Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? Chances are, you don't. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths....

Do you know what job you want to do? Thinking about what you enjoy most at school can help you work out which career path to follow, as the skills required for geography are transferable to many different careers. This book gives details of...

Do you never go out the week before payday? Do you have less than £1,000 saved? If any of this sounds all too familiar, it's time to take back control of your bank balance with this money manual. One out of three millennials today...

Do you regularly find yourself in long, unstructured meetings which end without a decision? Are you a team leader looking for tips on increasing productivity? Or are you looking for ways to enhance collaboration?Six Thinking Hats, Edward de Bono's classic book on meetings, remains...

Do you remember the last major initiative you watched die in your organization? Did it go down with a loud crash? Or was it slowly and quietly suffocated by other competing priorities? By the time it finally disappeared, it's likely no one even noticed....

Do you sabotage your own happiness and success?and Are you struggling to make sense of yourself?and Do your emotions sometimes dictate your life?The Chimp Paradoxand is an incredibly powerful mind management model that can help you become a happy, confident, healthier and more successful...

Do you want to break bad habits and make your money work for you? Charlotte Burns, finance journalist, two-time winner of Financial Blog of the Year for lottyearns and former deals hunter at Money Saving Expert, is on a mission to improve your finances.Taking...

Do you worry that your business will collapse without your constant presence? Are you sacrificing your family, friendships, and freedom to keep your business alive? What if instead your business could run itself, freeing you to do what you love when you want, while...

Does the character of our leaders matter? You may think this question was answered long ago. Countless business authors and analysts have assured us that great leadership demands great character. Time and again, we've seen that truth play out, as once-thriving organizations falter and...

Does your staff deliver the highest quality service possible? Customers today expect a very high overall level of service in hospitality and tourism. Competition in these fields will thus be driven by strategies focusing on quality of service to add value, as opposed to...

'Doing good can help improve your prospects, your profits, and your business; and it can change the world. We must change the way we do business' - Richard Branson Can we bring more meaning to our lives and help change the world at the...

Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.Money investing, personal finance, and business decisions is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell...

Doing What is Right traces Crisil's growth in the last 25 years. It follows the unique story of a small credit rating company, founded in the late 1980s. Crisil offered a credit rating service which had no takers and without any real assets or...

Donald Dell is a legend in professional sport. As one of the first agents to represent athletes, he's been negotiating mega-deals for almost 40 years with a hugely successful record on behalf of stars like Arthur Ashe, Michael Jordan, Jimmy Connors and Stan Smith....

Don't chase the market leader, be the market leader.Edward de Bono, the bestselling author of Serious Creativity and inventor of lateral thinking teaches you how to move beyond the baseline of competition and find success with sur/petition.It's simple. If you want to survive in...

Don't Flush

Don't let the customer get between you and building a strong valued brandIf you want to stand out from the crowd, develop a clear and consistent brand voice, and ultimately build a fruitful business - listen to your brand.and Stop Listening to the Customerand...

Dr. Adizes premise, developed in this book, is that the ideal leader, manager, or executive ideal in the sense that he can fulfill by himself all the roles necessary for the long-and short-term effectiveness and efficiency of an organization does not and cannot exist....

Drawing from the text of theand Business Weekand bestsellerand Today Matters, this condensed, revised edition boils down John C. Maxwell's 12 daily practices to their very essence, giving maximum impact in minimal time. Presented in a quick-read format, this version is designed to be...

Drawing on almost forty years of leading Australian men and women in high-stakes combat overseas and tough times at home, Cantwell cuts to the core of practical leadership and exposes the skills needed to succeed.This long-overdue book, filled with examples from hands-on leadership experience,...

Drawing on over 30 years' consultancy experience within major firms, they combine theoretical and practical models of organizational change, together with a new theory of leadership, to build a framework for understanding, planning, and leading change. The scope and value of this framework is...

During a forty-year career in politics, Vice President Dick Cheney has been involved in some of the most consequential decisions in recent American history. He was one of a few select advisers in the room when President Gerald Ford decided to declare an end...

During his momentous time as Secretary-General of the UN, Kofi Annan played a decisive role in launching the Millennium Development Goals, establishing the International Criminal Court, and articulating the Responsibility to Protect as a guiding principle for international action. In 2001 - just after...

Dyson has become a byword for high performing products, technology, design and invention. Now, James Dyson, the inventor and entrepreneur who made it all happen, tells his remarkable and inspirational story inand Invention: A Life.and Famously, over a four-year period, James Dyson madeand 5,127...

Easternisation is the defining trend of our age - the growing wealth of Asian nations is transforming the international balance of power. This shift to the East is shaping the lives of people all over the world, the fate of nations and the great...

Economic theories and models shape our everyday lives. They are relied on by politicians when tax rises or cuts are being considered. They inform debates about everything from bonuses for CEOs to minimum wage rates to the level of job protection enshrined in law....

For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this is bland and unhealthy - like British food in the 1980s, when bestselling author and Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in the UK from South Korea. Just as eating a...

Economics does not have to be intimidating. This book, complete with case studies and key facts, forms a course which will take you from beginner or intermediate level to being a competent economist. This book includes: simple step-by-step explanations, to help you grasp new...

Economics in Minutes condenses key economics concepts into 200 short and easily digested essays. Featuring not only fundamental ideas, such as the role of money and how the stock market works, but also subjects that are increasingly important to us today - unemployment, government...

Economistand Best Books of the YearFinancial Timesand Business Book of the Month'A handbook for disruptors' - Eric Schmidt, former CEO of GoogleLearn how the 'geek' mindset is revolutionizing the corporate world by breaking all the rules to transform business culture, leadership, and personal successes.We're...

Edward R. Dewey, as chief economist in the Hoover Administration, was tasked by President Hoover to figure out what caused the 1929 stock market crash and ensuing depression. In the course of his extensive investigations, he became convinced that something important was missing from...

Effective communication through authentic leadershipA rapidly evolving workplace and disruptive technologies have created a growing demand for transparency and authenticity in communication from business leaders. Yet many decision-makers find themselves far behind the curve when it comes to understanding and meeting the evolving expectations...

Eight years on from the biggest market meltdown since the Great Depression the key lessons of the crisis of 2008 still remain unlearned and our financial system is just as vulnerable as ever Many of us know that our government failed to fix the...

Eileen Jackson was happy to set aside her own career dreams in order to raise a family with her husband Paul. But when she discovers Paul's affair with a younger woman, she begins to question all those years of sacrifice and compromise. On the...

'Electrifying ... A user manual for our polarized world'Adam Grant, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Think AgainBy a two-time debating world champion, a dazzling look at how arguing better can transform your life - and the world - for the betterEveryone debates, in...

Elmira Bayrasli's colourful narrative takes readers through the world of high-growth entrepreneurs as they overcome vexing obstacles to build businesses that create jobs and economic growth and, perhaps most important, shift mindsets. Here are the people who personify the transformative force of entrepreneurship from...

Email revolution is quite an interesting book, given the times is written in. VA Shiva Ayyadurai has had a plethora of experience in setting up email management systems for some of the top companies. Email Revolution is a handbook of sorts that tells companies...

Emote: Using Emotions to Make Your Message Memorable, authored by Vikas Gopal Jhingran, is a book that teaches the reader how to use the emotional approach while they are making a speech for a large audience. It shows you how to express your ideas...

Empty shelves, petrol station queues and energy shortages: crises more familiar to those who lived through the 1960s and 1970s have now become a reality for many as global shipping times are squeezed, containers lie unopened at docks and supply shortages push up inflation,...

End financial stress for good and learn how to manage your money-without a change to income!Studies have shown time and time again that money is a leading cause of stress-but a life free from financial worry isn't exclusive to the rich and powerful.and End...

End State is absolutely superb. If you're looking for a book that is honest about the problems of the future but leaves you hopeful about solutions, then this is it'and Jon Richardson'Insightful and revealing: a brilliant exploration of how ideas currently on the edge...

'Endlessly insightful and full of surprises - exactly what you would expect from Tim Harford'BILL BRYSON'Every Tim Harford book is cause for celebration'MALCOLM GLADWELLIn Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy, the revolutionary, acclaimed book, radio series and podcast, bestselling economist Tim Harford introduced...

Erno Rubik - the inventor of the Rubik's Cube - inspires us with what he's learned in a lifetime of creating, curiosity and discovery.Erno Rubik was a child when he first became obsessed with puzzles of all kinds. 'Puzzles', he writes, 'bring out important...

Essential Law for Marketers doesn't assume any prior knowledge and has been designed to make UK and EU laws and regulations accessible for marketers at all levels. Jargon-free and easy to follow, it's widely acknowledged by professional bodies and legal experts as a masterful...

'Essential reading for any young actor' Dame Maggie Smith Competition for acting work is fierce and talent is not necessarily enough. Actors need all the help they can get with all aspects of the profession. Now in its fifth edition, completely revised and updated,...

Essential reading for anyone who has to work with social media in a professional capacity, from using networking sites to marketing their businesses or employers.Many people use social media every day - and it can be a vital tool in professional life. Whether you're...

Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious-even liberating-book, lies not in ourselves, but in...

Even though everyone is talking about it, there is no concept in business today more muddled than 'strategy'. Richard Rumelt, described by McKinsey Quarterly as 'a giant in the field of strategy' and 'strategy's strategist', tackles this problem head-on in a jargon-free explanation of...

Ever heard of the iPhone?and STEVE JOBS, raised in California, was the co-founder of Apple, creator of the iPhone. He also played a major role in making Pixar what it is today. His technology transformed the way we live, and gave us objects we...