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The 8th Habit
Dr Stephen Covey is a world renowned authority on leadership, business management, family issues, education and effectiveness. His books have sold millions of copies world wide. In this highly successful book, Dr Covey explores the challenges faced by management in the information age and how to inspire people to achieve their greatest potential.
The Tribes We Lead
Described as, “the ultimate entrepreneur of the information age”, Seth Godin argues that the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big changes, and he urges us to do so. This profound and fun take on leadership in the 21 century is delivered at the famous TED conferences, so it is a must to watch!
Time to Listen
Avril Henry is an expert on generation X and Y, and the author of Leadership Revelations: An Australian Perspective? In this chapter she reveals an insight into leading and motivating employees and ourselves in the workforce, business and our lives. Plus, with a new generation entering the workforce, she offers advice about providing direction and support to generation X and Y people.
Tough Decisions
Shane Toohey became a skiing fanatic at the age of 23. He made the ambitious goal to make first ski descents on all seven continents, which led him on a path of self discovery and leadership. Ten years later he completed his goal on a summit in Antarctica. During the course of this journey, Shane led a team of people and was faced with many obstacles and many lessons. He learnt about team work - building trust, respect, integrity - and about decision making, communication and listening. He now presents powerful learning programs through his company, Peak Teams, and shares his successful leadership experience in this chapter.
Life Skills
Jennifer Jefferies shares practical real-life strategies that help people to improve their health, wellbeing and productivity by finding balance in their lives. In this chapter she explores these topics in more detail and offers advice on staying sane and not burning out from stress. Her health strategies have not only improved the health of people around the world, but have also made drastic improvements to the productivity in numerous businesses. If you have dark rings around your eyes, have constant colds or can't sleep, then you will benefit from what Jennifer has to say.
Boost Your Business
Ben has personally coached over 100 businesses in 38 different industries over 6 years. Like most business owners, you’re probably looking for ways to make more money and work less hours. The sad thing is that most end up working more hours than they could ever imagined and paying themselves less than they could by working for someone else. Listen as Ben shares dozens of profit making ideas that you can implement into your business.
Core Purpose
Brian Birley has worked in numerous management positions in various industries and has used his knowledge and experience to form P.A.C.E. Corporation Pty Ltd, a consulting practice specialising in strategic planning and human capital management. In this chapter, Brian reveals his secret for effective leadership - simplicity. This knowledge will not only improve your leadership skills, but will also enhance your time management skills and help you move forward in any area of your life.
Crucial Confrontations
This book has been labeled 'The Management Book of the decade' by such business greats as Stephen Covey and Tom Peters. In this book summary, you'll discover the results of 10,000 hours of research into why and how, mastering the skill of effective confrontation is the most important ability you'll ever have at your disposal. This summary will have a profound affect on both your team's performance and productivity.
Crucial Confrontations
This book has been labeled 'The Management Book of the decade' by such business greats as Stephen Covey and Tom Peters. In this book summary, you'll discover the results of 10,000 hours of research into why and how, mastering the skill of effective confrontation is the most important ability you'll ever have at your disposal. This summary will have a profound affect on both your team's performance and productivity.
Developing the most effective work environment
Starting off as a occupational therapist, Dawn Piebenga had no expectation of becoming a highly successful business woman, yet today she runs the business 'Injury Management and Rehabilitation' with multiple offices spanning all over Sydney. A drive to supply the best quality service possible is what has given Dawn her success and through this interview you will discover how she went about this.
Developing The Most Effective Work Environment
Starting off as a occupational therapist, Dawn Piebenga had no expectation of becoming a highly successful business woman, yet today she runs the business 'Injury Management and Rehabilitation' with multiple offices spanning all over sydney. A drive to supply the best quality service possible is what has given Dawn her success and through this interview you will discover how she went about this.
Developing Top Bananas
From his experience as a manager for Fortune 500 companies as well as a local community bank, Phillip Van Hooser understands the importance to inspire employees to improve their performance and productivity as well as the significance of customer service to profitability. Through his masterful storytelling you will learn leadership and customer service lessons drawn from the real work world that can be quickly transferred to current circumstances to create immediate improvements.
Enthusiasm
Tanya Hamersfeld launched her business from home with the start-up capital of $10,000 while she was still at university. Within eight years Corporate Training Australia (CTA) had become one of Australia's largest companies. Today, her clients include: Nike, Myer, JR Duty Free, Ernst & Young and the Mitre 10 group. Succeeding in business has been the direct result of positive team building, recruiting quality people, recognising staff members and encouraging teamwork. Although she lacked finance skills in the beginning, her management abilities have led to her outstanding business growth - as a person and a business.
Expose Yourself
Love them or hate them, the media can play a contributing factor in providing publicity and advertising - good or bad - for your business. For Suzy Yates, the media has had a huge impact on her life. At 18, she worked at a radio station selling radio advertising before landing her own talk-back show at 2UE. Realising that many business people lacked media education, she thought about setting up her own public relations company. With no previous experience, Suzy founded Bay Street Mediaworks and now helps people with matters involving public relations, advertising and publicity.
Fireside Chat With Dr John Kotter - Sense Of Urgency
Dr. John Kotter, author of A Sense of Urgency and 16 other titles, is Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and has been rated as the Number One “leadership guru” by Business Week magazine. In this interview Dr. Kotter discusses the key factor that often determines whether change efforts are successful or a failure – a sense of urgency. Learn through this interview how to utilise a true sense of urgency for your organisation's success.
Good To Great
Good To Great is the defining management study of our decade. Author Jim Collins and his team of 21 researchers spent five years analysing, interviewing and examining America's top companies. They studeies 1,435 Fortune 500 companies and found only 11 that were able to make the leap to success and hold on to it for at least the next 15 years. Read on to find out how a good company becomes great!
Good To Great
Good To Great is the defining management study of our decade. Author Jim Collins and his team of 21 researchers spent five years analysing, interviewing and examining America's top companies. They studeies 1,435 Fortune 500 companies and found only 11 that were able to make the leap to success and hold on to it for at least the next 15 years. Read on to find out how a good company becomes great!
High Standards
Phil Jones is a highly respected business and property speaker and is the author of six books. His numerous business activities have allowed him access to some of the world's richest businesspeople, entrepreneurs, celebrities and sportspeople. In this chapter you will read about wealth, success, empowerment, real estate investing, education, leveraging and many more elements that encompass the concept of leadership.
How to Build A More Innovative and Creative Culture
Dr Ken Hudson, Founder, The Idea Centre. Innovation is vital to any size business. It's the best way for small business to compete in today's environment. Building a more innovative culture is often the most difficult but the most sustainable action. Dr Ken Hudson talks about overcoming the barriers to innovation.
Innovate With Beauty
At just 21, Shelley Barrett started her own boutique modeling agency and turned it into Shelley's Management Group. The group managed a talent pool of 1,200 actors and models across Australia, with her clients gracing the pages of international fashion magazines and worldwide advertising campaigns. Based on her success, which involved management, marketing and creativity, Shelley created a range of innovative beauty products to fill a niche in the market. Her growing business, ModelCo, has experienced international expansion and now distributes throughout Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Asia, the US and the Middle East.
