? What is a fail operational autopilot/landing system? What is an assumed/flexible temperature? Open this study guide for: answers to almost 1000 questions you may be asked during the technical interview; more than 50 illustrations to clarify key essential points; comprehensive coverage ranging from light aircraft to heavy jet operations; a convenient quick-find, cross-referenced presentation; and, material that has global application.Read more
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Artificial Intelligence Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction
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Safety at the Sharp End: A Guide to Non-Technical Skills
Many 21st century operations are characterised by teams of workers dealing with significant risks and complex technology, in competitive, commercially-driven environments. Informed managers in such sectors have realised the necessity of understanding the human dimension to their operations if they hope to improve production and safety performance. While organisational safety culture is a key determinant of workplace safety, it is also essential to focus on the non-technical skills of the system operators based at the ‘sharp end’ of the organisation. These skills are the cognitive and social skills required for efficient and safe operations, often termed Crew Resource Management (CRM) skills. In industries such as civil aviation, it has long been appreciated that the majority of accidents could have been prevented if better non-technical skills had been demonstrated by personnel operating and maintaining the system. As a result, the aviation industry has pioneered the development of CRM training. Many other organisations are now introducing non-technical skills training, most notably within the healthcare sector. Safety at the Sharp End is a general guide to the theory and practice of non-technical skills for safety. It covers the identification, training and evaluation of non-technical skills and has been written for use by individuals who are studying or training these skills on CRM and other safety or human factors courses. The material is also suitable for undergraduate and post-experience students studying human factors or industrial safety programmes.Read more
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The Sales Engineer Manager’s Handbook: Mastering Technical Sales
John Care and Chris Daly lay out the 3+1 rules of SE Leadership. A simple framework designed for everyone – from SEs thinking about moving into management to the newest of new SE Managers to a Global SE Vice President. This is a fascinating blend of tactical and strategic advice based on 30+ years of experience and many years of running SE specific workshops. All designed to allow you to follow the 3+1 Rules: Develop And Serve Your People, Run Pre-Sales As A Business, and Serve Your Customers all matched up with Rule #0 Manage Yourself. It’s a common and often repeated story. You take a rock star Sales Engineer who is highly valued for their sales and business skills – and make them a manager because they are a great SE. With no regard for their possible leadership skills whatsoever. Perhaps they are pointed at a few online HR resources and take a mandatory “Managing Within The Law” session. Then they are released into the wild, and asked to manage, lead and motivate a team of Sales Engineers – each of whom performs the job differently than the newly minted manager used to do.Read more
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Deemer on Technical Analysis: Expert Insights on Timing the Market and Profiting in the Long Run (BUSINESS BOOKS)
Build profits even in the worst of times with the methods of a Technical Analysis legend
“Deemer on Technical Analysis will become an instant investment book classic.”
―Douglas A. Kass, Seabreeze Partners Management, Inc.“Serving on the front lines of this investment discipline for the past 40 years with some of the most influential investors of our time, Deemer provides a front-row seat on some fascinating history, rich with insights and anecdotes and, of course, loaded with wisdom. His true gift is making the arcane world of technical analysis accessible and relevant to all investors. If Warren Buffett is the Oracle of Omaha, Deemer is the Prophet of Port St. Lucie.”
―Sandra Ward, Senior Editor, Barron’s“I have had the great pleasure of working with and getting to know some of the greatest technical analysts throughout the past 50 years. Walt Deemer is widely recognized as one of the best. His charm and wit in explaining the keys to successful investing will make [this] book a must-read and an all-time classic for first-time investors and professionals alike.”
―Paul Desmond, Lowry Research“Every investor can learn something from Walter Deemer.”
―David Fuller, Global Strategist, Fullermoney.comToday’s volatile markets are challenging for professional and retail investors alike. Just in time, Walter Deemer, a cornerstone of technical analysis for nearly 50 years, has culled his insight and knowledge to show investors how to achieve steady investment gains in the current markets.
With the stock market expected to trade generally sideways for many years, a buy-and-hold strategy may not give you the returns you need on your investments. In Deemer on Technical Analysis, Walter distills his decades spent on the front lines of the financial markets into a useful strategy that shows you how to time the markets to successfully grow wealth. The key is solid technical analysis.
Inside, you will learn the nuts and bolts of charting, identifying indicators, recognizing trends, and selecting the best stocks for your goals. This step-by-step guide shows you how to:
- Read the emotional characteristics of the markets in order to better direct investments
- Pinpoint the most profitable entry and exit points
- Effectively use the long-term timing tools preferred by top experts, including investor sentiment, relative strength, and trend recognition
- Cut through short-term noise with the Kondratiev Wave Cycle, Four-Year Cycle, and simple long-term chart analysis
Deemer on Technical Analysis also weaves in entertaining and clarifying anecdotes from the author’s colorful life working at prestigious firms, where he rubbed elbows with A-list icons of Wall Street. Each anecdote reinforces real-world applications of covered material to help you more effectively seize opportunities in the financial markets.
From his early days with Bob Farrell at Merrill Lynch and Gerry Tsai at the Manhattan Fund, to his years as head of market analysis at Putnam Investments and president of DTR, Inc., Deemer has been dispensing timely advice exclusively to top figures in the field.
Now, in his quasi-retirement, this technician’s technician has written a book that levels the playing field, so that you, too, can invest like a pro.
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Technical Writing For Dummies
A complete and friendly guide to technical writing!Let’s face it, a lot of technical documentation reads as if it had been translated into English from Venutian by a native speaker of gibberish. Which is annoying for you and expensive for the manufacturer who pays with alienated customers and soaring technical support costs. That’s why good technical writers are in such big demand worldwide. Now, Technical Writing For Dummies arms you with the skills you need to cash in on that demand.
Whether you’re contemplating a career as a technical writer, or you just got tapped for a technical writing project, this friendly guide is your ticket to getting your tech writing skills up to snuff. It shows you step-by-step how to:
- Research and organize information for your documents
- Plan your project in a technical brief
- Fine-tune and polish your writing
- Work collaboratively with your reviewers
- Create great user manuals, awesome abstracts, and more
- Write first-rate electronic documentation
- Write computer- and Web-based training courses
Discover how to write energized technical documents that have the impact you want on your readers. Wordsmith Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts covers all the bases, including:
- All about the red-hot market for technical writing and how to get work as a technical writer
- The ABCs of creating a strong technical document, including preparing a production schedule, brainstorming, outlining, drafting, editing, rewriting, testing, presentation, and more
- Types of technical documents, including user manuals, abstracts, spec sheets, evaluation forms and questionnaires, executive summaries, and presentations
- Writing for the Internet―covers doing research online, creating multimedia documents, developing computer-based training and Web-based training, and writing online help
Combining examples, practical advice, and priceless insider tips on how to write whiz-bang technical documents, Technical Writing For Dummies is an indispensable resource for newcomers to technical writing and pros looking for new ideas to advance their careers.
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The Handbook of Technical Writing
From abstracts to online professional profiles, from blogs and forums to formal reports and manuals, the Handbook of Technical Writing uses smart, accessible language to spotlight and clarify technical writing today. Hundreds of topic entries, 90+ sample documents, at-a-glance checklists, and clear, explicit models, communicate the real-world practices of successful technical writers.
Developed by a legendary author team with decades of combined academic and professional experience, the book’s intuitive, alphabetical organization makes it easy to navigate its extensive coverage of grammar, usage, and style. Plus, updated, in-depth treatment of pressing issues like the job search, audience awareness, source documentation, and social media use on the job resonate both in class and at the office.
With a refreshed, integrated focus on the ways technologies shape writing, this Twelfth Edition is the indispensable reference tool for writing successfully in the workplace.
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Managing Technical Debt: Reducing Friction in Software Development (SEI Series in Software Engineering)
“This is an incredibly wise and useful book. The authors have considerable real-world experience in delivering quality systems that matter, and their expertise shines through in these pages. Here you will learn what technical debt is, what is it not, how to manage it, and how to pay it down in responsible ways. This is a book I wish I had when I was just beginning my career. The authors present a myriad of case studies, born from years of experience, and offer a multitude of actionable insights for how to apply it to your project.”
–Grady Booch, IBM Fellow
Master Best Practices for Managing Technical Debt to Promote Software Quality and Productivity
As software systems mature, earlier design or code decisions made in the context of budget or schedule constraints increasingly impede evolution and innovation. This phenomenon is called technical debt, and practical solutions exist. In Managing Technical Debt, three leading experts introduce integrated, empirically developed principles and practices that any software professional can use to gain control of technical debt in any software system.Using real-life examples, the authors explain the forms of technical debt that afflict software-intensive systems, their root causes, and their impacts. They introduce proven approaches for identifying and assessing specific sources of technical debt, limiting new debt, and “paying off” debt over time. They describe how to establish managing technical debt as a core software engineering practice in your organization.
- Discover how technical debt damages manageability, quality, productivity, and morale–and what you can do about it
- Clarify root causes of debt, including the linked roles of business goals, source code, architecture, testing, and infrastructure
- Identify technical debt items, and analyze their costs so you can prioritize action
- Choose the right solution for each technical debt item: eliminate, reduce, or mitigate
- Integrate software engineering practices that minimize new debt
Managing Technical Debt will be a valuable resource for every software professional who wants to accelerate innovation in existing systems, or build new systems that will be easier to maintain and evolve.
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Mastering Technical Sales: The Sales Engineer’s Handbook, Fourth Edition (Artech House Technology Management and Professional Development Library)
This bestselling book — now in its Fourth Edition – has become the gold standard for Sales Engineers, who engage on the technical side of the sales and buying process and are the people who know how everything works. It helps you navigate a complex and ever-changing technical sales environment and become an effective bridge-builder between the business/commercial interests and the technical details that support the sale.
Written by one of the foremost experts in this field, the handbook presents everything you need to improve your skills and increase your value to the sales team. Chapters are written in a modular fashion so that you can choose topics most relevant to you at the moment – or follow them in order as they build upon each other and give you the complete A to Z on your role. Each chapter is short enough so that you can read through it in 10-15 minutes and apply the learning the next day. You’ll find actionable hints, case studies, and anecdotes illustrating the topics with lessons learned, both positive and negative.
The book helps you: understand the unique role of the Sales Engineer, from the broad picture to the nuances of the job; develop skills needed to become a valuable consultant to your team and the customer team; utilize best practices for creating and completing winning RFPs; effectively integrate global practices into your day-to-day activities; increase your ability think on a more strategic level; become a trusted advisor to executive customers.
With this completely updated and expanded edition of Mastering Technical Sales in hand, you will achieve a better win rate, experience higher customer satisfaction, hit revenue targets, and feel greater job satisfaction. Newly added and revised chapters guide you through today’s challenges, including the impact of the cloud and everything-as-a-service, new sales models (monthly vs. annual revenue commits), and the virtualization and automation that is now part of the Sales Engineer’s world.
This book is a must-have resource for both new and seasoned Sales Engineers within tech software, hardware, mechanical, and civil engineering vendors, along with management and leadership in those organizations, and anyone who must present, demonstrate or sell hi-tech items for a living.
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Natural Computing Algorithms (Natural Computing Series)
The field of natural computing has been the focus of a substantial research effort in recent decades. One particular strand of this research concerns the development of computational algorithms using metaphorical inspiration from systems and phenomena that occur in the natural world. These naturally inspired computing algorithms have proven to be successful problem-solvers across domains as diverse as management science, bioinformatics, finance, marketing, engineering, architecture and design.
This book is a comprehensive introduction to natural computing algorithms, suitable for academic and industrial researchers and for undergraduate and graduate courses on natural computing in computer science, engineering and management science.
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Projects in Computing and Information Systems: A Student’s Guide: A Student’s Guide (3rd Edition)
This book is the essential guide for any student undertaking a computing/IS project, and will give you everything you need to achieve outstanding results.
Undertaking a project is a key component of nearly all computing/information systems degree programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Projects in Computing and Information Systems covers the four key aspects of project work (planning, conducting, presenting and taking the project further) in chronological fashion, and provides the reader with the skills to excel.
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Salon Appointment Book 2024: Beauty Appointment Diary 2024 with Times | Weekly and Daily Appointment Notebook with Date from 6 AM to 10 PM with 15-minute Slots.
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This weekly planner will help you to record all your client’s appointments from Monday to Sunday with Notes, 6 am to 10 pm with 15-minute increments.
Features of This Book:
• Contact List
• Dated 52 Weeks for 2024
• 6 AM to 10 PM
• Mon To Sun With Notes
• 15 Minute Increments
Book Details:
• 8.5 x 11 Inches(A4 Size)
• 115 Pages
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Educational Leadership Simplified: A guide for existing and aspiring leaders
Leading in education is a difficult job to do well. Political, financial and organisational pressures need to be managed smartly and difficult decisions need to be made. Written in Bob Bates′ trademark style, this guide offers concise and clear support to help you lead and inspire in education. In collaboration with Andy Bailey, a former headteacher and school inspector with recent Ofsted lead inspection experience, Bob combines practical knowledge of leadership roles in education with robust theories underpinning leadership and management.
Covering a wide range of key areas including team-building, coaching, conflict, change and budget management, creating a supportive work environment and working with various stakeholders – this is the go-to companion for anyone who is, or aspires to be, a senior leader in schools, colleges and other educational organisations.
Also from Bob Bates:
Learning Theories Simplified
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What Great Teachers Do Differently: Nineteen Things That Matter Most
What are the beliefs and behaviors that set great teachers apart? In this internationally renowned bestseller, Todd Whitaker reveals 19 keys to becoming more effective in the classroom.
This essential third edition features new sections on why it’s about more than relationships, how to focus on a consistent, engaging learning environment, and the importance of choosing the right mode―business, parent, child―to improve your classroom management.
Perfect for educators at any level of experience, for independent reading or for schoolwide book studies, this practical book will leave you feeling inspired and ready to do the things that matter most for the people who matter most―your students.
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Slow Teaching: On finding calm, clarity and impact in the classroom
Slow Teaching is a thoughtful exploration of how slowing down in all aspects of education can lead to improved student outcomes. It evaluates how this slow pedagogy will result in improved feedback, more nuanced and skilled classroom management and relationships, meaningful classroom dialogue, retention of knowledge and school leadership with attention to detail. It explores how to slowly deepen the craft of teaching to grow expert practitioners who are committed to mastering their practice. It also reflects on strategies that will enable teachers to feel calm, confident and organised in a profession that can often appear relentless.
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PURPOSEFUL EDUCATION: My Bet Against Poverty
Have you ever wondered how a village boy with limited resources could rise to become a Group COO & CFO of three seaports with over a billion dollars of assets?
Born to farmers in the village of Saruja, Ebrima Sawaneh enrolled himself in school at the age of eight when he felt lonely at home. At some point, his family could not afford to pay for his education, which led to him dropping out of school twice – secondary school and university.
With the support of his father’s cousins, he returned and completed senior school with one of the best results in the Gambia. He met kind men and women who helped him get a job and mentored him. He became a chartered accountant, completed an MBA in Finance, and attended multiple executive courses. His quest for knowledge transformed him, taking him to nations and across continents, from Lagos to Dubai via Libreville.
Purposeful Education is an inspirational story of a village boy’s bet against poverty through education. With commitment, consistency, and a support network, the small village boy flourished from managing a donkey cart operation to becoming a Group COO & CFO of three seaports with over a billion dollars of assets. This beautifully written memoir about Ebrima’s education inspired us to believe in the power of purposeful education.
In this book, you will learn:
- Transformative power of education.
- Resilience and Determination pays off.
- The Impact of Mentors can open doors.
- Overcoming Poverty through education and hard work.
- Commitment and Consistency in pursuing dreams.
Discover the journey of Ebrima Sawaneh in Purposeful Education, a memoir that will leave you inspired and motivated. It’s a story that showcases the incredible potential of education, the rewards of unwavering determination, and the doors that mentors can open. If you believe in the power of purposeful education and are ready to be motivated to pursue your dreams with commitment and consistency, this book is a must-read so get a copy now!
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Successful Difficult Conversations in School: Improve your team’s performance, behaviour and attitude with kindness and success
Holding difficult conversations well is the key to successful leadership and management in schools – this easily read book will be invaluable to both experienced and new leaders.Whether you are a Head or Deputy Head, a Head of Department or Year 3 Teacher, this book will help. It is full of practical ways to help you, when facing one of ‘those’ conversations with a colleague or parent, you know in your heart you need to have, but would rather avoid having, because you don’t really know what to say or how to say it.
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Motivated Teaching: Harnessing the science of motivation to boost attention and effort in the classroom: 3 (High Impact Teaching)
“It’s not easy to write a book that is simultaneously brief, packed with ideas, and clear, but Peps has done it.” Daniel Willingham, Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia
This book is for teachers and school leaders interested in understanding what motivation for learning is, how it works, and how to build it in the classroom.
From the author of Memorable Teaching, this latest instalment in the High Impact Teaching series stitches together the best available evidence from multiple fields — including behavioural economics, evolutionary psychology and motivation science — to create a concise, coherent and actionable framework that you can use to help your pupils care more about and put more effort into your lessons.
Motivated Teaching has been carefully constructed to be a highly efficient reading experience. It is short, sparse and you should be able to read it in about an hour.
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Contents
Act I: Foundations
- Why motivation?
- The mechanics of motivation
- The motivation for learning framework
Act II: Drivers
- 1. Secure success
- 2. Run routines
- 3. Nudge norms
- 4. Build belonging
- 5. Boost buy-in
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Praise for Motivated Teaching
“All I can say is that it was everything I’d hoped for and more.” Jon Hutchinson, Assistant Head at Reach & Visiting Fellow at Ambition
“Another absolute gem from Peps Mccrea.” Helene Galdin-O’Shea, English teacher & researchED organiser
“This is a hugely important book for teachers and school leaders.” Josh Goodrich, Assistant Principal at OASB & CEO at Steplab
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Praise for other books in the High Impact Teaching series
“A great little book for teachers based on robust evidence.” Carl Hendrick, Head of Learning and Research at Wellington College
“Things that make teachers’ lives simpler like this are few and far between.” Doug Lemov, Author of Teach Like a Champion
“I doubt you’ll find an education book with more useful insights per minute of reading time.” Dylan Wiliam, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at UCL
“I can’t remember when I have ever read a book that takes such complex ideas and communicates them with sophistication and simplicity.” Oliver Caviglioli, Education author & information designer
“A truly excellent book which sets out the science behind learning with remarkable clarity.” Mark Enser, Head of Geography at Heathfield Community College
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Motivate the Unmotivated: A step-by-step system you can use to raise motivation in your classroom tomorrow
Have you noticed that the traditional methods for motivating students rarely seem to work?Stickers, merit marks, reward charts, praise assemblies, certificates etc. are used in almost every school all over the world and yet most teachers struggle to get reluctant students involved in lessons. Punishments are even less effective – despite giving threats and dishing out detention after detention these students still don’t seem to care.If you want to get more of your students engaged and taking part in lessons, it’s time to forget trying to control them and instead create a situation where they are naturally motivated, from WITHIN.Is that really possible? Yes! And it’s super-easy when you use the step-by-step plan laid out in Rob Plevin’s Motivate the Unmotivated…This fantastic teaching resource offers a complete step-by-step system together with hundreds of practical strategies to:- Invite and stimulate student interest from the moment your lesson begins, – Create an extremely positive, collaborative classroom climate – Minimise classroom management issues related to boredom and low engagement – Provide interactive lesson formats which even your most switched-off students won’t be able to resist- Reach ALL your students through multiple learning channels – Increase participation with little-known ‘involvers’ which work every time!Includes downloadable BONUS training materials and printable resources.Read more
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The Teaching Delusion: Why teaching in our schools isn’t good enough (and how we can make it better)
The Teaching Delusion by senior education consultant Bruce Robertson offers a bold, refreshing and sometimes provocative stance on teaching and leadership. Informed by the latest educational research and drawing on two decades of professional experience, Robertson examines how teaching in schools can be transformed from good to great.The new title from John Catt Educational poses challenging yet important questions to its readers. Schools are filled with great teachers, but is great teaching taking place in every classroom? How can educators expect students to cultivate a lifelong passion for learning if they themselves are lacking this?
Robertson’s solution is twofold. To promote excellent teaching, there must be a shared understanding of what high-quality teaching really is what does it look like, and how can it be fostered? Secondly, there must be a school-wide desire to engage in professional learning. With his school having won the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Excellence in Professional Learning Award in 2019, Robertson uses his personal track-record of success to explore how these barriers can be addressed to lead to a transformation in teaching practice.
Written by a teacher and school leader for teachers and school leaders, The Teaching Delusion aims to support teaching communities to develop and improve their practice, in order to ensure that all students receive the same level of excellent education. Aligning himself firmly on the side of teachers and keen to avoid teacher bashing, Robertson sensitively engages in an often controversial discussion about how to improve the quality of teaching, aiming to boost knowledge, awareness and ultimately self-esteem in both educators and learners.
The Teaching Delusion combines practicality with pedagogy in a thoughtful, unique approach making it a vital resource for teachers and leaders at all levels who are looking to better their practice.
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HBR Guide to Office Politics
Don’t let destructive drama sideline your career.
Every organization has its share of political drama: Personalities clash. Agendas compete. Turf wars erupt. But you need to work productively with your colleagues―even difficult ones―for the good of your organization and your career. How can you do that without compromising your personal values? By acknowledging that power dynamics and unwritten rules exist―and navigating them constructively.
The HBR Guide to Office Politics will help you succeed at work without being a power grabber or a corporate climber. Instead you’ll cultivate a political strategy that’s authentic to you. You’ll learn how to:
- Gain influence without losing your integrity
- Contend with backstabbers and bullies
- Work through tough conversations
- Manage tensions when resources are scarce
- Get your share of choice assignments
- Accept that not all conflict is bad
Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, from a source you trust. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.
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Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors
Practical and hands-on strategies for breaking down silos and minimizing workplace politics
In yet another page-turner, New York Times best-selling author and acclaimed management expert Patrick Lencioni addresses the costly and maddening issue of silos: the barriers that create organizational politics. Silos devastate organizations, kill productivity, push good people out the door, and jeopardize the achievement of corporate goals.
As with his other books, Lencioni writes Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars as a fictional―but eerily familiar―story. The story is about Jude Cousins, an eager young management consultant struggling to launch his practice by solving one of the more universal and frustrating problems faced by his clients. Through trial and error, he develops a simple yet ground-breaking approach for helping them transform confusion and infighting into clarity and alignment.
In the book, you’ll find:
- Ways to recognize the devastating–and destructive–power of silos
- How to create an overarching thematic goal or rallying cry for your organization
- Strategies for employees to avoid the confusion that often accompanies working in matrix organizations
Perfect for executives, managers, and other business leaders, Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars will also earn a place in the libraries of consultants and other professionals who serve organizations of all sizes.
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Why We Get the Wrong Politicians: Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year
REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE EXPLOSIVE EVENTS OF 2021 and 2022
Winner at the Parliamentary Book Awards
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Orwell Prize
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Daily Telegraph’s Best Books of the Year
Guardian’s Best Books of the Year
Evening Standard’s Best Books of the Year
Daily Mail’s Best Books of the Year
BBC’s Biggest Books
Prospect’s Best Books of the YearPoliticians are consistently voted the least trusted professional group by the UK public. They’ve recently become embroiled in scandals relating to everything from expenses to sexual harassment to illicit parties. Every year, they introduce new legislation that doesn’t do what it sets out to achieve – often with terrible financial and human costs. But, with some notable exceptions, they are decent, hard-working people, doing a hugely difficult and demanding job.
In this searching examination of our political class, award-winning journalist Isabel Hardman tries to square this circle. She lifts the lid on the strange world of Westminster and asks why we end up with representatives with whom we are so unhappy. Filled with forensic analysis and revealing reportage, this landmark and accessible book is a must read for anyone who wants to see a future with better government.
‘This book has the power to fundamentally change how we do things in this country.’
Emily Maitlis
‘An entertaining read that addresses hard questions… invaluable for those who think they know what’s wrong with Westminster but have no idea how to put it right.’
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Rugby! Be the best ‘You’ you can be!: Using the Rugby mindset for a positive and successful life
‘Rugby! Be the best `You` you can be!’, is about personal and professional development through the mindset of the Rugby player. We are all very different, but we all want to succeed and ultimately be happy. This book is a philosophy of improvement using Rugby Union as the mentor. When we want to improve ourselves on a personal level, we think about getting a `life coach`, and when we want to improve ourselves on a professional level, we think about getting a `mentor`. When we are looking to improve ourselves as a team, we go on `teambuilding exercises`. Rugby is all about personal and professional improvement and above all, teamwork! Life is the ultimate team sport! No matter who we are, we all have people we rely on, or that rely on us. Whether we have friends, family, students, teachers, clients, suppliers, employers and employees, we are all working together for success and happiness. I realised, after listening to many different specialists and studying many different techniques in business leadership, management, emotional intelligence and motivation, that there were many analogies and phrases from the world of sports but that was where it stopped. Understanding that a company is only as good as its team, why was I not learning from the greatest teams? Rugby is all about how to work effectively as a team and how to get the best from yourself and your teammates. There are also lessons in leadership, motivation, work ethic, self-awareness, positive mental attitude, self-control, discipline, patience, emotional intelligence, personal growth, responsibility, fulfilment, respect and, above all, happiness! A Rugby player cannot win on their own, therefore there is no success without a team. Simply put, we all understand sport and the sports team mentality, so we already understand how to succeed, personally and professionally. Studying leadership, motivation and teamwork is as complicated as watching the game at the weekend. This book shows how easy it is to create a winning mindset that will help you be more successful, positive and happy! Become the best `You` you can be with a sport team mentality. Grab life with both hands and win!Read more
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Winning!: The path to Rugby World Cup glory
‘There is so much more to the man than single-minded determination.’ Sunday Telegraph
‘His first day in the job of England coach is superbly described, and thereafter he is forever going the extra yard to make his team great.’ Sunday Times
__________Winning! tells a remarkable story – an unforgettable journey that began in September 1997 and took the English Rugby Team team from the lower ranks of international first-class rugby to the top as World Cup Champions.
Sir Clive Woodward and his team mounted a campaign of vast change, great learning, team building and clear vision to achieve their aim. ‘We would question everything, change anything and leave no stone unturned,’ he writes.
WINNING! will talk about the team’s journey of innovation and discovery and will reveal exactly how it happened, the fundamentals of their success and how these principles can be applied to any human endeavour. ‘We changed the way we coached, the way we played and, of equal importance, how we operated off the field.’ Bringing his business management skills to the game, Woodward simplified the entire approach to the structure of the team and created new management systems both on and off the pitch.
In an anecdotal style, Clive Woodward entertains and informs while he describes the thrilling build-up to England’s World Cup triumph in 2003.
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CROSSROADS: Rugby League’s Greatest Battle
Crossroads – Rugby League’s Greatest Battle is a contrarian and controversial look at rugby league in Australia and the great challenges and threats the code faces into the future.
After the bitter civil war of Super League in the mid 1990s that ripped the heart out of the game, the code was supposed to have a happy ending with the newly merged NRL in 1998 and the creation of the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) in 2012 to govern the code independently, which would enable the code to fight fire with other sports in Australia and allow the sport to finally reach its potential. But that happy ending has eluded the sport and seems further away than ever before, despite the media’s lavish praise for current Chairman Peter V’landys.
Despite rugby league dominating and being the number one sport in both New South Wales and Queensland, with record television ratings, large media deals, solid crowds and extensive media coverage, the game faces great risks to its long-term success, both from within and externally, with threats from the nation’s strongest sport, the AFL.
The outside looks great to most fans, but as Covid exposed the fragilities of the code after years of fiscal mismanagement, only by going deeper do you see the real health of the patient.
Crossroads examines key matters which are not often discussed in today’s agenda-driven and non-independent corporate media, such as leadership, governance, the role of Peter V’landys, country rugby league, financial mismanagement, integrity and ethics, the dangers of today’s media, politics, grassroots, NRL product, expansion, the World Club Challenge and the international game.
Written from the perspective of a long-time fan who is completely independent, it’s a no-nonsense look at the sport and a must read for all who love rugby league.
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Rassie: The Inspirational Autobiography from South Africa’s Double World-Cup Winning Coach
THE BOLD NEW MEMOIR FROM SOUTH AFRICA’S DOUBLE WORLD CUP-WINNING COACH RASSIE ERASMUS
Rassie Erasmus has been called a genius. He’s been called reckless. All his life, he’s done things differently. Now, with his trademark candour, Rassie talks openly about his adventures and misadventures at the pinnacle of world rugby, both as player and coach.
From his role in Nick Mallett’s record-breaking Springbok team of the late 1990s, to the devastating injuries that cut short his playing career, to his revolutionary coaching career, Rassie is an essential window into one of the most successful figures of modern rugby.
When his teammates relaxed, Rassie preferred to watch hours of video and devise winning strategies. His coaching methods were initially laughed off – before being eagerly adopted when their success proved undeniable. He fought the rugby establishment at the Stormers, and later earned the grudging respect of Irish fans at Munster.
Most crucially, Rassie talks about his greatest contribution to South African rugby: appointing its first black captain, Siya Kolisi, without much fanfare or controversy. As his bold plans for effective racial transformation of the national team achieved immediate success, they culminated in glory at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Here, that monumental period is recounted in vivid, insightful detail.
Entertaining and eye-opening, Rassie is full of behind-the-scenes revelations, telling the story of a towering figure in world rugby.
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Your Recovery Workbook and Journal.
This Journal and Workbook Consist of Skills and Techniques giving you more power to combat difficulties in your life .
This book is Full of Uplifting Quotes Throughout.
It also has a Food and Snacks Intake Tracker, Water Tracker, Monitoring Sleep and Mood to Help you Identify Possible Triggers.Read more
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Daniel H. Pink The Surprising Truth 3 Books Collection Set (When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing ,Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, To Sell is Human )
Daniel H. Pink The Surprising Truth 3 Books Collection Set ( When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing ,Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Persuading, Convincing, and Influencing Others ). Description:- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people – at work, at school, at home. It is wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his paradigm-shattering book Drive, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today’s world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and the world. To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Persuading, Convincing, and Influencing Others Parents sell their kids on going to bed. Spouses sell their partners on mowing the lawn. We sell our bosses on giving us more money and more time off. And in astonishing numbers we go online to sell ourselves on Facebook, Twitter and online dating profiles. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing Drawing on a rich trove of research from psychology, biology and economics, Pink reveals how best to live, work and succeed. How can we use the hidden patterns of the day to build the ideal schedule? Why do certain breaks dramatically improve student test scores? How can we turn a stumbling beginning into a fresh start? When should you have your first coffee of the day? Why is singing in time with other people as good for us as exercise? And what is the ideal time to quit a job, switch careers, or get married?Read more
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The Braintenance: A scientific guide to creating healthy habits and reaching your goals
In Braintenance, neuroscientist and science communicator Dr Julia Ravey explains how you can take charge of your brain with methods based on science to change habits, achieve your goals and lead the life you want.
Your brain likes to keep you safely in your comfort zone. And that is what holds you back.
We have no trouble imagining the goals we would like to achieve – a healthier lifestyle, passing exams or embarking on a new career – but turning them into reality is far harder. Dr Julia Ravey explains the practical methods that will enable you to transform your life for the better.
By using the latest developments in science and psychology you will learn how to direct your focus, boost belief, beat procrastination – and why you should forget motivation. Using our current understanding about the brain and the way we behave, Ravey has developed techniques that enabled her to pursue her goals – and they will work for you, too.
The more you understand about your thinking, the more control you can have over your life. Change is good. Your brain just needs some convincing.
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The Manager: Inside the Minds of Football’s Leaders
From the post room to the board room, everyone thinks they can be the manager. But how do you manage outrageous talent? What do you do to inspire loyalty from your players? How do you turn around a team in crisis? What’s the best way to build long-term success? How can you lead calmly under pressure? The issues are the same whether you’re managing a Premier League football team or a FTSE 100 company.
Here, for the first time, some 30 of the biggest names in football management reveal just what it takes. With their every decision, remark, skill, and success or failure under constant scrutiny from the media and the fans, these managers need to be the most adroit of leaders. In The Manager they explain their methods, give examples of lessons they’ve learned along the way, and describe the decisions they make and the leadership they provide.
Each chapter tackles a key leadership issue for managers in any walk of life and, in their own words, shows how the experts deal with the challenges they face in an abnormally high-pressure environment. Offering valuable lessons for business leaders and fascinating behind-the-scenes insights for football fans, The Manager is an honest, accessible and unprecedented look at the day-to-day work of these high-profile characters and the world of top-level football management.
Contents: A Piece of the Action (Roy Hodgson); The Art of One-on-One (Carlo Ancelotti); Behind the Scenes (Arsène Wenger); Building High-performing Teams (Sam Allardyce); The Field of Play (Roberto Mancini); Handling Outrageous Talent (José Mourinho); Pursuing a Career Under Pressure (Brendan Rodgers); Seeing the Bigger Picture (Harry Redknapp); Creating Sustained Success (Sir Alex Ferguson); Crisis Response and Turnaround (Walter Smith); Triumph and Despair (Mick McCarthy).
Also featuring: Gerard Houllier, Tony Pulis, Martin O’Neill, Neil Warnock, Howard Wilkinson, Kevin Keegan, Dario Gradi, Andre Villas-Boas, David Moyes, Alex McLeish, Hope Powell, Martin Jol, Glenn Hoddle, Chris Hughton, David Platt, Paul Ince, and George Graham.
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Making Decisions: The new brilliant smart-thinking book to change how you think about leadership, judgement and decision making from former England cricket selector Ed Smith
Winning takes many forms. For fans of Matthew Syed, this is a great sports book about leadership, judgement and decision-making – rooted in the theory that helped Ed Smith lead England cricket to sustained success. And to help us all win more.
‘An absolutely fascinating book’ THE GAME, The Times football pod
- How do you spot the opportunities that others miss?
- How do you turn a team’s performance around?
- How do you make good decisions amid a tidal wave of information? And how can you improve?
As chief selector for the England cricket team, Ed Smith pioneered new methods for building successful teams and watched his decisions tested in real time on the pitch. During his three-year tenure, England averaged 7 wins in every 10 completed matches, better than they have performed before or since.
Making Decisions reveals Smith’s unique approach to finding success in a fast-changing and increasingly data-reliant world. The best decisions, Smith argues, rely on a combination of differing kinds of intelligence: from algorithms to intuition. This is a truth that the most successful people know: data cannot account for everything, it must be harnessed with human insight. Whatever the power of data, humans aren’t finished yet.
Sharing for the first time the tools he introduced as England selector, Smith’s book captures the immediacy of life at the sharp end, while also exploring frameworks from the top levels of sports, business and the arts. Decision-making is revealed as a creative enterprise, not a reductive system.
Making Decisions offers an invaluable guide for those who want a better framework for developing, explaining and implementing new ideas.
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