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The Truth About Leadership

Authors: James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Publisher: Jossey-Bass

LEADERS need to move beyond pessimistic predictions, the trendy fads, and the simplistic solutions. They need to turn to what is real and what is proven, to understand what the evidence says about how exemplary leaders get extraordinary things done.

The authors give 10 time-tested truths what all leaders must know, the questions they must be prepared to answer and the real-world issues they will likely face.

Among these 10 gems are credibility, values, team work, trust and leadership by example. At the end of it all, leadership is an affair of the heart. It is not a desire for position, for status or money.


Positive Management: Increasing Employee Productivity

Author: Jack H. Walters
Publisher: Business Expert Press

THERE is a myth in American and other first-world business cultures that being tough and unreasonable are keys to extracting high productivity from employees. Economic, demographic and cultural changes are creating a workplace where that thinking has become a myth.

If your organisation has people who are hard to work for, or is facing increasing difficulty in finding top-quality employees, this book will help you learn more about positive management.

Any manager, business owner or student of management will find this book useful. Its framework is best understood by those who have first-hand experience with supervising managers and line employees over an extended period.


The Orange Revolution: How one great team can transform an entire organisation

Authors: Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton
Publisher: Free Press

FOLLOWING their bestseller The Carrot Principle, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton return with a guide to building high-performance teams.

The true driver of exceptional success for great companies is not a genius CEO. Breakthrough success is driven by a particular breed of breakthrough team that generates its own momentum with colleagues working together.





By THEAN LEE CHENG