A comprehensive guide to the vineyards and wines of Britain, from award- winning producers to up-and-coming winemakers. Wine expert and photographer Ed Dallimore provides detailed notes on the best British vineyards, all accompanied by his gorgeous photography.
This guide offers practical strategies for leaders seeking to enhance their effectiveness and drive significant improvements in their leadership skills. It focuses on actionable insights and transformative practices that can be implemented in various leadership contexts, making it an essential resource for both current and aspiring leaders aiming for impactful growth and development.
In a fast-moving world coaching skills are an essential prerequisite of good leadership and management.
Learn to be effective to lead a team. Useful prompts to use in coaching and training. Metaphors are easy to remember and reinforce learning objectives.
Learn to be effective and confident in leading a team to manage changes in the work environment. Learn 100 useful steps to manage rapid changes at work.
Recent styles of political debate in western democracies have highlighted questions about how we exercise personal freedom and who is responsible for how we live. Peter Shaw draws on writers and thinkers from different eras in order to pose questions about what it means to act responsibly in a wide range of personal and public contexts.
From Belfast to Bandit Country...The true story of a squadron pilot during the deadly Troubles in Northern Ireland and the application and determination required to fly the British Army Gazelle helicopter.
Our lives are full of defining moments, but do we recognise them? We often fail to appreciate the significance of these moments. At work the pressure can be relentless and we can fail to enjoy these moments. The author shows how to recognise and appreciate these moments, which in turn helps us to better cope during more difficult times.
This authoritative Bantam Classic edition presents readers with a wide-ranging selection of Benjamin Franklin’s most important writings, illuminating the complex and appealing character of this quintessential American who rose to fame as a publisher, inventor, educator, bon vivant, and statesman. Here are selections from Franklin’s newspaper articles, from the sage wisdom of <i>Poor Richard’s Almanac,</i> from his entertaining letters, from his scientific essays, from his political and revolutionary writings, plus a generous sampling of his famous aphorisms, poems, and humor. And, most important, here is a newly edited text of one of the most vital and important works of American literature, the <i>Autobiography</i>. As fascinating and as relevant as ever, this timeless collection of writings reveals an extraordinary man whose mind was always curious, always questioning, and who forever remained dedicated to the principles of truth and liberty.
