In this book you will find the best of that wit - ripe plums of humour taken from Churchill's parliamentary replies and ripostes, prepared addresses, asides and off-the-cuff remarks - all revealing a trenchant sharpness of mind, fine appreciation of humour and devastating sense of fun.

As managers we have to make decisions all the time, it is always a concern that you might not make the right decision. In this programme we will consider how you can ensure that you have prepared well to enrich your decision making. How you can check out how well your decision will work beforehand and how to add in the extras that will help to make your right decision work.

All managers have responsibility for getting their message across effectively, whether it be in a formal or informal setting. In this programme you will find out how to ensure that you present information in such a way as to get your message across perfectly by preparing both your delivery and yourself to bring your audience with you.

Every manager has to influence others, more so as we change from command and control management to a more empowered work force. In this programme you will explore the preparation and techniques which enable you to be a powerful and ethical influencer. You will add to that the skills for handling negotiations so that both sides feel they have gained and come to win, win.

In most work places now staff are organised into teams, making the team work effectively is an important part of the responsibilities of the team leader. In this programme we will consider strategies for developing a strong staff team, through having a common focus and through using the diverse strengths of individual members you will learn how you as team leader can make the difference and help your team to be extremely effective.

Whether you are conducting a formal interview or just holding one to ones with your staff, you will want to get the best out of your interviewee. This programme will help you to set the right tone for an interview, ask the right questions and manage the process so that you get the results that you want.

Whether you like it or not, as a manager you are a role model for your staff. So what sort of an example are you setting? In this programme you will find out what being a role model really means and how to consciously set the example in behaviour and attitudes. We will also consider how you can use role models yourself to improve the examples you set for others.

Do you wish that there were more hours in the day and wonder how you're going to fit everything in? in this programme we will explore how spending time planning can save you time. How being ready for whatever you have to do allows you to use your time more effectively and how to make time management techniques fit your personal preferences. We also deal with the problem of time wasters and offer strategies for reducing their effect so that you have control of your time.

Change has become the constant at work, restructuring, new job responsibilities, new processes, we just seem to go from one to another. In this programme you will learn how to view change in a positive light and see it as an opportunity rather than a disruption. You will also learn how to help others to deal more positively with change so that you can all approach it far more constructively. You will be encouraged to not just manage change but to actively promote it as a more satisfying wa...

In any job it is important to know how to motivate yourself and of course other people. In this programme we will look at some of the general patterns of motivation which apply to all of us. We will examine your personal motivating factors and how to use them and then look at how to apply the same principals to motivating others.

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Why do some people seem to achieve so much more than others? In this programme you will learn how to use long term goals to give direction to your life, professionally and personally. You will be offered ways of setting short term and interim goals to fit into the context of your long term goals and you will also have specific techniques to help you to keep working towards your goals and realistically achieve them.