A Guide to the World's Thought-Leaders in Leadership
An update of the recent themes and issues that dominate the
leadership agenda A listing of the main leadership gurus
from Adair to Sun Tzu,their main concepts and approaches A
quick guide to some of the world 's current and recent
business leaders, who they are, what they 've done and their
beliefs A compendium of leadership checklists ......
An informed and incisive... one stop r?sum? of the major
'gurus' who have had a critical influence on marketing
thinking and development. This is much more than just a
series of summaries, Sultan has worked directly with many
of the figures in this book. It's enabled him to
summarise, contrast and comment on the key concepts with
knowledge, ......
Management is an essential aspect of modern working life,
but it can sometimes be taken rather too seriously by
commentators and business analysts. For many people this
is an unfortunate tendency and for them Steve Morris has
written a wise but humorous book about management fads -
past and present.
The Internal Consultant's Guide to Value-Added Performance
This work provides a practical understanding of the skills required to become a high-performance internal consultant, whatever one's own area of expertise.
A miscellany of several examples of consumption, corruption, greed, vanity, waste and stupidity, including: the GBP 1m chest-hair insurance policy from Lloyds; the Alsatian dog with assets of GBP 90m; the GBP 1,700 glass of Cognac; and the $1,000 omelette.
Geoffrey Ellis spent forty years in themusic business,
working closely with the Beatles and Brian Epstein during
the 60s, and Elton John and his management in the 70s.
From an unrivalled position he has written a highly
informed account of the music busines from the 60s to the
mid 90s and an insider's view of the careers of many of
the most ......
The 'bible' - the definitive source of expertise for
anyone who has to give a speech, make a presentation or
chair a meeting. Fully updated, revised and expanded.
... the number of people able to give a first hand
account of day-to-day life in the early part of the last
century naturally diminishes. The small but telling
detail disappears. Ethel May Elvin was born in 1906; she
recalls her father's account of standing sentry at Queen
Victoria's funeral, the privations and small pleasures of
a ......
