Advice on careers & achieving success
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Always take notes
£20.00Always take notes
Where do the best ideas come from? How do you stay motivated? What does it take to become a published author? And how do you actually make money from your writing? For over five years the hosts of Always Take Notes podcast have posed their nosiest questions to some of the world’s greatest writers. The result is a compendium of frank and frequently entertaining guidance for living a creative life. From the early failures that shaped them to the daily challenges of writing and the habits that keep them on track, literary luminaries offer guidance to inspire.
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Barking up the wrong tree
£11.99Barking up the wrong tree
Much of the advice we’ve been told about achievement is logical, earnest – and downright wrong. Here, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it.
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Breaking the rainbow ceiling
£16.99Breaking the rainbow ceiling
‘Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling’ explores the hidden differences that cause LGBTQ+ people to be underrepresented at the most senior levels of professional life. Combining data with personal insights from over 40 prominent LGBTQ+ trailblazers, from CEOs to Ambassadors, Layla McCay reveals the challenges that LGBTQ+ people commonly encounter as they find their way in work environments, and provides the practical strategies that can help empower LGBTQ+ people to reach their full professional potential. The book explores how everyone – from boards, CEOs, managers, HR professionals and colleagues, through to LGBTQ+ people navigating their own career paths – can recognize and address the barriers, achieve their career goals, and build a more inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and succeed.
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Deal with stress
£8.99Deal with stress
While it’s sometimes said that a little stress is good for you, too much can damage your health, jeopardise your performance at work and affect your relationships. This handy guide offers practical solutions and step-by-step advice on combating and managing stress so that you can achieve the best work-life balance.
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Get That Job
£8.99Get That Job
Whether you’re a school leaver, a recent graduate, an established professional on the move, or someone looking to return to the job market, any research and preparation will be critical in improving your performance in an interview setting – from being aware of your own strengths and weaknesses, through to knowing the questions to ask that will ensure you are remembered after the interview is over. Whether it is in person, on the telephone or via a video conference, this text will prepare you for even the toughest interview.
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Get That Job – Cvs and Resumes
£8.99Get That Job – Cvs and Resumes
The ultimate guide to marketing yourself in a CV or resume, and ensuring you make a professional impression in any job search. The job market has never been more competitive, and marketing yourself can be tricky. And nothing raises a red flag for an employer than a poorly-written or badly-presented CV or resume. This handy guide offers practical, step-by-step advice on preparing, writing, and presenting an impressive document – either on paper or online – that will help you to ‘get your foot in the door’ with prospective employers. Covering essential issues such as identifying your goals, creating different types of CV, or coming up with a fantastic and persuasive letter to go with them, this is a must-read for job hunters at any stage of their career.
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Kind
£20.00Kind
In the range of leadership skills, kindness is inherently quieter, more personal, harder to see – and yes, less interesting or cinematic than controversial tweets and ‘bullying boss’ behaviour. But the most successful leaders and organizations recognise that kindness builds empathy, trust and psychological safety, the cornerstones of so many desirable traits and outcomes in many businesses: more creativity; a better quality of decision-making; safer critical thinking; higher levels of staff loyalty, flexibility and retention; a heightened sense of engagement; and higher productivity and profitability. The central premise of ‘Kind’ is that if you want to create psychological safety in your organization, then there are no better approaches than to create a culture that encourages mindful kindness – or, as the author calls it, ‘kindfulness’.
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The art of Danish living
£18.99The art of Danish living
We often look to the Danish lifestyle as a utopia: they enjoy long summer holidays and the cosiest, hyggelig winters, but their happiness isn’t just limited to their free time. Almost two thirds report high job satisfaction, and 58% say they would continue working even if they won the lottery. But what exactly are the ingredients of happiness at work? And how can we live more like that? Meik Wiking, the world’s favourite happiness expert, is back with more of his wise yet simple snippets of inspiration from Danish culture, and shows us that nurturing a sense of purpose, trust between you and your manager and freedom within your role can mean more than any job title. Based on stats from his own research and designed with his trademark style, this book is sure to improve your happiness levels.
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Your one wild and precious life
£14.99Your one wild and precious life
Unlike previous generations, we no longer expect to leave education forever in our early twenties; to be ready for the mortgage and 2.4 children by the time we hit thirty; to remain in one career till retirement; to give up on love or adventure or intellectual challenge as we age. It’s exciting, liberating – and also, unsettling. Drawing on fascinating psychological research on how we are affected by these ever-shifting goalposts, this book presents a radical new perspective on making the best of our lives. Distinguished psychologist Maureen Gaffney applies a unique full life approach to navigating these complicated times.
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