Performance through people and applied insight
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is described by the Guinness Book of Records as “the world’s greatest living explorer”. He was also once described by his prospective father-in law as ‘Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know’. Sir Ranulph Fiennes was therefore, a natural candidate for us to review when researching high achievers for the Achieving Focus Course [...]
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
This is the latest book from Eddie Obeng and the team at Pentacle The Virtual Business School. There should be a new phrase in the English lexicon an “An Obeng Rule”. If so it would mean something of tremendous insight and value, explained in an easy to understand and engaging way that you could [...]
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Pat Kane in this book started with the very serious question, “If the “work ethic” made industrial workers duteous, time-keeping, diligent and self-disciplined, what would be the equivalent for information workers in an internet enabled informalised world”. His answer of course is the “play ethic”, which would just as effectively “shape informational workers to make [...]
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
A very useful book that provides an antidote to the crazy business of modern life. An engaging easy to read book full of practical tips on developing a more focussed and productive life.
Chapters cover focus on goals, overcoming barriers to focus, successful time management strategies. The best part of the book is the [...]
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
The author defines flow as the positive aspect of human experience that encompasses joy, creativity, the process of total involvement with life.
In his search to understand what conditions are necessary for someone to experience flow he has come to a rather profound answer that perhaps we always really knew but often reject as it [...]
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
I do like the MindGym, from their eye catching and clever branding to the well researched and organised books that I seem to keep having to go back to and dip into. I also like how their books are organised so you choose which order to read them and they guide you to what is [...]
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
I have never lost my love of history. I am always constantly dumfounded how often the lessons from history are not learned and mistakes are repeated.
Therefore, this is a book I was immediately drawn to when it was first published back in the 90’s. This book blends lessons from great historial events and draws [...]
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
My copy of this book was given to me as a prize. Interestingly, I had the choice of prizes, the book or a bottle of whiskey. As the giver of the prize was an HR professional, and as I have learnt from experience never to trust anyone from HR*. I knew the choice was some [...]
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
This book compliments the discussions in the Achieving Focus lesson.
This lesson will help you understand:
The Success Factors for High Achievers
How to Set Inspirational Goals
How to develop Your Own Commitment to Achievement
About techniques to build up your own Resolution to recover from set backs
The importance of Continually developing your own competences
How to Use the Pursuit of Happiness [...]
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Old sales adage ’sell first your company then your product then you’.
Stephen Covey’s best-selling book presents a framework to improve you and your personal effectiveness. Simply scanning the pages and stripping out some of the key phrases from the text;
Pro-activity
Thinking win-win
Seeking first to understand and then to be understood
Synergise; seeking a solution based on mutual [...]
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