501 questions and answers for company directors and company secretaries

Basic company information for the benefit of directors and company secretaries.

Audit planning

Guide to help auditors plan the audit process using a risk based approach.

Boardroom realities: building leaders across your board

Looks at building leaders across a board, with the latest trends in board leadership and performance as well as talent management for the board and the C-suite.

Building strategy and performance through time: the critical path

Aims to help managers quickly understand the underlying causes of strategic challenges so that they can take action to improve performance.

Coached to lead

A guide to executive coaching for leaders or those aspiring to leadership positions.

Coaching and mentoring

Examines how to create practical conversations to improve learning and encourage personal development.

Complete speechmaker

A guide to public speaking.

Concise Adair on communication and presentation skills, The

A guide to communicating for managers and leaders.

Concise Adair on teambuilding and motivation, The

A guide to team building and employee motivation for managers and leaders.

Deal with stress: how to improve the way you work

A guide to understanding and managing workplace stress.

Designing workplace mentoring programs: an evidence-based approach

A short guide to mentoring for managers introducing it to an organisation.

Developing employee talent to perform: people power

A guide to getting the most from employees, written from an American perspective.

Developing executive talent: best practices from global leaders

A book for human resources managers and senior executives with responsibility for employee management.

Developing leadership talent

A book for human resource or organization development professionals responsible for designing leadership development and talent management.

Developing new products and services: learning, differentiation, and innovation

A guide to producing competitive products by differentiation.

Drivers of successful controllership: activities, people, and connecting with management

A guide for financial controllers from a US perspective.

Effective people management

A short guide to team management and leadership.

Executive coaching: how to choose, use and maximize value for yourself and your team

A guide for anyone interested in becoming an executive coach or employing one for their organisation.

Financial Times guide to management : how to be a manager who makes a difference and gets results.

A guide to becoming an effective manager, full of practical tips and advice on to the everyday challenges of: Managing yourself; Developing communication skills and emotional intelligence; Managing others; Setting strategic direction; Managing change; Managing money, resources and technology.

First time manager: the first steps to a brilliant management career, The

Introduction to management topics and skills.

First-time manager's guide to performance appraisals, The

Guide to performance appraisals from a US perspective.

Great answers to tough CV problems: CV secrets from a top career coach

Detailed guide to constructing effective CVS.

Growing your business: making human resources work for you

This book provides the information needed by an entrepreneur starting a new venture to choose your initial team of cofounders and employees. It gives detail of selecting, recruiting and retaining high-performing talent and motivating employees.

Handbook of model job descriptions

A managers' guide to constructing job descriptions.

How people tick: a guide to difficult people and how to manage them

A guide for general readers on dealing with difficult behaviour.

How to prepare business cases: an essential guide for accountants

Aimed at accountants running a business.

Improve your coaching and training skills

Practical guide to staff development.

Investment management: meeting the noble challenges of funding pensions, deficits, and growth

Comprehensive guide to investing for pensions.

Leading and managing the lean management process

Management strategy from a US perspective.

Making the business case: proposals that succeed for projects that work

A practical guide to writing a business case. It is written for anyone, novice or expert, who needs to produce a business case, whether for a defined project or a broader programme.

Manage projects successfully: how to make things happen on time and on budget

A practical guide to project management.

Manage your time: how to work more effectively

A guide to improving personal efficiency.

Managing virtual teams

Strategy guide for virtual team leadership.

Mergers and acquisitions: turmoil in top management teams

The consequences of M&A from a US perspective.

Planning and Control Using Microsoft Project 2013 and 2016

Introduces a method for planning and controlling projects using Microsoft Office Project.

Project disasters and how to survive them

A guide to project risk management.

Project management life cycle: a complete step-by-step methodology for intitiating, planning, executing and closing a project successfully, The

A practical guide for project managers.

Running board meetings: how to get the most from them

Guide to preparing for and chairing meetings with a board of directors.

Strategic leadership of portfolio and project management

Guide to corporate leadership and project management.

Successful cross cultural management: a guide for international managers

Guide to management across international cultures.

Supply chain information technology

Managing supply chains with business software.

Taking minutes of meetings

Explains the functions of minutes and how to take them.

Top management teams: how to be effective inside and outside the boardroom

Guide to building a successful senior management team.