My Book of Management Vegetables is available!
in paper form and on amazon kindle (view on any device using kindle app)
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….and talks based on it are available NOW, as follows:
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The Plum of Performance | Leadership | 10 mins | How praise works better than blame |
The Goals Grapefruit | Success / Time Management | 10 mins | Much better than SMART! |
The Coaching Cherries | Leadership | 10 mins | The process of gradually raising the bar, explained |
The Banana of Boredom | Leadership | 15 mins | An improvement on situational leadership |
The Pear of Promotion | Success | 5 mins | The four qualities needed for getting promoted |
Time’s Turnip | Success / Time Management | 20 mins | Six options if you are too busy |
The Iceberg of Ignorance (and FROB) | Leadership | 10 mins | Why senior managers don’t really know what’s going on |
The Gooseberries of Greatness | Happiness and careers | 5 mins | How to identify the perfect job or career |
The Meeting Marrows | Management | 10 mins | What to do when chairing and attending meetings |
Toadstool of Turnover | Management | 5 mins | Why labour turnover costs much more than you realise |
The Grapes of Gladness | Happiness | 5 mins | Where does your happiness really come from? |
Asparagus of Altruism | Happiness | 5 mins | The utility theory of happiness explained with asparagus |
The Carrots of Motivation | Management | 10 mins | Two carrots with the top 14 ways to motivate your team |
The Cabbage of Communication | Management | 10 mins | Tips to brilliant team communication that spell out the word cabbage |
The Parsnip of Profit | Strategy | 10mins | How to increase the profitability of your business |
The Strategy Orange | Strategy | 10mins | Strategic options to consider |
The Lateness Lizard (for meetings | Management | 5 mins | How to stop people turning up late to your meetings |
Things that are not really vegetables or fruit …but why not have them anyway…. | |||
The Sausage of Self Discipline | Success / Time Management | 5 mins | How to be more self disciplined, …in the form of a sausage |
The Planning Tortoise | Management | 5 mins | What to remember when you’re planning |
The Situational Seagull | Leadership | 10 mins | The difference between delegation, empowerment, and abdication |
The Bad News Burger | Assertiveness / Influencing | 10 mins | The four step process for having any difficult conversation |
The Quality Quail | Happiness | 15 min | Quality of life, achievement, stress, and efficiency all on one graph shaped like a quail. |
The Customer Care Clam | Customer Service | 5 mins | What makes truly great customer service? |
The Happiness Magnet | Happiness | 10 mins | Six practical ways to increase the happiness in your life |
The Cost Reduction Crab | Cost reduction | 15 mins | How to reduce costs and avoid the traps of false economy |
The Leadership Tadpole | Leadership | 5 mins | What does a great leader do? |
The Freedom Frog | Leadership | 5 mins | The four levels of freedom for your team |
The Volcano of Success | Success | 10 mins | The seven secrets of success in life |