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Does the thought of planning put you off? Planning is the area which gets you from where you are now to where you want to be. It consists of analysing your current situation, deciding your objectives, formulating your action and then getting on with it. This book shows you how. When you have read this book… • you will understand the major components of making a plan • you will know how to put a plan together and make it work • you will be clearer about your ultimate aims and how to achieve them

Do you find making satisfactory deals difficult? Negotiating is a productive and satisfying way to achieve an acceptable solution. It enables everyone involved to get what they want while giving others a chance to do the same. It is about making mutually beneficial agreements, enabling everybody to feel satisfied with the results and willing to negotiate another day. This book shows you how. When you have read this book… • you will understand the fundamental aims of negotiating • you will know how to work out what you want from a deal • you will have a greater ability to negotiate

Do you find it scary to let go and delegate tasks? Delegating is a powerful and productive way of getting tasks completed as well as releasing time for you to do more. But many people can find this difficult to do. Find out how to get a lot more of your work done, by letting go and getting some of it done by others. This book shows you how. When you have read this book… • you will understand which tasks you can delegate • you will know how to match tasks to people • you will have the confidence to hand over some of your authority and control to someone else

Do you find yourself constantly chasing time? Everyone has the same amount of time. Most people say they don't have enough time, yet people manage to get much more done than others. Understanding why this is the case plays a vital part in managing your time more productively. This book looks what you can do, if not to make more time, then at least to make the most of the time available to you. When you have read this book… • you will understand the need to place value on your time • you will know how better to maximise your time • you will become more efficient and have more time to do things you always meant to do

Do you find yourself at a loss when you need to hire someone? Managing people is not easy, but it can be made a good deal easier if you can make sure you have recruited the right people in the first place. When you know the essential steps to go through, you are more likely to recruit the right person for the right job. This book shows you how. When you have read this book… • you will be able to specify the sort of person you need • you will know what to do to find the right person • you will be able to select the right person for your job

Do you run meetings without feeling in control of them? Positive and productive outcomes are the key objectives of any meeting. Many people say that a large proportion of the meetings they attend are futile and achieve little if anything at all. Running meetings is a relatively straightforward process, once you know what they involve and what you need to do to produce positive results. This book shows you how. When you have read this book… • you will be aware of the effects of group dynamics • you will know how to exert control and get results • you will be confident that meeting you run will achieve their purpose

Do you find it hard to motivate people to want to work well? Motivation is very simple. It has to do with how well people are treated and how good they feel about what they are doing. But what you have to do to get people motivated and keep them that way is not quite so easy. You need to understand the nature of motivation and how to create and sustain motivated people. When you have read this book… • you will know what to do to motivate people • you will understand the psychology of motivation • you will have the ability to inspire performance and keep it going