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Presenting an autobiography of a Travel PR guru, this work takes us on a ride from poor boy growing up gay in a small town on the west coast of Scotland to the five-star lifestyle of a PR guru in the fledgling travel industry of the early seventies in London.

As a writer on leadership topics, John Adair has been described as "without doubt one of the foremost thinkers on the subject in the world" (Sir John Harvey-Jones). Packed with valuable insights and advice, this book presents John Adair's classic theory on Team, Task and Individual.

Set on the beguiling Atlantic Ocean island of Bermuda, this thriller reveals financial scams, deceit and crimes that lie beneath the surface of respectability.

The Shorter MBA is a practical and succinct book which presents all the essential theory, practice and techniques taught to MBA students and is ideal for the busy practising executive. The book is divided into three main parts: personal development, management skills and business development.

Are you satisfied with the way your life is going - personally and financially? Do you want to life-coach yourself to success? In this inspiring book you will find techniques you can use now for achieving success in all areas of your life.

A brilliant summary of all John Adair's ideas, advice and techniques. A goldmine of ideas, advice and techniques from one of the world's leading writers on management and leadership. It brings together all of John Adair's thinking on leadership, teambuilding, creativity and innovation, problem-solving, motivation, communication and time-management.

JOHN ADAIR poses the questions, who are the great leaders in history and what have they got to teach us today about the nature and practice of leadership? In asking to what degree true leadership can be identified and developed, he explores the make-up and achievements of leaders as diverse as Lao Tzu and Machiavelli, Margaret Thatcher and Mandela.

An intriguing crime mystery - the disappearance of an Englishman in France. Perfect for fans of Maigret. Set in St Remy de Provence, Southern France, 2006, an expat Englishman is missing. After a false start by the local police, Avignon's answer to Maigret, Commandant Ruppert, is brought in to pick up the investigation.

The Concise Adair on Leadership encapsulates John Adair's writing on how to develop your own leadership potential, to motivate your colleagues and to build a creative and high- performing team.

This book encapsulates all of John Adair's writing on how to recognise and enhance creativity in your organisation. It focusses on team training, generation of ideas, communication and overcoming obstacles, the key characteristics of innovators and how to organise and use them to best effect.

A fast-paced story of an ordinary man who becomes accidentally involved with villains in business and government in Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore. With a background of intrigue, corruption and tax avoidance, this intricate novel is set against events in the early 1980s in Britain's Hong Kong, the Manila of Marcos and Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore.

If you are considering setting up your own business, you certainly need information and some hard facts. This book will provide you with essential guidance in areas such as funding, tax, accounts and much more! You will also appreciate an insight into useful character traits and the attributes necessary for success, as well as such things as the advantages and disadvantages of working from home.

This tale of Welsh drovers taking a large herd of cattle from the 'wild west' of North Wales to London in the 1790s and stakes a claim for these interesting characters to be the first cowboys. What happens in Westerns happened here to Welsh drovers on their cattle drives.

Set in a private school a little in the past - at a time of turbulence following the death of the old headmaster - a sinister thread runs through the attempts to take the school forward, where issues of child protection risk being buried in the protection of profits.

Successful Career Management, written by Stuart McAdam, argues that the economic upheavals of the opening decade of the 21st century have necessitated new perspectives on corporate strategy and career choices--this book will be of interest to business leaders, managers and job seekers alike.As organisations restructure upsize and downsize, the need to retain - and continue to attract - talent remains paramount. Yet talent management is often seen as a corporate activity done to employees rather than with them. The consequence of such an approach may unintentionally encourage individuals to look elsewhere for career opportunities. Paradoxically, many people fail to assume sufficient personal ownership of their own career management. They may lack understanding necessary to proactively pursue their own aspirations. They may focus on external opportunities, without fully exploring possibilities within their current organisation. The book explores the importance of individuals to have their own means of determining whether it's better to move on or stay. "What's the 'Return on Me' this organisation may be able to provide?" is a question we should all ask ourselves.This is particularly important in today's environment, where moving on may be more difficult than in the past. Leveraging the opportunities available - but untapped - in your current organisation is therefore worth serious consideration. The ethos of the book is not about making you someone you are not; rather it will support making you the individual you have the potential to be.Organisations can do more to genuinely engage with their workforce; the deliverables expected from employee engagement may also become blurred, with "vicarious employee engagement" rather than active employee engagement coming out the winner, at least in the short term. Supervisors and line managers are frequently ignored as key links in the process.

This book is designed to help businesses construct and implement their sales strategy. Understanding how a sales team operates within a changing environment and having a proactive approach will have a big impact on a company's future success.

The fifth book in Thorogood's groundbreaking series of cultural guides takes Poland as its subject. Written in collaboration with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Speak the Culture: Poland provides a fast track to understanding the key events, figures and customs of this richly creative country in the heart of Europe. The book begins with an overview of the country's cultural foundations - the history, language and identity - before moving on to Poland's artistic achievements, from the Renaissance poetry of Mikolaj Rej to the films of Roman Polanski. The key figures of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, music, theatre and cinema are revealed succinctly and colorfully. The final section of Speak the Culture: Poland covers the country's living culture - its religion, social mores, education, economy and more. Only by grasping the culture of Poland will readers develop a fully rounded knowledge of this historic but little understood nation.

This reference work, in an easy-to-use A-Z format, covers all aspects of facilities and property strategy, administration and control, backed up by a wealth of practical suggestions.With 64 separate entries arranged in an accessible expanded index format, the reader is able to focus on each particular subject and find answers to problems quickly and efficiently. The work includes recent case studies, checklists and sample forms.Like all of David Martin's books, this is clear, concise and concentrates on what needs to be done in practice. It covers every aspect of facilities administration, budgetary and expenditure control and property administration, from accommodation planning, acquisition, building works and condition surveys through dilapidations, environmental considerations, health and safety, and insurance to maintenance, outsourcing, privity of contract, rating, security, underletting, VAT, waste and zoning - and much more.

Explores the historical, political, cultural, artistic factors that make the British tick. This book reveals the culture of everyday life, exploring variations between the English, Scots and Welsh, and dissecting their approach to life: how they eat, socialise, vote, dress and laugh.

Presents a one-stop guide to the world's key writers on leadership, their thought and contribution. This book is a listing of the main leadership gurus from Adair to Sun Tzu, their main concepts and approaches. It is a guide to some of the world's business leaders, who they are, what they've done, and their beliefs.

This text includes over 50 activities and assignments designed to increase personal effectiveness. Key information is provided under easily identifiable icons and skills covered include: setting goals; managing time; putting stress to work; becoming a leader; and balancing work and home.

Illustrated throughout with newspaper pictures and personal photos, this is an evocative book which shows what life was like for millions of ordinary people throughout the war years.