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    A novel approach to leadership coaching

    by David Ferrers 1 Aug 2014
    by David Ferrers 1 Aug 2014

    Poor leadership is often at the heart of business failure. So how do you train managers to become inspirational leaders?...

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    Book review: Hunter’s Diseases of Occupations

    by Personnel Today 11 Apr 2011
    by Personnel Today 11 Apr 2011

    First published in 1955, towards the end of Donald Hunter’s career as director of the Department of Industrial Medicine at the...

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    Public Health Nursing: A Textbook for Health Visitors, School Nurses and Occupational Health Nurses

    by Personnel Today 4 Sep 2009
    by Personnel Today 4 Sep 2009

    Edited by: Greta Thornbory ISBN: 9781405180078Published by: Wiley-BlackwellPrice: £26.99
    This is the first book of its kind in that it...

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    Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice

    by Tara Craig 9 Jun 2009
    by Tara Craig 9 Jun 2009

    Author: Michael ArmstrongPublisher: Kogan PagePrice: £39.50ISBN: 0749452420
    This is a hefty tome but, unlike so many reference books, it is...

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    Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom: How Online Social Networking Will Transform Your Life, Work and World

    by Personnel Today 26 May 2009
    by Personnel Today 26 May 2009

    Authors: Matthew Fraser and Soumitra Dutta ISBN: 0470740140If you’re considering reading this book you’ll already be familiar with the Facebook...

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    Three of a kind: managing workplace conflict

    by Personnel Today 13 May 2009
    by Personnel Today 13 May 2009

    The Essential Guide to Workplace Mediation and Conflict ResolutionAuthors: Nora Doherty and Marcelas GuylerISBN: 0749450193This is a very practical book,...

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    Business writing: three of a kind

    by Tara Craig 16 Mar 2009
    by Tara Craig 16 Mar 2009

    Effective business writingPatrick ForsythThe Sunday Times/Kogan PageISBN: 0749454539Forsyth opens with “I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the...

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    The Fine Art of Confident Conversation

    by Tara Craig 6 Mar 2009
    by Tara Craig 6 Mar 2009

    Author: Debra FineISBN: 0749928638
    The slightly dippy ‘send out positive energy’ advice aside, Fine’s book breaks down into practical, sensible...

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    Beyond bullsh*t

    by Tara Craig 6 Mar 2009
    by Tara Craig 6 Mar 2009

    Author: Samuel A CulbertISBN: 0749453192
    Culbert is on a mission to rid the world of bullsh*t – and, on the...

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    Say it Like Obama

    by Tara Craig 6 Mar 2009
    by Tara Craig 6 Mar 2009

    Author: Shel LeanneISBN: 007161589XLeanne kicks off with one of the US president’s speeches – transcribing then analysing it. This is...

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    Change management: 3 of a kind

    by Tara Craig 19 Feb 2009
    by Tara Craig 19 Feb 2009

    Making sense of change managementEsther Cameron and Mike GreenKogan PageISBN: 0749453109The Leonard Cohen lyrics on page one almost stopped me from...

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    How to Negotiate Effectively

    by Tara Craig 6 Feb 2009
    by Tara Craig 6 Feb 2009

    Author: David Oliver ISBN: 0749448202
    There can’t be much wrong with a book that uses Inspector Morse and his sidekick...

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    Tork & Grunt’s Guide to Effective Negotiations

    by Tara Craig 6 Feb 2009
    by Tara Craig 6 Feb 2009

    Author: Bob Harvey ISBN: 0462099237
    Having this topic illustrated by two cavemen won’t be to everyone’s taste, but it will...

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    Brilliant Negotiations

    by Personnel Today 6 Feb 2009
    by Personnel Today 6 Feb 2009

    Author: Nic PeelingISBN: 0273712357
    Peeling begins by identifying the concerns of readers who do not see themselves as natural negotiators,...

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    Books – three of a kind

    by Personnel Today 23 Jan 2009
    by Personnel Today 23 Jan 2009

    Crucibles of Leadership Author: Robert Thomas ISBN: 1591391377 Thomas's book opens with a quote from JF Kennedy, and its first paragraph...

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