Business

Amazon is the fastest company ever to reach $100 billion in sales and they didnt reach that landmark by staying in their comfort zone. Risk taking is the key that unlocked the door to growth at Amazon, but those risks were (and are) intentional, calculated, and strategic. Thomas Edison believed,...

Perfect your social skills and master any conversation The most famous confidence-boosting book ever published, with sales of over 16 million copies worldwideMillions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie. In How to Win Friends and Influence People, he offers practical...

Endlessly insightful and full of surprises - exactly what you would expect from Tim Harford BILL BRYSONEntertaining . . . A lively introduction to some of the most ingenious, yet often overlooked inventions that have changed the way we live The TimesEvery Tim Harford book is cause for celebration MALCOLM...

Discover how rethinking can lead to excellence at work and wisdom in life Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world it might matter more that we can rethink and unlearn.Organizational psychologist Adam Grant is an expert on opening other peoples...

The Five Tool Negotiator stands apart in a category saturated with breezy, self-help volumes as a compulsively readable and highly researched must-have for anyone looking to improve their bargaining skills. Nationally renowned UCLA law professor Russell Korobkin distills insights drawn from his decades of studying and teaching the keys to...

The aim of the Corporate & Business Law (English) syllabus is to develop knowledge and skills in the understanding of the general legal framework, and of specific legal areas relating to business, recognising the need to seek further specialist legal advice where necessary.The broad syllabus headings are:A Essential elements of...

The aim of the Corporate & Business Law (English) syllabus is to develop knowledge and skills in the understanding of the general legal framework, and of specific legal areas relating to business, recognising the need to seek further specialist legal advice where necessary.The broad syllabus headings are:A Essential elements of...

A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means - Yuval Noah Harari There is eminently underlinable stuff on most pages ... Fascinating - The Times One of those few books that will turn your customary ways of thinking upside down - Susan Cain Illuminating - New...

We – all of us – consistently exclude, underestimate and under-utilize huge numbers of people in the workforce even as we include, overestimate and promote others, often beyond their level of competence. Not only is this immoral and unjust, it’s bad for business. Just Work is the solution. Just Work...

For anyone who has ever had trouble staying motivated while trailblazing towards success, YOU ARE A BADASS EVERY DAY is the concise, crystal clear companion which will keep you fresh, grateful, mighty, and driven. In one hundred exercises, reflections, and cues that you can use to immediately realign your mind...

Small business specialist Elaine Pofeldt offers her blueprint for getting a running start with your microbusiness?that is, a business with no more than 20 employees, including yourself. Following her previous book, The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, Pofeldt gives readers the steps toward their next entrepreneurial venture, including testing an idea’s market...

One of the worst recessions for the past 100 years, businesses failing, a revolution in technology, increasing financial constraints, compliance stifling the ability to be nimble, changing consumer behaviour, and a market driving products towards commoditization - this is the perfect storm facing the banking industry. Disruption provides a critical...

Compounded by the pandemic-induced economic recession, many companies find themselves operating in declining markets - markets that have no real long-term prospects for growth, and where the demand for certain goods and services are stable at best but are not increasing. Yet, in such an environment, it is not impossible...

Get what you want without compromising who you are: the new rules of persuasion to influence others for good Were all nice. In fact, were told were too nice and we have to change to succeed: Play the game!; Beat them down!; Toughen up!. Do we have to choose between...

Fascinating Stylist magazine A powerful reminder that we cannot discuss wellness without also talking about the elephant in the room: money. This book isnt just about getting reconnected with a helpful app or spreadsheet but something much more important than that: it will inspire you to reconnect with yourself. Emma...

A fast-paced, gripping insider account of the entrepreneurs and renegades racing to bring lab-grown meat to the world. The trillion-dollar meat industry is one of our greatest environmental hazards; it pollutes more than all the worlds fossil-fuel-powered cars. Global animal agriculture is responsible for deforestation, soil erosion and more emissions...

A ground-breaking method for giving feedback that will boost performance and motivation. We all give feedback every day of our working lives. But all too often, a fear of awkward conversations leads us to hold back or say the wrong things.Lets Talk can change that. Dr. Therese Huston, a world-leading...

More than 6 million readers around the world have improved their lives by reading The Magic of Thinking Big. First published in 1959, David J Schwartzs classic teachings are as powerful today as they were then. Practical, empowering and hugely engaging, this book will not only inspire you, it will...

It is the amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life, for example a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions, health...

Some of the most successful people in the world all have a secret power: their partnerships. Our individualistic society has created a cult of self-interest. The result: fear, division, and domination, which has crushed our ability to relate meaningfully to each other and diminished our ability to innovate and collaborate.Jean...