What makes for a great meeting? As a leader, how can you keep discussions on point and productive? In How to Run a Meeting, Antony Jay argues that too many leaders fail to plan adequately for meetings. In this bestselling article, he defines the characteristics that contribute to success, from keeping formal minutes to acknowledging junior staff first. These guidelines will help you get demonstrably better results from every meeting you run. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review...

'We have had diaries from other Cabinet Ministers, but none Ithink which have been quite so illuminating... It is afascinating diary... It is shorter than Barbara Castle's... andalthough it is rather more accurate than Dick Crossman's, itis distinctly funnier' - Lord Allen of Abbeydale (formerlyPermanent Secretary at the Home Office) in The Times'It has an entertainment and educational value which isunique. It is uproariously funny...

Yes, Minister, and the equally successful sequel Yes, Prime Minister captured a niche in the political consciousness of the nation. First broadcast thirty years ago, the original writers of these classic series have reunited to create a bang up to date Yes, Prime Minister for the stage.Spin, blackberries, sexed-up dossiers, sleaze, global warming and a country on the brink of financial meltdown form the backdrop to mayhem at Chequers as the Foreign Minister of Kum...

For the first time in one audio collection, all sixteen Yes Minister radio episodes plus six further TV episodes, fourteen Yes Prime Minister episodes and two bonus sketches.Between 1980 and 1988 on BBC television and radio, the exploits of the Rt Hon Jim Hacker MP (Paul Eddington) - later Prime Minister - kept the British nation enthralled.Helped - and hampered - by his diligent Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne) and his Principle ...

Prima del Frank Underwood di House of Cards, in TV il volto più noto della politica anglosassone è stato James Hacker, protagonista della serie televisiva Yes Minister. Laureato alla London School of Economics, Hacker è per diversi anni all'opposizione, fino a quando il suo partito non ottiene la guida del Paese. A seguito di questo risultato elettorale, l'onorevole Hacker è nominato Ministro degli Affari Amministrativi del governo britannico. Questo eBook raccoglie la prima parte dei suoi...