Business Management eBooks
Our free management eBooks cover everything from accounting principles to business strategy. Each one has been written to provide you with the practical skills you need to succeed as a management professional.
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Productivity Skills eBooks
As a busy manager you need to squeeze more out of your working day. Our productivity skills eBooks can help you to make the most of your time as well as making sure that you get the best out of your team.
Goal Setting eBook
This eBook explains how to use the theory of goal setting to set practical targets for you and your team members.
ISBN 978-1-62620-980-0 (32 Pages) PDF
Time Management Resources
Browse through our extensive list of free time management resources.
eBooks, Magazines, White Papers & Podcasts
Successful Delegation eBook
This eBook explains the ten rules of successful delegation that will motivate and empower your team.
ISBN 978-1-62620-982-4 (31 Pages) PDF
Managing Interruptions eBook
This eBook explains how to protect yourself from interruptions and still maintain a good relationship with your colleagues.
ISBN 978-1-62620-983-1 (38 Pages) PDF
Overcoming Procrastination eBook
This eBook explains how to overcome the obstacles that prevent you from starting difficult high-priority tasks.
ISBN 978-1-62620-984-8 (38 Pages) PDF
Negotiating Workload Limits eBook
This eBook explains how to negotiate your workload to a manageable level and avoid becoming snowed under.
ISBN 978-1-62620-981-7 (25 Pages) PDF
Productivity Tools eBook
This eBook explains how to choose the best productivity tools and describes how to use them to get more work done.
ISBN 978-1-62620-985-5 (42 Pages) PDF
Leadership Skills eBooks
Successful leadership at work means making a success of the team you have been given. Our leadership skills eBooks will help you to understand team dynamics, choose the best leadership style and fix team performance problems.
Team Development eBook
This eBook provides a practical guide to understanding team development to help you with practical day-to-day team building.
ISBN 978-1-62620-986-2 (25 Pages) PDF
Team Leadership Resources
Browse through our extensive list of free team leadership resources.
eBooks, Magazines, White Papers & Podcasts
Team Building eBook
This eBook explains the core principles of team building that will help you get the best out of any team that you find yourself managing.
ISBN 978-1-62620-987-9 (38 Pages) PDF
Team Leadership eBook
This eBook uses three real-life examples to illustrate how different leadership styles can be applied to suit different types of team.
ISBN 978-1-62620-988-6 (38 Pages) PDF
Top 5 Motivation Theories eBook
This eBook describes the five most popular contemporary team motivation theories.
ISBN 921-4-86397-922-3 (36 Pages) PDF
Why Teams Underperform eBook
This eBook explains why teams under-perform and provides practical advice about how to identify and fix performance problems.
ISBN 978-1-62620-989-3 (31 Pages) PDF
Leadership Theories eBook
This eBook explains the academic theories that underpin modern leadership.
ISBN 978-1-62620-778-4 (48 Pages) PDF
Leadership Models eBook
This eBook describes the ten most popular contemporary leadership models.
ISBN 978-1-62620-779-3 (49 Pages) PDF
Appraisal Skills eBooks
These free eBooks provide practical advice on collecting and evaluating performance data, conducting the appraisal meetings, completing the final appraisal reports and developing competencies.
Performance Management eBook
This eBook explains the principles behind performance management and describes each stage of the appraisal process.
ISBN 978-1-62620-990-9 (31 Pages) PDF
Evaluating Performance eBook
This eBook describes how to collect, evaluate and record comprehensive high-quality performance data during the appraisal cycle.
ISBN 978-1-62620-991-6 (35 Pages) PDF
Appraisal Meeting eBook
This eBook gives you practical advice on how to prepare for and conduct a productive and stress free appraisal meeting.
ISBN 978-1-62620-992-3 (33 Pages) PDF
Developing Competencies eBook
This eBook explains how to develop the competencies of your team member and add value to the whole organization.
ISBN 978-1-62620-993-0 (29 Pages) PDF
Communication Skills eBooks
Our communication skills eBooks will help you to improve your workplace communications and deliver your message to get the most impact and the results you want.
Effective Communications eBook
This eBook explains the basic principles of communication so that you can create an open and honest communications environment in any situation.
ISBN 978-1-62620-962-6 (45 Pages) PDF
Active Listening eBook
This eBook describes what active listening is and how it can make you a more effective manager.
ISBN 978-1-62620-963-3 (30 Pages) PDF
Planning a Presentation eBook
This eBook describes a simple four-step process that you can use to create a presentation plan.
ISBN 978-1-62620-964-0 (41 Pages) PDF
Preparing a Presentation eBook
This eBook explains how to create a complete presentation based on your aim, audience, key message statement, and the key points you have identified.
ISBN 978-1-62620-965-7 (47 Pages) PDF
Delivering a Presentation eBook
This eBook explains how to deliver your presentation in a way that will keep the audience engaged from the beginning to the final conclusion.
ISBN 978-1-62620-966-4 (46 Pages) PDF
Meeting Skills eBooks
From developing the agenda to recording the minutes, our meeting skills eBooks can help you and your team to maximize your effectiveness in the highly visible forum of a business meeting.
Taking Meeting Minutes eBook
This eBook explains how to take notes during the meeting and how to turn them into professionally presented minutes.
ISBN 978-1-62620-994-7 (29 Pages) PDF
Setting an Agenda eBook
This eBook explains how a well-written agenda will keep your meeting on track and ensure that attendees are properly prepared.
ISBN 978-1-62620-995-4 (22 Pages) PDF
Chairing a Meeting eBook
This eBook explains how to chair each stage of the meeting to ensure that your meetings are both productive and popular.
ISBN 978-1-62620-996-1 (27 Pages) PDF
Conference Calls eBook
This eBook explains how to overcome the problems associated with conference calls, one of the most often cited pet hates of employees.
ISBN 978-1-62620-997-8 (34 Pages) PDF
Project Management Skills eBooks
Successful project management means delivering your projects on time and within budget. Our eBooks, templates and checklists will help you to know exactly what to do at each stage to make your project a success.
Principles of Project Management eBook
This eBook will help you to understand the principles of project management.
ISBN 978-1-62620-958-9 (42 Pages)
Project Management Processes eBook
This eBook will help you to identify the appropriate project management process to apply at any point in your own project.
ISBN 978-1-62620-959-6 (49 Pages)
Managing a Project Team eBook
This eBook explains what makes managing people in a project environment are different from managing them in a departmental setting.
ISBN 978-1-62620-984-2 (62 Pages)
Managing the Project Scope eBook
This free eBook explains how to decide what is and what is not going to be included in the scope of the project.
ISBN 978-1-62620-980-7 (48 Pages)
Managing the Project Schedule eBook
This eBook explains how to identify activities, sequence them and estimate the time and resources required to complete them.
ISBN 978-1-62620-981-3 (54 Pages)
Managing the Project Budget eBook
This eBook explains how to set the budget based on cost estimates and then manage the costs so that they remain within the budget that has been set.
ISBN 978-1-62620-982-9 (57 Pages)
Managing Project Quality eBook
This eBook explains how to determine quality policies, objectives, and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken.
ISBN 978-1-62620-983-5 (52 Pages)
Managing Project Risk eBook
This eBook explains the key concepts involved in risk management, providing a comprehensive approach that is applicable to all sizes of project.
ISBN 978-1-62620-986-4 (39 Pages)
Finance Skills eBooks
The ability to understand finance is crucial to any manger who wants to advance their career. Our finance skills eBooks will help you to understand financial reports so that you can make informed, intelligent decisions.
Accounting Principles eBook
This eBook explains all of the basic accounting concepts and terminology you will need to understand financial statements.
ISBN 978-1-62620-953-4 (32 Pages) PDF
Reading a Balance Sheet eBook
This eBook explains how to read a balance sheet and the role it plays in providing a picture of the financial status of a company.
ISBN 978-1-62620-954-1 (35 Pages) PDF
Income Statements eBook
This eBook you will give you a thorough understanding of the income statement, a powerful decision-making tool.
ISBN 978-1-62620-955-8 (38 Pages) PDF
Cash Flow Analysis eBook
This eBook will help you to understand how cash flows are generated and how this can help you to make sound financial decisions.
ISBN 978-1-62620-956-5 (38 Pages) PDF
Financial Performance eBook
This eBook explains how to use Key financial ratios to help you to make informed management decisions about the financial status of other organizations.
ISBN 978-1-62620-957-2 (40 Pages) PDF
Strategy Skills eBooks
These eBooks will give you a good understanding of the business analysis techniques and terminology to help you to contribute to the strategic decision-making process.
5 Essential Business Strategy Tools eBook
This eBook describes five essential business strategy tools to help your decision-making and business strategy skills.
ISBN 978-1-62620-977-6 (38 Pages) PDF
5 Tools to Gain Competitive Advantage eBook
This eBook describes five tools available to managers that help them to gain a competitive advantage within their market sector.
ISBN 978-1-62828-933-6 (40 Pages) PDF
Top 5 Strategy Development Tools eBook
This eBook describes five essential business strategy development tools to help you develop a strategy for your business unit or organization.
ISBN 978-1-88821-734-9 (44 Pages) PDF
PESTLE Analysis eBook
This eBook describes the PESTLE Analysis, a method you can use to identify the external factors that influence an organization.
ISBN 978-1-62620-998-5 (26 Pages) PDF
SWOT Analysis eBook
This eBook describes the SWOT analysis, a technique that you can use when deciding on the best strategy for achieving future growth.
ISBN 978-1-62620-951-0 (33 Pages) PDF
Ansoff Matrix eBook
This eBook describes this strategic planning tool that helps managers to devise their product and market growth strategies.
ISBN 978-1-62620-950-3 (28 Pages) PDF
Boston Matrix eBook
This eBook describes the Boston Matrix, an approach to product portfolio planning based on relative market share and market growth.
ISBN 978-1-62620-952-7 (30 Pages) PDF
Five Forces Framework eBook
This eBook describes Porter's Five Forces Framework, which provides a model for industry analysis and strategy development.
ISBN 978-1-62620-999-2 (33 Pages) PDF
Coaching Skills eBooks
These eBooks will help you to develop your coaching skills by giving you an understanding of the principles of coaching as well as the popular models that you can use.
Principles of Coaching eBook
This eBook will give you an understanding of the principles behind a successful coaching program.
ISBN 978-1-62620-960-2 (35 Pages) PDF
Coaching Skills and Models eBook
This eBook describes the seven key skills that are needed for successful coaching. It also explains popular coaching models including GROW based and solution focused coaching.
ISBN 978-1-62620-961-9 (48 Pages) PDF
People Skills eBooks
These eBooks will help you to develop the skills needed to build the professional relationships that are at the heart of both individual success and team productivity.
Understanding Emotional Intelligence eBook
This eBook explains emotionally intelligent leadership, an idea that is now used routinely in almost all businesses and professional training programs.
ISBN 978-1-62620-967-1 (50 Pages) PDF
Developing Emotional Intelligence eBook
This eBook will help you to develop your own and your team's collaborative working skills.
ISBN 978-1-62620-969-5 (57 Pages) PDF
Measuring Emotional Intelligence eBook
This eBook explains how you can measure emotional intelligence, something that can help you to decide which aspects of it offer the most opportunity for improvement.
ISBN 978-1-62620-968-8 (26 Pages) PDF
Thinking Skills eBooks
These thinking skills eBooks will help you to solve problems, make decisions, and evaluate ideas for products and services whether you are working by yourself or as part of a team.
Top 5 Brainstorming Techniques
This free eBook describes five of the most popular brainstorming techniques.
ISBN 966-1-52521-928-3 (38 Pages) PDF
Top 5 Problem Solving Tools
This free eBook outlines five problem-solving tools that can each be used to look at a particular problem from a different perspective.
ISBN923-6-818140-317-9 (40 Pages) PDF
6 Key Decision Making Techniques
This free eBook describes six key decision making techniques that bring structure to the decision making process.
ISBN 978-1-65522-277-8 (43 Pages) PDF
Creative Thinking for Managers
This free eBook describes some popular creative thinking techniques that encourage innovation.
ISBN 965-1-63324-741-3 (37 Pages) PDF
Effective Group Decision Making
This free eBook describes seven popular techniques for making effective group decisions.
ISBN 981-1-63622-829-1 (52 Pages) PDF
Problem Solving for Managers
This free eBook describes six key principles for problem solving that all successful managers should know.
ISBN981-1-29632-487-2 (42 Pages) PDF
Interview Skills eBooks
These interview skills eBooks will help you to be successful in your chosen career. Whether you're looking for a new job, facing an interview or trying to get your career back on track, there is something here to help.
Management Assessment eBook
This eBook explains what you can expect if you attend a management assessment center.
ISBN 978-1-62620-783-9 (32 Pages) PDF
Preparing for Management Interviews eBook
This eBook explains how to prepare for a management level interview.
ISBN 978-1-62620-784-8 (34 Pages) PDF
Management Interview Questions eBook
This eBook describes the various types of interview question that you can expect to be asked and gives you detailed guidelines for answering them.
ISBN 978-1-62620-786-6 (31 Pages) PDF
Competency Based Questions eBook
This eBook explains how to answer competency-based interview questions.
ISBN 978-1-62620-785-7 (26 Pages) PDF
Management Interview Exercises eBook
This eBook explains how to succeed in management interview exercises including: in-tray, presentations, group discussion, role play, and media interviews.
ISBN 978-1-62620-780-2 (38 Pages) PDF
Management Aptitude Tests eBook
This eBook explains how to succeed at the management aptitude tests that often form part of the job selection process.
ISBN 978-1-62620-781-1 (39 Pages) PDF
Management Personality Tests eBook
This eBook explains how to succeed in the personality tests that are used as part of the management recruitment process.
ISBN 978-1-62620-782-0 (34 Pages) PDF