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A new approach to designing simple and powerful strategy by harnessing organizational talent and creativity.Strategy is important, but it's not easy to come up with fresh ideas needed for success, let alone bring them to life. Uncertainty about the future, the pressure of competition, risk aversion, and those boring planning meetings employees sit through sap confidence and enthusiasm and produce timid templates for maintaining status quo.This book offers a new approach to designing strategy. It shows how to inspire others to think differently long-term, work through challenging issues constructively, and ultimately become committed to an ambitious, shared future for your organization. Leading strategist Rosie Yeo reveals how to find answers to big questions by unleashing team creativity to hone in on what is most important and map a bold pathway to success. For leaders, aspiring leaders and anyone who needs a future plan, Go For Bold offers a fresh take on the creative collaboration needed to design, implement and achieve your organization's growth and other success metrics.

A study found that one-third of people in relationships listed their partner as the most annoying person they know! There is no way these relationships started this way. No one falls in love with the most annoying person they can find. This book explores how to use leverage to prevent relationships from descending into maximum level annoyance – not just romantic relationships, but relationships with your children, annoying family members, even work colleagues or your boss.

A comprehensive, coach-yourself guide for busy, burnt-out leaders to take back control of flexible working arrangements and find balance in an overworked world. Despite the promise of a post-pandemic ‘reset' that would make flexible work practices mainstream, it seems that overwork is here to stay. According to leading executive coach and psychologist, Dr Karen Morley, overwork is driven by ambitious, competitive and over-confident bosses who chase continuous growth and are prepared to sacrifice their own health and wellbeing, and that of their workforce, to achieve increasingly unrealistic targets. Remote work or not, this hasn't changed.High achieving, conscientious and agreeable leaders, the lifeblood of organizational success, get caught in the slipstream. In a world where overwork remains an expectation, flexible work has not been the solution we had all been hoping for. Rather, it has just blurred the boundaries between personal and professional life. It's time for leaders to take better control of where and when they work – a concept the author refers to as ‘flexAbility'. Flexibility is how the system operates, flexAbility is how to operate in this demanding system.FlexAbility is a comprehensive guide for leaders seeking to take back control and redefining their approach to work. It's about rediscovering why they do what they do and where work fits into their sense of purpose, so they can better align their work practices to suit their lives. In a world where more workers have burnout than don't, and feelings of anxiety are increasing, FlexAbility is a life-changing resource that every leader needs.

Just like any fitness program, there's a process to getting your property investments into shape and achieving peak performance. In this easy-to-read book, experienced property investor and entrepreneur, Luke Harris, shares his proven strategies and mentor tips to help new and experienced investors achieve financial freedom through property.You don't start jogging by running a marathon, and you don't begin weight training by lifting 30 kg dumbbells. There's a process to getting into shape and achieving peak performance. There are also multiple ways to keep fit, through a variety of sports or exercise programs.Investing in property is the same. You need to start by learning how other people invest - including the mistakes they make. You have to find a team of experts (your 'trainers'), do some self-assessment (your 'fitness test') and then start to look at how you will achieve your fitness goals.Property Fit assists you with all of this. In this easy-to-read, practical book, Luke Harris provides you with mentor tips and mindset insights, as well as proven strategies that are invaluable to seasoned investors as well as those just starting out in property. He helps you find an investing strategy that fits your ultimate goal of financial freedom.This easy-to-read, practical book includes mentor tips and mindset insights, as well as proven strategies that seasoned investors, or those just starting out in property, will find invaluable.

2022 International Book Awards Winner - Self-Help: Relationships2022 Nautilus Book Award Silver Medalist - Relationships & CommunicationA practical guide to untangling difficult relationships, letting go of resentment and ultimately leading a happier life. Thousands of clinical studies have demonstrated the positive benefits of gratitude to our physical, emotional and social wellbeing, but according to award-winning gratitude educator Dr Kerry Howells, it's only when we experience the discomfort of not being able to find gratitude that a path opens for real growth and transformation.Based on 25 years of ground-breaking research, Untangling you: How can I be grateful when I feel so resentful? is the first book of its kind to discuss gratitude in terms of its conceptual opposite: resentment. Using practical strategies, tools and insights, this life-changing book will show you how to start to repair difficult relationships, improve your wellbeing, grow your resilience, and ultimately move from resentment towards deep gratitude to lead a happier and more fulfilling life. This book will help you on this journey, whether you are a leader, coach, parent, teacher, people manager, mentor, health professional, or just someone who wants to grow their character and self-efficacy.

Create a life that truly makes you happy with this essential guide to personal growth. You may have outgrown a relationship. Your job may no longer excite you. Maybe you look in the mirror and see someone you don't want to be anymore. You might be so fed up that you're ready to throw in the towel at work or in a friendship or relationship. Behind the scenes, thousands of smart, capable, amazing people like you feel the exact same way. Rachel Service was once one of these people. After a successful career plagued with anxiety, depression and eventually burn out, she knew there had to be more to life - so she booked a ticket to New York City to see Beyonce. It wasn't until she found herself crying through the concert that she realised: she was the problem. What she didn't yet know, was that she could also be the answer. In There Has To Be More, Rachel shares the methods and tools she created to genuinely grow and build a life that reflects what makes her happy. Since then, she has turned $300 in her bank account into a million-dollar business, became a CEO, got married and did a TEDx talk in a hot pink suit. There Has To Be More is a practical guide that walks the reader through the five steps towards personal growth. Rachel holds your hand along the way, encouraging you to pause and self-assess, then move on with greater insights and more courage. If you're ready to take back control, grow your confidence and assert your boundaries, this book will give you the tools to make positive change and discover your own definition of success in life and work.

Anyone can have a good business idea, but it might take 39 bad ideas before a good idea takes off. Fred Schebesta, a serial entrepreneur, knows this, because it happened to him.For the first time, Fred shares the stories, mistakes and insights from his incredible business journey to inspire you to kickstart your business idea and reach unimaginable success. He describes the highs and lows of starting a business, and reveals his ten guiding principles to build a 'phoenix' company that leaves behind a legacy.Whether you've started several businesses, have an idea but aren't sure where to start, or are sick and tired of doing the same thing, this book is the launchpad you need to get fired up and Go Live!

Successful property investors need to have goals and a clear strategy, alongside the support of a range of specialists to achieve the desired outcome of long-term wealth creation. There are few occupations that understand these core elements better than military professionals. Regardless of the desired goals and chosen strategy, military personnel possess the necessary skills, attributes and discipline required to achieve any objective.In today's world of low interest rates and competitive prices, property buyers need a modern guide to property investing that will lead to financial freedom. This comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide aims to educate everyday Australians on how they can begin their own property investment journey with ruthless military precision and efficiency.

'In this moment, we need leaders more than ever. But, as Alicia McKay helps us understand, waiting two years for a piece of paper isn't required to make a difference. Start where you are and start now.'SETH GODIN, author of This is MarketingMBAs are old news. In this ground-breaking book, leadership expert Alicia McKay teaches leaders to focus on the things they don't teach you at business school.Leaders are made, not born. But they are not made in the lecture halls and seminar rooms; you don't need an MBA to be an effective leader.They need to get smart, be strategic about the next step and expand their range, to face a complex and uncertain future. They need paradox: clear values and open minds, high performance and meaningful space, dedication to detail and big picture perspective. They need to ask different questions, design different options and most of all, they need to do that with others on the same journey.In this thought-provoking book, Alicia McKay teaches you the five skills every strategic leader needs:* How to develop true flexibility* How to make good decisions* How to develop powerful systems* How to drive real performance* How to have meaningful influence Drawing on the latest global thinking on leadership, You Don't Need an MBA uses Plain English to demystify the skills leaders of the future need and outlines a way forward; united leadership that focuses on real outcomes, not quick-fixes.

A must-read, practical insider's guide for all Australian home buyers.Whether you're buying your first home, your next home or your forever home, the proven process shared throughout this book will be an invaluable guide.Award-winning real estate agent and popular podcaster Todd Sloan speaks with hundreds of people each week and their objectives are always the same: they want to find and purchase the right property quickly and for a good price.Sharing insider tips and tricks that selling agents wouldn't normally disclose, Australia's Home Buying Guide is an insightful, practical and fun guide that takes the stress out of buying a home.It covers common pitfalls and traps buyers should watch out for when they're at the start of their search, such as:How to make sure you get your finances approved correctly.How to get the best deal on your loan and potentially save thousands of dollars.How to find the right area for you and your family (if you have one).What questions to ask the agent to give you a competitive edge.How to read a selling agent's tricks and potentially save stacks of cash.Todd Sloan has a genuine passion for helping people during what is often a scary and stressful process, and he brings a unique and useful insider's perspective on how to buy property in this must-read guide for home buyers.

Think of all the runaway business success stories: Google, Facebook, Amazon to name just three. Imagine if you had invested in these stocks when they first listed!Shareplicity 2 shows how investors can successfully invest in US stocks and ETFs (exchange traded funds), and how they can pick the themes and the trends that will offer the best returns in the 2020s and beyond.Danielle Ecuyer has been investing in the US stock market for many years and now shares her experience and expertise in Shareplicity 2, the follow up book to her bestselling Shareplicity, which hit book shops in 2020 and has been on the Top 50 Business Book bestseller lists ever since.Since launching her first book, Danielle has been a regular media commentator, contributor and podcast guest as she shares her simple approach to share market investing. The feedback she has had from readers has been sensational, with 5 star reviews and thank yous on social media.Shareplicity 2 is a comprehensive and practical book with chapters on:Ford versus Tesla, the changing of the guardUS stock markets and the major indicesThe US now and into the futureValuing the top 20 US giantsSecular megatrends: part one - an overviewSecular megatrends: part two - growth sectors and stocksInvesting in the US indirectly via ETFs and ESG fundsUS stock portfoliosWhat you need to knowInvesting is not a process of perfect..It is sure to find a huge audience of Shareplicity fans looking to take the next step.

How employable are you? If you are employed, it doesn't mean you are employable!Technology is escalating the rate of change in the workplace. Five years ago, would you ever have imagined holding meetings via Zoom, or having telephone or video appointments with your doctor? There are jobs now that we'd never heard of a decade ago. According to the World Economic Forum, 65% of children entering primary school today will end up working in new job types that aren't even on our radar yet. In our current times, knowing the attributes that make you employable will be imperative to your success. Employable: 7 Attributes to Assure Your Working Future delves into the seven most important traits that employers are looking for in today's competitive job marketplace. Each attribute is given a chapter that examines its facets, ending with a self-assessment for readers to gauge the state of their trait. Special chapters are included for those marking life milestones: graduates and school-leavers; parents returning to work; people considering retirement; those in midcareer or brushing themselves off after being sacked or made redundant. A practical section includes chapters on custom-building resumes and CVs, skilling up for interviews, writing compelling cover letters and honing the job search by using transferable skills across job clusters.

This is a laugh out loud, narrative-driven self-help book. Think Bridget Jones gets a critical makeover.In Why Smart Women Make Bad Decisions, our protagonist Kat is learning that the philosophy of 'Believe-in-yourself-and Magic-will-happen' will not deliver her a better life. Her story, which recounts her hapless attempts to navigate scenarios disturbingly familiar to many readers, is presented with a companion account of the cognitive quirks that drive her faulty thinking and behaviour. This is neuroscience explained through the lens of a modern comedy; the buggy brain stripped bare in a laugh out loud takedown of magical thinking and the goofy, delusional self-actualisation movement. Kat discovers that the simplistic advice to honour your intuition is not all it's cracked up to be. Despite practising Gratitude and Acceptance, she is still failing to lose the 2.35 kilos that preoccupy her. Despite her Positive Thinking, her performance review leaves her limp with despair, and despite her assiduous application to making affirmations, her philandering Hipster Boyfriend leaves her (taking with him the remote control).In the companion explanation to each chapter, author Annie McCubbin explains to readers what drives people to behave in blindly optimistic and self-destructive ways. If only they could apply the critical thinking that our narrator suggests, smart women would indeed stop making bad decisions.It becomes clear to Kat, and in turn the reader, that positive thinking, meditation and magical thinking will not turn her life around. Instead, women should apply the narrator's advice and change the inherent cognitive flaws that run, and often ruin, their lives.

2021 Career Book of the Year FinalistAuthor and recruitment expert Erin Devlin has worked with thousands of candidates and employers. She's seen the best of people in interviews, and the many ways that candidates can get an edge. The 2020 global pandemic has hit job seekers particularly hard. With increasing competition for jobs, she thought, what better way to help, than to create a comprehensive guide to job search and interview success. Get the Job You Really Want is for recent graduates, people looking for work, and professionals seeking a promotion, better job or career. Whether its preparing job applications, online branding for employability, or managing job offers, this book provides a range of inside, practical advice to help the modern job seeker on their journey. From video interviewing, to chat bots, gamification and AI technology, the advice is up to date and relevant for today's rapidly evolving jobs market. With a little help, job seekers can tweak what they are doing to plan, prepare, and impress and get the job they really want.

The inspirational true story of former Sportsgirl CEO Colleen Callander's rise to the top and her lessons for those looking to step up.Before we can lead anyone else, we need to be leading in our own lives.In Leader by Design, Colleen Callander aims to inspire all women to have a voice, live with purpose, lead in their own lives, change the rules, live with confidence and embrace their superpowers.She also aims to inspire organisations to embrace a new era of leadership - one that leads with kindness, trust and authenticity and one that has more women at the helm.A wife, mother of three, and chronic high-achiever, Colleen left school at the age of 16 and became state manager of a national retail brand within a few short years. She went on to become a top female CEO - but not before she almost threw in the towel, burdened under the crushing weight of burnout.Colleen held the role of CEO for 13 years, over which time her mission was to empower, engage, inspire and allow people to bring their best selves to work each day. This book is part autobiography, sharing Colleen's life journey (including how her upbringing shaped the women and leader she is today), and it is part guide/pocket mentor, full of actionable tips, advice, actions and insights to help women step into their confidence and lead with purpose.Each chapter shares insights and tips, is thought-provoking, and will empower and inspire all women who, no matter at what stage they are in on their leadership journey in business or in life, to believe that the best is yet to come. Leader By Design will ignite the courage and confidence to believe in your own superpower and believe in and embrace the positive influence that women can have on the world today through the way we lead. Perfect for job seekers, new graduates, and experienced professionals, this practical, invaluable guide will have you prepared, ready and positioned for career success.

2021 Living Now Book Awards - Silver medalist, Male Memoir category A compelling, award-winning account of marathon runner Kay Bretz's transformation into one of the best ultra-runners in the world, for fans of David Goggins' Can't Hurt Me. Ultra-runner Kay Bretz beat the race record of Australia's Big Red Run by more than five hours and was awarded the Australian Ultra Performance of the Year Award at the 24-hour world championships in France - but it took a significant change in mindset to do it. In Turning Right, the elite athlete and executive coach shares his fascinating personal journey to success, interweaving his amazing running journey with how he overcame physical, mental and professional challenges to achieve his goals and break records, all by 'turning right' when his perspective on what he was capable of started to shift. Bretz explains how he left behind self-imposed limitations that prevented him from reaching his dreams, often rejecting what was reasonable and logical, and found the magic instead.Brilliantly interweaving his amazing running journey with the challenges in his professional and personal life, Bretz leaves behind the reasonable and logical to find the magic. His book will inspire the magic in you too.

2022 International Book Awards Finalist - Motivational2021 Career Book of the Year Finalist 2021 Living Now Book Awards Silver Medalist An award-winning guide to reducing fear and taking control of your life from Amazon bestselling author and renowned psychologist Dr Amy Silver.When fear looms as the loudest guest in your mind, it dominates your thoughts and controls your choices.Author and psychologist, Dr Amy Silver, believes that if you reduce the control that fear has on you, you take back control of your life. Fear is merely a guest in your mind, albeit a noisy one, and you are the host. In The Loudest Guest, you will learn the six essential steps to calm your fear so you can run your best life. This book is for you if you: * are prone to worrying or over-thinking * desire to do something new but feel you shouldn't or would fail * talk yourself down, either out loud or in your head * know there's a gap between what you're doing and what you could * do if you had more courage * spend too much time thinking about what people think of you * are too ‘in your head', full of doubt, regret or indecision.In this easy-to-read, practical book you'll learn to quieten your fear voice so you can be a more powerful version of yourself.

The go-to guide to transforming the way you work from award-winning international speaker, Amazon #1 best-selling author and renowned culture change expert Colin D. Ellis.Culture is the #1 determinant of team and organisation success and yet too many people still don''t know where to begin the evolution process.Often, they will change the office layout, implement the latest silver bullet method or have the CEO start walking around saying hello to people through gritted teeth. These are lip service responses to culture change that don''t provide any incremental improvements to people''s working lives.Culture Hacks is filled with simple, actionable ideas that over time can transform the way that work gets done. From emails to book clubs and meetings to podcasts take regular steps to build a fantastic work culture that everyone wants to be a part of.As there are 26 Culture Hacks in the book, readers and their teams can try a different one every two weeks for a year. Alternatively, they could pick one thing every month, or they could divide them across different areas within their team so that different people are doing different things. Or they could put them all in a hat and pick one out to try. Doing something differently will make your team memorable in a host of great ways and create stories that they''ll share for years.Culture change isn''t hard you just don''t know how to hack your day. With Culture Hacks, you do.

The subject of organisational culture has become a particularly hot topic in Australia as a result of the recent Royal Commission into misconduct in the financial services industry. However, it is also a hot topic globally with regulators of financial services and other industries increasingly seeking to enforce culture measurement and management and to sanction leaders who do not properly do both - up to and including criminal prosecution. Practically every senior leader is now looking at how to measure and manage culture and is struggling to know how to address it. The somewhat tragic fact is that most of them don''t know what it is, let alone how to manage it. They consistently confuse culture with employee engagement (they are not the same thing!) and are running around trying to solve the wrong problem. We are seeing lots of frantic activity, most of which won''t achieve anything other than making it look like someone is doing something, but almost none of which will result in actual culture change. Meanwhile leaders at all levels in large and small organisations are stuck with dysfunctional teams and need a way to take action immediately that will actually make a difference. Improving the culture of their team will speed up their ability to implement and radically reduce the time they would otherwise spend on managing conflict and dysfunction. This book will show them how.