A breakthrough guide to the real lessons of businessHave you ever noticed that individuals of brilliance often fall short of their true potential? Great ideas, concepts and initiatives seldom break through the sea of business mediocrity. As a senior international leader with over 30 years corporate experience, Hamish Thomson has discovered that true transformation and breakthrough comes from personal insight — derived not from intellect or technical mastery, but fr...

The second edition of the hugely popular The Clinical Anaesthesia Viva Book builds on the success of the first by providing a thorough review of short and long case questions typically given to Final FRCA viva candidates. An introductory chapter gives invaluable practical advice on preparation for the viva. This is followed by almost 100 short cases and 25 long cases, all based on viva questions posed at recent examinations. Answers have been constructed from a combination of popular textb...

Have you ever noticed that individuals of brilliance often fall short of their true potential? Great ideas, concepts, and initiatives seldom break through the sea of business mediocrity. As a senior international leader with over thirty years corporate experience, Hamish Thomson has discovered that true transformation and breakthrough comes from personal insight—derived not from intellect or technical mastery, but from experience and observation of real-life occurrences.It's No...

Mind Maps at Work takes a fresh and exuberant look at how Mind Maps can keep you one step ahead of your colleagues at work. Full of practical tips, exercises and inspiring casestudies of people from all career backgrounds, it will help you unlock your reservoirs of creativity and find the fulfilment at work you know you deserve.Tony Buzan is the world-renowned inventor of Mind Maps who has helped hundreds of highly successful international businesses and organisations. In this insp...

Developing leadership skills is essential if you want to clamber upthe career ladder. Whether you're trying to motivate and inspire yourimmediate team or manage your boss(es), this is the book for you.Packed with advice on how to build your influence positively, Lead others effectively will help you to realise your ambitions.Chapters include:Leading people in difficult timesManaging change

Mind for Sport, the Tool Book for Sports Psychology has been written to bring the proven techniques to allow you to gain control over your mind, and to let it be free to compete at the best level possible.It shows you how toTake control of your beliefs and emotionsSet winning exciting goalsPrepare for successUse learning and review to build a strong basis for successGives tools for relaxation, visualisation, focus and more.Helps to overcom...

The secrets that experts and top professionals use to stay at the top of their game.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Mind PowerIncludes how to:• Produce creative and innovative ideas• Remember names, numbers and concepts• Sharpen your mental reflexes, whatever your age• Ask the right questions and understand other points of view• Make good decisions and stick to them

Ideas are the lifeblood of any business. But have you ever been stuck for one? If you have, then The Idea Generator is for you. It outlines 60 effective and practical tools to help you create a range of big, new concepts. Each tool is simple to use and includes hints on how and when to use it for the best results.The Idea Generator is a powerful handbook. It will help you solve problems, create new opportunities and improve individual and team performances. It will benefit anyone i...

The books in this bite-sized new series contain no complicated techniques or tricky materials, making them ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious. Successful Self-motivation helps you to learn how to motivate yourself and be motivating to others. In just 96 pages, Successful Self-motivation will improve your insight, boost your creativity and create the circumstances for success.

Of all the working relationships you have with colleagues, the one with your boss is probably the most important. It can make the difference between looking forward to going to work in the morning, and actively dreading it.Whether you already have a good relationship that you want to build on or a fraught one that you want to improve, this book can help. It offers practical and effective advice on how to survive personality clashes, delegate upwards, develop your influencin...

If the work you are doing is no longer doing it for you but you feel uncertain about how to change your situation then What Next? is for you.And you are not alone, either. More than five million Australians, aged 45-64, are experiencing a new life stage - not a mid-life crisis so much as a 'turning point' - as they consider their options moving from full-time traditional career or homemaker roles. And countless younger people are looking for a better work/life balance as w...

Shortlisted for the CMI Management Book of the Year 2011, Practical Manager CategoryA Leaders Guide to Influence will show you how to step up your people skills and improve working relationships so you can get the business results you want.Combing the hugely popular areas of influence and leadership, this book will show you how to step up your interpersonal effectiveness by learning how to work more successfully with those around you, be they peop...