Articles and Features

In a full length feature article for Training Journal, I explained why simply being smart as a leader is not enough. The wisdom of leadership Without a doubt, leaders need to be smart. They need to juggle different aspects of their leadership roles while retaining currency in their areas of technical expertise. They need to have answers – or be able to get them – and they need to motivate and direct the teams who follow them. Not surprisingly, the study...

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The Treasure has published another* of my articles; “NOble Objections” about how to say NO. It is a subscription only magazine for members of The Association of Corporate Treasurers, so you can download a free pdf copy of the article here.    

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The April 2013 edition of “The Best You” features my article on Risk Management: “Risk – and How to Handle it“. You can read it in the online version of the magazine here (you will need to register for a free subscription to the online version) or you can download a free pdf version of the two page article here. The article is adapted from one of my regular free email newsletter/tip-sheets: “Thoughtscape“.  You can review the full Thoughtscape backlist...

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Smart to Wise was my hardest book to write, so far. And this includes the new book I have just sent to my publisher, Pearson, which is by far the most complex of my ten books to date. One of the reasons why Smart to Wise was so difficult to write was the discipline of sticking to my editor’s specification of 25,000 words.  Compare this with the word count of a typical business or self-development book that you would also...

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At the heart of my original book on personal time management, “Brilliant Time Management” was a simple principle: The OATS Principle. I originally planned to place it at the start of the book, but as the book took shape, I decided to make it the summary of much of what came before, rather than introduce it early.  But it remains the key to the whole book. So much so, in fact, that when I came to write what I view...

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Three of my Brilliant title are now available in Polish translation:    

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If you want a stack of ideas to improve your management style … but you don’t have a year to spare: The Three-Hour MBA.  Pick up more management tools in three hours than you ever thought possible. “Very informative especially if you have no formal business training.  Presented to help one modify their own ability to run their business, without the complexity usually brought out by business books and courses.” Carol Kariuki, Environclean The Three Hour MBA is one of my most popular...

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This autumn has been an extremely busy time for me, and early in the autumn, I started trialing a new work-planning and organising system.  It is very simple and, my conclusion is, it works magnificently. It is based on an inexpensive stationery item, a simple multi-part folder.  In my case, I use a none-part file like this one: http://amzn.to/U2dqJh. What I did – initially with pencil and, now I have decided to stick with the system, with printed labels – is label...

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The Yes/No Book is doing astonishingly well – thank you. Firstly, it is reached number 15 in the W.H. Smith non-fiction chart in the week of 26 November and I am hoping it will stay well-placed in the chart for a good few weeks. Perhaps even more flattering is that it is sandwiched between the latest books by two of my favourite authors: - Mark Forsyth’s “Horologicon“ - Richard Wiseman’s “Paranormality“ Both books would make great Christmas presents – as, of...

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November’s copy of The Treasurer is out.  This is the professional magazine of the Association of Corporate Treasurer’s and the editor invited me to write an article about negotiation.  You can read a version of my article below, or click the image to download the article as a pdf.   The need to negotiate is not negotiable.  We all do it; whether formally, in a boardroom, discussing millions of pounds, or around the dinner table, planning your family’s next outing. ...

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