Chaos to Control helps you understand how to work more productively, focus on what matters and use technology to your advantage so you can get more done in less time with less stress. Chaos to Control: Is written by personal productivity coach Ciara Conlon, who blogs at www.ciaraconlon.com Helps you sharpen your ability to focus to help achieve your personal and professional goals Brings together theories and practical advice ...

Most people have never been taught how to work. We are committed to our job and want to be good at what we do. We are neither lazy nor unwilling. But we do not always work effectively - we work hard but not always smart. To increase performance many people believe they need to do more. We spend less time with our loved ones, neglect our health and put our passions and hobbies on the back burner. And we end up frustrated, out of control and stressed.Work Smarter: Live Be...

Do your changing workloads make you wonder if your business processes are still 'fit for purpose'?Do you want to find a method to guide you when you are looking to get more work completed during the working day?Are you looking to achieve more tangible results from your business improvement projects?Sometimes it can feel that your business improvement projects aren't making enough of a change. There is a simple approach that can take the guesswork out of changing a p...

Is Your CI Delivering Results?Continuous Improvement, or CI, is a heavily used term that often doesn't deliver the results that are hoped for. Common approaches to CI often focus on supporting businesses to eliminate their problems and become 'OK' in terms of business performance. However, most people find that it is much more difficult to use these same approaches to move from 'good' to 'excellent'. Furthermore sustaining the improvement approach can be difficult if you don't have ...

As a leader the need for enhanced skills is increasing, the future leader is a collaborative leader and the old style of command and control leadership just doesn't cut it anymore. Current leaders need to be flexible and adaptable and leaders of change. In this book strategies are provided on how to increase all areas of leadership skill such as communication, conflict management, dealing with remote teams, increasing technological aptitude and more. A master leader today is someone who en...

This book provides an essential and up-to-date toolkit for remote managers and virtual team leaders. It is packed with free-to-use tools and templates that remote leaders use to successfully manage and lead their distributed teams, whether you are a line manager or a matrix leader.Global integration of teams in organisations has taken place to harness the benefits of distributed teaming. Whilst the challenges of global integration seem difficult, t...

We all have dreams and aspirations for a better life, but for most people they remain so – just dreams and aspirations – until they die. It doesn't have to be like that. You are essentially a "goal-achieving mechanism" capable of achieving just about any outcome you set for yourself. Accelerated Goal Achievement: An Authentic Approach to Set and Achieve Goals Faster will help you take your dreams and turn them into concrete action plans, full of bite-sized action steps that you can confiden...

This handy guide offers practical solutions and step-by-step advice on combating and managing stress so that you can achieve the best work-life balance.While it's sometimes said that a little stress is good for you, too much can damage your health, jeopardise your performance at work, and affect your relationships. With the rise of remote and hybrid working, such issues are only becoming more common, and it's too easy to feel worn down and exhausted by stress and w...

Is your MRP system helping your business to perform, or is it just creating more work for you?'Making MRP work' is a practical guide aimed at Operations Managers and business directors who need some support with their MRP / ERP system. If you are operating an existing MRP system but feel that it could be doing more for you then this book can help you to identify the changes you need to make.Many businesses find themselves with similar problems. Materials being ordered too la...

This book contains self-appraisals for the reader to measure their strengths and weaknesses in twenty five different leadership skills. There are self-appraisals covering the following leadership skills: Communication, Counselling, Customer Service, Decision Making, Delegation, Disciplinary Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Giving Instructions, Integrity, Interviewing Skills, Leadership Skills, Listening Skills, Managing Email, Conducting Meetings, Negotiation Skills, Conducting Performance ...

Meetings are an inevitable and often unwelcome aspect of the working day. They figure heavily in all walks of life and create a forum for providing information, holding discussions, and making decisions. If they are run well they are a really valuable tool in running your organisation and progressing projects. If run badly they can seem like no more than a time-wasting irritant to the participants.Whether you hold meetings in your office or attend international summits, the meeting...

Are you making the most of the greatest asset in your business?To make your good business a great business you need to have more than just a strong product or service. Having a high-performing team in your organisation is guaranteed to give you a competitive advantage. Andrew Jenkins helps you discover how to cultivate in your people the willingness to grow as individuals and as a group. Packed with easy-to-follow activities, exercises and models, this Authorit...