BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
Making It Happen
Lessons from the Frontline of Strategy Execution
Rebecca Stephens A fascinating insight into how to propel your career and productivity with purpose and conviction. Rebecca Stephens argues that the successful implementation of strategy often comes down to one individual – an individual with a clear, unswerving commitment to the cause, coupled with excellent leadership and communication skills. Stephens interviews successful individuals and uncovers the secrets behind their success, while also drawing upon her own eclectic experiences in implementing strategy – from both her corporate and journalism career and her time as a revered mountaineer. She discovers that it is a sense of purpose, conviction and optimism, through an uncommon commitment and the ability to influence and persuade that makes leads to the successful implementation and execution of strategy. Rebecca Stephens MBE is a journalist, writer, lecture and mountaineer.
November 2021 224 pages 234 x 153mm 9781472992048 Bloomsbury Busines
The Performance Curve
Maximize Your Potential at Work while Strengthening Your Well-being
Laura Watkins and Vanessa Dietzel A guide to both individual and collective performance in business and beyond, underpinned by neuroscience and psychological research. There has always been an unnecessary division between personal career guidance and advice that focuses upon the performance of an entire team or the whole organisation. For the first time, The Performance Curve unites these distinct approaches, interweaving the individual and the collective to produce a bold new holistic guide to improving business performance. The book’s practical advice on maximising performance capabilities is underpinned by a robust and unique combination of neuroscience, psychological research and mindfulness. Laura Watkins and Vanessa Dietzel draw upon their vast experience and research as consultants and leadership coaches to deliver a groundbreaking guide to enhancing your performance in your life and career. Laura Watkins has co-founded and runs two leadership businesses following on from her career at McKinsey, where she co-founded its European leadership practice. She has a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from Cambridge University. Vanessa Dietzel brings unique insight from her blend of corporate experience, coaching and teaching breathwork and yoga. She started her career with Boston Consulting Group and, for the past 20 years, has been working with leaders all over the world on their individual and organisational performance.
September 2021 304 pages 234 x 153mm 9781472985545 Bloomsbury Business
Futureproof Your Career
How to Lead and Succeed in a Changing World
Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj and Naeema Pasha The essential guide to futureproofing your career and getting ahead in the highly competitive job market of the 21st century. With the impact of the pandemic, the ongoing fourth industrial revolution, the broadening awareness of institutionalized discrimination and the concerns around an economic recession, it is an understatement to say that we are entering a 'new normal' in which working patterns and career trajectories have irreversibly changed. This book provides key insights into how this transformed landscape will impact the essential roles and functions within organisations, providing original and practical guidance for improving your career and positioning yourself for progression. It places a major focus on the changing business, economic and technological landscape and the new challenges this presents for job retention and career progression. Dr Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj is Associate Professor in Entrepreneurial Leadership at Henley Business School. Dr Naeema Pasha is Director of Careers & Professional Development at Henley Business School and Founder of World of Work, an annual conference on the future of work.
October 2021 240 pages 234 x 153mm 9781472988447 Bloomsbury Business
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