This provocative yet practical book, is the essential guide to the theory and practice of leadership - whatever your level in an organisation. It’s both an indispensable yet entertaining guide to the core skills of leadership and a practical handbook for getting to the top and staying there - the single book guide to a successful career.

A unique and brilliant combination of authoritative guidance and stimulating and entertaining advice, it includes novel material on career limiting moves, advice on what to do when you look like you are about to become an involuntary member of the cock up club and how to lead by following.

This leadership handbook will help managers become leaders and help them rise to the top.

"This book should be on every individuals bookshelf!"

Sir John Harvey Jones

We all rely heavily on our persuasive powers everyday and success in persuasion is down to a combination of self-assessment and situational assessment - being aware of what's going on side you and what's happening around you. Persuasion exposes the set of golden behavioural rules that will boost your persuasive powers.