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Book review: Change Management: a Critical Perspective
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2603 |
| 15-Jun-06 - “As change becomes a constant in business life, there are also many elements to the book that will be useful for training management teams who are about to embark upon major organisational change.” |
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Book Review: Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense
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05-May-06 - On what basis do you make business-critical decisions? Following careful consideration of the evidence? Or on instinct, whether that be from the head or the gut? Meet two Stanford professors who are keen to convince you that you should be doing more of the former and somewhat less of the latter.
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Book Review: Developing Strategic Leadership Skills
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2092 |
| 02-May-06 - Reviewer John Pope finds the concept of strategic leadership "rather vague", yet gives the book top marks for helpfulness - despite it seemingly forcing questions of how "special" this strategy is. |
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Book review: Management Mumbo-Jumbo: A Sceptic's Guide.
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2051 |
| 24-Apr-06 - Before we start, I should say that I am into irony (not ironing) but irony, and so as a result this book appealed to me as one which could lift the lid on all the “trendy speak” and fads. |
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Book Review: Challenging Behaviour
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2377 |
| 11-Apr-06 - How do you deal with a colleague who will not leave you alone? How do you feel when your group excludes you because you are different in some way? What is your responsibility if you observe someone being bullied? Are you a bully yourself, but just don’t know it? Where does a harmless joke end, and real offence start? |
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Book review: Internal Communications
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1704 |
06-Apr-06 - Our reviewer says: "Overall, a good offering and a resource that you might just want to consider adding to your audio library."
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Reviewer profile: Angela Busby
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1792 |
| 06-Apr-06 - In her role as Assistant Manager of Professional Development, Angela is responsible for the national coordination of training and professional development for the Group Insurance Underwriting department. She supports staff located in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Head Office); London, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; and Montreal, Quebec. |
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Book Review: The 24 Carrot Manager
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2231 |
07-Mar-06 - This book is subtitled “A remarkable story of how a leader can unleash human potential.” As the word carrot in the title might indicate, it deals with employee motivation and recognition. It is a very easy book to read, short (just over 100 pages) and clearly set out.
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Reviewer Profile: Jonathan Senior
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| 01-Mar-06 - Looking down the barrel of another 30 years working for the council, Jonathan had the presence in of mind in 2001 to leave and start working for himself - no small undertaking with a mortgage and two small children. |
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Book Review: Training International Managers
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1306 |
| 01-Mar-06 - The notion that the world is getting smaller - always using fast web connections, different technologies being flung together and today’s novelty being tomorrow’s standard - is the background to this useful book by obvious heavyweight consultants, Melkman and Trotman. |
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Book Review: Tom Peters Essentials: Leadership, Aspire, Liberate, Achieve
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2205 |
| 20-Feb-06 - In this book, Peters recognises that the focus of leadership has shifted significantly over the past few years, driven by the workplace revolution that is taking place. |
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Managing Innovation: Turning Ideas Into Profit
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1413 |
| 16-Feb-06 - Managing Innovation is an audio tape aimed at explaining some of the principles and hard-won secrets behind successful innovation. It aims to clarify the characteristics of cultures and people that lead new products and services to market. It defines innovation, pragmatically, as “an idea delivered“. |
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Review: Time to Think: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind
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2204 |
| 10-Jan-06 - Time to Think is a book that changes behaviour. It has a simple, but powerful message, which is that the quality of our thinking depends upon the quality of another person’s attention when listening to us. |
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Review: Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2
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1787 |
| 20-Dec-05 - This book works on many different levels and that it exactly what it is intended to do. |
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Review: Voices of Experience: The professional’s guide to making great presentations
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1544 |
| 13-Dec-05 - The key themes that come through again and again from presenters in every line of business are the importance of preparation, honesty in delivery, connecting with the audience, the benefits of really listening and succinct delivery. |
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Review: The Fusion Manager
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1316 |
| 06-Dec-05 - Fusion Management is, apparently, similar to fusion cooking. It combines the best of the West and East. |
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Review: The Management Task – 3rd edition
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1325 |
| 29-Nov-05 - If you have ever thought that NVQ meant sort of second division, then you really need to have a good look at this book. It should dispel those thoughts once and for all. |
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Review: The Motivation Game
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2226 |
| 22-Nov-05 - The cards are designed to encourage people to explore and discuss what motivates (and demotivates) them. You get a 52-page instruction booklet and a box of 140 cards. |
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Review: Impro Learning
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1415 |
| 15-Nov-05 - Paul Jackson draws on his experience as a journalist, radio producer and actor to pull together a training programme from getting through the door through design and development to delivery. |
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Review: The Seven C's of Coaching
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2479 |
| 08-Nov-05 - Whether you are a professional coach or a manager wishing to develop your coaching skills you will find this book invaluable in becoming a successful coach. |
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Review: The Complete Feedback Skills Training Books
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1700 |
| 01-Nov-05 - This comprehensive volume recognises the value of feedback as an important skill for all managers and looks at every aspect of feedback from different angles and its uses in the workplace. |
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Review: Outdoor Management Development
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1699 |
| 25-Oct-05 - This unimposing book packs quite a punch. |
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Review: Learning Paths
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1585 |
| 18-Oct-05 - Learning paths is an easy to read book full of practical tips and templates. |
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Review: Coaching at Work Magazine
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1808 |
| 11-Oct-05 - Our two reviewers, Emma Ranson Bellamy a fledgling coach and Duncan Gee a senior coach and mentor put the launch magazine through its paces and reflect on its worth from their two very different coaching perspectives. |
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Review: Winning the Knowledge Game
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1810 |
| 20-Sep-05 - The author is acknowledged in Australia as an expert trainer, strategist and award-winning author in the fields of workplace learning, advanced training skills and change management. |
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Review: Assessment and Development Centres
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2775 |
| 13-Sep-05 - All in all this publication is informative, well researched and practical providing professionals and non-professionals with a good grounding in the realities of implementing Assessment and Development Centres. |
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Review: The Management Task
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1484 |
| 06-Sep-05 - This is a very good, comprehensive and sound book and although aimed at intermediate management, will be applicable to other levels as well. |
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Review: Mastering Change
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1502 |
| 30-Aug-05 - Mastering Change contains real life lessons from real business leaders. It doesn’t work as a manual, telling you how to identify the changes needed, nor how to implement or embed them. Instead it guides you through the learning gained by others. |
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Review: The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching
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1706 |
| 23-Aug-05 - The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching is a landmark resource that presents a variety of perspectives and best practices from today’s top executive coaches. |
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Review: Buying Information Systems
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1129 |
| 16-Aug-05 - How should you approach the purchase of packaged business information systems? Most managers will only be involved in this once or twice in their career. |
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