Retain your talent with a proactive approach to employee development, one conversation at a time. Career Conversations is your guide to developing the skills needed for effective career discussions with your staff, providing step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate this capability into your leadership routine. Packed full of case studies, practical exercises and key insights, career development expert Greg Smith explains how leaders can guide their employees to achieve career satisfaction by taking an active, dynamic and ongoing interest in their development.

Learning to master the languages of leadership will ensure you become an active, directive and perceptive leader, with the skills to influence and lead in today's workplace. Packed with simple, practical tools and techniques you can action and implement every day, this book will teach you to make small changes that will have a big impact, both individually and organisationally. When you learn to balance the languages of leadership you start to get yourself noticed, to manage anyone at any level and to build your reputation in the market as one of the best leaders in your industry.

In Start Before You're Ready, Mick Spencer speaks to future business leaders whose unconventional aspirations aren't served by conventional advice. He challenges a reader's assumption that you need to have a university degree or financial assets to succeed. Through engrossing anecdotes, he shows readers that to 'start before you're ready' means focusing on what you can do, rather than dwelling on what you can't. It means learning on the go, saying 'yes' first then figuring out how to deliver, meeting challenges with an optimism and adventurousness that will infuse your whole life.

In any job, there will come a time when you are asked to lead other people. While people are often well trained in the skill set of their particular profession, few people are ever taught how to lead. Aimed at those about take their first steps on the leadership path, or who are at an early stage in their career with leadership responsibilities ahead of them, How to Lead Others is the essential handbook to one of the most important and challenging aspects of professional life.

Celebrating DHL's fiftieth anniversary as a world-leading delivery company, global CEO Ken Allen tells the unique story of his journey to the top of the industry. In this business memoir, he shares the strategies and skills he has developed throughout his career, drawing on both his core values and extensive experience. It is an accessible read for entrepreneurs and managers, at any stage of their career, packed with motivational material and no-nonsense tips.