Training: the top 10

What books and DVDs have you got on your training resources bookshelf? Odds on your selection will include some of the below, which have shifted off training materials supplier Open Mind’s shelves faster than you can say TNA.

Top 10 learning resources

1. The Empowering Appraisal, DVD, BBC Learning
   
2. Telephone Behaviour, DVD, Video Arts
   
3. Say the Right Thing, DVD, BBC Learning
   
4. Managing Time, DVD, BBC Learning
   
5. Team Working, DVD, BBC Learning
   
6. The Diversity Challenge, DVD, Skillboosters
   
7. The Office, DVD, BBC Learning
   
8. Behavioural Interviewing, DVD, Video Arts
   
9. Meeting Skills, CD-Rom, Maxim
   
10. Fish!, DVD, Video Arts

Top 10 books and manuals

1. The Tao of Coaching, Max Landsberg, Profile Books  Buy this book from Amazon
   
2. What’s My Communication Style?, US assessment tool
   
3. The Manager’s Toolbox, various, Big Time Press
   
4. Leading Change, workbook, Pergamon
   
5. A Carrot a Day, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, John Wiley  Buy this book from Amazon
   
6. Understanding Finance, workbook, Pergamon
   
7. Thomas-Killman Instrument, US assessment tool
   
8. Developing High Performance Teams, workbook, Pergamon
   
9. The Meetings Pocketbook, Patrick Forsyth, Management Pocket Books  Buy this book from Amazon
   
10. Time Management Skills Indicator, assessment tool, Gower  Buy this book from Amazon
    
    Source: Open Mind (January-March 2006)