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Probably the best free business leadership resource on the web
Have you discovered www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk yet? It is quite simply one of the best free business leadership resource banks on the web and more great material is being added all the time. Knowing that, now more than ever, business leaders need to keep up to date and constantly develop their knowledge and skills, we have created this free site with the busy business executive in mind.
At the click of a mouse you can find articles on leadership, change management, surviving business politics and strategy development.
As for those business books that you know you should have read, you will find many of them summarised here; summaries that contain all the essential points and which can be read in fifteen minutes or less.
Add to this a range of strategic business and self development tools, blog articles on topics as wide ranging as presentation skills and organisational change, useful links to sites on subjects as diverse as conflict resolution and outsourcing, and you know you have an unrivalled resource that many executive find themselves referring to again and again.
New and useful material is being added all the time, but listed below are some of the resources you will find. Click on the relevant link and it will take you directly to the information you require. What could be simpler?
Articles
o Leadership with impact - what is it that we recognise in great leaders that we find so difficult to put into words? http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news1.html
o Executive coaching – how to self coach with “Inner GROW”. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news2.html
o Success – how to get back into the driving seat of your career. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news3.html
o Goal setting for personal and business success – learn the value of powerfully imagined goals and how to set them. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news5.html
o Political skills for business leaders – a practical toolkit for surviving the corporate political jungle. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news6.html
o The power of attraction – a proven, pragmatic and constructive approach to organisation and culture change. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news8.html
o Power delegating - Most of my clients are preoccupied by it. Few feel they have mastered it. Here is a practical guide distilled from experience. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news12.html
o Thriving in challenging times – ensuring your best people have the edge they need to steer you successfully and profitably through troubled times. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news16.html
o Strategic development: delivering superior returns – how to deliver long term business results through targeted investment in the organisations key resource, its people. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news17.html
o Save money, stop training – delivering superior business results through strategic development. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news19.html
o How to write knockout presentations – preparing presentations that entertain and engage. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news21.html
o New leaders: We don’t need another hero – towards a more human style of leadership. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news25.html
o What is coaching – using coaching to produce autonomous learners who take responsibility for their own development. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news27.html
o Coaching dilemmas – the benefits to be gained from installing a coaching culture broadly across your business and equipping all those who manage others with the necessary skills. http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news28.html
Book summaries
o Living Leadership: A practical guide for ordinary heroes, by G Binney, G Wilke and C Williams, FT Prentice Hall, 2005 - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra21.html
o Simply Strategy: The shortest route to the best strategy, by R Koch and P Nieuwenhuizen, Prentice Hall, 2006 - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra22.html
o Relationship Marketing, by Regis McKenna, Century Hutchinson, 1992 - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra23.html
o The Leadership Pipeline, by R. Charan, S. Drotter and J. Noel, Josey-Bass, 2001 - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra24.html
o Change, Watzlawick et al, W. W. Norton and Company, 1974 - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra25.html
o Good to great: Why some companies make the leap and others don't, by Jim Collins, Random House, 2001 - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra26.html
o Personal networking: how to make your connections count, by Mick Cope, FT Prentice Hall, 2003 - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra27.html
o Getting to yes: Negotiating an agreement without giving in, by Roger Fisher and William Ury, Penguin, 1981 - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra28.html
o Leadership Presence: Dramatic techniques to reach out, motivate and inspire, by B. Halpern and K. Lubar, GOtham Books, 2003 - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra29.html
Self development tools
o Force field analysis – a classic goal setting tool - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra3.html
o Cost benefit analysis – a practical and effective tool for choosing actions that give you most of what you want - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra3.html
o Personal SWOT analysis – a tool that is equally applicable to team and personal development as it is to business strategy - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra33.html
o Learning log – this simple reflective learning log uses the structure of Kolb’s learning cycle. It works on the principle that to learn we must first take action of some kind, then reflect on what we have experienced, draw clear conclusions and prepare to act differently as a result - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra34.html
o About success – thought provoking ideas about personal power and success - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra35.html
o Influencing skills – a detailed review of various push and pull styles of influencing, how to use them and when they are appropriate - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra36.html
Business tools
o Porter’s five forces - Since its publication back in 1980 (M E Porter, Competitive Strategy, Free Press, 1980) Porter’s Five Forces model has become one of the most popular and valued frameworks in the strategists toolkit. The purpose of the model is to help analyse and understand in depth the range and relative importance of the competitive forces that impact on an organisation - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra41.html
o Kotter’s eight step change model - In the 1990s, John Kotter investigated change processes in over 100 companies. From this research, he came up with a coherent and convincing set of reasons for why corporate change
initiatives often fail and what needs to be done to significantly increase chances of success - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra43.html
o Embracing change with mind, body and soul - In contrast to the many mechanical metaphors in the literature on organisational change, Gemini Consulting’s change model views the organisation organically, in the form of a living body interacting with its environment - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra44.html
Blog articles
o Leading in a complex and changing world - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra101.html
o Ten top tips for professional presentations - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra102.html
o Ten more top tips for professional presentations - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra103.html
o Making organisational change work - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra104.html
o Leading change through uncertain times - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra105.html
o Change is a state of mind - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra106.html
o Strategy development: Thriving in challenging times - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra107.html
o Top assertiveness tips - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra108.html
o Learning for peak performance - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra109.html
o How to prepare knockout presentations - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra10.html
o Installing a coaching culture to deliver business results - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra10.html
Useful links
Click her to go to the relevant page and then follow the link to the information you require: http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/calendar.html
The Balanced Scorecard Institute
Benchnet: The Benchmarking Exchange
The Business Improvement Network
Brainstorming
Business Startup Community
Conflict Resolution Advice
Corporate Responsibility
Customer Relationship Management
Human Resources Management
Investors In People
The Innovation Network
Intellectual Property
Interview Skills
Key Account Management (FMCG)
Knowledge Management
Managing Diversity
Managing Stress
Marketing
Operations Management
Opportunity Now (Business Leadership for Women)
Outsourcing
Project Management
Product Development
Start-ups (free information for business start-ups)
Coaching
o Harness your resourcefulness - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra61.html
o Imagine the power of unlimited personal business coaching - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra62.html
o Maximising potential through executive coaching - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra63.html
o Taking coaching to the next level - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra64.html
o ROI figures you can not afford to ignore - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra66.html
Leadership Development
o Free lunchtime learning seminar - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra71.html
o Ensuring your future through leadership development - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra72.html
Facilitation
o Workshop facilitator - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra81.html
o Open space - focusing on real business issues - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra82.html
o Inspiring productivity through facilitation - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/extra83.html
Others
o Our distinctive approach - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news23.html
o Achieving superior performance - http://www.personalbusinesscoach.co.uk/news24.html
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