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BOOKS AND FREE ARTICLES AUTHORED BY MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM

Virtual Facilitation and Meetings:

Your Desktop Reference to Running a Successful Online Classroom

by Kevin McAlpin

Are you a coach, consultant, teacher, trainer, educator, or learning and development professional?
Are you looking to transfer your knowledge and expertise into the virtual world?

Whether you are new to delivering education online, or an experienced and successful virtual facilitator who wants to hone their skills, this book is for you.

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The Capex Formula For Learning & Performance

by Kevin Mcalpin & Dani Saadu

Number one Bestseller on Amazon!

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is already here, disrupting almost every industry in every country. This book focuses on how you can future-proof your business by transforming your organisation’s learning and development to ensure it delivers business value and the elusive return on investment that CEOs demand. We review the latest learning from pioneering organisations and discover how they increase productivity and innovation to thrive in these changing times.

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Surviving the Coronavirus Lockdown

by multiple authors

An international collaboration of 65+ authors from 10 countries, who came together to publish a book in just 10 days – FREE to download – sharing messages of support and advice in the hope of touching the lives of others.

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The Power of Surge

by Dr Michael Waters

This book sets out the moral imperative for all the citizens of the world to develop a “surge gear” in order to more effectively manage challenges produced by life and business.

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The Five Minute Failure

by Kevin McAlpin and Michael Millar

The Five Minute Failure is the result of a decade of research of hundreds of books and thousands of people. It is one of the few, if not the only, book on success that chooses to present itself in a way that entertains just as much as it informs.

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Presenting the Penguin Way

by Kevin McAlpin and John Van Maurik

This story takes less than an hour to read and will give you insights, techniques and lessons to transform your presentation skills for a life-time. Everyone has seen an inspirational presenter and thought “I wish I could do that” – well now you can.

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Writers on Leadership

by John Van Maurik

JvM, an acknowledged leadership expert, distils ideas from over 30 gurus, academics and practitioners to give a conclusive overview of modern leadership thinking.

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The Effective Strategist

by John Van Maurik

This book puts strategic thinking within the reach of all managers, showing how you can learn to think and act more strategically to increase your business and personal effectiveness.

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Change Your Business with NLP

by Lindsey Agness

Change Your Business With NLP is the first genuinely practical guide for managers, showing how to use NLP techniques to overcome specific business problems.

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Portable Leader

by John Van Maurik

JvM pulls together and defines the talents that a successful leader should demonstrate and places them in the contexts of a fascinating array of leaders from very different backgrounds.

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Discovering the Leader in You

by John Van Maurik

Based on JvM’s work with practising managers and their views, concerns and expectations, this book guides you on how to develop and adapt leadership skills for your individual needs, circumstances and personality.

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Get Ready for Coaching

by Caroline Taylor

An essential part of coachee preparation! This practical book, based on academic research, enables the coachee to maximise the value of coaching.

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Change Your Life with NLP

by Lindsey Agness

This book takes a step-by-step look at everything needed to achieve a change, no matter how big.

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FREE ARTICLES

Is Performance Management Dead?

Is Performance Management Dead?Over two incisive articles, we'll be exploring performance management's evolving shape - past, present and future.In part 1 of ‘Is performance Management dead?’ we explore what’s happening to performance management reviews — [...]

Why projects fail

Why Projects Fail Why do some projects flourish and others flounder? Here, we take stock and explore the factors that can help us avoid project failure in the future. Mark Oliver A business lives and [...]

Coaching and relationships

Building the Foundation for Trust   In business and in life, relationships define our progression, our success, and even our happiness. As coaches, we have a responsibility to open the channels to better communication.   [...]

Organisational politics

Taming Organisational Politics   Organisational politics are undoubtedly a negative force to contend with. However, with the right approach, the beast within can actually be energy for positive change.   Kevin McAlpin & John Van [...]

Derailment

The Mechanics of Derailment   Coming off the tracks — why promising executives fail.   Kevin McAlpin   It's something of a mystery to businesses why they promote seemingly infallible go-getters into senior roles and [...]

Resilience

Resilience — The Fourth Measure of Success   IQ (Intelligence Quotient), EQ (Emotional Quotient) and SQ (Spiritual Quotient) could be missing the trick argues Kevin McAlpin.   Michael Millar   The war for talent is [...]

Emerging talent

Protecting your Emerging Talent   The need for developing solid talent management programmes has intensified. Delay and you run the risk of losing out. Get it wrong and it can be equally damaging.   Kevin [...]

The mirror test

The Mirror Test   Before leading by example, it’s always helpful to take a look at yourself first.   Kevin McAlpin   New research from a study of 360 degree feedback from 13,400 people shows [...]

It’s all aboard after the cuts

Finding Unity in Adversity   When you’ve had to make cuts and streamline processes to the bone, there’s one competitive advantage that must flourish — your staff.   Kevin McAlpin   ‘Streamlining’, ‘synergising’ and ‘rationalising’ [...]

Resilience is key

The Power of Resilience   Resilience is key in critical moments. Being able to access your skills when you need them most makes the difference between surviving and thriving.   Kevin McAlpin   Great Britain’s [...]

The stressed out business

The Stressed-out Business Leaders always face uncertainty. Now more than ever, changes in the economic climate mean maintaining a stable mindset just became an even more valuable commodity.   Kevin McAlpin Stress is a common [...]

The truth of decision making

The Art of Decision Making   Weighing up the facts about a pressing issue? Chances are, you’ve already chosen.   Kevin McAlpin   Our rational mind is a powerful thing. However, when faced with important [...]

Return on investment

Coaching’s ROI — The Findings   Return on investment is a deciding factor for any service your organisation pays for, so just how effective is coaching at driving the bottom line?   Kevin McAlpin   [...]

Research on coaching

Into the Light — Coaching Research Results   Coaches have a responsibility to meet organisational objectives in businesses. To find out if this is really the case, PCI commissioned a global survey of 15,000 people [...]

History of coaching

Coaching — A Potted History Coaching is always progressing, adapting and flexing to evolving demands. It’s come a long way, but there’s always scope for a refresh about where it’s come from and where it’s [...]

Coaching Metaphors

Metaphorical Brilliance   Stories are how we make sense of the world. They also resonate when you need to make a point. Used properly they’re more than just a good yarn — they’re an essential [...]

Coaching and decision making

Critical Decision Making   We make countless decisions every moment. But when it comes to important choices, coaching helps uncover exactly how our logical decision-making systems can work better.   Kevin McAlpin & Hans Vaagenes [...]

Making a success of failure

Failure is the most powerful learning tool. It’s also the basic ingredient in all major success stories, so why aren’t there ‘failure coaches’? By Kevin McAlpin & Michael Millar With the introduction of the various [...]

Coaching through Transition

The first 90 days is make-or-break time when transitioning to a new role. Coaching a solid strategy right from the beginning will push people far closer to ‘make’ than the unthinkable alternative. By Dawn Wilkinson [...]

Coaching Overcoming Objections

Overcoming objections is a key skill in sales, and in life. Kevin McAlpin and Gavin Ingham outline coaching strategies that can help everybody — especially coaches — surmount objections. By Kevin McAlpin & Gavin Ingham [...]

Unlocking Discretionary effort

Providing the fuel to power discretionary effort in your staff means you can unleash the energy to increase performance and boost your organisation’s bottom line. by Kevin McAlpin A manager's ability to coach their staff [...]

Survey Results

We’ve worked alongside employee survey specialists Shine to benchmark the concerns and realities of achieving better performance. by Shine & Performance Coaching International The biggest failing of management is the inability to coach their staff [...]

Seven Principles

Whatever industry we’re working within, when it comes to winning, there are universal factors to live by. Follow them, and the whole will always become greater than the sum of its parts. by Kevin McAlpin [...]

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