This innovative pocket book series covers a wide range of management and personal development topics. Each title is a comprehensive yet compact source of easy reference for all those in, or aspiring to, a position of responsibility, with a focus on developing and enhancing professional management practice.

Essential Managers: Positive Thinking
Make sure the glass is always half-full as you learn to think positively both in personal and professional situations. Find out how to handle fear, anger and disappointment by assessing thinking patterns and changing negative perceptions to improve your life. View Books

Essential Managers: Presenting
Find out how to improve your presentation skills by learning how to prepare properly, capture attention, speak confidently and deliver your message. You'll discover how to structure your presentation, engage with your audience, and make an impact.
Presenting provides presentation tips, key highlights, dos and don'ts, and 'SOS' hints for specific situations, as well as real-life case studies showing how to achieve and build confidence in your message and inspire trust. Read it cover to cover, or dip in and out of topics for quick reference. 		View Books

Essential Managers: Managing Meetings
Managing Meetings shows how to chair and participate fully in a meeting. It also provides practical techniques for making meetings work efficiently and effectively. Power tips helps you handle real-life situations and develop first-class meeting skills that will improve efficiency and decisiveness. View Books

Essential Managers: Managing Your Boss
Your relationship with your boss is one of the most important factors in achieving a successful career. Understanding how your boss thinks and works is the key to building a productive partnership. Managing Your Boss explains how to get the best from your boss, whether you are working under pressure or on routine tasks. View Books

Essential Managers: Managing Teams
Managing Teams not only shows how to establish a productive environment and exploit group dynamics, but also provides practical techniques to apply in different settings. Power tips highlight how to handle real situations and build the first-class team management skills that are the key to a productive and informed workplace. View Books

Essential Managers: Negotiating
Find out how to improve your negotiating skills by defining your style, preparing properly and designing your meeting structure. You'll learn how to build relationships, develop trust and negotiate fairly.
Negotiating provides vital tips, dos and don'ts and 'In Focus' features on what to do in particular situations, as well as real-life case studies that demonstrate how to manage an impasse, persuade others and close the deal. Read it cover-to-cover, or dip in and out of topics for quick reference. 		View Books

Essential Managers: Interviewing Skills
Interviewing Skills shows how to choose a new person to fill a post and how to interview colleagues for a promotion. It also provides practical techniques to use when interviewing. Power tips helps individuals and teams to handle real-life interview situations and develop first-class interviewing skills that will dramatically improve results. View Books

Essential Managers: Communicate Clearly
Learn all you need to know about successful communication, from interpreting body language to writing letters, and from optimising meetings to speaking effectively on the phone.
Communicate Clearly not only shows you how to hold an audience when making presentations and how to take notes or compile reports, but also provides practical techniques for you to try in different settings. Power tips help you handle real-life situations and develop the first-class communication skills that are the key to a productive and informed workplace. 		View Books

Essential Managers: Leadership
Find out how to improve your leadership skills by establishing a vision, inspiring others and championing high performance. You'll learn how to focus your energy, build relationships and develop strategies.
Leadership offers tips, dos and don'ts, highlights key subjects, and 'SOS' hints on what to do in a particular situation, plus real-life case studies that demonstrate key skills, such as communication and achieving results. 		View Books