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What Matters Now Author: Gary Hamel Publisher: JosseyBass FOUNDER of a California-based think-tank, Gary Hamel writes about five paramount issues that will make or break an organisation. The five are values, innovation, adaptability, passion and ideology. Values include trust and ethical foundations of capitalism. Innovation will help p the organisation compete while adaptability will enable it to adopt change speedily. Passion is needed to get a job done well while ideas will help the organisation move forward.

Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a leader for life

Authors: Ken Blanchard & Mark Miller

Publisher: Berrett Koehler AUTHORS of The

Secret return with Debbie Brewster, the protagonist from their previous book. Now an accomplished leader herself, Debbie shows her mentor’s son, Blake, what it takes to become a leader. Leadership is a living and growing process, she tells him; it is not a title on a business card. As Blake confronts the business world, he turns to her for guidance and together they explore the challenges of being a leader Dialogue Gap: Why communication isn’t enough and what we can do about it, fast Author: Peter Nixon

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons NEVER before in human history have we been so connected, nor have such a plethora of communication tools before us. Yet despite today’s gadgets, isolation haunts most of us, writes Peter Nixon, a chartered accountant and former auditor. We are isolating ourselves by hiding behind the technology we have created. We spend so much time communicating digitally, rather than interacting face to face and this has reduced the quality of our relationships at home, at work and beyond.