Profile Books imprint: 206 books
You Talkin' To Me?
Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Rhetoric is what gives words power. It's nothing to be afraid of. It isn't the exclusive preserve of politicians: it's everywhere, from your argument with the insurance company to your plea to the waitress for a table near the window. It convicts criminals (and then frees them on appeal). It causes...
by Francesca Simon
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
In The Sleeping Army, Freya went to Hel and back. She fought dragons, fled fire and outwitted giants - all to restore eternal youth to the Norse Gods. But now they're back, does anyone care?
The Gods' popularity on earth is waning, and without regular worship, their powers are fading fast and...
Don't Be Needy Be Succeedy
The A to Zee of Motivitality©
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
L. Vaughan Spencer studied the Philosophy of Table Tennis and Anti-Social French at the University of the Isle of Wight and gained his MBA at the Jimmy Connors Institute in San Diego over the course of a weekend. Aside from holding motivational workshops in Watford, he also writes books; previous...
Managing Others: The Organisational Essentials
Your guide to getting it right
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This book contains checklists compiled by the CMI's experts on the aspects that are most crucial to the processes behind how you get the most from those you have to manage and work with, and how you deal with them when things go wrong. The checklists include:
Planning the recruitment process;...
The New East End
Kinship, Race and Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
This is non-fiction Brick Lane -what life is really like around Brick Lane and the East End. One of the most influential non-fiction books of the 1950s was Family and Kinship in East London which examined in great depth the life of people living in the dockland areas that had been so comprehensively...
Managing Strategy
Your guide to getting it right
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Managing Strategy provides a series of checklists designed to help managers get to grips with analysing their organisations and developing and implementing strategic plans and options.
It covers a range of topics, including:
Understanding organisational culture
Performing SWOT and PEST analyses
Researching...
Managing Operations
Your guide to getting it right
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
The best operations management ensures that a business's infrastructure and processes balance efficiency with effectiveness, using the right resources to maximum effect.
Using the series' trademark mix of checklists and thinker profiles, CMI experts guide the reader through the fundamentals...
by Michael Haag
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
The Durrell family are immortalised in Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals and its ITV adaptation, The Durrells. But what of the real life Durrells? Why did they go to Corfu in the first place - and what happened to them after they left?
The real story of the Durrells is as surprising...
Nijinsky
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
'He achieves the miraculous,' the sculptor Auguste Rodin wrote of dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. 'He embodies all the beauty of classical frescoes and statues'. Like so many since, Rodin recognised that in Nijinsky classical ballet had one of the greatest and most original artists of the twentieth century,...
The Glass Wall
Success strategies for women at work – and businesses that mean business
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Never mind the glass ceiling. In the workplace today there's a glass wall. Men and women can see each other clearly through the divide, but they don't speak the same language or have the same expectations. And as a result, women and their careers are suffering.
With more women than ever in...
The Fish Rots From The Head
The Crisis in our Boardrooms: Developing the Crucial Skills of the Competent Director
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2010
As a Chinese proverb says 'The fish rots from the head' and so it is with businesses and other organisations - the buck starts and stops in the boardroom. This third edition of Bob Garratt'sbestselling book that highlights the importance of effectivecorporate governance has been extensively updated...
Mastering Coaching
Practical insights for developing high performance
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Coaching is one of the most sought-after leadership skills - vital for anyone who wants to develop a team of people who will perform effectively, but are also motivated and relish working together. It's also a dynamic discipline which, in recent years, has developed and grown to embrace theory and...
The Tools Of Leadership
Vision, Inspiration, Momentum
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
A new, revised and completely updated edition of the bestseller about what it takes to be an effective and inspiring leader - from the author of the The Tao of Coaching Leadership can be learned. This practical and compelling guide offers the tools and techniques to help you build the necessary skills....
The Tao of Motivation
Inspire yourself and others
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
From the bestselling author of The Tao of Coaching comes a book on how to motivate and inspire others - and yourself! Motivation is much more than just a few words of praise. It is an essential skill which anyone can learn, and with which you can have an indelible, positive impact on yourself and...