Learning Made Simple books give you skills without frills. They are matched to the main qualifications and written by experienced teachers and authors to make often tricky subjects simple to learn. Every book is designed carefully to provide bite-sized lessons matched to readers' needs. Using full colour thoughout and written by leading teachers and writers, Learning Made Simple books build on a rich legacy of over 50 years as leading publishers helping to learn new skills and develop thei...

Job Interviews In A Week is a simple and straightforward guide to success, giving you everything you need to know in just seven short chapters. From understanding the process, doing your research and making yourself memorable, to feeling confident, handling tough questions and knowing what to ask, you'll soon be on track for success.This book introduces you to the techniques of interview success, giving you a thorough knowledge what you need to do to put in a great intervi...

Get internal communications right in your organization and the benefits are clear: motivated staff, better financial performance, a strong external reputation and delighted customers are just a few of the reasons why getting your message over to staff effectively matters.Internal Communications explores what good practice in internal communications looks like, providing a no-nonsense, step-by-step approach to devising an internal communications str...

With over 50 practical and proven change hacks you can apply to your change initiative on any project type and organisation.This book will help you:Define agile as an organisational capabilityTry new change management approaches with examples and practical tips on HOW to cut-throughUncover more ways to lead and manage human-centric changeConsider new ways of working and other emerging trends in your change deliveryBroaden your c...

Based on methods developed - and proven – in business, this highly visual and practical book will show readers how to design, lead and run effective workshops.The tools you need to design and lead successful workshops yourselfWays to enhance the collective intelligence of any team, keeping them focussed and engagedTricks and tips for structuring time to generate maximum productivity in a limited sessionAdvice on how to find inspiration and creati...

The new edition of this best-selling book tells you how to: * Give impressive answers to over 200 interview questions * Deal with interview nerves and project total confidence * Pass psychometric tests, competency-based questions, and assessment centres * Avoid the traps that interviewers lay for unwary job seekers * Turn every interview question to your advantage

FOREWORD BY DR JEN FRAHMA practical and insightful guide for emerging and seasoned change professionals and leaders of change.“It’s one book you will keep going back to…again and again.”What you will discover in this book:How to:Gain relevant experience in non-change rolesPrepare a change plan and create change artefactsIdentify success measures for your change initiativeS...

Essential tools busy managers need to get the best out of their teams and peoplePeople who manage people face a number of challenges, from keeping workers engaged and performing at a high level to dealing with absenteeism and bad behaviour in the workplace. In The People Manager's Toolkit, leadership and people management specialist Karen Gately offers a suite of practical tools for optimising staff performance and dealing with a wide variety of "people is...

Inspire performance and prove your leadership impactProve It! is the executive guide to improving organisational performance through the practice of evidence-based leadership. More than ever before, the world is demanding transparency and accountability from organisational leaders, and there is a growing push to hold leaders responsible for the performance of their organisation. Many executives panic at the thought of what transparency might reveal and how...

With HR professionals increasingly expected to be “business partners”, are you prepared with the skills and tools to make a positive difference to your organization?As the recognised definitive guide to the topic, HR: The Business Partner, second edition, offers practical insights to take you through the challenging process of business partnering, including:• No-nonsense description of what business partnering entails, with case studies to illustrate real-l...

This is a book for job seekers that covers just about every interview scenario that they might have to deal with and includes over 200 examples of just about every question they may be asked, with examples of appropriate answers.Provides inside information from an author who is frequently asked by organisations to interview candidates, design assessment centres, and train interviewers. He writes the questions for interviewers to ask - and tells them the answers they should listen o...

The trouble with change management is that there is an awful lot written and discussed about the failure rate of change projects. But how do you implement major change successfully? With Successful Change youll understand how organisations and people connect and learn how to successfully facilitate change when people have to adopt new ways of working that are a significant departure from their current practices. Successful Change will help you understand how a people-centred change methodo...