Productivity & Time Management

A legendary performance coach shares his simple, proven and fun methods for cultivating motivation - and keeping it. In Motivation, Stefan Falk is your expert guide to success. 'If you're looking for fresh ways to energize your work, you've come to the right place' - Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Think Again Doing something for its inherent...

A legendary performance coach shares his simple, proven, and fun methods for cultivating motivation and keeping it. To be productive and optimistic about our personal and professional lives, we want to feel that we can understand and influence what is happening around us today, and that we have a reliable insight into what will happen tomorrow. We also require a...

Create a future-proof workforce through the lens of neuroinclusion—with proven strategies to make your organisation better for all. Approximately 15-20% of the population is neurodivergent, yet most organisations are not designed to allow those who think and learn differently to thrive. Made for Some, written by Joseph Riddle, a leader in the neurodiversity movement and a consultant who has designed...

The New York Times bestselling author debunks the myths of what makes great leaders and effective teams, revealing the simple habits that help leaders unlock team intelligence. Ever wonder why some of our most effective leaders aren’t known for the skills we’ve been told are essential for great leadership? Would you describe Elon Musk or Steve Jobs as having empathy...

The Practical Guide for Talking About Mental Health at Work—For Every Employee, Manager, and Leader. Originally written in 2021 and re-released for 2026, Yes, You Can Talk About Mental Health at Work (Here’s Why and How To Do It Really Well) has been featured in CNN, Vogue, NPR, the BBC, CNBC, Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc. as an essential, research-backed...

A practical leadership guide for building steady, trusted, high-performing teams when pressure, change, and burnout never let up. Today’s leaders are being asked to deliver more with fewer resources, navigate constant change, prevent burnout, and keep teams engaged while the pressure never seems to stop. In The Unshakable Team, workplace culture expert Heather R. Younger offers a practical, human-centred roadmap...

‘This is an honest, thought-provoking book that takes you on a journey of discomfort that leaves you reflecting on your personal and professional relationship with race and racism.’ CHERYL SAMUELS, People & Culture Director, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust ‘The first question I hear from organisations seeking to incorporate racial equity practice is, “What do we do?” Dr...

Use generative AI to reduce your workweek from 40 hours to 15 The AI Workweek: How to Cut Hours, Automate the Busywork, and Focus on What's Really Important delivers a practical playbook for implementing generative AI tools like ChatGPT to eliminate repetitive tasks and reclaim productive time. Ashley Gross, an AI consultant who has led workshops for multiple global corporations...

A revealing look at the decline in formal employment in favour of hiring contractors, freelancers, temps, and marginal workers, who are excluded from traditional benefits and career ladders. Companies cannot exist without workers, but they are increasingly reluctant to have employees. Instead of providing the benefits and protections that have traditionally come with employee status, businesses are turning to tactics...

Burnout is a leadership problem, not a people problem — and the solution is in your hands. The economic cost of employee exhaustion, disengagement and despair impacts the global economy by as much as $10 trillion every year. In the face of this mass burnout, simple wellness programmes are struggling to make a difference. Built to Burn exposes the uncomfortable...

Manage and mitigate the human side of risk In Humanizing Rules: Bringing Behavioural Science to Ethics and Compliance, veteran risk adviser and trainer Christian Hunt delivers an incisive and practical discussion of how to mitigate the risk of people doing things they shouldn't or failing to do things they should. In the book, you'll explore effective strategies for achieving compliance...

"An engaging and unique approach to leadership" - Kirkus Reviews "A precise guide to business success" - Booklife / Publishers Weekly Most leadership advice assumes people will do what you say because you have authority, alignment, or a shared culture. That's not today's reality. In modern organizations, leaders routinely have to influence people who don't report to them, don't have...

Reclaim God's vision for your life. Many Christians fall victim to one of two main problems when it comes to work: either they are idle in their work, or they have made an idol of it. Both of these mindsets are deadly misunderstandings of how God intends for us to think about our employment. In The Gospel at Work, Sebastian...

In our rapidly evolving "complexponential" world, where complexity and exponential change intersect, traditional leadership models are failing us. Drawing profound wisdom from nature's patterns and ancient Taoist principles, The Four Forces reveals how emergent generative team leadership can transform teams and organizations. Self-organizing, autonomous teams exercise this team-led leadership close to stakeholders where responsive decisions matter most. At the heart...

"This book is a contemporary classic—a shrewd and spirited guide to protecting ourselves from the jerks, bullies, tyrants, and trolls who seek to demean. We desperately need this antidote to the a-holes in our midst."—Daniel H. Pink, best-selling author of To Sell Is Human and Drive How to avoid, outwit, and disarm assholes, from the author of the classic The...

Soft Skills, Hard Wins! is a friendly, practical guide for young professionals who want to grow fast and stand out at work. College teaches you knowledge. But the real world? It rewards communication, clarity, confidence, and how you work with people. Those are the skills that help you win. In this book, soft skills are shown as the helping hand...

Occupational Training in the Future of Work explores how societies can prepare people for meaningful careers in a rapidly changing world. Technological disruption, environmental imperatives, demographic shifts, and the growing demand for equity and inclusion are transforming how we define, access, and engage in work. This timely volume offers a multidisciplinary response to these challenges, presenting forward-looking insights and evidence-based...

Occupational Training in the Future of Work explores how societies can prepare people for meaningful careers in a rapidly changing world. Technological disruption, environmental imperatives, demographic shifts, and the growing demand for equity and inclusion are transforming how we define, access, and engage in work. This timely volume offers a multidisciplinary response to these challenges, presenting forward-looking insights and evidence-based...

A National Bestseller Addressing the fundamental questions about how to live, Meditations for Mortals offers a powerful new way to take action on what counts: a guiding philosophy of life Oliver Burkeman calls "imperfectionism." It helps us tackle challenges as they crop up in our daily lives: our finite time, the lure of distraction, the impossibility of doing anything perfectly,...

Leaders remain sceptical about the power of organisational culture even though extensive research shows that it is crucial to business success. Can a manager really influence an organisation’s culture, or do executives just try to impose a culture on their employees? Is the concept of culture too vague to measure objectively and improve? What happens to valuable employees who feel...

How To Get Hired Fast! Avoid 7 Mistakes That Stop You From Being Hired Advanced Teaching Book Series for Professionals Here's an example of a mistake to avoid and the competitive advantage we give you in our advanced teaching books and teaching courses to overcome it and get hired fast. Avoid this: Forget submitting resumes that don't work to get...

This updated and expanded Third Edition presents the author's most current thinking, with new chapters and refined guidance based on years of real-world application. No single factor—not sales, marketing, finance, strategy, or operations—has more influence over the ultimate success of an organisation than its culture. And yet, understanding exactly what culture is, and more importantly, what to do about it,...

Reclaim your time! Set priorities, stop procrastinating, and get your stuff done! While some believe that you're either born a great time manager or you're not, that's not really the case at all. Anyone can learn the powerful habits of being more effective and more productive—and getting things done. Wait, You Need It When?!? is the essential guide to learning...

Is work taking over your life? Is your life interfering with your success at work? Work-life balance is ever-evolving and can be hard to find and maintain, especially as your career develops and circumstances change. Get a Life! is a highly practical handbook to help you do just that. Written by experienced coach, counsellor and wellbeing consultant Rick Hughes, this...

From the bestselling author of Rejection Proof, a guide to making hard actions easy by using pleasure—not willpower—to achieve your goals. Work can be fun. Focus can be automatic. And success can be easy. Most people think that because great achievements are difficult, they must also feel difficult. They resort to grind culture and sheer willpower, attempting to bully themselves...

Discover your core values and find your place in life, love, and work. The instant USA Today bestseller! We all want to be our most authentic selves in every space that we are in—our relationships, our work, and our communities. But often we feel a disconnect, a tension between who we are and what the people around us expect from...

Homework; work that is categorised as informal employment, performed in the home, mainly for subcontractors and mostly undertaken by women. The inequities and injustices inherent in homework conditions maintain women’s weak bargaining position, preventing them from making any improvements to their lives via their work. The best way to tackle these issues is not to abolish, but to bring equality...

The pioneering leader in corporate team building reveals the science and strategy behind why play drives real business results. Surrounded by Slack channels, Zoom calls, shared documents, and project dashboards, your team is more connected than ever. Yet, something is still clearly broken. Engagement keeps sinking. Turnover keeps climbing. People show up, log in, and quietly check out. The problem,...

A SHORT COURSE IN TIME MANAGEMENT BASICS. 7 Lessons in Time Management is a quick course in managing your time effectively and getting things done, giving you everything you need to know in just seven short chapters. From understanding how you work best, learning to say 'no', and simplifying your desktop, to effective scheduling, prioritisation, and delegation, you'll soon be...

'Fantastic' - Cal Newport 'A bold vision ... lights the way to fewer hours, less stress, and more meaning' - Adam Grant Workers across all demographics, industries, and socioeconomic levels report exhaustion, burnout, and the wish for more meaningful lives. Drawing on years of research, Brigid Schulte traces the arc of our discontent from a time before the 1980s, when...

Story-driven framework for leaders to rebuild credibility when they fail to deliver on their promises The Radical Promise delivers a story-driven framework for leaders to increase their trust and credibility or rebuild it when their actions don’t match their words. The storyline and concepts are equally applicable to every person, regardless of title or position, who is challenged to keep...

Transform your workplace culture by elevating everyday actions that build trust, connection, and lasting productivity. In Leading the Culture Journey: Elevating Everyday Actions to Create Extraordinary Workplaces, workplace culture experts Natalie and Rebecca Johnson deliver an inspiring and practical discussion about how to build a work environment that energizes you and your team. They provide a compelling argument for the...

Most of us have an adversarial relationship with time. We're constantly trying to beat the clock — behaviour rooted in a fear that time is scarce and must be obsessed over, hoarded, and ultra-optimised. But what if there is a different way to view time, one that could make our hours feel abundant? What if we believed that we had...

The development expert behind some of the world's most successful leaders reveals how to unlock your team's ability to focus on the things that matter. Unlock your team's highest potential with this proven counterintuitive approach to productivity. In today's hyper-paced world, workers face relentless demands, endless distractions and intense pressure to deliver more with fewer resources and in less time....

One of Daniel Pink's 13 Books to Read Before 30 The book Lifehack calls "The Bible of business and personal productivity." "A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'" — Fast Company Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential...

"The first question I hear from organisations seeking to incorporate racial equity practice is, 'What do we do?' Dr Shereen Daniels answers that question with clarity, depth, and practical direction. This book should be on every organisational leader's bookshelf." —Dr. Robin DiAngelo, New York Times best-selling author of White Fragility "An amazing and inspiring book."—HR Director Tackle systemic racism in...

A dynamic company culture starts with leadership. If you read nothing else on building a great culture, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you understand how to create a foundation of psychological safety, connect your people to your organisation's purpose, and change your culture for the better....

Be more effective with less effort by learning how to identify and leverage the 80/20 principle: that 80 percent of all our results in business and in life stem from a mere 20 percent of our efforts. The 80/20 principle is one of the great secrets of highly effective people and organisations. Did you know, for example, that 20 percent...

New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller multiple years runningTranslated into 20 languages, with more than half a million copies sold worldwideA Hudson and Indigo Best Book of the YearRecommended by Shona Brown, Rachel Hollis, Jeff Kinney, Daniel Pink, Sheryl Sandberg, and Gretchen Rubin Radical Candor has been embraced around the world by leaders of every stripe at companies...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Includes an interview with James Hollis "Provocative and appealing . . . Well worth your extremely limited time." --Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal There's a good reason why everyone has been talking about Oliver Burkeman's New York Times bestseller, Four Thousand Weeks. Nobody needs to be told there isn't enough time. Whether we're...

THE LIFE-CHANGING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD • Now in a 10th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction and bonus 21-day challenge. “Essentialism holds the keys to solving one of the great puzzles of life: How can we do less but accomplish more?”—Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think Again Essentialism isn’t about getting more...

‘… a bracing guide to reclaiming your time by confronting the emotional habits that quietly give it away’ – Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of DRIVE and THE POWER OF REGRET Are you craving extra time in your day, as well as the wisdom and self-awareness to use it joyfully and effectively? In The 25th Hour,...

Much has been written about Toyota over the last 30 years focusing on both its products (superior vehicles), and its operational excellence based on its Toyota Production System (TPS). The Toyota Template details the critical concepts and methods that Taiichi Ohno implemented in developing the Toyota Production System. This book is different, however, regarding the parallels it draws between Toyota’s...

This book provides a straightforward and pragmatic guide to leadership, management, and team working in contemporary library and information services. Contemporary managers and leaders in library and information services are working in a challenging context; dealing with multiple demands on their time, expertise, and resources. This book translates theories in teamwork, management, and leadership into practical guidance backed up with...

Management teams at all levels, and individual team members in particular, are often disengaged and disconnected from the management function itself. Statements such as, "we lack common goals or they are unclear", "I have no influence", "I am not listened to nor taken into account", and "I do not feel valued – actually, nobody does", are commonplace. The authors argue...

Management teams at all levels, and individual team members in particular, are often disengaged and disconnected from the management function itself. Statements such as, "we lack common goals or they are unclear", "I have no influence", "I am not listened to nor taken into account", and "I do not feel valued – actually, nobody does", are commonplace. The authors argue...

In business today, there is no offline and there is no downtime. Professionals are both exhausted and depleted. Being constantly tethered to our work through technology makes us overwhelmed and shortsighted, and deprives us of time for meaningful reflection or thoughtful connection to our professional communities, and often even to our own families. For us to thrive—not simply survive—in this...

All employees want themselves and their colleagues to be better engaged at work, but most just can’t get past the talking stage to actually developing an effective plan. Ready? Set? Engage! is a step-by-step "how-to" guide for those who develop and complete projects – not just supervisors and continuous improvement professionals. Like instructions for "assembly required" projects, this book takes...

Seize the day like a badass, tackle your goals, and get sh*t done! Wake up, kick ass, and conquer your year with this f*cking undated planner! Veni, vidi, vici. Get your sht together with a sarcastic and humorous swear planner that says it like it is while keeping you organised. Packed all year with motivational profanity and lots of funny...

Gloria is to the New York publishing business what David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow is to the Hollywood film industry. -New York Times A rare example of a contemporary play that keeps us constantly guessing where it's headed, Gloria is a work not to be easily forgotten. -Hollywood Reporter With a sharp eye for the dark underbelly of human behaviour, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins'...

Baby's First Year Milestones is a month-by-month guide filled with activities designed to support your baby's development during their first year of life. In twelve months, your newborn will transform into a child. To celebrate each new development, Baby's First Year Milestones offers a practical month-by-month guide to understanding the major milestones in your child's life. In Baby's First Year...

Ignite is perfect for fans of bestselling, smart-thinking non-fiction such as Thinking Fast and Slow and Atomic Habits. The expert author, who writes accessibly and engagingly, has written for the national press and will be fully engaged in the publicity-driven campaign.

Keep planning and f*cking persisting! Design a life you love and get your sht together with this fcking planner! Take charge of your life and become the organised bitch you've always dreamed of being with this 2027 She Believed She Could So She Fcking Did Planner! Packed with hilarious motivation, badass affirmations, and tons of sarcastic stickers, this purse-size engagement...

Proven lessons to make meetings worth it from Kayak.com co-founder Paul M. English We've all experienced them. Meetings with no clear agenda, too many attendees with no clear role, unprepared presenters, chaotic social dynamics, and no resulting decisions. These kinds of meetings are a millstone around your company’s neck. In The Meeting Book, serial entrepreneur and Kayak.com co-founder Paul M....

An accessible survival guide that shows leaders how to build cultures of trust and productivity in a changing world. The Five-Year Century: Bold Leadership and Accelerated Outcomes in the Age of AI is an incisive wake-up call that shows you what’s holding you back from transformative change, and how you can break down those barriers to achieve unprecedented results. Written...

Empower your team and drive organisational growth through a better approach to asking questions Questions are the Answer: Learning How to Ask Rather than Tell unlocks the transformative power of asking the right questions in leadership and organisational contexts. It argues that effective leadership is less about having all the answers, and more about cultivating curiosity, fostering dialogue, guiding others...

20 percent of people admit to being procrastinators and an untold number never admit to it at all. Procrastination is an epidemic that can only be eliminated if the underlying causes are uncovered. Yet there's very little understanding of how to let go of procrastination, how to recognise and diffuse the feelings that lead to it, and most importantly, how...

Time Anxiety by Chris Guillebeau delivers another irreverent, sparkling, and sexy installment in the Queens of Villainy, where a seductive fae queen meets her unexpected match in the enemy empire's valiant general. Queen Lorelei is a notorious fae seductress, with a trail of broken hearts in her wake. But behind her glamorous lifestyle and sparkling mask lurks a dangerously intelligent...

"When our attention splinters, so do we... It is not an exaggeration to say this book will save your life. It saved mine." — Holly Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman It's no secret that our attention is fractured. We look for distraction anytime we have a spare moment or feel bored or uncomfortable. We...

Fascinating and often moving - The Sunday Times Unique and unexpectedly moving: it's a choral work of frustration, pride and despair - The Telegraph Charlie Colenutt's intense and revealing interviews capture the raw voices of people talking honestly about work. Read this, as each one opens a hidden window on the way we live now - Polly Toynbee For the...

Break free from hustle culture—and traditional productivity books—and create a personalised routine aligned with your energy levels, family needs, work demands, and your body's natural cycles. The Hustle Cure is an empowering guide that offers a new approach to productivity that prioritises making time for what you actually enjoy. With values-driven activities and mindful self-care tips, learn to embrace flexibility,...

Elevate your work and relationships through Conscious Accountability. Results and relationships—managers and leaders no longer have to prioritise one over the other to build a culture of exceptional accountability. You don't have to choose between being the hard-charging taskmaster and being the easy-going people pleaser. By expanding your awareness to create deliberate intentions, take informed actions, and be responsible for...

Expand Your Knowledge of Organization Development to Enhance Your L&D Efforts ATD's Organization Development Handbook is a tactical, hands-on book for those in learning and development looking to make that first step into organization development or those who are a one-person band doing both. While many books and textbooks exist on organization development— the effort to improve an organisation's capability...

Winning is a team sport, right? True, we need to collaborate to make sense of today's challenges. But simply bringing people together is no guarantee of success. Too often, so-called teams are just groups of individuals, attending too many aimless meetings. It doesn't have to be that way. Using the author's high-performing teams framework, Are You a Team or a...

From bestselling author Robert Glazer comes a must-read leadership title for you and your team. It's time to break down your barriers as a leader, as a team, and to achieve. Just wanting to be better is never enough. The ability to elevate—to exceed and outperform expectations—is directly related to your ability to build capacity in yourself and others. What...

WINNER: American Book Fest Best Book Award 2020 - Business: General WINNER: NYC Big Book Award 2020 - Self-Help: General SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2021 - Personal Development & Wellbeing Modern life is complicated, much more so than it used to be. Acclaimed author and social entrepreneur, Julia Hobsbawm, shows you a simpler way. The Simplicity Principle challenges the assumption...

An insightful and practical new guide to how sustainable people management works in today’s global economy, with guidance on how to transform the way your organisation recruits, hires, upskills, and retains its people. In Work Different: 10 Truths for Winning in the People Age, a team of business experts and workforce advisors provide an incisive take on the staffing challenges...

The surprising science behind everyday purchases Why Did You Buy That Drink? unravels the fascinating science behind our everyday purchases. We all make decisions, knowingly or unknowingly, about what to buy on a daily basis. These decisions seem insignificant—they're about sodas and paper towels—but they do hide more science than is originally apparent. This book sheds light on these hidden...

Ever feel like you’re so busy and stressed that you forget to breathe? Right now, life has never seemed more overwhelming. The COVID pandemic, working from home, and lockdowns have turned our working lives upside down, further blurring the line between work and home. We are taking less annual leave, working longer hours than ever, and worried about redundancies. There...

Master Your Minutes in Private and You’ll Master Your Life in Public In The Alone Advantage, Terri Savelle Foy shows how simple habits behind closed doors can reshape every aspect of your life. She knows what it’s like to be in a rut, repeating the same routine with no significant progress toward deep-down dreams. Terri started noticing that although the...

Bestselling author, leading sociologist and economist Juliet Schor makes the case for a four-day work week, persuasively showing how this model can address major challenges such as burnout, AI and the climate crisis, and how employees, companies, and governments can work together to make it a reality. Around the world, long hours and intense pressure are taking their toll. When...

Even as the robots gather on the near horizon, this book argues we have choices about the manner in which we greet them. A world without work as we know it could be a good thing. The landscape of work is changing right in front of us, from Uber, Airbnb and the new share economy to automated vehicles, 3D printing...

What if your best days weren't left to chance, but something you could control and activate at will? Most of us want to be a little happier, a little more focused, and a lot less stressed. We want simple approaches that are easy to fold into our everyday lives. In Sharp, you'll discover dozens of evidence-backed strategies to help you...

Are you always late, do you miss appointments, lose your keys, forget your phone, miss deadlines at work on projects, have to pay penalties on late returns for paying tax? We can all be impacted by chronic disorganization—whether it be because of long-term stress, menopause, diagnoses of ADHD and/or autism (to name just a few of the many reasons). It...

95% of what people think, feel, and do is determined by habits. Habits are ingrained but not unchangeable. New, positive habits can be learned to replace worn-out, ineffective practices with optimal behaviours that can cause dramatic, immediate benefits to the bottom line. In Million Dollar Habits, Brian Tracy teaches readers how to develop the habits of successful men and women...

Unlock the qualities of success and reach your full potential using this effective guide from leadership and career development expert Alan C. Guarino. Your personal greatness objective is self-defined. For each of us, the definition of success and the journey to achieve it is different. Yet, no matter how talented or driven you are, your ability to achieve greatness is...

The practicality and clarity make this a valuable contribution to collections in academic and public libraries. — Booklist, Starred Review A new, important, and richly detailed guide to understanding gender bias with practical solutions for leaders, workplace allies, and individual women. Gender bias is a powerful but hidden force that is still holding women back, keeping them from achieving their...

Winner of the Leadership Book of the Year 2024, as awarded by the UK's Institute of Leadership A book that helps make sense of the megatrends playing out in the world today and, as a result, how individuals can future-proof their businesses and careers. In the context of work, consider two headlines that we face on a regular basis. Firstly,...

Based on the experiences of workers, this book analyses the reasons behind the unexpected growth of the great resignation and demonstrates how resigning today not only prevents exploitative conditions from deteriorating our health and relationships, but also allows us to reclaim time for ourselves and our lives. We have always been told that work defines us and serves as the...

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Reimagine Inclusion offers a new perspective on what inclusion can resemble in our organisations. It starts with understanding why these 13 DEI myths are not true, providing practical and effective strategies for implementing transformative inclusivity. In Reimagine Inclusion, veteran DEI leader Mita Mallick debunks 13 myths that prevent us from transforming our workplaces. She combines...