Six of the Best: Lessons in Life and Leadership
Ed Peppitt Hodder Education £9.99
A book based on the experiences of six of the UK’s most renowned leaders and business minds with each chapter containing a dialogue between the author and one of the subjects on how they meet a particular management challenge. Sir Michael Bichard discusses leading people; Sir John Tusa looks at managing change; Lord Bilimoria focuses on meeting customer needs; Lord Jones of Birmingham talks about managing information and knowledge; Dianne Thompson discusses managing activities and Andy Green focuses on managing yourself. Conclusions and recommendations are at the end of each chapter, which also provides practical checklists.

Managing Change Step By Step: All You Need to Build a Plan and Make It Happen
Richard Newton Pearson Prentice Hall £14.99
A practical step-by-step guide for managing change with nine key steps highlighted. The sources and impact of change and the role of change management are considered first, followed by an examination of the importance of understanding the objectives of change; building the change team; and devising a plan to achieve change. Further aspects include assessing willingness and capability to change as well as implementing and consolidating change. The need to communicate change is also emphasised. Key tips and questions are included to assist with each step of the change process.

Lead Others Effectively: How to Motivate and Inspire at Work
A & C Black £6.99
This practical guide is designed to help those new to a managerial role to develop their leadership skills. It opens with a self-assessment questionnaire and goes on to give advice on setting objectives, giving and receiving feedback, coaching others and managing change. The questions of how to empower team members and motivate them in difficult times are also considered. Advice on how a dispersed team can be effectively managed is included in a separate chapter.

Managing Programmes of Business Change: a Handbook of the Principles of Programme Management
John Bartlett Project Manager Today Publications £20
Practical steps lead to success in programme management. A structured approach for managing business change is presented that complements existing programme methodologies and sets out the principles for good practice. The characteristics of programmes are discussed together with appropriate management techniques. The need for a structured approach to manage business change is a recurring theme of the book and terminology, tools and techniques are presented and explained.

Geared up for gloom and doom

Managers are feeling insecure but optimistic that they can steer a path though the current malaise

BACKGROUND

• Look to the constants in a bumpy future

• Managing is easy when times are good

• Are you ready for the future?

• When it comes to the crunch

BACKGROUND

• Don’t panic and stay close to your clients

• Some sources of help and inspiration

• Be master of your own fate

• Communication is key

Capitalizing on Career Chaos: Bringing Creativity and Purpose to Your Work and Life
Helen Harkness Davies-Black £11.95
A four-step process for career regeneration is described. This works “from the inside out”, and is based on looking inward, looking outward, looking forward and looking beyond. The author seeks to show readers how to lose their fear of change and tap into their creativity and explore their career options.

Digital content
A series of short articles, podcasts, vodcasts and checklists are free to download via a specially designed micro-site. Whether you are looking for advice for you or your team, visit www.managers.org.uk/however to download: Recession-proof your job (article); Preparing for the future (podcast); How to adapt your business to change (checklist); Turn redundancy into opportunity (article); Make the best of a bad situation (vodcast).

Networking
How will you lead your way out of the downturn? Do you want to know what others are doing to survive? If the answer is yes, come along to a Question Time-style debate in Central London on Thursday, January 29. You will have the chance to put your questions to some of the UK’s senior business leaders and network with like-minded professionals. For further information and to register for the event, visit www.managers.org.uk/however

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