55 proven tools and techniques to help team leaders and project managers improve team performance in a complex environment. The book also provides an introduction to the concept of team coaching as a distinct management activity.
A practical, accessible handbook for anyone thinking about writing a book to build their business, with a wide range of tips and techniques to help plan, write, publishing and promote a book that’s integrated with your platform and works to build your reputation, network and credibility from Day 1.
In the Extraordinary Business Book Club podcast, Alison Jones goes under the hood of successful business books to discover how they’re put together and how they work for the businesses behind them. This book brings together all those inspiring and effective ideas, giving you a unique insight into how some of the world’s top business authors work and showing how you can make these ideas work for you too.
Discover the writing secrets of some of the world’s top business authors.
Writing a business book is about so much more than words on a screen: discover how to use the process of writing your book to develop your business, your platform, your network and even yourself. There’s no need to wait until your book is published for it to start transforming your business – it all starts here and now.
Thriving Abroad supports one of life’s greatest challenges: international relocation. It guides and inspires employees and their partners who are relocating internationally for work through a three-part framework designed to create personal and professional success abroad.
Business Book Awards 2026 Shortlisted in Leadership category
As leaders, we navigate a multitude of lines – reporting lines, dotted lines, bottom lines, deadlines. Yet amidst this web, there is one line that defines our leadership journey: our through line.
What is a through line? Your through line is the psychological core of your leadership story, the golden thread that connects who you are with how you lead. It links your decisions with what matters to you. As you face forward, understanding it provides an anchor in the face of uncertainty. As you uncover it, you discover that understanding who you are is instrumental in unlocking the impact of how you lead.
Discover a three-part framework – reach in, reset, reach out – designed to uncover your through line. Through practical exercises, you’ll identify the essence of your leadership. Through case studies and scientific research you’ll understand why this matters. Armed with this clarity, you’ll navigate change with confidence, lead with intention and inspire those around you. Because intentional leadership begins with clarity, purpose, and the courage to lead from within.
‘This book is a great guide to rediscover, renew and celebrate the genuine.’ – Ruth Dearnley OBE, President and Founder, STOP THE TRAFFIK
‘If you want to connect who you are with how you lead, this book offers the clarity and heart to get you there.’ HÉLÈNE BIANDUDI HOFER, Journalist
Archana Mohan, a dynamic Chief Operations and Technology Officer, blends her multicultural upbringing with a decade in teaching and 20 years in finance to drive collaboration and innovation. Recognized for her insights, Archana holds academic qualifications from Brown, Columbia, and Yale.
Stop the energy drain – recharge, rebalance and thrive!
Are you stressed, exhausted, or tending to neglect your own needs? If so, this book is your essential guide to emotional resilience, stress management, and burnout prevention—whether you’re a nurse, doctor, therapist, teacher, parent, carer, non-profit worker, or simply find it hard to say “no”.*
“A gem in the burnout prevention, self-care literature.” *
—Thomas Skovholt, Psychologist, Author of The Resilient Practitioner
Short chapters with evidence-based strategies that make it easy to:
Start thriving today— choose the practical tools that suit your needs.
“Meticulously researched and highly relevant for professionals and non-professionals alike.”
—Sue Schraer, Psychotherapist and guest editor of The Psychotherapist
From Exhaustion to Thriving: Real Stories, Real Tools, Real Hope
Sarah knows firsthand the challenges of overwhelm, burnout, and compassion fatigue. Balancing a demanding practice with being a single parent led her to profound exhaustion—fuelling her passion for real, evidence-based solutions.
Sarah has a Master’s in stress research and over a decade teaching her 7 Thriving Giver principles to doctors, nurses, therapists, and caring professionals. She equips you with practical tools for inner strength and wellbeing that integrate easily into a busy schedule.
Discover inspiring, real-life stories of individuals who found balance, resilience, and empowerment by mastering stress, setting boundaries, and nurturing themselves—with practical strategies you can apply today.
Remember, self-care is not selfish—it’s the fuel that allows your light to carry on shining.
You’re not alone—join a community of Thriving Givers who have already transformed their lives. With this book, you too can:
• Balance your own needs with the care of others • Stay calm and confident – even under pressure • Reignite your motivation for work and life • Build lasting vitality and wellbeing – at work and at home
“I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is powerful, authentic and guides us towards true self-compassion.”
—Dr Sarah Eagger, Consultant Psychiatrist, and Senior Lecturer
“Valuable tool for mental health workers – to enhance their own lives as well as their clients.”
—Caroline Black, Psychotherapist
Make today the turning point — reclaim balance, vitality and resilience with The Thriving Giver. Join empowered nurses, therapists, teachers and others who want to thrive – get your copy now.
When you become the final decision maker, everything changes. We all know that it’s tough at the top. But nothing, nothing can quite prepare you for becoming CEO.
Philip Levinson has experienced that ‘What now?’ moment as a rookie CEO. In Three Peaks Leadership, he shares the challenges he’s faced and the lessons he’s learned to help aspiring and new leaders prepare for life as a CEO.
The book charts a typical CEO journey, starting in the foothills, looking ahead to the role and how you can prepare for it, before scaling the three peaks:
It’s an expedition that needs the right preparation, mindset and approach, not to mention stamina, resilience and support. Three Peaks Leadership offers a unique route map for that journey. It’s a hands-on guide, a framework of strategies, tools and techniques that will inform the rest of your career.
Whether you’re in the foothills or already scaling your first CEO summit, Three Peaks Leadership will show you the way.
‘a book that senior managers should retain in the top drawer of their desk’
Paul Durrant – CEO, Conduit Group
This Is Not a Dress Rehearsal is an open and honest account of the personal and professional journey of Michel Masquelier, the man who went from being a lowly intern to the Chairman of the media division of IMG, the world’s largest sports management company.
This unique insight into the life of someone who was at the very heart of the sports industry for 35 years is filled with colourful, larger-than-life anecdotes, as well as advice about how to balance professional success with a passion for life and about how – ultimately – the ingredients which help you build a good career can also bring you profound personal contentment.
Masquelier opens his heart to the reader, reflecting on many intimate and deeply moving experiences which have shaped his life, as well as providing up-close portraits of the giants who have shaped the sports industry over the last three decades.
Be inspired and seize the day!
**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**
What does ‘Success’ mean to you?
Blending history, behavioural science and a rich tapestry of interviews, Irish author Adrian Kelly explores this age-old question in a new light. Once a struggling student who languished at the bottom of his class, Adrian knows first-hand the sting of failure.
Now, three decades later, he brings his experience as a solicitor, entrepreneur and sports coach to challenge common misconceptions about the core skills vital to overcoming challenge, with examples from Napoleon to the movie and sports stars of today. He examines how even the brightest and best can lose their way when it comes to the application of those skills. Finally, in a universe of ever-increasing opportunities, this is an invitation to consider what the most important things to accomplish in your life really are – they might not be what you think.
Provocative and practical, The Success Complex creates a template for a new understanding of the pursuit of success that truly fulfils.
Adrian Kelly: ‘A pursuit, not just of sustained success, but of a success that sustains you.’
***BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2022 SHORTLISTED TITLE******THE PEOPLE’ BOOK PRIZE 2022/23 SHORTLISTED TITLE***
Struggling? You’re in the right place.
In a world that’s obsessed with fast hacks, quick wins, and Instagram-perfection (cue “Everything is Awesome”) struggle has become a taboo. A sign that something’s gone horribly wrong. But what if we’ve got it all wrong about getting it wrong?
What if struggle isn’t a battle to fight, a trap to avoid, or a sign of weakness? What if struggle is precisely where the magic happens – where we do our best, most important work?
Whether you’re wading in treacle, waiting for the storm to pass or just damn tired of the hustle, this thought-provoking exploration will shine a surprising new light on the truth, beauty and opportunity hidden in life’s shittier moments.
Author of the award-winning ‘How to be Really Productive’, Grace Marshall is known for her “refreshingly human” approach to productivity. Featured in The Guardian, Forbes, Huffpost and BBC Radio, her work as a Productivity Ninja has taken her from Norway to New York, helping thousands of people – from startup founders to corporate managers, artists to engineers, students and CEOs – to replace stress, overwhelm and frustration with success, sanity and satisfaction.
Feel like your stutter dominates every waking second of your life?
You’re not alone. An estimated 70 million adults world-wide have a stutter. Many believe their lives will be significantly limited by the way they speak, but it doesn’t have to be that way . Aged 17, Paul stopped trying to ‘fix’ his stutter, and over a long and succesful career has designed a unique, five-step road map to help him become so much more than his stutter : it can help you do the same.
This is a powerful and practical book that focuses on what you love to do and guides you to create the life you really want and deserve.