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ACCELERATE YOUR LEADERSHIP SUCCESS IN YOUR FIRST 100 DAYS - AND BEYOND The first 100 days is a key indicator of success in your new role. With structured planning, commercial insights and leadership coaching, Niamh O'Keeffe provides all the crucial insights to empower any time-pressured leader to achieve the very best start. Through its focussed approach, practical advice and exercises, frequent check-ins and real-life examples, Your First 100 Days is your all in one guide to getting ahead. Structured in bite-sized chunks and arranged along a 100-day timeline, you can create, deliver and sustain an effective plan during this crucial early phrase to hit the ground running. Unlocks the secret of getting ahead, by getting you off to a great start.Gene Reznik, Group Chief Strategy Officer, Accenture Niamhs framework and approach provides a valuable and practical resource to create the positive momentum for your first 100 days.Mark Spelman, Head of Thought Leadership, World Economic Forum

The Finance Book will help you think and manage like a financial strategist. Written specifically for non-finance professionals, it will give you all you need to know to manage your business more effectively and think more strategically.

This book slims down his award-winning work Managing (2009) and provides streamlined advice to help new and experienced managers get it right. Simply Managing answers questions including: How do I deal with the pressures of management? What are the most important elements of my job? And how do I get them right? How do I connect in a job thats intrinsically disconnected? How do I maintain confidence without becoming arrogant? What are the cornerstones of effective management? It provides thoughtful, yet practical advice from one of the worlds most influential management thinkers.

Reassess your leadership style, discover how to connect with people, and become a leader who can make things happen in the real world. Built on a unique four-year experiment working alongside real leaders in real businesses, Living Leadership explodes the myth of the charismatic, transformational leader, to show that real progress comes from the dramatically ordinary aspects of leadership. From building relationships, to working with the grain of the organisation rather than against it, and to knowing our limitations as much as pushing every boundary, the new edition of this book will challenge you to push your leadership skills to a new level. Living Leadership shows how, when you take away the myths and misconceptions, leading can genuinely be made easier. Hans Straberg, CEO, Electrolux A how to book that redefines leadership in terms of the realities and choices facing people in organisations today. Professor Michael Osbaldeston, Director of Cranfield School of Management

This landmark book by one of the worlds leading business thinkers is about managing, pure if not simple. It tackles the big questions managers everywhere face, such as:How is anyone supposed to think, let alone think ahead, in this frenetic job? Are leaders really more important than managers? Is email destroying management practice? Are managers the only ones who can, or should, manage? How are managers supposed to connect when the very nature of their job disconnects them from what they are managing? How can you manage it when you cant reliably measure it? MANAGING MAKES SENSE OF WHAT MIGHT BE THE WORLDS MOST IMORTANT JOB.

PLAY ON YOUR TERMS Negotiation is THE core business skill. It is fundamental to everything we do that involves other people, whether thats asking for a raise, pitching an idea or deciding who gets the coffee. The Leaders Guide to Negotiation is a highly practical guide to getting the most out of your business interactions, whilst building stronger relationships to boot. From achieving win-win outcomes to problem-solving and building trust, it equips you with failsafe strategies for conducting successful and positive negotiations. An entertaining, immediately useful book that goes beyond advocating for win-win Simon Horton shows us how to get there.Adam Grant, Wharton Professor and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take Reading this book has made me think about how I negotiate and I have learned a lot If you want to benefit your relationships while improving your business, then this is worth studying.Simon Woodroffe, founder of Yo!

Today's best marketers recognize the importance of metrics, measurement, & accountability. But few marketers recognize the extraordinary range of metrics now available for evaluating their strategies & tactics. In this book, four leading researchers systematically introduce today's most powerful marketing metrics.

Reinvent your supply chain from the outside in leverage customer insight, heuristics and digital tools to meet rising expectations and adapt in a volatile world. Customers have become increasingly demanding, and the operating environment has become more turbulent and complex. Mature companies wishing to survive and thrive in the coming decades must transform themselves to become flexible and market responsive. They need to reconsider their traditional supply chains and find ways to increase the clockspeed of their operation and their decision making without creating more complexity for their staff and partners. But where to start this transformation journey? Most of the worlds largest corporations have logistics networks and supply chains that have evolved over time, many based around systems that drive a one-size-fits-all philosophy, which does not fit anymore. And most have not kept up with the changing cadence of their markets. This book describes the path to a different paradigm; where a set of tailored supply chains are used for in-built flexibility and adaption as the world changes, and where internal capabilities and digital capabilities are consciously aligned with the customers and strategies they serve. Transforming Supply Chains builds on John Gattornas seminal Dynamic Alignment framework; and he and his long-term collaborator Deborah Ellis review the analytics and decision-making tools needed to be effective in the digital age. Case Studies of organisations that excel using the outside-in paradigm that they describe are scattered throughout the book; as are a series of prompts to help kick start your thinking about your own transformation path. Transforming Supply Chains is your guide to designing supply chains that fit, and adapt, and bring competitive advantage - whatever your business and whoever your customers.

A practical guide, from the basic techniques, through to advanced applications, showing you what operational risk is, and how you can manage it. Mastering Operational Risk provides a step-by-step guide from the basic elements of operational risk through to advanced applications of operational risk management. Focusing on practical applications, it gives you the knowledge needed to understand what operational risk is and puts in place a workable way of managing it.

'Whether a complete novice, or a professional portfolio manager, this book will give you access to the mindset and techniques of the most successful investors of our time and more importantly, it will help you avoid mistakes. The Great Investors will have a permanent place on my desk.'Mark Sheridan, Executive Director, Nomura International PLC Leading investors such as Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, Sir John Templeton, George Soros and Anthony Bolton are known throughout the world. How did these people come to be so successful? Which strategies have they used to make their fortunes? And what can you learn from their techniques?In The Great Investors, Glen Arnold succinctly and accurately describes the investment philosophies of the worlds greatest investors. He explains why they are the best, gives details of their tactics for accumulating wealth, captures the key elements that led to their market-beating successes and teaches you key lessons that you can apply to your own investing strategies. From the foreword: There are some very special people who seem to possess an exceptional talent for acquiring wealth. I want to explore not just the past triumphs of these masters, but also the key factors they look for as well as the personality traits that allow them to control emotion and think rationally about where to place funds. How does a master of investment hone skills through bitter experience and triumph to develop their approach to accumulating wealth?Glen Arnold The Great Investors is the story of a number of remarkable men: John Templeton, George Soros, Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, Philip Fisher, Peter Lynch, Anthony Bolton and John Neff. Whether youre new to investing, have had success in the markets, or youre a professional investor or fund manger, youll benefit from reading about their proven, and successful, trading philosophies. The Great Investorswill show you how to: Be a business analyst rather than a security analyst Do your homework and develop a broad social, economic and political awareness Control emotion so as not to get swept away by the market Be consistent in your approach, even when you have bad years See the wood for the trees and not over complicate your portfolio Learn from your investing Be self reliant, stand aside from the crowd and follow your own logic Take reasonable risk

Clear information shows clear thinking, and clear thinking informs, influences and impresses.How often do you stare at uninviting and confusing presentations, notes, reports and information packs and get nothing out of them? It doesnt have to be like this. We could all produce amazingly clear work that has incredible impact if only we knew how. This book shows you how. It is full of ideas, tips and principles that are simple and easy to implement, yet brilliantly effective.You will never look at a business document in the same way again. And your work will impress the people that matter and get the results you want. It guides you through the most effective ways of using all forms of presenting information - tables, charts, slides, flowcharts, etc. Moon also introduces the new WiT (Words in Tables) approach to give impact to your message on all documents and slides.I love Jons work. His tips are hugely useful, his WiT fantastic and ground-breaking, and his book essential reading. If you want to enhance your sales tenders, pitches and slides if you want to win more business get into Jons stuff. Its really, really good. Gavin Duffy, a Dragon on Irelands Dragons Den, top media coach and economics columnist with the Irish Sunday Independent "e;Every once in a while, simple ideas change business forever - this book is full of such ideas. A must-read if you want to do something about all those impenetrable reports, slides and information packs. This book has all the answers and will redefine how you think about business documents."e; Dominic Burke, Chief Executive, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. "e;This is a vital topic that has been sorely neglected. Jons book changes that. It is crammed with new ideas that are creative, thoughtful, yet practical and relevant for all disciplines of business. Essential reading for everyone in business! "e; Dr Jikyeong Kang, Professor of Marketing and Director of MBA Programmes, Manchester Business School. "e;Ive seen Jons talk and his ideas are full of originality and wisdom. Many ideas are stunningly simple, others are mould breaking. He takes preconceived thinking and turns it on his head. Your business reporting will never be the same again. "e; Michael Izza, Chief Executive ICAEA.

The Financial Times Guide to Banking is a comprehensive introduction to how banks and banking works. Best-selling author Glen Arnold provides you with a foundation for understanding the wide variety of activities undertaken by banks. He shows you why these global institutions are so important to consumers and finance professionals alike and explains how their activities impact on everyday life. The Financial Times Guide to Banking will give you: - A thorough understanding of all types of banking from retail through to asset management and investment banking. - An overview of global banking including the worldwide evolution of the sector, the influence of cross-border money flows and the importance of modern banking to international development - Expert knowledge about instruments and markets including debt markets, futures markets and swaps and options - Insight into the crucial importance of central banking and government regulation - Answers to the big questions about monetary policy and interest rates, payment systems and banking success

How did Bill Clinton get his party to take him seriously again after the sex scandal story broke? Who was the manager behind Edmund Hillarys ascent of Mount Everest? Why could taking a nap after lunch be your route to a more productive day? This engaging and entertaining book takes a fresh, honest approach and explores what its really like to be a manager. It addresses the kinds of issues managers face on a daily basis, from prioritising their time and balancing a team, to recruiting new staff and managing the numbers. Written by Philip Delves Broughton, FT journalist and bestselling author of What They Teach You at Harvard Business School, this book is jam packed with titillating case studies and anecdotes from the very best and worst managers, including everyone from Bill Clinton and Mark Zuckerberg to Alex Ferguson and Roger Federer. for most of us, our days are more like splat-the-rat, flailing at problems as they emerge, hoping that one good wallop does the trick, but fearing that nothing is ever well and truly solvedManagement Matters, Philip Delves-Broughton

The FT Guide to Business Coaching shows you everything you need to know about becoming a business coach, from how to find out if youve got what it takes, through the basic tools and models that really work.This book gives you a step-by-step guide to the tools, the market knowledge and the crucial new techniques from psychology you need to become an exceptional business coach. Clear, compelling and comprehensive, covering classic and fresh material from both business and psychology, this is the first book to cover both the critical elements of world-class business coaching.This book takes you through a tried and trusted process developed specifically for senior business leaders. It will help you:Know when to coach and when to lead. Build powerful listening skills. Get to grips with the most useful and up-to-the minute coaching tools and psychological techniques. Calculate if and crucially, how - you can make a living as a business coach. Decide if, how and when to go for accreditation as a coach.

Clearly structured in 36 short sections, this practical book provides rapid, accessible advice on all the essential management challenges. Focusing on the managers key role - managing teams to get things done, this book looks at the essential parts of management from unusual perspectives and different angles. Structured with the busy manager in mind, you can dip into any section of the book and read it as an individual piece of advice or read it end-to-end to gain an overall picture of management.

Good corporate governance practices are a crucial part of any successful business. Financial Times Briefing: Corporate Governance is a practical and accessible guide to everything you need to know about corporate governance: the key legal and regulatory points, current developments, discussion of the significant factors and an exploration of the link between corporate governance and business effectiveness.Whether youre a non-executive director, CEO, shareholder or auditor, the unique structure of this book will ensure that you get the targeted advice you need.

Presentations are an inevitable part of a leader's day to day. They are fundamental to delivering information, motivating staff and building relationships. The Leader's Guide to Presenting is a highly practical guide to delivering engaging and influential presentations. From informal to formal settings, you'll discover how persuasion, influence and communication are critical to your own impact, the motivation and engagement of others and, ultimately, the success of your organisation. How to present when the stakes are high How to structure your message to gain agreement How to deliver with maximum impact and get the outcome you want How to pitch for success and handle difficult conversations

Top down leadership techniques are outdated. Todays organisations are horizontally networked and constantly changing. They need leaders who can adapt, accept risk, collaborate and be transparent. This book distils 40 years of experience into 7 accessible skills that leaders need to thrive in business today. The 7 Is of Leadership: Individuality, Insight, Initiate, Involve, Inspire, Improvise, Implement.Containing case studies, examples, questions and checklists, this book will enable you to understand the importance of these skills and will show you how to learn and implement them.

Shows anyone coming into a new leadership role how to position themselves as an effective leader from day one and how to gain exceptional results from their team. We all know the importance of making a strong start in a new role. Nowhere is a leaders success or failure more obvious than in the performance of their team. This quick read will help new leaders firmly establish themselves at a time of uncertainty and generate teams who perform at their maximum. This 100-minute read is 100% practical and breaks down the 100 day period into 5 sections:@ Start@ 30 Days@ 60 Days@ 90 Days@ End It shows you the targets you should be aiming to achieve by each deadline and provides assistance at every stage on reviewing your teams performance and planning ahead. Containing case studies, lists, coaching notes and exercises, this is the ultimate accessible guide to leading a team

Investing can be fun as well as rewarding. It could certainly earn you much more than you could gain by sticking your money in a bank account. It really does not require much to make money from the stock market - just an understanding of a few simple concepts and the following of a few rules. Written by the UKs most successful writer on investing, Get Started in Shares explains in very clear and simple terms what shares are, how they are traded and what to look out for as an owner of shares. This is a straight-talking guide to the mysteries of investing that assumes no prior knowledge and will build up your understanding of investing in a series of easy steps.

The human race created money and finance. But our inventions re-create us. Mankind mistook moneya lubricant of society and human well-beingfor an end in itself. Finance, the monetary shadow of real things, came to dominate human reality. Extreme Money tells the story of how this happenedand, in so doing, it tells the story of the modern world.Bestselling author Satyajit Das draws on 33 years of personal experience at the heart of modern global finance to narrate this story. Das reveals the spectacular, dangerous money games that have generated increasingly massive bubbles of fake growth, Ponzi prosperity, sophistication, and wealthwhile endangering the jobs, possessions, and futures of virtually everyone outside the financial industry. Das shows how extreme money has become ever more unreal; how voodoo banking continues to generate massive phony profits even now; and how a new generation of Masters of the Universe has come to dominate the world. Extreme Money is about:The new financial fundamentalism: false gods, false prophets - Faith in money, faith in risk, faith in shadowsThe cult of risk and the growth engine that isnt - How financial engineering replaced real engineering and illusions replaced realityFinancial alchemy and the Doomsday Debt Machine- The rise of the global financial machine we cannot escapeThe new global oligarchyand the nihilistic games they play - Too smart, too fast, too greedy, too self-absorbedand far too dangerous

Overall WINNER - CMI Management Book of the Year 2014WINNER - Innovation & Entrpreneurship Category at the CMI Awards 2014 Create a great customer experience whoever you are. Customers are powerful. They have a loud voice, a wealth of choice and their expectations are higher than ever. This book covers ten principles you can use to make real world improvements to your customers experiences, whatever your business does and whoever you are. For managers, leaders and those starting a new business, the book shows that making improvements customers will appreciate doesnt need to be complicated or cost a fortune.

Leadership isnt complicated keep it simple and make it count. This new edition of Steve Radcliffes uniquely powerful, successful and practical framework will show you how to develop faster as a more confident and capable leader. This compact, instantly-applicable guide to developing leadership skills contains practical insights, straightforward actions and plain guidelines to accelerate your growth as a leader. The framework is derived from expert coach Steve Radcliffes work with real leaders in real leadership situations. It shows you how to: - Be guided by the Future you want and stay focused on your vision- Engage others in productive and stimulating working relationships that make things happen.- Deliver the results you need to really move your business forward.

Learn how to make your company more efficient, increase customer value with less work and make better use of your organisations resources by implementing a Lean management strategy.The Financial Times Guide to Lean is a guide to the tools that are used to implement Lean, showing you how to apply Lean practices fully into your organisation or company. This book offers a comprehensive and objective look at lean strategy and how it can be tailored for different companies.

Since the first edition of The Financial Times Guide to ETFs was published in 2009, the number of ETFs in issue has doubled and ETFs are now common both on investor platforms and increasingly amongst financial advisors. This massive increase in demand has highlighted an urgent debate just how dangerous are ETFs and how much do investors and advisers understand about the structure of the index tracker? The second edition of this book attempts to answer this debate and is the indispensable bible on trackers for professional advisers and serious private investors. This new edition also features a chapter based around the theme of Due Diligence and a new chapter on How to use ETFs and Index Funds for theLong-term, as well as a new Jargon busting section and a-new appendix looking at new ideas beginning to emerge.