How to Make Your Project Go Badly Wrong is a satirical guide on how to exploit and derail project management for personal gain. The book humorously advises readers on identifying and amplifying inefficiencies, intentionally causing delays, and avoiding accountability to maximize profit. It suggests subtly undermining project goals and emphasizes the potential to profit by prolonging timelines and creating confusion. While playful, it also contrasts good practices in colore...

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...

Mark Forster's book "Get Everything Done and Still Have Time to Play" took an entirely new approach to time management. One of his most important points was that once we have taken on a commitment, prioritising does not work because we need to do everything relating to that commitment. In the six years since he wrote the book as he has reached thousands of people through writing, seminars and coaching, he has continued to develop and refine his methods . He has now perfected even more effe...

In this day of increased pressure to achieve results, time management has become a vital skill. With time-saving solutions, checklists, tips and techniques, Successful Time Management helps review and assess time management techniques and shows how to adopt new work practices to make effective use of time. It includes great advice on controlling paperwork, getting and staying organized, delegating and working with others, prioritizing to focus on key issues and realizing the best results. The...

Let's face it, if you want to get ahead in business you cannot avoid people management – but we're often promoted because we're good at what we do, not because we display great management skills. We owe it to the people we manage to read up on the subject and get skilled! Luckily Jo Owen has laid out 50 essential lessons we need to learn to become the best manager we can be.Jo has studied what makes a good manager everywhere from British soap powder companies, to inner city schools...

Learn all you need to know about how to meet the demands of today'sbusiness world by taking action and implementing decisions quickly. Doit Now! shows you how to think and plan constructively and how toprioritize to achieve the best results. Power tips help you handlereal-life situations so you can meet your targets with minimum stress.

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. Effective Time Management is a short, simple and to-the-point guide to the art of managing your business books and accounts. In just 96 pages, Effective Time Management reveals the art of organising your life without complicated strategies, so that you are in control and have more time for the things that matter.

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 ...

The ability to give a successful presentation is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career.Written by David Brown, a leading expert on presenting as both a coach and a practitioner, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order to get your audience to do what you want them to do.The highly motivational 'in a week' structure of the book provides seven straightforward chapters explaining the key points, and at the end there are optio...

This book is the result of Garth Holloways twenty years of experience in the management consulting industry. In it, he shares many of the key lessons he has learned about spearheading change. While he addresses timeworn topics, his approach is refreshingly different to the mainstream. This highly readable collection of articles will cause even the most experienced practitioners to re-evaluate their ideas as Garth as encourages you to: Demand more. The last 20% is worth more than the first ...

If you could save just 24 minutes a day you'd gain an extra 6 days a year. Some say the world was created in 6 days. What could you achieve?You don't have to work harder or spend hours defining your life goals in order to manage your time. The Time Master approach is full of quick painkilling solutions and long-term 'know-how'.This is more than time management, this is time mastery.Forget about complicated planning techniqu...

Creator of the Personal Scrum System, Simon Kneafsey explains how to use the secrets of the big tech companies to achieve your goals and lead a successful life.The Personal Scrum System is based on Scrum, the revolutionary approach to project management and team building that has helped to transform the world of work.Life is complex. The Personal Scrum System will help you find success by setting and achieving goals.- Do you have the desire for a better life?