Book review

Book review – Can we start again? The patterns of NLP applied to business interactions by Daryll Scott

This book review was published in  Magazine - PM Forum way back in 2008. However, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) has arisen a few times at recent training workshops so I thought I would publish the review as a blog post. Book review – Can we start again? The patterns of Read More

2023-12-07T09:44:58+00:00December 7, 2023|Kim's Blog, Relationship Management|

Book review: The Strategy Book by Max McKeown

Being easy to read, short and jargon-free The Strategy Book (FT Publishing, 2012) is a considerable achievement bearing in mind the subject matter. I deliver and facilitate strategy workshops and it’s always good to be able to recommend strategy books to delegates. This one is equally helpful for experienced leaders Read More

2023-11-09T10:23:32+00:00November 9, 2023|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Strategy|

Conversation skills book review 4: The First Minute (How to start conversations that get results) by Chris Fenning

This is a slightly different conversation book to those I reviewed previously (see list below). The first two focused on starting a conversation in a networking situation. The third focused on conversations between leaders and their people. This book – published in 2020 – is also focused on internal conversations Read More

2023-09-20T11:08:25+01:00September 20, 2023|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management, Selling|

Book review: Neuroscience for learning and development by Stella Collins

The 2019 second edition of this book (subtitled “How to apply neuroscience and psychology for improved learning and training”) provides fascinating insight and practical ideas to incorporate neuroscience into learning and development initiatives. It’s published by CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) and Kogan Page. It should be essential Read More

2023-09-05T09:25:02+01:00September 5, 2023|Kim's Blog, Management Skills|

Book review: All you need to know about commercial awareness by Christopher Stoakes

I facilitate various workshops designed to increase commercial awareness. For young professionals. And it’s good to be able to recommend reliable sources of information at those sessions. This short (130 pages) information-packed book was revised in 2019. And I commend it to those looking to initiate their commercial awareness journey. Read More

2023-08-24T15:46:17+01:00August 24, 2023|Kim's Blog, Management Skills|
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