Item category 1: Money & Business

As digital technology became integral to the capitalist market dystopia of the first decades of the 21st century, it refashioned both our ways of working and our ways of consuming, as well as our ways of communicating. And as the Covid-19 pandemic coursed through the world's population, adding te...

Learn how to be a good boss and become the leader everyone wants to work for. People want to work for someone they respect, someone who is on their side. And when employees feel seen, heard, and valued by their supervisors, employee engagement improves, productivity increases, and the entire orga...

Physical and digital clutter can distract you and disrupt your ability to focus and accomplish your best work. In this book, you'll learn how to get organized and create a beautiful and functional workspace you love. With Boyd's advice, you'll be able to mindfully transform your work environment ...

In the workplace, the most common approach to dealing with what we believe will be a difficult or emotionally charged conversation with our bosses, colleagues, or direct reports is, simply, not to. Most of us will do anything to avoid conflict, but the confrontations we try to avoid usually end u...

For many of us, the discipline of economics conjures up the idea of an inaccessible, challenging, and complicated realm. In reality, we are embedded in our economies and therefore need to think and engage along economic lines and applications every day -- in the public square, in our own househol...

Based on three decades of work with elite competitors like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade, Winning challenges you to destroy every obstacle in your path, even if, at the moment of greatest triumph, it may be all taken away. Whether you're an athlete striving to win, an entrepreneur b...

Don't let retirement just happen to you. Make it the retirement you want and deserve. This book is a guide to making your later years, your best years. Financial planner Patricia Howard explains why retirement is a good news story in Australia and offers no-nonsense advice to help get you to, and...

Are you looking for a flexible way to earn more cash that fits in around your family? Have you always wanted to start your own business but aren't sure how? Do you dream of the freedom to set your own schedule and work from home? Jody Allen will show you how to make it happen. Jody, also known as...

Burnout is rampant. Recognize the signs and make the right changes now. The always-on workplace and increasing social pressures are leading to an unprecedented rate of burnout. Unmanaged, chronic work stress doesn't just lead to lower productivity and negative emotions -- it can have dire persona...

Looking to get the job that you want, to develop your career further, or even enter the workforce for the first time? Ever wondered what sets some candidates apart from others when applying or interviewing for a job? Or how you can position yourself for career success? From resume tips, to online...

Lead change amid constant turbulence and disruption. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you successfully transform your organization.

Organized in 52 modules, designed to cover a year of weekly sessions but easily adaptable for any pace, this work covers major management topics such as success with recruiting, ensuring roles are successful, team communication, establishing an innovative team, and more!

With the world in crisis, organisations are switching their key focus from product and sales to their people and mindset. Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and manage one's personal emotions and the emotions of others. Our emotions drive everything we do as humans, and organisatio...

You worked hard to get through college -- how do you avoid getting stuck in a dead-end job after your graduate? Snyder helps you find a role that leverages the exact strengths and abilities you have to offer, so that you set yourself up for a rewarding career that matters. His plan has three simp...

It's undeniable that we're entering a new era of remote work. So, how can managers ensure that their businesses run as usual when the way that we work looks so unusual? Top business thought leader David Burkus has mined the very best research on virtual teams and case studies of companies that ha...

Marketing has lost its way in recent years. Advertising and communication is so cluttered that marketers are creating bad campaigns that are a waste of their and the consumer's time. 'Hook' gives you an easy to remember system to create campaigns that have human emotion, ownable messaging, unique...

Carice Anderson, with over 17 years' experience at top companies as a professional development manager and coach, shares her wisdom and knowledge. Her insider status gives her access to revelatory industry trends and insights on the harsh realities of corporates in general. This book will help Bl...

Drawing on years of work with many leading organizations, Jennifer Brown shows what leaders at any level can do to spark real change. She guides readers through the Inclusive Leader Continuum, a set of four developmental stages: unaware, aware, active, and advocate. Brown describes the hallmarks ...

Strategy execution is complex. Three out of four organisations fail to implement their strategies, despite consultancies, literature on the subject and all available best practices. But why exactly do most strategies fail? Based on leading research, real stories, case studies and practical tools,...

Corporate boards have never been under greater pressure. Scandals and malpractice at companies like Theranos, WeWork, Uber, and Wells Fargo have raised serious, justified questions about the quality of corporate governance among regulators, shareholders, and society at large. Activists are pressi...

Former long-time CEO of Sportsgirl, Colleen Callander aims to inspire all women to have a voice, live with purpose, lead in their own lives, change the rules, live with confidence and embrace their superpowers. She also aims to inspire organisations to embrace a new era of leadership -- one that ...

Make your money work harder than ever with share investing. If you've always wanted to invest in shares, but you've never known where to start, look no further! This new edition of Getting Started in Shares For Dummies reveals in plain English the investing secrets you need to know - how the mark...

Danielle Ecuyer has distilled her three decades of global share market experience into this guide to investing in the Australian share market. Shareplicity takes the complexity out of share investing, explains concepts simply and in plain English, and provides go-to steps to start or improve your...

This book is a "warts and all" guide about taking the leap from being an employee into owning a business. It provides a framework to determine if this is the right thing for you to do. It details how to make the transition, obtain funding for your business and practical tips to make sure that you...

In The Infinite Game, Sinek applies game theory to explore how great businesses achieve long-lasting success. He finds that building long-term value and healthy, enduring growth - that playing the infinite game - is the only thing that matters to your business.

Through her podcast, She's on the Money, Victoria Devine has built an empowered and supportive community of women finding their way to financial freedom. Honest, relatable, non-judgemental and motivating, Victoria is a financial adviser who knows what millennial life is really like and where we c...

How to Start a Side Hustle is a fun and easy-to-read guide that will help you design a viable business model and bring your ideas to market. Packed with practical tips, hacks and advice from both professional business people and unconventional company founders, this pocket-sized guide will take y...

The fast-paced business story of Tesla- Elon Musk's battle to build the mass-market electric car to change the world Inside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the world's greatest car and the race to drive the future. Elon Musk is among the most controve...

Whether you're a buying your first home or your next home or your forever home, the proven process shared throughout this book will be an invaluable guide. Author, popular podcast host and real estate agent Todd Sloan speaks with hundreds of people each week and their objectives are always the sa...