When he arrives to take up his first post as a GP in the small West of Scotland village of Collintrae, young Tom Smith isn’t quite sure what to expect. Nothing in his medical training prepared him for what he comes up against in his first few years there a baker with nine lives, Mad Maggie and her Mammy in the River Muck, and a gaggle of giggling nuns. Heart warming and gloriously eccentric, Dr Tom’s stories will touch you with their humour and charm. They capture the beauty of Scotland’s ...

Tom Smith is the doctor you wish you had and he's got all the time in the world...You might make an appointment with your GP to enquire about a persistent cough or a septic toe. But when do you get to ask the questions that you really want the answers to? All those health mysteries - some trivial, some serious, some downright weird - they are the ones that really matter, the niggling worries which keep you up at night...Will I age at the same rate as my mother? Could my birthmark be cancer...

A fully revised and updated installment from the bestselling author of The Oz Principle Series.Two-time New York Times bestselling authors Roger Connors and Tom Smith show how leaders can achieve record-breaking results by quickly and effectively shaping their organizational culture to capitalize on their greatest asset-their people.Change the Culture, Change the Game joins their classic book, The Oz Principle, and their ...

You do not need another app. You need a system. Most creators who fail on TikTok do not fail because they lack talent or because the algorithm is unfair. They fail because they treat every video as a brand new emergency, open the app, stare at a blank draft, and try to invent something clever from nothing. The truth is that TikTok rewards consistency, relevance, and a strong opening far more than it rewards inspiration, and artificial intelligence is the lever that makes that process avail...

The definitive book on workplace accountability by the New York Times bestselling authors of How Did That Happen?Since it was originally published in 1994, The Oz Principle has sold nearly 600,000 copies and become the worldwide bible on accountability. Through its practical and invaluable advice, thousands of companies have learned just how vital personal and organizational accountability is for a company to achieve and maintain its best...

Picking up from where A Seaside Practice left off, in Going Loco Dr Tom takes time out from the surgery for stints as a medical researcher and reporter, describing his travels from Rio to Miami, Vienna to Buenos Aires. Part memoir, part travelogue, Going Loco takes us on a journey around the medical world, from the challenge of malaria and sleeping sickness in up-country Kenya to the stress of smuggling beagle dogs into Amsterdam. We meet impossible patients, brave souls, a few mad doctors...

The New York Times bestseller that provides a simple, proven approach to improve accountability and the bottom line.The economy crashes, the government misfires, businesses fail, leaders don't lead, managers don't manage, and people don't follow through, leaving us asking, "How did that happen?"Surprises caused by a lack of personal accountability plague almost every organization today, from the political arena to large and small businesses. Ho...

Tom Smith first wrote his guide for umpires and scorers in 1980. Since then, his indispensable guide has gone through six fully-revised editions. The 'new' Tom Smith is the first to be fully redesigned and updated for the 21st century. Its publication coincides with international recognition that there should be one universal standard for the training of umpires whatever country they operate in.The 'new' Tom Smith incorporates the full 2000 Code of the Laws of Cricket with subseque...

The newest addition to Partners In Leadership's accountability series that began with the classic The Oz Principle.The Oz Principle has sold more than a million copies since it debuted in 1994, establishing it as the go-to reference on workplace accountability throughout the world. By embracing its practical and invaluable advice, tens of thousands of companies have improved their organizational accountability -- the key to achieving and sustainin...

You picked up this book because you have tried willpower alone and found that it is not enough, and because you are tired of starting over, of the half finished notebooks, the expired gym memberships, and the resolutions that never survive February. You understand the principles of personal growth but struggle with the execution, and you share the conviction this book honors: that the transformation is not an event, it is a direction, and that a person who improves by 1% every day ends up ...

I have spent more than a decade inside small businesses, and I have watched the same story repeat. A capable owner hits a ceiling that has nothing to do with talent, demand, or the product. The ceiling is built from the unglamorous work that must happen every week: invoices, follow-ups, schedules, and the same customer question answered for the hundredth time. This book is that problem, solved. Forty-five proven ways to automate the repeatable work so you can protect the personal, cut the ...

A diagnosis of diabetes can feel like a life sentence of poor health. Yet this is far from the case as the example of the Olympic champion and diabetic, Sir Steve Redgrave, has demonstrated. In this positive and optimistic book, Dr Tom Smith aims to help diabetics understand their condition and so achieve a high quality of life. He describes all aspects of the healthy lifestyle that every diabetes sufferer needs to follow, empowering them with a sense that they can shape their own future.