Smart Thinking

Impact: Do More with Less is the definitive guide to the new rules of survival and success at work, based on extensive and original global research. It will help you have a real impact with minimal resources, budget or authority. For anyone who wants to get ahead, youll learn how to acquire informal power and amplify your formal power. This highly practical book will help you build the essential skills you need in this hybrid world of work: influencing, persuading, building your power network, finding sponsors, working on the right agenda, and promoting yourself and your agenda. Each chapter has practical techniques and tools you can practise and use to get ahead. If you want to have an impact, you need this book.

If you're an aspirational manager, how can you up your game, so that you become a great leader? Many people get promoted because they are good managers. But when they get into a leadership role, they struggle. And in today's world, it's never been truer that what got you to being a good manager, won't necessarily provide you with the right tools to become a great leader. The Mindset of Success is a guide to help you fill your potential. Award-winning leadership author, Jo Owen, explains that extraordinary leaders are naturally able to transform, motivate teams and positively disrupt. Using real-world examples of inspirational leaders, he explains that what they all have in common is that they act differently because they think differently. The third edition of this international bestseller identifies seven leadership mindsets common to all great leaders: high aspiration; courage; resilience; being positive; accountability; collaboration; focused on growth. And the good news is that all of these can be learnt. There is a way which is guaranteed to help you go from being a good manager to a great leader. That's having the leadership mindset. This book will you show you how to develop it.

Shortlisted for the CMI Management Book of the Year Competition 2011, Commuters' Read CategoryThe Mobile MBA delivers all the knowledge you need to fast track your career – this is your portable business coach, explaining MBA skills, models and applications and showing you how to put the grand theory and big talk into practice. Packaged with 11 Skill-Pills, one for each chapter of the book, these can be downloaded to your smart phone, tablet or computer so you can get access to up-to-date advice on the move so you can apply your new skills where and when you need them.

Based on original research with some of the world's leading companies, Global Teams is the definitive, practical guide on making the sharp end of globalisation work for you and your organisation.

Feel good and function with the help of Resilience. Resilience is your key to surviving and thriving in an ever more challenging world. This highly practical book gives you the tools and techniques to deal with the minor irritations and major events which life throws at us. Based on the latest research and original cases from around the world, Jo Owen reveals the 10 habits of mind which anyone can learn to bounce back and sustain high performance. Especially relevant for the changing world of work, Resilience shows you can build a better future through self-belief, strengthened connections and a positive mindset. Learn the ten habits that make a difference. Resilience – what’s stopping ?

The best leaders are born, not made. The best leaders are always in control. The best leaders are those with the highest IQs. But are they really? The thinking about what makes the greatest leaders is increasingly muddled by stereotypes, false promises and pseudo-science. The best leaders rely on fact, not fads. Myths of Leadership blasts away the fluff and confronts false legends head on. Jo Owen uses the most credible research to analyze each myth, using international business case studies, leadership theory and insightful interviews, to uncover the truth. This is a compelling examination of the most pervasive misconceptions about leadership that will help you elevate your own leadership abilities, better inspire your team and empower your organization by thinking differently. Entertaining and accessible Myths of Leadership throws out the management jargon and skewers over-hyped leadership trends to bring you the best practical tips you need to become a better leader. About the Business Myths series... The Business Myths series tackles the falsehoods that pervade the business world. From leadership and management to social media, strategy and the workplace, these accessible books overturn out-of-date assumptions, skewer stereotypes and put oft-repeated slogans to the test. Entertaining and rigorously researched, these books will equip you with the insight and no-nonsense wisdom you need to succeed.