Attracting and retaining talent within the legal field is a key issue. Talent in the Legal Profession: How to Attract, Retain and Engage Top Talent sheds light on the pressing issues that law firms face in in order to secure and maintain top-level legal talent.

Fifty key ideas that have changed the way we think about why we behave the way we do while at work.The world of work is full of ideas. Some of these ideas shape the work we do and the way we do it. But it can often be hard to sort the wheat from the chaff.When ideas really do break new ground and change the way we think about what we do, they can help all of us to be better, happier, and more productive. The trick is to know which ones offer the most reliab...

If you're like most business leaders, innovation now tops your corporate agenda. But despite all the talk and excitement about the importance of innovation, managers have so far found scant help for innovating in a systematic way that fuels consistent growth and sustained success.In Innovation to the Core, Strategos CEO Peter Skarzynski and business strategist Rowan Gibson change all that. They share the accumulated wisdom from Strategos--the consulting firm Skarzynski co-founded w...

The business leader's guide to creating a great workplace from the Great Place to Work InstituteIn this follow-up guide to The Great Workplace, experts from Great Place to Work® Institute, Inc. reveal the most common excuses managers use for why they can't create a great workplace. Authors Jennifer Robin and Michael Burchell poke holes in every single excuse. Whether the reasons involve the organization's leadership, employees, environment, or any other fa...

The Accountable Leader is centred around three themes - leadership, accountability and organizational structure, and explores what it means for managers to be held to account at all levels in an organization. It will show that most leadership related problems arise from the ineffectiveness of organisational structures that lack accountable jobs.Complete with case study material and international examples, ***The Accountable Leader***brings home the importa...

All the tools you need for management success, this effective, compact guide will enable you to quickly grasp key management concepts and techniques. Contents include: Benchmarking, Branding, Core competition, Empowerment, Leadership, Mergers and acquisitions, Project management and the Supply chain.

SHORTLISTED: CMI Management Book of the Year 2017 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship CategoryBeing a truly innovative company is more than dreaming up new products and services by external consultants and internal taskforces. Staying one step ahead of the competition requires you to embed innovation into your organizational culture. Innovation needs to be embodied in everything that gets done by everyone who works there. By changing your organizational culture to on...

Professional services firms - from the legal sector to accountancy, consulting and beyond - face increased disruption. Service delivery models are under pressure to adapt to changing client expectations. Technology offers new ways of working with clients, but changes the skills profile required of professionals, and threatens the traditional people-centred business model. The Professional Services Leadership Handbook equips leaders, and aspiring leaders, with tool...

This book is primarily designed as a guide for the ambitious and committed organizational leaders who are seeking to improve the fortunes of an organization.If you are the kind of leader who dictates, delegates and sits back to deal with the consequences - read no further. If, on the other hand, you are the kind of leader who is prepared to lead, by example, from the front, become directly involved in tackling problems, will nurture the talents of employees, and personally ensure t...

SHORTLISTED: CMI Management Book of the Year Awards 2017 - Management Futures CategoryUsing ground-breaking modelling, Big Change, Best Path brings unique insights to the dynamics and process of organizational change, understanding success and failure, defining and describing the drivers and conditions of change, and the patterns and paths of organizational change. Author Warren Parry from Accenture Strategy shows that a whole new way of m...

Your business needs you to be brave when it comes to inclusion.David McQueen has coached leaders across all sectors to step up to inclusive leadership, transforming their processes, policies and ways of working to support diversity and reap the rewards.Many leaders are terrified of doing the wrong thing, so they do nothing. That is not an option. Discover how to think strategically about problem-solving and decision-making so that you embed inclusivity in y...

Beyond the Assembly Line: Rethinking Purpose in Modern Manufacturing explores how the manufacturing industry is evolving beyond traditional production to embrace innovation, sustainability, and human-centered practices. Matteo Neri challenges conventional views by uncovering the deeper purpose behind manufacturing — driving meaningful impact, empowering workers, and adapting to Industry 4.0 technologies. This book guides readers through the transformation necessary to build resilient, forw...